Hi, I’m new to Discourse. I’ve installed it already and am playing around with it. There is one feature I’d really like and maybe this is already possible which is why I’d like to ask. I want to create a category in my forum which is similar to an image gallery. If the user makes a post in this ca…

[image] AntiMetaman: I want to create a category in my forum which is similar to an image gallery. If the user makes a post in this category, it would appear like a grid with an image thumbnail, and a caption with things like user views, ratings (thumbs up) and date posted. Note that only this …

Thanks for the reply! I see that the formatting toolbar conflicts with the official bbcode plugin. I’ll have to uninstall the bbcode then to use this one. I’m still looking for some documentation on how to create plugins that allow one to modify the toolbar or to create custom buttons. Also, yes, t…

You can keep the official bbcode plugin and use this theme component, it’s more or less the same [image] MD Composer extras theme-component This theme component adds few formatting options in the composer : underline, align center, align right, justify and strikethrough. …

Thanks, I’ll look at that code to see if I can make my own custom button.

Just an update on this, it seems that the easiest way to create one’s own custom bbcode is to reverse engineer this plugin: Awesome BBCodes Plugin: multi-paragraph, nestable, with auto-complete rather than the official bbcode plugin according to this thread: Best Course of Action on Supporting Custo…

How to create a custom button?

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Steven July 14, 2020, 6:50pm 4

You can keep the official bbcode plugin and use this theme component, it’s more or less the same

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