Default tag for new topics?

[nathank (Nathan Kershaw)]

You can force users to choose a tag via the Tags settings per category.

The config takes of these took me a while to understand - I had to play with it quite a bit to achieve what I wanted, but got there in the end. And I’m pretty sure it would work for you.

This topic explains what you can do:

Set up structured tagging with tag groups and category tag restrictions

Tag support is a core feature of Discourse. In this How-To I’ll go through setting up a tag schema like Car Talk uses. We’ll want to achieve these things: Tags for car makes and car models. Only allow the car make and model tags to be used in certain categories. Car model tags can only be chosen if the matching car make tag is used. Prerequisites First, we need to enable tags in the settings: [tag enabling] In a schema where we’re strict about how tags are used, we should prevent most pe…