Display 0 If 0

[tunescool]

how can i get this to display a 0 if there are no likes

        <td class="threadlikes" style="padding-right: 0px; font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic; color: #00138E;">{if $[thread.first_post.likes.total]}$[thread.first_post.likes.total] Like{if $[thread.first_post.likes.total] != 1}s{/if}{/if}</td>

[RedBassett]

What happens if you remove "{if $[thread.first_post.likes.total]}" and it's closing "{/if}"?

[tunescool]

that made them all 0 Likes but i want it just 0 or 1 Like. this is what i have now

<td class="threadlikes" style="padding-right: 0px; font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic; color: #00138E;">$[thread.first_post.likes.total]{if $[thread.first_post.likes.total] != 0}{/if} Like{if $[thread.first_post.likes.total] != 1}s{/if}</td>

[- TuGs]

is that how you want it? from the code you posted? or somthing else?

[tunescool]

i want it to just have 0 without likes and 1 like, 2 likes, 3 likes, etc..

[RedBassett]

What is this part for?

{if $[thread.first_post.likes.total] != 0}{/if}

[tunescool]

im not sure i was just throwing stff in there

[RedBassett]

Looking at it, I think the above part isn't doing anything, so you can remove that. Can you link to a location where this segment of code is in use, preferably a thread with posts liked 0, 1, and 2 times?

[- TuGs]

<td class="threadlikes" style="padding-right: 0px; font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic; color: #00138E;">$[thread.first_post.likes.total]
{if $[thread.first_post.likes.total] > 1}Likes
{elseif $[thread.first_post.likes.total] > 0}Like
{else} {/if}</td>

[RedBassett]

Apr 17, 2013 10:21:39 GMT -8 - TuGs said:

<td class="threadlikes" style="padding-right: 0px; font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic; color: #00138E;">$[thread.first_post.likes.total]
{if $[thread.first_post.likes.total] > 1}Likes
{elseif $[thread.first_post.likes.total] > 0}Like
{else} {/if}</td>

When pluralizing, you usually want zero to be plural:

0 Likes
1 Like
2 Likes
3 Likes
…

So {if $[thread.first_post.likes.total] != 1}s{/if} would be the most efficient notation.

[- TuGs]

he want 0 to be on its own :S

[tunescool]

thanks tugs

[RedBassett]

Apr 17, 2013 10:30:12 GMT -8 - TuGs said:

he want 0 to be on its own :S

Good catch! I was not understanding that from the earlier posts.

[Tumbleweed]

Apr 17, 2013 10:27:59 GMT -8 RedBassett said:

When pluralizing, you usually want zero to be plural:

0 Likes
1 Like
2 Likes
3 Likes

It would drive me nuts if it didn't show the proper plurals, as you said RedBassett. (I could have just "liked" your post but then you'd not know what I was liking.) lol

[VS Admin]

If you just want to output how many likes there are for the first post, all you need is to put $[thread.first_post.likes.total].