Announce new forum

Author: alfredwassermann

_config.yml

@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ author:
   github: jsxgraph    # eg. daattali
   twitter: yourname   # eg. daattali
   stackoverflow: 3336514/alfred-wassermann  # eg. "3943160/daattali"
-  googlegroups: jsxgraph  # eg. "3943160/daattali"
+  googlegroups: jsxgraph  # 
 
 # Select which links to show in the footer
 footer-links-active:
+  discourse: true
   rss: true
   facebook: false
   email: true

_includes/footer.html

@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
     <div class="row">
       <div class="col-lg-12  col-md-12">
         <ul class="list-inline text-center footer-links">
+          <li>
+            <a href="https://forum.jsxgraph.org/" title="JSXGraph forum">
+              <span class="fa-stack fa-lg">
+                <i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i>
+                <i class="fa fa-cloud fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i>
+              </span>
+            </a>
+          </li>
           {% if site.author.facebook and site.footer-links-active.facebook %}
           <li>
             <a href="https://www.facebook.com/{{ site.author.facebook }}" title="Facebook">
@@ -64,7 +72,7 @@
             </a>
           </li>
           {% endif %}
-          {% if site.author.googlegroups and site.footer-links-active.googlegroups %}
+          <!-- {% if site.author.googlegroups and site.footer-links-active.googlegroups %}
           <li>
             <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/{{ site.author.googlegroups }}" title="Google groups">
               <span class="fa-stack fa-lg">
@@ -73,7 +81,7 @@
               </span>
             </a>
           </li>
-          {% endif %}
+          {% endif %} -->
 		  {% if site.footer-links-active.rss %}
 		  <li>
 			<a href="{{ '/feed.xml' | prepend: site.baseurl }}" title="RSS">

_posts/2025-03-17-new-discussion-forum.md

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title: Exciting News - New Discussion Forum
+categories:
+  - Discussion
+---
+
+
+Dear community,
+
+It's time to bid farewell to our old Google Groups discussion forum and hello to a brand new, modern platform! After careful evaluation, we've chosen to host our new forum at <https://forum.jsxgraph.org>, built on the open-source Discourse software (<https://github.com/discourse/discourse>).
+
+### Easy Registration and Posting
+Registration is a breeze: you can sign up with your Google account, Github account, or manually create an account. And the best part? You can start posting right away, with no moderation needed (for now). We're excited to see our community come together and share their ideas!
+
+### Future Plans: Live Example Testing
+We're working on developing a JSXGraph plug-in for the forum, which will enable live testing of examples. Your input and feedback are invaluable to us, so please share your thoughts and ideas on how to make this feature shine.
+
+### Transition Notice
+Our old Google Groups forum will remain open, but we encourage everyone to join us on our new platform. We're confident that this change will bring a fresh and modern discussion experience to our community.
+
+### Get Involved!
+We'd love for you to start or join discussions on our new forum, exploring new ideas and ways to use JSXGraph. Let's make this community thrive!
+
+Best regards, Alfred, on behalf of the JSXGraph team

index.html

@@ -12,31 +12,36 @@ <h3>Interactive geometry, plotting, visualization</h3>
       function plotting, charting, and data visualization in the web browser.
     </p>
 
+    <!--
     <h3>New</h3>
     <ul>
       <li>March 2024: <a href="https://github.com/DylanHojnoski/obsidian-graphs/">JSXGraph is available as Obsidian
           plug-in</a> </li>
       <li>Since 2023: <a href="/share/">Examples database</a> </li>
     </ul>
+  -->
     <h3>Upcoming events:</h3>
     <div style="text-align: left;">
       <ul>
-        <li><a href="/24hours2025">24 hours of JSXGraph 2025</a>, 26. - 27. February 2025 (free event in Bayreuth)
+        <li>6. International JSXGraph Conference</a>,  October 2025, tba</li>
       </ul>
     </div>
     <h3>Past events:</h3>
     <div style="text-align: left;">
       <ul>
+        <li><a href="/24hours2025">24 hours of JSXGraph 2025</a>, 26. - 27. February 2025 (free event in Bayreuth)
         <li><a href="/conf2024">5. International JSXGraph Conference</a>, 8.-10. October 2024
         <li>Alfred Wassermann will deliver a keynote at the <a
             href="https://www.oth-aw.de/forschung/forschungsprofil/forschungs-und-entwicklungsprojekte/ideal/international-meeting-of-the-stack-community-2024/">STACK
             conference 2024</a>,
           March 11-13, 2024</li>
+        <!--
         <li><a href="/conf2023">4. International JSXGraph conference, 10.-12. October 2023 (free online conference)</a>
         </li>
         <li> Free hybrid workshop <strong>Using JSX graphs in STACK</strong>, December 8, 2022, University of Edinburgh.
           <a href="https://stack-assessment.org/Events/2022-12-08-JSXgraphSTACK/">Workshop homepage</a>
         </li>
+        -->
         <!--
         <li><strong>Next Webinar:
             <a href="/wp/2021-06-01-webinar-7/">
@@ -65,19 +70,27 @@ <h4>jsfiddle</h4>
         get started quickly
       </a>
     </div>
-
     <div class="col-sm-3 col-xs-6 text-center mybox">
+      <a href="https://forum.jsxgraph.org" title="JSXGraph forum">
+        <span class="fa-stack fa-lg icon">
+          <i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i>
+          <i class="fa fa-cloud fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i>
+        </span>
+        <h4>Discourse forum</h4>
+        discussions
+      </a>
+    </div>
+    <div class="col-sm-2 col-xs-4 text-center mybox">
       <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/{{ site.author.googlegroups }}" title="Google groups">
         <span class="fa-stack fa-lg icon">
           <i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i>
           <i class="fa fa-google fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i>
         </span>
-        <h4>Google Groups</h4>
-        structural questions
+        <h4>Google Groups (outdated)</h4>
       </a>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="col-sm-3 col-xs-6 text-center mybox">
+    <div class="col-sm-2 col-xs-4 text-center mybox">
       <a href="https://github.com/{{ site.author.github }}" title="GitHub">
         <span class="fa-stack fa-lg icon">
           <i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i>
@@ -88,7 +101,7 @@ <h4>GitHub</h4>
       </a>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="col-sm-3 col-xs-6 text-center mybox">
+    <div class="col-sm-2 col-xs-4 text-center mybox">
       <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=newest&q=jsxgraph" title="StackOverflow">
         <span class="fa-stack fa-lg icon">
           <i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i>