# Feature **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=46 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 47 --- ## [If you're having trouble on loading... message on splash screen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-youre-having-trouble-on-loading-message-on-splash-screen/321251)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-youre-having-trouble-on-loading-message-on-splash-screen/321251 "2024-08-12T12:50:15Z")
Hello :wave: Sometimes, when a component or plugin fails, the site may get stuck on the splash screen. Furthermore, the administrator may not detect the problem immediately or if they do than it could require more time … --- ## [Ability to limit use of personal message as storage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-limit-use-of-personal-message-as-storage/321287)
**Author:** [@Overgrow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overgrow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-limit-use-of-personal-message-as-storage/321287 "2024-08-12T16:42:14Z")
On our platform, uploads are highly utilized and having attractive galleries is important. However, I would like to restrict the use of private messages as a form of “private galleries.” I know that this issue arises oc… --- ## [Observability for Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/observability-for-discourse-ai/316107)
**Author:** [@aas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/observability-for-discourse-ai/316107 "2024-08-12T16:18:52Z")
Monitoring and evaluating LLMs is critical: I started working with language models five years ago when I led the team that created CodeSearchNet, a precursor to GitHub CoPilot. Since then, I’ve seen many successful and… --- ## [Adding Maths support for Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-maths-support-for-chat/252018)
**Author:** [@Anton\_Akhmerov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anton_Akhmerov)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-maths-support-for-chat/252018 "2024-08-10T17:29:20Z")
I have a recently upgraded discourse instance (discourse 92bb728fe5, discourse-math f9cf94d2). I have configured discourse-math to use katex, but the problem appears with mathjax too. I observe that math is rendered corr… --- ## [Faster disk space calculation for upload heavy instances](https://meta.discourse.org/t/faster-disk-space-calculation-for-upload-heavy-instances/318997)
**Author:** [@Overgrow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overgrow)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2024, 10:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/faster-disk-space-calculation-for-upload-heavy-instances/318997 "2024-08-10T10:05:49Z")
The ‘du’ command, which is used to retrieve disk space used by uploads, was causing performance issues for my admin dashboard. Yes, we have a LOT of image uploads. Rather than disabling it altogether (we have grafana/pro… --- ## [Admin versus Moderator and Groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-versus-moderator-and-groups/36539)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-versus-moderator-and-groups/36539 "2024-08-09T20:14:09Z")
OK, strange question here. With the upcoming improvements to group messaging, I am wondering if there is/will be a built in system for messaging just the moderators (not all staff). To go with that, does the admin/mode… --- ## [In theory, could you make discourse look like phpBB?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-theory-could-you-make-discourse-look-like-phpbb/23652)
**Author:** [@Kasper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kasper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-theory-could-you-make-discourse-look-like-phpbb/23652 "2024-08-09T16:07:59Z")
Let me first say that I personally prefer using discourse forums above phpbb forums for a couple of reasons, mainly functionality related. On a phpbb forum I still sometimes have things like “Oh wait ! This guy actually d… --- ## [Disco TOC for replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disco-toc-for-replies/217885)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disco-toc-for-replies/217885 "2024-08-09T08:05:41Z")
Since Disco TOC is one of the theme components in the default list, I’m assuming this is an appropriate place to make a feature request. It currently only works for the OP. I’d like to be able to add a TOC to a reply. W… --- ## [Skip tips option in user tip should not delete welcome message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skip-tips-option-in-user-tip-should-not-delete-welcome-message/303420)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skip-tips-option-in-user-tip-should-not-delete-welcome-message/303420 "2024-08-08T16:13:43Z")
I signed up at try some days ago and used the skip tips option at the first tip that was shown to me. This also immediately deleted the personal message I received. This is something I did not expect to happen, thoug… --- ## [Restrict access to links to members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-access-to-links-to-members/50655)
**Author:** [@Cylae](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cylae)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 10:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-access-to-links-to-members/50655 "2024-08-08T10:43:32Z")
Hello guys :slight\_smile: There is anyway to restric links to members ? I looking for something like “Register to see the link” for nor non-registered members… Someone can help me ? Many thanks --- ## [Allow for bulk deletion of chat messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-for-bulk-deletion-of-chat-messages/253210)
**Author:** [@not-ethan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/not-ethan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-for-bulk-deletion-of-chat-messages/253210 "2024-08-08T10:22:30Z")
Currently when selecting messages in chat the only moderation action is moving the channel. You should be able to also bulk delete them. For example if somebody spams a bunch of messages instead of selection them and the… --- ## [Publish group read state on posts in which the group is mentioned](https://meta.discourse.org/t/publish-group-read-state-on-posts-in-which-the-group-is-mentioned/320644)
**Author:** [@elmstedt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elmstedt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/publish-group-read-state-on-posts-in-which-the-group-is-mentioned/320644 "2024-08-08T02:28:57Z")
Expanding the use of this feature to include posts in which the group is mentioned could be used to help teams better coordinate either through knowing who has seen a user request or combined with the use of whispers so … --- ## [Test email setup before the installation is started](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-email-setup-before-the-installation-is-started/303658)
**Author:** [@JustinZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JustinZ)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-email-setup-before-the-installation-is-started/303658 "2024-08-07T14:49:04Z")
The discourse-doctor tool can send a test email. This should also be added to the discourse-setup tool. Do a quick email test to verify that the SMTP data that the user entered works BEFORE setting up the whole software … --- ## [Feedback on our instant search experiment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-on-our-instant-search-experiment/308705)
**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-on-our-instant-search-experiment/308705 "2024-08-07T14:47:53Z")
Recently we’ve embarked on a two-month-long experiment to prototype a new search experience on Discourse. Please give it a test at https://meta.discourse.org/instant-search :speaking\_head: If you would like to chat ab… --- ## [Absolute Numbers in Polls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/absolute-numbers-in-polls/32771)
**Author:** [@lightyear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lightyear)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/absolute-numbers-in-polls/32771 "2024-08-07T10:18:24Z")
Heyah, I remember there was a great topic once explaining the usage of the poll-plugin, but even after searching the forum for 15min I can find it (found a reference to it, that leads to a 404 though). So in case that i… --- ## [Cross platform Discourse aggregator app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cross-platform-discourse-aggregator-app/320475)
**Author:** [@SamGreenwood](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SamGreenwood)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cross-platform-discourse-aggregator-app/320475 "2024-08-07T06:13:56Z")
I’m not an app developer so I don’t know how feasible this is but someone should make a cross platform Discourse aggregator app. I know that there’s Discourse Hub on mobile but I was thinking something more like Fig for … --- ## [Allow users to toggle timestamps to 24 hour time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-toggle-timestamps-to-24-hour-time/320476)
**Author:** [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-toggle-timestamps-to-24-hour-time/320476 "2024-08-07T03:06:20Z")
Some users (me included) would rather have timestamps (e.g. chat message timestamps, or these: 2024-08-07T02:30:00Z (UTC)) in 24 hour time instead of 12 hour time. Having a toggle option for this in user preferences wou… --- ## [Setting a similarity threshold for semantic search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-a-similarity-threshold-for-semantic-search/319894)
**Author:** [@Tanvir\_Singh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tanvir_Singh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-a-similarity-threshold-for-semantic-search/319894 "2024-08-05T15:38:24Z")
I am using discourse v3.1.5 in my application. When I try to use semantic search for topics, it ranks the topics from most similar to least similar, but it will show all the topics in results even if the search query is … --- ## [Admin Edit Link for Published Pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-edit-link-for-published-pages/320109)
**Author:** [@cogdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cogdog)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-edit-link-for-published-pages/320109 "2024-08-05T03:17:35Z")
This is pretty minor, but I provide users a series of published pages as part of a site guide at https://connect.oeglobal.org/pub/connect-guide. I rarely edit them, but find it is not always easy to find the original to… --- ## [Template staff notices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/template-staff-notices/256060)
**Author:** [@not-ethan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/not-ethan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2024, 5:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/template-staff-notices/256060 "2024-08-04T05:44:45Z")
On Replit Ask we handle duplicate bug reports and duplicates in a unique way. If they add value we merge them into the original like on other forums but if it does not we close the duplicate and add a staff note sayings … --- ## [Templates for Staff Notices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/templates-for-staff-notices/320014)
**Author:** [@adaline](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adaline)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2024, 5:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/templates-for-staff-notices/320014 "2024-08-04T05:42:51Z")
This has already been suggested at Template staff notices Discourse has a fantastic templates plugin. It would be terrific to be able to use it for staff notices on pages, in other words, on this screen: Topic clo… --- ## [Plug-in to allow public view of moderator actions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plug-in-to-allow-public-view-of-moderator-actions/317890)
**Author:** [@anon48433008](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon48433008)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plug-in-to-allow-public-view-of-moderator-actions/317890 "2024-08-03T17:32:14Z")
I’d like to see the option to have moderator actions viewable to the general public, perhaps for the last 100 days as it affects trust level promotions , if these are on a users profile page it may deter or correct user … --- ## [Set Slow Mode by Tag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-slow-mode-by-tag/319851)
**Author:** [@Carleas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Carleas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-slow-mode-by-tag/319851 "2024-08-02T15:30:05Z")
I operate a forum that attracts a lot of contentious conversations, and slow mode has been a great help for keeping conversations productive and civil. I’d love to be able to let users set slow mode on their topics by t… --- ## [AI Bot arrange models](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-bot-arrange-models/319442)
**Author:** [@tpetrov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpetrov)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2024, 6:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-bot-arrange-models/319442 "2024-08-02T06:03:06Z")
How can I arrange the models that are shown when starting a bot conversation: Previously that was possible in the plugin settings, but after the new LLM-s setting tab can’t find a way to do it (I guess I’m missing so… --- ## [Add automation script to "invite to topic" upon receiving a DM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-automation-script-to-invite-to-topic-upon-receiving-a-dm/319554)
**Author:** [@elmstedt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elmstedt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-automation-script-to-invite-to-topic-upon-receiving-a-dm/319554 "2024-08-01T04:58:53Z")
The imagined use case is a forum using discourse-staff-alias. If a user messages the staff alias user, the staff alias allowed groups could be added to the group message to handle messages which might otherwise go ignore… --- ## [Allow users with access to discourse-staff-alias plugin to send an initial DM as a staff message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-with-access-to-discourse-staff-alias-plugin-to-send-an-initial-dm-as-a-staff-message/319517)
**Author:** [@elmstedt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elmstedt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-with-access-to-discourse-staff-alias-plugin-to-send-an-initial-dm-as-a-staff-message/319517 "2024-07-31T17:23:56Z")
I understand the presumed issue would be users sending messages as staff to other users would be unable to see those messages themselves or see responses to those messages. However, if an initial DM is sent to a user th… --- ## [Embeddable chat that stages users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embeddable-chat-that-stages-users/233670)
**Author:** [@jimkleiber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jimkleiber)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embeddable-chat-that-stages-users/233670 "2024-07-31T14:03:42Z")
Continuing the discussion from Element launches an E2EE embedded chat: I was just thinking how much I’d love if Discourse could replace something like Intercom. Imagine landing on a site, entering one’s email and joinin… --- ## [Grant non forum staff permissions to write new Data Explorer queries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-non-forum-staff-permissions-to-write-new-data-explorer-queries/319439)
**Author:** [@deeann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/deeann)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-non-forum-staff-permissions-to-write-new-data-explorer-queries/319439 "2024-07-31T12:34:42Z")
Hi everyone, I searched the forum before writing this but wanted to make sure I didn’t miss anything. I am an admin for a self-hosted Discourse installation and we have the Data Explorer plugin installed. Other teams ne… --- ## [Clickable link / URL user field type](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clickable-link-url-user-field-type/319322)
**Author:** [@Vaping\_Community](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vaping_Community)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clickable-link-url-user-field-type/319322 "2024-07-30T19:55:52Z")
A user field type of link / URL that shows as a clickable link on user card, profile etc As you can see, the URL’s are not clickable Thank you --- ## [Flexible User Registration: Introducing Temporary Accounts to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flexible-user-registration-introducing-temporary-accounts-to-discourse/318979)
**Author:** [@CAKE\_NICE](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CAKE_NICE)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flexible-user-registration-introducing-temporary-accounts-to-discourse/318979 "2024-07-30T08:03:51Z")
Dear Discourse Development Team, I am writing to propose a new feature for the Discourse forum software’s user registration system. This suggestion stems from a challenge we’ve encountered in our actual operations, and … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=45) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=47)