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#1 2009-02-14 16:07:19

debegray

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Registered: 2009-02-04

Posts: 30

Category link shows empty page

I’m sure that this is really obvious, but I’m doing my first installation and I still have a lot to learn.

When I click on the category link under an article, it takes me to a category page, on which I expected to see a listing of articles that have that category applied to them. However, the page is blank. This one, for instance: http://textpattern.wingofmadness.com/category/understanding-depression

#2 2009-02-14 17:01:11

jsoo

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From: NC, USA

Registered: 2004-11-15

Posts: 1,793

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Re: Category link shows empty page

A list of articles by category (such as you get from http://mysite.com/category/foo/ uses the default Page for display, and requires a <txp:article /> tag for it to show any articles.

A new Txp installation contains the following chunk on the default Page:

<txp:if_category>
		<h2><txp:category title="1" /></h2>
		<div class="hfeed">
		<txp:article form="article_listing" limit="5" />
		</div>
<txp:else />

Does your default Page still have something like this? Does it still include the <txp:article /> tag?

In general it is easier to get answers to questions such as this if your site is in debugging mode. More info:

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#3 2009-02-14 17:25:53

debegray

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Registered: 2009-02-04

Posts: 30

Re: Category link shows empty page

Yes, that’s exactly what the code is. I haven’t changed it.

#4 2009-02-14 18:15:43

Mary

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Registered: 2004-06-27

Posts: 6,236

Re: Category link shows empty page

Are these articles’ section(s) set to display on the front page?

#5 2009-02-14 18:29:57

debegray

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Registered: 2009-02-04

Posts: 30

Re: Category link shows empty page

No, because I don’t want them on the front page. Do they have to be set to appear on the front page to have a link listing on the category page?

#6 2009-02-14 18:31:30

Mary

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Registered: 2004-06-27

Posts: 6,236

Re: Category link shows empty page

Yep.

#7 2009-02-14 18:46:14

debegray

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Registered: 2009-02-04

Posts: 30

Re: Category link shows empty page

Okay, great, that worked. Thanks for the help!

Last edited by debegray (2009-02-14 18:47:31)

#8 2009-02-14 19:21:11

els

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2004-06-06

Posts: 7,458

Re: Category link shows empty page

You can avoid having to set them to appear on the front page by using the section attribute in your category links.