Hello killex55

Thank you for your purchase.

In [ameliabooking] view you can't see or select the category, just services.

If you need your customers to select the category first, you need to use the catalog view, or [ameliacatalog]

Hi again killex55

It's neither illusory, nor fake.

You're selecting categories from which the services will appear on front-end. You can select "All categories", so all services will be shown in the drop-down list; or you can select a certain category, in which case only the services from that category will be displayed in the form.

Exactly right, killex55

That is exactly what I told you in my initial response:

In [ameliabooking] view you can't see or select the category, just services.

If you need your customers to select the category first, you need to use the catalog view, or [ameliacatalog]

Let me explain it to you like this:

You have 3 categories, and each category has 2 services inside.

So when you choose "Show all categories" you will see 6 services in the services drop-down on your website without the category drop-down.

If you choose Category 1, you will see only 2 services in the services drop-down, without the category drop-down.

If you need your customers to select the category first, you need to use the catalog view, or [ameliacatalog] shortcode.

I see killex55

I will forward the suggestion to our development team, and hopefully they'll see it as a useful upgrade.