# Feature **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=161 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 162 --- ## [New posts count in browser tabs broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-posts-count-in-browser-tabs-broken/112864)
**Author:** [@colinl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/colinl)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-posts-count-in-browser-tabs-broken/112864 "2019-04-11T23:18:17Z")
Hi, my first post here. I use the node red hosted discourse site, accessing it via the browser. Up until a few days ago, if I had browser tabs open on posts and new post(s) came in while I did not have the tab open then… --- ## [Catch and educate users posting code without properly formatting it](https://meta.discourse.org/t/catch-and-educate-users-posting-code-without-properly-formatting-it/67958)
**Author:** [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/catch-and-educate-users-posting-code-without-properly-formatting-it/67958 "2019-04-11T13:44:59Z")
In this post @codinghorror horror mentioned that on StackOverflow there is some logic that catches users trying to post unformatted code (“there are a lot of unusual \[ and { characters per line, etc)”) and then block the… --- ## [Pop-up message after selecting the best answer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pop-up-message-after-selecting-the-best-answer/113895)
**Author:** [@Jay91](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay91)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 3:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pop-up-message-after-selecting-the-best-answer/113895 "2019-04-10T03:06:38Z")
We use question answer plugin in our forum. Till now we have a very successful experience with it (Thanks for making it) Recently we we been thinking about cancelling the google AdSense from our website and go with do… --- ## [Making Brand Header RTL compatible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-brand-header-rtl-compatible/312640)
**Author:** [@hosna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hosna)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-brand-header-rtl-compatible/312640 "2019-04-10T15:22:28Z")
How can we make this component to be compatible with RTL websites? --- ## [Discourse Theme Creation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-theme-creation/113935)
**Author:** [@epalley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/epalley)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 9:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-theme-creation/113935 "2019-04-10T09:38:55Z")
Hi there, I’m a young newbie with the Discourse tool. My company wanted a community platform for so long long… but just didn’t how to realize it. After few researches I found out that Discourse could be exactly what w… --- ## [Photo Editing and Previews on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/photo-editing-and-previews-on-mobile/113568)
**Author:** [@Shawn\_Kirsch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shawn_Kirsch)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 3:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/photo-editing-and-previews-on-mobile/113568 "2019-04-10T03:24:02Z")
I’ve been trying to edit some posts on mobile and with pictures and long text it gets pretty cumbersome. The preview is not really visible at all and when I try to scroll up and down on the input box the keyboard appear… --- ## [Token scanning to filter private data](https://meta.discourse.org/t/token-scanning-to-filter-private-data/112359)
**Author:** [@cori](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cori)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/token-scanning-to-filter-private-data/112359 "2019-04-10T03:03:10Z")
I’ve been poking around looking for something akin to GitHub’s token scanning, but for Discourse, without any luck. I don’t believe there’s anything in the core functionality or any of the Discourse-supported plugins at… --- ## [Is it possible to get a report on post approvals?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-get-a-report-on-post-approvals/108101)
**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-get-a-report-on-post-approvals/108101 "2019-04-09T19:32:06Z")
We’ve configured our forum to require approval for posts from new users. We approve posts pretty fast, I think, but I wanted to check the data to see how we’re doing. Is there an admin report on how many posts we’ve app… --- ## [Using dynamic categories as isolated subforums?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-dynamic-categories-as-isolated-subforums/113652)
**Author:** [@manfrin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manfrin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 9:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-dynamic-categories-as-isolated-subforums/113652 "2019-04-09T09:49:01Z")
I’m building essentially a directory of podcasts and I want to build the system so that each podcast has its own forum (or set of forums) – but linked with a single account that I’ll integrate to the directory with SSO. … --- ## [Onebox challenges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-challenges/102586)
**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 7:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-challenges/102586 "2019-04-09T07:06:11Z")
Guys, I’ve noticed that one boxing doesn’t always work. I’m aware of how it works with Open Graph (no tags, fair enough) I’m also aware it does more than just rely on OG in many cases. However there’s a lot of scop… --- ## [Blocking people](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocking-people/113741)
**Author:** [@Tueflisch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tueflisch)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocking-people/113741 "2019-04-08T19:51:04Z")
You should be able to have a block system on discourse, where you can’t see their info like view your profile, they can’t see yours --- ## [Show votes in post list "totals" columns](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-votes-in-post-list-totals-columns/113494)
**Author:** [@Fairtale](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fairtale)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-votes-in-post-list-totals-columns/113494 "2019-04-06T01:03:39Z")
Hello, is there any way for me to use ‘likes’ for a feature request discussion board? I want to create a forum with several categories, 2 of wich would be ‘feature requests’ and ‘bug reports’ and I need some way to sor… --- ## [Improving Discourse static HTML archive](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-discourse-static-html-archive/112497)
**Author:** [@saurabhp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saurabhp)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 6:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-discourse-static-html-archive/112497 "2019-04-07T06:33:12Z")
It is recommended to use HTTrack to take a dump of static HTML and host that as a static archived website. But the layout for crawlers is not very pretty to host it as a static site. I will be working on improving the la… --- ## [Reporting on votes to get better info](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reporting-on-votes-to-get-better-info/113622)
**Author:** [@Fairtale](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fairtale)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reporting-on-votes-to-get-better-info/113622 "2019-04-06T07:50:39Z")
It would de amazing to be able to see vote reports on things like: number of votes per role: what roles are the users that are voting on this idea? are my active customer asking for this or are those students? number o… --- ## [Allow to vote 1, 2 or 3 votes on ideas?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-vote-1-2-or-3-votes-on-ideas/113595)
**Author:** [@Fairtale](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fairtale)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-vote-1-2-or-3-votes-on-ideas/113595 "2019-04-06T07:49:47Z")
Is there a way I can let users pick how many votes they wish to give an idea? Similar to how “active votes” works, but with some changes. For exemple, every user gets: 3 x 3-point active votes - for users to spend on … --- ## [Option to show reply number (position) of replied posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-show-reply-number-position-of-replied-posts/13307)
**Author:** [@aaroleung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aaroleung)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-show-reply-number-position-of-replied-posts/13307 "2019-04-05T03:34:29Z")
When there are many replies inside a topic, it will be hard to know which position of reply post for reference . Now the reply number is shown when searching , but it doesn’t show up in the topic flow. I think it shou… --- ## [Add "Can't see" logic to category permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-cant-see-logic-to-category-permissions/113456)
**Author:** [@youderian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/youderian)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-cant-see-logic-to-category-permissions/113456 "2019-04-04T22:27:24Z")
If this is possible and I’m looking in the wrong spot please forgive me. Would love to see the ability to choose Group X can’t see/reply/etc when creating a new category. We have two groups of members: “Store Owners” a… --- ## [Can you use Discourse for Building a Help Section?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-use-discourse-for-building-a-help-section/113173)
**Author:** [@curiousme](https://meta.discourse.org/u/curiousme)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-use-discourse-for-building-a-help-section/113173 "2019-04-04T15:25:31Z")
Hello Everyone, I am planning to build a Support HELP or FAQ for my app. I was considering using NodeBB or Discourse and was wondering if I can just use it to build a help section. At the start, I dont want any user dis… --- ## [Be able not to show elementary badges in the badge page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/be-able-not-to-show-elementary-badges-in-the-badge-page/113314)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/be-able-not-to-show-elementary-badges-in-the-badge-page/113314 "2019-04-03T20:13:41Z")
currently there are lots of badges shown in the badge page, and the order is also such that more important badges are shown later. I believe the badge page is a tool for some gamification. as a result if one can show on… --- ## [Protocol agnostic CDN URLs are problematic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/protocol-agnostic-cdn-urls-are-problematic/113301)
**Author:** [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 6:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/protocol-agnostic-cdn-urls-are-problematic/113301 "2019-04-03T06:02:33Z")
So one potential issue I’ve found was that I was using //cdn-url.example.com in my app.yml – changing it to https://cdn-url.example.com made things better, there are no errors now. --- ## [Blank out personal information in settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-out-personal-information-in-settings/113293)
**Author:** [@Ree](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ree)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 2:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-out-personal-information-in-settings/113293 "2019-04-03T02:27:07Z")
If someone happens to get hacked, what will happen to all of their personal information in their settings? Their email? The location of their computer? There should at least be an option to put asterisks or something on … --- ## [Total Views on a Forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/total-views-on-a-forum/113256)
**Author:** [@Nina\_11](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nina_11)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/total-views-on-a-forum/113256 "2019-04-02T21:01:06Z")
Can I see the total number of thread/message views on a particular forum? I’m interested in understanding how many total ‘hits’ a forum gets as a proxy to understand the overall volume of searches. If so, is this informa… --- ## [Accessibility issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-issues/113234)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-issues/113234 "2019-04-02T15:10:23Z")
One of our customers had an accessibility scan done on their forum. Some of the results could be solved easily by changing the theme or theme component, but there are some issues in core Discourse as well. I thought it w… --- ## [Prioritizing content more effectively in search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prioritizing-content-more-effectively-in-search/63010)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prioritizing-content-more-effectively-in-search/63010 "2019-04-02T08:19:28Z")
When I search for the word emoji I get: This is pretty bad cause it really is not providing much value to me. I think a smarter algorithm for prioritizing could do a much better job. In particular, here are some cha… --- ## [Unexpected results in advanced search on "only return topics/posts" and "In my messages"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-results-in-advanced-search-on-only-return-topics-posts-and-in-my-messages/113046)
**Author:** [@filz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/filz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-results-in-advanced-search-on-only-return-topics-posts-and-in-my-messages/113046 "2019-04-02T00:37:08Z")
As a new user of discourse I expect the search results of “In my messages” to be a subset of the default search. Instead, messages are not found when “In my messages” is not activated. I think we should change the prese… --- ## [Separate Max File Size Options for "Internal Files" and "Overall Files"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-max-file-size-options-for-internal-files-and-overall-files/95109)
**Author:** [@Iceman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Iceman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-max-file-size-options-for-internal-files-and-overall-files/95109 "2019-04-01T20:08:28Z")
Hi Guys, Is there the possibility of separating the “Max File Size” setting into two? Being one for “General Files” (which includes any type of file that the users may drag into the Reply Box) and “Internal Files”. What… --- ## ["moved"-posts deleted by non-moderators glitch](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moved-posts-deleted-by-non-moderators-glitch/112900)
**Author:** [@anon61128213](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon61128213)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2019, 9:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moved-posts-deleted-by-non-moderators-glitch/112900 "2019-04-01T09:43:06Z")
If a non-moderator moves posts to a different topic and then removes the “x posts have been moved to …”-post then even moderators won’t be able to tell where the posts have been moved. All they can see is: (post withdra… --- ## [Enabling Solutions Plugin By Default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-solutions-plugin-by-default/113076)
**Author:** [@SealsRock12](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SealsRock12)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-solutions-plugin-by-default/113076 "2019-04-01T04:50:43Z")
Continuing the discussion from Discourse Version 2.4: The solutions plugin is everywhere. Almost all Discourse installations, mind you, have the discourse solve button. This brings us to the realization: Sure, we can … --- ## [Enhancement request: Post editing restricted by user level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enhancement-request-post-editing-restricted-by-user-level/113030)
**Author:** [@Wingtip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wingtip)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2019, 12:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enhancement-request-post-editing-restricted-by-user-level/113030 "2019-03-31T12:07:13Z")
Recently we’ve seen spammers coming in and making a bunch of boring anodyne posts rather than immediately spamming, then later editing those posts to turn them into spam, assumedly to take advantage of google pagerank pa… --- ## [Excluding criteria in search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excluding-criteria-in-search/50056)
**Author:** [@jesselperry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesselperry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excluding-criteria-in-search/50056 "2019-03-30T12:57:30Z")
I searched (pun) around and couldn’t find it, but is there a way to exclude options from the criteria when searching? For example including -@jesselperry to remove any posts by me from the search results, or -#contribute… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=160) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=162)