In my forum many new users never select a category for new topics, so moderators are forced to edit the topic to categorize it correctly.
This is mainly due to the fact that is not explicitly asked to the user to select a category when creating a new topic.
The interface also does not focus on selecting an appropriate category.
if the category is the same as the default one (Uncategorized), a further step (like a modal) before opening a new topic would be useful to invite the user to select a category.
Just in case you arenāt aware, thereās an admin setting allow uncategorized topics you can toggle that would make people select a category on topic creation by disallowing āUncategorizedā, if that would be any help?
There might be something you could do with CSS to highlight the category selector box so itās more obvious to people they should start there.
There could probably be some more advanced techniques with JS to not allow people to click the body of the composer until the category box is filled, or to pop an alert that asks if they really want to submit it as uncategorized. Or even an alert that when you click the body box first that nudges someone to choose a category first.
Iām a little unsure what is the solution youāre hoping to see, maybe I just didnāt understand, could you describe it in more detail, ie, the user clicks this, then the user sees this, etc?
