[LOW:CONFIRMED:1.0.12] Empty categories not displayed

stone · **Joined:** Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:22 am **Posts:** 168

Description:
Example:
You have section with two categories, one of them is empty.
You create link to this section -> List - Content Section and you set "Empty Categories in Section" to show
But there is only one category visible when you enter the link, not empty one.

Reported on:
Joomla! 1.0.12 Stable [ Sunfire ] 25 December 2006 01:00 UTC

Classification:
[Q&T] Critical/High/Medium/Low/Enhancement

Affected functions:
See description

Related files:
content.php

Steps to replicate:
see description

Analysis:
[Q&T] Confirmed/Unable to confirm/Rejected
Any other comments

Proposed fix(es):
In file content.php line 324

$access_check_content = "\n AND b.access <= " . (int) $gid;

should be replaced with

$access_check_content = "\n AND ( b.access <= " . (int) $gid ." OR b.access is null)";

Topic / Artifact ID:
none

System info:
Every configuration

fotakis · **Joined:** Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:24 pm **Posts:** 6

Thank you for the fix

notzippy · **Joined:** Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:43 pm **Posts:** 3

Had this problem too, the ifnull() may be better for checking

if ($noauth) {
$access_check = "\n AND a.access <= " . (int) $gid;
$access_check_content = "\n AND ifnull(b.access,0) <= " . (int) $gid;
}

Robin · **Joined:** Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:41 am **Posts:** 15089

Q&T Note; marking as confirmed

kane738 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:43 pm

hi,
That seems to fix the issue with "List - Content Section", however there seems to be a similar issue with "Blog - Content Category":

If the category is empty, the description isn't displayed (despite "show description" being selected). As soon as there's content in there, the description shows up.
Surely the description should be there no matter whether the category is empty or not?

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

cheers,
Kane

kauselot · **Joined:** Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:15 am **Posts:** 133

For blog-content category:

replace line 1386:
} else {
// Generic blog empty display
echo _EMPTY_BLOG;
}

with:
} else if ( !$total && $menu && $menu->componentid && ( $descrip || $descrip_image ) ) {
// Generic blog empty display
// checks to see if there is description to display
echo '';
$link = $mosConfig_live_site .'/images/stories/'. $description->image;
echo '';
echo '';
echo '';
echo '

';
if ( $descrip_image && $description->image ) {
echo '

';
}
if ( $descrip && $description->description ) {
echo $description->description;
}
echo '

';
echo '

';
} else {
// Generic blog empty display
echo _EMPTY_BLOG;
}

UVMKate · **Joined:** Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:12 pm **Posts:** 13

Thanks for those fixes. Running version 1.8 I had to use NoZippy's fix. The first one made all my categories disappear regardless of content!

SodaJim · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:24 am

Thanks for the post/solution ! ! !
I'll give this a try...
I was pulling my hair out bt trying various settings to get a few empty categories to display ! ! !

kane738 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:37 pm

Cheers Kauselot! Works like a dream :-)

Papillon · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:02 am

Hello,

I have exactly the same problem after updating from Joomla 1.0.11 to 1.0.13.
I looked in the content.php and I saw that the fix from above is included.

But the problem is still there. Categories with no content items are not shown in list content section.

Is there a solution for this problem?

Thanks Papi

kauselot · **Joined:** Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:15 am **Posts:** 133

If you are refering to my fix - it fixes "If the category is empty, the description isn't displayed" problem, which is not the same problem as "Categories with no content items are not shown in list content section". There is also a fix for that problem in this thread. Also check if parameter in list content section configuration "show empty categories" is set to "yes".

Papillon · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:18 am

Thank you for your answer kauselot. I meant the fix from notzippy. It is included in the content.php of Joomla! 1.0.13.
the configuration ist set like you described it.
When I put my site back to 1.0.11 all is ok.

Papillon · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:20 pm

No solution around?

vatokely · **Joined:** Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:26 am **Posts:** 6

Hi Papillon,

I found that the fix in 1.0.13 content.php is not exactly the same than the one from notzippy.

So if you replace line 326

Quote:

access_check_content = "\n AND ( b.access <= " . (int) $gid ." OR b.access is null)";

by

Quote:

$access_check_content = "\n AND ifnull(b.access,0) <= " . (int) $gid; (from notzippy fix)

it will work.

Papillon · **Posted:** Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:41 am

Thank you very much. This solved my Problem!
Now I can upgrade my site.

Papi

MALdito · **Joined:** Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:22 am **Posts:** 29

thanks for the fix!
Can't believe such an important feature has a bug ... even in 1.0.13!!

wolfix · **Joined:** Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:07 pm **Posts:** 61

components/com_content/content.php

vatokely wrote:

I found that the fix in 1.0.13 content.php is not exactly the same than the one from notzippy.

So if you replace line 326

Quote:

access_check_content = "\n AND ( b.access <= " . (int) $gid ." OR b.access is null)";

by

Quote:

$access_check_content = "\n AND ifnull(b.access,0) <= " . (int) $gid; (from notzippy fix)

it will work.

Thanks vatokely - it works!

wolfix

ThePiston · **Joined:** Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:45 am **Posts:** 447

ok, where is content.php

wolfix · **Joined:** Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:07 pm **Posts:** 61

components/com_content/content.php

ThePiston · **Joined:** Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:45 am **Posts:** 447

i just installed 1.0.13 yesterday and it still has the old 1386 line without blog fix... i did the fix, but still not working. The links now work with other fix, but not blog...

Blog of "Reviews" section: http://odemrs.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=4&Itemid=27
Links of "Review" section: http://odemrs.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=4&Itemid=28

ThePiston · **Joined:** Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:45 am **Posts:** 447

can someone post their working 1.0.13 content.php file? TIA

MALdito · **Joined:** Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:22 am **Posts:** 29

Bug is still presente in version 1.0.15 Stable [ Daytime ] 22 February 2008

arctic_cyclone · **Joined:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 2:58 pm **Posts:** 7

Hi, I tried some of the solutions above, and many worked, there is one issue:

Example Case

Code:

Section Cars
[ Here is description for cars in general]
   Category 4wd
   [Here are descriptions for 4wd]
      Article Hummer
      [Description of a hummer]
      Article Rover
      [description of a rover]
   Category Prototypes
   [Description for Prototypes]
      No Articles

The initial problem was that the category Prototype would not show up.

Now the issue is that everything shows up on the Section 'Cars' .
Everything in the section is expanded, including 'Prototypes'.

The desired result I was hoping for is hierarchical links, for example

We click on 'Cars' section link from the menu we will see:

Code:

Car's Description
 * 4WD
 * Prototypes

Just as it would for category page showing links of articles in it..

Any help would be great,
Thanks guys.

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