File sharing sites, video upload sites, they all have a feature where you can have an “unlisted” file/video—the video/file exists, anyone can access it, it’s just not published anywhere. I am looking to accomplish the same thing with Discourse categories and topics, and here’s why: We are looking …

You can default mute a category. Then it is suppressed at /latest and only appears in a muted section at /categories [_20240305_143140] There is also a theme component to hide them from /categories Hide Muted Categories

If the topics are unlisted, it won’t matter that the category is visible. Sounds like what you want is some means to Embed Discourse comments on another website via Javascript but have those topics be unlisted by default. It might be possible to have the automation plugin do that or perhaps a smal…

I really like this! At first glance this sounds like it may be what I need. I need to see if people would still get notifications for replies and discussions within those topics still, though. Otherwise, this looks promising!

I believe that they do still get notifications, it just doesn’t show up in searches.

As a recent example, I Bert default muted the #site-feedback:forum-summaries category, and everybody still got lots of notifications for @mentions and linked topics from those… :slight_smile: We had to jump through a couple of contortions to limit them, so I’m reasonably confident notifications sti…

Oh, so you were the culprit for that! :joy:

There doesn’t seem to be a Reaction for looks a bit guilty. :slight_smile:

A combination of maybe this Customization > Theme component and mute category for all maybe? [image] Category Hider Theme Component Theme component Hi all, I’ve created a simple theme component. I hope this could be of use for some! eyeglasses Overview T…

Best option to have category "hidden" on Discourse, but otherwise accessible if you have the link?

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Heliosurge (Dan DeMontmorency) March 6, 2024, 1:37pm 11

A combination of maybe this Customization > Theme component and mute category for all maybe?

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Best option to have category "hidden" on Discourse, but otherwise accessible if you have the link?

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