# Feature **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=230&state=muted [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 231 --- ## [Improvements to URLs in custom user fields when they link to the forum domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-urls-in-custom-user-fields-when-they-link-to-the-forum-domain/37291)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-urls-in-custom-user-fields-when-they-link-to-the-forum-domain/37291 "2016-03-19T17:22:44Z")
So, every goat farmer in our forum is allowed to create their own personal topic where they share their company news. I created a custom user field where they can put a URL to such a topic. However, it is not clickable. … --- ## [Notify administrators of new settings on upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-administrators-of-new-settings-on-upgrade/41207)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-administrators-of-new-settings-on-upgrade/41207 "2016-03-19T11:45:39Z")
It would be nice if there were a mechanism that notified the admin of new settings when they appear. I would like to have known sooner about tl3 time period. I usually at least scan the commits in github, but lots of adm… --- ## [Search for pinned topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-for-pinned-topics/36208)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-for-pinned-topics/36208 "2016-03-18T05:28:08Z")
Continuing the discussion from What advanced search filters should exist?: Can’t seem to find an answer for this here yet…can you search for pinned topics? --- ## [List of project ideas for Google Summer of Code 2016](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-project-ideas-for-google-summer-of-code-2016/38791)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-project-ideas-for-google-summer-of-code-2016/38791 "2016-03-17T19:46:54Z")
Please post your links to any appropriate GSoC ideas here. If you’re not familiar with GSoC, briefly put it’s an event run by Google wherein they pay students to work on an open source project for 3 months. If you hav… --- ## [Suggested new admin setting: send out message notifications immediately](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggested-new-admin-setting-send-out-message-notifications-immediately/38460)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggested-new-admin-setting-send-out-message-notifications-immediately/38460 "2016-03-17T15:30:09Z")
One of the things that keeps our community from using discourse more for day to day interaction is that it is not as immediate as email. In the ebb and flow of a workday it is jarring and odd to members that messages tak… --- ## [Why is there a character limit on text-based flags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-a-character-limit-on-text-based-flags/41191)
**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-a-character-limit-on-text-based-flags/41191 "2016-03-17T13:35:12Z")
I’m not sure if this a bug or by design, so I wasn’t sure where to categorize the topic. I ended up going with feature though since this isn’t exactly preventing me from using Discourse normally (normally I don’t send \> … --- ## [Auto-replace emoji like ☺ with Discourse codes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-replace-emoji-like-with-discourse-codes/26155)
**Author:** [@RaceProUK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RaceProUK)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-replace-emoji-like-with-discourse-codes/26155 "2016-03-16T23:11:55Z")
Over on TDWTF, I’ve been using a bot to automatically replace Unicode emoji like :smiling\_face: with Discourse emoji codes like :smile:; it’s useful when posting from mobile. @codinghorror suggests it could be made a Dis… --- ## [Adding unique class names to to the elements in the topic map](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-unique-class-names-to-to-the-elements-in-the-topic-map/29424)
**Author:** [@OnceWas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OnceWas)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-unique-class-names-to-to-the-elements-in-the-topic-map/29424 "2016-03-16T11:50:17Z")
Related in spirit to this feature request, I would like to be able to target elements of the topic map through CSS. This is another place where CSS can’t individually target elements: The elements in this section… --- ## [Custom Emoji does not use Amazon S3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-emoji-does-not-use-amazon-s3/35690)
**Author:** [@uppfinnarn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uppfinnarn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2016, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-emoji-does-not-use-amazon-s3/35690 "2016-03-16T09:44:54Z")
Even if the setting to push uploads to S3 is enabled, custom emoji will upload locally to the server. --- ## [TL3 time period not reflected in settings descriptions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl3-time-period-not-reflected-in-settings-descriptions/41109)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2016, 9:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl3-time-period-not-reflected-in-settings-descriptions/41109 "2016-03-16T09:05:25Z")
Continuing the discussion from What do user trust levels do?: Drivel that you can ignore: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f40249faad16aae54357c23f47bd409f0f10c6dd This is awesome, @techAPJ! It looks lik… --- ## [Embedding custom created Google Maps](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-custom-created-google-maps/41088)
**Author:** [@stantyan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stantyan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-custom-created-google-maps/41088 "2016-03-15T20:00:32Z")
Hello, I tried to embed a custom Google map like this: But the discourse output in the message was just blank. Does anyone know if these kind of maps are supported or not? Here is the code I used (generated by Goog… --- ## [Editing a single post topic should not count as activity](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-single-post-topic-should-not-count-as-activity/24961)
**Author:** [@badevguru](https://meta.discourse.org/u/badevguru)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-single-post-topic-should-not-count-as-activity/24961 "2016-03-14T22:43:29Z")
After migrating an existing forum over to discourse, I am now spending time correcting and re-organizing some of the categories. To my chagrin this causes old and inactive discussions to shoot to the top of the Latest a… --- ## [Multiple email addresses per category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-email-addresses-per-category/40374)
**Author:** [@wityr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wityr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-email-addresses-per-category/40374 "2016-03-14T17:20:55Z")
Similar to this, could support for multiple address for each category be added? --- ## [Subscription emails should carry more context in message body](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-emails-should-carry-more-context-in-message-body/21820)
**Author:** [@jmay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmay)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-emails-should-carry-more-context-in-message-body/21820 "2016-03-13T18:18:00Z")
Sometimes when I receive notification emails, I can’t remember why. Even though the context is all in the message subject, some additional info would be nice. Possibly add to the message footer, after the “To respond…” … --- ## [Revert post to a specific revision](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912)
**Author:** [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912 "2016-03-13T21:35:00Z")
I just pushed a commit that will allow Staff to revert a post to a specific revision. “Revert” button will appear at the bottom of every revision, clicking on this button will revert the post to that specific revisio… --- ## [Jumping Reply's via Arrows or more clickable Box](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jumping-replys-via-arrows-or-more-clickable-box/40928)
**Author:** [@Spirit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Spirit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jumping-replys-via-arrows-or-more-clickable-box/40928 "2016-03-12T11:19:01Z")
Hi there, I wrote in another forum about the small up/down arrows in the bottom right whilst viewing forum reply’s… initially I thought these arrows would change up or down the reply number but instead it opens a comman… --- ## [Specialized Timeline?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specialized-timeline/40840)
**Author:** [@kegurler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kegurler)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specialized-timeline/40840 "2016-03-10T16:08:45Z")
Hello everyone, This is my first post on Discourse. I want to know If it is possible to have specialized timeline for users. For instance as a user can I choose to have topics from only Feature, Howto and Plugin in my … --- ## [Mentioning Categories instead of Groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-categories-instead-of-groups/14697)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-categories-instead-of-groups/14697 "2016-03-12T21:33:59Z")
Had an interesting idea come up in an email: You can easily include any other group on a thread by CC’ing them. Currently you can only @mention users and groups, and groups can only be created and managed by admins. So… --- ## [Hiding/Removing sub-categories from 'hamburger' drop-down?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-removing-sub-categories-from-hamburger-drop-down/17910)
**Author:** [@Joseph\_Lormand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joseph_Lormand)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-removing-sub-categories-from-hamburger-drop-down/17910 "2016-03-12T18:12:43Z")
I’m having some trouble keeping everything clean and organized on our Discourse forum. In the categories page from the top banner where they are all listed vertical with descriptions, the sub-categories are grouped nicel… --- ## [Adding Undo edit post capability](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-undo-edit-post-capability/28489)
**Author:** [@Pesegato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pesegato)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-undo-edit-post-capability/28489 "2016-03-11T18:03:01Z")
I post something. Then I edit it. Then I change my mind and want to revert the edit: I think there should be an easy way to do this. --- ## [Extended / dependent drop-down list for sign-up?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extended-dependent-drop-down-list-for-sign-up/40900)
**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2016, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extended-dependent-drop-down-list-for-sign-up/40900 "2016-03-11T11:32:59Z")
\##I’m looking for something like this: Otherwise, I won’t read such gigantic list, to provide additional information of myself as a new user. Another – better way – would be, to work with conditional drop-down lists:… --- ## [Notify me of likes received starting from N likes, or switch off entirely (personal user setting)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-me-of-likes-received-starting-from-n-likes-or-switch-off-entirely-personal-user-setting/40848)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-me-of-likes-received-starting-from-n-likes-or-switch-off-entirely-personal-user-setting/40848 "2016-03-10T10:56:20Z")
These “received like” notifications are sometimes tiring. Currently, I only get a notification upon receiving a first like. Achieving a single like for a message is not really interesting. It is often given by the same … --- ## [Show PM participants in title bar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-pm-participants-in-title-bar/40798)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Newsom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Newsom)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-pm-participants-in-title-bar/40798 "2016-03-09T18:26:31Z")
Continuing the discussion from Show recipient/sender in PM list: In a regular topic, the title bar shows the context of that topic But a PM shows no context For that, you have to scroll to the first post and look … --- ## [Who/howmany copied a code snippet?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-howmany-copied-a-code-snippet/40816)
**Author:** [@gingerling](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerling)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-howmany-copied-a-code-snippet/40816 "2016-03-09T16:35:51Z")
Hi So maybe this is impossible, maybe not. I like in discourse how when you post a link, anyone who clicks it is “logged” and next to the link you get the click counter etc. I wonder if this could also be added for the … --- ## [Ubuntu Pastebin onebox?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ubuntu-pastebin-onebox/40752)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ubuntu-pastebin-onebox/40752 "2016-03-08T19:48:10Z")
Continuing the discussion from Pastebin onebox?: Now that we have Gist & Pastebin, is there any interest in supporting https://paste.ubuntu.com/ too? :slight\_smile: --- ## [Discourse for helpdesk use cases?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-helpdesk-use-cases/40711)
**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-helpdesk-use-cases/40711 "2016-03-08T11:50:33Z")
Today, I was looking for new way to manage help desk inquires. Most of todays solutions are available as SaaS plans. Other open source projects (osTicket) feeling pretty lame… 1990-2000 like … It would be much better … --- ## [Cross-reference onebox is bungling code formatting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cross-reference-onebox-is-bungling-code-formatting/34529)
**Author:** [@malmaud](https://meta.discourse.org/u/malmaud)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cross-reference-onebox-is-bungling-code-formatting/34529 "2016-03-07T23:23:50Z")
For example, following the link below gives a page with perfect code formatting, but the preview doesn’t inherit that formatting. http://julia.malmaud.com/t/testing-julia-syntax-highlighting/3204 --- ## [Include rejected email error messages in logs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-rejected-email-error-messages-in-logs/39739)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-rejected-email-error-messages-in-logs/39739 "2016-03-07T17:41:16Z")
Discourse now has some great email logs for rejections, and includes the “offending” message, but it doesn’t confirm that the user got an email notification of that failure. Would it be a good idea to somehow include th… --- ## [Access to forum invite email content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-to-forum-invite-email-content/16024)
**Author:** [@ErwinNH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ErwinNH)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-to-forum-invite-email-content/16024 "2016-03-07T06:46:28Z")
Do we have/are we on track to soon have access to our outgoing invite email content? On a side note: great work recently guys, last couple of updates have added some excellent features that I appreciate. --- ## [\[Suggestion\] Give users page dual purpose - as a 'who's online' page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-give-users-page-dual-purpose-as-a-whos-online-page/40635)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-give-users-page-dual-purpose-as-a-whos-online-page/40635 "2016-03-06T03:27:11Z")
Something I think is missing from Discourse is something that shows activity on the forum - many people log in but there aren’t always new threads or posts for them to respond to, which can make the forum appear ‘dead’. … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=229&state=muted) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=231&state=muted)