Apr 24
There is a bug in WordPress v2.1.3 and a few prior versions that may prevent you from adding categories to your WordPress blog.
When you attempt to add a category, the error message "You do not have permission to do that" will appear in a pink box.
To solve this problem in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7):
- Click the IE7 "Tools" button, then select the "Internet Options" menu item.
- Go to the "Security" tab.
- Ensure the "Internet" zone is selected.
- Click the "Custom Level" button. The "Security Settings - Internet Zone" dialog will appear.
- Scroll down the options until you find the "Scripting" section.
- Under "Active Scripting", select the "Disable" option.
- Click the "OK" button. The "Security Settings - Internet Zone" dialog will close.
- In the "Internet Options" dialog, click the "OK" button.
- Press Ctrl+F5 to force refresh the current web page or open a new browser window.
IMPORTANT: Remember to reset the "Active Scripting" option back to "Enable" when you are finished adding WordPress categories, otherwise you will find that many other web pages will break!
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Tags: Blogging, categories, Tips, Web, WordPress
April 30th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
Great article I have been trying to figure this out for days. Based on your info I have found that the bug is bigger than this, Add Category seems to be just one manifestation.
For my part I couldn't add/delete users, delete posts or
delete categories either and gosh knows what else.
Based on your IE workaround I managed the same thing with Firefox by disabling javascript.
To disable JS in Firefox-
Select Tools menu item
Select options from drop down
Select content tab
uncheck 'enable javascript'