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1. h-u-g-o
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello,

   let's assume I have one main-category called "Miscellaneous" and some sub-categories. There are no articles at all, yet.

   Accessing exaple.com/category/miscellaneous/ leads to "Nothing Found".

   How can I achieve that it lists the sub-categories instead?

   Kind regards
   Hugo

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   in category.php, where the 'nothing found' text is (that is the 'else :' part of the 'if(have_posts()) :' conditional statement), add something like:

   <?php $subcats = wp_list_categories('echo=0&child_of=' . get_query_var('cat'));
   if($subcats) { ?>
   <ul>
   <?php echo $subcats; ?>
   </ul>
   <?php } else { echo 'nothing found'; } ?>

   details depend on the category.php template file of the theme.

3. h-u-g-o
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank you very much!

   Is this going to work with TwentyTen?

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   you need to find the corresponding area in loop.php, and probably make it conditional on is_category()

   it is this section you need to rework (near the beginning of loop.php):

   <div class="entry-content">
   			<p><?php _e( 'Apologies, but no results were found for the requested archive. Perhaps searching will help find a related post.', 'twentyten' ); ?></p>
   			<?php get_search_form(); ?>
   		</div><!-- .entry-content -->

5. h-u-g-o
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank you!

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