add condition to control the visibility of the archive_box

views.py

@@ -158,9 +158,10 @@
         """display a list of entities by calling their <item_vid> view
         """
         rset = self.req.execute('Any CD ORDERBY CD DESC WHERE B is BlogEntry, B creation_date CD')
+        
         blogmonths = []
         items = []
         for (blogdate,) in rset:
             year, month = blogdate.year, blogdate.month
             if (year, month) not in blogmonths:
                 blogmonths.append( (year, month) )
@@ -161,10 +162,10 @@
         blogmonths = []
         items = []
         for (blogdate,) in rset:
             year, month = blogdate.year, blogdate.month
             if (year, month) not in blogmonths:
                 blogmonths.append( (year, month) )
-        if maxentries is None:
+        if maxentries is None: 
             displayed_months = blogmonths
             needmore = False
         else:
@@ -193,4 +194,6 @@
 
     def call(self, **kwargs):
         """display blogs archive"""
+        count_blogentry = self.req.execute('Any B, COUNT(B) GROUPBY B, CD ORDERBY CD DESC '
+                                           'WHERE B is BlogEntry, B creation_date CD HAVING COUNT(B) > 0')
         _ = self.req._
@@ -196,7 +199,9 @@
         _ = self.req._
-        box = BoxWidget(_(self.title), id=self.id, islist=False)
-        box.append(BoxHtml(self.view('blog_archive', None, maxentries=12)))
-        box.render(self.w)
+        
+        if count_blogentry:
+            box = BoxWidget(_(self.title), id=self.id, islist=False)
+            box.append(BoxHtml(self.view('blog_archive', None, maxentries=12)))
+            box.render(self.w)
 
 
 class BlogEntryListBox(BoxTemplate):