template problem

[sabret00the]

you should really try and indent your code before you post it, reading long code is just tedious when it's all flat at the back as so.

anyway try

<td valign="top">
<if condition="!$post['field1']">
<table  cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"  width="300" align="center" valign="top" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top">
<td width="100%"><font color="#023E7B" style="font-weight:bold; font-size:10pt; font-family:tahoma, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> 
About Me: </font>
<br>
<font color="#000000" style="font-weight:none; font-size:9pt; font-family: verdana;"> $post[field1]</font>
</td>
</table>
<br>
</if>
<if condition="!$post['field28']">
<table  cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"  width="300" align="center" valign="top" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top">
<td width="100%"><font color="#023E7B" style="font-weight:bold; font-size:10pt; font-family:tahoma, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> 
About Me: </font>
<br>
<font color="#000000" style="font-weight:none; font-size:9pt; font-family: verdana;"> $post[field28]</font>
</td>
</table>
<br>
</if>
<!-- Start vBBuddies -->
<table  cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"  width="300" align="center" valign="top" border="0" bgcolor="#6699CC" valign="top">
<tr>
<td width="100%"><font color="#023E7B" style="font-weight:bold; font-size:10pt; font-family:tahoma, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">$vbphrase[buddies]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table  cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"  width="300" align="center" valign="top" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top">
$profilebuddylist
</table>
<table  cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"  width="300" align="center" valign="top" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top">
<tr>
<td  align="right"><font style="font-weight:bold; font-size:8pt; font-family:tahoma, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="buddies.php?u=$userinfo[userid]" class="onwhite">View All of $userinfo[username]'s Friends</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- End vBBuddies -->

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<if condition="!$post['field1']">
 <!-- do field 1 stuff -->
</else>
<if condition="!$post['field28']">
 <!-- do field28 stuff -->
</if>
</if>