# Contribute **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=265 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 266 --- ## [Plugin for featured content/topics at the top of the forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-featured-content-topics-at-the-top-of-the-forum/226818)
**Author:** [@jonobacon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jonobacon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-featured-content-topics-at-the-top-of-the-forum/226818 "2022-05-12T05:28:58Z")
Hey, Everyone, I am trying to make it easier to display cornerstone features content at the top of my communities. I wanted to see if something exists that does this. Ideally, it would look something like this: Ess… --- ## [Changing when the timer starts for solved topics auto close hours](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-when-the-timer-starts-for-solved-topics-auto-close-hours/226759)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Mueller](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Colin_Mueller)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-when-the-timer-starts-for-solved-topics-auto-close-hours/226759 "2022-05-12T04:44:22Z")
We set solved topics auto close hours to 168 (7 days) so that when a thread is marked as solved, it closes 7 days after the last reply. This works… a lot of the time. And, sometimes we have users who don’t come back for… --- ## [Ability to mute/ignore for a specific time period](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-mute-ignore-for-a-specific-time-period/226816)
**Author:** [@stuwest](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stuwest)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-mute-ignore-for-a-specific-time-period/226816 "2022-05-11T23:34:36Z")
This was prompted by thinking about how muting feels like quite a big step to me on a Discourse forum. On the forum I admin, I have some things that will be muted forever. Adding other topics or categories to my mute lis… --- ## [Archive categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archive-categories/26319)
**Author:** [@Maestra\_Powers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maestra_Powers)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archive-categories/26319 "2022-05-11T21:01:20Z")
I have a lot of categories on my forum, some of them are active, some are dead. I agree with @codinghorror that there’s shouldn’t be too many categories, specially when there’s dead categories mixed with alive together -… --- ## [Exclude groups from Top Contributors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-groups-from-top-contributors/287425)
**Author:** [@paul.bradley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paul.bradley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-groups-from-top-contributors/287425 "2023-12-04T12:49:08Z")
Hi @meghna – this is very cool, great work! I know you mentioned your plan to expand it beyond Likes, which I definitely look forward to. Would also be cool for it to be able to exclude groups (i.e. mods and admins). --- ## [Email notifications fail if duplicate headers exist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-fail-if-duplicate-headers-exist/222960)
**Author:** [@wusel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wusel)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-fail-if-duplicate-headers-exist/222960 "2022-05-11T03:47:39Z")
See Email notifications fail if duplicate headers exist - #14 by simonk for bug description Above added by @pfaffman Original text follows Hello, I’m running a rather small Discourse installation for some years now. I… --- ## [Suggestion: Convert new topic to wiki based on a tag (such as "wiki")](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-convert-new-topic-to-wiki-based-on-a-tag-such-as-wiki/226587)
**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-convert-new-topic-to-wiki-based-on-a-tag-such-as-wiki/226587 "2022-05-10T14:34:16Z")
I love converting topics over to wiki and find most users have no idea how this process works. I think it could be a nice option to allow top posts to be converted to wiki simply by appending a tag during creation. Exa… --- ## [Composer tag dropdown invalid selection length count translation issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-tag-dropdown-invalid-selection-length-count-translation-issue/226668)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-tag-dropdown-invalid-selection-length-count-translation-issue/226668 "2022-05-10T14:07:12Z")
Hello, I noticed an issue with the translation on select kit tag selection length warning. I tested it on try.discourse.org. Repro: Open composer Click the tag dropdown and hit a space or type any special character. … --- ## [Docs keeps previous page position](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docs-keeps-previous-page-position/182417)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docs-keeps-previous-page-position/182417 "2022-05-10T01:01:19Z")
Hello :slight\_smile: I found a little bug. I made a video to demo it. Docs keep the previous page position. Thank you! :slight\_smile: --- ## [Infinity loading issue on Focused Sidebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinity-loading-issue-on-focused-sidebar/225386)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinity-loading-issue-on-focused-sidebar/225386 "2022-05-10T00:42:17Z")
Hello, I don’t know if this is the good place for this and I know the theme is in active development. I just noticed this :slightly\_smiling\_face: Before, I reported a bug from this kind of issue but that is only affect… --- ## [Show recipient in "sent" personal messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-recipient-in-sent-personal-messages/42441)
**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-recipient-in-sent-personal-messages/42441 "2022-05-09T21:56:55Z")
I really like the improvements to the PM system, except for sent messages, where we’re pretty much back to this issue: At the moment, messages display my avatar (maybe unnecessarily; it’s my sent box, after all), but … --- ## [Plugin category page has no topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-category-page-has-no-topics/226581)
**Author:** [@jimkleiber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jimkleiber)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-category-page-has-no-topics/226581 "2022-05-09T19:42:23Z")
I navigated to the plugin category page but for some reason don’t see any topics: When I click on the extras sub-category, I see topics: I’m using Chrome. Is this happening for anyone else? --- ## [Make sure users know that a preview is being generated below panel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-sure-users-know-that-a-preview-is-being-generated-below-panel/167673)
**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-sure-users-know-that-a-preview-is-being-generated-below-panel/167673 "2022-05-09T19:24:30Z")
I’ve been onboarding new users onto our Discourse site and taking note of how they are interacting and where they get tripped up. One big pain point I noticed was that new users easily miss that a preview of their post … --- ## [Notification to new group members from bulk invite](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-to-new-group-members-from-bulk-invite/226582)
**Author:** [@carmiac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carmiac)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-to-new-group-members-from-bulk-invite/226582 "2022-05-09T17:51:04Z")
Background: https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-membership-scripting/226473/ It appears that the best way to add group membership for many users based off of their email address is using the Bulk Invite system, particula… --- ## [User directory not prioritize the full name if same as username](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-not-prioritize-the-full-name-if-same-as-username/226228)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-not-prioritize-the-full-name-if-same-as-username/226228 "2022-05-09T12:22:15Z")
Hello, On Topic pages the full name prioritize if same as username. However on other page like on users page or groups the username shown if same as full name. Thanks :slightly\_smiling\_face: --- ## [Category (Search Priority Ignore) globally affect searches](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-search-priority-ignore-globally-affect-searches/226236)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-search-priority-ignore-globally-affect-searches/226236 "2022-05-09T07:35:30Z")
Hello, I noticed if I change the category setting Search Priority to Ignore it will Ignore globally the category and topics inside it on search inputs even if I want to move posts from a topic to another topic which in… --- ## [Broken crawler view when you disable Javascript](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-crawler-view-when-you-disable-javascript/226365)
**Author:** [@stance455](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stance455)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 7:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-crawler-view-when-you-disable-javascript/226365 "2022-05-09T07:32:46Z")
Ran into this error while looking at something else but basically if you disable JS in chrome You get this Instead of this, which is what you get if you change the user agent to Google smartphone bot Google b… --- ## [Shortcut menu should be context-senstive](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shortcut-menu-should-be-context-senstive/226468)
**Author:** [@glimfeather](https://meta.discourse.org/u/glimfeather)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shortcut-menu-should-be-context-senstive/226468 "2022-05-08T17:16:56Z")
The shortcut menu (accessible from either ? or the hamburger menu contains a list of every keyboard shortcut within the Discourse environment. However, not all the shortcuts shown are applicable in all cases. For example… --- ## [Where did you get inspirations to make classic UX which 1000's of company accept discourse base theme and adoption?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-did-you-get-inspirations-to-make-classic-ux-which-1000s-of-company-accept-discourse-base-theme-and-adoption/226446)
**Author:** [@JKBaseer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JKBaseer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-did-you-get-inspirations-to-make-classic-ux-which-1000s-of-company-accept-discourse-base-theme-and-adoption/226446 "2022-05-08T16:40:22Z")
Hey Discourse Community, I’m really surprised and wondering how discourse UX/UI made it through until here. Let me clear, am not saying anything about the design quality. I’m asking from a individual business perspectiv… --- ## [Users who put in the wrong email during sign-up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-who-put-in-the-wrong-email-during-sign-up/226417)
**Author:** [@PerkyPorcupine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PerkyPorcupine)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-who-put-in-the-wrong-email-during-sign-up/226417 "2022-05-08T01:46:41Z")
I’ve had somebody talk to me about why they can’t sign up… it turns out that they typed their email incorrectly. I have a potentially bad solution to make the sign up process more user-friendly. Possibly change the def… --- ## [Like a topic (or require earning a badge) before any other categories or posts are accessible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-a-topic-or-require-earning-a-badge-before-any-other-categories-or-posts-are-accessible/226355)
**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-a-topic-or-require-earning-a-badge-before-any-other-categories-or-posts-are-accessible/226355 "2022-05-07T18:15:35Z")
I saw this neat trick on a chat recently… Until the user visited a specific topic and “liked it” they could not access any other posts or categories or content. A message was visible: Welcome, you must read and agree … --- ## [Prevent deletion of backups from interface](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-deletion-of-backups-from-interface/226173)
**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-deletion-of-backups-from-interface/226173 "2022-05-06T22:08:35Z")
I was thinking about the worst case: one of your admins getting hacked - now hacker can do a lot, but also deleted your backups on an external location from the Backups dashboard. Which could completely destroy your Disc… --- ## [RFE: dark/light mode options for custom emoji](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rfe-dark-light-mode-options-for-custom-emoji/207558)
**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rfe-dark-light-mode-options-for-custom-emoji/207558 "2022-05-06T20:05:25Z")
So, I’m using and love Discourse Reactions - Beyond Likes. I have some custom emoji, like :classic\_smiley: (My gen-z teenagers tell me that :slightly\_smiling\_face: does not mean what I, gen-x, think it does. But they … --- ## [External image lightbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-image-lightbox/226189)
**Author:** [@pinkd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pinkd)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-image-lightbox/226189 "2022-05-06T15:23:52Z")
With the “Do not save external image locally” setting, the external image is just an image link. There is no lightbox. It looks a little old … UX is not good for forums with lots of external images Required UX Exte… --- ## ["Take Action" button doesn't really indicate what it does](https://meta.discourse.org/t/take-action-button-doesnt-really-indicate-what-it-does/226171)
**Author:** [@notriddle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/notriddle)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/take-action-button-doesnt-really-indicate-what-it-does/226171 "2022-05-06T15:03:55Z")
After I used this button, another mod on the same forum asked how to hide individual posts. I pointed out where it was, but they still didn’t get it. I wound up having to tell them to use the button that “weirdly enough… --- ## [Description for the Anniversary badge](https://meta.discourse.org/t/description-for-the-anniversary-badge/76115)
**Author:** [@rizka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rizka)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/description-for-the-anniversary-badge/76115 "2022-05-06T02:16:43Z")
Continuing a discussion with @ljpp at our forum. Technically speaking the current description is ok, but otherwise I think it needs to be changed. I think that it is clumsy and can even be mislead a user to think that th… --- ## [Topics can't be open on a new tab with middle-click / ctrl+click on docs listings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-cant-be-open-on-a-new-tab-with-middle-click-ctrl-click-on-docs-listings/223620)
**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-cant-be-open-on-a-new-tab-with-middle-click-ctrl-click-on-docs-listings/223620 "2022-05-05T17:55:14Z")
If you try open a topic on a new tab from Documentation - Discourse Meta it doesn’t respect it and open on the same page. --- ## [No strip image metadata works for PNG but not JPG](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-strip-image-metadata-works-for-png-but-not-jpg/223350)
**Author:** [@robbie.morrison](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robbie.morrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-strip-image-metadata-works-for-png-but-not-jpg/223350 "2022-05-05T17:54:10Z")
On this site: https://forum.u4ria.org I have the following File settings: strip image metadata = UNCHECKED png to jpg quality = 100 (thereby disabled) I use ExifTool to set and read image metadata. The metadata s… --- ## [Grant badges through Automation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-badges-through-automation/232715)
**Author:** [@Carolina](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Carolina)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 10:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-badges-through-automation/232715 "2024-01-29T10:09:31Z")
Hi! Are there any plans to add granting badges to the list of available scripts? --- ## [As an admin, we can't edit a post containing a poll if the original poster currently has not permissions to create polls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/as-an-admin-we-cant-edit-a-post-containing-a-poll-if-the-original-poster-currently-has-not-permissions-to-create-polls/223336)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/as-an-admin-we-cant-edit-a-post-containing-a-poll-if-the-original-poster-currently-has-not-permissions-to-create-polls/223336 "2022-05-04T21:25:20Z")
See: Can't edit a message as an admin: you don't have permissions to create a poll Cannot edit topic to add poll as admin - #3 by Tanz0rz This kind of case should be rare, depending on the forum’s setting, and … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=264) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=266)