Topic: How do the wildcards work?

[KahneFan]

I tried playing around with the wildcards, but I couldn't figure them out exactly. For example, say I wanted block to appear on the page below...

mysite.com/index.php?action=page;sa=Extras

Would I use...

~/index.php?action=page;sa=Extras

or

~index.php?action=page;sa=Extras

or

~action=page;sa=Extras

or... ?

I couldn't seem to get it to work.

Any help is appreciated.

[Eliana Tamerin]

You would use it like:

~page

Or you might try:

~page|Extras

[KahneFan]

I guess I'm slow. I tried it with:

~page;sa=Extras

And the block did not show up. I also tried:

~page|Extras

And nothing. So, I figured, maybe it's since I'm calling a custom page. So I tried...


~forum

and the block still did not show. Is there a setting somewhere in the config I need to click or anything?

[[SiNaN]]

You are adding a Custom Display option, right? Try this:

~sa|Extra

[KahneFan]

If you mean, adding this to the field for custom display option (per block), yes.

The above didn't seem to work either. Is this Cache dependant at all? Do I need to be clearing my site's cache for this change to appear?

[[SiNaN]]

No, it doesn't use cache. If you set the Custom Display Option as ~sa|Extra and your page url is index.php?action=page;sa=Extra it will show the block only on that page.

[KahneFan]

That's what I've tried, but it's not displaying for some reason. I'll keep playing with it.

[[SiNaN]]

I've tested and it worked for me. I may have a look at it for you if you can provide me an account with sp_moderate permissions just.

[KahneFan]

Let me know if/when you register and I'll be happy to do so.

[[SiNaN]]

I thought you would register an account for me.

Anyway, I've registered. Pmed the username to you.