Moin
May 23, 2025, 9:30pm
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Welcome to Meta
Maybe you have added the SSIS Tips category to your personal sidebar, but didn’t change the default for visitors and new users.default_navigation_menu_categories site setting?
Categories section
You can configure which categories appear by default in users’ sidebars in the default_navigation_menu_categories site setting. You can get there by:
Clicking “Configure defaults” at the bottom of the categories section (only visible as long as no defaults are configured)
Accessing this setting through Admin > All site settings and search for the setting
Category visibility respects user permissions - users will only see categories in their sidebar that they have permission to access, even if you include restricted categories in the defaults. If you configure only restricted categories as defaults:
Visitors will see an empty list
Logged-in users will see the most popular categories (same as if they had unselected all categories)
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