# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=388 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 389 --- ## [Adding a Second Topic Tag as a MetaTag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-second-topic-tag-as-a-metatag/12020)
**Author:** [@mrsentinel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrsentinel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-second-topic-tag-as-a-metatag/12020 "2014-01-17T23:39:15Z")
Why can’t you tag a topic with more than one area of emphasis? This seems to take discourse back to a typical forum. What would be cool is to have two menus, one for the primary category and then one for a secondary cate… --- ## [Looking for a Web Developer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-web-developer/12021)
**Author:** [@mrsentinel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrsentinel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-web-developer/12021 "2014-01-17T18:35:09Z")
I am really impressed with discourse. I have been hunting for a really good web developer who can integrate discourse into wordpress or another blogging platform and also have the ability to monetize the site with classi… --- ## [Special "Leaderboards" for Discourse Forums?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/special-leaderboards-for-discourse-forums/12023)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/special-leaderboards-for-discourse-forums/12023 "2015-06-27T20:16:32Z")
You have to be careful with this idea because you don’t want to promote just “volume” of postings - but it would be very interesting to see experimentation (perhaps via plugin) with leaderboards to help encourage quality… --- ## [Styling based on group membership](https://meta.discourse.org/t/styling-based-on-group-membership/12031)
**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/styling-based-on-group-membership/12031 "2014-01-18T19:15:16Z")
I think it would be pretty cool if we could get some CSS classes on posts based on what groups a user belongs to. So, for example: \
With a checkbox fo… --- ## [Domains for sale](https://meta.discourse.org/t/domains-for-sale/12037)
**Author:** [@PabloC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PabloC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 7:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/domains-for-sale/12037 "2014-01-20T07:31:50Z")
Hi everyone, I’ve some domains registered last year that maybe are interesting for anyone working on discourse’s ecosystem (freelancers, agencies, hosting companies, theme building, etc). discourseConf.com discourseG… --- ## [Multiple email accounts for single user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-email-accounts-for-single-user/12040)
**Author:** [@hrishikesh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hrishikesh)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-email-accounts-for-single-user/12040 "2016-06-13T23:21:58Z")
Shortly, I will be working with a school for the using my discourse based forum to improve the communication between school and parents (as a pilot program). One of the request is to have both parent’s email accounts con… --- ## [Author-only Topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/author-only-topic/12043)
**Author:** [@tedypranolo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tedypranolo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/author-only-topic/12043 "2017-02-20T18:24:22Z")
Is it possible to create a topic that is only updatable (reply, edit) only by the author, but readable by everyone? I’m thinking of an “updates/change log” topic where the author keep adding new replies as updates to th… --- ## [New category permission : "Create and see"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-category-permission-create-and-see/12053)
**Author:** [@Nicolas\_Blanco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nicolas_Blanco)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-category-permission-create-and-see/12053 "2017-12-28T01:03:00Z")
Hi, I would like to have your opinion about a new permission for categories. I’m building a support platform using Discourse in which users can ask questions and “professional” users can answer. I would like to create… --- ## [Taming wild PM notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/taming-wild-pm-notifications/12065)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2014, 6:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/taming-wild-pm-notifications/12065 "2014-07-24T06:39:05Z")
At the moment, if you ever find yourself in a private conversation there are 3 very painful side effect. You will get one green notification per message. The green notification will not go away till you read the partic… --- ## [Discourse Observations fr a Programmer & Auto Enthusiast](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-observations-fr-a-programmer-auto-enthusiast/12106)
**Author:** [@raysspl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/raysspl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-observations-fr-a-programmer-auto-enthusiast/12106 "2014-02-04T20:40:49Z")
Hey Discourse Team, I have a slight concern. Right now, I have these 2 forums I’ve setup http://idxclub.co/ and http://gt4stinger.co. Each forum singularly focuses on a model of an automotive make, in this case Nissan a… --- ## [Improving import and export support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-import-and-export-support/12110)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2014, 11:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-import-and-export-support/12110 "2014-10-08T11:20:05Z")
Prior to launch @neil spent a fair amount of time working on an import/export system for Discourse. It has significant advantages over a standard db backup. It allows you to import a backup while the site is running It… --- ## [Canceling a Category "Watch"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canceling-a-category-watch/12124)
**Author:** [@jgordon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jgordon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2016, 7:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canceling-a-category-watch/12124 "2016-07-08T07:13:26Z")
I was watching a category and then decided to unwatch it. I went to my preferences and removed it from the Watched section and then I saved my preferences. The category no longer showed up in the Watched section of my … --- ## [Batch Delete topics in a category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/batch-delete-topics-in-a-category/12128)
**Author:** [@sschafft](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sschafft)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/batch-delete-topics-in-a-category/12128 "2016-11-18T15:04:17Z")
How feasible would it be to have a “select all” or check box for each topic in a category to run some action on - ie move, or delete? The problem comes if you need to delete a bunch of posts or re-categorize them, it ge… --- ## [Longer window for 'Consider topics new when'?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/longer-window-for-consider-topics-new-when/12132)
**Author:** [@kpfleming](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kpfleming)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/longer-window-for-consider-topics-new-when/12132 "2015-07-21T03:22:46Z")
Since we don’t yet have the ability to bulk-change topics (so I can’t mute all 1426 topics that I’ve never viewed), I’d like to have the ability to have topics considered ‘new’ when they were posted in the last 2, or eve… --- ## [Provide easy way to be notified when hosting is available](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-easy-way-to-be-notified-when-hosting-is-available/12142)
**Author:** [@drbrake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/drbrake)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-easy-way-to-be-notified-when-hosting-is-available/12142 "2014-01-23T18:34:52Z")
put a simple e-mail address form on the front page of discourse.org saying “if you want to know when hosted discourse is available enter your e-mail here". Optionally, provide two different lists–one for those interested… --- ## [Limiting/customising user data collection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limiting-customising-user-data-collection/12143)
**Author:** [@drbrake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/drbrake)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limiting-customising-user-data-collection/12143 "2014-01-23T21:40:00Z")
When I went to register for this site and tried out Twitter or Google, both notified me that you are collecting data that you do not need to in order to run the service like, say, my location. Is this because both servic… --- ## [Read-only mode please!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-mode-please/12163)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-mode-please/12163 "2015-05-07T16:52:28Z")
Having a read-only mode would be great in a few situations: failover to standby read-only database migrations (set read-only, slurp data, restore, switch DNS) upgrades (could upgrade and leave the old thins up and runn… --- ## [Amazon link rewriting for affiliate codes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amazon-link-rewriting-for-affiliate-codes/12174)
**Author:** [@geek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/geek)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amazon-link-rewriting-for-affiliate-codes/12174 "2015-10-19T21:08:54Z")
As far as I know there is no way in Discourse to handle rewriting Amazon links, which leads to me double-checking to make sure people aren’t trying to pull a fast one when they do post an Amazon link. This could happen … --- ## [How to tell if a category is a private category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-tell-if-a-category-is-a-private-category/12182)
**Author:** [@shivermetimbers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shivermetimbers)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-tell-if-a-category-is-a-private-category/12182 "2014-07-24T21:38:09Z")
Has there been any thought towards marking a private category differently than a public category? Since we’re trying to use Discourse at the company-level for both internal discussions between employees and external dis… --- ## [Spreading sincerity in discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spreading-sincerity-in-discourse/12192)
**Author:** [@mehranar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mehranar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spreading-sincerity-in-discourse/12192 "2014-01-25T15:08:10Z")
What methods you want to use to spread sincerity and confidence between users and site owners in the site, so that users like to spend more time in the site? --- ## [Communiteq migration service for your existing forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/communiteq-migration-service-for-your-existing-forum/12201)
**Author:** [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2015, 8:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/communiteq-migration-service-for-your-existing-forum/12201 "2015-03-12T08:00:48Z")
In the last few months, we’ve been working on making a number of conversions go smoothly. We are proud to offer the following conversions as an addition to our \[Communiteq (formerly DiscourseHosting)\]1 hosting service: … --- ## [Display first page to view without login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-first-page-to-view-without-login/12226)
**Author:** [@sethuv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sethuv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-first-page-to-view-without-login/12226 "2014-01-27T18:32:54Z")
Hi, Can we have a feature (like is available in other forum s/w), where a visitor / user can view the front page with all the topics and responses, but when he tries to open any post, he is prompted for login. Currently … --- ## [A user page, but for a group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-user-page-but-for-a-group/12236)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-user-page-but-for-a-group/12236 "2014-10-08T11:15:16Z")
The Blizzard “highlight all the posts from official Blizzard folks” forums feature has been a common request here, from @bp\_ and others. So I thought, we have https://meta.discourse.org/users/codinghorror/activity So … --- ## [Forum Signatures?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-signatures/12241)
**Author:** [@Rice](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rice)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-signatures/12241 "2014-01-28T03:13:36Z")
In all the different types of forums I’ve been at, they all include signatures or at least the option to include a signature below the message. Do you think this would be a good idea to implement or would it be too clutt… --- ## [Looking for someone to customize my install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-someone-to-customize-my-install/12246)
**Author:** [@Juffin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Juffin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-someone-to-customize-my-install/12246 "2014-02-07T12:14:50Z")
There are currently two customization i’m planning to apply to my board, one includes removing search spyglass from top right menu and putting search bar just under the main menu - example: … --- ## [About the WordPress category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-wordpress-category/12282)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-wordpress-category/12282 "2014-01-30T00:59:09Z")
Support for the official Discourse WordPress plugin at GitHub - discourse/wp-discourse: WordPress plugin that lets you use Discourse as the community engine for a WordPress blog · GitHub --- ## [Looking For Designer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-designer/12296)
**Author:** [@GoogleWarriors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GoogleWarriors)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-designer/12296 "2014-01-30T16:39:21Z")
I am looking for somebody that can create a custom theme for me. Need to be able to accept payment VIA credit Card as i do not use PayPal (hate em). Message me if interested. The site Topic will be Marijuana cultivation… --- ## [Why does Discourse need 1 GB of RAM?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-need-1-gb-of-ram/12301)
**Author:** [@printec](https://meta.discourse.org/u/printec)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-need-1-gb-of-ram/12301 "2014-02-23T14:17:35Z")
Most forum software don’t need any where as much RAM as this. I was wondering what Discourse uses this RAM for? Is it doing a powerful amount of caching or what? --- ## [What about an easier styling/theming system?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-about-an-easier-styling-theming-system/12346)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-about-an-easier-styling-theming-system/12346 "2014-07-01T21:42:38Z")
This would really just be a “CSS generator”. How about a page that has nice color selectors and then nicely named coloring categories, like: Primary background color Secondary background color Tertiary background colo… --- ## [Disabling categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-categories/12350)
**Author:** [@lubos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lubos)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-categories/12350 "2023-09-11T14:43:52Z")
I would love ability to disable categories. My forum has only around 3-5 new topics a day. There is just not enough traffic to justify categorization of new topics. So basically I’m thinking of some switch in settings t… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=387) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=389)