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Display "sorry..." after an if_category search if no articles exist
Maybe it has been answered before but I can’t find a solution to this small problem:
in the default archive page we have this
<!-- else is this an article category list? -->
<txp:if_category>
<h2><txp:text item="category" />: <txp:category title="1" /></h2>
<txp:article form="article_list" />
<!-- else display articles normally -->I’m using it in a section context and it correctly performs a search in that category, but it just displays the category title with an empty list if articles do not exist within the category.
I cannot get a simple way (if different/if variable…) to display a message “sorry, no articles in this category at the moment…”
Any idea?
(edited for better code display. -Els)
Last edited by els (2011-10-31 19:44:09)
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#2 2011-10-31 19:51:16
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Re: Display "sorry..." after an if_category search if no articles exist
<txp:if_category>
<txp:variable name="hasarticles" value='<txp:article limit="1">yes, an article!</txp:article>' />
<txp:if_variable name="hasarticles" value="">
<p>Sorry, no articles!</p>
<txp:else />
<h2><txp:text item="category" />: <txp:category title="1" /></h2>
<txp:article form="article_list" />
</txp:if_variable>
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Re: Display "sorry..." after an if_category search if no articles exist
Fast, simple and reliable, as usual!
Thanks for the tip, Els!
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