Specials page blank

[stevensmedia]

Recently, I upgraded to 1.3.5 and now my Specials page is blank when there are no specials to display. The blank content area also causes the layout to collapse a bit.

Modifying tpl_specials_default.php doesn't seem to have any effect on the page. I can add foo code to it, but then can't find that in the resulting page.

Looking closer at tpl_modules_specials_default.php, it appears to call tpl_columnar_display.php for the template, not tpl_specials_default.php.

I want to insert

<?php
  if ($specials_split->number_of_rows < 1)
{
    echo '<tr><td>Sorry, there are no Specials available at this time.</td></tr>';
}

into the correct template so that this message shows when there are no specials. Which template should I add this to?

I did a search for "if ($specials_split->number_of_rows < 1)" in all the default templates, but didn't find it. Has this code been removed in 1.3.5?

[Kim]

...if there are not any Specials, there aren't any links to the page. Why do you need to change the page?

[stevensmedia]

Well, we have a hard link to the Specials page in the image navigation.

Any other ideas?

[gxwarr]

I was wondering how to do this as well. Ever find the answer?

And Kim, There is always a link to specials in the sitemap. It looks unprofessional if a customer stumbles onto a blank page.