I like vBulletin, since people are familiar with using it, but have people checked into this forum plugin? http://simplepressforum.com I just started testing it out.
I like it and it has a lot of great features, but I’m concerned about the learning curve for people, since people are used to using vBulletin.
With SimplePress you upload it to the plugins folder, unzip, activate, and then run an install. It customizes the login screen for subscribers. Their accounts show up under the WordPress users section like any other user.
I’m impressed with the features and functionality so far, but I’ve only made a couple of test posts.
So far it appears to have just about every feature vBulletin has.
I was not familiar with the setting under “Admin/Appearance/Widgets” That did the trick. Thank you so very much.
In case anyone else finds this post with the same problem, I had to to to Admin/Appearance/Widgets, look over on the right hand side where I had Sidebar 1 with my category widget enabled, click on the drop down for the Categories widget and that’s where I found “Show hierarchy” option which was indeed not checked.
