# Contribute **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=563 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 564 --- ## [Why is there no name highlight or avatar badge in mobile view?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-no-name-highlight-or-avatar-badge-in-mobile-view/47354)
**Author:** [@Parham\_Bahrami](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Parham_Bahrami)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-no-name-highlight-or-avatar-badge-in-mobile-view/47354 "2016-07-15T22:53:18Z")
Title. I was wondering why name highlights and avatar badge arn’t there in mobile view and if it’s possible to add it through a code? Thanks. So as you can see, in desktop view I have the name highlight on my name: … --- ## [Idea: text highlighter](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-text-highlighter/47372)
**Author:** [@iamntz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iamntz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-text-highlighter/47372 "2016-07-15T19:10:36Z")
Hey guys. It’s me again, the crazy-idea guy :slight\_smile: Ok, so the basic idea is simple: would be nice to have something similar to Medium.com, where you can empathize a portion of a text and then do some super basi… --- ## [Can emoji be rendered with absolute URLs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-emoji-be-rendered-with-absolute-urls/47250)
**Author:** [@jboutros](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jboutros)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-emoji-be-rendered-with-absolute-urls/47250 "2016-07-15T17:34:32Z")
We’re using the API to get topic and post content and display it on a different site. Emoji are being rendered as images with relative links, which are obviously not loading from the other site. I read through a topic a… --- ## [Counting and reporting post views for commercial forum users (so we can charge them per-view)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/counting-and-reporting-post-views-for-commercial-forum-users-so-we-can-charge-them-per-view/47352)
**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/counting-and-reporting-post-views-for-commercial-forum-users-so-we-can-charge-them-per-view/47352 "2016-07-15T11:19:56Z")
On SE23.life we currently have a category called “Commercial” for advertising posts. It is muted by default to suppress it from user homepages. Business users of the forum can optionally pay to “promote” an advert post f… --- ## [Can I pay to have some translation done?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-pay-to-have-some-translation-done/47334)
**Author:** [@npflood](https://meta.discourse.org/u/npflood)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-pay-to-have-some-translation-done/47334 "2016-07-14T23:12:58Z")
\###Background: Our nonprofit organization is about to begin using Discourse as part of our multi-lingual membership community. Our site and related applications currently support 10 languages, and we like to have new fu… --- ## [Saving edits is not shown in the UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saving-edits-is-not-shown-in-the-ui/47231)
**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saving-edits-is-not-shown-in-the-ui/47231 "2016-07-14T12:40:25Z")
When a new post is saving, this is now made abundantly clear in the UI – we have a spinner on the bottom and a grayed-out post in the stream. When saving an edit, we have neither of those. I agree that graying out the p… --- ## [Discourse topics as Google Calendar events](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-topics-as-google-calendar-events/11794)
**Author:** [@xrvk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xrvk)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2016, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-topics-as-google-calendar-events/11794 "2016-07-14T07:36:15Z")
I want to have a category where Discourse topics are going to be events. I want to display them on a Google Calendar. What’s the best way about going with this? How to associate dates with topics? Discourse already allo… --- ## [Activation Screen not newbie friendly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activation-screen-not-newbie-friendly/32759)
**Author:** [@anon82356247](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon82356247)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2016, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activation-screen-not-newbie-friendly/32759 "2016-07-14T05:55:23Z")
I was just testing my DC instance by creating some users. I was thrown at first by the activation screen since it is so sparse and there is no clear indication that the “Activated your account” link is a link/button: … --- ## [We should collapse excerpts by default on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/we-should-collapse-excerpts-by-default-on-mobile/47146)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/we-should-collapse-excerpts-by-default-on-mobile/47146 "2016-07-14T05:40:36Z")
I just added 2 site settings to control the excerpt behavior for pins. show excerpt on pinned topics in mobile view and show excerpt on pinned topics in desktop view I noticed (and many others have mentioned) that as… --- ## [Basic Javascript Functions In Topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/basic-javascript-functions-in-topic/47262)
**Author:** [@redprogrammer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/redprogrammer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/basic-javascript-functions-in-topic/47262 "2016-07-14T01:13:30Z")
Hi, i want to run some basic javascript functions in discourse topic for example, there is 3 textboxes for the addition of 2 number --- ## [Improved top page settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-top-page-settings/47173)
**Author:** [@commonpawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/commonpawn)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-top-page-settings/47173 "2016-07-14T00:59:42Z")
We’ve had a hard time configuring the ‘Top’ view of our discourse site due to this setting: Basically, it defines how many topics are displayed under /top - which works fine if your default top timeframe is a year or… --- ## [Private messages aren't imported from phpBB if conversation root doesn't exist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-messages-arent-imported-from-phpbb-if-conversation-root-doesnt-exist/47122)
**Author:** [@palant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/palant)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-messages-arent-imported-from-phpbb-if-conversation-root-doesnt-exist/47122 "2016-07-13T13:58:34Z")
When importing from phpBB, I get messages like the following: Parent post pm:1234 doesn’t exist. Skipping 1235 Since phpBB doesn’t treat conversations via private messages as a single unit, it’s quite common for peop… --- ## [Moving a topic to another category doesn't propagate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-topic-to-another-category-doesnt-propagate/41742)
**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-topic-to-another-category-doesnt-propagate/41742 "2016-07-13T04:15:02Z")
Steps to repro: User A create a Topic on Category I User B enters topic User B moves Topic to Category II User A still on topic, but it didn’t updates the category Aggravating: User A, still on topic, ma… --- ## [Error when 'unread' is the first item in top\_menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-unread-is-the-first-item-in-top-menu/30389)
**Author:** [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-unread-is-the-first-item-in-top-menu/30389 "2016-07-13T04:06:57Z")
One of our customers moved ‘unread’ as the first item in the top\_menu setting. This caused an error on the home page for non-authenticated users. ‘sign up’ and ‘log in’ were showing, but the top menu wasn’t. It basicall… --- ## [Category security feature: new topics visible to moderators (and up) only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-security-feature-new-topics-visible-to-moderators-and-up-only/47179)
**Author:** [@trudat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trudat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-security-feature-new-topics-visible-to-moderators-and-up-only/47179 "2016-07-12T21:08:09Z")
I would like to have a category where new topics are visible to moderators only (or configurable to any user group). The moderator can then decide to publish the topic for all to see. This might be implemented via the ‘… --- ## [Emojis followed by period](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emojis-followed-by-period/43704)
**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emojis-followed-by-period/43704 "2016-07-12T20:30:08Z")
This is such a small issue, and I would imagine has been brought up before. But is there a reason why some emoji shortcuts dont work followed by period? :). :(. ;). --- ## [Position widget only shows total # of posts on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/position-widget-only-shows-total-of-posts-on-mobile/45300)
**Author:** [@steko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/steko)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/position-widget-only-shows-total-of-posts-on-mobile/45300 "2016-07-12T12:55:07Z")
As seen here on Meta with Firefox Android: (having some issues with uploading a screenshot at the moment) --- ## [phpBB importer fails to consider empty table prefix correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-importer-fails-to-consider-empty-table-prefix-correctly/47087)
**Author:** [@palant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/palant)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-importer-fails-to-consider-empty-table-prefix-correctly/47087 "2016-07-11T21:56:04Z")
phpBB allows empty table prefixes, the table will be named something like users rather than phpbb\_users then. The importer currently fails to consider this scenario right now - if you leave the table prefix empty then it… --- ## [Remove hamburger menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-hamburger-menu/32431)
**Author:** [@forumworld2000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/forumworld2000)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-hamburger-menu/32431 "2016-07-11T21:00:56Z")
The “beautiful, elegant solution that gets it all wrong”: http://deep.design/the-hamburger-menu/ --- ## [While updating to the latest commit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-updating-to-the-latest-commit/47109)
**Author:** [@Alankrit\_Choudh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alankrit_Choudh)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-updating-to-the-latest-commit/47109 "2016-07-11T20:42:57Z")
discourse (5a77f55) getting this strike thing on discourse via /admin/upgrade Should i be worried? --- ## [Expirable user account, feature request](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expirable-user-account-feature-request/47119)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expirable-user-account-feature-request/47119 "2016-07-11T19:24:24Z")
there are users which are inactive over a long period, it’d be a good feature to send them an email and check if they still want to be a user or otherwise delete their account. --- ## [Facebook invite?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-invite/47097)
**Author:** [@Scott\_Grigor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Scott_Grigor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-invite/47097 "2016-07-11T14:41:24Z")
Is there any plans for inviting users via Facebook or twitter? Much better to acquire users than email --- ## ["About this category" topics become effectively inaccessible after reading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-this-category-topics-become-effectively-inaccessible-after-reading/47075)
**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-this-category-topics-become-effectively-inaccessible-after-reading/47075 "2016-07-11T09:24:21Z")
Just ran into this today as I was trying to work out where to post something here on meta – I couldn’t find the “about this category” post easily inside the category to read it and see if I was doing the right thing or n… --- ## [How much data does Discourse use?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-much-data-does-discourse-use/47072)
**Author:** [@Parham\_Bahrami](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Parham_Bahrami)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-much-data-does-discourse-use/47072 "2016-07-11T07:33:10Z")
I am currently on vacation, and the internet here is pretty expensive. As my whole family requires data to do work, I am recharging it frequently. I would like to ask if you guys have any stats on how much data a post o… --- ## [Show heart icon even if logged out](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-heart-icon-even-if-logged-out/33154)
**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-heart-icon-even-if-logged-out/33154 "2016-07-11T07:16:23Z")
To drive more users to register/login, it would be great if the heart icon was shown on each post, even if the user hasn’t initiated a session. This is similar to the way Twitter works. They don’t hide the ability to fav… --- ## [Messages tab visible to non-group members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/messages-tab-visible-to-non-group-members/38960)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/messages-tab-visible-to-non-group-members/38960 "2016-07-11T03:28:32Z")
Summary: When loading a group page for a group I do not belong to, I can see the Messages tab on the left. Steps to reproduce: Navigate to a group page you are not a part of. Look at left menu Expected Results: See… --- ## [Can't create new tags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-new-tags/47034)
**Author:** [@iamntz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iamntz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-new-tags/47034 "2016-07-10T08:03:19Z")
Hey guys. I just realized that I can’t create a new tag. It doesn’t work in any way: when composing new topic when editing topic when editing topic title & category. I don’t think it’s a permission thing, since I tri… --- ## [Is it possible to personalize bulk-inviting by the name of invitees?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-personalize-bulk-inviting-by-the-name-of-invitees/47023)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2016, 7:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-personalize-bulk-inviting-by-the-name-of-invitees/47023 "2016-07-09T07:58:40Z")
e.g. by adding a column to the csv file which make it possible to call people by their name in the invitation? --- ## [Request Invite on Invite-Only Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-invite-on-invite-only-discourse/14208)
**Author:** [@Vocino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vocino)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-invite-on-invite-only-discourse/14208 "2016-07-09T07:46:17Z")
My Discourse forum is invite only. I love this but I would like the ability for users that arrive at the forum via search or other means to request an invite. Currently there’s no obvious way that I can see for a user … --- ## [Tags show in tag menu even when they cannot exist in that category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-show-in-tag-menu-even-when-they-cannot-exist-in-that-category/46806)
**Author:** [@sampattuzzi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sampattuzzi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-show-in-tag-menu-even-when-they-cannot-exist-in-that-category/46806 "2016-07-08T21:30:51Z")
This bug is in the context of tags that can only be used in a category or sub-category. In this exampleI have added a tag “testloungepublic” to the sub-category “Public” under the category “Lounge”. As you might expect,… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=562) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=564)