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jferry
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Dec 12, 2006, 5:19 PM
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Only One Category
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Hello,
Suppose we only have one category. Can I hide the drop down field and make it default to my one category?
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ross
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Dec 13, 2006, 2:16 PM
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Re: [jferry] Only One Category
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Hi again  .
You can definitely hide that category list. There are a couple things you'll need to do though so I'll walk you through it.
First, log into Article Manager and go to Categories. You are going to need to know the number of your one category. That's done by clicking on that category's modify link and looking in the URL. You'll see something like this:
/admin.cgi?action=categoryEdit&num=16
That 16 at the end is your category number. Make a note of this.
The next step will be to click back to Admin and then onto Database Editor. From there, click on "edit table & fields" for your articles table.
Because the category field is a system field, you need to enable system field editing. If you haven't done that already, just look for the little drop down below the main table there (Advanced Commands...). It's an option in there.
Once you have system field editing enabled, click modify for categoryNum and make the following changes:
Field Type => text field
Field Attributes => check off Hidden
Default Value => the category number you just made note of
Custom Field HTML =>
<input name="categoryNum" id="categoryNum" type="hidden" value=16>
And that's it. Make sure the 16 in that line of code above is changed to your category number. Save this page and you are done.
When you go back to create or modify an article, there will be no category menu and the article will automatically be set to your one category.
Does that all make sense? Give it a shot and let me know how you make out .
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jferry
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Jan 5, 2007, 7:45 PM
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Ross,
Once again you've come through perfectly. That did it.
Thanks,
jferry
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