# Feature **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=176&state=muted [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 177 --- ## [Better handling of site settings with large amount of content (big lists)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-handling-of-site-settings-with-large-amount-of-content-big-lists/90042)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Jansheski](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay_Jansheski)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-handling-of-site-settings-with-large-amount-of-content-big-lists/90042 "2018-08-06T03:40:40Z")
Hi! I’m adding this topic to talk about improvements that might be made to how large lists are handled in settings. Continuing the discussion from Discourse Version 2.1: It seems like it boils down to three issues: s… --- ## [Folders to Group and Sort PMs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/folders-to-group-and-sort-pms/92855)
**Author:** [@orangeandblack5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/orangeandblack5)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/folders-to-group-and-sort-pms/92855 "2018-08-05T23:44:52Z")
One of my friends asked about this over a year ago in Support, but I figured it’s been long enough that I might as well put in a feature request for it. I can’t imagine that it wouldn’t be useful to pretty much every Dis… --- ## [Hide Shortcut Menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-shortcut-menu/93969)
**Author:** [@tyraniczar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyraniczar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-shortcut-menu/93969 "2018-08-05T17:53:45Z")
Hey all, is there a way to hide the Shortcut menu option on the hamburger menu? My audience is niche and that will probably intimidate them. Thanks --- ## [Notifications for theme updates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-for-theme-updates/93881)
**Author:** [@Biscuit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biscuit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-for-theme-updates/93881 "2018-08-03T22:17:35Z")
The dashboard proactively highlights when theme updates are available, providing a list of the specific themes that can be updated. This is great - and useful - but the next steps could be improved. Scenario: Dashboar… --- ## [Inline language markup? (language learning site)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inline-language-markup-language-learning-site/63582)
**Author:** [@rfindley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rfindley)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inline-language-markup-language-learning-site/63582 "2018-08-03T20:04:21Z")
Is there enough interest in the community to merit adding inline markup for language? This is would be helpful in mixed language communities, and especially language learning forums. For example, something like this: … --- ## [On categories descriptions and pinned topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-categories-descriptions-and-pinned-topics/28141)
**Author:** [@iamntz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iamntz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2018, 6:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-categories-descriptions-and-pinned-topics/28141 "2018-08-02T06:40:21Z")
Hi guys. I encounter two .. let’s say downsides, that I think are related: 1. Rules Both Discourse instances I manage have a very short set of rules, about 150 chars. So I display this pinned topic on the home, so anyon… --- ## [Showing read time in the top categories pane in summary](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-read-time-in-the-top-categories-pane-in-summary/93682)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-read-time-in-the-top-categories-pane-in-summary/93682 "2018-08-02T06:20:43Z")
since discussing is first about the read time, and also read time is something connected to the Discourse brand, I guess it would make sense to have read time in the meaning of top. it will also help users to find ou… --- ## [Custom Silence Durations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-silence-durations/93701)
**Author:** [@OneTwo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OneTwo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-silence-durations/93701 "2018-08-02T01:40:53Z")
Hello, On the site I’m an Admin on we have a 1st Strike for breaking the rules which is a 72hr Silence of the user. I was just wondering if there is an option to make a 72hr silence a permanent option within the silence… --- ## [Cannot quote spoiler text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-quote-spoiler-text/92864)
**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-quote-spoiler-text/92864 "2018-08-01T21:44:12Z")
In order to quote text, you normally have to highlight the text and the click the “Quote” button that appears. However, you cannot highlight text blurred by a spoiler tag, so you cannot quote the spoiler text (without qu… --- ## [Self Selecting Groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-selecting-groups/93646)
**Author:** [@MadeofTin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MadeofTin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2018, 11:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-selecting-groups/93646 "2018-08-01T11:51:56Z")
I want to use the Group functionality, but allow members to self select participation (add or remove themselves from a group) Is this possible? --- ## [Is it possible to mount a playable video game into a discourse forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-mount-a-playable-video-game-into-a-discourse-forum/68568)
**Author:** [@jkuehlin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jkuehlin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-mount-a-playable-video-game-into-a-discourse-forum/68568 "2017-08-23T20:04:59Z")
Hello. Brand new user here. I was wondering if it would be possible to mount a playable video game (with simple graphics of course) on a discourse forum and have the game access statistics and user character attributes? … --- ## [Public moderation logs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-moderation-logs/20035)
**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-moderation-logs/20035 "2018-08-01T04:32:08Z")
I am now an active moderator at the Sponge(Powered?) Forums, and I’ve noticed a missing feature in Discourse: public moderation logs. There have been issues in the past in related communities with forum moderator transp… --- ## [Hide Pinned Topics From Mobile Browser View](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-pinned-topics-from-mobile-browser-view/93568)
**Author:** [@rhrmn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rhrmn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-pinned-topics-from-mobile-browser-view/93568 "2018-07-31T23:53:19Z")
Is there a setting to disable the appearance of pinned threads in the mobile browser view of Discourse forums? We have a handful of pinned threads on the official Age of Empires forum and they fill up the short list of … --- ## [How to change the max length for direct messages via the flag button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-max-length-for-direct-messages-via-the-flag-button/63888)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-max-length-for-direct-messages-via-the-flag-button/63888 "2018-07-31T14:17:30Z")
The default maximum number of characters for direct messages via the flag button seems to be 500 characters. I’d like to increase that a bit but can’t find the setting for it… Where should I look? If if doesn’t exist, pl… --- ## [Add icon next to header link text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-icon-next-to-header-link-text/312631)
**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-icon-next-to-header-link-text/312631 "2018-07-31T03:06:43Z")
Would it be possible to add a font awesome icon next to the link similar to this? --- ## [Please don't deprecate Top Traffic Sources List in Admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-dont-deprecate-top-traffic-sources-list-in-admin/93495)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-dont-deprecate-top-traffic-sources-list-in-admin/93495 "2018-07-30T22:51:16Z")
Guys, It looks like you’re going to remove this feature of the “top traffic sources” and I just want to say that I find it very helpful to get a snapshot on how I’m doing in terms of SEO for the forums, and why my traff… --- ## [Color schemes should be specific to a single theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-schemes-should-be-specific-to-a-single-theme/93290)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2018, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-schemes-should-be-specific-to-a-single-theme/93290 "2018-07-30T07:49:30Z")
There are two hairy issues with our current implementation of color schemes: color schemes are globally available to every theme and are not theme specific. offering more than one user-selectable color scheme for a the… --- ## [Limit moderator notifications based on category access](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-moderator-notifications-based-on-category-access/93420)
**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-moderator-notifications-based-on-category-access/93420 "2024-01-09T18:36:58Z")
It is currently possible to exclude a moderator from a category by using group access rules. The main problem with using this approach as a way of creating category specific moderators is that moderators will still recei… --- ## [Configure tag color](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-tag-color/93372)
**Author:** [@TheBestPessimist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBestPessimist)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-tag-color/93372 "2018-07-29T04:55:51Z")
My discourse is small enough that i do not need categories. I do however use tags, and I think it would be quite cool if tags could be colored – the way categories are. What i mean by this is the actual tag style (bull… --- ## [User-specific top menu ordering/default homepage view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-specific-top-menu-ordering-default-homepage-view/33144)
**Author:** [@tcn33](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tcn33)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-specific-top-menu-ordering-default-homepage-view/33144 "2018-07-27T19:11:42Z")
Some users on my forum have requested the option to set their own default view - i.e to use Categories instead of the forum default Latest. As far as I’m aware this is set by the leftmost item in the top menu. I haven’t… --- ## [Notification Emails - Option to 'change' from 'Watched, Tracking, Normal, or Mute'?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-emails-option-to-change-from-watched-tracking-normal-or-mute/93051)
**Author:** [@Andre\_Boulay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andre_Boulay)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-emails-option-to-change-from-watched-tracking-normal-or-mute/93051 "2018-07-27T18:17:43Z")
As I was getting email notifications on a topic I was ‘watching’ - I realized it doesn’t mention in the email anywhere if you are currently Watching, Tracking, or if it was just a mention, etc. I was thinking that might… --- ## [Webhook for requires-moderation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-for-requires-moderation/85469)
**Author:** [@kgrinberg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgrinberg)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-for-requires-moderation/85469 "2018-07-25T18:18:15Z")
We’d love to be able to get a webhook whenever a post requires approval. Right now, as I understand it, the webhook is only triggered when it’s approved. (If that’s not the intended behavior I can put together a bug repo… --- ## [News category on top menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/news-category-on-top-menu/93223)
**Author:** [@Ziil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ziil)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/news-category-on-top-menu/93223 "2018-07-27T15:21:30Z")
Hi, I am interested to have category “news”, which will be static on top menu and are displayed something like this: But all other categories topics are displayed as usul, and also if to open “latest” or “top” for i… --- ## [Completely unread topics with recent replies should show as new](https://meta.discourse.org/t/completely-unread-topics-with-recent-replies-should-show-as-new/75682)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/completely-unread-topics-with-recent-replies-should-show-as-new/75682 "2018-07-25T04:12:05Z")
Continuing the discussion from Watching and tracking implementation for tags and categories: There’s one piece of logic I don’t think we cover yet: “this is a topic” was created in 2015 I join the forum in 2016. I tra… --- ## [Badge grant job frequency, configurable?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-grant-job-frequency-configurable/92803)
**Author:** [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-grant-job-frequency-configurable/92803 "2018-07-24T09:45:29Z")
The BadgeGrant job runs once per day, it would be great if we can up this a bit. While I understand that for some large communities, this is a job best left during the off-season (e.g. 3am or so). I however, run a small… --- ## [Filter out Discobot in engagement metrics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-out-discobot-in-engagement-metrics/92800)
**Author:** [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 9:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-out-discobot-in-engagement-metrics/92800 "2018-07-24T09:27:57Z")
The new dashboard (which is nice!) contains a metric of user-to-user messages. These seem to include the messages that Discobot sends and that makes it fairly useless as a metric (since in small communities, new signups … --- ## [Cannot merge first and second post in a topic even though both are written by the same author](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-merge-first-and-second-post-in-a-topic-even-though-both-are-written-by-the-same-author/49444)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-merge-first-and-second-post-in-a-topic-even-though-both-are-written-by-the-same-author/49444 "2018-07-24T04:14:27Z")
If you select the first and the second posts of a topic, no “Join” option appears in the admin wrench menu. Is this a bug? Please note that both messages are written by the same author. --- ## [Shouldn't a category be the mother of all subcategories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shouldnt-a-category-be-the-mother-of-all-subcategories/92954)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shouldnt-a-category-be-the-mother-of-all-subcategories/92954 "2018-07-24T00:01:26Z")
in discourse, a category is completely separate from its subcategories. while one can imagine something more related or interconnected. two of the most annoying cases: if you suppress a category from homepage, none o… --- ## [Search for users that have staff notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-for-users-that-have-staff-notes/92768)
**Author:** [@eatcodetravel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eatcodetravel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-for-users-that-have-staff-notes/92768 "2018-07-23T20:04:39Z")
Is it possible to get a list of users that have a staff note? It would be great for this show as a filter in the /admin/users Thanks! --- ## ["Unknown error" when trying to log in with incorrect credentials with cookies disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unknown-error-when-trying-to-log-in-with-incorrect-credentials-with-cookies-disabled/79750)
**Author:** [@Tgr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tgr)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unknown-error-when-trying-to-log-in-with-incorrect-credentials-with-cookies-disabled/79750 "2018-07-23T00:51:07Z")
When trying to log in with cookies disabled, and entering the wrong username or password, the login prompt will say “Unknown error”. Yes, it makes no sense, to try to log in with cookies disabled, but it can happen by m… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=175&state=muted) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=177&state=muted)