here's a code brain teazer - hide layout code if section or product isn't hidden

[bangers]

Hi,
A Nice Friday evening teaser.
I am trying to show/hide layout code on my homepage if a section and or a product inside it is not hidden from the live website.

looked on the comunity but couldn't find anything.

I thought of something like this (bearing in mind it is in the outer layout of the homepage:

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsBrochureHomePage%22%20%2f%3e" >
<actinic:block if="%28%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22SectionID%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%202%29%20AND%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22SectionHasVisibleProduct%22%20%2f%3e" >
<!-- layout code here -->
</actinic:block>
</actinic:block>

could something like this work? i say something like this because THIS doesn't work.

Any ideas?

Cheers
Lee

[bangers]

OK i had a further thought.
I created a new layout and selector with the below:

<actinic:block type="EntireSectionList" >
<actinic:block if="%28%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22SectionID%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%202%29%20AND%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22SectionHasVisibleProduct%22%20%2f%3e" >
<!-- Mark-up goes in here -->
</actinic:block>
</actinic:block>

This should get the section list then block if should see if section id matches my choosen section and if it has a visible product, if it does it should show the markup...but it doesn't (correction, see third post, it does!!!!!)

[bangers]

Don't know what I did differently but on second attempt the second method worked with it being called into the outer layout and this blockif surronding it:

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsBrochureHomePage%22%20%2f%3e" ><actinic:variable name="BOXHomeSpecialOffer" /></actinic:block>

Wow, great end to the day! Now a weekend full of fun work time and a Actinic checkout area to clean up!

Thanks to me (and anyone else who normally helps me out),
Cheers
lee

[guccij]

Lol I enjoyed it anyway