Can't create new category

[TimS]

I'm a new user working with ZC 1.3.0. Under Catelog - Categories/Products, I find a button for creating a new product but can't find a method for creating a new category. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

[kobra]

Please note the caveat
Note: Subcategories can hold sub-subcategories or products, but not both at the same level.

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=271

[TimS]

I have no idea what you're trying to say. I'm just trying to create some categories for my products.

[limelites]

Kobra is saying that you can't have both subcategories and products inside a category.

Categories can contain either products or sub categories. Not both.

[Ajeh]

This all means ...

When a Product is added, the NEW CATEGORY button disappears ...

When a Category is added, the NEW PRODUCT button disappears ...

NOTE: if you "just started" ... why are you using that buggy, security risk, feature lacking version of v1.3.0?

[gusseting]

i'm having the same problem.
i understand that the basic premise of zen cart is that you create a category, which then has either products or subcategories inside.
however, i have this problem:

http:// gusset.net/ shop

where i have only one product displayed.

if i follow the tutorial at: https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=271 i should be able to go to:

admin>> catalog >>categories/products

and choose to create a new category.

there is no "new category" button.

so, what am i doing wrong, and where do i go/how do i manage to create a new category?

in admin, i also have an additional "WARNING: You have Products in the Top Level Category. This will cause pricing to not work properly in the Catalog. Products found: 1"
however, i can't delete the product in admin. can anyone suggest a workaround?

tia.

[stevesh]

As the previous posts mentioned, once you have a product in a category, you can't add subcategories to that category, even if it's the 'Top' category. Why can't you delete that product in Admin?

[kaafum]

HELP....!! I have the website www.casusguvenlik.com and just recently installed Zen Cart plus Turkish language pack. Now, I am having an issue with adding categories. I had 2 categories added last week (i think prior to installing the language pack) and since then I cannot add any category anymore. I really don't know what I am doing wrong. Reading the tutorials and looking at the logic buttons of creating category, I am getting the screen where I have to name the category etc. But when I'd like to submit it, I return to the zen homepage automatically (?). Then when I get back into Catalog/Categories I don't see the category I was trying to add.

I asked my support (justhost), but they recommended to re-install Zen Cart. I really don't know if this is the right approach, as I have to do everything all over again I guess.

Is there anybody who recognizes this problem and does anybody have a solution? I'd really appreciate it.

Many thanks.

[d9000]

This is really strange, we suddenly started having the same problem on a shop we have been running for years.

I am trying to add a top-level category (there are already 40 top-level categories, no products in the top level obviously). It lets me go through the process of adding a category, I hit submit, and I get redirected to the admin homepage. When I go back to the category manager, no category has been added.

Running 1.3.8a
PHP 5.2.9
MySQL 5.0.81

Any ideas?

[stevesh]

That's one of the possible symptoms of installing the recent admin security patch incorrectly - usually installing it to your cart rather than your admin folder.