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Can't Delete First Category

Thread began 4/28/2010 2:46 pm by steltenp1404491 | Last modified 4/29/2010 8:51 am by Jason Byrnes | 1375 views | 3 replies |

steltenp1404491

Can't Delete First Category

I'm setting up PowerStore 3 for a client. To figure things out, I created a test category. I then created a couple sub categories below it. I inserted one test product. Everything seemed fine, so I created 4 real categories. I then deleted the test product, the two sub categories, but am unable to delete the main test category.

Using Safari on a Mac, when I click to delete or edit the category, nothing happens. If I click the manage sub categories, it takes me to the page to add a sub category, but it never shows up. If I use FireFox, it behaves very similarly, but the text in the edit and delete buttons shifts left or right one or two pixels.

Any suggestions on what I can do to get rid of the test category?

Thanks for any help ...

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

What is the name of the category you are trying to delete, sometimes catagory names that have non standard characters in them like apostrophes will break the JavaScript, if this happens, you will need to manually remove the category name from the my sql database using PHPMyAdmin or another MySQL gui tool.

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steltenp1404491

Perfect ... I wondered if there was something like that happening. The category name did have an apostrophe. I removed the apostrophe and the category behaves as expected. Thanks for the help!

One other question ... The client needs categories for "Men's Accessories" and "Women's Accessories" ... Is there something that can be done to fix the javascript so it properly handles the apostrophes or should I just keep this tucked away for future reference?

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

you can create a category name with an apostrophe by using the html entity:

"Men&#8217s Accessories" and "Women&#8217s Accessories"


just be aware that if you edit the category name, it will display the apostrophe and you will need to manually convert it back to the html entity.

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