Execute of template failed can't give argument to non-function

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HI there: I’m trying to re-build my website that was built using the Hugo Academic theme and I got this error:

ERROR 2021/05/11 13:42:03 render of "page" failed: "/Users/skiss/OneDrive - Wilfrid Laurier University/Website/themes/academic/layouts/publication/single.html:14:10": execute of template failed: template: publication/single.html:14:10: executing "main" at <(.Params.publication_types) and (ne (index .Params.publication_types 0) "0")>: can't give argument to non-function .Params.publication_types

Honestly, I don’t even know how to read this. Where should I start looking or doing to diagnose this. The website is here. Thank you.

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Please post content of publication/single.html

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{{- define "main" -}}

<div class="pub">

  {{ partial "page_header.html" . }}

  <div class="article-container">

    {{ if .Params.abstract }}
    <h3>{{ i18n "abstract" }}</h3>
    <p class="pub-abstract">{{ .Params.abstract | markdownify }}</p>
    {{ end }}

    {{ if (.Params.publication_types) and (ne (index .Params.publication_types 0) "0") }}
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-md-1"></div>
      <div class="col-md-10">
        <div class="row">
          <div class="col-12 col-md-3 pub-row-heading">{{ i18n "publication_type" }}</div>
          <div class="col-12 col-md-9">
            {{ $pub_types := partial "functions/get_pub_types" $ }}
            {{ range $index, $pubtype := .Params.publication_types }}
            <a href="{{ (site.GetPage "section" "publication").RelPermalink }}#{{ . | urlize }}">
              {{ index $pub_types (int .) }}
            </a>
            {{ end }}
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="col-md-1"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="d-md-none space-below"></div>
    {{ end }}

    {{ if .Params.publication }}
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-md-1"></div>
      <div class="col-md-10">
        <div class="row">
          <div class="col-12 col-md-3 pub-row-heading">{{ i18n "publication" }}</div>
          <div class="col-12 col-md-9">{{ .Params.publication | markdownify }}</div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="col-md-1"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="d-md-none space-below"></div>
    {{ end }}

    <div class="space-below"></div>

    <div class="article-style">{{ .Content }}</div>

    {{ partial "page_footer" . }}

  </div>
</div>
{{- end -}}
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The if statement need to be:

{{ if and $x $y }}

not

{{ if $x and $y }}
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My apologies, somehow I failed to paste the full code the first time around. However I have revised and edited the full code now.
Does your suggestion still address the problem? I am surprised because this used to work, and I cribbed this from the hugo academic template pretty closely.

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Yes.

There was a bug in the Go template package that was fixed about a year ago.

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So this line:

Needs to read ??

{{ if and (.Params.publication_types) (ne (index .Params.publication_types 0) "0") }}
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Yes, that is correct.

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Still getting this error.

Error: Error building site: failed to render pages: render of "page" failed: "/Users/skiss/OneDrive - Wilfrid Laurier University/Website/themes/academic/layouts/publication/single.html:14:47": execute of template failed: template: publication/single.html:14:47: executing "main" at <index .Params.publication_types 0>: error calling index: index of untyped nil

Code from single.html as it stands.

{{- define "main" -}}

<div class="pub">

  {{ partial "page_header.html" . }}

  <div class="article-container">

    {{ if .Params.abstract }}
    <h3>{{ i18n "abstract" }}</h3>
    <p class="pub-abstract">{{ .Params.abstract | markdownify }}</p>
    {{ end }}

    {{ if and (.Params.publication_types) (ne (index .Params.publication_types 0) "0") }}
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-md-1"></div>
      <div class="col-md-10">
        <div class="row">
          <div class="col-12 col-md-3 pub-row-heading">{{ i18n "publication_type" }}</div>
          <div class="col-12 col-md-9">
            {{ $pub_types := partial "functions/get_pub_types" $ }}
            {{ range $index, $pubtype := .Params.publication_types }}
            <a href="{{ (site.GetPage "section" "publication").RelPermalink }}#{{ . | urlize }}">
              {{ index $pub_types (int .) }}
            </a>
            {{ end }}
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="col-md-1"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="d-md-none space-below"></div>
    {{ end }}

    {{ if .Params.publication }}
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-md-1"></div>
      <div class="col-md-10">
        <div class="row">
          <div class="col-12 col-md-3 pub-row-heading">{{ i18n "publication" }}</div>
          <div class="col-12 col-md-9">{{ .Params.publication | markdownify }}</div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="col-md-1"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="d-md-none space-below"></div>
    {{ end }}

    <div class="space-below"></div>

    <div class="article-style">{{ .Content }}</div>

    {{ partial "page_footer" . }}

  </div>
</div>
{{- end -}}
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One or more of your pages does not set publication_types in front matter.

Instead of this:

{{ if and (.Params.publication_types) (ne (index .Params.publication_types 0) "0") }}
  ...
{{ end }}

Do this:

{{ if .Params.publication_types }}
  {{ if ne (index .Params.publication_types 0) "0" }}
    ...
  {{ end }}
{{ end }}
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OK, or I can go in and be sure to set publication types, I guess!

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The solution above solved the problem.

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