Conditional fields (legacy templates)
Overview
Section titled “Overview”This article is for pre-2022 templates, built with our legacy HTML syntax: use it if your tags are in $tag; format. If you use Liquid templates, see Conditional fields (Liquid templates).
- You can make a field optional if some users use it and others don’t. Optional fields are removed automatically from email signatures that don’t use the field.
- You can wrap IF statements around any signature element, to make it appear only if that field is used.
Conditional fields that share a line
Section titled “Conditional fields that share a line”HTML code. Each field has its own {if_field} block, and a nested condition shows the separator only when both fields have values:
Signature preview with logic:
Recipient’s email rendering. If either field is removed, the separator line is removed too.
A conditional field on its own line
Section titled “A conditional field on its own line”HTML code. The whole table row is wrapped in the field’s if tags:
Signature preview with logic:
“Not if” logic
Section titled ““Not if” logic”Need “not if” logic? Opensense can do this too. Wrap your HTML code with {nif_field}Alternative Text{/nif_field} instead.
For example: {nif_phone}1-800-MAINLINE{/nif_phone}
What’s next
Section titled “What’s next”For further help, contact Opensense Support at help@opensense.com.