Cannot add new categories in Catalog top level

[liquidozone]

I'm hoping this is an easy one as I've trawled these forums for hours and I can't find (or my searching skillz are rubbish) a solution or anyone else with the same problem.

 

The problem is that the ADD/DELETE/MOVE buttons are missing from the category/product page within the Admin section. This means I cannot add another top level category or any sub categories. If I go into a category level that already has products in, I can add a category within an existing category, but I can't create one above it.

 

The SEARCH and GOTO sections still exist.

 

The buttons were there before, nothing has been added to the site for around 4-5 weeks as there was nothing new to add, now I have new products and categories to enter, the buttons have gone on strike and left :blink:

 

The site is based on 2.2RC2a with MySQL 5.0.45, php v5.2.9 and was ok until today

 

Any thoughts?

 

TIA ;)

[bradybarrows]

My first question is have you implemented the security features mentioned at these threads?

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=313323

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=340995

[liquidozone]

No, I haven't implemented any of those updates or security features yet. I know the security thing needs sorting out and I'm a little behind on the site maintenance, but I'm reluctant to make any site or coding changes whilst I still have a "live" problem in case it causes more issues. Unless of course it is the solution to my missing button problem :)

 

The site is basically a raw oscommerce installation with css and image/icon modifications for the design and the only core files I have changed are the packingslip and invoice php files for custom layouts - all this was done months ago and the category functionality was fine then.

 

It's all very strange...

[liquidozone]

Using firebug shows that the missing buttons should be loaded as part of the code below:

 

 

<tr class="dataTableHeadingRow">
</tr>
<tr id="defaultSelected" class="dataTableRowSelected" onclick="document.location.href='http://mydomain.co.uk/admin/categories.php?cPath=56_58'" onmouseout="rowOutEffect(this)" onmouseover="rowOverEffect(this)">
<td class="dataTableContent"/>
</tr>

 

 

Which gives an empty page when you click CATALOG in the admin section. Again, SEARCH and GOTO are there and function ok and the code above is the same when you go to an existing sub category too.