if (('blank.gif' !== $arrCat['topic_imgurl']) && ('' !== $arrCat['topic_imgurl'])) {
            if (copy($GLOBALS['xoops']->path('uploads/xnews/topics/' . $arrCat['topic_imgurl']), $GLOBALS['xoops']->path('uploads/' . PUBLISHER_DIRNAME . '/images/category/' . $arrCat['topic_imgurl']))) {
                $categoryObj->setVar('image', $arrCat['topic_imgurl']);

                //======== there is no need to add the category images to Image Manager, because they are handled directly from /images/category/ folder