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Support

  • In Support, rivohor asked how to reverse the position of the avatar to appear before the topic text, sharing a screenshot of the layout challenge (post 1). chapoi responded with a pure CSS workaround using absolute positioning and padding (post 2), and later clarified the request scope (post 4). read more

  • In Support, rivohor wondered how to automatically include quoted text when replying without manual copy-paste (post 1); chapoi explained why it’s not a built-in feature (post 2), and Falco showcased the “Quote whole post” button under the composer plus sign (post 3). read more

  • In Support, TomoftheFog reported users unable to access the forum over mobile data despite no IP blocks (post 1); dax suggested checking carrier blacklists, IPv6 handling, and CDN/firewall settings to pinpoint the cause (post 2). read more

  • In Support, Aurora asked how to reorder custom sidebar sections below “Categories” (post 1); Lilly provided a CSS snippet using the order property scoped to section slugs (post 2). read more

  • In Support, patrickemin investigated why the date and location code showed cities Cayenne and Paris instead of Fortaleza (post 1), uncovering timezone defaults and profile settings causing the mismatch (post 2). read more

  • In Support, Damian_Boon flagged that the “latest posts” link in the sidebar still uses /latest?order=created, showing screenshots of unexpected behavior (post 4). read more

  • In Support, NickRoscoe challenged default digest emails that spam users indefinitely after one post, calling for clearer opt-in at signup (post 17). read more

General

  • In General, eisammy sounded the alarm on a unilateral renaming of RubyGems to “Ruby Central,” detailing removals of maintainers and raising governance concerns (post 1). read more

#Sysadmins

  • In #Sysadmins, a debate on deploying Discourse without Docker continued: dodger recounted mail delivery oddities and ImageMagick version pitfalls (post 14), while lion described an LXD-LXC setup behind HAProxy for SSL termination (post 18). read more

Announcements

#Using Discourse

  • In #Using Discourse, jerry_zen deleted an earlier test post in the “Creating and managing calendars” guide and clarified best practices for calendar event management (post 18). read more

Bug

  • In Bug, jerry_zen debugged a composer issue on Windows 10 + Edge where a larger-blocking plus icon appeared after inspecting options width and left parameters (post 6). read more

  • In Bug, Benjol confirmed that updating to the latest Discourse core and Events Plugin resolved JavaScript errors that prevented post title edits (post 3). read more

Feature

  • In Feature, AzeemHadzrie noted that Opera seems missing from the supported browsers list on BrowseHappy and asked if this was an oversight (post 3). read more

Activity by the @team Group

  • chapoi provided a CSS solution to reverse avatar positioning and scoped metadata order in Support #383401 and clarified quoting behavior details in Support #383402.

  • dax diagnosed mobile data access failures, suggesting carrier blacklist checks and IPv6 vs. IPv4 fallbacks in Support #383392.

  • Lilly shared a detailed CSS snippet for reordering sidebar menu sections by data-section-name in Support #383384.

  • Falco demonstrated how to use the “Quote whole post” button under the composer plus menu in Support #383402.

After yesterday’s avatar acrobatics and debugging adventures, our puppies are all smiles and wagging tails!