Smarty {IF} Statement - Variables List
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This is a list of available {if} statement variables that may be used on the default-master.tpl file in Vanilla 2.1, please add any that you know of or correct me if i am wrong 
{if $Variable}
Display This Text
{else}
Nothing
{/if}
Add the following in place of the word $Variable above:
$Discussion - This targets the discussion and comments page as well as the the edit discussion page $Discussions - This targets the recent discussions page $Category - Targets the category pages. $Categories - Targets the main category page list and the category pages. $Comments - Targets discussions that have comments only. $Profile - Targets the Profile page.
BodyID can be used to show things only on specific pages:
{if $BodyID =='variable'}
Display This Text
{else}
Nothing
{/if}
Add the following in place of the word variable above:
vanilla_categories_index vanilla_discussions_index vanilla_discussion_index vanilla_discussions_mine vanilla_drafts_index vanilla_post_edit discussion vanilla_post_discussion conversations_messages_all conversations_messages_index dashboard_activity_index dashboard_profile_notifications dashboard_profile_discussions dashboard_profile_comments dashboard_profile_edit dashboard_search_index dashboard_entry_register dashboard_entry_signin
Other variables can be found by temporarily adding {debug} to the top of your default-master.tpl template. This will show you a pop up with all the variables on the current page, Just scroll down until you find BodyID:
An example of how to target multiple pages using smarty.
{if $Comments}
Display A
{elseif $Profile}
Display B
{elseif $BodyID =='dashboard_entry_signin'}
Display C
{else}
Display D
{/if}
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Very useful post