Some tips for using Discourse efficiently [Wiki]

[glennj]

General

• Discourse New User Guide
• Understanding Discourse Trust Levels

Keyboard shorcuts

Show the popup with ?

• go to new topic list: gn
• go to unread list: gu
• go to top topics list: gt
• looking at a post and want to reply, but not right now? Hit b to create a bookmark.
• vim keys:
  • / to start a search
  • j/k to go down/up in a topic list or posts in topic.

Composing

• How to link to a topic?

  When typing in the composer, you can hit Ctrl+Alt+f to open search, type your query, use the down arrow (↓) to select the topic you want, and then type a to insert the link into the composer

• Creating a poll

• Supported formatting in posts (markdown, BBCode, and HTML)

• Add a table to your post using markdown

Miscellaneous

• What is a Wiki Post?
• Top Score Calculation

Got more awesome tips? Add them here!

[glennj]

@admins can you make that a wiki so others can add tips?

[iHiD]

Done! Thanks - this is awesome