I have several answers here that work for this part of my question....opened DNN just a little more for me and hopefully for you.

The DNN ascx if/else() statements look like this:

<% if (singleConditionExample)  { %>
     Hello World");

<% } else if (multipleConditionsHere() || multipleConditionsHere() && multipleConditionsHere())   { %>    // standard operators. you get the idea.
     elseifConditionsHere");

<% } else { %>
     Else Msg");

<% } %>

As for getting DNN page tabId, tabName, ParentId, these went into the if() conditions.

//CURRENT PAGE ROOT PARENT FROM DNN BREADCRUB

PortalSettings.ActiveTab.BreadCrumbs[0]

//CURRENT DNN PAGE NAME

PortalSettings.ActiveTab.TabName.Equals("Wealth Management")

//CURRENT DNN PAGE PARENT ID

DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalController.GetCurrentPortalSettings().ActiveTab.ParentId.Equals(480)

If you want to write them to the page:

<%=PortalSettings.ActiveTab.BreadCrumbs(0).FullUrl%>

I'm certain there is more to learn and when I do learn more, as it relates to getting DNN page id, breadbrumbs, etc...i will update this answer.

Cheers!