Hi We’re just setting up our first Discourse forum and the question came up if it is possible to have multiple users (admins) posting in the forum under the same name (no matter if user name or group name). If have already created a new group and added the users that will be in charge of answering…

Morning, [Bild] SchweizerSchoggi: we are not self hosting, we’re using Discourse hosting. So there is no chance to install this plugin, right? Yes that is correct. However this depends what plan you are on for example lets say you were on enterprise hosting plan you can get the team to insta…

Hello there @SchweizerSchoggi welcome to Discourse meta :smile: I would say that this is possible in two ways You create a new account and grant it whatever permissions you need. You can share the login info with that group? Use this plugin [Bild] Discourse Staff Alias plu…

Hi Ondrejj Thank you for your quick response! The plugin sounds just perfect, but I am not sure how to install it. In Admin PLUGINS I see a lot of already installed plugins but no option to upload or use another one. Can you help?

No worries. If you are self hosted have a look at this guide [Bild] Install plugins on a self-hosted site Self-Hosting warning This guide assumes that you have a self-hosted standard installation. We only support the standard method of install here, so these instructions …

Good morning Ondrejj Unfortunatly we are not self hosting, we’re using Discourse hosting. So there is no chance to install this plugin, right? And for your other idea, a shared login: Wouldn’t one user block the others when he is logged in? Or can two or even three users work in parallel with the…

Thank you for this confirmation Ondrejj. Yes, I have added a general title (simply our company name) for the members of the group as well as the company logo as user icon. It will now read User name - Company name So it’s pretty clear it’s an “official answer” :slight_smile:

Mehrere Benutzer posten unter demselben Benutzernamen oder Gruppennamen?

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ondrej 10. Mai 2021 um 17:32 4

Kein Problem. Wenn Sie selbst gehostet sind, werfen Sie einen Blick auf diese Anleitung:

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