No option to edit a category tile

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The discussion addresses an issue where a user, ruggy_joesten, cannot edit the description for the “Ask the Community” category tile, unlike other categories. Screenshots show the category appears to be missing information, making it look inconsistent.

putty explains that the tile content is sourced from an “About the [Category]” topic. Upon investigation, putty notes that the category appears to be missing this specific “About” topic entirely, which explains why the description field is unavailable in the settings. It was questioned whether the topic might be unlisted, but that alone does not account for the missing setting.

To resolve the issue or find the topic’s URL, NateDhaliwal suggests using the /c/<id>/show.json endpoint. The topic_url key in the JSON response will point to the about topic, allowing the user to locate and potentially edit it directly.

Hi hi!

For some reason, only one tile won’t let me add a category description, and I’m looking for a workaround. See below for the screenshot—I would like to make this one look like the others, because now it just looks like we forgot to add info on the “Ask the Community” category:

If you can find the About the Ask the Community topic, that’s where the content comes from.

Update: somehow your category is missing the About the... topic:

Unless it’s unlisted? But that doesn’t explain why the description field isn’t available in the settings.

If you go to /c/<id>/show.json, you can use the topic_url key to get the about topic.

Example: