Removing "There are no products to list in this category" from cateogry page

[techiegirl]

I want to hide or remove the "There are no products to list in this category" statement that automatically appears when there are no products available for a product category.

I have a "Custom Order" category that will never have any products listed but will be used to display images of custom products, but didn't know how to hide the statement for just that one category.

Here is a direct link to the page:
http://tregreekboutique.com/zencart/...=index&cPath=8.

Thanks!

[frank18]

Open /includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/index.php

and find There are no products to list in this category

delete that string but make sure to leave the single quotes untouched

so change this

define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS', 'There are no products to list in this category.');

to this

define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS', '');

[techiegirl]

I think that if I remove it from index.php it will remove the statement for any category that does not contain any products.

I want to remove the statement from ONE particular category ONLY.

Open /includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/index.php

and find There are no products to list in this category

delete that string but make sure to leave the single quotes untouched

so change this

define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS', 'There are no products to list in this category.');

to this

define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS', '');

[frank18]

I think that if I remove it from index.php it will remove the statement for any category that does not contain any products.

That's correct

I want to remove the statement from ONE particular category ONLY.

Considering you only have one empty category to deal with that solution should work just fine.

To me it makes no sense to have empty categories at all. If they are empty they can be disabled via admin until they are needed.

It's like a B&M shop with empty departments - nothing to buy or to browse so why make them accessible to the public?

[techiegirl]

That's correct

Considering you only have one empty category to deal with that solution should work just fine.

To me it makes no sense to have empty categories at all. If they are empty they can be disabled via admin until they are needed.

It's like a B&M shop with empty departments - nothing to buy or to browse so why make them accessible to the public?

Thanks for the help. I guess I may have been overcomplicating what I was trying to accomplish.

Removing it from the index.php file did the job.