Been trying to google for answers but to no prevail.
and here's how it looks like under archives.php:
I've tried deleting the empty lines but it just leads to a parse error. And this is on a Wordpress site. Please help!
Maybe you better edit the functions which return the descriptions....but for a quick & dirty fix - try this one:
if( !empty($category_description) && $category_description !== '[empty]' )
//...
if( !empty($tag_description) && $tag_description !== '[empty]' )
//...