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    Category not Showing Up? Confused Please Help SOLVED

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    Post by mz.jennifer August 27th 2012, 12:10 am

    Hello, I have tried many different things and I am still having trouble getting categories to show up within my forum.. I saw some other topics on this that said to try switching to ( medium or full ) I have tried both and still isnt working.. please let me know what I am doing wrong

    here is a screen shot of admin panel Category not Showing Up? Confused Please Help SOLVED Admin10


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    and here is a screen shot of the forum itself to show what I mean


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    Post by Shakespeare August 27th 2012, 12:12 am

    Try attaching a forum to your category.
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    Post by DarkGlow August 27th 2012, 12:18 am

    It's basically/pretty much what Shaksepeare provided. Add a forum to your category and it will display.
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    Post by mz.jennifer August 28th 2012, 5:07 pm

    I thought that I did add a forum? it shows Categories are blue forums are green,
    My category is Welcome
    my first forum is RULES

    where am I going wrong here?
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    Post by Sir Chivas™ August 28th 2012, 5:22 pm

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    Post by brandon_g August 28th 2012, 7:52 pm

    Also... i see in your screen shot that the forum you added did show up on your forum... so i dont see where the problem stands?



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    Post by mz.jennifer August 28th 2012, 9:12 pm

    I guess I am just super confused with it all, I followed the tutorials and entered a category, and a forum.. but mine just isnt looking like i want it too.. my first category was supposed to be WELCOME then inside there would be my forum rules, introductions ect.. but It does not pop up that way in the preview.. i will keep trying and see what I cant figure out thanks everyone for the help
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    Post by Base August 28th 2012, 9:40 pm

    Hi, you need to:

    1. Click the modify button ( Edit ) on the forum 'Rules'
    2. For 'Attached to' you need to select the category 'Welcome' and then the category should show up
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    Post by mz.jennifer August 29th 2012, 12:29 am

    okay I will go check it out and see if I can fix it.. thanks everyone.. not sure how to mark this as SOLVED ...
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    Post by DarkGlow August 29th 2012, 1:27 am

    mz.jennifer wrote:okay I will go check it out and see if I can fix it.. thanks everyone.. not sure how to mark this as SOLVED ...

    You can edit the first post to edit your title Wink
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    Post by SLGray August 29th 2012, 6:38 am

    Is this completely solved now?



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    Post by mz.jennifer August 29th 2012, 4:15 pm

    as solved as its going to be lol .. thank you
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    Post by SLGray August 30th 2012, 12:51 am

    Topic Solved & Locked



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