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Hi I've got three posts (This is my fourth) but it still won't let me post in favorite forums. I saw a post in there that said two posts were needed but I've got more than two.

We all got them. What are yours?

What do have planned for the holiday season? Visiting family. Staying home. I am staying home with my wife. We plan to go to some of the festivities in the neighborhood. Nothing fancy.

When it comes to operating or launching a forum, what confuses you the most about it? What is stopping you from embracing full-throttle success? Let's help each other work through these things.

I am a surfer. Forums used to be my passion. Both running them and visiting them. I think this is a fine idea for a forum. I'll have some of my favs posted when I get time.

I am happy to announce a new spam detection module in Discourse AI Over the past few months, we have sadly noticed that Akismet’s performance has been quite uneven. AI-based spam detection allows you to better control how spam scanning works in your community. We have seen very good results on a few forums now. Please share your experience here. For those self-hosting or generally looking for a “free” way of using these tools, have a look at OpenRouter. There are quite a few free LLMs out there that can do a reasonable job scanning for spam. Read all about it at: Configuring and managing AI-powered spam detection in Discourse Site Management …

New features in 3.4.0.beta3 Check for updates on What’s New page In the What’s New page within the admin settings there is a new Check for updates button. This allows admins to check for any new updates to this page immediately. Filter by user in the review queue Admins can now use the filter Reviewed By in the review queue to see all the flagged content a user raised. Threading in Chat DMs and group chats Enable Threading in Chat settings for DMs and group chats so any reply to a message will create a separate conversation thread Mention counts in Chat threads With this change new messages within a Chat thread will appear as a mention count on the thread i…

Discourse 3.3.3 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. Bypass of Discourse Connect using other login paths if enabled (CVE-2024-49765) Moderators can view Screened emails even when the “moderators view emails” option is disabled (CVE-2024-52589) Magnific lightbox susceptible to XSS (CVE-2024-52794) Potential Backup file leaked via Nginx (…

Background Under the current default settings, when signing up for an account with an e-mail that has already been registered, the sign-up form will inform of that: We are changing the default setting to not give away this information. Instead, the sign-up form will look like this, regardless of whether the e-mail is already registered or not: This also affects password resets in similar ways. With the setting disabled, the form provides immediate feedback that the e-mail is in the system: With the setting enabled it does not disclose that information: Why are we changing it? A malicious actor can use this feedback to perform an account enumeration, lettin…

Here is a scenario. A visitor signs up for your site. His first post is an introduction. In the introduction he drops a link to his community. The next post are his sites stats which he comes back to everyday to add too. Each time with a link in the stats. Doesn't add any real content or engage with other users threads. What would do? Warn? Ban? Thoughts.

We’ve updated the terminology in Discourse’s interface to improve consistency across the platform. What was previously called a “color scheme” is now referred to as a “color palette” throughout the user interface. What’s Changed The term “color scheme” has been replaced with “color palette” across the Discourse interface. This change affects what you’ll see in the admin area, customization settings, and other UI elements. The functionality remains exactly the same - only the terminology has changed. What to Expect If you’re writing documentation or guides about Discourse, please use “color palette” going forward. You may still see references to “color scheme” in some …

We’ve got some exciting news! All communities hosted on the Invision Community platform will be switching to Cloudflare Enterprise edition for CDN and Firewall services. This transition starts now and will be complete by the end of January 2025. Don’t worry, you won’t experience any downtime during this transition. If you do see any issues, like a secure certificate warning, just clear your cache and try again. If your community keeps getting connection errors for more than 5 minutes, please reach out to our support team. We’re thrilled to offer you these improvements, including enhanced security, faster speeds, and more redundancy. We’ll also be able to better …

What's a normal day as you go about running your community? What do you do first? What is your daily ritual? Myself as an admin have a set way we approach each day. I may change the routine if problems arise. For the most part I do the same thing everyday. It works for me. What works for you?

Do any of you use AI to generate forum content? If not, why not? If yes, how do you justify doing it?

It looks like my threads and posts are gone. Maybe they were attributed to another member during the import. I see the forum structure is different. Might they be ina hidden forum or gone when you removed the forum. No problem if they're gone.

A community’s data is more than just numbers and names; it reflects the community’s pulse—what members care about, discuss, and engage with. This data includes all of the knowledge generated through those discussions which should be a lasting resource, always accessible to your community. However, many platforms make it difficult to access your community’s history, or even limit how much history you can access, hindering your ability to retain and leverage valuable insights. Others may prevent you from taking your data with you if you decide to move. Choosing the right platform from the start helps you future-proof your community. This is a companion discussion topic f…

I moved the site off the dev server and onto the main server. Things should run a little smoother. If you notice any issues let me know.

I'd like to welcome the Admin Zone members. Your account and all content is now here. You have to login with your email address and password. If you forgot the email address you used to sign up contact me and I will get you set up. Welcome!!

There's a lot for your members to love with Invision Community 5, and we recently covered five of the best features. Today, I want to discuss five features your team will love. One of the main concepts for Invision Community 5 was to reduce the complexity of power-user tools like theming and page building. These functions had been built around those with deep technical and coding knowledge, locking out many community teams. We also wanted to build new tools to help busy community teams organise, moderate and identify trusted members. Did we achieve that? Let's look at five new features we think your team will love in Invision Community 5. The new them…

I am in the final stages to import Forum² into here. I will get the data imported starting tomorrow and should be done by tomorrow night. Site might be a little glitchy during the time. I have removed the link directory in preparation for the Invision 5 upgrade. Once I get the site upgraded I will install a directory. Also the downloads are being removed. I am building a new downloads system with pages and will use that. Thanks for bearing with me. Things should be better than ever when everything is done.