The place for all Discourse announcements.

Documentation for how to use Discourse, install and configure sites, and troubleshoot common issues. Includes topics for tutorials, how-tos, general reference and troubleshooting. Topics in this category may only be created by trust level 2 and up.

Support on configuring and using Discourse after it is up and running. For installation questions, use the #installation category. Basic HTML and CSS questions are not in scope for support here.

A bug report means something is broken, preventing normal/typical use of Discourse. Do be sure to search prior to submitting bugs. Include repro steps, and only describe one bug per topic please.

Discussion about the user interface of Discourse, how features are presented to the user in the client, including language and UI elements.

Discussion about existing Discourse features, how they can be improved or enhanced, and how proposed new features could work.

A great platform doesn’t guarantee success. Community building is a science. This category is for discussions about launching, building, growing and managing a thriving community.

The category for all things Discourse Development. Building a customization for yourself or the community? Then this is the category for you! Questions and discussions about creating themes, theme components, plugins, help with submitting pull requests, configuring development environments, coding conventions, and so on and so forth are all welcome here.

About commercial Discourse related stuff: jobs or paid gigs, plugins, themes, hosting, etc. All soliciting must be in this public category, private solicitations are not permitted here.

Plugin directory. To post here, use the Request Access button on the group page with a link to your plugin.

Themes are expansive customizations that change multiple elements of the style of your forum design, and often also include additional front-end features. Larger and more encompassing than theme components, themes have the ability to significantly change the look and layout of your forum. Depending on which elements are already included in a theme, it is also possible to combine other theme components with them to further individualize your site.

Theme components are customizations that change surface elements of your forum design, or add extra front-end features. Smaller and more targeted than full themes, they can generally (though not always) be combined with other theme components to create a bespoke forum design tailored for your community.

Topics about hosting Discourse, either on your own servers, in the cloud, or with specific hosting services.

Getting Discourse up and running, keeping it going, upgrading, and any other general sysadmin maintenance.

Migrating your community from one platform to Discourse may seem like a daunting prospect, but it doesn’t have to be. Topics here will make it easier for you.

Outlining each official release of Discourse, and plans for future releases.

Discussion about meta.discourse.org itself, the organization of this forum about Discourse, how it works, and how we can improve this site.

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