Look for the following entry:
scp/tickets.php
if($stats)
$nav->addSubMenu(array('desc'=>'Open ('.$stats.')','title'=>'Open Tickets', 'href'=>'tickets.php', 'iconclass'=>'Ticket'));
Essentially we want to get rid of the "if" statement and say to always show the "Open page" title/nav. So just modify it to look something like this:
// We don't want an if (there are tickets) we always want the open page up/available.
// if($stats)
$nav->addSubMenu(array('desc'=>'Open ('.$stats.')','title'=>'Open Tickets', 'href'=>'tickets.php', 'iconclass'=>'Ticket'));
Then remove or comment out the following so that we'll always see the Open ticket page even if there are 0 open tickets:
include/staff/tickets.inc.php
}elseif(!$stats) { //no open or answered tickets (+-queue?) - show closed tickets.???
$status='closed';
$results_type='Closed Tickets';