Finding Category ID

[kittyfx]

Hi,

I'd like to know how to find out what is the ID number for a category after I create it. I ask this in regards to this post:

http://www.4homepages.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1451

Trying to figure it out. I'd like to upload many photos at one time.

Dabri posted:

First you have to create a category, this category has an id (e.g. 1) and at the same time 4images create in the folder media a folder 1 (1 = category ID)

After that you must upload your pictures in the desired folder (e.g. media/data/1) via your ftp-client.

After that you check for new images and choose the category.

Thanks,

Kitty

[pietg]

Just hoover over the name of your category in the admin-panel.
In the statusbar (down in the screen) you can see the number of the category.

Piet

[Chris]

Or you can modify the php code to display it in the table.  Open admin/categories.php and search for this function:

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function show_category_rows($cid = 0, $depth = 1) {
Inside that function and below this line:

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   show_text_link($lang['add_subcategory'], "categories.php?action=addcat&cat_parent_id=".$cats['cat_id']);
Replace:

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    echo "\n</td>\n<td align=\"center\">";
with:

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    echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;CAT ID: <b>".$cats['cat_id']."</b>\n</td>\n<td align=\"center\">";

[kittyfx]

Thanks SO much, Chris!

kitty