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.
Arkshine が Banner Featured Links という新しいテーマコンポーネントを紹介しました。これは Meta Branded テーマに着想を得たリンクのバナーを作成できるものです。このコンポーネントは好評を博し、デフォルト値に関する問題に対処するための小さな修正が適用されました 続きを読む。
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.
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.
