{"id":31284,"date":"2018-04-21T15:47:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T15:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/ampscript-blocks\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T01:18:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T01:18:13","slug":"ampscript-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/ampscript-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"AMPscript Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>AMPscript Blocks<\/h2>\n<p>AMPscript blocks are used to define code for interpretation but do not display output where the code appears in the email or on the page. There are some exceptions to this rule through the provision of two functions, <a href=\"\/output\">Output<\/a> and <a href=\"\/outputline\">OutputLine<\/a>, which enable <a href=\"\/variables\">variable<\/a> values to be output at the location where the code block appears.<\/p>\n<h3>Example 1<\/h3>\n<p>In this example, a <a href=\"\/constants\">constant<\/a> value is set based on the current month when the email is sent, within an AMPscript block. The output value of the heading can then be displayed on the page or in the message using inline AMPscript.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rcp_restricted rcp_paid_only\"><div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<form id=\"rcp_login_form\"  class=\"rcp_form\" method=\"POST\" action=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31284\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<fieldset class=\"rcp_login_data\">\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_login\">Username or Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_login\" id=\"rcp_user_login\" class=\"required\" type=\"text\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_pass\" id=\"rcp_user_pass\" class=\"required\" type=\"password\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"rcp_user_remember\" id=\"rcp_user_remember\" value=\"1\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_remember\">Remember me<\/label>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"rcp_lost_password\"><a href=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31284?rcp_action=lostpassword\">Lost your password?<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_action\" value=\"login\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_redirect\" value=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31284\/\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_login_nonce\" value=\"213020500f\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input id=\"rcp_login_submit\" class=\"rcp-button\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Login\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/fieldset>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/form>\n<br \/>\nNot a subscriber? <a href=\"\/subscriptions\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Example 2<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rcp_restricted rcp_paid_only\"><div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<form id=\"rcp_login_form\"  class=\"rcp_form\" method=\"POST\" action=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31284\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<fieldset class=\"rcp_login_data\">\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_login\">Username or Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_login\" id=\"rcp_user_login\" class=\"required\" type=\"text\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"rcp_user_pass\" id=\"rcp_user_pass\" class=\"required\" type=\"password\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"rcp_user_remember\" id=\"rcp_user_remember\" value=\"1\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<label for=\"rcp_user_remember\">Remember me<\/label>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"rcp_lost_password\"><a href=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31284?rcp_action=lostpassword\">Lost your password?<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_action\" value=\"login\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_redirect\" value=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31284\/\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rcp_login_nonce\" value=\"213020500f\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<input id=\"rcp_login_submit\" class=\"rcp-button\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Login\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/fieldset>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/form>\n<br \/>\nNot a subscriber? <a href=\"\/subscriptions\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMPscript Blocks AMPscript blocks are used to define code for interpretation but do not display output where the code appears in the email or on the page. 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