Author Badge for Topic Posts

[Don]

	Summary	Add badge to topic owner’s posts.
	Repository	https://github.com/VaperinaDEV/author-badge-for-topic-posts
	Install Guide	How to install a theme or theme component
	New to Discourse Themes?	Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes

Install this theme component

Hello

With this theme component you can add badge label to the topic owner’s posts. It is really useful on larger topics because you can see clearly who is the Original Poster.

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Filter

The structure of the component, it is possible to target the mobile and desktop views separately. In addition, it is possible to target each category separately and thereby customize which author badges appear in which categories and views.

It can be possible with a theme setting:

You have to add 3 parameters to make workable the component.

1. view-type

   • desktop
   • mobile

2. category-name

   • this is the category, what you want to target e.g. “support”

3. author-label

   • the badge label e.g. “Author”

Example:

Since there is usually less space in these places on mobile sometimes it’s great to add shorter version on mobile.

Now I set up an author badge to the discourse category which on desktop will shows the “Author” text and on mobile the “OP” text.

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Ok, but what if I want to use different text in the other categories? Do they have to be set separately for each? Of course not.

If you leave empty it view-type or category-name or both…it will apply globally without override the existing ones.

Example:

I’ve added 2 more badges which uses the “Original Poster” text to the other categories on desktop and use “Director” text in videos category on both desktop and mobile view.

For this, just simply leave empty these sections with
typing semicolon without space

An other example if you want to use only the e.g. “Author” for all categories and and all view types. Use the following:
Two semicolon (without spaces) and Author

;;Author

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Places

Let’s see which places you can add badges…
You can select from 3-3 places in theme settings separately for desktop and mobile view.

These two settings

Desktop

author badge location desktop

1. below-user-avatar
2. after-user-names
3. below-user-names

below-user-avatar (limited space: it uses the topic avatar width) (sticky) better to chose a shorter label

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after-user-names

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below-user-names

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Mobile

author badge location mobile

1. below-user-avatar
2. after-user-names
3. above-user

below-user-avatar (limited space: it uses the topic avatar width) better to chose a shorter label

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after-user-names (limited space) better to chose a shorter label

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above-user

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Customization

Finally let’s see some customization options.

Here you can customize the author badge like colors, font styles, corners…
For example:

This one uses the following values.
^{These color variables may not use the same colors on your site, it depends the color scheme you have.}

It’s up to you what kind of cool author badge you make.

[davidkingham]

I predict a new member of the Discourse team in the future, everything you produce is just brilliant Don!

[robotnjik]

Thank you so much for this!

[inj3ct0r]

it didn’t work with me

[Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin)]

Did you think of enabling the component in your theme(s)?

[inj3ct0r]

of corse !!

[Don]

Hello

Can you clarify this a little more? Can you share screenshot about the component settings? That would also be cool if you share your site url (if it’s public) with the activated component Thank you!

[inj3ct0r]

hello sorry for late there was issue with my yml file … so
this is the screen

[Don]

Thank you

I checked it on arabic language and it works for me, except some margin issue… I will fix these on RTL. I merged it UX: Fix RTL compatibility by VaperinaDEV · Pull Request #1 · VaperinaDEV/author-badge-for-topic-posts · GitHub

Can you share screenshot about a topic?
Do you use custom theme or any component which modified that area?

Note: The author badge isn’t appear on the first post in the topic.

[inj3ct0r]

still same
im using theme from theme stelpolva
and im using Post Badge component.

[Don]

@inj3ct0r

im using theme from theme stelpolva
and im using Post Badge component.

I just tested with these, works as expected.

@Don

Note: The author badge isn’t appear on the first post in the topic.

[Lhc_fl (Linca)]

@inj3ct0r

m using theme from theme stelpolva

Just a reminder: I am no longer maintaining this theme, new components may not be compatible with it in the future…

[inj3ct0r]

sad news

[Don]

I checked your site and it seems the component works fine…

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but not on the first post what you shared

@inj3ct0r

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[Heliosurge (Dan DeMontmorency)]

Just s note if your viewing the first post the “Author badge” does not show. .It shows on the the subsequent posts in the topic. As everyone knows the first post is the op\author. This messed me up initially. But in my flimsy defense it was 3am. lol

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EDiT: See Author here already beat me to the answer.

[putty (Derek Putnam)]

This would be a nice little quality of life update if it went official

[merefield (Robert)]

why would that make a difference?

[putty (Derek Putnam)]

Quality of life may be too strong, but I think it helps with the readability of a topic, particularly if it is trying to provide information to the OP and not just a conversation amongst the community.

[merefield (Robert)]

I don’t understand how it being official would change that …

[Heliosurge (Dan DeMontmorency)]

If the TC was made official: it would just mean the team would maintain the code.

Now if you mean merged with core? Imho TC should more remain a la carte. Plugins on the other hand do at times makes sense to merged with core but even then wouldn’t make sense to merge all plugins save ones that more enhance core for the mass base usage ie automation, chat, spoiler alert etc… with some remaining optional for a variety of reasons like controlling bloat.