The "Docs" section doesn't show all available categories & articles

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The “Docs” section in a Discourse forum is not showing all available categories and articles for m.fanega. However, when clicking on “Categories > Documentation,” all categories and articles are visible.

Jagster suggested a possible solution involving left sidebar dropdown submenus, but this may not be ideal for mobile devices.

JammyDodger pointed out that the issue is related to the “Docs” page and not the sidebar. They suggested adding categories and subcategories to the “docs categories” admin setting or including relevant tags in “docs tags.”

Moin provided instructions on how to access the admin setting by going to /admin/plugins and searching for “docs” or using the direct link /admin/site_settings/category/plugins?filter=plugin%3Adiscourse-docs. m.fanega thanked Moin for the solution.

Hi everyone!

First time posting here :slight_smile:

We recently moved our Knowledge Base to the Discourse forum we’ve had for a while. However, the “Docs” section does not show all the available categories nor articles.

But if you click on Categories > Documentation, you see a page with all the categories & articles.

Any idea why this happens, or how to solve it? Thank you in advance!

So you want to show subcategories in left sidemenu?

You can use this as a starting point, I reckon.

(That would make sidebar quite long for mobiles)

Hello and welcome @m.fanega :slight_smile:

If you don’t mean the sidebar and are referring to the /docs page, you need to add each category and subcategory to the docs categories admin setting, or include the relevant tags in docs tags.

Hi Jakke! No, I meant showinf the subcategories on the “Docs” page :slight_smile:

Hi Jammy! Thank you, this is what I meant :slight_smile:
Where can I find this admin setting? I’ve been trying but I can’t find it…

I usually go to /admin/plugins and use the settings link for the plugin. That takes you to:

/admin/site_settings/category/plugins?filter=plugin%3Adiscourse-docs

Searching for “docs” also works quite well, but is less reliable because it depends on the naming of the settings

Thank you, Moin!