Conditional format for navigation separators

[skennedy1217]

I'm using the following PP tags in my template's navigation:

<IMAGE_PREVIOUS_LINK>
<IMAGE_NEXT_LINK>

As you are browsing through the pics you usually see this in the navigation bar:

Prev | Comments | Next // Home - Blog - Archive...etc.

On the oldest and most recent posts it looks like this:

Prev | Comments | // Home - Blog - Archive...etc.
| Comments | Next // Home - Blog - Archive...etc.

I want it to look like this:

Prev | Comments // Home - Blog - Archive...etc.
Comments | Next // Home - Blog - Archive...etc.

That is, I want the extra "|" separators to disappear when there's no Prev or Next link showing. I've done this before in Textpattern, but couldn't find a tag for it in PP.

this text is always a mixture of the template, the language-file and the code which is produced by the script

so look into your language file:

$lang_previous = "Previous";
$lang_next = "Next";

maybe the separators are defined there?

[skennedy1217]

The separators are manually placed in the template, so I think what you're saying is that I can go into the PHP and add them there.

you should use the language-file and define the strings there:

$lang_previous = "Previous";
$lang_next = "Next";
$lang_no_previous = "No Previous Image";
$lang_no_next = "No Next Image";

to:

$lang_previous = "Previous |";
$lang_next = "Next |";
$lang_no_previous = "No Previous Image";
$lang_no_next = "No Next Image";

something like this, so the NEXT if existing brings the separator as well as PREVIOUS if existing

the language-file should be changed in /languages/lang-english.php for example

[skennedy1217]

Thanks Connie, it worked like a charm!