# Contribute **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=245 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 246 --- ## [Request: pin topic, default duration forever](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-pin-topic-default-duration-forever/242540)
**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-pin-topic-default-duration-forever/242540 "2022-10-20T22:32:33Z")
I’d like to suggest a default duration for setting a post pinned. In my case, 99% of the times I pin a topic I set it to forever. I think this is the case for most forums. It would be nice to have it set to forever as … --- ## [Next steps for improving our documentation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/next-steps-for-improving-our-documentation/240134)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/next-steps-for-improving-our-documentation/240134 "2022-10-20T20:09:04Z")
Recently, we’ve been making an effort to improve our documentation here on meta, with a focus on categorizing things in such a way that different users can find topics that are relevant to them, and ignore topics that ar… --- ## [Email-in Filtering or Multiple Emails per Category/Group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-filtering-or-multiple-emails-per-category-group/242463)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-filtering-or-multiple-emails-per-category-group/242463 "2022-10-20T16:27:44Z")
Summary Allow admins to create filters for incoming emails, or allow more than one email to post to a category/group. Description Sometimes a 1:1 map of an email address to a category or group is inconvenient. Sometimes… --- ## [Discourse Event time tags disappear sometimes + event box trouble](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-event-time-tags-disappear-sometimes-event-box-trouble/241911)
**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-event-time-tags-disappear-sometimes-event-box-trouble/241911 "2022-10-20T09:18:57Z")
There is a conference happening right now and we have several topics using the Discourse Event features – see https://forum.movement-strategy.org/c/general/cee-meeting/33. The relative time tags added to the topic title… --- ## [Topic Timer Enhancements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-enhancements/85184)
**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-enhancements/85184 "2022-10-19T16:17:03Z")
Hi, When setting a topic timer, there are a few enhancements that I believe would make it even better: When selecting a custom time, to have a popup window that makes it easy to select a time, in a process parallel… --- ## [Connectors not rendering](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connectors-not-rendering/242320)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connectors-not-rendering/242320 "2022-10-19T10:40:07Z")
Hello, I noticed it on the latest Discourse 437de6338e. It was a report to FKB theme right custom sidebar not appears which uses discovery-below plugin outlet. But I see the same on for example on the Top Contributors … --- ## [Unlisted topic appears in RSS feed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topic-appears-in-rss-feed/241448)
**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topic-appears-in-rss-feed/241448 "2022-10-18T19:09:53Z")
RSS feed (/latest.rss) items show unlisted topics, this should not be the case I’m on this mornings build (7009f9c95e) --- ## [New topic not defaulting to uncategorised](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-not-defaulting-to-uncategorised/241996)
**Author:** [@spdegabrielle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-not-defaulting-to-uncategorised/241996 "2022-10-18T19:06:44Z")
Hi, When one of my users(‘leader’ role) tries to create a new topic, the category is blank, and if they click the create topic button they get a 404 error: When I (staff) try to create a new topic I still have the … --- ## [How to add the gamification leaderboard to community homepage?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-the-gamification-leaderboard-to-community-homepage/242231)
**Author:** [@GaurangTandon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GaurangTandon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-the-gamification-leaderboard-to-community-homepage/242231 "2022-10-18T17:06:10Z")
I’d like to be able to display the leaderboard on the homepage. It can be a small, condensed table of top N users, with only their usernames and cheers. If that is not possible, even a simple comma separated list of top … --- ## [Translation mismatch ( or at least what I think it is )](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-mismatch-or-at-least-what-i-think-it-is/242226)
**Author:** [@Wojtekxtx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wojtekxtx)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-mismatch-or-at-least-what-i-think-it-is/242226 "2022-10-18T18:30:09Z")
Some comunity Ive been a member of for quite long time, recently banned me. OK, this happens; nothing big out of it. But, here is what I saw: Is trasnslation mistaken or is it as it should be? Second sentence insinu… --- ## [Custom User Field Not Matching Color Scheme on Signup/Login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-field-not-matching-color-scheme-on-signup-login/241274)
**Author:** [@Andy\_Katz1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy_Katz1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-field-not-matching-color-scheme-on-signup-login/241274 "2022-10-18T12:01:54Z")
I’m using the Air Theme - I just added a custom user field for the registration. It’s working great - only issue is that the color of the new field doesn’t match the rest of theme. Any ideas how I can resolve this? Thank… --- ## [Select kit issue on login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-kit-issue-on-login/242201)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-kit-issue-on-login/242201 "2022-10-18T11:37:42Z")
Hello, I noticed the custom user field select box (dropdown and multiselect) position is opens under modal footer on Safari Version 15.5 and it seems to the Multiselect field style is not fit to the other Dropdown field… --- ## [Two little things about the register screen after installing Discourse on desktop](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-little-things-about-the-register-screen-after-installing-discourse-on-desktop/242132)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-little-things-about-the-register-screen-after-installing-discourse-on-desktop/242132 "2022-10-18T05:06:04Z")
I installed Discourse this afternoon and here’s the screen that welcomed me after the successful installation: Two things caught my attention: The background image size seems wrong: these random, scattered, large … --- ## [Can we use "Tab" to enter 4 spaces?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-use-tab-to-enter-4-spaces/225937)
**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-use-tab-to-enter-4-spaces/225937 "2022-10-18T02:44:50Z")
You see, we usually have to enter “2 spaces” or “4 spaces” to make patterns, 1. x1 1. x2 1. x3 1. x4 to get x1 x2 x3 x4 We usually need this kind of spaces, do we have to allways enter… --- ## [Reply text box as alternative to current button approach](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-text-box-as-alternative-to-current-button-approach/197407)
**Author:** [@oshyan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oshyan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-text-box-as-alternative-to-current-button-approach/197407 "2022-10-17T20:27:44Z")
Continuing the discussion from How difficult would it be to make the Discourse UI more like Flarum?: I’d like to suggest we have the option for… I’d be curious if others agree with my armchair psychoanalysis of how th… --- ## [Low bandwidth users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/low-bandwidth-users/34620)
**Author:** [@ky\_metro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ky_metro)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/low-bandwidth-users/34620 "2022-10-17T09:49:50Z")
Continuing the discussion from Make Discourse play nice with the Wayback Machine: \[quote=“codinghorror, post:7, topic:34579, full:true”\] Where are you getting this data from? \[/quote\] Measuring from my own site on a t… --- ## [Assign a topic to a group of users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-a-topic-to-a-group-of-users/128512)
**Author:** [@tkwong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tkwong)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2022, 6:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-a-topic-to-a-group-of-users/128512 "2022-10-17T06:49:56Z")
Is it possible to assign a topic for a group of users using the Assign plugin? --- ## [Post composer overrides search field on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-composer-overrides-search-field-on-mobile/242020)
**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-composer-overrides-search-field-on-mobile/242020 "2022-10-16T18:01:33Z")
I find it difficult to figure out a descriptive topic title for this. My english must be getting rusty. Anyway, do the following: Quote a post with the intention of posting a reply to a different topic Tap search from … --- ## [About the idea: IDENTITY = EMAIL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-idea-identity-email/34642)
**Author:** [@jd2066](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jd2066)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-idea-identity-email/34642 "2022-10-16T16:39:13Z")
Continuing the discussion from Why e-mail validation when using OpenIDs?: I have read a few posts here like the one I quoted where @codinghorror says that “IDENTITY = EMAIL”. I’m not really sure about that myself thou… --- ## [Dealing with unwanted (and probably spam) accounts via SSO?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-unwanted-and-probably-spam-accounts-via-sso/24050)
**Author:** [@molly\_cushing](https://meta.discourse.org/u/molly_cushing)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-unwanted-and-probably-spam-accounts-via-sso/24050 "2022-10-16T14:52:58Z")
I’m dealing with a lot Russian spam and instead of having to go to each individual profile to delete and block emails and IP addresses (despite having the domains blacklisted already), it would be much less time consumin… --- ## [CrowdIn translations broken for German?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/crowdin-translations-broken-for-german/242009)
**Author:** [@GuidoD](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GuidoD)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/crowdin-translations-broken-for-german/242009 "2022-10-16T12:12:49Z")
something in CrowdIn translations for Discourse is wrong for the German language. Since a week or so I do always get an error message when I try to do the translations. Therefore only 99% are currently translated into … --- ## [Hide IPs behind a button like emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-ips-behind-a-button-like-emails/241991)
**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2022, 9:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-ips-behind-a-button-like-emails/241991 "2022-10-16T09:13:18Z")
When you want to view an email in Discourse, it’s hidden behind a button. When a user views an email, it’s stored in the logs. The thing is, IPs are visible without having to click a button But, IPs are freely vi… --- ## [Allow swipe up/down actions to close images on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923)
**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923 "2022-10-15T09:33:57Z")
When you have a big phone it gets frustrating to have to have to reach up to the close button to close out an image When you swipe up/down, compared to most mobile apps it should close out to the image instead of scroll… --- ## ["You may not view the requested resource" when posting in category where not allowed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-may-not-view-the-requested-resource-when-posting-in-category-where-not-allowed/241963)
**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-may-not-view-the-requested-resource-when-posting-in-category-where-not-allowed/241963 "2022-10-15T07:22:46Z")
Found a strange error (which should be friendlier/more understandable to the user) when I do the following: Login to a dummy user Go to a post in a (private, if related) category where you are not allowed to create top… --- ## [Can't see rest of keyboard shortcuts on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-see-rest-of-keyboard-shortcuts-on-mobile/241568)
**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-see-rest-of-keyboard-shortcuts-on-mobile/241568 "2022-10-14T02:44:56Z")
:waving\_hand: I was scrolling on the sidebar and pressed :keyboard: icon as I wasn’t sure what this did. Turns out its the keyboard shortcuts. However when I press :keyboard: although there is a scrollbar no matter whe… --- ## [Announcing - Gender Pronouns Userfield on Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/announcing-gender-pronouns-userfield-on-meta/239789)
**Author:** [@SaraDev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SaraDev)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/announcing-gender-pronouns-userfield-on-meta/239789 "2022-09-22T18:11:31Z")
:tada: You can now add gender pronouns to your user profile on Meta by navigating to your User Preferences → Profile page! Encouraging the disclosure and use of gender pronouns helps create inclusive and welcoming wor… --- ## [How these "menus" should be called?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-these-menus-should-be-called/241883)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-these-menus-should-be-called/241883 "2022-10-14T00:19:45Z")
For example, the hamburger menu is named… The hamburger menu, because of the icon. If we ignore the icon, what is this menu called? I looked at the HTML code, but there are not so many clues. Well, for this one, “hambur… --- ## [Issue with chat on iPads running iOS 12.5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-chat-on-ipads-running-ios-12-5/241184)
**Author:** [@bletch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bletch)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-chat-on-ipads-running-ios-12-5/241184 "2022-10-13T22:25:32Z")
Love the plugin. Great work. I’ve found an issue with Discourse Chat on iPads running iOS 12.5. I recognise that Discourse is dropping support for this in January but as it is currently ‘supported’ I wanted to report it… --- ## [Improve contrast in the contextual (right-click) menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-contrast-in-the-contextual-right-click-menu/270656)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-contrast-in-the-contextual-right-click-menu/270656 "2022-10-13T21:54:42Z")
I suggest a lighter color for the links in the contextual menu, because I legitimately thought all the links were greyed out, and didn’t even try to click one :sweat\_smile: And a double click to rename the column hea… --- ## [Realtime notifications about users typing a reply?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/realtime-notifications-about-users-typing-a-reply/241762)
**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/realtime-notifications-about-users-typing-a-reply/241762 "2022-10-13T01:55:41Z")
Hi there, I’m almost positive that I remember Discourse somewhere around 2016 having realtime notifications toward the bottom of the thread about users that were currently typing a reply in a given topic. Has this been r… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=244) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=246)