# Contribute **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=532 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 533 --- ## [Is there a broadcast function?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-broadcast-function/14060)
**Author:** [@tedpearlman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tedpearlman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-broadcast-function/14060 "2017-02-27T22:22:45Z")
I’d love to use an @ mention of something like @everyone to broadcast to my entire discourse community. Does this exist or is there another way to do it? --- ## ["Latest" on forum home displays last column sort](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-on-forum-home-displays-last-column-sort/57520)
**Author:** [@samliew](https://meta.discourse.org/u/samliew)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-on-forum-home-displays-last-column-sort/57520 "2017-02-27T20:50:17Z")
Steps to repro: I have a browser bookmark/link/homepage for https://meta.discourse.org/new?order=category (click on this link first) Now click on “Latest”. Posts are sorted incorrectly. Have to click “Latest” a sec… --- ## [This Week's Users includes users with no activity](https://meta.discourse.org/t/this-weeks-users-includes-users-with-no-activity/28773)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/this-weeks-users-includes-users-with-no-activity/28773 "2017-02-27T16:27:53Z")
I was looking through my list of “This Week”'s users - and saw a number of users on the list with nothing but zeros in all the columns. This seems like a bug - because if they were null on all the measures - it doesn’t … --- ## [Mobile timeline is broken on Android Chrome?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-timeline-is-broken-on-android-chrome/57153)
**Author:** [@probus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/probus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2017, 9:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-timeline-is-broken-on-android-chrome/57153 "2017-02-27T09:49:06Z")
The mobile timeline is broken. When trying to scroll the timeline to jump to a post, instead the page gets scrolled underneath. Tested here on Meta using Chrome 56 on Android 7.1.1. --- ## [E-Mail Signature not correct stripped out](https://meta.discourse.org/t/e-mail-signature-not-correct-stripped-out/57951)
**Author:** [@Manfred\_Bayer-Lemerz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Manfred_Bayer-Lemerz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/e-mail-signature-not-correct-stripped-out/57951 "2017-02-27T08:48:04Z")
Hallo! The official tag for the signature of an E-Mail ist "-- " so 2 dash and a blank . See also here: RFC 3676 - The Text/Plain Format and DelSp Parameters. But discourse is only checking for “–” so only 2 dashes a… --- ## [Small changes on the "Not Found" page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/small-changes-on-the-not-found-page/57937)
**Author:** [@youwiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/youwiki)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2017, 5:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/small-changes-on-the-not-found-page/57937 "2017-02-27T05:46:29Z")
Hello! In app/views/exceptions/not\_found.html.erb file (popular-topics bock), “See More” button should route to “/top” page, not “/latest”. And also topic slug value for Google search input on this page is not actual f… --- ## [Featuring images on topic list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featuring-images-on-topic-list/57957)
**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featuring-images-on-topic-list/57957 "2017-02-27T03:12:49Z")
Has anyone had success grabbing the first image from a topic (when available) and placing it on the topic list? Was thinking this could give a more visual feel to our community. Though i was thinking just to allow it in… --- ## [Editor too small on Galaxy S6 / Chrome in some languages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-too-small-on-galaxy-s6-chrome-in-some-languages/57991)
**Author:** [@Lutz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lutz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-too-small-on-galaxy-s6-chrome-in-some-languages/57991 "2017-02-26T23:44:50Z")
I got some problem reports from users with Galaxy S6 and Chrome. This is how meta looks on a Galaxy S6 Chrome 56.0.2924.87. I put this under the bug category because this basically (almost) excludes S6 users from editin… --- ## [Request for splitting js.topic.reply.title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-for-splitting-js-topic-reply-title/54153)
**Author:** [@Silvanus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Silvanus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-for-splitting-js-topic-reply-title/54153 "2017-02-26T21:22:34Z")
I would like to request a feature: the splitting of js.topic.reply.title into two strings, namely js.topic.reply.message.title that would be shown after all the messages in the thread, and js.topic.reply.thread.title tha… --- ## [Vertical Mobile Scroll Bar Post / Date Text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vertical-mobile-scroll-bar-post-date-text/51823)
**Author:** [@JamesNorth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JamesNorth)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vertical-mobile-scroll-bar-post-date-text/51823 "2016-11-25T22:59:16Z")
The awesome new change that @sam committed for the mobile scroll bar works great. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1bf0b2a5f44ec0c8d62fe62285f9cd20364cbcfb I have found though that if you are a right-hande… --- ## [Problem with mailing list mode for Groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-mailing-list-mode-for-groups/57952)
**Author:** [@Manfred\_Bayer-Lemerz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Manfred_Bayer-Lemerz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-mailing-list-mode-for-groups/57952 "2017-02-26T02:17:28Z")
Hallo! A lot of our users are using the mailing list mode which is working for category really great for us. We also use groups with an Custom incoming email address but here we have on Problem. We use: Enable maili… --- ## [Notify users by email when "account temporarily on hold" is removed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-users-by-email-when-account-temporarily-on-hold-is-removed/52365)
**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-users-by-email-when-account-temporarily-on-hold-is-removed/52365 "2017-02-24T19:02:08Z")
--- ## [Editing plugin translation strings in the admin panel when the forum language is not defined for the plugin has no effect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-plugin-translation-strings-in-the-admin-panel-when-the-forum-language-is-not-defined-for-the-plugin-has-no-effect/54844)
**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 11:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-plugin-translation-strings-in-the-admin-panel-when-the-forum-language-is-not-defined-for-the-plugin-has-no-effect/54844 "2017-02-24T11:05:53Z")
If the current forum language does not exist in the plugin, then overriding strings in the admin panel does not work. As an example: if I have a plugin which only has english language translations, and somebody installs… --- ## [Username lookup popup rendering offscreen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-lookup-popup-rendering-offscreen/57836)
**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-lookup-popup-rendering-offscreen/57836 "2017-02-24T03:10:10Z")
Reported today by a member of my forum: I also often see a similar problem when clicking on the cog in the editor: --- ## [Rate limiting conversations for new users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rate-limiting-conversations-for-new-users/33642)
**Author:** [@fbender](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbender)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rate-limiting-conversations-for-new-users/33642 "2017-02-24T00:41:17Z")
Continuing the discussion from Can Discourse ship frequent Docker images that do not need to be bootstrapped?: Working as designed: you’re heavily ratelimited in the first 24 hours after you create your account. Yea… --- ## [Should Top Referred Topics (Last 30 Days) include PMs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-top-referred-topics-last-30-days-include-pms/57858)
**Author:** [@featheredtoast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/featheredtoast)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-top-referred-topics-last-30-days-include-pms/57858 "2017-02-23T21:40:37Z")
Not sure if this is expected behavior or a bug - I’m on a very low traffic install, which means I’m getting the interesting corner case where top referred topics may be PMs. As an admin, there is of course no permission… --- ## [Possible backup bugs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-backup-bugs/57847)
**Author:** [@Dmitry\_Krasnoperov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dmitry_Krasnoperov)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-backup-bugs/57847 "2017-02-23T19:29:23Z")
Short story Backup files takes space on HDD but doesn’t shown in Backup section of Admin UI. Long story I do have DO plan that gives me 40GB total. Now I have only 2.2 GB free spaces. /var/discource takes 21.2GiB \[… --- ## [Why does Discourse not use the «Enhanced Link Attribution» Google Analytics feature?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-not-use-the-enhanced-link-attribution-google-analytics-feature/57821)
**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-not-use-the-enhanced-link-attribution-google-analytics-feature/57821 "2017-02-23T04:30:34Z")
The following code shows how to load the enhanced link attribution plugin: ga(‘create’, ‘UA-XXXXX-Y’, ‘auto’); ga(‘require’, ‘linkid’); ga(‘send’, ‘pageview’); As I see, Discourse currently does not use this fe… --- ## [Making launcher a bit more versatile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-launcher-a-bit-more-versatile/56851)
**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-launcher-a-bit-more-versatile/56851 "2017-02-23T01:04:02Z")
launcher logs shows the whole log for the container, which can take a while to finish. How about changing the launcher logs command to take --tail the way that docker logs does? --- ## [Remove emojis from Open graph meta tags (title and description) but not url!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-emojis-from-open-graph-meta-tags-title-and-description-but-not-url/57743)
**Author:** [@alonle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alonle)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-emojis-from-open-graph-meta-tags-title-and-description-but-not-url/57743 "2017-02-22T21:45:35Z")
Since the share to Facebook does not show any emojis but only show text like “smile” I think we need to remove it and replace it with an empty string Unfortunately, I’m not a ruby guy, but I think we need to add code i… --- ## [Improving Blocked User State](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-blocked-user-state/37306)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-blocked-user-state/37306 "2017-02-21T23:29:10Z")
Continuing the discussion from Description of various user states in Discourse: Has there been any thought about a second type of staff initiated suspension? Right now, a user is either “normal”, blocked (which I belie… --- ## [Admin Configuration for Rate Limit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-configuration-for-rate-limit/57686)
**Author:** [@everaldo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/everaldo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-configuration-for-rate-limit/57686 "2017-02-21T21:23:41Z")
I would like to suggest extraction of hard-coded values on Rate Limit by IP to a configurable preference on Admin Panel. I’m a teacher and I’m facing issues regarding login, because all my students share the same IP add… --- ## [Admin Panel "Number of Posts" Inaccurate?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-panel-number-of-posts-inaccurate/57483)
**Author:** [@Er00](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Er00)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-panel-number-of-posts-inaccurate/57483 "2017-02-21T20:15:49Z")
I noticed that one day had significantly (like, 10x) more posts recorded in the last month on the admin panel and dug into it as we need to report such stats and would be asked what had caused it. This is the output fro… --- ## [Add a button on admin user page that links to Staff Action log for that user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-button-on-admin-user-page-that-links-to-staff-action-log-for-that-user/57375)
**Author:** [@Deukhoofd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Deukhoofd)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-button-on-admin-user-page-that-links-to-staff-action-log-for-that-user/57375 "2017-02-21T16:33:06Z")
In several cases I have been interested in what actions staff took on a specific user. Currently there is no (obvious) way to see what these actions were, except for going to the staff action log and clicking on the name… --- ## [Tag Breadcrumb doesn't respect subfolder path](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-breadcrumb-doesnt-respect-subfolder-path/57616)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-breadcrumb-doesnt-respect-subfolder-path/57616 "2017-02-21T15:41:49Z")
Repro Steps: Subfolder Install Visit Tags page Click on any Tag Click on the tag name again in the Breadcrumb/Title Expected: You stay on the same page Actual: You are redirected to the example.com/tags/tagname (no… --- ## [Suggested Topics not shown to web spiders](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggested-topics-not-shown-to-web-spiders/29223)
**Author:** [@lovechopra1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lovechopra1)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 7:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggested-topics-not-shown-to-web-spiders/29223 "2017-02-21T07:25:50Z")
I was looking at the Topic Page on Lynx Text Browser to simulate how Google bot is viewing this page and what all links Google bot finds for crawling and interlinking purpose. Please look at the details below: Issue: S… --- ## [Muting a user doesn't hide their posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muting-a-user-doesnt-hide-their-posts/57691)
**Author:** [@tortoiseontour](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tortoiseontour)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muting-a-user-doesnt-hide-their-posts/57691 "2017-02-21T00:55:03Z")
Is there a reason muting a user doesn’t hide their posts? There should be a way users can hide content from other users they don’t want to hear from. --- ## [Why I am Disabling the User Stats](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-i-am-disabling-the-user-stats/29293)
**Author:** [@ChristopherMcEwan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChristopherMcEwan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-i-am-disabling-the-user-stats/29293 "2017-02-20T23:24:45Z")
In considering whether I should make user stats visible on our forum I extracted some of the data about the Discourse team from this forum. From this data, i considered two questions: Who is the most complementary of th… --- ## [How did this URL get into the tag?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-this-url-get-into-the-tag/57637)
**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-this-url-get-into-the-tag/57637 "2017-02-19T19:30:49Z")
I haven’t seen this before and can’t replicate it. There is a URL in the tag of this post. It could be super userful – any idea how to do this? --- ## [Allow use of AWS EC2 IAM roles with S3 file/image uploads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-use-of-aws-ec2-iam-roles-with-s3-file-image-uploads/17197)
**Author:** [@windhamg1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/windhamg1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-use-of-aws-ec2-iam-roles-with-s3-file-image-uploads/17197 "2017-02-20T18:55:08Z")
I deployed the official Docker Discourse image on an AWS EC2 instance, assuming I could use the Access Key/Secret Key associated an IAM role to enable Discourse’s S3 upload feature (under Setting-\>Files)…well, I guess yo… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=531) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=533)