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10 Jul 2010, 10:56 PM
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Can't add / find categories

I'm on ZC 1.3.9 and I'm trying to add a category. So I go to Catalog --> Products/Categories but there's no Add Category button anywhere to be found. How can I get it to appear or is there some other way to do it even using PHPmyAdmin?

10 Jul 2010, 11:57 PM
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Re: Can't add / find categories

Do you have products in the top directory? You can have products or subcategories in a category, but not both.

11 Jul 2010, 2:46 AM
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Re: Can't add / find categories

Yes, I do. How can I get them from the top into a category of their own? Or do I have to delete them? I don't want to do that.

11 Jul 2010, 11:44 AM
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Re: Can't add / find categories

In the list of products, the 'm' in the purple circle stands for 'Move'. You can use that to move those products to a different category.

11 Jul 2010, 12:23 PM
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Re: Can't add / find categories

That doesn't work. Since the only category choice is 'Top" and I can't create any categories.

11 Jul 2010, 2:05 PM
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Re: Can't add / find categories

Sorry - set the status of your products to 'off' (click the green box to red) then the 'New Category' button will appear, and you can create a temporary category to move them to.

Don't leave both products and subcategories in Top, though.

11 Jul 2010, 6:07 PM
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Re: Can't add / find categories

Yep. That was the missing link. Thanks so much. It's all working now.