The Discourse web site adapts to the size of the screen on the device that you’re using. As you move from desktop to tablet to phone, things move around and shrink to fit the real estate.
The Discourse app, called the Discourse Hub, is basically a one click way to our website, squished down and arranged so that it fits on a cell phone. It is a very quick and simple way to check the site, see new postings, and reply if you want. The Discourse Hub is available for free from Google Play and the Apple store. It runs on cell phones and tablets. [It got a low rating because it is little more than a quick way to the web site - no big new bells and whistles].
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Our site is nonsuch.discourse.group (the same as our website address). The first time in, you need to supply the site name. You will also need to login with your username and password.
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On a tablet, the screen layout will be different depending on how you orient the device. When you go to the webs site - or click on the Discourse Hub icon - if you’re holding the tablet horizontally, you get the regular web page:
Holding it vertically, things need to be rearranged a bit more:
The left side column is now accessible by clicking on the “hamburger” button in the top left, the blue “Create Topic” button is now on the left, etc. Not too different yet …
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Click on the Discourse icon on your phone and you get:
It opens the main page in a squished format. The hamburger button is now in the top right. Also in the upper right, I see that I have a personal message (the envelope). The Create Topic button (the pencil) is now a blue button on the upper right. In the middle, I see that there have been some postings since my last visit to our forum.
This functions just like the web site since it is actually just a smaller version of that. When I click on the first topic (it has had 9 replies), it opens the first post in that topic that I have not yet seen:
The top left has a person’s photo (or their first initial if they have not added a photo to their profile). The bottom right shows the reply button. That opens a typical email-like reply window:
Things that you can do on the web site are still available, but turned into buttons to save real estate:
1 - click this to get some typical email text formatting stuff (bold, etc.)
2- click and you open and can review the topic without closing your reply
3 - here is the usual send or trash
4 - this is an upload button for pictures, etc.
As on the regular web site, you can click on a person’s picture or initial, and it will open a little info card about the person. It shows their boat and location, and the “about me” info if any was entered. This is also a way to send a personal message by clicking on the envelope:
So the “Hub” is a one click way to get to the Discourse site, check for new postings, browse and read some current ones, and reply, much as you would write an email.
Push notifications are supposed to work “seamlessly” on the Discourse hub. This is very handy. They do seem to work most of the time…
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The old topic about the Discourse Hub was removed.
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