Pre-populating posts with some criteria

[Jody (Jody Gates)]

In our old community (which was largely a transactional support forum) we had the set the blank field for a New Post to contain some basic “fields.” The intent was to find out the OS and software version from a user when they had a problem.

It’d be great to have that ability now that we’ve moved to Discourse completely (woohoo!) and especially if we could create Templates based on the Category selected.

[cpradio]

Already being discussed:

Topic Templates

Before I describe what I’m seeking, I wasn’t sure if this should be a feature request or a plugin request. If I’ve classified it incorrectly, please let me know. Problem: Discussion boards often have topics that follow a standard form. It would be easier for users if this form could be associated with a category so that when they attempt to make a topic in that category, the basic layout appears in the text box. Use Case 1: Technical Support Form Basic information is generally required when t…

[Jody (Jody Gates)]

Aww man, I didn’t look under Extensibility and had hoped the auto-suggest would have presented anything I missed. I’ll go like that thread, thanks for pointing me in the right directly. (c: