Forum Feature request: default category

MaxCascone

I always forget to set the topic to "support" when creating a new forum thread. Is there a way to set it to default to this setting?

Dan_Woolf

Hi @mcascone,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. It seems to default to support for me. Does it default as empty or Off Topic for you?

Thanks,
Dan

MaxCascone

It's empty; it says "select category".

FWIW, i also see this unrelated bug at the home page:

Dan_Woolf

Hi @mcascone,

Can you go to your Profile settings and tell me what your Homepage is set to?

Thanks,
Dan

MaxCascone

I don't remember seeing this before. Clearly something's off.

MaxCascone

Changed it to "none" and it's back to normal. But if i select a specific category (i've only tried Support tbh) it fails with the same error as before.

NanciCalo

That's really weird - the default category is Support for me to, but it pops up only after a second or so, and some Javascript. Maybe it's a browser thing, or a strange setting on your account? It's hard to say, I'm not an Admin myself on the forums.

My Homepage is also "Custom" too. Maybe that's a default?

Hopefully it's not too much a hassle - we will probably upgrade this software (NodeBB) at some point again, this version seems stable -- but there's always bugs here and there :)

MaxCascone

It seems to work normally now with the homepage setting to none. The default category is support. So I'm happy! Thanks!