From 2effbb3f75a86f4b46069f50ece5915e53ace55c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wesley B <62723358+wesleyboar@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 16:04:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(blog): preserve space when back link is hidden

Keep the back link markup on filtered list views and use visibility:hidden when PORTAL_BLOG_SHOW_BACK_LINK is false.
---
 taccsite_cms/templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/taccsite_cms/templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html b/taccsite_cms/templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html
index 0c45a71ee..31820496d 100644
--- a/taccsite_cms/templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html
+++ b/taccsite_cms/templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html
@@ -63,10 +63,8 @@ <h2>
     <p class="blog-empty">{% trans "No article found." %}</p>
     {% endfor %}
     {# TACC (hide back link): #}
-    {% if settings.PORTAL_BLOG_SHOW_BACK_LINK %}
     {% if author or archive_date or tagged_entries %}
-    <p class="blog-back"><a href="{% url 'djangocms_blog:posts-latest' %}">{% trans "Back" %}</a></p>
-    {% endif %}
+    <p class="blog-back"{% if not settings.PORTAL_BLOG_SHOW_BACK_LINK %} style="visibility: hidden"{% endif %}><a href="{% url 'djangocms_blog:posts-latest' %}">{% trans "Back" %}</a></p>
     {% endif %}
     {# /TACC #}
     {% if is_paginated %}