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1. luckycharmz337
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I am working on a new project at http://www.arizonamansions.org/ and I am trying to get the category descriptions to work. For example, I created a page at http://www.arizonamansions.org/category/7277-scottsdale-residences/ and I have a description listed in the admin side.

   I want the description to show up in the page content. Instead of saying search results - not found - I would like it to list the page description on the page itself above any results. How can I do this? I am using the Bel Air template from Gorilla Themes

   Thanks in advance for your help!

2. stvwlf
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi

   I just did some testing with the default theme to see where this message comes from. If your theme has a category.php file, it will be in there. If not it will come from archive.php.

   From the default theme:

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   ------------ stuff here ------------
        <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
            ============ stuff here ============
        <?php endwhile; ?>
               ============ stuff here ===========
   	<?php else :
      	   if ( is_category() ) { // If this is a category archive
   		printf("<h2 class='center'>Sorry, but there aren't any posts in the %s category yet.</h2>", single_cat_title('',false));
   		}
   		get_search_form();
   	endif;
   ?>

   Your theme will have something similar. The code that prints the "not found" is at the bottom of the WordPress loop, the last code I included. What you need to do is replace the error message you are getting with a printout of the category description and anything else you want displayed.

   This will display the name and descrip at top when no posts in cat
   

   <?php $cat_id = get_query_var('cat');
   $cat_info = get_category($cat_id); ?>
   <h2><?php echo $cat_info->name; ?> - <?php echo $cat_info->description; ?></h2>

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