Hey there, I know there might be a topic about this but I couldn’t find it, and I’m pretty new to being a Discourse admin so it’s kind of hard to figure out. Basically, we need a moderator for each category with the moderator shield icon who cannot do things like suspend users and check emails but …

I think there is currently no Documentation topic about category moderators. You can find some information in the announcements related to the feature . After enabling category moderation in the site settings, you should see a new dropdown in the settings of each category. To find the category set…

So it works well… Is there any way to grant each category moderator group a modified version of the moderator shield?

Maybe with CSS? Though, I’m not sure if there are special CSS classes for Category Moderators.

Okay, let me know if you have any ideas. Right now they have regular shields but I’d like to be able to distinguish between moderators and category mods.

Changing the color of the shield of moderators should be possible. You can find the CSS code in [image] Differentiate Admin and Moderator Shield Icons UX didn’t see it anywhere in this topic but i use CSS on my forum to make different colored shields for mods a…

So there is a special class. In that case, you can probably use ::after to add your own icon.

I imagine you could likely use group flair as well with CSS to not display when not in their moderated category. Or maybe CSS to replace the mod should in their category?

Hmm… yes, that’s a good idea. So it would appear that they are “normal” users when not in their category.

Yeah, that’s what it does right now. I did the css component and I just need the selector for the category moderators/a certain group would work as well. But now the regular moderators have yellow and the admins have gray, and the category mods have shields only in their category- the goal is diff…

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Turtle January 12, 2025, 6:06pm 3

Thanks so much!
I cannot believe I missed that haha.
I will work on that, thanks again. Have a good rest of your day!

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