Firsh started a discussion about simplifying forum UX for non-technical users, with awesomerobot providing insights on potential UI simplifications and explaining why certain Reddit-like features aren’t feasible.
Moin reported a broken text issue where “house” was incorrectly displayed instead of “home” in the interface, likely due to the FA6 upgrade.
A forum administrator sought help after their site was hit with 5,000+ spam topics. Falco recommended updating Discourse, using spam control services, and implementing Cloudflare protection.
sam shared thoughts on improving new user onboarding through integration with ask.discourse.com, suggesting using the LLM system for research before posting.
The Discourse team has added an invite link to the sidebar for all sites, making it easier to access the invite popup directly. The feature can be customized through the “Customize this section” option.
The new invite link feature is now available in the sidebar, though some users reported receiving notifications before the feature was fully rolled out. tobiaseigen acknowledged translation updates are still in progress.
The new invite link feature in the sidebar continues to receive positive feedback, with twofoursixeight sharing how the new invite modal is more convenient than the previous method. tobiaseigen confirmed plans to bring back the “save and send” button functionality.
Frankz inquired about domain name management for Discourse hosting, with supermathie clarifying that domain registrars can be independent of the hosting solution.
lindsey introduced new fullscreen signup and login pages featuring improved visual design and mobile experience. Discussion included feedback about adding back buttons and multi-line text field support.
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.
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.
Saif announced that Discourse AI Summarize is now available for Standard, Business, and Free tiers without requiring a 3rd party LLM provider. The feature can be enabled with one click from the What’s New section.
Discussion about automatically translating Discourse without requiring a button click continues, with sam acknowledging it as a fundamental feature requiring time.
A suggestion for adding a badge progress section to user profiles was proposed to help track upcoming achievements.
Pieces started a discussion about Handlebars template overrides and best practices for maintaining multiple template changes. merefield provided guidance linking to documentation about the recommended approaches.
A discussion about negative reaction features sparked debate around downvoting and reaction systems, with Moin citing Discourse’s philosophical stance against downvoting.
A discussion about improving terminology clarity around “Staff Notice” vs “Notice from Staff” was initiated by ToddZ, highlighting potential confusion between different notice types and permissions.
Saif announced a new AI search experiment enabling one-click AI search functionality for Standard, Business, and Free tiers without requiring a third-party LLM provider.
