Hi,
I propose a small enhancement for the topics reading in the forums.
Each topic has an author.
What I propose is to highlight the topic author (with a particular color of his name (colored font for instance)) and use this in all answers from this author along the topic discussion.
Doing so, when we read a topic discussion, we know that this answer we are reading is made by the author of the topic or not.
What do you think of this idea?
Thanks.
Patrice.
Highlighting the OP seems like a sensible idea.
Great idea
Good idea. Reddit has this implemented with a small icon next to their username to indicate it’s the author that’s commenting. I’m sure Discord allows for something similar. @moderators
I don’t think Moderators are the right ones to ask for. Also using the @moderators mention does not trigger a notification, only reporting/flagging topics or sending a message to that group does that.
Maybe @Jummivana @RoyalTot can address this to the admins, it’s a useful feature for sure.
You wouldn’t need a plugin, Discourse adds classes to almost everything, a simple bit of sass could be used to target posts created by .topic-owner.
I quite like the idea, so I’ve added it to my stylebot settings for the forums 
Another great “sass” tip .. (still using the PM one, that has saved me quite a few times now)
Thanks @Nyx1819 
.private_message .topic-post {
background: #50212170;
}.reply-control >private-message-users {
width:404px;
background: #50912170;
}
.root .tertiary{
color: #804040;
}
.is-today .pika-button {
color:#804040;
font-weight:bold
}
Could you share your .topic-owner one please
Here it is:
/* Highlight the Topic Author */
.topic-post.topic-owner .username:after {
content: 'Topic Author';
background-color: var(--tertiary-medium);
color: whitesmoke;
}
It is a variation of the SASS that I have for highlighting moderators, and community managers (included below for those interested). you can override the forums style rules using the Chrome extension Stylebot.
span.user-title, div.avatar-flair {
display: none;
}
.MSFSCommunityTeam.username:after, .topic-map .group-MSFSCommunityTeam a:after, .topic-list-item .posters a.group-MSFSCommunityTeam:after {
content: "CM";
background: #dedede;
color: black;
}
.MSFSCommunityTeam.username:after{
content: "Community Manager";
}
.ModeratorTeam.username:after, .topic-map .group-ModeratorTeam a:after, .topic-list-item .posters a.group-ModeratorTeam:after {
content: "MOD";
background: #099fb3;
color: white;
}
.ModeratorTeam.username:after{
content: "Forum Moderator";
}
/* Post Badge - Base Styles */
.username:after {
padding: 3px 7px 1px 6px;
margin-left: 10px;
font-family: "ProximaNova-Regular", Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 0.70em;
}
/* Recent Post - Base Styles */
.topic-list-item .posters a:after {
position: absolute;
padding: 2px 3px 1px 3px;
font-weight: normal;
text-align: center;
font-size: 0.60em;
opacity: .85;
width: 19px;
margin-left: -25px;
margin-top: 15px;
}
/* Topic Map - Base Styles */
.topic-map [class*="group-"] a:after {
position: absolute;
padding: 2px 3px 1px 3px;
font-weight: normal;
line-height: 1;
bottom: 0;
text-align: center;
right: 0;
left: 0;
font-size: 0.60em;
opacity: .85;
width: 26px;
}
Many thanks .. but struggling to get it to run in “stylish”/Firefox - maybe one day, you can help be in discord to get it running …(where I can share my screen with you )
UPDATE: Working now (must have been a cache issue)
Looks Great – thanks
Nice idea! Trying out @Nyx1819’s SASS here!
.topic-post.topic-owner .username:after {
content: 'Topic Author';
background-color: var(--tertiary-medium);
color: whitesmoke;
margin-left: 5px;
font-size: 70%;
padding: 1px 5px;
}
This looks better (IMHO, of course 
). But the font-size might be too small for some.
Nice! Thank you
The new OP flair is looking good. Thanks @Jummivana and team!
By the way, what does « OP » mean?
Thanks.
Patrice.
Original poster. In this case you would be the TA.
OK. Thanks.
Hi, when I started the forum today I saw a black on white front page. My style is set to white, so that is how it should look. However, if I open a section or a topic I see this atm
It seems dark background from the dark style is applied, while the lettering matches the white style !
So I have set my UI style to dark now.. to have WHITE text at least.. but I’d really prefer to see the light UI style repaired..
Hi @Jummivana
You will need to add this as well, it hides the badges from the private message information box at the bottom of the first post.
.private-message-map .username:after {
display: none;
}
Hi,
The « Topic author » label is not displayed in « graceful » and « white » interfaces.
Could you fix this?
Thanks
Patrice
yeah no problem, you send me the forum server password I’ll fix the .css