Why when I create a custom post type called profiles and and custom categories for profiles, do I not get the standard display of standard catergories instead I get a text box to say to seperate catergories by a comma in the profile admin page not the default checkbox display so my user can select the categories im using the
custom post type categories not display checkboxes but text fileds
Make sure you create a Categories taxonomy and not a Tags one. See the
hierarchical = TRUEfor categories orhierarchical = FALSEfor tags.