Show description in category without products

[giofranz]

Hi guys, i'm using vm 3.4.2 on joomla 3.8.13.
My problem is simple, i want to show the category description even when there are no products in it.

For example, i have a main category A that has two child category B1 B2, I would like to have a menu that displays A with the description of A and the image preview of B1 and B2.
If A has products in it, then it shows in order: B1 and B2 images; the A description; and the products of B1 and B2. But when A has no products in it, the menu just shows image preview of B1 and B2.

Have you any idea?

Thank you in advance!

[GJC Web Design]

totally template dependent

most cat templates have something like

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if (!empty($this->showcategory_desc) and empty($this->keyword)){
if(!empty($this->category)) {
?>
<div class="category_description">
<?php echo $this->category->category_description; ?>
</div>
<?php }
if(!empty($this->manu_descr)) {
?>
        <div class="manufacturer-description">
<?php echo $this->manu_descr; ?>
        </div>
<?php }
}

play around with the ifs to get what u want

[giofranz]

Thank you GJC Web Design, I'll see what I can get!