In this post, https://forum.getpublii.com/topic/how-to-know-if-there-are-no-posts-using-getpostsbytags-sigh-again/ I tried to used
{{#checkIf (getPostsByTags (concatenate "count=999&tag_as=slug&tags=vacancy&excluded=0&offset=0&orderby=modifiedAt&ordering=asc")) '==' false}}
to determine if the case was true or not. In some respect it did work though not completely.
The checkIf statement did indeed return true or false as I hoped. However, there is just one problem.
It appeared as if the use of the getPostsByTags in this manner remained as an open block meaning that no /getPostsByTags existed. As a result, getPostsByTags would not work anywhere else.
It appears that getPostsByTags (et al.) does not allow for the same logic we see in other loops such as checkIf. For example, else. I would not have tried the code above if the loop logic existed for getPostsByTags.
I can see how adding an Eval helper can allow for testing a condition. I imagine that a checkIf that closes the call as in my example could suffice.
Alternatively, adding logic to getPostsByTags (et al.) we see in other loop logic helpers would also help.
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