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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Bug in get_nested_categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-in-get_nested_categories/)
 *  Thread Starter [daveprout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveprout/)
 * (@daveprout)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-in-get_nested_categories/#post-103744)
 * TG,
    Thanks. Atleast I know I’m not losing it. Is there supposed to be a limit
   on the number of nested categories ? I couldn’t find a limit in the docs. I know
   we need atleast 4. We are using WP as a full blown Content Management System.
   Clearly WP wasn’t designed to be that, but we like WP because 1. A lot of the
   stuff is there anyway. 2. We get the source, so we can fiddle with it. But we
   don’t want to fiddle too much, or we’ll have problems each time there is a new
   WP release. One of my colleagues said if you write recursive code you can dela
   with any number, but I don’t think it’s that easy. Clearly I’ve got to write 
   a fix for this. Who would know if such a fix should be incorarated into WP, or
   if it is ‘out of scope’ for WP. Cheers Dave
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Bug in get_nested_categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-in-get_nested_categories/)
 *  Thread Starter [daveprout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveprout/)
 * (@daveprout)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-in-get_nested_categories/#post-103737)
 * Any category whose grandparent’s cat_ID is greater than its own cat_ID will never
   be seen again in the admin sidebar category listing in write or edit post.
    This
   is what is making WP difficult for us to use at present. I’ve been staring at
   the code in get_nested_categories for days, looking for an easy fix. Dave
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Bug in get_nested_categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-in-get_nested_categories/)
 *  Thread Starter [daveprout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveprout/)
 * (@daveprout)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-in-get_nested_categories/#post-103717)
 * None of the cats had any posts in, that’s irrelevant. I’m not talking about the
   display of the cats in the blog.
    I’m talking about the display of the cats in
   the siderbar in admin mode when you create or edit a post. There is no hide_empty
   parameter to dropdown_categories or get_nested_categories. Dave
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Bug in drop_down cats](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-in-drop_down-cats/)
 *  Thread Starter [daveprout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveprout/)
 * (@daveprout)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-in-drop_down-cats/#post-101311)
 * In my case if I create new categories without any posts it works fine.
    Where
   is the dropdown_categories code ? Our company can’t use WP unless this is fixed.
   Dave
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Multi-level categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multi-level-categories/)
 *  [daveprout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveprout/)
 * (@daveprout)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multi-level-categories/#post-98136)
 * Do your catagories have posts ? I think it only shows categories with atleast
   one post.
    Dave
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Not index.php – blog.php plz](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-indexphp-blogphp-plz/)
 *  [daveprout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveprout/)
 * (@daveprout)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-indexphp-blogphp-plz/#post-97923)
 * Have you tried going to
    [http://your.domain/wp-admin/options.php?option_group_id=all](http://your.domain/wp-admin/options.php?option_group_id=all)
   and changing index.php to blog.php ?
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [the_author](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/)
 *  Thread Starter [daveprout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveprout/)
 * (@daveprout)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/page/2/#post-93862)
 * Ah, they now also want last update date for any post. Do we have that ?
    Dave
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [the_author](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/)
 *  Thread Starter [daveprout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveprout/)
 * (@daveprout)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/page/2/#post-93850)
 * Mark,
    Yes, that’s worth trying. I’ll play around with it and suggest it to the
   team. Thanks Dave
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [the_author](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/)
 *  Thread Starter [daveprout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveprout/)
 * (@daveprout)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/#post-93839)
 * Yes, a user’s ID married to a category. BUT, as the Information Owner might not
   be creating the category (they call this donkey work), there would have to be
   a drop down list to select the Information Owner to attach to the category.
    
   I’ll have to ‘manage his requirements’. There are only seven of us in the team,
   so if someone wants to ask about a detail on a page, they can just ring any of
   us and we’ll know who ‘owns’ the relevant info. The company policy is to use 
   Obtree for Content Management (We have 100,000 employees). But for our team of
   hackers, I don’t think Obtree will give us the flexibility we need. I’m starting
   to believe in WordPress, not only as a tool, but as a Philosophy ! Dave
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [the_author](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/)
 *  Thread Starter [daveprout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveprout/)
 * (@daveprout)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/#post-93831)
 * Well, the plugin works ! Thanks Mark.
    So, now I think I’ll try writing my own
   plugin to capture an ID against the category. This is for my boss’s requirement
   of ‘Information Owner’. Does any such plugin already exist ? Cheers from the 
   UK Dave
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [the_author](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/)
 *  Thread Starter [daveprout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveprout/)
 * (@daveprout)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/#post-93830)
 * Excellent ! That fixed it, thanks.
    Now I’ll try the plugin !
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [the_author](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/)
 *  Thread Starter [daveprout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveprout/)
 * (@daveprout)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/#post-93828)
 * OK, so now I’ve gone back to PHP 4.3.3
    Copied mark’s plugin into wp-content/
   plugins Went into plugins screen and activated it Now, when I try to log in I
   get Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output
   started at D:\wsi\wp-content\plugins\who-last-modified.php:76) in D:\wsi\wp-login.
   php on line 123 Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent
   by (output started at D:\wsi\wp-content\plugins\who-last-modified.php:76) in 
   D:\wsi\wp-login.php on line 124 Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers
   already sent by (output started at D:\wsi\wp-content\plugins\who-last-modified.
   php:76) in D:\wsi\wp-login.php on line 126 Warning: Cannot modify header information–
   headers already sent by (output started at D:\wsi\wp-content\plugins\who-last-
   modified.php:76) in D:\wsi\wp-login.php on line 127 Warning: Cannot modify header
   information – headers already sent by (output started at D:\wsi\wp-content\plugins\
   who-last-modified.php:76) in D:\wsi\wp-login.php on line 128 Warning: Cannot 
   modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at D:\wsi\
   wp-content\plugins\who-last-modified.php:76) in D:\wsi\wp-login.php on line 129
   Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started
   at D:\wsi\wp-content\plugins\who-last-modified.php:76) in D:\wsi\wp-login.php
   on line 147 How do I fix this Thanks Dave P.S. Please help me out, today I persuaded
   my boss that we really should go with WordPress.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [the_author](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/)
 *  Thread Starter [daveprout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveprout/)
 * (@daveprout)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/#post-93823)
 * Thanks Mark. I’ll try your plugin as soon as possible.
    Currently I’m having 
   massive problems as I ‘upgraded’ to PHP 5.0.1. My home page was fine,but as soon
   as I call any WordPress routines I get failures. With ISAPI I get HTTP 500 Internal
   Error With CGI I get CGI Error The specified CGI application misbehaved by not
   returning a complete set of HTTP headers. The headers it did return are: I’m 
   using Windows XP Pro, IIS 5.1, has anyone got WP working with PHP5 in this config?
   Dave
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [the_author](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/)
 *  Thread Starter [daveprout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveprout/)
 * (@daveprout)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/#post-93810)
 * TG, I agree. We’re probably a bit backward. Does anybody have such things as ‘
   Last Updated by’ at the bottom of a Web Page any more ?
    I’ll try arguing this
   at work tomorrow. Dave
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [the_author](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/)
 *  Thread Starter [daveprout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveprout/)
 * (@daveprout)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_author/#post-93809)
 * So how does the plugin add a column to a table ? I suppose I need to look at 
   an example of a plugin. My boss wants another change. He likes the concept of‘
   Information Owner’. This could be implemented by adding a column to the wp_categories
   table, and capturing the name or id on Add Category.
    Do you think we are mis-
   using WordPress. We are tying to use it as a Content Manager for a website. Not
   sure if I should tweak WordPress or give it up and get some Content Management
   software. But I do like WordPress. Hmm. Dave

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