Hello.
How to create 3 levels of category structure in forum (see image)?
- category → 2. subforum → 3. subsubforum
I can’t find anything in the settings.
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The discussion revolves around creating a three-level category structure in a forum, with users exploring the feasibility and practicality of deep nesting. Keph asks how to implement a structure of category → subforum → subsubforum, noting the absence of such options in settings. Moin references a meta-discourse thread on subcategory limits. Jagster warns against over-nesting, arguing it leads to off-topic content and search difficulties, using an example involving dog care topics. Jagster advocates for using tags instead of deep categories, suggesting that categories should remain flat (one or two levels) and that deeper organization can be managed via tagging. The discussion challenges administrators who favor multi-level structures to consider the user experience, particularly in topic creation and retrieval.
And then there is a big risk some other things will break.
Deeper nesting category structure is a solid way to get off topics and difficult searches.
I give an example.
Topic includes
- working dogs
- that are eating raw food and dry food
- has some skin issues
- and needs some nutraceuticals
Should such topic be found in
- dogs → breeds → working dogs
- food → styles → raw or dry food
- health → skin → skin of fur → allergies or something else
- nutrition → nutraceuticals or functional ones → vitamins, minerals, fats, proteins or something else
And if we go deeper — should e.g. vitamins have 4th level where can be found vitamins A, B, E, D etc. Minerals are much wider question.
But there is a solution \0/ : tags
Categories have only one level, perhaps two in some cases. And everything else is done using tags.
I challenge all admins who are so sure multileveling is must, giving to an ordinary user task to
- create a topic in right category
- find something