I am trying to publish an Discourse Theme component publicly, When going to Theme component and creating new topic, it showing all categories as read-only. I am new to discourse, So there any documentation to refer to publish component in discourse?

Hello and welcome, Yes, have you seen this: [image] About the Theme component category Theme component Theme components are customizations that change surface elements of your forum design, or add extra front-end features. Smaller and more targeted than full…

It seems the documentation is all about how to install theme component in discourse but i need help on publishing theme component publicly. Where can i find the group to join please suggest

I often see ppl post a link to their GitHub initially in the Dev category to see if ppl will test. To create a new topic in Theme component you need to be added to a group.

You can request to join this group: https://meta.discourse.org/g/theme_authors

[image] ClickandPledge: Where can i find the group to join please suggest I don’t think you have read the link I gave you: [CleanShot 2026-02-23 at 22.35.48@2x]

I think it’s much harder to spot the information in most of the translations because the links are not a single line, but oneboxes with 6 lines of text then. I think it’s less obvious here: [image] Of course, that doesn’t excuse not reading to the end. I just want to share a different perspectiv…

Interesting, it doesn’t onebox for me. I wonder why. I mean, why it does it different for translated content. Either way, it should be clear now at least

[image] chapoi: why it does it different for translated content. I think AI didn’t understand the relevance of the space in front of the link. I have added those to all translations now. Maybe markdown titles for the links would work better than a space and automatic inline onebox …

How to publish my theme component in discourse publicly to all users

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chapoi February 23, 2026, 6:36pm 6

I don’t think you have read the link I gave you:

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How to publish my theme component in discourse publicly to all users

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