From 6d99619150b9422d4f9ae4da0778bf3cab74b9e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iandstewart <iandstewart@1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 16:53:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Twenty Eleven: check for published posts on the showcase page
 to prevent trashed sticky posts from appearing in the featured post loop;
 Props kawauso

git-svn-id: http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/trunk@18218 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd
---
 wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/showcase.php | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/showcase.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/showcase.php
index a31b5a33f..aeb3bad1a 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/showcase.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/showcase.php
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ get_header(); ?>
 
 					// The Featured Posts query.
 					$featured = new WP_Query( $featured_args );
+					
+					// Proceed only if published posts exist
+					if ( $featured->have_posts() ) :
 
 					/**
 					 * We will need to count featured posts starting from zero
@@ -151,6 +154,7 @@ get_header(); ?>
 				</nav>
 				<?php endif; // End check for more than one sticky post. ?>
 				</div><!-- .featured-posts -->
+				<?php endif; // End check for published posts. ?>
 				<?php endif; // End check for sticky posts. ?>
 
 				<section class="recent-posts">