Campa inquired about adding a banner to the top of their site. Moin provided links to documentation on creating closable banners, noting that the specific theme component used by the Discourse team is not public.
A user reported a bug with the Filtered Topic Lists component, where setting “Default List Filter: no subcategories” in a category prevented filtered topic lists from being displayed in any outlets.
Moin reported an issue with the visibility of assign-related small action posts being controlled by whispers allowed groups instead of assign allowed groups. tobiaseigen confirmed the bug and added it to the team’s list to address.
nwnuyhs encountered a problem where a “User deleted” notification could not be dismissed. Firepup650 suggested rejecting the queued post to resolve the issue.
patrickemin requested an improvement to make it clearer when users are replying with a whisper. HAWK shared a theme component that makes whisper posts more obvious.
BryanV reported an inconvenience with the category menu appearing at the bottom of the screen on mobile when tapping the header. david explained this affects all Ember apps and suggested using built-in browser translation as a workaround.
ludwikc expressed interest in creating a Discourse theme to recreate the look and feel of Skool.com, focusing on encouraging discussion and highlighting gamification features.
ludwikc sought advice on implementing anonymous posting for logged-in users to create a safe space for sensitive discussions. ondrej suggested exploring Anonymous mode and Form Templates as potential solutions.
Jaskaran reported an error uploading images while creating topics. The community is awaiting more details to assist with troubleshooting.
A discussion arose about Atlassian’s use of Discourse for their Developer Community, while their main customer community remains on Khoros (formerly Lithium).
mcwumbly shared the first edition of Current Projects, a new monthly newsletter highlighting what the Discourse team is working on. Key projects include a composer redesign, new theme chooser in the setup wizard, and improvements to the AI helper. Read more
A new Notification Banners theme component was announced, allowing admins to create customizable banners with various display options and targeting capabilities. Read more
#Contributing
Guidelines for creating consistent admin interfaces were shared, covering topics like breadcrumbs, page headers, tabs, and content layout to improve usability and accessibility. Read more
A new user asked for advice on finding the perfect theme for their Discourse instance. Community members suggested various theme components and solutions.
A user inquired about permission settings to allow users to create posts in a category but only see their own posts. The flagging system was suggested as an alternative.
A request was made for user-created groups and categories. While not currently possible, the topic sparked discussion about community management and potential feature additions.
The Current Projects - September 2024 thread continued to generate interest, with users expressing excitement about upcoming features and improvements.
Jay_Palapar inquired about installing the Signatures plugin, which is only available on the Enterprise plan for hosted Discourse instances. ondrej provided guidance on installation options and potential alternatives.
toanvoc encountered errors when updating Discourse to a new version. The community suggested removing plugins and rebuilding to troubleshoot the issue.
patrickemin encountered issues with the Approve unless allowed groups setting, leading to a discussion about the complexity of Discourse’s overlapping layers and the need for clearer setting descriptions. simon and tobiaseigen provided insights on trust level groups and potential improvements to the setting’s explanation. read more
cashmoneychris described an autoscrolling issue in long threads, where the forum jumps to the latest post, causing frustration for users trying to read earlier replies. read more
Arkshine introduced a new theme component called Banner Featured Links, which allows users to create a banner of links inspired by the Meta Branded theme. The component received positive feedback and a small fix was pushed to address an issue with default values read more.
A user encountered issues with JavaScript compilation in their component, leading to a discussion about the transition from widgets to Glimmer components in Discourse development. merefield advised against relying too heavily on LLMs for development without understanding the basics read more.
The Discourse team is upgrading icons to Font Awesome 6, but some users are experiencing issues with missing icons after the update. Lilly provided troubleshooting steps and suggested updating Discourse instances read more.
merefield introduced a new setting in the Discourse Chatbot plugin to enable the name attribute, making the plugin more language-agnostic. He also fixed a bug in the latest release read more.
Jagster discussed the practice of using overlapping groups (TL1, admin, staff) for easier management, despite knowing that admins and staff are included in TL1 by default read more.
A user inquired about migrating without SSO and the potential issues that might arise. simon provided detailed information on account matching and email verification when transitioning from username/password logins to OAuth2 read more.
mcwumbly acknowledged feedback about developing for Discourse and the developer experience, promising to ensure the team reviews it after the Meetup week read more.
Falco confirmed that making all AI system prompts editable is on the roadmap for the coming months read more.
Lilly provided troubleshooting steps for users experiencing missing icons after the Font Awesome 6 upgrade read more.
david requested a link to a user’s site to investigate missing icons issues read more.
sam mentioned plans to add special guidance to the system prompt to ensure “ask” never recommends usage of widgets read more.
Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you again tomorrow!
patrickemin sought help with the Approve unless allowed groups setting, sharing screenshots of their current configuration. The discussion focused on clarifying approval flow requirements for different trust levels.
kOS asked about customizing the editor button to remove the calendar symbol, which conflicts with a custom Event Plugin. Moin suggested disabling the feature or using CSS to hide the button.
The Discourse team announced they’re upgrading icons to Font Awesome 6. Aaron_B encountered issues with the upgrade and sought assistance, eventually resolving the problem by running ./discourse-setup.
ozkn provided feedback on the Discourse Chatbot plugin, reporting an error related to image content visibility. merefield quickly addressed the issue and provided a fix.
rogerdean reported that the Topic List Author component is no longer displaying the original poster’s author name in Sam’s Simple Theme after a recent update.
A user discovered an issue with the “Approve unless allowed groups” setting causing posts to be flagged without a clear reason in the review queue. Moin helped identify the problem, leading to a discussion about improving setting explanations and the flag system read more.
ppcole encountered a problem with blocked words in URLs, which turned out to be caused by an overly broad watched word rule. The issue was resolved after Lilly guided them to check the watched words sections read more.
BCHK faced difficulties updating their site logo after uploading a new file. Don identified that the issue was related to the Big Header/Little Header theme component settings read more.
RGJ reported that the bookmark clock icon was broken after changing the icon set in the FontAwesome Pro plugin. awesomerobot investigated and suggested it might be a compatibility issue with older versions of Discourse read more.
rahim123 reported an issue with iframe embedding being broken despite having an allowed src domain. After some troubleshooting, it was discovered that the problem was due to a missing forward slash in the allowed domain URL. Moin noted this was likely due to a recent security fix that changed how domain URLs are validated.
cristo asked about removing certain stats from the Home page, specifically the number included in the sorting feature. awesomerobot provided a solution by explaining how to edit the site’s translations to remove the count from the “latest” filter title.
Ravindra-Trdx inquired about making the Data Explorer available to moderators and staff. Moin explained that when access is given to a query for a group, members can see it on the group page, and Lilly provided guidance on creating entries as parameters in the SQL for user input.
Alon1 inquired about the possibility of putting a live Matplotlib figure in a post. The discussion explored various options, including using external services like CodePen for embedding interactive graphs.
tomg reported that SEO for their domain was being impacted due to issues with schema markup. RGJ identified some problems with the code and suggested corrections to improve the schema implementation.
Lowell_Brown posted a request looking for a “webmonkey” to help manage their sports message board, as they no longer have anyone who understands Discourse well.
#Integrations
perryflynn encountered an issue with SSO logout where users were still logged into Discourse after being redirected back to the app. simon suggested this might be due to the “login required” setting automatically redirecting unauthenticated users.
_thiago discovered an issue with users being able to see deleted comments and sought advice on whether this was a misconfiguration or if a feature request was needed. merefield and Moin provided solutions, including setting delete removed posts after to 0 and using tags to control visibility. Read more
patrickemin inquired about hiding topics created by RSS feeds from the latest list for the admin user. Lilly suggested plugins to suppress categories, and RGJ proposed using a different user for auto-created topics as a solution. Read more
Tealk encountered an issue with Let’s Encrypt and multiple domains for ECC certificates. pfaffman provided guidance and code snippets to resolve the problem. Read more
ToddZ reported multiple repeated entries in summary emails. simon investigated and found the issue was related to the digest suppress tags setting and topics with multiple tags. Read more
pbouda proposed adding SCIM support to Discourse as a service provider for improved user and group management. pfaffman expressed interest in helping with the implementation. Read more
The Discourse team provided an update on current projects for September 2024, including progress on the converter framework. gerhard explained that the first converter will be a “Discourse” converter, intended as a reference implementation. Read more
inderjot inquired about integrating Ghost SSO with a paid Discourse plan. simon provided information on available documentation and suggested potential implementation methods. Read more
John_Smith encountered an SSO issue with missing SSO or SIG parameters when integrating Discourse with WHMCS. simon offered troubleshooting steps and configuration advice. Read more
merefield advised against adding a back button to return to a scrolled position, suggesting that there might be an underlying issue with the app preventing native swipe back functionality. Read more
sam advised that integrating custom search results (like Algolia and Coveo) into Discourse would typically be an Enterprise plan feature due to its complexity.
Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you again tomorrow!
Elena inquired about adding more trust levels beyond the current 5 levels. merefield explained that there are actually 8 de facto trust levels when including anon users, moderators, and admins. pfaffman suggested using groups or badges as alternatives for more granular user progression.
karriem reported problems with invitation links returning 404 errors. It was discovered that the emails were using HTTP instead of HTTPS URLs. simon suggested enabling the “force https” site setting to resolve this.
NateDhaliwal asked about the ‘Posted’ field in user cards including posts from private categories. Lilly confirmed that it does include private posts, which explains discrepancies for staff members.
pbouda proposed adding SCIM support as a service provider for Discourse. pfaffman suggested looking at existing authentication plugins as a reference for implementation.
Adubs provided additional details on the autoscrolling issue, noting that it occurs when the bottom bar is visible or when scrolled to the bottom of a thread. Moin was able to reproduce the problem without console errors.
Stevej shared error logs from WP Discourse showing issues with publishing posts to Discourse. The errors indicated problems with invalid category parameters and connection failures.
A user encountered issues with category endpoints in their WordPress integration. The problem was resolved by reverting the lazy load categories groups setting, which had been changed to “everyone”. This setting has been causing issues for many users lately.
There’s an ongoing discussion about adding more options to Discourse Reactions, including suggestions to replicate the emoji picker from Discourse Chat and potentially blacklist certain emojis to curb toxicity.
A discussion about integrating Ghost with a paid Discourse plan highlighted the desire for a more straightforward process to use Ghost members as the source of truth for Discourse.
A user encountered a problem with the Clickable Topic theme component, where the body text on topic cards was not clickable in Discourse version 3.4.0.beta2-dev.
Moin suggested improving the wording when undoing membership acceptance in groups, proposing “user removed” instead of “request undone” to better reflect the action taken.
A request was made to allow the key in the composer for easier indentation when creating lists. MarcP suggested this would be a helpful feature for improving the writing experience.
aas confirmed that deleting and recreating AI personas can resolve issues with non-responsive AI bots, providing a useful troubleshooting step for administrators.
A developer requested help with code from Core Ignore User, leading to a discussion about potential improvements in user management and communication methods on Discourse.
Moin shared a comprehensive guide on configuring automatic post review triggers in Discourse. The post covers various settings and best practices for implementing post approval, which can be useful for preventing spam, maintaining quality control, and moderating sensitive discussions. Read more
Lilly participated in the discussion about customizing unsubscribe links in emails, providing information on relevant site settings and sharing a screenshot of the configuration options. She also shared additional context from the Ask bot to help clarify the topic.
hugh responded to a query about Discourse Doc Categories, explaining how Meta implements documentation subcategories and suggesting a similar approach using an index topic for the parent documentation category.
Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you again tomorrow!
A user inquired about creating a first-login home page to allow users to choose main interests, similar to Pinterest and Flipboard. This could potentially be used to prioritize certain tags or categories for different users.
There was a discussion about user-created categories, with sam noting that while there’s no timeline yet, it’s something the team is thinking about.
Users reported issues with the Discoursehub app not connecting to accounts. pmusaraj confirmed a fix was submitted to Apple for review, addressing a regression in iOS 18.
#Site feedback:
NateDhaliwal humorously pointed out an AI-generated daily summary mistakenly listed them as a team member. sam mentioned considering a switch to GPT4-o for improved summaries.
Moin provided feedback on improving review queue reasons. hugh confirmed they are working on review queue improvements, aiming to clarify flag reasons and standardize moderator actions.
ludwikc asked about changing the system prompt for the Forum Helper bot. Falco explained that creating a new persona is the recommended approach for customizing the system prompt.
ShaneVeldhuizen discovered an issue with post editing for users. After adjusting settings, the problem was resolved, allowing users to edit their posts indefinitely.
ToddZ inquired about notifications for tagged topics, specifically when adding a “watch first post” tag to existing topics. sam explained the current limitations and potential risks of implementing such a feature.
EmilyJane requested a feature to rotate uploaded images within the Discourse application. Moin suggested using the Image Annotator theme component as a solution.
