I wonder if Discourse source code has a checkbox for username like other social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter? I searched for this question before posting but couldn’t find it? I think it’s a necessary feature for a good source code like this!

[image] Toan Nguyen: a checkbox for username I have no idea what you’re taking about. Can you explain exactly how such a checkbox would be described and what it would change?

[image] Michael Brown: I have no idea what you’re taking about. Can you explain exactly what such a checkbox would be described and what it would change? That is the tick function for username in the Discourse source code.

[image] Toan Nguyen: I searched for this question before posting but couldn’t find it? Are you asking about the checkbox or check icon to show if a username is free to create new account with?

[image] Architect: Are you asking about the checkbox or check icon to show if a username is free to create new account with? blue tick badge like Facebook for the username of that discourse source code

That looks like this badge verify thing: Request a verified badge on Facebook | Facebook Help Center The blue verification badge lets people know that a Page or profile of public interest is authentic. That has this requirement to qualify: Notable: Represe…

You can use flairs to accomplish this. Just like how on this meta forum, the Discourse staff have a special flair on their avatar with the Discourse logo.

For a twitter-like experience you’d be able to accomplish this with the subscriptions plugin: [image] Discourse Subscriptions Plugin Plugin discourse2 Summary The Discourse Subscriptions plugin allows site owners to sell recurring and one-time purchase subscri…

We manage this in our community by creating a badge called “Verified Account” and issuing the badge (and setting it as their Title) to the accounts we have verified. This is what our community members see: [Screenshot 2024-09-12 at 15.25.31] I’d love to be able to display the tick icon next to i…

You could make a group, then you could set the icon as their flair: [image] [image] And then just add anyone to that group who is “verified”.

[image] Toan Nguyen: like other social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter? Do you have a discourse instance setup you can enable the flair badges for they are talking about? What is different about discourse is individual instances aren’t controlled by the bosses of the platform itself, …

Tick badge for username?

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Lilly September 13, 2024, 12:21am 13

just use an image of a check mark as a group flair. I have a theme component that will let you size it to however you want too

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