Today on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
- New Posts: 96
- New Topics: 7
- Top Contributors:
- merefield (11 likes, 10 posts)
- jordan-vidrine (7 likes, 5 posts)
- Richie (6 likes, 2 posts)
- tobiaseigen (6 likes, 6 posts)
- Roi (6 likes, 3 posts)
Interesting Topics
UX
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jordan-vidrine led an in-depth discussion about improving code block font sizing, comparing Discourse’s implementation with Stack Overflow’s approach. The team made several iterations on typography, padding, and background colors to enhance readability.
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A UX concern was raised regarding the placement of the ‘Remove’ button below the ‘Show more’ button, which could lead to accidental post/topic removal.
Dev
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Jun inquired about adding titles to topic detail URLs to improve SEO, similar to Stack Overflow’s approach.
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A developer sought guidance on creating theme components, specifically for hiding reactions in certain categories.
Support
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Helga_Razinkova reported changes in how mentions are supposed to work, noting that the dropdown list behavior had changed.
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kOS reported issues with images failing to load after moving uploads to DigitalOcean Block Storage.
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hmmmnotsure discovered that the AI summarization feature was producing English summaries for Spanish content.
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stache asked about the implications of logging out of all devices and its effect on IP address visibility.
Feature
- ToddZ suggested adding a confirmation dialog for the Impersonate action, highlighting the need for clearer communication about its implications.
Bug
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Moin reported an issue where categories were not being displayed in the reseed modal, which has now been fixed.
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sok777 reported chat messages appearing in wrong order in a large chat with 50k-100k members.
Theme
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jonasrosland provided positive feedback on the Nested Sidebar Categories component.
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kOS sought guidance on implementing Right Sidebar Blocks with the Teambuild Plugin.
Activity by the @team Group
jordan-vidrine was particularly active in the code block styling discussion, making multiple iterations and improvements to the design.
tobiaseigen provided support in several threads:
- Helped with About page customization
- Offered guidance on hiding About page elements
- Investigated issues with About page text mixing
sam contributed valuable feedback on the code block styling improvements, particularly regarding typography and background colors.
HAWK provided clarification on:
Falco offered support regarding:
bryce provided feedback on the code block styling improvements.
kris.kotlarek fixed the categories not displaying in reseed modal issue.
Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you again tomorrow! 