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Discuss is our current forum style discussion platform, built with Discourse forum software You can learn more about how Discuss is maintained by clicking here. |
Features[edit | edit source]
- Easy as possible account creation.
- or, login directly from your Google or Facebook account.
- Anonymous posting is allowed.
Being excellent still applies!
- Subscribe to any post be adding .rss to the url
- Subscribe to the Events calendar via .ical
What is Discourse?[edit | edit source]
The project is fully open source on Github, plus you can join the meta Discourse forum to ask questions.
How do I update the forum to the latest release?[edit | edit source]
- Join Unicorn for SSH access
- Check most recent backups under /var/discourse/shared/standalone/backups/default/
- If needed, create a backup with these instructions.
$ cd /var/discourse $ ls /var/discourse/shared/standalone/backups/default/ # ./containers rebuild redis # ./containers rebuild mail-receiver # ./containers rebuild data # ./containers rebuild app
The forum should be back online and happy! If you run into trouble you can ask https://meta.discourse.org for assistance.
What if I want to help improve Discuss?[edit | edit source]
Please do. We'd love your input and assistance. Below are some of the many available additions...
Wishlist additions include, or are not limited to:
- Meetup Calendar overview embed
- Meetup Calendar events -> Discourse Calendar
- Instagram Gallery -> Discourse Photo Gallery
- Adding Oauth and SSO support for web services
- Trello cards -> Discourse Kanboard board for a particular category
- Read-only mirror of Announce mailing list -> Discourse Announcements category
- Read-only mirror of Discuss mailing list -> General sub-category
- Adding shared chats with Slack, Gamebridge, NGALAC (trust)
- Meetup Events & Comments RSS subscription -> Discourse (trust)
- Facebook messenger page comments -> Discourse (trust)
- Discourse monkbot for sharing content from Slack -> Discourse (trust)
- Stripe donation updates (trust)
- Build out Badge System that reflects Guild framework