Do not know how to setup locked subcategory

[David_Mac]

I keep getting the folowing error message whenever I try to create a private/locked sub category but have no idea what this error message means or how to fix it?

Any group that is allowed to access a subcategory must also be allowed to access the parent category. The following groups have access to one of the subcategories, but no access to parent category: admins, moderators

[not-ethan (Ethan)]

When giving the group access to a sub-category they first need to have access to the parent category. For example for people to have access to #howto:faq they first need to have access to #howto the parent category.

[David_Mac]

Thanks for clearing that up, I tried again before seeing your post and accidentally created that sub category as a main category.

I am now trying to delete that category but I keep getting an “oops page not found” message whenever I try to click on the edit button to delete it.

Not sure how I can fix that issue up either.

[not-ethan (Ethan)]

Try going to the home page of the forums and then navigating back to the category to delete it.

[David_Mac]

Thanks, that fixed it.

[JammyDodger]

I’ll throw in a link to the guide too, for good measure.

How to create private categories using category permission / security settings

This video explains how you can use group permissions to create private categories (or private “forums”). Scroll down for written instructions. [How to create a group and add permissions to a category] The Security tab on the category edit page is used to control both the visibility of categories and what users can do in a category. This is done by defining an access list of groups that associate a group name with an access level. The default permission for a new category is that t…