Topics showing how to use Discourse by reading and writing content, and navigating Discourse sites.
General Usage
- New user guide: Understanding Discourse for new users
- Activity summary emails: Managing Activity Summary email subscriptions
- Notification email replies: Configuring whether previous replies are included in notification emails
- Invites: Creating and using invites
- Trust level permissions: Trust Level Permissions Reference
- Likes: Understanding Likes in Discourse
- Default badges: Badges reference guide
- Link click counters: Understanding link click counters
- Mixed text direction: Supporting mixed text directions
- Flagging posts: Understanding post flags in Discourse
- Wiki posts: Editing and creating wiki posts
- Export User Data: Export User Data
- Discourse version: Finding what version of Discourse you're using
Writing
- Formatting posts: Formatting posts using markdown, BBCode, and HTML
- Copying links: Copying and pasting topic titles and other links into posts
- Markdown tables: Adding a table to your post using markdown
- Creating polls: Creating and managing polls
- Featured links: Adding a featured link to your topic
- Onebox previews: Creating rich link previews with Onebox
- Linking to headings: Linking to a heading within a post or topic
- Code formatting: Posting code or preformatted text
- Code block languages: Selecting the programming language used in code blocks
- Anonymous mode: Using anonymous mode to reply or create topics
- Creating calendars: Creating and managing calendars
- Creating events: Creating and managing events
- Pre-filled PMs: Creating pre-filled personal message links
- Pre-filled topics: Creating a link to start a new topic with pre-filled information
Reading
- Suggested topics: Understanding suggested topics logic
- Topic stats: Understanding stats for 'topic views', 'posts read', and 'reading time'
- Infinite scrolling: Understanding infinite scrolling
- Email unsubscribe: Unsubscribing from a topic using email
- RSS feeds: Finding Discourse RSS feeds
Search and Filters
- Search tips: Searching for content effectively
- Time-based search: Searching for posts created within a specific timeframe
- Query string filters: Using query strings to filter topic views
- Filtering topics: Filtering topic lists in Discourse
Interface
- UI elements: Understanding user interface elements in Discourse
- Notifications menu: Understanding the notifications menu in Discourse
- Sidebar features: Using the Discourse sidebar
- Top topics: Calculating "Top" topics in Discourse
- Flagging posts: Flagging a post for moderator attention
- Print to PDF: Printing a topic as a PDF
- Preference links: Creating quick access links to Discourse preference pages
- User cards: Using user cards to quickly view information about others
- Browser tab indicators: Using browser tab content indicators
Chat
- Chat features: Exploring features in Discourse Chat