# Contribute **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=428 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 429 --- ## [Category showing on pinned topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-showing-on-pinned-topics/105963)
**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 6:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-showing-on-pinned-topics/105963 "2019-01-08T06:56:40Z")
In our forum(AGAIN), there’s a weird adventurer category in the box for the pinned topics. This happens on safari Version 12.0.2. As seen here: --- ## [I dislike the new mobile topic header behavior in 2.2.0.beta5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-dislike-the-new-mobile-topic-header-behavior-in-2-2-0-beta5/103135)
**Author:** [@ficuswhisperer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ficuswhisperer)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 4:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-dislike-the-new-mobile-topic-header-behavior-in-2-2-0-beta5/103135 "2019-01-08T04:41:52Z")
I came here and registered specifically to express my displeasure with the new navigation experience on mobile. From the announcement thread at: It’s noted: Due to the limited space we’ve hidden the menus from the he… --- ## [Topic Controls don't work on Mobile on meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-controls-dont-work-on-mobile-on-meta/105930)
**Author:** [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-controls-dont-work-on-mobile-on-meta/105930 "2019-01-07T18:20:31Z")
I was trying to flag a post but the topic control drop down was just not opening the flag popup. Only Share is working. Bookmark/flag/invite isn’t Chrome on Android 9 --- ## [Display unread and topic count on category boxes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-unread-and-topic-count-on-category-boxes/105901)
**Author:** [@Kyle\_Risi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kyle_Risi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-unread-and-topic-count-on-category-boxes/105901 "2019-01-07T16:27:34Z")
Hi Guys, I was wondering if it was possible to display the topic count and unread count on Category Boxes? --- ## [Unable to copy paste into a new canned message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-copy-paste-into-a-new-canned-message/97463)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-copy-paste-into-a-new-canned-message/97463 "2019-01-07T11:55:03Z")
See screenshot. I am adding a canned reply, and want to copy/paste the text into the content box. Weirdly, the text I am pasting shows up not in the canned reply content but in the body of the message behind, in the comp… --- ## [Scrolling preformatted text unusable in some browsers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrolling-preformatted-text-unusable-in-some-browsers/105085)
**Author:** [@vvanpo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vvanpo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrolling-preformatted-text-unusable-in-some-browsers/105085 "2019-01-07T07:46:49Z")
On some browsers/platforms, single-line preformatted text that runs off the screen is difficult to use. On MacOS Chrome, in particular, the instant you hover over the text the horizontal scrollbar obscures the text, and… --- ## [Email on flagged post or those requiring approval](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-on-flagged-post-or-those-requiring-approval/105328)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-on-flagged-post-or-those-requiring-approval/105328 "2019-01-07T01:01:58Z")
Is this currently possible? If not, can it be added please? I miss it from other forum platforms I have used. Essentially a site setting that would send an email (immediately) after a post has been flagged or when somet… --- ## [Forum Users Flagging Private Messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-users-flagging-private-messages/105761)
**Author:** [@rhrmn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rhrmn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-users-flagging-private-messages/105761 "2019-01-05T18:31:43Z")
Hi, Is there an option to disable flagging of private messages? Users will flag my private messages to them if they do not agree with my message and users which argue over private messages flag each other and then I am … --- ## [Category Permissions - Creating Them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-permissions-creating-them/105810)
**Author:** [@Fraffel\_Media](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fraffel_Media)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-permissions-creating-them/105810 "2019-01-07T00:21:02Z")
Is there anyway to create new permission types? I’m trying to have a way where one could only see their topic and view theirs. They can’t see other peoples… If this is possible. --- ## [Diary feature for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/diary-feature-for-discourse/105776)
**Author:** [@habeycole](https://meta.discourse.org/u/habeycole)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2019, 10:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/diary-feature-for-discourse/105776 "2019-01-06T10:07:14Z")
Just wanna know: Does Discourse have a Diary-like feature where the only person allowed to post in the Diary category is the Original Poster/Author alone, and maybe, staffs, just for the sake of it. With this feature, c… --- ## [Move create topic to the top](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-create-topic-to-the-top/105717)
**Author:** [@PatrickH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PatrickH)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2019, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-create-topic-to-the-top/105717 "2019-01-05T10:08:51Z")
Would it be great if we can move the create new topic button to the top and make it already completely visible? That everybody could see for example this: and then a dropdown for more info just like now the ‘create … --- ## [Question about the extent of data tracking / pseudo-AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-the-extent-of-data-tracking-pseudo-ai/105740)
**Author:** [@MichelleBasey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MichelleBasey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2019, 6:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-the-extent-of-data-tracking-pseudo-ai/105740 "2019-01-05T06:27:47Z")
I’m reading this in the Terms Of Service: That special license allows the company to copy, publish, and analyze content you submit to the forum. I wanted to double-check on the meaning before making wild promises to … --- ## [Citing Discourse in an Academic paper](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661)
**Author:** [@albertocottica](https://meta.discourse.org/u/albertocottica)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661 "2019-01-04T22:29:34Z")
How would one cite Discourse in an academic paper? There are guidelines for folks who use LATEX and Bibtex, but I am not sure where to find the relevant information, specifically the author and the year. This is the rec… --- ## [Add IE11 Support for pasting images in the composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-ie11-support-for-pasting-images-in-the-composer/22037)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-ie11-support-for-pasting-images-in-the-composer/22037 "2019-01-04T19:44:46Z")
Turns out pasting images into composer is workable in IE11 https://github.com/layerssss/paste.js We should get it working. --- ## [Change Send As in Email Notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-send-as-in-email-notifications/31881)
**Author:** [@Jared\_Needell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jared_Needell)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-send-as-in-email-notifications/31881 "2019-01-04T16:55:03Z")
When I setup email notifications, the email it’s being set as is the noreply email I set in the settings but the display name is the username of who posted. Is there anyway to set the display name to something standarize… --- ## [Confused about TL3 promotion and silencing vs suspending](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-about-tl3-promotion-and-silencing-vs-suspending/105537)
**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-about-tl3-promotion-and-silencing-vs-suspending/105537 "2019-01-04T04:44:45Z")
So a user was spamming emojis a lot. So I silenced him. During the silence, the TL3 requirement for him said that he doesn’t meet the expectation due to being silenced. After the silence expired, it said that he never go… --- ## [/admin/users/list/active returns users with active=false](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-users-list-active-returns-users-with-active-false/105649)
**Author:** [@Dalmiro\_Granas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dalmiro_Granas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-users-list-active-returns-users-with-active-false/105649 "2019-01-04T00:41:37Z")
Background A long time ago we migrated from Tender to Discourse. In the process we programatically re-created every single Tender user in Discourse. At the time of writing this, we have ~4k users that were created with … --- ## [CategoryTag no\_content message doesn't describe what is happening](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categorytag-no-content-message-doesnt-describe-what-is-happening/102333)
**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categorytag-no-content-message-doesnt-describe-what-is-happening/102333 "2019-01-03T19:06:42Z")
If a tag cannot be used in a category because the tag is either a CategoryTag or in a CategoryTagGroup for another category, the message that appears when trying to add the tag doesn’t tell the user why the tag cannot be… --- ## [Edit Vote Count](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-vote-count/78767)
**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-vote-count/78767 "2019-01-03T21:12:59Z")
On occasion, we have the need to include a total from another source, let’s say “Likes from Facebook” for a specific subject. It would be great if it was possible to edit the current vote count. Appreciating this could… --- ## [Error with Blur Spoiler](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-with-blur-spoiler/105342)
**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-with-blur-spoiler/105342 "2019-01-03T13:56:30Z")
I’m not sure what’s going on. But the photo is not displayed, or in some cases they are shifted. Created a post on the demo site: https://try.discourse.org/t/test-blur-spoiler/1330 --- ## [What is a bump?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-bump/105562)
**Author:** [@Kyle\_Risi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kyle_Risi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 10:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-bump/105562 "2019-01-03T10:44:54Z")
Hi, I was wondering if anyone could tell me what a Bump is, in connection with Discourse? Also there is an option to Reset Bump Date under the topic admin actions, what exactly does this do? --- ## ["Timeline" Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-discourse/105508)
**Author:** [@Eduardo\_Braga](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eduardo_Braga)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-discourse/105508 "2019-01-03T03:39:16Z")
Is it possible to do something like this? https://discourse.angusmcleod.com.au/news join all recent posts in a timeline. I’m very interested but I did not find a plugin :disappointed\_relieved: --- ## [Discourse-auto-deactivate writes the wrong message to the log](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-auto-deactivate-writes-the-wrong-message-to-the-log/104397)
**Author:** [@chumstick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chumstick)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-auto-deactivate-writes-the-wrong-message-to-the-log/104397 "2019-01-03T03:30:30Z")
I am putting this here because the “bug” section had a definition that looked pretty stringent, and this isn’t really stopping the normal use of discourse. Anyhow, I have discourse-auto-deactivate set to deactivate any … --- ## [Can't Grant Badge - Generic Error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-grant-badge-generic-error/66982)
**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-grant-badge-generic-error/66982 "2019-01-03T03:29:00Z")
When I try to grant a badge: I used to be able to grant badges fine. Tons of people have this very badge – I tried to grant a random badge to myself, too, and still getting a vague error. Nothing special about this … --- ## [Don't bump topics when a moderation action has been edited](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-bump-topics-when-a-moderation-action-has-been-edited/105419)
**Author:** [@Zeemah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zeemah)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-bump-topics-when-a-moderation-action-has-been-edited/105419 "2019-01-02T19:05:00Z")
As of right now, if the last post on a topic has been edited, it will bump it, great, that’s okay. What I find quite annoying is that if I do a moderation action towards a topic, for example, closing, and I edit the lock… --- ## [Browse Images Feature?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browse-images-feature/105471)
**Author:** [@mermaldad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mermaldad)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browse-images-feature/105471 "2019-01-02T18:23:16Z")
Is there a way to browse all the images that have been uploaded to a Discourse installation? I was looking for something I had seen before, and didn’t have a practical way of finding it in the haystack of old posts. --- ## [The confirm invite feature fix broke our flow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-confirm-invite-feature-fix-broke-our-flow/105465)
**Author:** [@Seth\_Godin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Seth_Godin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-confirm-invite-feature-fix-broke-our-flow/105465 "2019-01-02T17:50:53Z")
In response to this thread, now closed, we discovered that it broke our user onboarding (and we discovered it just hours before relaunching our site to thousands of users, yikes). In the original request, @tkrunning ask… --- ## [Require email activation before Admin approval](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-email-activation-before-admin-approval/41843)
**Author:** [@precessor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/precessor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 9:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-email-activation-before-admin-approval/41843 "2019-01-02T09:47:16Z")
I have a discussion site where Admin approval of new users is a necessity. However, I would like to ensure email activation has occurred before the approval is requested. And, when the new user has activated their email … --- ## [Logo recommended resolution tips](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logo-recommended-resolution-tips/105053)
**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 6:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logo-recommended-resolution-tips/105053 "2019-01-02T06:14:13Z")
I have no idea what any of the logo dimensions or aspect ratios are. 1 of them says “square shaped”, but doesn’t mention the recommended resolution minimum. The rest both doesn’t mention the aspect ratio and further does… --- ## [Docker Manager lost links to plugns](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-manager-lost-links-to-plugns/105348)
**Author:** [@robbyoconnor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robbyoconnor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-manager-lost-links-to-plugns/105348 "2019-01-02T03:56:20Z")
Not sure if this is a bug per se – but the docker manager stopped linking to any of the plugin repositories now…Was that intended? [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=427) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=429)