[support] Missing Forum categories box

Sun Dec 9 23:06:52 UTC 2007

It's Fixed.

For more information see http://drupal.org/node/198542

Basically when you disable the forum module it removes the vocabulary
id for forum. Re-enabling it doesn't put it back, that must be done
manually.

On Dec 9, 2007 11:27 AM, Skip Taylor <avskip at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I hate to reply to my own message, but I feel it's necessary.
>
> I decided to try this on a test site to see if I could duplicate the
> problem and I did duplicate it.
>
> If you enable comments, forums and taxonomy modules then create
> containers and forums (with or without data) then try to create
> content/forum topic then the forums listbox is there.
>
> If you DISABLE the three modules above then re-enable them,  the
> forums listbox in create content/ forum topic is gone.
>
> Uninstalling via the tab and re-enabling the modules does nothing, the
> forums listbox is still gone when you try to create content/forum
> topic.
>
> The container and forums still exist when you click on the forums menu entry.
>
> Any ideas how to fix this as it seems a major problem?
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 9, 2007 8:50 AM, Skip Taylor <avskip at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm writing the reply at the bottom as it's pretty long.
> >
> >
> > On Dec 9, 2007 12:37 AM, Davide Galletti <davide at davide.galletti.name> wrote:
> > > Other modules installed? Maybe Taxonomy Access control?
> > >
> > > Skip Taylor ha scritto:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > For some reason the categories box shown when creating a forum topic
> > > > has disappeared. The forums are there, the list shows under forums and
> > > > forum content is there and visible. On other content types the
> > > > categories are shown, just not for Forums.
> > > >
> > > > Drupal Version 5.3
> > > > Apache version 1.3.39
> > > > PHP version 4.4.6
> > > > MySQL version 4.1.22
> > > >
> > > > Any idea what to check?
> >
> >
> > In addition to the original problem description, I've also noticed
> > that for entries made without the box, the breadcrumb only says
> > forums, no categories showing after that at all.  I tried to find the
> > time frame for when this happened. It appears to have occurred around
> > the time when, in trying to troubleshoot another problem, I had
> > disabled then re-enabled all modules, including the forum module.  I
> > wonder if that could have something to do with this happening? I found
> > a forum message on Drupal.org mentioning something about this, but
> > they had no lists at all for the forums area. Not sure if that's
> > relevant or not.
> >
> > These are cleaned up entries from the modules list and have version
> > info as well as their purpose and dependencies are there also. Sorry
> > it's so long.
> >
> > ============
> > Core Required (enabled):
> >
> > Block 5.3 Controls the boxes that are displayed around the main content.
> >
> > Filter 5.3 Handles the filtering of content in preparation for display.
> >
> > Node 5.3 Allows content to be submitted to the site and displayed on
> > pages. Required by: Article (enabled)
> > System 5.3 Handles general site configuration for administrators.
> >
> > User 5.3 Manages the user registration and login system.
> >
> > Watchdog 5.3 Logs and records system events.
> >
> > Optional Core: Blog, Blog API, Book, Comment, Contact, Forum, Help,
> > Menu, Path, Ping, Profile, Search, Statistics, Taxonomoy, Throttle,
> > Tracker, Xstatistics
> >
> > Other Modules that are enabled:
> >
> > Account Reminder 5.x-1.x-dev A small module to resend the welome email
> > to those users who have yet to validate their email addresses.
> >
> > Akismet 5.x-1.3 Use the Akismet Service to protect your site from spam.
> >
> > Article 5.x-2.4 Allow users to view nodes of multiple types in a
> > central location. Depends on: Taxonomy (enabled), Node (enabled)
> >
> > Code Filter 5.x-1.x-dev Provides tags for automatically escaping and
> > formatting large pieces of code.
> >
> > Comment mover 5.x-1.x-dev Move comments to other threads or convert
> > them to nodes. Depends on: Comment (enabled)
> >
> > Comment RSS 5.x-1.x-dev Provides RSS feeds for comments Depends on:
> > Comment (enabled)
> >
> > Email verify 5.x-2.0 Verifies thoroughly email addresses during
> > registration and account edition.
> >
> > External Links 5.x-1.3 Adds icon next to external links on the site
> >
> > Feedback 5.x-1.x-dev Provides one or more site-wide feedback pages.
> >
> > Google Earth 5.x-5.x-dev Allows to post the visitors on a Google Earth
> > map. Depends on: Statistics (enabled)
> >
> > Google Analytics 5.x-1.3 Adds Google Analytics javascript tracking
> > code to all your site's pages.
> >
> > XML Sitemap 5.x-1.10 Creates an XML site map in accordance with the
> > sitemaps.org specification.
> >
> > HTML Corrector 5.x-1.x-dev Ensures all HTML in user-submitted content
> > is valid when output on the page.
> >
> > Inactive User 5.x-1.1 Automatic handling of inactive users.
> >
> > Modr8 5.x-2.3 Easy, dedicated moderation of content
> >
> > Meta tags 5.x-1.5 Allows users to add meta tags, eg keywords or description.
> >
> > Page Title 5.x-1.1 Enhanced control over the page title (in the <head> tag).
> >
> > Quote 5.x-1.3 Allows users to quote posts or comments. Depends on:
> > Comment (enabled)
> >
> > Scheduler 5.x-1.8 This module allows nodes to be published and
> > unpublished on specified dates.
> >
> > Similar entries 5.x-1.2 Displays a block with the most similar nodes
> > to the currently viewed one, based on the title and body fields, for
> > sites using MySQL MyISAM tables.
> >
> > Site menu 5.x-1.0 Provides a block and sitemap from categories Depends
> > on: Taxonomy (enabled)
> >
> > Sitenotes 5.x-1.0 Enables creating site notes for administrators.
> >
> > Smileys 5.x-1.2-beta Replaces smileys inside posts with images.
> > Required by: Smileys Import (enabled)
> >
> > Smileys Import 5.x-1.2-beta
> >
> > Subscriptions 5.x-1.9 Allows users to subscribe to nodes and taxonomy terms.
> >
> > TinyMCE 5.x-1.9 The most popular WYSIWYG editor for advanced content editing.
> >
> > Troll 5.x-1.1 Provides tools for community sites including users by IP
> > address, banning IP addresses, advanced user searching, and blocking
> > user by role.
> >
> > Week 5.x-1.2 Create block containing a list of weekly archives.
> >
> > Other modules that are disabled:
> >
> > CCK:
> > Content 5.x-1.6-1 Allows administrators to define new content types.
> > Required by: Content Copy (disabled), Fieldgroup (disabled), Node
> > Reference (disabled), Number (disabled), Option Widgets (disabled),
> > Text (disabled),
> > User Reference (disabled)
> >
> > Content Copy 5.x-1.6-1 Enables ability to import/export field
> > definitions. Depends on: Content (disabled)
> >
> > Fieldgroup 5.x-1.6-1 Create field groups for CCK fields. Depends on:
> > Content (disabled)
> >
> > Node Reference 5.x-1.6-1 Defines a field type for referencing one node
> > from another. Depends on: Content (disabled)
> >
> > Number 5.x-1.6-1 Defines numeric field types. Depends on: Content (disabled)
> >
> > Option Widgets 5.x-1.6-1 Defines selection, check box and radio button
> > widgets for text and numeric fields. Depends on: Content (disabled)
> >
> > Text 5.x-1.6-1 Defines simple text field types. Depends on: Content (disabled)
> >
> > User Reference 5.x-1.6-1 Defines a field type for referencing a user
> > from a node. Depends on: Content (disabled)
> >
> > SEO Checklist 5.x-1.3-1 A Search Engine Optimization checklist for
> > Drupal sites.
> >
> > Image:
> >
> > Image 5.x-1.6 Allows uploading, resizing and viewing of images.
> > Required by: Image Attach (disabled), Image Gallery (disabled), Image
> > Import (disabled), Image assist (disabled)
> >
> > Image Attach 5.x-1.6 Allows easy attaching of image nodes to other
> > content types. Depends on: Image (disabled)
> >
> > Image Gallery 5.x-1.6 Allows sorting and displaying of image galleries
> > based on categories. Depends on: Image (disabled), Taxonomy (enabled)
> >
> > ImageMagick Advanced Options 5.x-1.6 Adds advanced options to the
> > ImageMagick image toolkit.
> >
> > Image Import 5.x-1.6 Allows batches of images to be imported from a
> > directory on the server. Depends on: Image (disabled)
> >
> > Image assist 5.x-1.x-dev This module allows users to upload and insert
> > inline images into posts. It automatically generates an Add image link
> > under the textarea fields of your choice. Depends on: Image (disabled)
> >
> > Views:
> >
> > Views 5.x-1.6 The views module creates customized views of node lists.
> > Required by: Views RSS (disabled), Views Theme Wizard (disabled),
> > Views UI (disabled)
> >
> > Views RSS 5.x-1.6 RSS plugin for the views feed selector argument.
> > Depends on: Views (disabled)
> >
> > Views Theme Wizard 5.x-1.6 The views theme wizard helps create stub
> > theming for views. Depends on: Views (disabled)
> >
> > Views UI 5.x-1.6 The Views UI module allows you to create and edit
> > views. Depends on: Views (disabled)
> >
>
>
>
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