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Expression Engine Categories - Only super admin can change category on edit entry screen

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bloomagencydev
3 posts
11 years ago
bloomagencydev's avatar bloomagencydev

I want to be able to give content members on my site the ability to choose which category an article should be listed within but at the minute only the super admin has this ability.

I’ve looked through the member group permissions and tried various options but nothing is working.

To clarify this I have attached a screenshot of where I am referring to.

Thanks

       
Boyink!'s avatar
Boyink!
5,011 posts
11 years ago
Boyink!'s avatar Boyink!

Do you have a category group assigned to the channel?

       
bloomagencydev's avatar
bloomagencydev
3 posts
11 years ago
bloomagencydev's avatar bloomagencydev

Yes I have the Category group assigned to the channel. Everything works perfectly when I am logged in as the super admin but not when I am logged in as any other user group

Thanks

       
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Boyink!
5,011 posts
11 years ago
Boyink!'s avatar Boyink!

Did you mess with Publish Page Layouts?

       
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bloomagencydev
3 posts
11 years ago
bloomagencydev's avatar bloomagencydev

No I have made no changes to publish page layouts, tbh I don’t even know how you change them!

       
Boyink!'s avatar
Boyink!
5,011 posts
11 years ago
Boyink!'s avatar Boyink!

You might try resetting the layout, and ensuring the category fields are assigned to a layout that the admins are using: http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/cp/content/publish_page_layouts.html

       
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bloomagencydev
3 posts
11 years ago
bloomagencydev's avatar bloomagencydev

Yep that was the problem, publish page layouts, didn’t even know you could change them!!

All sorted now, thank you

       
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Boyink!
5,011 posts
11 years ago
Boyink!'s avatar Boyink!

Sweet.

       

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