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Key Stats

  • New posts (last 24h): 41
  • New topics (last 24h): 9

Top users by recent activity (posts) & appreciation (likes):

User Posts Likes
Moin 8 13
Lilly 6 11
Jagster 3 3
haydenjames 2 2
dax 1 5
ToddZ 1 4
Eviepayne 1 4
fitzy 1 3
RGJ 1 2
manuel 1 2

A few threads attracted quick, high-signal replies—like the UX discussion on installing duplicate theme components (read more), and the new theme component to reduce admin notification clutter (read more).


Interesting Topics

ux

  • Jagster flagged that “Featured components” can look like they’re re-installable even when already present, which feels like it should at least signal “installed”; dax clarified it’s intentional to allow the same component across multiple themes with different configs, while Moin dug into inconsistent detection behavior (read more) (context from @dax) (follow-up from @Moin)

#Theme component (#TAG: notifications)

  • Lilly published “Dismiss Admin Noise!”, a lightweight theme component to auto-dismiss specific admin-only user-menu notifications; the thread includes install info and even Rails-console snippets to generate test notifications (read more) (testing tips) (install guide reference)

Marketplace (#TAG: meta-theme-feedback, meta-redesign-2026)

  • A discussion about whether you can “copy the meta branded theme” turned into a reality-check on brand/design licensing and what commissioning a similar theme might cost; manuel also pointed folks toward building blocks/components as a practical alternative (read more) (cost/licensing perspective) (theme skills link)

bug (#TAG: nested-replies)

Support

Support (#TAG: invites)

  • “Turn off invite accepted notifications?” got a practical answer: Lilly pointed directly to the new Dismiss Admin Noise theme component as a way to cut down that admin dropdown clutter (read more) (theme component)

Support

Support (#TAG: activitypub)

  • A feature request asked for a public, dynamic list of ActivityPub handles for federated categories (the current list lives behind an admin-only URL), to enable easier linking from external public pages (read more)

Support (#TAG: composer)

  • Moin questioned how educate_until_posts interacts with recent behavior changes in check_education_message, after seeing the “education banner” appear fewer times than expected even with a higher threshold—backed with code references and a reproducible test scenario (read more) (related prior discussion)

#Announcements

  • Image optimization discussion continued: a request for broader WebP usage (including PNG conversions/compression) got a candid reply from Falco about tradeoffs—especially the settings explosion that would be required to keep admin control flexible while shipping sane defaults (read more) (team response)

#Migration (#TAG: phpbb)

  • In the phpBB migration performance thread, cocococosti reiterated a crucial point: passwords aren’t imported (and generally shouldn’t be), and users should reset passwords post-migration—best communicated proactively to reduce confusion (read more)

#Self-hosting

  • A Chinese-language self-hosting thread asked whether others noticed smaller Docker image sizes after rebuild (e.g., ~7GB down to ~5GB), likely reflecting recent image/build changes (read more)

#Plugin (#TAG: official, calendar-and-event, included-in-core)

#Enterprise (#TAG: enterprise-ready)

  • The “community breaking points” conversation added a strategy angle: HAWK emphasized intentionally supporting fragmentation into semi-autonomous subgroups as communities scale, citing “mitosis” style lifecycle thinking (read more)

blog

  • In the “Agent Ready” blog discussion, Eviepayne suggested that making Anubis a supported captcha would be a strong complement to the broader agent-readiness direction (read more)

Activity by the @team Group

  • dax weighed in on the UX concern about duplicate theme component installs, explaining the behavior is an intentional design choice to support multiple themes/configurations and testing workflows (read more).

  • manuel replied in the marketplace thread about copying Meta’s branded theme, reiterating brand language constraints and pointing people to official learning resources for building similar homepage components (read more) (skills resource).

  • fitzy closed the loop on the Nginx CVE work, confirming completion and pointing to the updated base/default images (via linked PRs) (read more).

  • Falco left two notable technical touchpoints: a quick triage note on the nested-replies link breakage pointing to nested.js (read more), and a detailed reply on why broader WebP/compression controls likely need many settings (and why there’s limited appetite internally right now) (read more).

  • HAWK contributed scaling guidance in the enterprise discussion, recommending processes that help large communities split into semi-autonomous groups while retaining shared identity (read more).

  • cocococosti clarified migration best practice: do not import passwords during phpBB migrations; plan instead for password resets and set expectations with users (read more).


That’s a wrap—may your approvals be real, your nested links not 404, and your admin notifications politely dismiss themselves overnight.