I’d like to add an direct link on homepage for taking private notes, sending to self. I’ve read creating-pre-filled-personal-message-links. https://try.discourse.org/new-message?username=rudy Is there any way to pre-fill username for every user, just with own username(like rudy)？So users needn’t search and fill their own names by hand.

not sure about doing it for every user… [image] Creating pre-filled personal message links Using Discourse bookmark This guide describes how to create a link to start a new personal message with pre-filled information, including best practices. person_raising_hand Required user level: All users Discourse allows you to compose a new personal message with pre-filled information via URL parameters. This can save time and ensure consistency for common messages. Structure of the URL To create a new pre-filled message, format your URL like this: https://discourse.example.com/new-message?username…

There was some discussion about that in Allow multiple ‘new topic’ drafts - #33 by Aizada_M I don’t think such a link is possible at the moment

Thanks. I’ve already posted the guide above. I wonder if there is a way to pre-fill username in receiver for logined user, just own name.

I took a different path. I guided my users on how to effectively use tools to make notes using their devices. Multiple drafts won’t fix that, because publishing and notes are fundamentally different things. I have a few such power users, and for them (and myself), I created a private category. But that can’t be a general solution.

For each user, he/she may like to write drafts with different topics and modify them sometime. Publish or just keep notes. I think message is enough to do this, but it’s inconvenient to fill own name every time.

Creating personal message to self for taking notes, without filling own username by hand

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Lilly (Lillian ) December 17, 2024, 8:36am 2

not sure about doing it for every user…

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