I can't figure out how to move products from the top level category

[pmarble]

I keep seein the error msg - WARNING: You have Products in the Top Level Category. This will cause pricing to not work properly in the Catalog. Products found: 1554

But I can't find a way to move them elsewhere.

I'm using:

Zen Cart 1.3.0.1
Database Patch Level: 1.3.0.1
v1.3.0.1 [2006-08-05 15:09:56] (Fresh Installation)

[Ajeh]

If this is a new install ... and you only have 1 product ... delete the 1 product ...

Now, make your Category ... and add your product to that category ...

Hint: copy & paste the products_description into your handy dandy NotePad and you don't have to retype it all ...

[pmarble]

Unfortunately I have approx 2200 products....1500 of which appear to be in the top level catagory after importing them EasyPopulate...

[Ajeh]

Could you assign them a categories_id other than 0 and re-import?

[pmarble]

Well, after some investigation I've found that what I'm seeing is the category description not the category at all. I think i'll reimport my categories and try again.

[obeloinkment]

So tell me this... MUST products be in a category? I've had the same warning "You have Products in the Top Level Category" but really I only have 3 or 4 products, and categorizing them seems like an unnecessary step.

[Ajeh]

It is best to use a Category, regardless as that is how things were designed ...

You can turn off the Categories sidebox and Categories Tabs ... then set in Configuration ... Layout Settings ...

Set to 1:

Categories - Always Show on Main Page
Always Show Categories on Main Page
0= off
1= on
Default category can be set to Top Level or a Specific Top Level

And set the Category to open to, such as 1, just below it:

Main Page - Opens with Category
0= Top Level Categories
Or enter the Category ID#
Note: Sub Categories can also be used Example: 3_10

[TimotyhFoo]

I was getting the same Warning after testing easy populate. I had to open the DB in phpMyAdmin and remove a few rows from the products_to_categories table that referenced a product that didn't exist.

There are quite a few tables used to manage the products and categories, so have a poke around and make sure you don't leave anything that shouldn't be there.

[RawKarat]

I am pretty new to Zen Cart but been doing PHP for a while, so this might sound stupid...but "How do you create a new category"? All I see is Category/Products under Catalog in the admin section and when I am on that page there is no where to create a category, just the add product button?

[RawKarat]

It was an add-on file put in the wrong directory that messed it up. But I have been working alot of the backend php stuff so going to remove site and re-install and save the files I changed.