# Feature **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=44 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 45 --- ## [Hide anonymous users in the user directory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-anonymous-users-in-the-user-directory/130542)
**Author:** [@bdhays](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bdhays)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-anonymous-users-in-the-user-directory/130542 "2024-09-12T21:36:43Z")
I’m testing a self-hosted instance of Discourse with “allow anonymous posting” enabled. I’ve gone into Anonymous Mode a few times with a couple of different test accounts, so there are now four anonymous users (anonymous… --- ## [API access to the embedding(s) for a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-access-to-the-embedding-s-for-a-post/289683)
**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-access-to-the-embedding-s-for-a-post/289683 "2024-09-12T12:01:57Z")
The Discourse AI bot utilizes RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) for posts, and therefore if the bot has been enabled, each post should have an associated embedding, which is a vector space representation. It would be … --- ## [Extending TOC for Replies so that it is automatically applied](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extending-toc-for-replies-so-that-it-is-automatically-applied/326102)
**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extending-toc-for-replies-so-that-it-is-automatically-applied/326102 "2024-09-12T05:59:06Z")
This new feature is brilliant: However, I’m finding that I have to educate my users to manually add it to replies - this markedly reduces the real world utility of this great feature. It would be very helpful to have … --- ## [Read only subscription forums on DiscourseHub and connect button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-subscription-forums-on-discoursehub-and-connect-button/325266)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-subscription-forums-on-discoursehub-and-connect-button/325266 "2024-09-11T15:39:40Z")
Out there are forums that allow reading, but otherwise those are subscription-based. I can open such forum from DiscourseHub, but that blue connect button is unnecessary, and when muscle memory kicks in, my finger/mouse … --- ## [Send Promotion PMs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-promotion-pms/17248)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-promotion-pms/17248 "2024-09-11T12:01:44Z")
So recently I was promoted to leader here on meta and I got to thinking… nothing notified me that I was promoted. I just happened to notice it. Are we missing an opportunity here? Should be send a system generated PM to… --- ## [Restrict Discord Sign-Ups by Role](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-discord-sign-ups-by-role/141094)
**Author:** [@Stanzilla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stanzilla)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-discord-sign-ups-by-role/141094 "2024-09-11T15:26:40Z")
I would love to enable signing up with Discord for my forums but would also need to restrict it so only people with a certain role on Discord can do so. --- ## [Affiliate link functions - rewrite](https://meta.discourse.org/t/affiliate-link-functions-rewrite/325606)
**Author:** [@bernardyoghurty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bernardyoghurty)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 10:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/affiliate-link-functions-rewrite/325606 "2024-09-11T10:34:50Z")
Hello all, Thinking of getting a forum, possible ways to monetise with display ads. Also looking at affiliate. If any user posts a link are we able to inject the affiliate link - destination remains the same, just that… --- ## [Ability to hide content from subsets of users using BBCode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-hide-content-from-subsets-of-users-using-bbcode/303181)
**Author:** [@Monikas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Monikas)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-hide-content-from-subsets-of-users-using-bbcode/303181 "2024-09-11T02:11:24Z")
Developing a plugin allows users to hide content from other users by using BBCode. Add the following BBCode to your post: \[LOGIN\]content to hide\[/LOGIN\] : hides the content from the non-logged in users \[LIKE\]content to… --- ## [Sidebar category configuration -- just follow watching/tracking instead of having separate config?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-category-configuration-just-follow-watching-tracking-instead-of-having-separate-config/242345)
**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-category-configuration-just-follow-watching-tracking-instead-of-having-separate-config/242345 "2024-09-10T03:00:08Z")
Continuing the discussion from Try out the new sidebar and notification menus!: @Jonathan5 suggested that the separate configuration for sidebar categories could be dropped in favor of simply using “watched” and “tracke… --- ## [Training a model on a site's posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/training-a-model-on-a-sites-posts/277985)
**Author:** [@DiscourseMetrics](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DiscourseMetrics)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/training-a-model-on-a-sites-posts/277985 "2024-09-09T20:13:42Z")
Maybe not within the scope, but it would be interesting to train a model on all the posts in my forum and use them to create an expert user AI bot that users could interact with, or that could answer questions from users… --- ## [Allow text to be included when reporting a post as off-topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-text-to-be-included-when-reporting-a-post-as-off-topic/54945)
**Author:** [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 10:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-text-to-be-included-when-reporting-a-post-as-off-topic/54945 "2024-09-09T10:07:52Z")
If you flag a post as “Something else”, you can type in more information. It would be handy to have this box when flagging a message as “Off-topic” as well - sometimes useful to make a suggestion as to how the thread sho… --- ## [Avatar flairs in Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flairs-in-chat/320235)
**Author:** [@Earnie\_Baird](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Earnie_Baird)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flairs-in-chat/320235 "2024-09-08T21:19:19Z")
Are there any plans to add flair to the avatars on Chat? Would be very handy to have there (for all the same reasons its handy on Topic/PM posts). --- ## [You should always be able to like the post with the unicorn picture in the discobot tutorial](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-should-always-be-able-to-like-the-post-with-the-unicorn-picture-in-the-discobot-tutorial/325504)
**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-should-always-be-able-to-like-the-post-with-the-unicorn-picture-in-the-discobot-tutorial/325504 "2024-09-08T13:44:17Z")
So, if you used all 50 likes in one day, you will not be able to get past this part of the tutorial: My suggestion to dealing with this issue is allowing the user to like discobot tutorial bots with no respect to … --- ## [Chat: Make image lightbox match core](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-make-image-lightbox-match-core/325307)
**Author:** [@Earnie\_Baird](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Earnie_Baird)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-make-image-lightbox-match-core/325307 "2024-09-06T15:16:41Z")
We’ve been having a great experience with chat in our community and by far the #1 reported issue is that there is no way to click on images to expand them / make them downloadable. Discourse already has this feature in … --- ## [Built in spell and grammar checker](https://meta.discourse.org/t/built-in-spell-and-grammar-checker/48832)
**Author:** [@Konstantin\_Ladutenko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Konstantin_Ladutenko)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 7:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/built-in-spell-and-grammar-checker/48832 "2024-09-06T07:28:19Z")
Hi, I recently had an amazing writing experience using TeXstudio with a spell and grammar check done in real time (via Language Tool app installed locally). It is very useful if you are more focused on the subject and … --- ## [Add configuration option to serve local PDF uploads inline](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-configuration-option-to-serve-local-pdf-uploads-inline/257040)
**Author:** [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-configuration-option-to-serve-local-pdf-uploads-inline/257040 "2024-09-05T20:23:01Z")
Our incoming communication (via email) is heavily dependent on PDFs. Current behaviour of discourse is to serve this files as download only. Inline PDF Previews isn’t working (due to missing content-disposition: inlin… --- ## [Enable switching "Show Category Hierachy" in topic lists as a core setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-switching-show-category-hierachy-in-topic-lists-as-a-core-setting/324860)
**Author:** [@elRicharde](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elRicharde)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 9:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-switching-show-category-hierachy-in-topic-lists-as-a-core-setting/324860 "2024-09-05T09:31:40Z")
Would it be possible to add this as a core setting? --- ## [How do we want to display admins, mods and category mods on the about page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-we-want-to-display-admins-mods-and-category-mods-on-the-about-page/324972)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-we-want-to-display-admins-mods-and-category-mods-on-the-about-page/324972 "2024-09-04T22:25:32Z")
I would be really interested in having a conversation about how we refer to admins, moderators and category moderators on the about page and in other places in Discourse. To sum up my current understanding: On the cur… --- ## [Email confirmation for message posted via email (Listserv-Style)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-confirmation-for-message-posted-via-email-listserv-style/324420)
**Author:** [@outofgamut](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofgamut)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-confirmation-for-message-posted-via-email-listserv-style/324420 "2024-09-04T21:48:34Z")
For those who remain loyal to email and are web-adverse, participating via email only: have Discourse send a confirmation email in the style of ‘Your message has been successfully received’ to confirm receipt. This has b… --- ## [Handling emails to non-existent domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-emails-to-non-existent-domain/324998)
**Author:** [@Overgrow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overgrow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-emails-to-non-existent-domain/324998 "2024-09-04T20:42:22Z")
I’m getting Dashboard warning with a link to sidekiq that email job failed. Jobs::HandledExceptionWrapper: Wrapped Net::SMTPServerBusy: 450 4.1.2 \: Recipient address rejected: Domain not found Is … --- ## [YouTube Vs Vimeo Video embed width](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-vs-vimeo-video-embed-width/231565)
**Author:** [@amberkhanna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/amberkhanna)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-vs-vimeo-video-embed-width/231565 "2024-09-04T18:02:29Z")
To embed any video we simply paste the video link when creating a topic. However, why is it that when I embed a YouTube video, (see below) it stretches from end to end? Whereas when I embed a Video from Vimeo, it does n… --- ## [Global default condition for which a topic is considered new](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-default-condition-for-which-a-topic-is-considered-new/324806)
**Author:** [@Robin.Grant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Robin.Grant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-default-condition-for-which-a-topic-is-considered-new/324806 "2024-09-04T01:44:56Z")
There is a setting in /admin/site\_settings/category/user\_preferences called “default other new topic duration minutes” with some time-based options. I’d like the option to set this to “created in the last 6 months” and … --- ## [Smart lists in chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smart-lists-in-chat/324644)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smart-lists-in-chat/324644 "2024-09-04T01:07:47Z")
If the smart list feature \[1\] works in the normal post composer, why not have it in chat as well? Please merge this if this has been requested before. I tried searching and couldn’t find anything. I’m referring to t… --- ## [Restricting names (not just usernames)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restricting-names-not-just-usernames/105374)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restricting-names-not-just-usernames/105374 "2024-09-03T01:35:40Z")
This is likely to have come up before but I couldn’t find any topic on it, so here we go: it would be great if we could restrict names just like we can restrict usernames in the reserved usernames site setting so that we… --- ## [Give me some control of how the form template post is styled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/give-me-some-control-of-how-the-form-template-post-is-styled/296231)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/give-me-some-control-of-how-the-form-template-post-is-styled/296231 "2024-09-02T23:35:24Z")
We aren’t fans of how the post resulting from a form template is styled. Here’s what I expected to see: Label: answer Label: answer Label: answer ▶ See the markdown Here’s what we got: label answer label answer … --- ## [Temporarily hide post / mark less important?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/temporarily-hide-post-mark-less-important/34505)
**Author:** [@Danny\_Dulai](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Danny_Dulai)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/temporarily-hide-post-mark-less-important/34505 "2024-09-02T05:57:20Z")
I’m having a problem that a Topic starts up with a good Post, but then devolves quickly into useless me too Posts, and no policy seems to fix this behavior. Then, someone actually responds with a great Post, followed by … --- ## [Can the data explorer search input be converted to lower case?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-the-data-explorer-search-input-be-converted-to-lower-case/323435)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-the-data-explorer-search-input-be-converted-to-lower-case/323435 "2024-09-02T04:03:53Z")
I sometimes have problems searching for table items in the Data Explorer search. The problem is my tablet inserts a capital letter at the beginning of the text field by default, but the search cannot handle that. Is… --- ## [We should credit what people are using](https://meta.discourse.org/t/we-should-credit-what-people-are-using/324279)
**Author:** [@正中\_赵](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%E6%AD%A3%E4%B8%AD_%E8%B5%B5)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/we-should-credit-what-people-are-using/324279 "2024-08-31T07:18:15Z")
like this users.rust-lang.org, viewing this don’t tell you what you are using. --- ## [Could discourse have a go back to last page button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-discourse-have-a-go-back-to-last-page-button/324188)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Jing](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rick_Jing)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-discourse-have-a-go-back-to-last-page-button/324188 "2024-08-30T19:32:31Z")
I think it’s great to have a go back to last page button when finished reading topics, especially on desktop, because in my opinion most user won’t use any keyboard shortcut, I don’t use shortcuts even I use discourse ev… --- ## [Add option to disable backup compression](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-disable-backup-compression/37288)
**Author:** [@Koinu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Koinu)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-disable-backup-compression/37288 "2024-08-30T16:15:59Z")
The built-in backup functionality is great, but It’d be nice if there was an option to disable compression and produce plain .tar files. Specifically, if the backups were uncompressed, rolling hash-based chunking (intra… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=43) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=45)