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We have recently made our new documentation plugin available for testing and feedback. This plugin is designed to enhance the navigation and accessibility of documentation hosted on Discourse, providing a more accessible and friendly experience for all users. Note that this plugin is still in development. The development of this plugin stems from our ongoing effort to improve documentation, which has already been enhanced by a new sidebar. The sidebar work laid the foundation for a much improved documentation experience, and the new plugin incrementally builds upon that work. The new plugin in action The plugin is currently active and powering the documentation on our …

We have recently made our new documentation plugin available for testing and feedback. This plugin is designed to enhance the navigation and accessibility of documentation hosted on Discourse, providing a more accessible and friendly experience for all users. Note that this plugin is still in development. The development of this plugin stems from our ongoing effort to improve documentation, which has already been enhanced by a new sidebar. The sidebar work laid the foundation for a much improved documentation experience, and the new plugin incrementally builds upon that work. The new plugin in action The plugin is currently active and powering the documentation on our …

Happy Anniversary to us! On August 26, 2014, we released Discourse v1.0 and introduced hosting services. We have been full throttle ever since. Now that we’ve hit this milestone we’re taking a look back to see how far we’ve come. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.discourse.org/2024/08/celebrating-a-decade-of-discourse 11 posts - 11 participants Read full topic View the full article

Happy Anniversary to us! On August 26, 2014, we released Discourse v1.0 and introduced hosting services. We have been full throttle ever since. Now that we’ve hit this milestone we’re taking a look back to see how far we’ve come. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.discourse.org/2024/08/celebrating-a-decade-of-discourse 11 posts - 11 participants Read full topic

I’m excited to announce some updates to how we handle documentation to ensure clarity and collaboration while maintaining the quality of information provided. Read on to understand how our new documentation setup works. Official documentation We’ve updated the Documentation category to be dedicated solely to official documentation. This means that all content in its subcategories is maintained by Discourse team members, ensuring the information is accurate and up-to-date. If you’re looking for the most authoritative guides and references, this is the place! Why only team members? Restricting the creation and editing of official documentation to our team ensures consist…

I’m excited to announce some updates to how we handle documentation to ensure clarity and collaboration while maintaining the quality of information provided. Read on to understand how our new documentation setup works. Official documentation We’ve updated the Documentation category to be dedicated solely to official documentation. This means that all content in its subcategories is maintained by Discourse team members, ensuring the information is accurate and up-to-date. If you’re looking for the most authoritative guides and references, this is the place! Why only team members? Restricting the creation and editing of official documentation to our team ensures consist…

On Thursday, August 29, 2024 4:00 AM UTC, we hosted the Community Manager Mindset office hours with the Discourse Customer Success team, where we discussed: Developing your mindset as a Community Manager. Approaching the Community Manager role. The truth behind benchmarks and KPIs. Plus, we answered your submitted questions! Replay Office Hours: Community Manager Mindset & Resources Introductions These office hours were hosted by @jenny, @bas, and @danielle from the Discourse Customer Success team. The information shared is based on our in-depth experience with a variety of communities and not necessarily a top-down dissemination of strategies from Discourse as…

On Thursday, August 29, 2024 4:00 AM UTC, we hosted the Community Manager Mindset office hours with the Discourse Customer Success team, where we discussed: Developing your mindset as a Community Manager. Approaching the Community Manager role. The truth behind benchmarks and KPIs. Plus, we answered your submitted questions! Replay Office Hours: Community Manager Mindset & Resources Introductions These office hours were hosted by @jenny, @bas, and @danielle from the Discourse Customer Success team. The information shared is based on our in-depth experience with a variety of communities and not necessarily a top-down dissemination of strategies from Discourse as…

The server for the site is in Florida. Last weekend we had hurricane Debby pass through. While we weren't directly in the path we were close enough that power was out until yesterday afternoon. Battery backup kept the site up for a few hours as it was designed for. After it went dead we had to wait until the power was restored. I apologize for the downtime.

If you’ve seen our previous announcement, then you are aware that we are shifting to prefer LLM preferred solutions as they provide a vastly superior experience. Hence, coming soon we’ll be decommissioning the NSFW module in favor of Discourse AI Post Classifier - Automation rules This will be a beta experience so expect changes to occur to the feature. Why are we doing this? For the same reasons… What's next for Toxicity detection in Discourse AI? Previously using the Toxicity module meant… You were stuck using a single pre-defined model No customization for your community-specific needs Confusing threshold metrics Subpar performance LLMs have come a long w…

If you’ve seen our previous announcement, then you are aware that we are shifting to prefer LLM preferred solutions as they provide a vastly superior experience. Hence, coming soon we’ll be decommissioning the NSFW module in favor of Discourse AI Post Classifier - Automation rules This will be a beta experience so expect changes to occur to the feature. Why are we doing this? For the same reasons… What's next for Toxicity detection in Discourse AI Previously using the Toxicity module meant… You were stuck using a single pre-defined model No customization for your community-specific needs Confusing threshold metrics Subpar performance LLMs have come a long wa…

Today we are announcing good bye to the Discourse AI - Toxicity module in favor of Discourse AI Post Classifier - Automation rules, leveraging the power of Large Languge Models (LLMs) to provide a superior experience. This will be a beta experience so expect changes to occur to the feature. Why are we doing this? Previously using the Toxicity module meant… You were stuck using a single pre-defined model No customization for your community-specific needs Confusing threshold metrics Subpar performance LLMs have come a long way and can now provide a better performing and customizable experience. Whats new? Discourse AI Post Classifier - Automation rule can be used …

Today we are announcing good bye to the Discourse AI - Toxicity module in favor of Discourse AI Post Classifier - Automation rules, leveraging the power of Large Languge Models (LLMs) to provide a superior experience. This will be a beta experience so expect changes to occur to the feature. Why are we doing this? Previously using the Toxicity module meant… You were stuck using a single pre-defined model No customization for your community-specific needs Confusing threshold metrics Subpar performance LLMs have come a long way and can now provide a better performing and customizable experience. Whats new? Discourse AI Post Classifier - Automation rule can be used …

For the past month or so, we've been working with a small number of alpha testers to get some initial feedback and to fine-tune some of the new features. We are now ready for more feedback, so today, we take the next step in testing! We've opened up a new Invision Community 5 preview site for everyone to use, find bugs and offer feedback. The new preview site has a feedback area and a bug report area, so please use those areas on the preview site, rather than post your thoughts here. 👉 https://preview.invisionalpha5.com/ There are two themes currently available. The first is the more 'classic' look that you will find instantly familiar. The second them…

For the past month or so, we've been working with a small number of alpha testers to get some initial feedback and to fine-tune some of the new features. We are now ready for more feedback, so today, we take the next step in testing! We've opened up a new Invision Community 5 preview site for everyone to use, find bugs and offer feedback. The new preview site has a feedback area and a bug report area, so please use those areas on the preview site, rather than post your thoughts here. 👉 https://preview.invisionalpha5.com/ There are two themes currently available. The first is the more 'classic' look that you will find instantly familiar. The second them…

For the past month or so, we've been working with a small number of alpha testers to get some initial feedback and to fine-tune some of the new features. We are now ready for more feedback, so today, we take the next step in testing! We've opened up a new Invision Community 5 preview site for everyone to use, find bugs and offer feedback. The new preview site has a feedback area and a bug report area, so please use those areas on the preview site, rather than post your thoughts here. 👉 https://preview.invisionalpha5.com/ There are two themes currently available. The first is the more 'classic' look that you will find instantly familiar. The second them…

We are proud to announce that we have finally shipped the new LLM settings page available through the Discourse AI plugin (/admin/plugins/discourse-ai/ai-llms) Whats new? A dedicated page for all the LLMs settings you need for Discourse AI features Be able to create and add multiple LLM connections and configure them We’ve made it easy to add all popular LLM connections by pre-populating some of the information so all you’ll really need is the API key We’ve removed 20+ site settings and moved them over to the relevant LLM provider to reduce clutter. When you select a provider you see everything in one place Test to make sure connections are working properly Enab…

Forum² was given a facelift. There is a new default style. It has a light ( default ) and dark variation. You can switch between the 2 by using cog icon in the header next to your username or the bottom next to the style chooser. If you find any bugs let me know.

Discourse 3.2.5 Stable Release Discourse strongly recommends that all sites follow the default tests-passed branch of Discourse. The “stable” branch is more focused on lack of change than lack of bugs - all releases, including those on tests-passed and beta are production ready. Security Updates This release includes fixes for these security issues reported by our community and HackerOne . XSS via Onebox system (CVE-2024-37165) Iframe injection though default site setting (CVE-2024-39320) DoS via Tag Group (CVE-2024-37299) 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic View the full article

New features in v3.3.0.beta5 Simplified topic map The new topic map dramatically simplifies layout by highlighting useful information, with details available behind one click. Learn more. Improved topic bulk actions Changes in the menu include a loading spinner while operations occur, all options being available from one click, and support for additional options, i.e - Close Silently. Now available on all sites by default. Additional messaging for custom moderation flags Admins can now prompt users to provide additional reasoning when flagging posts. These reasons will show up in the moderation queue. New feature announcements The “What’s New” page now display…