Default Category Page Possible?

[vmitchell85]

Would it be possible to add a default category page?

If I go to a category url I don't have or haven't created yet I get a No input file specified error.

See https://vincemitchell.me/blog/categories/jigsaw/

So, if I use a new category in my post I have to remember to create a file for that category.

Would it be possible to add capability for a "catch all" or _default.md file maybe?

Hope that makes sense.

[camuthig]

I put together an event listener that accomplishes this task for me. Instead of using a _default.md, it directly extends the _layouts.category layout and sets a default title on each item. So the page will have a title of Category: <name of category> and then the list of the relevant posts.

I'm not sure if the way I accomplished this was the best route to take, essentially reloading all of the collections and configurations again after they were already loaded once, but it allows me to reuse the heavy lifting that Jigsaw is doing for me.

https://github.com/camuthig/jigsaw-blog-default-categories

Hope it helps. Open to suggestions as well.

[bakerkretzmar]

Somewhat related to tighten/jigsaw#273.

[bakerkretzmar]

@vmitchell85 closing this for now as I think @camuthig's solution will work for you and this isn't currently possible with Jigsaw out of the box. We'll definitely keep this in mind for v2.