Hierarchy Question

Hello!

Can you tell me if I can get round this please?
When the basic forum address ( www.babiesandall.com ) is used my index shows like this


But when I use the top level of my forum it shows like this


The second picture is how I want it to always show when people land in the forum - as in how I set it up in the hierarchy settings

So I dont understand why it shows differently? Have I set it up wrong, or is this just how it will always be regardless of the hierarchy I use?
In case this is my setup


thank you!!!

have you tried Admin Panel // Display // Structure and hierarchy // Split categories on index : Medium?

to be honest I can't see what the difference is between 'keep categories on index, medium' and the 'split categories on index, medium' (other than at the very top it says the name of the forum rather than just forum)

keeping them on index basically just merges them (which is why they're not separated)

I have it set to medium split categories on index and this is the result


This below is Keep categories on index : Medium


As I said before the only noticeable difference there is the heading Forum appears right at the top

edit; i just went onto your forum, it looks just like you wanted it, i don't see what it is

it is how I want if this address is used http://www.babiesandall.com/c10-babies-all-forum

but for some reason when people just enter this
http://www.babiesandall.com/
its all in one long list with no categories at all showing

well I have now changed it to None, which isnt exactly what I wanted, but its better than before.

thanks for help