Today on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
- New posts: 116
- New topics: 18
Top users:
- awesomerobot (26 likes, 5 posts)
- Moin (26 likes, 13 posts)
- Lilly (15 likes, 7 posts)
- Richie (11 likes, 3 posts)
- kris.kotlarek (8 likes, 2 posts)
Interesting Topics
- Font Awesome 6 upgrade: awesomerobot announced that Discourse is upgrading its icons to Font Awesome 6, bringing new icons and style updates. Users discussed potential impacts on custom themes and icon usage.
- Layout issues in Admin Badges page: Richie reported a layout problem on the Admin Badges page when using certain locales. david investigated and found it was related to translation updates and description length.
- Doc Categories plugin formatting: hugh provided an updated example of formatted index topics for the Discourse Doc Categories plugin.
- Affiliate link functions: A user inquired about monetizing their forum with affiliate links. awesomerobot and pfaffman suggested existing plugins and custom solutions.
- Notification avatar issue: NateDhaliwal noticed that notification avatars sometimes show the system avatar instead of the user’s. Firepup650 explained this occurs for multiple notifications.
- Flag reason capitalization: Moin pointed out an issue with lowercase conversion of flag reasons affecting German grammar.
- Trust level permissions: A user asked about restricting certain actions for trust level 4 users. Moin provided guidance on adjusting settings.
- Migration error resolution: pfaffman shared a solution for resolving a migration error by rebuilding the database and restoring from backup.
- Likes Column customization: guystewart requested the ability to select which categories are included/excluded in the Likes Column component.
- Video thumbnail issues on mobile: Earnie_Baird reported that video thumbnails in chat are not appearing correctly on mobile devices.
- Custom field validation: A user sought help creating a plugin to validate custom field values, encountering errors when accessing field data.
- Bulk tag management: Ayelen_Rives asked about ways to create tag groups from CSV files and manage tags in bulk.
- Randomizing digest times: GeoffSchultz inquired about assigning random digest times to users after migrating from phpBB. pfaffman suggested modifying database values.
- Discord authorization scopes: A user requested help editing scopes for Discord authorization in Discourse.
Activity by the @team Group
awesomerobot was active in discussions about the Font Awesome 6 upgrade, providing details on implementation and addressing user concerns about custom themes. They also suggested plugins for affiliate link functionality.
Lilly participated in several support threads, including clarifying trust level permissions and discussing language preferences for Canadian users.
kris.kotlarek announced a fix for an issue causing endless spinners on some posts, explaining the root cause and the implemented solution.
hugh provided guidance on formatting index topics for the Discourse Doc Categories plugin.
david investigated and explained the cause of layout issues in the Admin Badges page when using different locales.
tobiaseigen clarified the discrepancy in member count between different pages, explaining which users are excluded from certain tallies.
sam provided instructions on how to retrieve AI summaries via API calls, including endpoint details and necessary permissions.
pmusaraj investigated a reported issue with the search bar in a beta version, requesting additional information to diagnose the problem.
ella implemented a fix for the Admin Badges page layout issue, addressing problems with inconsistency across different locales.
Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you again tomorrow! 