Help Removing Category Archive Label/Spacing

The strip is a block styled for a post, but empty. Is it possible that the code following the block you posted is adding an empty post to the loop?

Can you put the header back in and let us see the results with the header?

I’ve restored the code I deleted, and the full item I want removed is visible.

I want that entire block removed.

https://www.thepoliticalpodium.com/category/government/the-congress/

OK, the header is in a div with class=”art-post”, but so is the other post on the page. There must be code before and after the segment you posted that sets the class to art-post. You will need to remove that code also.

Hmm… here is the entirety of the archive.php from the top down a ways past the code I’ve displayed already. Can you isolate and recommend what needs to be removed?

<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class=”art-content-layout”>
<div class=”art-content-layout-row”>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/sidebar1.php’); ?><div class=”art-layout-cell art-content”>

<?php is_tag(); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

<div class=”art-post”>
<div class=”art-post-tl”></div>
<div class=”art-post-tr”></div>
<div class=”art-post-bl”></div>
<div class=”art-post-br”></div>
<div class=”art-post-tc”></div>
<div class=”art-post-bc”></div>
<div class=”art-post-cl”></div>
<div class=”art-post-cr”></div>
<div class=”art-post-cc”></div>
<div class=”art-post-body”>
<div class=”art-post-inner art-article”>

<div class=”art-postcontent”>
<!– article-content –>

<?php $post = $posts[0]; // Hack. Set $post so that the_date() works. ?>
<?php /* If this is a category archive */ if (is_category()) { ?>
<h2 class=”pagetitle”><?php printf(__(‘Archive for the ‘%s’ Category’, ‘kubrick’), single_cat_title(”, false)); ?></h2>
<?php /* If this is a tag archive */ } elseif( is_tag() ) { ?>
<h2 class=”pagetitle”><?php printf(__(‘Posts Tagged ‘%s’’, ‘kubrick’), single_tag_title(”, false) ); ?></h2>
<?php /* If this is a daily archive */ } elseif (is_day()) { ?>
<h2 class=”pagetitle”><?php printf(_c(‘Archive for %s|Daily archive page’, ‘kubrick’), get_the_time(__(‘F jS, Y’, ‘kubrick’))); ?></h2>
<?php /* If this is a monthly archive */ } elseif (is_month()) { ?>
<h2 class=”pagetitle”><?php printf(_c(‘Archive for %s|Monthly archive page’, ‘kubrick’), get_the_time(__(‘F, Y’, ‘kubrick’))); ?></h2>
<?php /* If this is a yearly archive */ } elseif (is_year()) { ?>
<h2 class=”pagetitle”><?php printf(_c(‘Archive for %s|Yearly archive page’, ‘kubrick’), get_the_time(__(‘Y’, ‘kubrick’))); ?></h2>
<?php /* If this is an author archive */ } elseif (is_author()) { ?>
<h2 class=”pagetitle”><?php _e(‘Author Archive’, ‘kubrick’); ?></h2>
<?php /* If this is a paged archive */ } elseif (isset($_GET[‘paged’]) && !empty($_GET[‘paged’])) { ?>
<h2 class=”pagetitle”><?php _e(‘Blog Archives’, ‘kubrick’); ?></h2>
<?php } ?>

<?php
$prev_link = get_previous_posts_link(__(‘Newer Entries »’, ‘kubrick’));
$next_link = get_next_posts_link(__(‘« Older Entries’, ‘kubrick’));
?>

<?php if ($prev_link || $next_link): ?>
<div class=”navigation”>
<div class=”alignleft”><?php echo $next_link; ?></div>
<div class=”alignright”><?php echo $prev_link; ?></div>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

The problem is that the navigation links are also included in that div. When you have more posts than will show on one screen, the navigation appears in that div. You can’t remove the div without messing up the navigation. It is not just a matter of removing some code. I think you are stuck with the ‘Archive for …’ text without a major rewrite of the code.

I edited this:
<h2 class=”pagetitle”>Archive for the ‘<?php single_cat_title(); ?>’ Category</h2>

To this:
<h2 class=”pagetitle”><?php single_cat_title(); ?></h2>

Now it only displays the heading title of the catagory name, which is fine for me.
Hope that helps others.

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