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Having decided that Groups did more for me than Categories, I deleted all the Categories I had set up. Looks like this was a mistake, since now all my Forums are gone.

If I try to add the Forum back, the system complains about using the old forum key.

Ok, but if I use a new forum key, then the system says it is adding it/has added it. But when it refreshes the page, there are no forums. Arggg...

Have I missed turning off Categories somewhere? I don't recall needing at least one Category.

TIA...

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I'm surprised it let you delete them. Yeah, no forums can exist without a category. So you'll have to add a cateogry, then add the forum.


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Thanks, but that's what I did in paragrah 2 of my posting. Now there is one Category, but the system won't add another Forum.

Any suggestions?

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Someone would probably need to look at the database structure and replace any missing categories used by forums. There's so many possibilites here, it's tough to know without looking.

You might open a ticket so infopop can examine your database.


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This just in from tech support: Not a feature after all, but a real bug!

BEWARE: NEVER delete the last Category.

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... create a new category, and then go into Forum Settings, and move it into the Category?

You may have already tried, or it might not work. I'm just throwing it out there.

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This just in: After further discussion, Tech Support has decided that corrupting your database by deleting the last category is actually a design feature!


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