Gaea Community Features - Run as app, Discord-style chats, and more

Run As App

Most modern browsers like Firefox, Brave, Chrome, Edge, etc. will let you run Gaea Community (Discourse) as an app. Usually this is available in the address bar.

Now you can have the Forums run as an app with desktop notifications.

Mobile App

Usually found in your browser Kebab/Meatball menu ... where you would usually pin to you home screen, instead should appear an install option as well, this will install an PWA version.

Chat Experience

For a Discord-like chat experience, try the Chat Channels (we will add more as we go along). You can even start DM Groups with a specific set of friends and have private conversations.

Bookmarks

Use bookmarks as reminders.

Solutions

When using Help Requests or providing Feedback - you can check the state of things by looking for a green tick :white_check_mark: in the Post Title. The reply inside that is marked as solution is highlighted so you can also find the solution.

Additionally, a tag like backlog, investigation, development, or fixed will denote the current state of the bug (when available).

Everyone is welcome to contribute solutions and help each other.

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Convert a Chat to a Topic

Hover over a chat message and click “Select” in the hover menu. Then select a topic and you will have an option to quote it in new Forum Topic. You can modify your content here and convert it into a post.