+</div>
+</div><!-- /col-right -->
+
+<div id="col-left">
+<div class="col-wrap">
+
+<?php if ( current_user_can('manage_categories') ) { ?>
+<?php $category = (object) array(); $category->parent = 0; do_action('add_category_form_pre', $category); ?>
+
+<div class="form-wrap">
+<h3><?php _e('Add Category'); ?></h3>
+<div id="ajax-response"></div>
+<form name="addcat" id="addcat" method="post" action="categories.php" class="add:the-list: validate">
+<input type="hidden" name="action" value="addcat" />
+<?php wp_original_referer_field(true, 'previous'); wp_nonce_field('add-category'); ?>
+
+<div class="form-field form-required">
+ <label for="cat_name"><?php _e('Category Name') ?></label>
+ <input name="cat_name" id="cat_name" type="text" value="" size="40" aria-required="true" />
+ <p><?php _e('The name is used to identify the category almost everywhere, for example under the post or in the category widget.'); ?></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="form-field">
+ <label for="category_nicename"><?php _e('Category Slug') ?></label>
+ <input name="category_nicename" id="category_nicename" type="text" value="" size="40" />
+ <p><?php _e('The “slug” is the URL-friendly version of the name. It is usually all lowercase and contains only letters, numbers, and hyphens.'); ?></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="form-field">
+ <label for="category_parent"><?php _e('Category Parent') ?></label>
+ <?php wp_dropdown_categories(array('hide_empty' => 0, 'name' => 'category_parent', 'orderby' => 'name', 'selected' => $category->parent, 'hierarchical' => true, 'show_option_none' => __('None'))); ?>
+ <p><?php _e('Categories, unlike tags, can have a hierarchy. You might have a Jazz category, and under that have children categories for Bebop and Big Band. Totally optional.'); ?></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="form-field">
+ <label for="category_description"><?php _e('Description') ?></label>
+ <textarea name="category_description" id="category_description" rows="5" cols="40"></textarea>
+ <p><?php _e('The description is not prominent by default, however some themes may show it.'); ?></p>
+</div>
+
+<p class="submit"><input type="submit" class="button" name="submit" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Add Category'); ?>" /></p>
+<?php do_action('edit_category_form', $category); ?>
+</form></div>
+
+<?php } ?>