Show Parent Category of Post on Front Page
By stackideas newbie on Wednesday, 12 August 2015
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Dear Tech Support,

The front page currently shows the lowest level of subcategory to which each post is related. Since the names of these subcategories could be common to many parent categories (like on this Forum), the lack of information does not help users discern which may be more relevant to them in the first instance.

Is there an easy way to show either the full path (up to the main category) or 1 level up?

Many thanks again for your help!
Hey there,

I am really sorry but unfortunately right now this isn't possible
Mark
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Wednesday, 12 August 2015 23:43
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Hi, Mark,

Is this not possible without extensive changes to the codes? If there are only a few additions I need to make to the codes, it would be great if you could point me in the right direction.

Thanks again for the help!
stackideas newbie
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Thursday, 13 August 2015 00:21
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Dealing with n-th level of category structure is always tricky, especially when building the "paths". There's a lot of recursion going on and unfortunately it's going to take too much of my time to assist you with this
Mark
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Thursday, 13 August 2015 01:30
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Thank you for the explanation , Mark. I appreciate the complexity.
stackideas newbie
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Thursday, 13 August 2015 02:42
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Hi there,

You are most welcome. Thank you for your kind understanding. We will always take customer input into consideration and hopefully we can put this idea with the major release of our components.
Ezrul Fazwan
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Thursday, 13 August 2015 12:02
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Thanks, Ezrul!

It would be very helpful to show parent categories on the front page so that users could quick discern what would be the most relevant or to prioritize, especially where names of subcategories are not distinct among various parents.
stackideas newbie
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Friday, 14 August 2015 01:32
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Noted, thanks for the heads up on this.
Mark
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Friday, 14 August 2015 02:10
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