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'''Freegle discussion forums on Discourse'''
'''Freegle discussion forums on Discourse'''


Freegle is moving its main discussion groups from Yahoo to Discourse.  
Freegle's main discussion groups (for volunteers only) are on Discourse. here:
Each Yahoo group will appear as a category in Discourse, so you’ll still be able to choose whether to follow Tech, Development etc.
Discourse is hosted by Freegle and has been configured by us eg to allow posting by email.
* https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/
* https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/


Links
Using Discourse should be straight forward, but here are instructions to help.
Discourse works best on the web or using the Discourse app but it can be used by email if you wish.


* [[Discourse usage|Using Discourse]]
* [[Discourse signing in|Signing in]]
* [[Discourse creating posts|How to create new topics and polls]]
* [[Discourse_menus,_preferences_and_notifications|Menus, preferences and notifications]]
* [[Discourse using email|Discourse using email]]  
* [[Discourse using email|Discourse using email]]  
* [[Discourse app|Discourse app for phones and tablets]]
* [[Discourse moderation and privacy|Discourse moderation and privacy]]
* [[Discourse technicalities|Discourse technicalities]]


'''Sending out emails is disabled until Tech goes live. However incoming emails do work.'''
Please ask general questions on Central, techy questions on Tech, etc. You don't need to join a group so just post a question in Tech if you want; you will see replies even if you aren't following the group. You can start a topic on the website or by sending an email to one of the addresses below (from an email address that's a member).


Using Discourse should be straight forward, but here are instructions to help.  
These discussion groups are on Discourse:
Discourse works best on the web but it can be used by email if you wish.
* Central - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/c/central - discoursereplies+Central@ilovefreegle.org
* Tech & ModTools - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/c/tech - discoursereplies+Tech@ilovefreegle.org
* Cafe - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/c/cafe - discoursereplies+cafe@ilovefreegle.org
* Funding - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/c/funding - discoursereplies+funding@ilovefreegle.org
* Development - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/c/development - discoursereplies+development@ilovefreegle.org
* Freestock - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/c/freestock - discoursereplies+freestock@ilovefreegle.org


These discussion groups will be switched to these Discourse categories, one by one:
There is one 'closed' group which is used to send out important information to each Discourse account address.  It is not open to replies except on the above discussion groups:
* Freegle-Tech - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/c/tech
* Announcements - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/c/announcements
* FreegleRockCafe - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/c/cafe
* FreegleDevelopment
* Freegle-UK-Central
* ModTools
The old Yahoo groups will be frozen but accessible. The messages etc will not be transferred over.


An announcements category has been set up for "special notices":
There's a Playground group is available - ask questions on how to use Discourse there:
* Announcements - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/c/announcements
* https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/c/playground - discoursereplies+playground@ilovefreegle.org


'''For now: please only use the forums that have been officially switched over.
[[File:Discourse_menu_preferences3.png|right|300px|Accessing your preferences]]
Posts on the Central category are moderated for now ie to stop posts.'''
By default you should be emailed a summary of posts every day. You can change these settings by clicking on the user+cog icon (top right) then
The Playground category is available now for testing purposes - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/c/playground
look in the "Emails" and "Notifications->Groups" tabs.
* [[Discourse_menus,_preferences_and_notifications|Changing settings]]
* [[Discourse_signing_in#User_migration|Details of the user migration]]


[[File:Discourse_menu_preferences.png|right|250px|Accessing your preferences]]
Privacy-wise, you can post details of Freegle users if need be, but avoid personal details if possible. Do not share any personal details outside of the forums.
The mail preferences of Tech members have been set up to mirror your Yahoo settings. You can check them by clicking on your photo/icon (top right) then the settings cog ⛭.
More details.


Just like on Yahoo Groups, please ask general questions on Central, techy questions on Tech, etc. You don't need to join a new category so just post a question in Tech if you want; you will see replies even if you aren't following the category.
An "Us" Discourse icon appears within ModTools showing a count of notifications.


Privacy-wise, you can post details of Freegle users if need be, but avoid personal details if possible. Do not share any personal details outside of the forums.
== Watching more groups ==
 
If you want to get emails about more groups, go to https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/categories
then click on the group you are interested in. Click on the bell icon to the right and eg choose "Watching".


Eventually Discourse will be integrated into ModTools itself in your browser. When this has happened, it will replace the current Tech and Central chat facility.
[[File:DiscourseGroupSettings.png|Watching more groups]]


== Example Discourse home page ==
== Example Discourse home page ==


You can configure what you want on the home page in Preferences+Interface. Here I'm showing all the categories with the latest posts on the right:
You can configure what you want on the home page in Preferences+Interface. Here I'm showing all the groups with the latest posts on the right:
 
[[File:Discourse_home.png|500px|Example Discourse home page]]
 
== Hosting ==


[[File:Discourse_home.png|100%|Example Discourse home page]]
From October 2025, the hosting changed to Communiteq from being hosted ourselves - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/possible-discourse-disruption-tomorrow/9004


[[Category:Discourse]]
[[Category:Discourse]]

Latest revision as of 13:08, 1 October 2025

Freegle discussion forums on Discourse

Freegle's main discussion groups (for volunteers only) are on Discourse. here:

Using Discourse should be straight forward, but here are instructions to help. Discourse works best on the web or using the Discourse app but it can be used by email if you wish.

Please ask general questions on Central, techy questions on Tech, etc. You don't need to join a group so just post a question in Tech if you want; you will see replies even if you aren't following the group. You can start a topic on the website or by sending an email to one of the addresses below (from an email address that's a member).

These discussion groups are on Discourse:

There is one 'closed' group which is used to send out important information to each Discourse account address. It is not open to replies except on the above discussion groups:

There's a Playground group is available - ask questions on how to use Discourse there:

Accessing your preferences
Accessing your preferences

By default you should be emailed a summary of posts every day. You can change these settings by clicking on the user+cog icon (top right) then look in the "Emails" and "Notifications->Groups" tabs.

Privacy-wise, you can post details of Freegle users if need be, but avoid personal details if possible. Do not share any personal details outside of the forums.

An "Us" Discourse icon appears within ModTools showing a count of notifications.

Watching more groups

If you want to get emails about more groups, go to https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/categories then click on the group you are interested in. Click on the bell icon to the right and eg choose "Watching".

Watching more groups

Example Discourse home page

You can configure what you want on the home page in Preferences+Interface. Here I'm showing all the groups with the latest posts on the right:

Example Discourse home page

Hosting

From October 2025, the hosting changed to Communiteq from being hosted ourselves - https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/possible-discourse-disruption-tomorrow/9004

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