I have a sub-category that is getting out of control. The posts are on a very broad range of topics. I would love to be able to move this sub-category out of its parent to make it its own category to enable me to filter topics into their own sub-categories. I only see an option to change the parent. Am I missing something? I could create a new topic then move the posts but I really don’t want to break all the existing search engine links and linked topics.

What happens when you select Select a category... and save?

Do you not see “No category” as one of the parent categories?

[image] pfaffman: Do you not see “No category” as one of the parent categories? Thanks for the reply. No, I do not get that option.

@codinghorror, why did you change “it’s” in the title to “its”. “It” ownes the category and the ’ is used to show possession. Edit: I just looked it up, both forms of the word are correct. I left it as your version. Edit2: I was completely wrong.

No, “it’s” is incorrect here. It is also incorrect in several places in your first post but I left those.

Haha, thanks for the lesson man. I have some reading to do. I was exactly backward in the usage actually.

[image] csorrows: Thanks for the reply. No, I do not get that option. That’s very weird! Can you open the parent category dropdown and post a screenshot of the page?

Sure. I will post it when I get home tonight. Thank you for taking the time to try to help.

[image] fefrei: That’s very weird! Can you open the parent category dropdown and post a screenshot of the page? Here is the top of the list [image] and the bottom of the list [image]

I have been scared to to that… I’ll make a backup then try. Be right back…

[image] csorrows: I have been scared to to that… I’ll make a backup then try. Be right back… OMG that worked. Thanks for the help. Do you know if all the posts have been symlinked to the new location? Edit: I just tested a few links and they still work. My community thanks you @fefrei!

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codinghorror (Jeff Atwood) May 15, 2017, 10:24am 15

Did you rename or otherwise mess with “uncategorized”?

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