[TYPO3] News categories tree not availabe in Relations after move?

Bing Du bdu at iastate.edu
Fri Oct 6 18:57:36 CEST 2006


Bing Du wrote:
> Bing Du wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I set up a new typo3 4.0.2 and installed tt_news 2.4.0.  We are also 
>> running another typo3 server which is 3.8.1 and tt_news 2.2.24.  I 
>> exported the part of the page tree that has all the news categories 
>> and news items from the 3.8.2 server to a .t3d file and imported to 
>> the 4.0.2 server.  Web->List shows the news items and categories fine. 
>> However, when I get into any news item, if I click Relations, the 
>> categories tree is empty.  It just shows 'News category' with a globe 
>> icon next to it.  Nothing else.  And at the top, it has a bright 
>> yellow message box saying
>>
>>  RECURSIVE CATEGORIES DETECTED!!
>>  This record has the following recursive categories assigned:
>>  CoE%20In%20The%20News (21)
>>  Recursive categories will not be shown in the category tree and will
>>  therefore not be selectable. To solve this problem mark these categories
>>  in the left select field, click on "edit category" and clear the field
>>  "parent category" of the recursive category.
>>
>> I clear the field "parent category" as the message suggests to no avail.
>>
>> Any ideas why the problem and how should I get the categories 
>> connected  back into a hierarchical structure again?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>>
>> Bing
> 
> I just tried again.  This time I selected [ALL tables] for both 'Include 
> relations to tables' and 'Use static relations for tables'.  There were 
> no more 'LOST RELATIONS' messages when I did export.  But after import, 
> the category relation tree was still empty under the Relations tab when 
> editing news items.
> 
> Bing

Never mind.  I've figured it out.  I unchecked 'Use "General record 
storage page"' in tt_news configuration.  Category menu shows up now.

Bing

Bing



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