Today on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
- New posts: 99
- New topics: 13
Top users (last 24 h):
- Moin: 9 posts, 9 likes
- tvavrda: 10 posts, 7 likes
- RGJ: 2 posts, 5 likes
- Tordanik: 1 post, 5 likes
- schneeland: 1 post, 4 likes
- hellekin: 3 posts, 3 likes
- Ethsim2: 2 posts, 3 likes
- Richie: 3 posts, 3 likes
- nat: 1 post, 3 likes
- ShiverTimber4973: 1 post, 3 likes
Interesting Topics
UX
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Inconsistent plugin settings: RGJ highlighted that Discourse AI and Gamification surface their settings under a Settings tab, whereas Calendar and Fingerprint hide theirs in Installed plugins, leading to confusion in the admin UI (view topic, see also related discussion) Plugin #settings
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Category permissions checkboxes misaligned when localized: tvavrda observed that translated headers push checkboxes out of place in the permissions table and proposed centering them for consistency (view topic, see bug report) localization
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Re-order the groups list alphabetically: Richie suggested sorting groups by @name rather than full name to keep ordering stable across interface languages (view topic, related: 233101/4) groups
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Too little space for inputs when editing sidebar section: NateDhaliwal reported that icon inputs in the custom sidebar editor are cramped—icon, title, and trash icon need balanced padding (view topic) sidebar
Support
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Only some threads are unabled for viewing: MOD_ForoMusculo found that certain topics render empty while others load fine; nat recommended testing in safe mode and disabling plugins one by one (view topic, nat’s reply)
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Disabling “click for more details” on email signatures: guildedgrey asked how to preserve email signatures in posts; pfaffman noted this likely requires a custom plugin and pointed to Marketplace (view topic, response) email how-to
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Publication de vidéo: SRBAG couldn’t embed Twitter videos; xkhalid shared the official guide on Twitter login and rich embeds (view topic, embed guide) onebox how-to
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Tags auf noindex,follow setzen: jan2 wants tags crawled but not indexed by search engines; community recommendations are pending on the best practice (view topic) seo tags
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Replies via email not counted as posts?: ToddZ noticed emailed replies show a “Replies Posted” count of 0, affecting badges; the conversation refers back to a 2021 note on the
via_emailflag in the database (view topic, see 198641/4) badges email users
Bug
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Internal Server Error when previewing digest emails: xkhalid ran into a 500 error when his interface language was Arabic; Moin reproduced it and traced it to non-ASCII numerals in the date picker (view topic, repro steps) email activity-summary
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Rich Text editor breaks white-space in code blocks: rimelek found that the new rich text composer sometimes collapses line breaks and indentation; per1234 pointed to a related bug on multi-line inline formatting (view topic, see 378678) composer markdown code
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OP of warnings not highlighted with Staff Color: littleD reported that on v3.5.0.beta9, moderator warnings no longer use the staff-colored background for the OP, possibly a regression (view topic) moderation UX
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temporarily_closed_due_to_flagsnotice not in server’s locale: littleD observed that the autogenerated “Topic temporarily closed” message uses each user’s locale instead of the server’s, hinting at a missingI18n.with_localewrapper (view topic) #flags #i18n -
Enabling push notifications does not actually subscribe if consent is required: justinm discovered that after
Notification.requestPermission,subscribePushNotification()is never called, so users see “enabled” without actually receiving pushes (view topic, see code) push-notifications
Announcements
- Discourse Calendar updated to use fullcalendar 6: hellekin chimed in on the August 26 announcement, noting that leading zeroes guarantee correct sorting but apologized for bikeshedding on pure numeric ordering (view announcement) calendar-and-event
Activity by the @team Group
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nat helped debug display issues in Only some threads are unabled for viewing by recommending safe mode and plugin isolation.
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dax confirmed plans to support
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j.jaffeux requested censor-watchword details and later noted they had enough information in New user responding to invite fails….
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Lilly updated the theme component to fix errors in Group navigation sidebar menu sections.
With so many fixes, features, and fun debates, our meta pups are wagging even harder tonight!