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==Description== |
==Description== |
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Discourse is modern forum software for your community. Use it as a mailing list, discussion forum, long-form chat room, and more! Link: https://www.discourse.org/ |
"Discourse is modern forum software for your community. Use it as a mailing list, discussion forum, long-form chat room, and more! Link: https://www.discourse.org/" |
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Discourse is PS:One's primary forum for long form discussion. |
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Discourse is being considered by some members as an alternate forum for Pumping Station: One, to augment or supplant Google Groups. |
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In 2017 the DNS entry for the then-idle Discourse instance was removed. |
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Discourse is in active use by many members. You should receive instructions when joining on how to set up your account an log in. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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=== 2017 === |
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Discourse was turned off on 2017-05-04. The backup of the data/messages in the forum is being held by the CTO. |
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Discourse was initially trialed at PS:One around 2017 with mixed results and generally low adoption, in part because of the existence of the original [[Google Groups]]. The original instance of Discourse was turned off on 2017-05-04. The backup of the data/messages in the forum is being held by the CTO. In 2017 the DNS entry for the then-idle Discourse instance was removed. |
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=== 2019 === |
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UPDATE: Discourse has been for many moons and currently is in active use by many members to discuss many things as of 2-21-23. |
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The board elected to adopt a new Discourse to allow members to communicate more effectively, differentiate content, allow for easier management of members and moderation in the group. |
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== Technical Stuff == |
== Technical Stuff == |
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How to stand up things to use the member site credentials for logging in to discourse |
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How to allow people to move messages: |
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I can't remember what else. |
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Latest revision as of 00:57, 5 November 2024
Description
"Discourse is modern forum software for your community. Use it as a mailing list, discussion forum, long-form chat room, and more! Link: https://www.discourse.org/"
Discourse is PS:One's primary forum for long form discussion.
Link: https://discourse.pumpingstationone.org
Status
Discourse is in active use by many members. You should receive instructions when joining on how to set up your account an log in.
History
2017
Discourse was initially trialed at PS:One around 2017 with mixed results and generally low adoption, in part because of the existence of the original Google Groups. The original instance of Discourse was turned off on 2017-05-04. The backup of the data/messages in the forum is being held by the CTO. In 2017 the DNS entry for the then-idle Discourse instance was removed.
2019
The board elected to adopt a new Discourse to allow members to communicate more effectively, differentiate content, allow for easier management of members and moderation in the group.
Technical Stuff
How to log in:
How to allow people to create categories:
How to allow people to move messages:
