// Generic blog empty display
// the following line commented out by JLo 7/20/2007
//    echo _EMPTY_BLOG;

// the following added by JLo 7/20/2007, so that we can have description even if the blog is empty

      $col_with = 100 / $columns;         // width of each column
      $width = 'width="'. intval( $col_with ) .'%"';

      echo '<table class="blog' . $params->get( 'pageclass_sfx' ) . '" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">';

      // Secrion/Category Description & Image
      if ( $menu && $menu->componentid && ( $descrip || $descrip_image ) ) {
         $link = $mosConfig_live_site .'/images/stories/'. $description->image;
         echo '<tr>';
         echo '<td valign="top">';
         if ( $descrip_image && $description->image ) {
            echo '<img src="'. $link .'" align="'. $description->image_position .'" hspace="6" alt="" />';
         }
         if ( $descrip && $description->description ) {
            echo $description->description;
         }
         echo '<br/><br/>';
         echo '</td>';
         echo '</tr>';
         echo '</table>';
      }

// end JLo additions