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🗂️ Adding a Feed Topic

Feed topics are defined in src/config/topics.js and added through a pull request, the same workflow as events in src/config/events.js. No contract change or redeploy is needed: FeedContract stores submissions against a numeric topic ID, and the portal shows the topics listed in the config.

Topic fields​

{
  id: 1,                                   // on-chain topic ID (0–255)
  title: 'Your best Road to DevCon moment', // row heading + submit picker label
  emoji: '📸',
  description: 'Photos and clips from the workshops.',
  // archived: true,                       // optional: hide from feed + picker
}

Steps​

  1. Open src/config/topics.js.
  2. Add a new entry at the end of TOPICS with the next unused id.
  3. Open a pull request. Once merged and deployed, the topic appears as a new row on the Feed and in the submit picker.

Rules​

IDs are append-only

Never reuse, renumber or delete a topic entry. Existing on-chain submissions point at the ID; changing it would move them under the wrong topic.

  • To retire a topic, set archived: true. Its posts stay on-chain but are no longer shown.
  • The contract accepts any uint8 topic ID, so someone calling it directly could post to an ID that isn't configured. The portal ignores those submissions.