[Emily]

I could use “show_empty_categories” shortcode in the drop down to control categories that are empty.  How about the widget?

 

Thanks

[Steven Zahm]

@ Emily

Not certain I understand completely, but I’ll try to answer.

The show_empty_categories is a template specific shortcode option and it is only available to those that support that option. Using it for a template will not affect the widget.

I hope that answers your question.

 

[Emily]

Thank you for your reply.

So there is no way to hide the empty categories from Category Widget (A hierarchical list of the categories. The links will take you to that category on the directory home page.)?

-Emily

[Steven Zahm]

@ Emily

Well, there is a way, but you would have to make a minor change to the widget’s PHP file. If you’r able to do this, I can provide you with the required change.

[dgalassi]

Steven,

I ran across this while looking around before posting my question. I am also trying to remove the empty (and unlisted) listings from the side bar widget. I see above that this is possible with a minor change to the widget’s PHP file.  If you could let me know what I needed to change, I’ll make that update.

Here’s an example of what I mean

http://experiencepros.com/directory/colorado/

“Non profits” category is showing as zero, and I don’t want the zero categories showing in the list. And I’ve found cases where the unlisted items are showing up in the list (though I believe that listing has since moved to public so there’s not an example of that on the site currently).  Is there a way to remove the unlisted listings from the side bar category list also?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Donna

 

[Steven Zahm]

@ dgalassi

If you open the class.widgets.php file in this path:
../wp-content/plugins/connections-widgets/includes

Go to line 180.

It should be this:

'show_count' => TRUE,

Just change TRUE to FALSE.

The categories count is the number of categories assigned to the category regardless of the viewing permission. For example, say you have a category and have three entries assigned to it. One public, one private and the last unlisted. The category count would still show up as (3) with the public one being visible to everyone regardless if a user is logged into your site or not. The public and private would be visible only to those that are logged into the site. The unlisted would be shown to those how have access to the Connections : Manage admin page and have permissions to view unlisted entries.

I hope that helps.

[Grady Sibert]

Ahoy,

If anyone is reading this thread it looks like the code changed a bit. So:

It’s actually line 190 that you would want to change to this:
'show_empty' => FALSE,

To hide the empty categories in the sidebar widget.

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