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>&#13;    If a variable is used frequently throughout your templates, applying
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>{* do this somewhere at the top of your template *}
{assign var='title' value=$title|default:'no title'}

{* if $title was empty, it now contains the value "no title" when you use it *}
{$title}</PRE
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