Hi, I have a small problem with my company Discourse forum, and I bet It’s easy to fix, but I don’t really have a head for it. What is the problem: Users want topics on a main page to display “category, subcategory, tags” below the topic. Right now it’s only “subcategory, tags” Let’s say I have c…

Hey, welcome to Meta :slight_smile: Do you mean, for example, from [NVIDIA_Share_270OXVsrdT] to: [NVIDIA_Share_iMU83Nr3Gj] ? If so, you can try this component: GitHub - Arkshine/discourse-show-parent-category-link · GitHub

That’s at the topic, but only the subcategory is shown in topic lists, like /latest. I think [image] Thix: topics on a main page Is more likely to be /latest than a specific topic

That works. But it really dislikes Category Icons.

Yes, unfortunately, it can’t be supported for the parent category. The core code doesn’t allow access to the extra icons added via the API.

Yes yes yesss, this stuff. Gonna install and test it, looks promising. Many thanks.

No "parent/main category" visible on main topic page

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Jagster (Jakke Flemming) August 8, 2024, 4:02pm 3

Mine shows automatic category, subcategory and used tags and I can’t remember I would do anything funny

If that was now the question…

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No "parent/main category" visible on main topic page

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