# Feature **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=217&state=muted [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 218 --- ## [Watch first post of any topic, regardless of category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-first-post-of-any-topic-regardless-of-category/51730)
**Author:** [@yxejamir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yxejamir)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-first-post-of-any-topic-regardless-of-category/51730 "2016-10-21T00:14:42Z")
Hello, I was using “mailing list mode”, but it was getting too noisy for me, so I switched to “watching first post” on all existing categories. However, this is not going to cover new categories that might be added in t… --- ## [Watching/Tracking old Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-tracking-old-topics/51606)
**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-tracking-old-topics/51606 "2016-10-20T23:50:00Z")
I recently migrated a fairly large (150k posts) phpBB forum to discourse. A lot of our users want to be able to “track” the majority of the forum, so they’ve added all categories to their “Tracked” categories in their us… --- ## [Add one-click social sharing icons directly to the post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-one-click-social-sharing-icons-directly-to-the-post/50478)
**Author:** [@AshishS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AshishS)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-one-click-social-sharing-icons-directly-to-the-post/50478 "2016-10-19T20:31:45Z")
I do know that there has been discussion on this earlier also. But still creating a fresh thread : As discourse gets (more) popular, it will move beyond tech communities. And that community needs visual sharing icons … --- ## [Email templates - user\_watching\_first\_post - not available](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-templates-user-watching-first-post-not-available/51674)
**Author:** [@sniepoort](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniepoort)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-templates-user-watching-first-post-not-available/51674 "2016-10-18T12:26:34Z")
You recently added another email template that was missing (custom\_invite\_forum\_mailer). Thanks! Could you also add this one that I just noticed is also missing - user\_watching\_first\_post? You would think that it would … --- ## [Receiving notifications about completed suspensions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/receiving-notifications-about-completed-suspensions/51662)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/receiving-notifications-about-completed-suspensions/51662 "2016-10-17T23:48:21Z")
Continuing the discussion from Receiving notifications about suspending/blocking users: The discussion in the above topic about notifications when a user is suspended/blocked reminded me of a situation where a user’s su… --- ## [Plugin Questions: TopNav Dev Group Tracker](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-questions-topnav-dev-group-tracker/51655)
**Author:** [@LilTrashPanda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LilTrashPanda)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-questions-topnav-dev-group-tracker/51655 "2016-10-17T20:22:20Z")
Continuing the discussion from How to add a new tab with content from a group?: I’ve just installed the plugin that adds a “Dev Tracker” to your top navigation bar and links to the Developers group page: https://\[url\]/g… --- ## [Receiving notifications about suspending/blocking users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/receiving-notifications-about-suspending-blocking-users/51625)
**Author:** [@dGr8LookinSparky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dGr8LookinSparky)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/receiving-notifications-about-suspending-blocking-users/51625 "2016-10-17T15:19:43Z")
I’m aware that you can check if/which users are blocked/suspended in the admin dashboard. However, if you don’t specifically check, it can be easy to not notice in a timely fashion that players have been blocked/suspend… --- ## [Setting to include excluded categories in homepage on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-include-excluded-categories-in-homepage-on-mobile/50769)
**Author:** [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-include-excluded-categories-in-homepage-on-mobile/50769 "2016-10-15T12:04:52Z")
Would it make sense to add a setting that only excludes categories from the homepage on desktop clients? Or would this be something that should be handled in a plugin? Some context: I am building a Discourse site with a… --- ## [Advanced Search UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-ui/51426)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-ui/51426 "2016-10-13T04:41:18Z")
Advanced Search was primarily a hidden power user feature and as such it didn’t have a user friendly UI. Today it has one. Whenever anyone lands on the full page search, they can now expand the Advanced Search option… --- ## [Invites compatibility with SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-compatibility-with-sso/51452)
**Author:** [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-compatibility-with-sso/51452 "2016-10-13T03:56:08Z")
First of all I am not requesting for Invites feature which is currently not compatible when SSO enabled. I just got a thought to have Invites feature working even if SSO enabled. So am just sharing it and looking for oth… --- ## [Is the a feature/plugin that allows you to pull in a Twitter feed?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-a-feature-plugin-that-allows-you-to-pull-in-a-twitter-feed/51414)
**Author:** [@Nick29](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nick29)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-a-feature-plugin-that-allows-you-to-pull-in-a-twitter-feed/51414 "2016-10-12T15:10:56Z")
Hi there, i’m considering discourse for a new community. Anyone know if this feature/plugin exists, where you can pull in a twitter feed like this (screenshot from Hootsuite’s phpbb community): --- ## [Steam: Check user for game ownership](https://meta.discourse.org/t/steam-check-user-for-game-ownership/51446)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2016, 9:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/steam-check-user-for-game-ownership/51446 "2016-10-12T09:07:28Z")
Summary If user has authenticated with Steam, check to see if user owns Game X, Y or Z. If user owns, say, Game Y, then award the user a badge specific to Game Y. Core Functionality Bundle something like the steam-api p… --- ## [Automatically set Topics to Watching after posting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-set-topics-to-watching-after-posting/21230)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-set-topics-to-watching-after-posting/21230 "2016-10-11T03:26:35Z")
We’ve had this come up multiple times now, several of our users want topics they post/interact with to be automatically set to Watching. You can get it automatically set to Tracking, but the only way to get Watching is b… --- ## [Ability to send a topic via email to entire community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-send-a-topic-via-email-to-entire-community/50641)
**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-send-a-topic-via-email-to-entire-community/50641 "2016-10-10T13:07:28Z")
Would be an interesting feature if the community admin could push an important topic to the entire community via email. Users may get the digest, but if there’s breaking news, would be neat if this could be broadcast som… --- ## [Tile vs. Full Screen backgrounds](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tile-vs-full-screen-backgrounds/50656)
**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tile-vs-full-screen-backgrounds/50656 "2016-10-09T01:36:00Z")
I’d like to be able to set a tile background so that the homepage (latest topics) can download faster with a crisp background graphic. However, I can’t see to find a way to differentiate the body for the latest posts hom… --- ## [Searching Chinese terms in middle of sentence](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-chinese-terms-in-middle-of-sentence/35440)
**Author:** [@dleung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dleung)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-chinese-terms-in-middle-of-sentence/35440 "2016-10-08T13:37:22Z")
When search using for Chinese keywords, any terms in the middle of the sentence do not turn up in search results. Searching on the first few words of a sentence however works. Here’s a topic: Searching for terms in … --- ## [Replacing Suggested Topics with AdSense Matched Content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replacing-suggested-topics-with-adsense-matched-content/51193)
**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replacing-suggested-topics-with-adsense-matched-content/51193 "2016-10-08T13:02:56Z")
Google AdSense’s new Matched Content is interesting in two ways: It provides similar user engagement feature than Discourse’s built in Suggested Topics. It can be used for monetization, on eligible sites. Has anyone t… --- ## [Notifications for admin about awaiting sign up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-for-admin-about-awaiting-sign-up/51115)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-for-admin-about-awaiting-sign-up/51115 "2016-10-08T12:40:04Z")
currently when a user sign up in a “sign-up approved forum”, admin do not understand unless he checks the user list. and sometimes admin may forget to check that list. --- ## [Best practices for archiving topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-archiving-topics/27069)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-archiving-topics/27069 "2016-10-07T18:27:43Z")
What are best practices for archiving topics? I’ve not used this feature before, and don’t fully understand what happens when you archive something and when we should use it. Appreciate any explanation/links … --- ## [Scheduled invites - plugin idea](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scheduled-invites-plugin-idea/50967)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scheduled-invites-plugin-idea/50967 "2016-10-07T11:26:41Z")
Just like with scheduling mailing lists in the words of mail lists, I’d like to create multiple “invite schedules” and assign them to users. For instance, in our goat farmers community we have 2 veterinaries. The second… --- ## [Audioboom Embed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/audioboom-embed/51203)
**Author:** [@JamesNorth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JamesNorth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/audioboom-embed/51203 "2016-10-07T02:08:35Z")
Hi Guys, Just putting in a feature request for Audioboom audio embeds. I guess it’s kind of like Soundcloud, but for spoken word stuff. Here is an example of one of their items: https://audioboom.com/boos/4975119-dan… --- ## [Need to make customizable the GitHub onebox number of lines limitation instead of the current 20](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-make-customizable-the-github-onebox-number-of-lines-limitation-instead-of-the-current-20/42321)
**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-make-customizable-the-github-onebox-number-of-lines-limitation-instead-of-the-current-20/42321 "2016-10-06T16:07:35Z")
For example, the following method contains 22 lines of code, and it is impossible to publish it in a useful way. It is only possible to publish it as… chopped: or splitted: It would be nice to let the forum’s… --- ## [Automated Backups to other Destinations Besides Amazon S3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-backups-to-other-destinations-besides-amazon-s3/27017)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Wexler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan_Wexler)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-backups-to-other-destinations-besides-amazon-s3/27017 "2016-10-06T14:35:56Z")
Continuing the discussion from Hot off the presses, automated backup support!: I also will not use S3 - what is that - AWS? I would like to use Dropbox or even some other backup solution as I find AWS totally convolute… --- ## [Renaming a topic breaks Gmail threading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-a-topic-breaks-gmail-threading/39448)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-a-topic-breaks-gmail-threading/39448 "2016-10-06T05:05:23Z")
If you rename a topic you break gmail threading, leaving a discontinuous conversation view in gmail: We try to keep continuity by including the In-Reply-To and Refrences headers (which are matching in both emails): I… --- ## [Help us test the rewritten Composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-us-test-the-rewritten-composer/34679)
**Author:** [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-us-test-the-rewritten-composer/34679 "2016-10-06T02:48:49Z")
We’ve been using pagedown as our rich composer for years. Unfortunately, we’d outgrown it in a few ways: It’s very hard to extend to add features. It hasn’t been updated in years. It had implementations of featu… --- ## [Show what device and OS you last visited from](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-what-device-and-os-you-last-visited-from/51061)
**Author:** [@Lucky\_Uche\_Ejikeme](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lucky_Uche_Ejikeme)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-what-device-and-os-you-last-visited-from/51061 "2016-10-05T06:45:39Z")
Device notify: let I visited meta.discourse.org with my Android It will show on my profile that I am On the site With an Android devices on mobile. When you I visited with laptop it tells what device I visited the site a… --- ## [Completely automated SSL certificate generation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/completely-automated-ssl-certificate-generation/51088)
**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/completely-automated-ssl-certificate-generation/51088 "2016-10-04T20:27:45Z")
A recent tweet by llya Grigorik highlights an interesting NGINX module: https://twitter.com/igrigorik/status/783341413652058113 https://github.com/GUI/lua-resty-auto-ssl lua-resty-auto-ssl On the fly (and free) SSL… --- ## [Populating Full Name with Email Address if Left Blank by SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/populating-full-name-with-email-address-if-left-blank-by-sso/50710)
**Author:** [@Er00](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Er00)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 11:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/populating-full-name-with-email-address-if-left-blank-by-sso/50710 "2016-10-04T11:02:13Z")
Continuing the discussion from "Full Name" Shown on /About With Full Name Option Disabled: It seems (from our experience and one other poster in the above thread) that the behaviour when Discourse isn’t passed a full na… --- ## [Exclude category from search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-search/46069)
**Author:** [@jmamazo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmamazo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-search/46069 "2016-10-04T15:09:36Z")
Hello guys Is there a way to exclude a category from “search” I mean forum wide. I know I can use advanced filter but most users just dont bother about checking those and we would like to always exclude a category from … --- ## [Plugin: Admin statistics digest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-admin-statistics-digest/44270)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-admin-statistics-digest/44270 "2016-10-04T07:16:09Z")
I’ve never been good at tracking statistics. I’m not disciplined enough to observe patterns and try to discern ongoing trends. Give me a good infographic though (aka Stats for Dummies) and I’ll eat that stuff up like it’… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=216&state=muted) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=218&state=muted)