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Interesting Topics

Bug

  • Emoji not rendering after “+”: MachineScholar discovered that emojis immediately following a plus sign don’t render in posts or titles, with merefield noting a space-based workaround and Don pointing to the Enable inline emoji translation site setting. read more

  • Modal input fields jump to top on iOS: Don reported that focusing on modal inputs (including the emoji picker) in the Glimmer Post Stream causes an infinite jump to post #1, and sam suspects event bubbling issues. read more

  • URL highlighting cut off mid-fragment: carbon-starlight showed that Markdown link highlighting stops before certain special characters, questioning conformance with [RFC 3986]. read more

  • Calendar plugin search links misdirect: opcourdis noted that using the admin plugin search lands on Site Settings instead of the Calendar UI; martin and sam debated aligning its layout with newer plugin pages. read more

  • Accessible name missing for arrow icons: msftedad highlighted that the “Right arrow” and “Left arrow” icon buttons lack screen-reader labels on Windows. read more

Feature

  • Tip or Pay button for posts: agemo proposed a micropay “tip” button integrated into the subscriptions plugin to fund content creators, with chapoi suggesting bundling votes with existing “pay best answer” threads. read more

Announcements

  • Discourse Calendar → FullCalendar 6: j.jaffeux rolled out a major #calendar update to FullCalendar 6, adding clean URLs, event previews, performance gains, and CSS-variable theming. read more

  • AI spam detection replaces Akismet: Discourse announced that built-in AI now handles spam instead of Akismet, prompting reminders about GDPR/PII when using external LLMs. read more

Support

  • Unsupported iOS browser warning: xkhalid saw Safari/Chrome on iOS ≤ 16.0.3 flagged as “unsupported.” merefield pointed to the [dropping-iOS-15 announcement], and chapoi reminded about forum tagging etiquette. read more

  • Missing mobile “Post” button in Horizon: HiAI asked why the Horizon theme omits the default bottom-bar “New Topic” button on mobile. nat and chapoi explained the sidebar shortcut and linked back to the Horizon release post. read more

  • Required tag group not enforced for admins: S.AAKASH_MUTHIAH found topics could bypass required tags when posted by an admin; chapoi confirmed it’s working “as designed” for non-admins only. read more

  • Persistent “ads.txt not detected” alert: agemo reported intermittent AdSense errors even after verifying the file, seeking best practices for crawler verification. read more

Theme component

  • Discourse Graph (Plotly) Embed: NateDhaliwal released a theme component letting users insert Plotly.js graphs via a new toolbar icon. Jagster helped test icon styling. read more

  • Advanced Search Banner fix: awesomerobot restored js.welcome_banner.search functionality in the Official Advanced Search Banner component. read more

  • Right Sidebar Blocks date sort bug: pmusaraj tracked down an ordering glitch where single-digit event dates appeared after larger numbers, merged in PR #34526. read more

Activity by the @team Group

And that wraps up another whirlwind of emojis, calendars, and chat uploads—no puppies were harmed in the making of these posts!