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Hello. I'm wondering if it's possible to open topics without categories? So, here's my idea. In the homepage, I want recent topics to be listed. There'll be a search box in header where you can search for topics. If you search for a topic that already has, you'll be seeing that topic. If not, it will tell you that there's no such a topic and will show you a text area where you can open that topic, independently from categories. That means, what I want is not hide categories or just remove them. I want topics without categories. How to do it? Any advice is appreciated, thank you!

Threads are forced to be in a forum. Forums must be in a category. I'm not sure if the schema allows for a null forum id.

https://www.snapnovels.com/Home-Stories - Something like this? Try Xthreads. It's old so the layout may need updating.