The “Optional personal message” feature when creating an invitation is available in Discourse 2.7.0.beta9. To access it, users need to click the “advanced” button (
) in the invite modal. This will reveal additional options, including the personal message field. There is no need to enable this feature through configuration settings. jomaxro provided screenshots illustrating the process, and mcdanlj created a step-by-step guide for their forum members.
Continuing the discussion from 2.7.0.beta9: Messages with Invites, "Blank Page" Education Text, Like Webhooks, and more:
Where in configuration does one enable the optional personal message when composing an invite? I have updated to 2.7.0.beta9, and I don’t see it even for admin. I’ve searched config for “invite”, “custom”, “personal”, and “message” without finding an obvious configuration candidate.
There shouldn’t be any setting changes required, assuming you haven’t otherwise disabled invites. To add a personal message, you need to expand the invite modal via the “advanced” button (). Then you should see additional options for your invite including the message.
Once advanced options have been opened, you’ll see the optional personal message along with other configurable options. (note this screenshot is from a staff user, regular users will not see all the options)
I didn’t see the — thanks for the pointer!
I just wrote up the instructions step by step for our forum members:
