https://www.icyphoenix.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=2308&p=21848#p21848
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Artie
Wed 28 Nov, 2007 02:40

Re: Post Images In Sub-category Only
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This code will remove the Upload button from all main categories .... Public and Personal

OPEN [b]album_cat.php[/b]

FIND
[codeblock]$upload_full_link = '<a href="' . $upload_link . '"><img src="' . $upload_img .'" alt="' . $lang['Upload_Pic'] . '" title="' . $lang['Upload_Pic'] . '" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;" /></a>';[/codeblock]

AFTER ADD
[codeblock]$upload_full_link = ($thiscat['cat_parent']== 0) ? '' : $upload_full_link;[/codeblock]

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And this code will give an error message if user attempts an upload to a main category from the upload page drop down list.

OPEN [b]album_upload.php[/b]

FIND
[codeblock]if (empty($thiscat))
{
	message_die(GENERAL_ERROR, $lang['Category_not_exist']);
}[/codeblock]

AFTER ADD
[codeblock]if ($thiscat['cat_parent'] == 0)
{
	message_die(GENERAL_ERROR, 'Uploads not allowed in the main category<br />Please select a sub-category and try again');
}[/codeblock]