Show categories without images

[MrMusic]

Currently, only (sub)categories that contain images are displayed in the category view. This PR ensures that empty categories are also displayed.

[JochenEb]

Funktioniert, habe es in der alpha1 händisch geändert. https://www.modellheliflieger.de/j4test

auch unter J5 https://www.modellheliflieger.de/j5test

[rowi68]

I have also successfully tested this item... :white_check_mark:

[AlexanderSupp]

Yes, it works better than before. But if I change the "Filter by category" to "Root" the following page will be displayed:

[AlexanderSupp]

Look at my structure. There are no images in the system. If I set the filter to "Reisen" the subcategory "2016 Brasilien" will be displayed. That's correct. Then, I select "2016 Brasilien" and no further categories will be displayed. I expect at this point my 4 subcategories.

[Elfangor93]

Whtas the future of this PR? @MrMusic @AlexanderSupp Is there still anything to fix or can it be merged?

[MrMusic]

But if I change the "Filter by category" to "Root" the following page will be displayed:

Yes, i can confirm this, but i think it's a bug that is only now becoming visible. Try to fix:

• Select category "Uncategorised" in phpMyAdmin and insert 0 (not NULL) for column 'thumbnail'.
• Or select a thumbnail for this category when editing in the backend.

Then, I select "2016 Brasilien" and no further categories will be displayed.

Can't confirm that. Maybe do you use outdated menu links?

[AlexanderSupp]

I started my test with "Category View Grid Layout" and not with "List of Categories". Now, I'm not sure that my problem can be assigned to this PR.

I started with this definition:

The first page of "Category View Grid Layout" is:

I click to "2016 Brasilien" and the next page is:

Here I miss my 4 subcategories.

What I see now on the breadcrumbs is: There is a change to "Category View Masonry". Why that? I tried to start my test with "Category View Justified". The same result with "Category View Masonry" at the end. Now I will test these scenarios with images.

[AlexanderSupp]

I got it. I uploaded for all categories images. And, that is important, I add for each category a thumbnail for preview. And now everything works fine. But the standard view is always masonry. And now I can jump to all levels of categories and single image view with correct backlink. I can start with "List of Categories" and the chain works well. It seems that the parameters of masonry are always standard. And here my value for the title was None, so without a thumbnail for preview I didn't see the category.

My consequence for this PR. We must have a clear place to define the Category Layout. We must define a simple workflow to display all objects in the frontend.

[AlexanderSupp]

I checked this PR again. I deleted all images. Also, I deleted all my menu entries regarding the layout of Categories and images. And I make the titles visible. Now I can confirm the successful test.

This PR is ready to merge.

[eumel1602]

auch ich habe den PR erfolgreich mit J4.4.1 getestet ( PHP 8.1 ) DANKE

[MrMusic]

But if I change the "Filter by category" to "Root" the following page will be displayed:

I have added a fix so that this problem no longer occurs. For testing a new installation is needed.

[AlexanderSupp]

I uninstalled JG4 and installed this PR. Everything works as designed. I can switch around the category levels back and forth without any break. Thank you. PR ready to merge into main.

[Elfangor93]

Thank you very much ✅