sidebar conditional

[king8084]

i'm attempting to conditionalize an advertisement on my sidebar to only display when on the homepage of my forum. The problem I'm running into is that the template (aph_widget_content) that I'm attempting to add the ad code to doesn't appear to have any vars accessible from it. I'm sure I could utilize one of several options to get the conditional to work (ex: $contentTemplate, $requestPaths.fullUri, etc.), if they were available.

Is there a trick to getting [any of] these vars to work in the template i'm working with? and/or a way to find out which (if any) vars are accessible? I've primarily just been attempting to do a helper dump on the hard hitters that i'm aware of ($page, $forum, $thread, etc..).

 

[grisha2217]

Every page has a name called as 'contentTemplate'
You can show adv only on index page with this code:

<xen:if is="{$contentTemplate} == 'forum_list'">
// adv code
</xen:if>

 

[king8084]

Every page has a name called as 'contentTemplate'
You can show adv only on index page with this code:

<xen:if is="{$contentTemplate} == 'forum_list'">
// adv code
</xen:if>

that unfortunately doesn't work either. putting it in place evaluates to false even on the homepage. likewise, simply placing {$contentTemplate} returns no value (on any page).

again, this isn't a standard template, so i'm wondering if that's part of it (hence me being curious how to "pass" or "enable" those vars in the template?)

 

[grisha2217]

that unfortunately doesn't work either. putting it in place evaluates to false even on the homepage. likewise, simply placing {$contentTemplate} returns no value (on any page).

again, this isn't a standard template, so i'm wondering if that's part of it (hence me being curious how to "pass" or "enable" those vars in the template?)

I used this code in sidebar_visitor_panel and it is working.
It is condition for display content on index page

 

[grisha2217]

Forget about $contentTemplate
There is ad_sidebar_top in default style, yes?
This template included in PAGE_CONTAINER

Put your ads in ad_sidebar_top and use my condition