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Can't "start a discussion"

computergeniuscomputergenius In the hills inland from Malaga New
edited October 2012 in Vanilla 2.0 - 2.8

I have just installed Vanilla forums - but, as admin, I can't seem to post the First Discussion.

I have added two categories.

I click on the "start discussion" (I would have expected to click on a category, but none of them have any posts yet).

I can add a title, and add the body text, but the category drop down is greyed, and I can't select a category.

Have I missed something / screwed something up?

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    peregrineperegrine MVP
    edited October 2012

    Your answer may be here:

    What are your default category permissions?
    what are your category permissions?
    Is this checked or not - Display root categories as headings?

    I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.

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    computergeniuscomputergenius In the hills inland from Malaga New
    edited October 2012

    Thanks for you suggestions.

    What are your default category permissions?

    They are all checked

    what are your category permissions?

    I am not sure what the difference is. Do you mean "my user group category permissions"?
    I am logged in as Admin, and can start discussions, but they are appearing in Root category.
    When I add a discussion, the category drop down is greyed out.

    Is this checked or not - Display root categories as headings?

    Yes

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    KasperKasper Scholar of the Bits Copenhagen Vanilla Staff
    edited October 2012

    Is this checked or not - Display root categories as headings?

    Yes

    Uncheck it then

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    computergeniuscomputergenius In the hills inland from Malaga New

    Yes, that was it - thanks a lot.

    Did I miss it in the documentation?

    Now I am going to look at subcategories...

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    computergeniuscomputergenius In the hills inland from Malaga New
    edited October 2012

    Ha - subcategories was simple!

    But I would still like to know where I missed "Display root categories as headings", because there might be more "traps" in there.

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    whu606whu606 I'm not a SuperHero; I just like wearing tights... MVP
    edited October 2012

    @computergenius

    It's in the Dashboard, under Forums - Categories

    or did you mean where is it in Documentation?

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    peregrineperegrine MVP

    @computergenius said:
    Yes, that was it - thanks a lot.

    Did I miss it in the documentation?

    Now I am going to look at subcategories...

    if its not there just add it to the wiki so others can learn what you just learned.

    I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.

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