# Feature **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=105 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 106 --- ## [Allow dots in tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-dots-in-tags/209014)
**Author:** [@jzr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jzr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-dots-in-tags/209014 "2021-11-15T00:28:11Z")
On the Julia Language Discourse, I want to use Julia package names as topic tags. Julia Package names contain dots, like “Foo.jl”. Currently, dots are not allowed in Discourse tags, so I can’t use those package names in … --- ## [GitHub "permanent link" bot silently ruined the meaning of my post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-permanent-link-bot-silently-ruined-the-meaning-of-my-post/207842)
**Author:** [@mattmccutchen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattmccutchen)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-permanent-link-bot-silently-ruined-the-meaning-of-my-post/207842 "2021-11-14T13:14:22Z")
About a year ago, I made a post on GitHub’s Discourse instance that included a bunch of URLs of the form “https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/tree/BRANCH/path” in order to discuss how GitHub.com processes such URLs. My post p… --- ## [Delivered and read notifications?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delivered-and-read-notifications/117931)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delivered-and-read-notifications/117931 "2021-11-14T06:02:01Z")
Maybe a crazy, big brotherish idea, but a colleague mentioned that she is missing a whatsapp feature she has come to rely on - delivered and read ticks/checks next to names of people in messages she is communicating with… --- ## [Progress bar for filling out community profile?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/progress-bar-for-filling-out-community-profile/183079)
**Author:** [@ArcticF0xx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArcticF0xx)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/progress-bar-for-filling-out-community-profile/183079 "2021-11-13T20:48:50Z")
Does anyone know if there’s an add-on or theme component that shows a progress bar for filling out / completing your community profile? For example, LinkedIn let’s you know when you’ve completed x% of your profile. I’m … --- ## [Pageview plots (again)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pageview-plots-again/208058)
**Author:** [@BryanV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BryanV)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pageview-plots-again/208058 "2021-11-12T21:01:46Z")
I know I had previously asked for aggregation on the annual range, but the recent updates render the visualization illegible: Well-meaning suggestions: A weekly (rather than monthly) aggregation would be comfortabl… --- ## [Google One-Tap Sign In](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-one-tap-sign-in/128679)
**Author:** [@aatishrkamble](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aatishrkamble)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-one-tap-sign-in/128679 "2021-11-12T04:11:01Z")
Can the new login via Google account be something list this? --- ## [Add placeholder for custom field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-placeholder-for-custom-field/297601)
**Author:** [@tpetrov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpetrov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-placeholder-for-custom-field/297601 "2021-11-10T15:42:12Z")
Super useful!! Is it possible to use a placeholder for a custom field? Thanks! --- ## [Solved plugin feature request: ability to configure the "auto-delete replies" timer to skip solutions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-plugin-feature-request-ability-to-configure-the-auto-delete-replies-timer-to-skip-solutions/208733)
**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-plugin-feature-request-ability-to-configure-the-auto-delete-replies-timer-to-skip-solutions/208733 "2021-11-10T14:24:27Z")
I think it would be useful to have the topic timer auto-delete replies after some time, but leave the one marked as a solution via the “solved” plugin. Is this possible? --- ## [Add 'signatures visible by default' to Signature settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-signatures-visible-by-default-to-signature-settings/307383)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2021, 8:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-signatures-visible-by-default-to-signature-settings/307383 "2021-11-10T08:18:48Z")
Would you be open to a PR that makes it default for anonymous users (now they never see a signature) and/or set it to “default on” for users? There are some uses for this plugin (for instance where the signatures are u… --- ## [Reorder categories doesn't recognize subcategory order](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reorder-categories-doesnt-recognize-subcategory-order/75205)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reorder-categories-doesnt-recognize-subcategory-order/75205 "2021-11-08T18:45:28Z")
I’ve got a site with a bunch of categories and lots of subcategories sorted in alpha (I had the import script do that). We added a new subcat and needed to put it in the right place. I can’t find the reorder categories … --- ## [Pay or Play usage?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pay-or-play-usage/208430)
**Author:** [@commercial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/commercial)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pay-or-play-usage/208430 "2021-11-06T16:27:36Z")
Hello, I am considering Discourse for a community animation project… I would like to know if it is possible, realistic, with Discourse, to have a system of evaluation of the activity of the members, to define their acc… --- ## [Assign a Github Issue to a topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-a-github-issue-to-a-topic/208335)
**Author:** [@emilio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emilio)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-a-github-issue-to-a-topic/208335 "2021-11-05T20:48:40Z")
Is there a way to assign a github issue link to a topic that only moderators can see (or other specified groups). and hopefully be able to sort topics that have one linked to it. Where you can see it has one without even… --- ## [When personal messages are disabled, can users still message a group?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-personal-messages-are-disabled-can-users-still-message-a-group/201167)
**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-personal-messages-are-disabled-can-users-still-message-a-group/201167 "2021-11-05T11:54:51Z")
We’ve disabled personal messages because we don’t want users to be able to message each other individually. However, I think it could be valuable to make mentioning and messaging groups to still be available. For example… --- ## [Is it possible to display discourse notifications on another site?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-display-discourse-notifications-on-another-site/100929)
**Author:** [@Andy02](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy02)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-display-discourse-notifications-on-another-site/100929 "2021-11-05T09:19:26Z")
My site spans a few platforms. I know users can have live browser notifications, and emails. I’d also like to pull the notifications bubble that appears on discourse user profile and add it to the menu on my other plat… --- ## [Graph interface for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graph-interface-for-discourse/32136)
**Author:** [@jqnatividad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jqnatividad)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graph-interface-for-discourse/32136 "2021-11-04T23:00:17Z")
Has anybody attempted to load discourse metadata about users/topics/tags/badges into a graph? I’ve seen so many graph vizzes of twitter networks but I’ve yet to see one using Discourse instance data… … --- ## [Sharing tags between WordPress posts and their Discourse topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-tags-between-wordpress-posts-and-their-discourse-topics/77022)
**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-tags-between-wordpress-posts-and-their-discourse-topics/77022 "2021-11-04T02:14:45Z")
A feature request for the WordPress Discourse plugin: Unless I have missed something (and I searched), currently there is no relation between the tags used in a WordPress post and the tags of the Discourse topic created… --- ## [Reporting role (aka sub-admin)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reporting-role-aka-sub-admin/208187)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Walkom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Walkom)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reporting-role-aka-sub-admin/208187 "2021-11-04T00:33:29Z")
As our team grows, we’re providing access to the reporting for colleagues that aren’t active on the forums, and thus are primarily on the platform to pull stats from various reports. It’d be very useful if there was a n… --- ## [Recommendation - Improve the email customization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommendation-improve-the-email-customization/207848)
**Author:** [@adalo\_jesse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adalo_jesse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommendation-improve-the-email-customization/207848 "2021-11-03T14:37:42Z")
I’m not sure if this is the place to add product recommendations, but it seemed to be the closest. It appears that developers made Discourse without considering designers and marketers. From the way the forum looks, to … --- ## [Activity summary e-mail on demand](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activity-summary-e-mail-on-demand/208034)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_Rother](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Rother)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activity-summary-e-mail-on-demand/208034 "2021-11-03T11:12:22Z")
I am looking for some way how to create the activity summary e-mails on demand, not automatically and not based on the individual activity of the visiting (or not-visiting) user. Background: we have a discourse instance… --- ## [Allow groups to publish pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-groups-to-publish-pages/246392)
**Author:** [@Ralf\_Stockmann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ralf_Stockmann)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2021, 9:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-groups-to-publish-pages/246392 "2021-11-03T09:59:53Z")
I love this feature, it makes for great PDF/printing, too. That beeing said, the restriction to “Team” to trigger the publishing process feels odd. For privacy reasons we try to restrict mods and admin (Team) accounts. … --- ## [Image Alignment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-alignment/15408)
**Author:** [@itlo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itlo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-alignment/15408 "2021-11-02T19:31:08Z")
Any plan to add a feature for Image Alignment and Wrapping Text Around Images? More formmating options for photos (uploaded or linked) would be very useful. Cheers. --- ## [Automatically link stock symbols in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-link-stock-symbols-in-posts/63595)
**Author:** [@ide](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ide)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 8:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-link-stock-symbols-in-posts/63595 "2021-11-02T08:06:48Z")
I’d like to customize the way posts are rendered on my hosted Discourse instance. For example, if I wanted to link stock symbols that start with a dollar sign (“cashtags”) like $AAPL, how would I do this? --- ## [Add \`embed\_url\` parameter to topic update method](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-embed-url-parameter-to-topic-update-method/207914)
**Author:** [@aaronpk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aaronpk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-embed-url-parameter-to-topic-update-method/207914 "2021-11-02T01:00:00Z")
Currently, the topic create method does accept an embed\_url when creating a new topic. This was pointed out to me in this thread about embedding comments via javascript. This is not yet in the docs, but I submitted a PR … --- ## [How should category archiving work?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-should-category-archiving-work/32895)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-should-category-archiving-work/32895 "2021-11-01T22:46:52Z")
We have a request from a customer that I’ve been expecting for a while: We want to remove the beta and alpha categories, and all topics in those categories Meaning, there are a whole lot of posts in those alpha and b… --- ## [Oneboxing PDF: rewrite URL escaped characters to their original value](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-pdf-rewrite-url-escaped-characters-to-their-original-value/207719)
**Author:** [@guidoleenders](https://meta.discourse.org/u/guidoleenders)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-pdf-rewrite-url-escaped-characters-to-their-original-value/207719 "2021-10-31T13:51:53Z")
When a PDF is oneboxed, the URL is used to determine the onebox contents (see Oneboxing of PDFs and other attachments). The URL seems to be used as basis of the contents. However, characters that are special for a URL d… --- ## [Make a multi-language forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-a-multi-language-forum/18501)
**Author:** [@Matthieu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matthieu)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2021, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-a-multi-language-forum/18501 "2021-10-31T10:08:40Z")
Recently I saw a talk from Massimo Banzi. He have argued that even if it is a bit the mess, people should have the right to speak in their own language and not in english. Actually, the Arduino community is quite succes… --- ## [Force footer-nav with cookie](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-footer-nav-with-cookie/207687)
**Author:** [@alanost](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alanost)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2021, 9:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-footer-nav-with-cookie/207687 "2021-10-31T09:14:33Z")
Hello, I am in the process of creating an app for my forum for iOS devices. Fortunately, there is a project called PWABuilder that provides a ready-made XCode project to package a webapp into an app. This has also worke… --- ## [Annotate admin setting changes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/annotate-admin-setting-changes/207585)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/annotate-admin-setting-changes/207585 "2021-10-29T20:32:15Z")
Hi everyone, My team and I would find it really useful to be able to annotate an admin setting. Eg. if one of us changes a value anywhere, it’d be great to be able to add a little one-liner note as to why we changed it… --- ## [Filter by user doesn't work (easily) in combination with category/tag/topic filters in new search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-by-user-doesnt-work-easily-in-combination-with-category-tag-topic-filters-in-new-search/206195)
**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-by-user-doesnt-work-easily-in-combination-with-category-tag-topic-filters-in-new-search/206195 "2021-10-29T15:37:53Z")
I am still adjusting to the new search, so if I’m just missing something please let me know. With the old search, when you opened the search input while viewing a category, tag, or topic it would show a checkbox giving … --- ## [Change individual topics to default to reply in a new topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-individual-topics-to-default-to-reply-in-a-new-topic/206841)
**Author:** [@eisprinzessin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisprinzessin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-individual-topics-to-default-to-reply-in-a-new-topic/206841 "2021-10-28T00:03:11Z")
We have certain FAQ topics (mostly owned by staff), which are closed, so that people do not start a discussion in them. But then they also do not get the quote option, if they highlight parts of them. Other topics (usua… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=104) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=106)