Some tips for using Discourse efficiently [Wiki]

[glennj]

General

• Discourse New User Guide
• Understanding Discourse Trust Levels

Keyboard shorcuts

• ? : Show the popup

• gn : go to new topic list

• gu : go to unread list

• gt : go to top topics list

• b : create bookmark

• • Potential reason: looking at a post and want to reply, but not right now.

• vim-like 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), including:

  • spoilers:

    this is a spoiler

    [spoiler]this is a spoiler[/spoiler]
    

  • hidden details:

    click here to reveal hidden details

    this is hidden

    [details="click here to reveal hidden details"]this is hidden[/details]
    

• 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