# Feature

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=70&status=open

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## [Extend built-in backup remote destination options](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extend-built-in-backup-remote-destination-options/247769)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extend-built-in-backup-remote-destination-options/247769 "2023-01-25T21:59:10Z")

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It would be fantastic if Discourse could natively support a range of backup to remote location options beyond just to Amazon S3, without relying on very old and (apparently) partially broken plugins that are no longer ma…

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## [Flair for Badges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flair-for-badges/205058)

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**Author:** [@cogdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cogdog)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flair-for-badges/205058 "2023-01-24T18:39:30Z")

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Our organization had tremendous success with distributing custom badges for people who participated at hgh levels in specific activities. We also created groups for presenters who loved using that as flair. I am getting…

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## [Detect encoding of RSS and Atom feeds from the XML declaration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detect-encoding-of-rss-and-atom-feeds-from-the-xml-declaration/95242)

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**Author:** [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detect-encoding-of-rss-and-atom-feeds-from-the-xml-declaration/95242 "2018-08-21T15:19:41Z")

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Hi, When I use the RSS/ATOM import with the following RSS (https://www.noschangements.fr/posts/index.xml): \<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?\> \<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/…

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## [Switch to turn on the new notifications menu without the new sidebar?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-to-turn-on-the-new-notifications-menu-without-the-new-sidebar/242467)

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**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-to-turn-on-the-new-notifications-menu-without-the-new-sidebar/242467 "2023-01-24T16:17:37Z")

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I love the new notifications menu — huge jump in practical productivity! — but am not yet ready to enable the sidebar menu.\[1\] It appears that these are currently enabled by the same switch. Could we please have a switc…

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## [Idea: user preference to disable onebox embeds](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-user-preference-to-disable-onebox-embeds/252440)

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**Author:** [@dried](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dried)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-user-preference-to-disable-onebox-embeds/252440 "2023-01-23T20:24:08Z")

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This is an idea following up from this brief exchange about disabling onebox youtube / instagram / etc embeds: Disabling youtube and other embeds I think it makes sense to expose a user preference to disable onebox and …

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## [Idea: Option to always linkify untagged URLs in imported HTML](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-option-to-always-linkify-untagged-urls-in-imported-html/252590)

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**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-option-to-always-linkify-untagged-urls-in-imported-html/252590 "2023-01-23T14:03:04Z")

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Hi there, I’m working on importing a huge Drupal forum into Discourse. Drupal and most other forum / CMS platforms too can automatically create an HTML link in a post by simply typing https://example.com , as does Disco…

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## [Native app install banner for Android and iOS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/native-app-install-banner-for-android-and-ios/55056)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 7:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/native-app-install-banner-for-android-and-ios/55056 "2023-01-23T07:30:04Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Add to homescreen banner on Android: Just created a PR to promote the native app with push notification for your recurring visitors: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/4632 If i…

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## [Can't recover a topic by a deleted user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-recover-a-topic-by-a-deleted-user/97048)

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**Author:** [@Nick\_Shearer\_nsheare](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nick_Shearer_nsheare)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-recover-a-topic-by-a-deleted-user/97048 "2023-01-23T03:39:55Z")

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We had a moderator accidentally delete a user who posted a topic instead of the one who posted spam at the end of it… aside from the badness of not being able to undo deleting the user this caused the first post of the t…

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## [Allow table of contents in FAQ page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-table-of-contents-in-faq-page/276598)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Hyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ryan_Hyer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-table-of-contents-in-faq-page/276598 "2023-01-22T11:50:28Z")

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It appears that DiscoTOC is not supported on system pages, e.g. FAQ, Terms of Service, etc? It seems to work fine in the post where you can edit the content, but not in the page itself, which is useless for all of my non…

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## [Warning pop up when there is a picture detected in a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-pop-up-when-there-is-a-picture-detected-in-a-post/252252)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Walkom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Walkom)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-pop-up-when-there-is-a-picture-detected-in-a-post/252252 "2023-01-19T10:35:40Z")

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When someone creates a new post you get the little " Your topic is similar to…", is it possible to have anything additional in there? Specifically it’d be great if we could somehow detect if a picture is being embedded …

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## [Add bookmarks to sidebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-bookmarks-to-sidebar/251657)

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**Author:** [@Kartoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kartoon)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 6:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-bookmarks-to-sidebar/251657 "2023-01-19T06:51:26Z")

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I’m having the opposite response, a lot of users have asked if they can get bookmarks there because they either don’t use them now because it’s buried multiple menus deep, or they suggest they would use it because almos…

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## [Add a search filter to find posts with polls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-search-filter-to-find-posts-with-polls/215802)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-search-filter-to-find-posts-with-polls/215802 "2023-01-16T20:03:57Z")

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I didn’t find such a filter in the search feature. Is it possible to find posts containing a poll?

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## [Hide & log viewing of Last IP and Registration IP Address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-log-viewing-of-last-ip-and-registration-ip-address/251918)

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**Author:** [@anon98107012](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon98107012)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-log-viewing-of-last-ip-and-registration-ip-address/251918 "2023-01-16T12:44:58Z")

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…for Moderator and Admin. Viewing email address is logged, ip address should be as well. There is no accountability for Moderators and Admins viewing ip address; they can’t show they didn’t abuse access to these fields…

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## [Post Sharing - ability to convert the URL to the short version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-sharing-ability-to-convert-the-url-to-the-short-version/251763)

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**Author:** [@UnitedFreedom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/UnitedFreedom)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-sharing-ability-to-convert-the-url-to-the-short-version/251763 "2023-01-14T23:37:42Z")

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Hey wonderful Discourse community! As you are all aware, there is an existing feature to share a post. When this share button is pressed, a pop-up appears and looks like: The full link provided in the image above i…

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## [Making the Discobot tutorials mandatory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-the-discobot-tutorials-mandatory/251655)

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**Author:** [@Robert\_Humpleby](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Robert_Humpleby)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-the-discobot-tutorials-mandatory/251655 "2023-01-13T15:26:14Z")

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Is there a way to ENFORCE discobot on a user ? As a mod on a technical forum we get many new people who simply skip discobot and then many other users need to guide them to the how to use this forum posts or stickies et…

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## [Can't have a referenced quote as part of a bullet list item](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-have-a-referenced-quote-as-part-of-a-bullet-list-item/251425)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-have-a-referenced-quote-as-part-of-a-bullet-list-item/251425 "2023-01-13T02:27:05Z")

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I’m not able to add a quote to a bullet list item. Adding the necessary 2 spaces in front of the quote markdown means it’s not rendered at all:

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## [Create badges based on Gamification score](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-badges-based-on-gamification-score/251603)

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**Author:** [@NoamH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NoamH)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-badges-based-on-gamification-score/251603 "2023-01-10T18:21:27Z")

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Hi, is it possible to add badges based on scoring?

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## [Have discobot skip oneboxing if disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-discobot-skip-oneboxing-if-disabled/251602)

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**Author:** [@IanKelling](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IanKelling)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-discobot-skip-oneboxing-if-disabled/251602 "2023-01-12T19:32:38Z")

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I changed the bot text to explain that link expansion is disabled, so this step of pasting a link is a useless remnant, but it would be much better if it just stopped happening when “max oneboxes per post” is set to 0.

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## [Forcing Primary Group and Account Flair suggestion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forcing-primary-group-and-account-flair-suggestion/251583)

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**Author:** [@kinetiksoft](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kinetiksoft)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forcing-primary-group-and-account-flair-suggestion/251583 "2023-01-12T16:40:20Z")

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One of our clients runs a large community with Discourse where every user can see the user’s “Status” which is represented by Group & Flair. While we’d like the users to keep their flairs and for everybody to see “who is…

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## [Allow TL4 to merge posts. Oh, and having merge posts be reversible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-tl4-to-merge-posts-oh-and-having-merge-posts-be-reversible/240865)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-tl4-to-merge-posts-oh-and-having-merge-posts-be-reversible/240865 "2023-01-10T12:30:49Z")

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Part 1 - Allow TL4 to merge posts. I’m a TL4 here on meta.discourse.org and I’d love the ability to merge posts. It is quite common to have a user post multiple times in quick succession, when an edit of their first topi…

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## [Blogroll (feature request)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blogroll-feature-request/240117)

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**Author:** [@leopedrini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leopedrini)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blogroll-feature-request/240117 "2023-01-10T15:41:45Z")

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Hello. I am trying to create a blogroll in my community - a place where I can share best / recommended bookmarks for all community. I initially started with a simple (static) list, like this: But it is not workin…

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## [Suggestion: Add ability on the review page to assign a queued topic to one or more moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-add-ability-on-the-review-page-to-assign-a-queued-topic-to-one-or-more-moderators/251276)

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**Author:** [@T\_Disco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/T_Disco)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-add-ability-on-the-review-page-to-assign-a-queued-topic-to-one-or-more-moderators/251276 "2023-01-10T13:13:02Z")

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Also add an ‘Assigned to’ field in the right hand sidebar on the review page to filter by.

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## [Headers for email notifications so that Gmail users can filter on tags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/headers-for-email-notifications-so-that-gmail-users-can-filter-on-tags/249982)

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**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/headers-for-email-notifications-so-that-gmail-users-can-filter-on-tags/249982 "2023-01-09T19:21:46Z")

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The post got closed as a duplicate Email: mail headers should have tags in them, possibly in reference to Customs email headers and/or subjects tags, but the latter is kind of general, and I’d like to talk about a specif…

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## [It's really easy to spam the discourse chat - Implement tighter spam resistance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/its-really-easy-to-spam-the-discourse-chat-implement-tighter-spam-resistance/251019)

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**Author:** [@Noah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Noah)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/its-really-easy-to-spam-the-discourse-chat-implement-tighter-spam-resistance/251019 "2023-01-09T03:12:48Z")

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Hi, I’ve recently been using the chat feature and it’s super easy to spam somebody on default chat settings. This left me with an inbox full of messages and it’s annoying to deal with: I’m also sure if you really wa…

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## [Ability to use topic timer 'auto delete replies' on Category About pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-use-topic-timer-auto-delete-replies-on-category-about-pages/251010)

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**Author:** [@Discoursenaut](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discoursenaut)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-use-topic-timer-auto-delete-replies-on-category-about-pages/251010 "2023-01-07T14:56:21Z")

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It would be helpful to be able to use the topic timer on about pages to remove post replies after X duration.

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## [Providing an apple-app-site-association](https://meta.discourse.org/t/providing-an-apple-app-site-association/126238)

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**Author:** [@phallguy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/phallguy)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/providing-an-apple-app-site-association/126238 "2023-01-06T06:01:51Z")

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To support deep linking and app-links on the web apple expects to find an apple-app-site-association file in root or in .well-known. Details on Apple’s site. We are using the hosted version of Discourse. How can we prov…

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## [Feature request: duplicate posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-duplicate-posts/250699)

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**Author:** [@TrueG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TrueG)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-duplicate-posts/250699 "2023-01-04T14:09:51Z")

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Hi, There are certain posts that requires a control to the formatting and the texts that must be included to inform the context. In order to maintain the formatting throughout multiple posts, I would like to have dupli…

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## [Ideas for more new user tips](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ideas-for-more-new-user-tips/283099)

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**Author:** [@tpetrov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpetrov)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 10:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ideas-for-more-new-user-tips/283099 "2023-01-04T10:02:55Z")

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It’s brilliant. We enabled it recently and it really helps a ton. On Software AG Tech Community & Forums we used a bit of css to add an image and make it more sweet: Is there any way we can get involved and help t…

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## [Add an "add to sidebar" button on topic list pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-an-add-to-sidebar-button-on-topic-list-pages/240345)

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**Author:** [@jenroberts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenroberts)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-an-add-to-sidebar-button-on-topic-list-pages/240345 "2022-09-29T13:18:37Z")

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It’s probably been asked somewhere but I’m not finding it… Has any thought been given to adding the option to “Add to Sidebar” when clicking the Bell icon on a category (or tag). It could slide in under “Muted” That wa…

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## [Memorize the last selection of the period filter in the "Users" list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/memorize-the-last-selection-of-the-period-filter-in-the-users-list/250330)

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**Author:** [@André\_Uhres](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andr%C3%A9_Uhres)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/memorize-the-last-selection-of-the-period-filter-in-the-users-list/250330 "2023-01-03T16:35:37Z")

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I was looking for a way to memorize the last selection of the period filter in the “Users” list, so that you don’t have to select it next time. If I choose from the available options (All Time, Year, Quarter, Month, Wee…

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