remove IF Statement from custom component

As HaidongG  mentioned, you could use macros and functions as well, but as this is not too bigger a code, you could just remove the If conditions, and it'd work just fine. After stripping off the code in red and putting the line in green inside the if block;

<#assign user_has_role = false /> 
<#if user.registered > 
     <#list restadmin("/users/id/${user.id?c}/roles").roles.role as role> 
        <#if role.name?? && (role.name == "PHD" || role.name == "Ambassador" || role.name == "Administrator")> 
             <#assign user_has_role = true /> 
        </#if> 
       </#list> 
</#if> 
<#if user_has_role > 
<p><a href="http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?sort_by=-topicPostDate&amp;advanced=true&..." target="_self">Unanswered Posts</a></p> 
</#if> 

you'll be left with below.

<#if user.registered > 
        <p><a href="http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?sort_by=-topicPostDate&amp;advanced=true&..." target="_self">Unanswered Posts</a></p> 
</#if> 

Wendy_S  here you go :)

<#if user.registered > 
	<div class="lia-panel lia-panel-standard unanswered-posts"> 
       <div class="lia-decoration-border"> 
        <div class="lia-decoration-border-top"> 
     <div> </div> 
       </div> 
       <div class="lia-decoration-border-content"> 
  <div> 
<div class="lia-panel-heading-bar-wrapper"> 
<div class="lia-panel-heading-bar"> 
<span class="lia-panel-heading-bar-title">${text.format("unanswered-posts.head.title")}</span> 
</div> 
</div> 
<div class="lia-panel-content-wrapper"> 
<div class="lia-panel-content"> 
<div class="lia-button-group"> 
<span class="lia-button-wrapper lia-button-wrapper-secondary lia-component-forums-action-escalate-message-button"> 
<div class="lia-button lia-button-secondary escalate-message"> 
<a href="/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?sort_by=-topicPostDate&amp;advanced=true&amp;search_type=thread&amp;search_page_size=10&amp;openresponse=true&amp;filter=openResponse" target="_self">${text.format("unanswered-posts.button.title")}</a> 
</div> 
</span> 
</div> 

</div> 
</div> 
</div> 
</div> 
<div class="lia-decoration-border-bottom"> 
<div> </div> 
</div> 
</div> 
</div> 
</#if>