[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #1969: Check for category and author page existence

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#1969: Check for category and author page existence
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 Reporter:  chuyskywalker  |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect         |       Status:  reopened 
 Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:  2.1      
Component:  General        |      Version:  2.0.1    
 Severity:  normal         |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  bg|has-patch   |  
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Comment (by _ck_):

 What is really strange is that for a user/author with no posts:

 /index.php?author_name=example
 works and will show author.php template even with zero posts

 /author/example
 will FAIL (even in 2.1a2) and show 404 template
 until they have at least one post and then it will work

 I believe it has to do with the way WP_QUERY in query.php parses the URL
 and first believes it's on a page with posts for the rewrite URL so it
 fails for the author. Very strange.

 The 404 patch code by  joelgilmore works but I dislike the idea of
 patching the result. I wish they could fix it on the parsing. 2.1a2 still
 does not have any attempt to fix what-so-ever.

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