How to change wording on error messages shown to user?

[Zee]

Forexample
Some of my users get an error message saying “An error occurred: You are not permitted to view the requested resource.”
Whenever they try to post someonthing without choosing any category,
so i want to direct them to choose a category.
Is there a wayt o modify this message ??

[Don]

Hello

It’s possible to setup a prefilled category. When users open composer this category will be selected by default.

default composer category site setting.

@jomaxro

New site setting: default composer category

Admins can now configure the default category for the composer. The selected category will be pre-filled in the new topic composer. The setting applies when starting a topic from pages other than a category list. If creating a new topic while browsing a specific category, for example bug - Discourse Meta , the composer will pre-fill the category being viewed.

[Zee]

@Don

default composer category site setting.

Hi Don
thanks for quick response but i want to display a different message

[Arkshine]

This is a generic error message that can be used in other contexts. That’s probably not what you want. (Message can be changed here: Admin → Customize → Text)

I’m not sure why you would see this error here.
If you don’t provide a category or try to validate, you should see that :

[Zee]

any body have any solution the whole idea behind this is to alert my users to choose a category and the screen shot you showed above is perfect example @Arkshine.

But my forum is giving geberal irrelevent error which is confusing for users

[Arkshine]

Would it be okay to share your forum URL? You can also send it in a PM if you prefer.
I can’t determine why you are experiencing permission (or similar) issues in this context.

[Don]

It’s pretty old topic but maybe this is the case

Default composer category (trust level) issue

Hello, I just notice today while I tested this feature more closely, if a higher trust level category selected in default composer category setting then the composer category selector will empty on lower trust level users. For example: I select the Lounge category which is accessible for TL3 users. [Screenshot 2022-11-21 at 12.25.23] With this setting if I open the composer with < TL3 user the category field empty and if the user leave empty the topic creation won’t successful. [Scre…

If yes and you seted up a trust level restricted default composer category than remove that category from the setting. After that it will require users to select category, as @Arkshine showed above.

[Lilly (Lillian)]

Hi @Zee Also, make sure you are on the latest stable or beta versions of Discourse 3.1.1 or 3.2.0beta2-dev.