Today on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
- 142 new posts and 18 new topics in the last 24 hours (source)
- Top users:
- chapoi (8 posts, 11 likes) – profile
- awesomerobot (4 posts, 10 likes) – profile
- j.jaffeux (1 post, 8 likes) – profile
- Don (2 posts, 7 likes) – profile
- nat (6 posts, 7 likes) – profile
- NateDhaliwal (5 posts, 6 likes) – profile
- merefield (6 posts, 6 likes) – profile
- agemo (5 posts, 6 likes) – profile
- Jagster (7 posts, 5 likes) – profile
- patrickemin (5 posts, 5 likes) – profile
Interesting Topics
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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 translationsite 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
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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
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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
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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
- 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Advanced Search Banner fix: awesomerobot restored
js.welcome_banner.searchfunctionality 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
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chapoi guided bundling votes on the Tip or Pay Button, moderated tagging etiquette in the Unsupported Browser thread, explained the sidebar “New Topic” solution on Horizon Mobile, weighed in on the Quote whole post position, verified admin scope in the Required Tag enforcement, and diagnosed the iOS keyboard jump in the Firefox blank screen bug.
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awesomerobot delivered a patch for the Site Header Banner, fixed the Advanced Search Banner, clarified “Other traffic” in Analytics, and gathered accessibility feedback on the Heading Navigation bug.
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j.jaffeux released the FullCalendar 6 migration for the Discourse Calendar.
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nat helped restore the mobile post shortcut in Horizon, suggested post-menu ordering for the composer in Quote button UX, and refined the Calendar plugin admin UI.
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david outlined maintenance plans for Theme Creator title edits, confirmed
api.onToolbarCreatesupport in Composer Toolbar Customization, and reviewed translation fixes in Theme Creator translations. -
sam debugged input-focus issues in Modal field jumps, triaged the Calendar plugin UI, worked on the Theme Creator title bug, addressed Generic wrap token errors, and proposed upload-scope improvements in Chat attachments.
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pmusaraj resolved date ordering in Right Sidebar Blocks and explored Android/iOS settings in the Discourse Hub UX.
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Roman investigated the AI embeddings toggle bug in Disabling embeddings.
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tobiaseigen tested meta descriptions on tag pages in the Tags SEO onebox issue.
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martin discussed aligning the Calendar plugin admin page.
And that wraps up another whirlwind of emojis, calendars, and chat uploads—no puppies were harmed in the making of these posts!