In the screen shot exmple the descriptions are "Team In Training Community" and "Hike For Discovery Community". Those are entered in the admin console for the parent community, but are showing next to the parent AND child communities.
Here is the template code with the modifications Jive suggested. /template/widget/subcommunities.ft
<#if containerSize == enums['com.jivesoftware.community.widget.Widget$ContainerSize'].SMALL>
<!-- BEGIN communities list -->
<#if (children.size() == 0) >
<div class="jive-widget-body-empty">
<div class="jive-widget-empty jive-widget-empty-subspaces">
<div>
<p><@s.text name="widget.subcommunities.empty.desc"/></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<#else>
<ul class="jive-sidebar-subcommunities">
<#list children.get(community) as subcommunity>
<li class="jive-communitylist-med">
<a href="<@s.url value='${JiveResourceResolver.getJiveObjectURL(subcommunity)}'/>">${subcommunity.name?html}</a><br />${subcommunity.description?html}
<#if (showChildren && (children.get(subcommunity)?exists && children.get(subcommunity).size() > 0))>
<ul>
<#list children.get(subcommunity) as subsubcommunity>
<li class="jive-communitylist-sm"><a
href="<@s.url value='${JiveResourceResolver.getJiveObjectURL(subsubcommunity)}'/>">${subsubcommunity.name?html}</a><br />${subsubcommunity.description?html}</li>
</#list>
</ul>
</#if>
</li>
</#list>
</ul>
</#if>
<!-- END communities list -->
<#else>
<!-- BEGIN communities list -->
<#if (children.size() == 0) >
<div class="jive-widget-body-empty">
<!-- BEGIN empty subspaces message -->
<div id="jive-community-empty" class="jive-community-empty-small">
<div id="jive-community-empty-types">
<div id="jive-community-empty-subspaces">
<p><@s.text name="widget.subcommunities.empty.desc"/></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- END empty subspaces message -->
</div>
<#else>
<div class="jive-community-subspaces" id="jive-widget-communities-list">
<div class="jive-widget-subspaces">
<div class="jive-communities-listing">
<table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" >
<thead>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td><@s.text name="widget.subcommunities.disc.colhead" /></td>
<td><@s.text name="widget.subcommunities.doc.colhead" /></td>
<td><@s.text name="widget.subcommunities.bgpst.colhead" /></td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<#assign communityCount = children.get(community).size() />
<#list children.get(community) as subcommunity>
<#assign className = 'jive-communities-listing-border'/>
<#if ((subcommunity_index == communityCount-1) && (!showChildren || !children.get(subcommunity)?exists || children.get(subcommunity).size() == 0))>
<#assign className=''/>
</#if>
<tr class="${className}">
<td class="jive-communitylist-name"><a href="<@s.url value='${JiveResourceResolver.getJiveObjectURL(subcommunity)}'/>" class="jive-communitylist-med">${subcommunity.name?html}</a></td>
<td class="jive-communitylist-discussions">
<#if jive.isModuleAvailable('forums', subcommunity)><a href="<@s.url value='${JiveResourceResolver.getJiveObjectURL(subcommunity)}'/>?view=${statics['com.jivesoftware.community.action.CommunityAction'].VIEW_DISCUSSIONS}">${forumManager.getThreadCount(subcommunity)?c}</a><#else> </#if>
</td>
<td class="jive-communitylist-documents">
<#if jive.isModuleAvailable('wiki', subcommunity)><a href="<@s.url value='${JiveResourceResolver.getJiveObjectURL(subcommunity)}'/>?view=${statics['com.jivesoftware.community.action.CommunityAction'].VIEW_DOCUMENTS}">${documentManager.getDocumentCount(subcommunity)?c}</a><#else> </#if>
</td>
<td class="jive-communitylist-blogposts">
<#if jive.isModuleAvailable('blogs', subcommunity)><a href="<@s.url value='${JiveResourceResolver.getJiveObjectURL(subcommunity)}'/>?view=${statics['com.jivesoftware.community.action.CommunityAction'].VIEW_BLOGPOSTS}">${blogManager.getBlogPostCount(subcommunity)?c}</a><#else> </#if>
</td>
</tr>
<#if (showChildren && children.get(subcommunity)?exists && children.get(subcommunity).size() > 0)>
<#assign subCommunityCount = children.get(subcommunity).size() />
<#list children.get(subcommunity) as subsubcommunity>
<#if ((subsubcommunity_index == subCommunityCount-1) && (subcommunity_index == communityCount-1))>
<#assign className=''/>
</#if>
<tr class="${className}">
<td class="jive-communitylist-name-sub"><a href="<@s.url value='${JiveResourceResolver.getJiveObjectURL(subsubcommunity)}'/>" class="jive-communitylist-sm">${subsubcommunity.name?html}</a> ${subcommunity.description?html}</td>
<td class="jive-communitylist-discussions">
<#if jive.isModuleAvailable('forums', subsubcommunity)><a href="<@s.url value='${JiveResourceResolver.getJiveObjectURL(subsubcommunity)}'/>?view=${statics['com.jivesoftware.community.action.CommunityAction'].VIEW_DISCUSSIONS}">${forumManager.getThreadCount(subsubcommunity)?c}</a><#else> </#if>
</td>
<td class="jive-communitylist-documents">
<#if jive.isModuleAvailable('wiki', subsubcommunity)><a href="<@s.url value='${JiveResourceResolver.getJiveObjectURL(subsubcommunity)}'/>?view=${statics['com.jivesoftware.community.action.CommunityAction'].VIEW_DOCUMENTS}">${documentManager.getDocumentCount(subsubcommunity)?c}</a><#else> </#if>
</td>
<td class="jive-communitylist-blogposts">
<#if jive.isModuleAvailable('blogs', subsubcommunity)><a href="<@s.url value='${JiveResourceResolver.getJiveObjectURL(subsubcommunity)}'/>?view=${statics['com.jivesoftware.community.action.CommunityAction'].VIEW_BLOGPOSTS}">${blogManager.getBlogPostCount(subsubcommunity)?c}</a><#else> </#if>
</td>
</tr>
</#list>
</#if>
</#list>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</#if>
<!-- END communities list -->
</#if>
