# Contribute **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=604 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 605 --- ## [Vagrant based server failing on db:migrate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vagrant-based-server-failing-on-db-migrate/34566)
**Author:** [@kcoop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kcoop)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vagrant-based-server-failing-on-db-migrate/34566 "2015-10-24T02:25:18Z")
I just ran through the instructions in the developer guide to install an environment using a virtual machine with vagrant I found here. In my newly created instance, after a bundle update, updating the database with rak… --- ## [Can't quote reply to post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-quote-reply-to-post/34782)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-quote-reply-to-post/34782 "2015-10-23T17:27:41Z")
Go to https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-most-awesome-plugin-for-discourse-that-does-not-yet-exist/31/24?u=dandv Expand the “2 replies” under that post Select the entirety of the first reply Click quote reply Not… --- ## [UI customization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-customization/34840)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Michael\_Pronko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Michael_Pronko)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-customization/34840 "2015-10-23T16:09:46Z")
Hello, I am new to Discourse and would like to know: to what extent can the UI for Discourse be customized? Thank you --- ## [What should middle clicking the search icon do?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-should-middle-clicking-the-search-icon-do/34741)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-should-middle-clicking-the-search-icon-do/34741 "2015-10-23T16:02:24Z")
Navigate to a topic Ctrl/Cmd+click on the magnifying glass, or choose Open link in a new tab from the browser’s context menu. Looks like /search should not be appended to the current location.href, but to the host. --- ## [Autocomplete username for the site contact in Site Settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autocomplete-username-for-the-site-contact-in-site-settings/34788)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autocomplete-username-for-the-site-contact-in-site-settings/34788 "2015-10-22T02:05:55Z")
The site contact username seems to take arbitrary input. Ideally, it should autocomplete to usernames just like the ownership change dialog, for example. --- ## [Consistent \[quote\] vs. \`\>\` formatting in emails vs. website](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consistent-quote-vs-formatting-in-emails-vs-website/34705)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consistent-quote-vs-formatting-in-emails-vs-website/34705 "2015-10-22T20:16:23Z")
The Discourse web application applies the same CSS to quotes created with \[quote\] as it does to those created with a leading \> on a line: (the original post is here). In the email notification though, the \> quotes do… --- ## [Something missing in "Select images or files from your device ()"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/something-missing-in-select-images-or-files-from-your-device/34708)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/something-missing-in-select-images-or-files-from-your-device/34708 "2015-10-22T18:11:37Z")
What should be between the parentheses in this message? I’m on Discourse v1.5.0.beta2 +83. Chrome 46 on Windows. --- ## [When resetting password, ask user to confirm](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-resetting-password-ask-user-to-confirm/28262)
**Author:** [@nahtnam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nahtnam)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-resetting-password-ask-user-to-confirm/28262 "2015-10-22T16:41:55Z")
Hey! Discourse should always ask people to retype their password just to make sure they didint mistype it, especially when they are restting their password because its stupid for a user to have reset the password again … --- ## [Polls don't register votes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-dont-register-votes/34774)
**Author:** [@sevvie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sevvie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-dont-register-votes/34774 "2015-10-21T22:22:21Z")
Hey, I started using Discourse for a guild website, and wanted to take advantage of the poll plugin that appears to be installed by default. I add “Poll:” to the beginning of the post title, use the mixed BBCode/Markdown… --- ## [Create Users API support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-users-api-support/32751)
**Author:** [@Jared\_Needell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jared_Needell)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-users-api-support/32751 "2015-10-21T13:35:24Z")
I know there’s a mention of create users in the API but one of the staff members @riking mentioned that it doesn’t work and shouldn’t be on the list. Rather than taking it off the list, can it get fixed? --- ## [User card: tiled or centered](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-tiled-or-centered/34745)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-tiled-or-centered/34745 "2015-10-21T04:19:53Z")
I’ve just changed my user card image to this gif and noticed that the preview is tiled: Similar to Category logo image - tiled or not?. --- ## [Searches for single digits could prioritize occurrences of single-digits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searches-for-single-digits-could-prioritize-occurrences-of-single-digits/34740)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searches-for-single-digits-could-prioritize-occurrences-of-single-digits/34740 "2015-10-21T00:51:47Z")
Not a big issue, but if you search in this topic for 3 light, the ideal result should be post #18. Instead, Discourse prioritizes 3 as the substring of post dates or other strings: --- ## ["You must choose a category" not showing for Admins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-must-choose-a-category-not-showing-for-admins/34262)
**Author:** [@Mischief](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mischief)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-must-choose-a-category-not-showing-for-admins/34262 "2015-10-20T20:35:59Z")
On our installation we do not allow topics to be created without a category. We have noticed however when admins post they can post without having one. The usual prompt saying “you must choose a category” doesn’t appea… --- ## [Some keyboard shortcuts are broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-keyboard-shortcuts-are-broken/34714)
**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-keyboard-shortcuts-are-broken/34714 "2015-10-20T13:41:34Z")
Shift+p (pin a topic), and Shift+j/ Shift+k (next/previous section) are not working. Other shortcuts using Shift work OK. I don’t know how long this has been the case, as I don’t use them. I just discovered this when… --- ## [\[minor\] Separate / space between consecutive oneboxes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-separate-space-between-consecutive-oneboxes/34709)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-separate-space-between-consecutive-oneboxes/34709 "2015-10-20T05:38:57Z")
Consecutive Oneboxes are rendered as a continuous quote: Would it make sense to have some whitespace between them? --- ## [Changing timestamp doesn't update topic list on front page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-timestamp-doesnt-update-topic-list-on-front-page/34684)
**Author:** [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-timestamp-doesnt-update-topic-list-on-front-page/34684 "2015-10-20T02:24:41Z")
It registers the ‘right’ time in the topic but on the list of posts on the front page (category view as primary) it says the old timestamp: Wrong: Right: --- ## [Amazon link rewriting for affiliate codes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amazon-link-rewriting-for-affiliate-codes/12174)
**Author:** [@geek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/geek)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amazon-link-rewriting-for-affiliate-codes/12174 "2015-10-19T21:08:54Z")
As far as I know there is no way in Discourse to handle rewriting Amazon links, which leads to me double-checking to make sure people aren’t trying to pull a fast one when they do post an Amazon link. This could happen … --- ## [Admin "likes" report ignores selected date range](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-likes-report-ignores-selected-date-range/34613)
**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-likes-report-ignores-selected-date-range/34613 "2015-10-19T20:55:06Z")
When requesting a likes report from /admin/reports/likes for the date range “01/01/2015” to “31/01/2015”… The actual results returned are for the “previous 30 days” including today, specifically 2015-09-16 to 2015-10-16.… --- ## [Sorting in a category is not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorting-in-a-category-is-not-working/34658)
**Author:** [@Hector](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hector)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorting-in-a-category-is-not-working/34658 "2015-10-19T17:05:36Z")
When viewing a category here on meta it seems that sorting by replies, views or activity has stopped working. --- ## [Change letter avatar font to Roboto?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-letter-avatar-font-to-roboto/33918)
**Author:** [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 8:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-letter-avatar-font-to-roboto/33918 "2015-10-19T08:04:43Z")
@codinghorror thinks that the Roboto font is quite the mallard’s testicles, and I’ve put together a version of the letter avatars code that renders Roboto avatars. This is a rendering of all letters/numbers in both the … --- ## [Russian strings for the flagging dialog here on meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/russian-strings-for-the-flagging-dialog-here-on-meta/34597)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/russian-strings-for-the-flagging-dialog-here-on-meta/34597 "2015-10-19T00:43:15Z")
I was trying to send a message to the user of this post and clicking the flag button got me this: Far as I can tell, I haven’t been deported to Russia yet. как дела? --- ## [Where to modify Signup call-to-action content text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-modify-signup-call-to-action-content-text/34645)
**Author:** [@rwahmao](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rwahmao)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-modify-signup-call-to-action-content-text/34645 "2015-10-18T22:21:15Z")
at the admin-\>login panel,i enabled signup cta. and it will display a content box at the end of each post to promote sign up. and i personally really donot like the emoji in it,and want modify the content. i try to fin… --- ## [Event Categories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-categories/34655)
**Author:** [@KazWolfe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KazWolfe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-categories/34655 "2015-10-18T21:40:57Z")
Recently, I noticed the Suppress this category from the homepage option on my Discourse install. This sounds like a perfect precursor to something like an “event category,” or a category only visible while certain event… --- ## [User directory only viewable when logged in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-only-viewable-when-logged-in/34641)
**Author:** [@raw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/raw)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-only-viewable-when-logged-in/34641 "2023-04-14T11:06:52Z")
I like the user directory page a lot. I don’t particularly like that anyone can pull a list of all of the users, although I appreciate the bot-blocking. In addition to the setting to enable the user directory, I would li… --- ## [User card no longer tiling their background images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-no-longer-tiling-their-background-images/34627)
**Author:** [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-no-longer-tiling-their-background-images/34627 "2015-10-18T04:22:33Z")
I think Jeff and Régis may know/remember what it looked like before (for comparison to the expected outcome). My background is a seamless pattern made to take advantage of the card’s tiling behavior. Firefox 41.0.2 … --- ## [Returning User Education?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/returning-user-education/34554)
**Author:** [@roarkely](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roarkely)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/returning-user-education/34554 "2015-10-18T04:01:00Z")
The "New User’ education blocks are great! Could we also get “Returning User” education blocks? We’ve got two different ideas for how these could work: Situation 1: User has been inactive in the community If a user has… --- ## [Category label overflow on "Your topic is similar to..."](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-label-overflow-on-your-topic-is-similar-to/32542)
**Author:** [@clay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-label-overflow-on-your-topic-is-similar-to/32542 "2015-10-17T15:32:58Z")
On version v1.4.0.beta10 +17… The similar topic category can overflow the blue “Your topic is similar to…” box. Here’s a screen: --- ## [min\_trust\_to\_create\_topic affects private messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/min-trust-to-create-topic-affects-private-messages/34234)
**Author:** [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2015, 10:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/min-trust-to-create-topic-affects-private-messages/34234 "2015-10-17T10:09:12Z")
One of our customers complained that non-admin users where unable to send private messages. Anyone (but admin) trying to message another user got a 403 Forbidden error. This turned out to be caused by the min\_trust\_to\_… --- ## [Add a get-option to enable noscript view of a page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-get-option-to-enable-noscript-view-of-a-page/33823)
**Author:** [@rubo77](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rubo77)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2015, 7:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-get-option-to-enable-noscript-view-of-a-page/33823 "2015-10-17T07:41:53Z")
If you watch a discourse forum with javascript disabled, you get a read-only view of that page. could you add a link to the read-only view at the bottom? so you can for example print the whole page or translate it with … --- ## [Slash preceeding an @mention does not generate usercard link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slash-preceeding-an-mention-does-not-generate-usercard-link/25979)
**Author:** [@accalia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/accalia)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slash-preceeding-an-mention-does-not-generate-usercard-link/25979 "2015-10-16T23:32:12Z")
A slash preceeding an @mention causes the markup for the user card link to not be generated. Example: @codinghorror/@sam this should have generated two notifications, but only contain the usercard link for Jeff. EDIT… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=603) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=605)