# Contribute **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=648 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 649 --- ## [Custom field for 'create an account'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-field-for-create-an-account/18691)
**Author:** [@cosmo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cosmo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-field-for-create-an-account/18691 "2014-10-05T16:12:04Z")
Hey, Is it possible to add a custom field during user registration within the modal? I would like to add “gender” radio button for all users, which would be required for registeration. It seems like this can be done, t… --- ## [How should we implement polls?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-should-we-implement-polls/11911)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 11:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-should-we-implement-polls/11911 "2014-10-04T11:57:03Z")
Continuing the discussion from So, you want to help out with Discourse: Almost all forum software out there supports “polls”. They can be quite fun and allow you to easily gauge what people like / dislike. @Hunter was… --- ## [Staff should not see user profile email addresses without a click](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-should-not-see-user-profile-email-addresses-without-a-click/18871)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-should-not-see-user-profile-email-addresses-without-a-click/18871 "2014-10-04T11:53:55Z")
Continuing the discussion from Last post versus seen timestamps: I agree with this. Staff shouldn’t see emails unless they explicitly click to expand the email (e.g. they need to see it for some reason) and this action… --- ## [Onebox: for Github Issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-for-github-issue/20275)
**Author:** [@Lid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-for-github-issue/20275 "2014-10-04T11:46:57Z")
https://github.com/discourse/onebox/pull/235 There is a minor fix pending to be merged for this feature to work on next deployment. Image preview --- ## [Deleted posts will now be collapsed by default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-posts-will-now-be-collapsed-by-default/17699)
**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 11:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-posts-will-now-be-collapsed-by-default/17699 "2014-10-04T11:40:03Z")
Hey everyone - this topic is an announcement for a feature that just hit master. Also, this only applies to forum admins/staff - if you aren’t staff, you won’t notice any of this. Once you update the next time, you shou… --- ## [Replacing Mailing lists: Email-In](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replacing-mailing-lists-email-in/13099)
**Author:** [@lightyear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lightyear)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replacing-mailing-lists-email-in/13099 "2014-10-04T11:37:17Z")
Hello everyone, Update: I’ve finished developing this. You can find the entire patchset at the pull-request with the three features as three commits in the same order. I am on the quest on supporting discourse to repla… --- ## [Customize social networks sites to share](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-social-networks-sites-to-share/13597)
**Author:** [@oSiNaReF](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oSiNaReF)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 10:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-social-networks-sites-to-share/13597 "2014-10-04T10:35:24Z")
Reading this https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-to-social-networks/3164 I think that it could be more social Discourse, adding more social networks, like reddit, meneame, wk, but the problem is that there are a lot o… --- ## [Check a box in post editor to prevent edit bump](https://meta.discourse.org/t/check-a-box-in-post-editor-to-prevent-edit-bump/13544)
**Author:** [@James\_B](https://meta.discourse.org/u/James_B)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/check-a-box-in-post-editor-to-prevent-edit-bump/13544 "2014-10-04T04:17:29Z")
I did not find anything like this so far. This is a feature suggestion to include a new checkbox in the post editor that will prevent the topic from getting bumped after saving the edit. The thread title could still be … --- ## [Punitive measures against idiots - locking trust level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/punitive-measures-against-idiots-locking-trust-level/20549)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Ars](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/punitive-measures-against-idiots-locking-trust-level/20549 "2014-10-03T15:39:30Z")
Had a dipshit user register and power-level himself up to trust level 1, then begin sending inane PMs and posting inane messages to threads. Rather than allow flags to accumulate, I’d rather take direct action. Banning’s… --- ## [Onebox embeds for pages that no longer exist do not update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-embeds-for-pages-that-no-longer-exist-do-not-update/20668)
**Author:** [@clay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clay)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-embeds-for-pages-that-no-longer-exist-do-not-update/20668 "2014-10-02T06:31:32Z")
Continuing the discussion from What smileys are supported?: If you hop to the thread from which I continued this discussion, you will see that codinghorror posted a link to another meta.discourse.org thread that subseq… --- ## [Support auto-highlighting for preformatted code](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-auto-highlighting-for-preformatted-code/14234)
**Author:** [@Naatan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Naatan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-auto-highlighting-for-preformatted-code/14234 "2014-10-01T20:42:05Z")
Highlightjs offers “auto highlighting” out of the box. It’d be nice if this functionality could be exposed to Discourse through an admin pref (eg. “Auto highlight preformatted code”). I understand this won’t be relevant … --- ## [Suppress images for short emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-images-for-short-emails/20235)
**Author:** [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 7:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-images-for-short-emails/20235 "2014-10-01T07:41:14Z")
To prevent Discourse emails being detected as spam, we should suppress images from short emails (having text length 2800 Bytes or less). Currently short emails with images are detected as spam by Apache SpamAssassin, du… --- ## [In read-only mode changing the settings fails silently](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-read-only-mode-changing-the-settings-fails-silently/20623)
**Author:** [@tpokorra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpokorra)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-read-only-mode-changing-the-settings-fails-silently/20623 "2014-09-30T19:01:13Z")
This is probably related to https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-mode-bugs/12708. I tried to set in the settings, Backups, allow restore. But it did not allow to save it. Because there is no error message, I first th… --- ## ["Questionable" account checks at the time of signup?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questionable-account-checks-at-the-time-of-signup/19068)
**Author:** [@brodock](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brodock)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questionable-account-checks-at-the-time-of-signup/19068 "2014-09-29T22:04:51Z")
Why do that, when you can use “Project Honeypot”, that does it in a much better, distributed way. We can also check IP address during the registration, to require admin approval: The best part is that you do all the c… --- ## [Emoticons should not count toward the post character minimum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoticons-should-not-count-toward-the-post-character-minimum/20503)
**Author:** [@AdamCapriola](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamCapriola)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoticons-should-not-count-toward-the-post-character-minimum/20503 "2014-09-29T21:41:41Z")
:smile: :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [An anti-gibberish filter](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-anti-gibberish-filter/20552)
**Author:** [@Bro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bro)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-anti-gibberish-filter/20552 "2014-09-29T13:36:33Z")
Having read this: and having decided I like the minimum character feature, I was wondering if there was any way to stop people from posting gibberish, as in feirererfgerkjrehjr rejhhhreuhrer eiruhfruhrehr You know… --- ## [Mobile option to not load user avatars (and other potential bandwidth saving features)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-option-to-not-load-user-avatars-and-other-potential-bandwidth-saving-features/17792)
**Author:** [@daybreaker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daybreaker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2014, 6:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-option-to-not-load-user-avatars-and-other-potential-bandwidth-saving-features/17792 "2014-09-27T06:57:00Z")
We recently released our Discourse forum to replace our self-built mini-forum app, and some users are up in arms over the mobile version not being as friendly (personally, I dont see how they can prefer our terrible self… --- ## [Resend any email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resend-any-email/20502)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resend-any-email/20502 "2014-09-26T19:41:42Z")
Continuing the discussion from Re-inviting/resending invites to users?: I’m sure that having a “resend” next to any of the emails here could be a very handy troubleshooting tool. Feature requested. --- ## [Discourse meetup near MacTech Boot Camp?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-meetup-near-mactech-boot-camp/13545)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-meetup-near-mactech-boot-camp/13545 "2014-09-25T21:46:18Z")
All - I live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, home of not-a-thing-related-to-discourse-besides-me. \* I do speak at all the MacTech Boot Camps though. I would Love to attend/help coordinate a meetup - perhaps if one could be … --- ## [What happens when you flag a post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-when-you-flag-a-post/20473)
**Author:** [@AdamCapriola](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamCapriola)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-when-you-flag-a-post/20473 "2014-09-25T20:45:10Z")
I’m having trouble understanding what exactly happens or is expected to happen when posts get flagged. I have issues on my forums with users posting unhelpful, spammy content (not spam as in the sense that Discourse term… --- ## [Editing a post should make the grey unread count appear in the topic list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-post-should-make-the-grey-unread-count-appear-in-the-topic-list/17418)
**Author:** [@probus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/probus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-post-should-make-the-grey-unread-count-appear-in-the-topic-list/17418 "2014-09-25T18:00:16Z")
Here’s something that has been bugging me for a while. Edited posts should make the grey unread count appear in the topic list so you know there is something you haven’t read in that topic. This is especially important … --- ## [Flagged Contented that is Temporarily Hidden is still visible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagged-contented-that-is-temporarily-hidden-is-still-visible/19212)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagged-contented-that-is-temporarily-hidden-is-still-visible/19212 "2014-09-25T17:53:16Z")
I’m not sure if this is a bug or the lack of my understanding of “hidden”. I am an anonymous user, I visit a topic that has a hidden post, because it was flagged by the community and I see: “This post was flagged by th… --- ## [Avoid "naughty" words in avatar list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avoid-naughty-words-in-avatar-list/20438)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2014, 6:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avoid-naughty-words-in-avatar-list/20438 "2014-09-25T06:52:58Z")
A bug… debatably. This one is pretty innocent, but I could easily see worse words being spelled out: --- ## [Post reply via Twitter?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-reply-via-twitter/20332)
**Author:** [@Ricardo\_Viteri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ricardo_Viteri)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-reply-via-twitter/20332 "2014-09-24T22:12:36Z")
Would it be possible for users to post a short reply via Twitter to a forum discussion? --- ## [GPG signed emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gpg-signed-emails/20390)
**Author:** [@funvill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/funvill)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gpg-signed-emails/20390 "2014-09-24T15:37:36Z")
My overly security conscious group is looking for the emails that are sent from discourse to be GPG signed by discourse. Not encrypted emails but signed. Over half of our group primarily interacts with discourse via emai… --- ## [Downloading backups should include Content Length](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-backups-should-include-content-length/20175)
**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-backups-should-include-content-length/20175 "2014-09-22T23:27:31Z")
When downloading backups from the admin page the browser is unable to display a progress bar due to Content Length header not being included. When backups get large it is difficult to know how far though the download… --- ## [Typo in prepended text for invited users in welcome message, not editable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/typo-in-prepended-text-for-invited-users-in-welcome-message-not-editable/20210)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/typo-in-prepended-text-for-invited-users-in-welcome-message-not-editable/20210 "2014-09-22T18:41:08Z")
The welcome message gets some prepended text if the new user came to the forum by way of an invitation. There’s a minor typo in there - see screenshot. But the real issue for me is that this template text is not editable… --- ## [API Functionality for invites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-functionality-for-invites/20278)
**Author:** [@alxnik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alxnik)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-functionality-for-invites/20278 "2014-09-22T18:05:23Z")
I have deployed a discourse installation which is invite only and I am looking for a way to trigger invitations from another website. However, I don’t want to invite users to a specific topic, but to the forum in general… --- ## [How does the Discourse project work?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-discourse-project-work/19059)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-discourse-project-work/19059 "2014-09-22T08:16:21Z")
As more and more free and open source software people become aware of the Discourse project, they’ll surely be interested in contributing in different ways. One of the major items of interest in open source projects is … --- ## [Archive Topics via Bulk](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archive-topics-via-bulk/20302)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archive-topics-via-bulk/20302 "2015-06-19T00:38:19Z")
I noticed that the Bulk actions permit the following: Would supplying a change that permitted Archive Topics (next to Close Topics) be accepted? [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=647) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=649)