Members adding categories?

Is there not a switch to turn this on/off?

Not that I know of, just to "autoapprove" them or not.

you could look here

http://www.boonex.com/forums/topic/How-do-I-remove-the-option-for-members-to-add-categories-.htm

or here

http://www.boonex.com/m/Extended_Categories

Thanks for the links; I used the method provided by Modzz.

It would be nice if Dolphin had a checkbox setting to create categories by user type and category type.

Example:

Categories can be created by:

I looked in the Admin>Categories Settings>Settings and was not able to see where I could actually limit who could create categories.

I wanted to be able to only allow the Admin to create categories for the types of events.  It would make sense to allow  

There currently is not.  The free mod, http://www.boonex.com/m/Extended_Categories, will allow you to restrict adding categories to admins only.  To me, allowing members to add categories get out of hand.  Instead, I queried the members on which categories should be included.

I now have Modzzz fix installed but how does one go about deleting categories already created by users?

I think you go to each module and there is a categories link and you delete them there.  Each module has it own categories; so you would need to go to photos, and manage the categories there, then go to videos and manage the categories there, and so forth.

Just had a look at each module and I don't see the listed categories.

Do you have a screen shot? I'm probably having a 'man look' moment!

I see the list in the pending categories section!

Okay... looks like I have to approve them before I can delete them.

If I delete a category, will that then delete the media file photo or video?

Hope not!

 If you delete the category, the photo is not deleted, or video, or etc.  However, the photo will still have that category assigned to it; however, when you go to the edit of the photo the category will not be in the list so you just assign a new category.  I hope this is clear, if not, just ask.

Hmmm. I can still see user categories. How do I delete those pesky user categories?

You should be able to remove them from the backend but you can also remove them from the database directly; using a database tool; phpMyAdmin is a popular one.  categories are in the sys_categories table.

If you are not use to editing the database directly, be careful you don't do something to crash your site.  You may want to backup or export your entire database to be on the safe side.

With phpMyAdmin, you would select the sys_categories table, then on the left side you would browse the table to see the rows.  you click on the checkbox to select a row or click on the x to delete the row.

Thanks geek girl. I appreciate your help.

Except I don't know my left from my right, you browse the entries on the right pane.