# Contribute **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=464 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 465 --- ## [ServiceWorker thinks I'm offline when I'm not](https://meta.discourse.org/t/serviceworker-thinks-im-offline-when-im-not/77886)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/serviceworker-thinks-im-offline-when-im-not/77886 "2018-05-01T01:27:47Z")
Today I visited a PM, deleted it, silenced the user, then after navigating back (back button) through it I got an offline error. It persisted when I tried to continue going back to meta mainpage. It looks like you are … --- ## [Search, different scenario](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-different-scenario/86480)
**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-different-scenario/86480 "2018-04-30T21:08:21Z")
Search from category Sets the id of the category If you’re searching from the advanced search, it uses the slug Is it possible to use one behavior, and in the first case (where id) is not obvious? --- ## [Is a points based system on the way?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-a-points-based-system-on-the-way/86453)
**Author:** [@Simon\_Oliver](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Simon_Oliver)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-a-points-based-system-on-the-way/86453 "2018-04-30T20:42:16Z")
Is there any plan to develop a rewards type system that will automatically assign points to members based on their contributions? --- ## [Category wise SMEs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-wise-smes/85708)
**Author:** [@Raj\_Kumar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Raj_Kumar)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-wise-smes/85708 "2018-04-30T03:42:07Z")
Hi Team, I am running this forum for our company’s internal purpose. I want to assign an SME (Subject matter expert) to each category created in my Forum. So that whenever any user creates a topic/post under any catego… --- ## [Polls can't be altered (even by Moderators) after 5 minutes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-cant-be-altered-even-by-moderators-after-5-minutes/13393)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-cant-be-altered-even-by-moderators-after-5-minutes/13393 "2018-04-30T02:18:51Z")
Is this a setting somewhere? As I think moderators/staff should be able to alter a poll regardless of the time limit. What if a regular user creates a poll that is “unfitting” or one of the options isn’t permitted by fo… --- ## [Improved “letter avatar” generation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-letter-avatar-generation/86325)
**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-letter-avatar-generation/86325 "2018-04-29T04:44:51Z")
Saw this on another forum, thought the shadow looked quite nice and wondered if it might be an easy addition to the code that generates default avatars for Discourse users? --- ## [Anyone else want a Zapier integration?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-else-want-a-zapier-integration/86383)
**Author:** [@Andy02](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy02)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-else-want-a-zapier-integration/86383 "2018-04-29T02:01:56Z")
Zapier seems to have most of Discourse’s rival platforms, but not this wonderful forum Fortunately it seems we can rectify this situation as Zapier runs a vote for new integrations. If i’m not alone you can click the l… --- ## [Invalid items can be added to the top\_menu setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-items-can-be-added-to-the-top-menu-setting/80074)
**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2018, 10:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-items-can-be-added-to-the-top-menu-setting/80074 "2018-04-28T10:33:12Z")
It is possible to add invalid menu items to the top\_menu setting. If an invalid item is the first item in the SiteSetting.top\_menu list, the site will broken in a way that can’t be fixed through the UI. I’m not sure if … --- ## [Post shows reply to non existing post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-shows-reply-to-non-existing-post/66002)
**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-shows-reply-to-non-existing-post/66002 "2018-04-27T21:07:24Z")
@sam replied to @codinghorror here. But @codinghorror didn’t post anything in that topic and if you click on his name nothing happens. Unless he did post, but the post was deleted. Anyway, odd behaviour I’d say. --- ## ['top page default timeframe' does not affect 'Top' page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-page-default-timeframe-does-not-affect-top-page/86312)
**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-page-default-timeframe-does-not-affect-top-page/86312 "2018-04-27T20:43:45Z")
I changed the ‘top page default timeframe’ option to ‘weekly’. This correctly changes the behavior of the ‘desktop category page style’/‘Categories and Top Topics’ view, but not that of the ‘Top’ navigation item - this s… --- ## [Deprecate "User card badge"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deprecate-user-card-badge/60944)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deprecate-user-card-badge/60944 "2018-04-27T16:47:28Z")
Can we deprecate this feature? Between titles, badges, avatar flair and this, I strongly feel like we’ve reached critical mass. I’d be very happy if we could at least move this into a plugin. --- ## [Automagically maximize "create new topic" window?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automagically-maximize-create-new-topic-window/86306)
**Author:** [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automagically-maximize-create-new-topic-window/86306 "2018-04-27T14:17:44Z")
is there an easy way to automagically maximize the publishing window to full-screen? --- ## [Proof-read functionality enabled in Transifex. On purpose?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proof-read-functionality-enabled-in-transifex-on-purpose/86279)
**Author:** [@Benjol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjol)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proof-read-functionality-enabled-in-transifex-on-purpose/86279 "2018-04-27T09:39:55Z")
I’ve noticed today that Transifex has an ‘proofread’ step added to the translate-\>review process. Is this deliberate? Because currently for French, I do most of the reviewing of my own translations, so this won’t be add… --- ## [Allow site operators to control full name suppression on posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-site-operators-to-control-full-name-suppression-on-posts/25378)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-site-operators-to-control-full-name-suppression-on-posts/25378 "2018-04-27T03:05:30Z")
Continuing the discussion from Is user ID + real name redundant?: … well, not quite. It appears that if the user ID is the same as the full name (minus the capitalization and spaces), only the user name displays. In o… --- ## [Accessibility audit and shepherd for making improvements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-audit-and-shepherd-for-making-improvements/66620)
**Author:** [@kevinrobinson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kevinrobinson)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-audit-and-shepherd-for-making-improvements/66620 "2018-04-26T21:34:54Z")
Hello! My name’s Kevin Robinson and I work at the Teaching Systems Lab at MIT. We work in K12 teacher development, and have been experimenting with using Discourse as a companion to our online EdX courses (eg., Design … --- ## [Bug with \[code\]anything\[/code\] on a single line by itself](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-with-code-anything-code-on-a-single-line-by-itself/78634)
**Author:** [@Bertrand\_Bellenot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bertrand_Bellenot)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 9:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-with-code-anything-code-on-a-single-line-by-itself/78634 "2018-04-26T09:06:30Z")
Hi, Our forum has a lot of \[code\]\[/code\] in its topics, imported from our old phpbb3 forum. One of our user reported a couple of bugs with \[code\]\[/code\]. For example, this: A single line of code without newline looks a… --- ## [Arabic translation changes email URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arabic-translation-translates-change-email-url/85919)
**Author:** [@YaserAlnajjar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/YaserAlnajjar)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arabic-translation-translates-change-email-url/85919 "2018-04-25T15:18:30Z")
Hi Today I was trying out a couple of features on my production forums, and I realized there is a bug when I changed the email… the sent email has this link: \[image\] After changing my interface to English and then sending an … --- ## [Theme import via file not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-import-via-file-not-working/85472)
**Author:** [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-import-via-file-not-working/85472 "2018-04-26T06:22:58Z")
I haven’t had to use this in a while, but a need arose today. I tried on two different sites and am unable to import a theme file through the Themes page of the Admin Panel. When I click on the import button and open the… --- ## [Site search not working for oneboxed content?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-search-not-working-for-oneboxed-content/76175)
**Author:** [@bts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bts)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-search-not-working-for-oneboxed-content/76175 "2018-04-26T05:47:43Z")
Got a question from a user on our forum and not sure about the answer. (Feel free to move to either “bug” or “feature” as appropriate!) It seems that certain oneboxed content does not turn up in search results. The exam… --- ## [Hashtag autocomplete issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hashtag-autocomplete-issue/80554)
**Author:** [@bts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bts)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hashtag-autocomplete-issue/80554 "2018-04-26T05:37:49Z")
Noticed an issue with # autocomplete when composing a reply. Basically I start typing # in a context where I don’t want to tag something (e.g. #s) but even after hitting ‘space’, or several spaces, the autocomplete dialo… --- ## [Service worker requests are causing a user to be perpetually 'active'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/service-worker-requests-are-causing-a-user-to-be-perpetually-active/79163)
**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 4:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/service-worker-requests-are-causing-a-user-to-be-perpetually-active/79163 "2018-04-26T04:21:04Z")
Whenever a client requests something from the server on Discourse, it bumps the ‘last active’ time for the user. This is used for various things, including deciding whether to email a user or not. I also use it in my who… --- ## [Tag overlap with "similar topic" notice](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-overlap-with-similar-topic-notice/86156)
**Author:** [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-overlap-with-similar-topic-notice/86156 "2018-04-25T17:56:04Z")
it hides underneath the right-side notice. --- ## [Watching and sending notifications for keywords?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-and-sending-notifications-for-keywords/59286)
**Author:** [@Tyler\_Langlois](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tyler_Langlois)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-and-sending-notifications-for-keywords/59286 "2018-04-25T16:07:33Z")
I have a use case that I think is pretty common, but haven’t been able to find an existing feature either here or in Discourse itself that fits the feature I’ll describe. Essentially I have the need to get notified for … --- ## [Moving whispers generates "SPLIT THIS TOPIC x MINS AGO" message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-whispers-generates-split-this-topic-x-mins-ago-message/86104)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-whispers-generates-split-this-topic-x-mins-ago-message/86104 "2018-04-24T23:37:49Z")
Maybe a minor bug and not sure if/how this can best be dealt with. I just moved a handful of whispers to another topic, and it generated the “SPLIT THIS TOPIC x MINS AGO” message visible to the public. Oops. It seems to… --- ## [Offline page customization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/offline-page-customization/85386)
**Author:** [@mbajur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbajur)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/offline-page-customization/85386 "2018-04-15T20:17:25Z")
Hello, sorry if that’s something already present in here but i was no able to find any related thread. Is that possible to somehow customize an offline page? I’m talking about this one with Cannot load app message. It … --- ## [Task manager within Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/task-manager-within-discourse/68691)
**Author:** [@Ham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ham)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/task-manager-within-discourse/68691 "2018-04-24T21:42:24Z")
Not sure where this would go. Is there any sort of task manager type of plugin for staff to keep up on what needs to be done and has been done on the site? How do others communicate with their staff on this? --- ## [Message 'receiver' not in view until they reply](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-receiver-not-in-view-until-they-reply/85553)
**Author:** [@Dani1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dani1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-receiver-not-in-view-until-they-reply/85553 "2018-04-24T18:15:44Z")
Hi! When sending a message to someone, the interface only shows the subject line, not the receiver. That had me stymied for a bit, until i mailed ‘myself’ (other account) and realised the user doesn’t appear until they… --- ## [Topics of suppressed categories still appear in homepage (Categories + recent topics)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-of-suppressed-categories-still-appear-in-homepage-categories-recent-topics/83940)
**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-of-suppressed-categories-still-appear-in-homepage-categories-recent-topics/83940 "2018-04-24T18:02:36Z")
This is a strange glitch with a high impact. Set category page style to “Categories and recent topics” Set the homepage to show the categories page EXPECTED No topics from the suppressed category appear in the homepa… --- ## [Indicate type of report to data exports](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indicate-type-of-report-to-data-exports/72738)
**Author:** [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indicate-type-of-report-to-data-exports/72738 "2018-04-24T17:27:42Z")
When you’re exporting data from the admin dashboard you receive a message when the export is complete. However neither the message, nor the file, contain any indication of what that data is (“Posts” or “Topics” or “New U… --- ## [Override profile background via SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/override-profile-background-via-sso/41921)
**Author:** [@Nuck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nuck)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/override-profile-background-via-sso/41921 "2018-04-24T02:56:55Z")
Profile “backgrounds” or “cover images” are becoming extremely common. Facebook has 'em, Twitter has 'em, MySpace had 'em all the way back in 1997 or whenever it was. SSO is for integrating with a site. Some of those … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=463) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=465)