Daily Summary (5am UTC)
# Today on meta.discourse.org…
## Key Stats
* **New Posts** : 184
* **New Topics** : 27
* **Top Users** :
* stephtara — 28 posts & 18 likes
* JammyDodger — 9 posts & 17 likes
* pfaffman — 11 posts & 14 likes
* chapoi — 8 posts & 13 likes
* Moin — 13 posts & 11 likes
* Canapin — 8 posts & 11 likes
* HAWK — 5 posts & 11 likes
* NateDhaliwal — 6 posts & 9 likes
* zogstrip — 7 posts & 7 likes
* david — 2 posts & 6 likes
## Interesting Topics
* In #Self-hosting support, the topic “Update problem, do I press the big scary red button?” saw stephtara encounter a failed GUI update, with pfaffman and ToddZ advising that a command-line rebuild (`./launcher rebuild app`) is the safest recovery path. read more
* In #Site feedback, “Updating how categories are organized on Meta” featured mcwumbly tagging and renaming Installation to Self-hosting support and sparked a debate with JammyDodger on the ideal taxonomy hierarchy. read more
* In #Data & reporting, “What’s your workflow for the annual EU DSA compliance?” saw sps seek DSA reporting automations and HAWK share Data Explorer queries for flags and moderation stats. read more
* In Support, “How to enable (3+ level) nested subcategories” had Salma_Quraishi request deeper category nesting and awesomerobot confirm that `SiteSetting.max_category_nesting = 3` is the current limit. read more
* In Support, “How do I see who is TL1 (and not TL2)?” started with stephtara’s puzzle over trust-level lists, and chapoi and JammyDodger pointed out the `/admin/users/list/basic` TL filter and provided a Data Explorer query. read more
* In UX, “QOL: dealing with trust levels” had stephtara suggest a unified TL criteria view and HAWK note the “rule of three” for escalating UI changes. read more
* In #Translations, “French, error in translation (group owners, members and moderators)” featured stephtara correcting ambiguous French strings and zogstrip guiding on Crowdin workflows and proofreader delays. read more
* In Community, “Marketplace & Feedback Options” saw long explore reputation systems, Canapin propose a pinned review topic, and chapoi observe that many communities build custom solutions. read more
* In Announcements, “Modernizing the Foundation theme” had jordan.vidrine iterate on mobile layout tweaks and address floating borders in AI search results. read more
* In Bug, “Mp4 files are downloading instead of displaying inline” kicked off when david linked to a prior PDF discussion and Canapin and pfaffman traced the culprit to a deprecated MIME-type patch. read more
* In Support, “Is it possible to use the subscription plugin to limit creating topics in a category to subscribers?” had long ask about gating posts behind paid groups and Moin confirm that the Subscription plugin handles group membership and category permissions. read more
* In UX, “More self-evident icon to access the edit message dialog” featured chapoi’s PR moving the edit icon and Moin and jordanjay29 debating its optimal position in RTE vs. Markdown modes. read more
* In Bug, “Splash screen shows unexpected dots” saw putty notice stray loading indicators and awesomerobot explain that stripped SVG animations default to the dots. read more
* In Bug, “Chat button not visible when personal messages are disabled” had Mid report hidden chat actions for non-PM groups and spurred tests on Chat vs. PM settings. read more
* In UX, “Select-kit dropdown: selected/highlighted items have poor color contrast” saw BrettH flag accessibility gaps on mobile and chapoi and awesomerobot point to custom palette updates. read more
## Activity by the @team Group
* chapoi reorganized categories in Updating how categories are organized on Meta, provided a Data Explorer query in How do I see who is TL1 (and not TL2)?, advised on review setups in Marketplace & Feedback Options, refined the edit icon placement in More self-evident icon to access the edit message dialog, fixed badge ordering in How to solve the problem of different order of Badges in different languages, and flagged a date-picker feature request in Automatically group users on registration and suspend one group?.
* HAWK shared his DSA Data Explorer scripts in What’s your workflow for the annual EU DSA compliance? and emphasized admin UX priorities in QOL: dealing with trust levels.
* awesomerobot confirmed the max nesting limit in How to enable (3+ level) nested subcategories and unpacked SVG vs. CSS animation in Splash screen shows unexpected dots.
* zogstrip onboarded translators in French, error in translation (group owners, members and moderators) and demystified pull requests in How can you find more context for a text?.
* mcwumbly led the category overhaul in Updating how categories are organized on Meta and sparked tag vs. category discussions in follow-ups read more.
* david diagnosed the mp4 inline issue and opened “Mp4 files are downloading instead of displaying inline”.
* jordan.vidrine rolled out updates in “Modernizing the Foundation theme” and addressed component quirks.
* manuel sketched trust-level progression visuals in “Allow users to see trust level 3 progress on user profile” inspired by Duolingo patterns.
* pmusaraj merged a fix to preserve `git blame` on robots.txt in “git blame” on robots.txt.
* rishabh ran mail delivery tests and reported on Aliyun integration in 阿里云邮件推送无法使用.
Here’s hoping your rebuilds stay smooth and your dropdowns always contrast clearly tomorrow!
