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: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@18218 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82

wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/showcase.php

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ 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
 					 * to create the slider navigation.
@@ -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">