IF statement not working correctly

Question

I'm having a really strange problem with an EE if statement being used in conjunction with transcribe (may or may not be related).

I have a field that lets a user submit a hex colour to change the background colour of a box. By default it's red because of the style called "promoBox_red". On the english side of the site the entries are all applying the hex colour added in the entry via the IF statement. As soon as I switch to French the default style "promoBox_red" is what takes over. I can't even get the IF statement to run.

Any thoughts? Completely baffled.

{exp:channel:entries channel="footer_promos" limit="3"}
        <div align="center" class="col-xs-4 promoBox_red" {if background_colour_hex_number_6_d !=""}style="background-color: #{hex_number};"{if:else}style="background-color: #ef4034;"{/if}>
            <img src="{footer_promo_image}" alt="{title}" title="{title}">
            <a href="{footer_promo_link}" class="btn btn-default btn-sm" role="button" title="{title}" style="margin-top: 20px;">{exp:transcribe:replace name="scribe_button_learn_more"}</a></p>
        </div>
{/exp:channel:entries}

Answer 1

I had a parse order issue when using mutiple plugins since the {if} would render before other ee calls.

Just in case, please try

{if '{background_colour_hex_number_6_d}' !=""}

Sometimes you have to add quotes.

Answer 2

I'm also confused by your variable check (ie you're checking for one thing and outputting another) but I'm assuming that there's a reason for it. Have you tried a simple boolean check? eg

{if background_colour_hex_number_6_d}{hex_number}{if:else}#color{/if}