# Contribute **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=583 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 584 --- ## [New categories: buggy for anonymous visitors \[fixed itself after 20 minutes\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-categories-buggy-for-anonymous-visitors-fixed-itself-after-20-minutes/40976)
**Author:** [@dillchuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dillchuk)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-categories-buggy-for-anonymous-visitors-fixed-itself-after-20-minutes/40976 "2016-03-14T18:01:30Z")
v1.5.0.beta12 +74 hosted on Ubuntu droplet. See the “Calendar Formats” & “Brand New Default” category listed on my site, but clicking it yields an error: “Error while trying to load Something went wrong.” If you log in… --- ## [Replies do not link back to original post \[Mobile\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-do-not-link-back-to-original-post-mobile/40862)
**Author:** [@TheMountainThatRoars](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheMountainThatRoars)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-do-not-link-back-to-original-post-mobile/40862 "2016-03-14T17:26:45Z")
This is a strange one. All of the posts linked in the post below are replies, but the reply links at the top of the page (Arrow +avatar) do nothing. To complicate things more, it seems relegated (so far) to one user. … --- ## [Multiple email addresses per category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-email-addresses-per-category/40374)
**Author:** [@wityr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wityr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-email-addresses-per-category/40374 "2016-03-14T17:20:55Z")
Similar to this, could support for multiple address for each category be added? --- ## [Notification for new topic by mail shows replied icon, a new icon would be more logical](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-for-new-topic-by-mail-shows-replied-icon-a-new-icon-would-be-more-logical/40945)
**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-for-new-topic-by-mail-shows-replied-icon-a-new-icon-would-be-more-logical/40945 "2016-03-14T16:10:26Z")
Case: (not sure if this matters) TL0 user sends mail to category, creating a new topic I am watching that category, so I get a notification Expected: The notification shows some kind of new topic icon But result wa… --- ## [Sending suggestions without involving legal terms, TOS, external agencies etc](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-suggestions-without-involving-legal-terms-tos-external-agencies-etc/40964)
**Author:** [@Spirit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Spirit)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-suggestions-without-involving-legal-terms-tos-external-agencies-etc/40964 "2016-03-14T15:11:45Z")
Basically I’d like to contribute to a Forum without attaching myself to other legal-speak / TOS stuff which I see as unrelated to improving parts of this site. I think we can still use Discourse in some way without all … --- ## [Favicon not loading in FireFox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/favicon-not-loading-in-firefox/40731)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/favicon-not-loading-in-firefox/40731 "2016-03-14T13:40:13Z")
I don’t think it’s related but the latest upgrade seems to have wiped out the favicon: it appears as a white square to me both here on meta and on talk.devuan.org. EDIT: seems to have come back to normal here on meta. --- ## [Possible to donate money to Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-donate-money-to-discourse/26208)
**Author:** [@uwe\_keim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uwe_keim)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 9:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-donate-money-to-discourse/26208 "2016-03-14T09:09:11Z")
Being a .NET developer I hardly can contribute anything in code to Discourse. Still I would love to contribute otherwise. I came accross this thread which talks about funding certain features. Beside that I found no d… --- ## [Bug with "Likes Given" and "Topics Entered"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-with-likes-given-and-topics-entered/40982)
**Author:** [@Gilbert\_189](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gilbert_189)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-with-likes-given-and-topics-entered/40982 "2016-03-13T23:17:00Z")
Hello! I am a member of the Hopsotch forum, and I have recently been informed by another member of a bug with the stats “Likes Given” and “Topics Entered”. https://cdn.discourse.org/gethopscotch1/uploads/default/origina… --- ## [Subscription emails should carry more context in message body](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-emails-should-carry-more-context-in-message-body/21820)
**Author:** [@jmay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmay)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-emails-should-carry-more-context-in-message-body/21820 "2016-03-13T18:18:00Z")
Sometimes when I receive notification emails, I can’t remember why. Even though the context is all in the message subject, some additional info would be nice. Possibly add to the message footer, after the “To respond…” … --- ## [Revert post to a specific revision](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912)
**Author:** [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912 "2016-03-13T21:35:00Z")
I just pushed a commit that will allow Staff to revert a post to a specific revision. “Revert” button will appear at the bottom of every revision, clicking on this button will revert the post to that specific revisio… --- ## [Moderators ability to see emails inconsistent](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-ability-to-see-emails-inconsistent/33402)
**Author:** [@Kensie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kensie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-ability-to-see-emails-inconsistent/33402 "2016-03-13T21:13:43Z")
I found a topic about whether or not mods should be able to see email addresses, but I couldn’t find the outcome. We have the use case that our mods are volunteers and we need to be able to restrict them from seeing pers… --- ## [Jumping Reply's via Arrows or more clickable Box](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jumping-replys-via-arrows-or-more-clickable-box/40928)
**Author:** [@Spirit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Spirit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jumping-replys-via-arrows-or-more-clickable-box/40928 "2016-03-12T11:19:01Z")
Hi there, I wrote in another forum about the small up/down arrows in the bottom right whilst viewing forum reply’s… initially I thought these arrows would change up or down the reply number but instead it opens a comman… --- ## [Specialized Timeline?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specialized-timeline/40840)
**Author:** [@kegurler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kegurler)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specialized-timeline/40840 "2016-03-10T16:08:45Z")
Hello everyone, This is my first post on Discourse. I want to know If it is possible to have specialized timeline for users. For instance as a user can I choose to have topics from only Feature, Howto and Plugin in my … --- ## [Mentioning Categories instead of Groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-categories-instead-of-groups/14697)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-categories-instead-of-groups/14697 "2016-03-12T21:33:59Z")
Had an interesting idea come up in an email: You can easily include any other group on a thread by CC’ing them. Currently you can only @mention users and groups, and groups can only be created and managed by admins. So… --- ## [Hiding/Removing sub-categories from 'hamburger' drop-down?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-removing-sub-categories-from-hamburger-drop-down/17910)
**Author:** [@Joseph\_Lormand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joseph_Lormand)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-removing-sub-categories-from-hamburger-drop-down/17910 "2016-03-12T18:12:43Z")
I’m having some trouble keeping everything clean and organized on our Discourse forum. In the categories page from the top banner where they are all listed vertical with descriptions, the sub-categories are grouped nicel… --- ## [Some weekend ponderings on communication habits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-weekend-ponderings-on-communication-habits/39607)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-weekend-ponderings-on-communication-habits/39607 "2016-03-12T11:45:12Z")
Continuing the discussion from Starting a new message while browsing a topic: Yesterday @Ossama shared some important feedback with us. As I began to collect my thoughts, they eventually took the form of a blog post. … --- ## [Adding Undo edit post capability](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-undo-edit-post-capability/28489)
**Author:** [@Pesegato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pesegato)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-undo-edit-post-capability/28489 "2016-03-11T18:03:01Z")
I post something. Then I edit it. Then I change my mind and want to revert the edit: I think there should be an easy way to do this. --- ## [Email reply has quoted message wrapped in "details" tag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-reply-has-quoted-message-wrapped-in-details-tag/40907)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-reply-has-quoted-message-wrapped-in-details-tag/40907 "2016-03-11T16:54:12Z")
In the past several days, we’ve seen users that reply by email get the quoted message included in their post, but wrapped in the expandable \[details\] tag. Example: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing eli… --- ## [Extended / dependent drop-down list for sign-up?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extended-dependent-drop-down-list-for-sign-up/40900)
**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2016, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extended-dependent-drop-down-list-for-sign-up/40900 "2016-03-11T11:32:59Z")
\##I’m looking for something like this: Otherwise, I won’t read such gigantic list, to provide additional information of myself as a new user. Another – better way – would be, to work with conditional drop-down lists:… --- ## [Group messages: emojis in titles not showing properly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-messages-emojis-in-titles-not-showing-properly/40875)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2016, 8:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-messages-emojis-in-titles-not-showing-properly/40875 "2016-03-11T08:14:32Z")
At https://community.namati.org/groups/ws\_anchors/messages (a private link) the :anchor: emoji I used in the title is not showing up properly. See screenshot below: Meanwhile, the same message looks fine at /my/messa… --- ## [Notify me of likes received starting from N likes, or switch off entirely (personal user setting)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-me-of-likes-received-starting-from-n-likes-or-switch-off-entirely-personal-user-setting/40848)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-me-of-likes-received-starting-from-n-likes-or-switch-off-entirely-personal-user-setting/40848 "2016-03-10T10:56:20Z")
These “received like” notifications are sometimes tiring. Currently, I only get a notification upon receiving a first like. Achieving a single like for a message is not really interesting. It is often given by the same … --- ## [Page "'Users" : same number for "❤ given" and "Entered"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-users-same-number-for-given-and-entered/40825)
**Author:** [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-users-same-number-for-given-and-entered/40825 "2016-03-09T20:45:04Z")
Someone on my forum noticed that in the users page the number for likes given and entered were the same. The bug exists on Meta too : Discourse Meta It seems that’s the Entered stat who is broken. --- ## [Rendering of ® in post results in ®](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rendering-of-in-post-results-in-registered/40705)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rendering-of-in-post-results-in-registered/40705 "2016-03-09T20:31:25Z")
Reproduce: Reply to a topic and use ‘®’ in the body of the post. Expected results: The ‘®’ symbol appears in the post where desired. Actual results - editor window: Actual results - editor preview: Actual… --- ## [Custom user fields dropdown have no "please choose" option](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-dropdown-have-no-please-choose-option/40554)
**Author:** [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-dropdown-have-no-please-choose-option/40554 "2016-03-09T20:30:50Z")
Might be classified as a bug, might be classified as a feature, I don’t know. I have chosen to classify it as a bug because the system doesn’t behave as expected :slightly\_smiling: If you add a custom user field dropdo… --- ## [Show PM participants in title bar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-pm-participants-in-title-bar/40798)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Newsom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Newsom)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-pm-participants-in-title-bar/40798 "2016-03-09T18:26:31Z")
Continuing the discussion from Show recipient/sender in PM list: In a regular topic, the title bar shows the context of that topic But a PM shows no context For that, you have to scroll to the first post and look … --- ## [Who/howmany copied a code snippet?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-howmany-copied-a-code-snippet/40816)
**Author:** [@gingerling](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerling)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-howmany-copied-a-code-snippet/40816 "2016-03-09T16:35:51Z")
Hi So maybe this is impossible, maybe not. I like in discourse how when you post a link, anyone who clicks it is “logged” and next to the link you get the click counter etc. I wonder if this could also be added for the … --- ## [Different behaviour of text direction for not logged-in visitors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-behaviour-of-text-direction-for-not-logged-in-visitors/40747)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-behaviour-of-text-direction-for-not-logged-in-visitors/40747 "2016-03-08T23:56:41Z")
we have set the discourse language to Persian and so the right to left direction. but for not logged-in visitors the system is in the left to right and non-translated option. why? because i’ve selected “Allow users to c… --- ## [Blank topics page when interface language is German](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-topics-page-when-interface-language-is-german/40753)
**Author:** [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-topics-page-when-interface-language-is-german/40753 "2016-03-08T23:19:17Z")
Since this morning, I’m getting a blank page when I visit meta.discouse.org as long as I’m using German as interface language. I can’t test this anywhere else right now (try.discourse.org doesn’t allow users to change th… --- ## [Incorrect user attribution for wiki post edits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-user-attribution-for-wiki-post-edits/38034)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-user-attribution-for-wiki-post-edits/38034 "2016-03-08T20:59:37Z")
Summary: When mentioning users in a wiki post edit, the notifications received by those users comes from the original post author, not the user who made the edit. Steps to reproduce: User A creates a topic Moderator … --- ## [Warn user when entering mail address for category that exists for group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warn-user-when-entering-mail-address-for-category-that-exists-for-group/40742)
**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warn-user-when-entering-mail-address-for-category-that-exists-for-group/40742 "2016-03-08T19:53:14Z")
When you have a mail address attached to a group and later attach that same address to a category, you won’t get a confirmation. The incoming mails will go to the group. On small forums it’s easy to find where that addr… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=582) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=584)