# Indented / Nested Sidebar Categories or Subcategories

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/indented-nested-sidebar-categories-or-subcategories/329437
**Category:** Theme component
**Tags:** deprecated, sidebar
**Created:** [October 5, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indented-nested-sidebar-categories-or-subcategories/329437 "2024-10-05T01:50:23Z")
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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indented-nested-sidebar-categories-or-subcategories/329437/16 "2025-01-03T14:58:13Z")

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i’d recommend reading this topic, especially the posts about Wix forum and it’s category simplicity.

> [@Do users properly use categories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-users-properly-use-categories/345424):
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> Hi! In our forum, some users don’t read the category description carefully, they often just choose the first category. Previously, we make the first category Require moderator approval of all new topics. It didn’t work well, mods spent a lot of time helping users select the right one. I wonder how you organize the categories and how you help users choose the right categories.

Also keep in mind that your users can customize their own category sidebar sections.

Honestly, I don’t see how sub-sub-categories would work here with nesting - it would create a bit of a visual mess I think. Not even sure if it’s possible to build into this component…

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