By ms1 on

Hi

I added containers and topics in forum using the link Administer-->Content Management-->Forum.

But I do not see them while creating content, hence I am unable to put my forums in the requisite category as I do not have the forum categories link.

Please tell me what do I need to do additionally.

Thanks n Regards

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cog.rusty’s picture

cog.rusty commented

Probably your Forums taxonomy vocabulary was disconnected from the forum module and from the forum content type. This usually happens when you delete your Forums vocabulary from the categories page and then you create a new one. The new one just won't work.

If you have valuable content to recover, you need to do surgery:

The Forums vocabulary must be
- required
- single hierarchy
- single selection
- no relations
- no free tagging
- and to apply to the content type 'forum topic'

To make it work, check the following in the database:
- In the 'vocabulary' table, check the 'vid' of the Forums vocabulary (if it exists)
- In the 'variable' table, check the number in the 'forum_nav_vocabulary' row.
These must have the same value.

Also:
- In the 'term_data' table, all term IDs ('tid') of your containers and forums must correspond to the above 'vid'
- In the 'vocabulary_node_types' table, there must be a row with the same 'vid', and it must have type = 'forum'

If your forum is new and this looks like too much trouble to fix, you can try elimination. See: http://drupal.org/node/169078

ms1’s picture

ms1 commented

1.
"To make it work, check the following in the database:
- In the 'vocabulary' table, check the 'vid' of the Forums vocabulary (if it exists)
- In the 'variable' table, check the number in the 'forum_nav_vocabulary' row.
These must have the same value."

They have the same values

2.
Also:
-"In the 'term_data' table, all term IDs ('tid') of your containers and forums must correspond to the above 'vid'" --- YES
-"In the 'vocabulary_node_types' table, there must be a row with the same 'vid', and it must have type = 'forum'"--NO

Hence I added a new row with 'vid=2' and 'type=forum'. And it worked. I have the problem solved.

Again thank you Cog for coming to the rescue. I cannot help it but say that people like you have made this community so useful for a newcomer like me.

Thanks n Regards