Hi everybody Is there any how-to guide we can pass to our users so to understand the functionality of the discourse forum? I have hosted it at DO and need to educate people. Thank you!

The basic informations are covered by discobot when users create a new account (interactive narratives for new users and advanced users). See Who is Discobot?

I believe there is a moderation guide on how moderating works, I don’t know about a guide for users. Moderation guide: [image] Discourse Moderation Guide - Part 1: Getting Started Site Management bookmark This guide introduces the role of a moderator in a Discourse forum, explaining how to welcome new users, recognize helpful contributors, and communicate effectively with your moderation team. It covers the foundational aspects of community stewardship before diving into specific moderation tools. person_raising_hand Required user level: Moderator So you’re a moderator on a Discourse forum — congratulations! As a forum moderator, it’s your role to help oversee the forum, ensuring… But otherwise you can use the #howto category to learn basic information of discourse and share it with your users.

That’s helpful, thank you. I assume I can copy information from here and add it to my forum; that’s allowed. Correct? I am asking because that is not allowed in some forums. (btw, just landed here)

You can create links from your forum that land to meta’s #howto category, like oneboxing.

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schungx (Stephen Chung) October 30, 2017, 10:44am 6

I suppose the ultimate test of any software is that users don’t need to read a tutorial…

Discourse actually is quite far ahead on this front.

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