# Is it possible to have subtopics? **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [July 20, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-subtopics/162 "2017-07-20T23:47:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dlang](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/dlang/32/859_2.png) [@dlang](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/dlang)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-subtopics/162/1 "2017-07-20T23:47:19Z")
In the hardware area there is now a topic on frame design ideas, we are really going to need to have many different discussions under that topic. can we make a sub-topic or should we make a new high-level topic for those discussions? ---
**Author:** ![CSwartzell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@CSwartzell](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/CSwartzell)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-subtopics/162/2 "2017-07-21T02:26:03Z")
Or subcategories as an alternative, if subtopics aren’t a thing? ---
**Author:** ![TheRiflesSpiral](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/theriflesspiral/32/20_2.png) [@TheRiflesSpiral](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/TheRiflesSpiral)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-subtopics/162/3 "2017-07-21T03:55:55Z")
There are two ways to handle this: with sub-categories or with tags. Sub-categories can go one level deep. You can apply as many tags to a post as you like. We could implement either or both to organize the topics a bit. ---
**Author:** ![dlang](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/dlang/32/859_2.png) [@dlang](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/dlang)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-subtopics/162/4 "2017-07-21T08:04:21Z")
I think we want both. Tagging can be useful but isn’t always done even one level of sub-categories can help organize things a lot ---
**Author:** ![TheRiflesSpiral](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/theriflesspiral/32/20_2.png) [@TheRiflesSpiral](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/TheRiflesSpiral)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-subtopics/162/5 "2017-07-21T12:35:15Z")
Here’s what I’m thinking: Hardware Issues - Frame - Sled - Electronics Software Issues - Ground Control - Maslow Firmware For tags, I think we should promote the tag “modification” for discussions related to changes in any of those categories. ---
**Author:** ![madgrizzle](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/madgrizzle/32/1372_2.png) [@madgrizzle](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/madgrizzle)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-subtopics/162/6 "2018-03-21T16:57:56Z")
Bringing an old post back from the dead… I’d like to propose adding in some subcategories to the CAD/CAM portion… I think you can only go one level deep, so maybe: Makercam [CAM] Fusion360 [CAD/CAM} CamBam [CAM] Inkscape [CAD] etc. I think it would be useful to have these subtopics so people could ask their application specific Maslow oriented questions in an appropriate location without intermixing things too much. ---
**Author:** ![TheRiflesSpiral](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/theriflesspiral/32/20_2.png) [@TheRiflesSpiral](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/TheRiflesSpiral)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-subtopics/162/7 "2018-03-21T20:45:46Z")
Thanks for bringing this one back from the dead. 🙂 I’ll get to work on these this evening. I added the Makercam one as a test; it looks like it worked fine. ---
**Author:** ![TheRiflesSpiral](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/theriflesspiral/32/20_2.png) [@TheRiflesSpiral](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/TheRiflesSpiral)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-subtopics/162/8 "2018-03-22T15:20:29Z")
One small change here: I added a more generic category for Illustration software; Inkscape, Illustrator, etc shouldn’t be confused with CAD for a number of reasons. I realize it’s used for those purposes, but they’re really in a different class of software. They’re also strictly 2D where the others are 3D.