CSV misinterpreted – Parent Category not allocated

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  • February 26, 2019 at 12:09 pm #471195

    Andrea Davidson
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    Hi
    I have just tried to add another parent category and it hasn’t acknowledged as a parent. Please see conversations of this problem previous. https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/categories-icon-and-default-image/#post-470190

    I have attached the csv upload. CSV files are not a friend to GD v2.

    I lost days when setting this up with this problem. Can you not set up an option when creating a category to create a parent too without the use of CSVs?

    Let me know what to do please.

    February 26, 2019 at 12:10 pm #471196

    Andrea Davidson
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    February 26, 2019 at 12:55 pm #471205

    Guust
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    I am not sure I understand.
    In the backend, you create a parent category first, then you can create sub-categories.
    I tried your CSV file and it creates a category without any problem on my test site.
    I checked your site and the category is created as a (parent) category, see image 1.

    February 26, 2019 at 1:14 pm #471212

    Andrea Davidson
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    Hi Guust
    I dont get option to select Parent or Category.

    Thanks

    February 26, 2019 at 1:26 pm #471213

    Guust
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    You do get the option when creating a new category to select a parent.
    If you do NOT select a parent, then the new category will automatically be a parent.
    The first image is where you would choose a parent when adding a new category in the backend.
    The second image is how to upload a parent and a child using CSV.

    February 26, 2019 at 1:31 pm #471217

    Andrea Davidson
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    That is what I have done if you look at the csv. Only a category no parent.

    I have just go to manually add a type of Landlord and the parent option is now there. It must take a while to come through. half an hour.

    ok, thanks

    February 26, 2019 at 2:03 pm #471230

    Guust
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    A category IS a parent category unless you make it a child category, I already posted the image about an hour ago:

    So if it took a while to show up anywhere else, it may be because of some caching or because you have a lot of categories.

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