Changing default text on a category page with no items

[Otha]

Hello,

There is a line of default text which is displayed when you click on a category item, where there is not yet any product listed. The text is as follows:

"There are no products to list in this category."

Where in the code can I change this default text? I tried finding the sentance by searhing the local folder but came up with, "nothing found".

Thanks in advance,

[afo]

My search found it in index.php (various folders). You should change it in

includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/index.php (where YOUR_TEMPLATE is the name of your custom template). Depending on your version, it might be around line 40.

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

[Otha]

Hi afo,

Thanks for your quick reply! I found the text as you directed. Oddly enough, when I change it, the page won't display at all. The only difference I can see is that the original text is 46 charaacters long and the text I replaced it with is 75 characters long. Is there a limitation on the length of the text in this part of the code?

[Otha]

I found the solution to my last question. The page would not display because in the new text I placed in the code, there was a word with a comma (') in it. I needed to use the escape code for the comma: \'

[afo]

' isn't a comma. , is a comma. ' is an apostrophe and, yes, it needs to be escaped. Glad you found the answer.

[gilby]

Hello,

There is a line of default text which is displayed when you click on a category item, where there is not yet any product listed. The text is as follows:

"There are no products to list in this category."

Where in the code can I change this default text? I tried finding the sentance by searhing the local folder but came up with, "nothing found".

Thanks in advance,

Why not just disable (hide) the category until you do have products in it.
It annoys customers when they click on categories expecting to find something, only to find it empty.
(imo)