Using tags instead of subcategories for a car forum

[neil (Neil Lalonde)]

I wrote a how-to that might cover what you’re looking for:

How to create tag structures, tag category restrictions, tag groups and tag relationships

Now that tag support is a core feature of Discourse instead of being a separate plugin, we’ve added some new features around tagging. In this How-To I’ll go through setting up a tag schema like Car Talk uses. We’ll want to achieve these things: Tags for car makes and car models. Only allow the car make and model tags to be used in certain categories. Car model tags can only be chosen if the matching car make tag is used. 1. Pre-reqs First, we need to enable tags in the settings: [tag1] I…