Group Banner/Flair image upload, and Publicly Created Groups

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subtenko is seeking clarification on the intended use of groups in Discourse, as they’ve come from a Buddypress background and are looking to replace it. They propose two key features to enhance group functionality:

  1. Group Customization:
    • Group Banner (similar to Profile Banner) to allow CSS customization of group page layouts.
    • Group Flair/image representation upload from group owners.
  2. Publicly Created Groups: allowing anyone to create groups for niche discussions.

subtenko has experimented with CSS tweaks to demonstrate the potential of these features, sharing examples of their work. They’re seeking feedback from the community and developers on whether these ideas align with Discourse’s plans for groups.

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So Ive been looking into groups for about a week and think Ive come to the realization its not what I thought it was for. It also seems from past post I searched that either the devs dont want to make groups into discussion hubs or either just not right now, not sure. ( I come from Buddypress, or a least trying to do away with it)

Group Customization

  • Group Banner (like Profile Banner)
    That feature alone at least will allow me and anyone else to do CSS work on the backened to customize group page layouts a tad bit.

  • Group Flair/image representation upload from group owner

Publicly Created Groups

  • Allow groups to be created by anyone. (For those tight niches and group discussions ie “R/C boat racers”)

This is what I did in Inspect element with sloppy CSS work:

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Because Im trying to move from Buddypress: (these are inspect element tweaks too, my former changes didnt save and I’d be using two social systems instead of just one)

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But like I kinda mentioned before, if this is not how Discourse is planning to use groups, thats fine Id just at least like to know. What do ya think community & devs?

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