I am very interested in what features and tools Category has, but it j u s t w o n ' t w o r k for me: (no explicit problem with installation, including the taxonomy wrapper or rights)


I didn't import any vocab or terms, I simply created a multiple-hierarchy container (start page) and then 4 child categories each which a number of child categories of their own – then when I assigned existing pages to categories, the menu links would only bring up the list of neighbor categories, but no content!!!


This has resulted in me being exasperated and clueless, that I am seriously beginning to doubt if I will be able to keep categories!

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TheRaven-1 commented

I'm getting the same. I added a couple vocabularies, and some list terms. Then I added a piece of content. Checked the categories tree to see that it was working. Added more to the tree, and some more content and none of it stuck. It looks like some sort of caching thing.

Anyone else got this?

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globefox commented

Hello
i have this problem also. The pages go blank during the menu updating process - is this a call to cron?

Due to time issues I will disable category and be using taxonomy for this...

Lucy

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inforeto commented

Please be more specific.
At the very least each category should display the nodes that belong to it.
That's the basic function and by default it shows teasers.
What usually goes awry is menus and views but that's advanced functions.
Be sure to disable category_views to see if the default listing works.

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TheRaven-1 commented

I can't find category_views anywhere in the administration pages. Can you tell me where to find it?

The only way I can get each category to display all the nodes is if I reset something (I can't remember what it was I had to reset categories, but this could not be done on a page you could get to from administration, it was a specific link that was provided in one of these support tickets and I can not find it now).

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inforeto commented

Category is an advanced module, so you need to know all its parts before using it.
A container has a boatload of options intended to show/hide nodes so you can get no results.

For the multiple hierachy problem in the first post, check the depth of the container.
If set to 0 it will hide all the nodes except by viewing the exact category.
Thus the menu links must be leading to the container or the parent categories, not the subcategories where the node are.
Of course, the automatic menu links are known to be problematic.

But again, to be able to troubleshoot, begin by seeing if the most basic functionality works.
With a simple container and category, you assign a category in a node and visiting that category should show that node.
Everything else like distant parents, tags, views and all can be added afterwards once the basic listing works.

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inforeto commented
Assigned: danielgt84 » Unassigned
Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)
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JirkaRybka commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (fixed)

Support request, that didn't get any update for more than one year and a half, may be considered obsolete IMO.

Feel free to re-open.