Add New Catagory

**sparktronic** · 11 Jun 2006, 05:29 PM

I am using 1.31 ver on a unix server and have a situation I have not found on other catalogs I set up. When you go to the admin panel of the catalog, the button that usually says "new catagory" is not there. The button that is there, is "new product". I was wondering if anyone might know why that is? This is a fresh install and I did look to see if all the files in the /english folder was transfered. They seem to be. Not sure if I have a setting wrong or what?

**Ajeh** · 11 Jun 2006, 05:45 PM

The Categories are designed to hold Products or Categories but not both at the same time ...

As this error occures time and time again, in v1.3.x we introduced a block to prevent adding Categories and Products at the same time to a Catagory ...

When a Category holds a Product the New Category button is disabled ...

When a Category holds a Category the New Product button is disabled ...

Putting them together in a Category causes pricing and search issues ...

You will want to fix your Products and Categories accordingly so that this mixed situation does not exist ...

**sparktronic** · 11 Jun 2006, 05:54 PM

I thought that might be the reason, but wasn't sure. Is there a fix or do I just need to get all the products into a folder off the catagory list?

**Ajeh** · 11 Jun 2006, 06:02 PM

Just need to move the Products to a Category and when cleaned up all will fix itself ...

**sparktronic** · 11 Jun 2006, 06:05 PM

Thanxs, Will do

**Ajeh** · 11 Jun 2006, 06:08 PM

Peek at the Copy button when on these Products that need moving and click the Multiple Links Manager ... it may help you navigate through fixing these a bit better ...