# Site guides

**URL:** https://discussion.tekeli.li/c/site-feedback/site-guides/22.md

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## [About the Site guides category](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/about-the-site-guides-category/5442)

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**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [6 October 2024 10:34 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/about-the-site-guides-category/5442 "2024-10-06T10:34:40Z")

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Guides on how to use the tekeli.li forums.

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## [Welcome to new users](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/welcome-to-new-users/590)

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**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Replies:** 136\
**Last updated:** [30 October 2022 22:43 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/welcome-to-new-users/590 "2022-10-30T22:43:31Z")

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The Shut Up and Sit Down forums, where I was a happy participant for some years, were permanently closed down on Friday 8 May 2020. Many of the regulars came here. And even now occasionally someone follows a link from S…

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## [Dice roller ahoy!](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830)

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**Author:** [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\
**Replies:** 59\
**Last updated:** [16 March 2026 11:24 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830 "2026-03-16T11:24:15Z")

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\[roll 4d3 - 4\] 4d3: 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 8-4 20 characters (This thread is for feedback on the dice roller, which is being maintained by @RogerBW on codeberg. Bug reports welcome. Bug reports with fixes even more welcome.) …

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## [Live chat is now available](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/live-chat-is-now-available/4759)

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**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [18 March 2023 15:46 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/live-chat-is-now-available/4759 "2023-03-18T15:46:41Z")

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The latest version of Discourse has a live chat system, and I’ve just enabled it. (Speech-balloon bubble in the top right block.) I suspect given how geographically spread we are, it won’t get used much, but let’s find …

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## [Introduction thread](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/introduction-thread/291)

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**Author:** [@rredmond](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/rredmond)\
**Replies:** 186\
**Last updated:** [3 September 2022 02:11 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/introduction-thread/291 "2022-09-03T02:11:16Z")

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Just was linked (from FB) to the podcast and was tooling around the forums. The setup is going to take some time to adjust to. But I wanted to make sure there wasn’t an intro thread, or something I should be posting “I’m…

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## [How to drive Discourse](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/how-to-drive-discourse/3426)

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**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [25 November 2021 21:28 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/how-to-drive-discourse/3426 "2021-11-25T21:28:19Z")

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The documentation for Discourse, and for the add-ons I’ve installed, is a bit scattered. So here are links to it.

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## [A Bit About Politics](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/a-bit-about-politics/1779)

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**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [4 November 2020 08:39 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/a-bit-about-politics/1779 "2020-11-04T08:39:20Z")

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We’re aware that many people are feeling a lot of stress from politics right now. (This includes your admin and moderators.) While we accept that it’s impossible to keep politics out of things completely (and attempting …

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## [User interface language](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/user-interface-language/1736)

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**Author:** [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [20 October 2020 23:22 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/user-interface-language/1736 "2020-10-20T23:22:30Z")

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I’ve enabled user interface language settings. Since we’re all being Anglophone here it won’t make a big difference, except that it determines what language your web browser is prompted to use for its built-in spellcheck…

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## [Do we have HTML tables?](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/do-we-have-html-tables/369)

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**Author:** [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [11 March 2019 09:37 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/do-we-have-html-tables/369 "2019-03-11T09:37:42Z")

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Either I have forgotten the syntax for HTML tables or the interpreter here doesn’t parse colspan and and rowspan values correctly. parametervalue gravity9.8ms^-2 diameter12 637km 1.0D♁
