# Feature **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=130&status=open [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 131 --- ## [Validate bulk invite CSV file and show error on invalid file format](https://meta.discourse.org/t/validate-bulk-invite-csv-file-and-show-error-on-invalid-file-format/122771)
**Author:** [@qvond](https://meta.discourse.org/u/qvond)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2019, 5:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/validate-bulk-invite-csv-file-and-show-error-on-invalid-file-format/122771 "2019-07-12T05:00:40Z")
I have about 500 users and I like to add some of them to another group. When i resend the bulk invite with the updated group in the CSV, I get an invalid email error. Can someone help? Since the 2.3 update this bug shou… --- ## [When forwarding emails to forum, staged user is not the original sender](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-forwarding-emails-to-forum-staged-user-is-not-the-original-sender/122618)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-forwarding-emails-to-forum-staged-user-is-not-the-original-sender/122618 "2019-07-11T23:40:52Z")
consider this case: user A sends an email to admin, (allowing him to inject his email to the forum) admin forwards the email to the forum, a topic is made in the forum with “admin’s email”, while the topic owner… --- ## [Read time metrics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-time-metrics/89916)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-time-metrics/89916 "2019-07-11T18:41:48Z")
Given how central reading time is in discourse, wouldn’t it make sense to add some reading time metrics to to the dashboard (or, since it’s admittedly not as crucial as the other stats there, perhaps on a separate page. … --- ## [User ignore feature: webhook and API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-ignore-feature-webhook-and-api/122247)
**Author:** [@averymd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/averymd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-ignore-feature-webhook-and-api/122247 "2019-07-11T16:34:00Z")
It would be excellent if the “User Event” webhook fired when a user chooses to ignore another user, and if the list of users ignored by someone could be updated via the API. My use case: I’m running a site/browser-based… --- ## [Deactivate notifications for link and share badges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deactivate-notifications-for-link-and-share-badges/84893)
**Author:** [@Stefan\_Fairphone](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stefan_Fairphone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 4:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deactivate-notifications-for-link-and-share-badges/84893 "2019-07-11T04:10:43Z")
Hey everybody, In the settings I already disabled notifications for likes. It seems that there is no such feature for share badges and link badges. I’m quite active in my community and sometimes I get a bunch of “Nice S… --- ## [Text under topic image instead of file name and size](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-under-topic-image-instead-of-file-name-and-size/105722)
**Author:** [@Krischan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Krischan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-under-topic-image-instead-of-file-name-and-size/105722 "2019-07-10T16:49:29Z")
Is it possible to change the file name and size overlay to a free text? Thanks! --- ## [Trying to show self replies in color](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-show-self-replies-in-color/122410)
**Author:** [@nildarar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nildarar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-show-self-replies-in-color/122410 "2019-07-09T15:30:43Z")
Hi, I’m trying to add a new class to topic-post for users, seeing self replies. In fact, I am trying to show self messages with different looks in topics. This feature is good when a template is designed like a messeng… --- ## [Missing "Log-In" button on error pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-log-in-button-on-error-pages/110659)
**Author:** [@ffledgling](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ffledgling)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-log-in-button-on-error-pages/110659 "2019-07-08T23:49:45Z")
Hello, This is a UX bug for the workflow described below: An external website links to a private category. A user of that website clicks on the link and is taken to discourse.example.com Since the category is private … --- ## [Images from Slack to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-from-slack-to-discourse/118644)
**Author:** [@WendySmall](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WendySmall)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2019, 9:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-from-slack-to-discourse/118644 "2019-07-08T09:37:43Z")
Hi there, Does the Slack integration allow images to move with posts? We are currently researching the possibility of using Discourse as our ‘long term memory” and have many images included in our Slack posts. The text … --- ## [Feature request: Include globally pinned topics in the Activity Summary](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-include-globally-pinned-topics-in-the-activity-summary/122233)
**Author:** [@southpaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/southpaw)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-include-globally-pinned-topics-in-the-activity-summary/122233 "2019-07-06T17:44:11Z")
Continuing the discussion from Discourse Activity Summary Emails Guide: Our Community Activity Summary could be improved by including globally pinned topics. My request: If a topic is pinned globally, that topic is inc… --- ## [Upgrades to dashboard charts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrades-to-dashboard-charts/122017)
**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrades-to-dashboard-charts/122017 "2019-07-03T15:37:05Z")
Hi, I would like to suggest some potential refinements to the dashboard charts: Optional overlay to indicate weekend days “Compare to last” checkbox to see difference between current time period and a previous time pe… --- ## [Ability to select separate locales for public and admin interfaces](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-select-separate-locales-for-public-and-admin-interfaces/53771)
**Author:** [@ibnesayeed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibnesayeed)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-select-separate-locales-for-public-and-admin-interfaces/53771 "2019-07-02T12:06:44Z")
In non-English communities it is often desired to keep the admin interface in English (as the admins are often technical people who know English), but the public interface is set to the languages related to the community… --- ## [Possible to Auto-Post First Comment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-auto-post-first-comment/121558)
**Author:** [@spectrum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spectrum)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2019, 9:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-auto-post-first-comment/121558 "2019-07-01T09:47:37Z")
Hi there, Is it possible to have an automatic first post on each new topic? I’m hoping to have one that explains and links to the commenting policy. --- ## [Option to reset likes on edit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-reset-likes-on-edit/121727)
**Author:** [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2019, 8:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-reset-likes-on-edit/121727 "2019-07-01T08:03:16Z")
There was an incident this weekend in one of the communities I work with. A heavily-liked post was edited to contain some pretty offensive viewpoints. The users who had liked the previous version of the post in turn rec… --- ## [Community Sentiment Report (negative/neutral/positive)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-sentiment-report-negative-neutral-positive/121489)
**Author:** [@SMx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SMx)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-sentiment-report-negative-neutral-positive/121489 "2019-06-29T12:44:21Z")
Hi everyone, Discourse metrics are already pretty good, however, to effectively understand the health of your community or maybe certain topics, it would be great to have some kind of built-in metric for this or maybe a… --- ## [Increase Scroll Limit for @mentioning groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increase-scroll-limit-for-mentioning-groups/121594)
**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increase-scroll-limit-for-mentioning-groups/121594 "2019-06-28T15:20:19Z")
Hi, In our community, we have a large number of groups that all start with “Interested\_in\_” and then there’s different topics. However, when doing an @mention of the “@Interested\_in” will only show the first five group… --- ## [Link to Discourse topic without displaying Comments (in Drupal)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-discourse-topic-without-displaying-comments-in-drupal/118820)
**Author:** [@spectrum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spectrum)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2019, 9:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-discourse-topic-without-displaying-comments-in-drupal/118820 "2019-06-28T09:02:48Z")
Hi there, I’m looking for information on how I can display a link to the Comments thread without displaying comments. I found the page below shows how this works in WordPress: However, I’m hoping to achieve the same f… --- ## [Sender names in Gmail threads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sender-names-in-gmail-threads/105704)
**Author:** [@tomsmyth1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomsmyth1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sender-names-in-gmail-threads/105704 "2019-06-27T18:58:52Z")
A typical Gmail thread will look like this: Note that the sender names are listed (with an ellipsis if there are too many) With discourse they look like this: There are really 98 different senders in that thread b… --- ## [Show which part of a post has replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-which-part-of-a-post-has-replies/121363)
**Author:** [@pihentagy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pihentagy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-which-part-of-a-post-has-replies/121363 "2019-06-27T06:01:42Z")
Especially when using Discourse as a wiki or RFC, it would be nice to see which part of the post have comments. Is there a plugin for that? Or a planned core functionality? thanks --- ## [Is there a plugin to add a 'how to' notes to certain areas of the site for users visiting that area for the 1st time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-plugin-to-add-a-how-to-notes-to-certain-areas-of-the-site-for-users-visiting-that-area-for-the-1st-time/121414)
**Author:** [@Andy02](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy02)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-plugin-to-add-a-how-to-notes-to-certain-areas-of-the-site-for-users-visiting-that-area-for-the-1st-time/121414 "2019-06-26T19:17:24Z")
We’re using Discourse in a fairly unique way and want to be able to have thread specific guides for users who visit each thread for the 1st time. I imagine this like a frosted box over an element, like the kanban plugin,… --- ## [Limiting Users to Certain Threads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limiting-users-to-certain-threads/120251)
**Author:** [@Jayson\_Paglow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jayson_Paglow)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2019, 7:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limiting-users-to-certain-threads/120251 "2019-06-26T07:29:45Z")
Hello, We use Discourse for our customer community and I was wondering if there is a feature that allows for us to create users who can only see/have access to certain threads. Example: A new trial customer signs up fo… --- ## [Option to stop the Discobot in a vanilla install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-stop-the-discobot-in-a-vanilla-install/82429)
**Author:** [@Frank\_Meeuwsen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank_Meeuwsen)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-stop-the-discobot-in-a-vanilla-install/82429 "2019-06-25T18:29:15Z")
More and more I run into Discourse installs in the wild. Which is great of course. Only to be greeted by ye olde @discobot every time and have to go through the tutorial. Yes I can skip parts. But wouldn’t it be nice to … --- ## [Group descriptions should allow group mentions regardless of mention settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-descriptions-should-allow-group-mentions-regardless-of-mention-settings/121266)
**Author:** [@Hooksmith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hooksmith)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-descriptions-should-allow-group-mentions-regardless-of-mention-settings/121266 "2019-06-25T12:14:35Z")
I was configuring some groups on our instance and I noticed that, if a group is set as only mentionable by " group members / mods / admins" or more restrictive, it won’t let you use the group tag in group descriptions ei… --- ## [How to make an anonymous category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-an-anonymous-category/52496)
**Author:** [@11145](https://meta.discourse.org/u/11145)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-an-anonymous-category/52496 "2019-06-25T01:29:51Z")
It is necessary to make an anonymous category in which unregistered users will be able to post messages, after being moderated be published in the category --- ## [Making A Specific Link for Trust Level 0](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-a-specific-link-for-trust-level-0/121164)
**Author:** [@Jayson\_Paglow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jayson_Paglow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-a-specific-link-for-trust-level-0/121164 "2019-06-24T22:03:36Z")
I feel like I saw this somewhere but can I make a link where if I send the link to a trial customer and they sign up they’re automatically put in a group and pending for approval? Ideally, if I could have a link for whe… --- ## [Digital file repository in forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-file-repository-in-forum/120880)
**Author:** [@Stephen\_Brinks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen_Brinks)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-file-repository-in-forum/120880 "2019-06-21T13:56:39Z")
Hi, I am making a big Discourse forum to connect groups of people working on the same CAD files. We need to be able to share CAD files, PDF, DXF, jpeg ect… But keep them organised in one place instead of links mixed in… --- ## [Force watch single topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-watch-single-topic/120879)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 8:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-watch-single-topic/120879 "2019-06-20T08:40:34Z")
I wonder whether there are more communities that might benefit from a feature that would allow staff to make specific users/groups watch a specific topic. So, what this would mean is that the topic menu would include a n… --- ## [How about a feature like "Topic of the Day"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-about-a-feature-like-topic-of-the-day/120794)
**Author:** [@thegurjyot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thegurjyot)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-about-a-feature-like-topic-of-the-day/120794 "2019-06-19T12:14:18Z")
“Topic of the day” can be the topic which got most views, replies and likes in a day. A notification will be sent to all users about this topic, so everyone should check it out. It would be a nice way to grab the attenti… --- ## [E-Mail Verification User Event Webhook](https://meta.discourse.org/t/e-mail-verification-user-event-webhook/120693)
**Author:** [@sloweclair](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sloweclair)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/e-mail-verification-user-event-webhook/120693 "2019-06-18T15:51:27Z")
It would be cool if the ‘User Event’ webhook was fired once the user verified their e-mail address. What I am trying to achieve is auto approval of certain users once they verify their e-mail address using webhooks and … --- ## [Moderator Dashboard: Potential Areas of Concern Report](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-dashboard-potential-areas-of-concern-report/120603)
**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-dashboard-potential-areas-of-concern-report/120603 "2019-06-17T20:02:51Z")
I think @fefrei 's “Who has been sending the most messages in the last week?” Data Explorer query is really helpful for identifying abuse of the PM system in a community. Inspired by that, I would like to propose (perh… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=129&status=open) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=131&status=open)