# Contribute **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=421 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 422 --- ## [Global tracking selection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-tracking-selection/18891)
**Author:** [@heinrich5991](https://meta.discourse.org/u/heinrich5991)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-tracking-selection/18891 "2019-02-26T00:06:30Z")
Situation Currently there’s a tracking selection for each topic on its own and for read topics. Then there’s a tracking selection for each category – but unfortunately not for the “top-level” category of the forum, that… --- ## [All email disabled after restoring backup?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-email-disabled-after-restoring-backup/109742)
**Author:** [@sau226](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sau226)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-email-disabled-after-restoring-backup/109742 "2019-02-25T15:11:31Z")
I wanted to do some testing with Discourse so I took a backup of my instance, wiped the DB (rm -fr /var/discourse/shared) and rebuilt the container. I then created an admin user again and instead of following the setup … --- ## [Send test email doesn't show a status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-test-email-doesnt-show-a-status/109272)
**Author:** [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-test-email-doesnt-show-a-status/109272 "2019-02-25T12:35:22Z")
Earlier on, I remember it used to say Sent right next to the input field: but that isn’t happening anymore. I don’t remember correctly but I think there was a topic last month where this was being discussed. Emails … --- ## [Category allowed tags do not reload with category change](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-allowed-tags-do-not-reload-with-category-change/95406)
**Author:** [@rlikitarczuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rlikitarczuk)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-allowed-tags-do-not-reload-with-category-change/95406 "2019-02-25T12:03:15Z")
Hi Team! I use different tags or tag groups allowed per category. It works fine if you start a new topic in a right category or choose your first category in a new topic. However once you switch to another category in a… --- ## [Admin - Users: tab switching breaks content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-users-tab-switching-breaks-content/109805)
**Author:** [@Lure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lure)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-users-tab-switching-breaks-content/109805 "2019-02-25T08:51:08Z")
I have noticed a bug in Admin/Users: if you switch tabs (Active, New, Suspended) quickly, you may end up with list of users populated from previous tab. I noticed this when I was switching from Active to Staged and was c… --- ## [Push browser history when navigating within a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-browser-history-when-navigating-within-a-topic/109613)
**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-browser-history-when-navigating-within-a-topic/109613 "2019-02-25T01:42:45Z")
If this has already been suggested, please direct me to an existing discussion. On Discourse, clicking links to other topics within Discourse adds to the browser history, allowing you to use the browser back button (or… --- ## [A way for admins to edit users' external IDs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-for-admins-to-edit-users-external-ids/96976)
**Author:** [@sudoman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sudoman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-for-admins-to-edit-users-external-ids/96976 "2019-02-25T00:48:09Z")
Hello Discourse, Sometimes people request that we change their SSO user name. With some services, it’s possible to change users’ external IDs so that they can continue using the same accounts on other sites. Would you b… --- ## [Disable non-upload/traffic spam TL0 autoflags for PMs to automated accounts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-non-upload-traffic-spam-tl0-autoflags-for-pms-to-automated-accounts/104441)
**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-non-upload-traffic-spam-tl0-autoflags-for-pms-to-automated-accounts/104441 "2019-02-24T21:07:09Z")
Limits placed on TL0 accounts can broadly be categorized as either: Prevent malicious/noob actors from impacting the day-to-day reading of other useres Prevent malicious actors from overloading the forum by spamming it… --- ## [Personal topic pinning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-topic-pinning/87848)
**Author:** [@VegasVed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/VegasVed)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-topic-pinning/87848 "2019-02-24T20:49:07Z")
Hi, I wanted to suggest the ability for users to pin topics just for themselves. There are certain topics I follow regularly and bookmarks just don’t cut it. I’d like access to them at the top of my feed. Thoughts? Th… --- ## [Onebox does not work in "Hide Details"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-does-not-work-in-hide-details/67574)
**Author:** [@kiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kiki)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-does-not-work-in-hide-details/67574 "2019-02-24T14:59:13Z")
Below is a wiki page: When i put the wiki page url in details，it just displays a link, while it is expected to be the same as above. ▶ Summary ▶ example --- ## [Login Button form attribute](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-button-form-attribute/109828)
**Author:** [@mcnesium](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcnesium)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-button-form-attribute/109828 "2019-02-23T08:29:38Z")
In this commit the login button has been added a form attribute to, but that commit removed it again. This prevents some password managers from auto submitting the login form. Related: https://meta.discourse.org/t/logi… --- ## [Shield icon aligned wrong](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shield-icon-aligned-wrong/109877)
**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shield-icon-aligned-wrong/109877 "2019-02-23T02:30:24Z")
I don’t know if it’s my laptop or not, but I realize I see the shield icon slightly shifted downwards. --- ## [CSS auto refresh not working?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-auto-refresh-not-working/109658)
**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-auto-refresh-not-working/109658 "2019-02-22T21:19:42Z")
Lately I’ve noticed that changes I make to CSS in theme components are not reflected in the site until I perform a hard refresh of the browser. The stylesheet used to be automatically updated when the theme CSS was save… --- ## [Topic timers' use wrong dates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timers-use-wrong-dates/109819)
**Author:** [@TheBestPessimist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBestPessimist)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timers-use-wrong-dates/109819 "2019-02-22T16:53:14Z")
Today is 2019.02.22. That is Friday 22, febrauary, 2019. Initially i wanted to set a topic timer for closing a topic in a week. By a week i expected 7 days. The problem with the current discourse timeframe is that the… --- ## [Allow moderators to change topic timestamp](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-moderators-to-change-topic-timestamp/108702)
**Author:** [@southpaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/southpaw)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-moderators-to-change-topic-timestamp/108702 "2019-02-22T09:10:15Z")
Admin should have the option to permit Moderators to change topic timestamps. We have employees tasked with posting specific topics that need to be backdated. Currently, my options are Grant these additional employee… --- ## [Error on Delete User in pending-approvals list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-on-delete-user-in-pending-approvals-list/107780)
**Author:** [@schungx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schungx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 5:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-on-delete-user-in-pending-approvals-list/107780 "2019-02-22T05:07:06Z")
How to reproduce Setup approvals for new users and email-in support Send emails from some new email account to multiple categories New user is staged, and new posts are created for each, in approvals list Go into approv… --- ## [A wider hamburger menu?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-wider-hamburger-menu/109231)
**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-wider-hamburger-menu/109231 "2019-02-22T03:02:59Z")
On desktop, I’m finding menu items are getting truncated due to the narrow width of the menu: Item text is truncated with elipses (as they exceed the CSS-defined max-width): I considered widening the menu using … --- ## [Groups add new button is hidden behind drop down on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-add-new-button-is-hidden-behind-drop-down-on-mobile/109761)
**Author:** [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-add-new-button-is-hidden-behind-drop-down-on-mobile/109761 "2019-02-22T02:43:55Z")
Kinda causes confusion shouldn’t be too difficult to fix? --- ## [Unable to message email address to create staged user anymore](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-message-email-address-to-create-staged-user-anymore/109676)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-message-email-address-to-create-staged-user-anymore/109676 "2019-02-21T17:44:32Z")
I’m not sure what is happening here, but as of yesterday I and my colleagues are finding that we are no longer able to message email addresses to create staged users. Type a username in the message addressee box and it a… --- ## [/g/ instead of /groups/ like /c/ instead of /categories/](https://meta.discourse.org/t/g-instead-of-groups-like-c-instead-of-categories/106339)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/g-instead-of-groups-like-c-instead-of-categories/106339 "2019-02-21T05:46:59Z")
to make the addresses of the groups shorter and easier to handle, may the https://meta.discourse.org/groups/plugin\_authors become https://meta.discourse.org/g/plugin\_authors? just the same way that happens for categorie… --- ## [Redis template no longer works for separate data container](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redis-template-no-longer-works-for-separate-data-container/109704)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redis-template-no-longer-works-for-separate-data-container/109704 "2019-02-21T03:22:15Z")
It seems that redis changed the default for protected mode so that if you’ve got a separate data container it no longer allows connections. My caveman solution is to add this to data.yml in the hooks section. after\_re… --- ## [Some parameters cause English to appear in localised strings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-parameters-cause-english-to-appear-in-localised-strings/109485)
**Author:** [@rizka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rizka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-parameters-cause-english-to-appear-in-localised-strings/109485 "2019-02-21T02:32:43Z")
After updating to 2.2, I split a post into another topic. The moderator post has the word topic in it even though that’s not Finnish. It comes from move\_posts.existing\_topic\_moderator\_post. Where is that %{entity} su… --- ## [Reply reminder - Remind users to reply to questions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-reminder-remind-users-to-reply-to-questions/25072)
**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-reminder-remind-users-to-reply-to-questions/25072 "2019-02-21T00:33:43Z")
Keep the conversation going within a community… … remind users to reply to questions in topics they have participated in. IF you get a reply or the post under yours in a topic “asks a question” (ends a sentence with … --- ## [Admin User Dashboard - Mobile Stats](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-user-dashboard-mobile-stats/31165)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-user-dashboard-mobile-stats/31165 "2019-02-20T20:16:17Z")
There are a number of development efforts I’m aware of to create mobile apps for use with Discourse forums. Given these efforts - it would be very helpful to have mobile stats that differentiate between the two methods … --- ## [Topic Invite Enhancement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-invite-enhancement/109654)
**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-invite-enhancement/109654 "2019-02-20T19:32:34Z")
Hi, I’d like to suggest that the Topic Invite Feature: Be enhanced to include the option of writing a personal message. It would be nice to be able to say to a colleague or a friend or whomever why I am inviting th… --- ## [Answer Own Topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/answer-own-topic/109646)
**Author:** [@gul\_yurdakul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gul_yurdakul)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/answer-own-topic/109646 "2019-02-20T18:02:15Z")
Is it possible to create a topic that is only updatable (reply, edit) by the author, admin, or moderator, but readable by everyone? I would like to have your opinion about a new permission for categories? I’m bui… --- ## [How to Admin or the person who create the topic can only post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-admin-or-the-person-who-create-the-topic-can-only-post/109540)
**Author:** [@gul\_yurdakul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gul_yurdakul)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-admin-or-the-person-who-create-the-topic-can-only-post/109540 "2019-02-20T17:33:09Z")
How to Admin or the person who create the topic can only post?? --- ## [Confirm Password Prompt](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-password-prompt/109575)
**Author:** [@adambirds](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adambirds)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-password-prompt/109575 "2019-02-20T15:46:45Z")
When being sent an invite to sign up, users are only asked to enter their password once, and not confirm this, can this be added or enabled so that users can confirm what they are entering? --- ## [Allowed href schemes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowed-href-schemes/109640)
**Author:** [@sizeof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sizeof)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowed-href-schemes/109640 "2019-02-20T11:32:49Z")
Microsoft’s office URI schemes conflict with the list separator of allowed\_href\_schemes. I can’t allow scheme like ms-excel:ofv|u|https for the full link ms-excel:ofv|u|https://contoso/Q4/budget.xls Having an escape c… --- ## [Wrong answerCount value from discourse-solved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-answercount-value-from-discourse-solved/108845)
**Author:** [@ced](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ced)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-answercount-value-from-discourse-solved/108845 "2019-02-20T02:33:09Z")
The plugin set the value of the answerCount from Question schema.org to the number of replies of the topic. But according to google documentation the answerCount should be 0 is there is no acceptedAnswer or suggestedAnsw… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=420) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=422)