# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=393 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 394 --- ## [Hot off the presses, automated backup support!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hot-off-the-presses-automated-backup-support/13805)
**Author:** [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 6:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hot-off-the-presses-automated-backup-support/13805 "2014-04-25T06:23:41Z")
If you are on the latest version of Discourse, you can now enable automated daily backups, with support for uploading them offsite to S3! I’m super proud of this feature because in my opinion not enough software (and ce… --- ## [Monitor: Best solutions for keeping track of uptime?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/monitor-best-solutions-for-keeping-track-of-uptime/13807)
**Author:** [@hunterowens](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hunterowens)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/monitor-best-solutions-for-keeping-track-of-uptime/13807 "2019-11-25T00:10:41Z")
Does anybody know or has written anything about monitoring a discourse site: Ie, - DB uptime/Site Uptime/Redis Uptime response times, etc. I’ve used New Relic in the past but have no strong preferences. --- ## [Show categories in e-mail notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-categories-in-e-mail-notifications/13814)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-categories-in-e-mail-notifications/13814 "2014-10-13T19:07:41Z")
As a standard Discourse user, I want to see standardized indication of the category assigned to a post when I receive e-mail notifications, so I can better prioritize what I reply to and when. Rationale: We’re working r… --- ## [Start creating a new topic via link?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-creating-a-new-topic-via-link/13848)
**Author:** [@dirkcuys](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dirkcuys)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2015, 8:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-creating-a-new-topic-via-link/13848 "2015-04-29T08:16:58Z")
Is it possible to send a user to a specific URL (like forum.org/posts/create?topic=foo&category=bar) that will open up an editor to create a new topic with the topic and category filled in? I’m working on integrating gi… --- ## [Is it possible to have an Invite URL?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-invite-url/13879)
**Author:** [@tedpearlman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tedpearlman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-an-invite-url/13879 "2014-03-20T04:26:57Z")
Maybe I missed this, but is there an option to send someone an invite URL, rather than using the invite friend function? I seem to be having a problem with the invite emails being marked as spam. --- ## [Tab in admin panel for automatic UserHistory entries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-in-admin-panel-for-automatic-userhistory-entries/13886)
**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-in-admin-panel-for-automatic-userhistory-entries/13886 "2015-08-07T19:32:24Z")
There’s no place to view entries in the UserHistory table that aren’t shown in the Staff Actions tab. So I’m suggesting that another tab be added to “Logs” named “System Actions”. If I recall correctly, automatic hidin… --- ## [Add a "max replies across topics in first day" setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-max-replies-across-topics-in-first-day-setting/13923)
**Author:** [@Naatan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Naatan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-max-replies-across-topics-in-first-day-setting/13923 "2014-03-21T01:54:12Z")
Currently the max\_replies\_in\_first\_day counts on all of your posts (even PM’s it seems), which can cause a lot of false-positives in that honest community members get blocked from posting in the name of anti-spam. To com… --- ## [Remove stars and bookmarks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-stars-and-bookmarks/13926)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-stars-and-bookmarks/13926 "2015-01-07T11:27:18Z")
I want to request fewer features. I know that most discourse forums so far are probably engineer / technically focused (at least as far as the admins and I suspect many of the users - if the early beta sites are any ind… --- ## [Collapse deleted posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collapse-deleted-posts/13942)
**Author:** [@Naatan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Naatan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collapse-deleted-posts/13942 "2014-07-18T15:16:29Z")
Currently when a post is deleted it is only soft-deleted and admins/mods can still see it. This is a nice functionality which I very much like, however what I like less is that these posts still take up as much space as … --- ## [Editing and Deleting window should be tied to trust level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-and-deleting-window-should-be-tied-to-trust-level/13953)
**Author:** [@geek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/geek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-and-deleting-window-should-be-tied-to-trust-level/13953 "2014-03-21T03:07:33Z")
We have a user on the HTG forum who decided that they hated all of their old posts… and has gone on a deleting spree, which leaves weird holes in topics, and then keeps pushing old topics to the first page for no reason. … --- ## [Allow more HTML markup customization for developers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-more-html-markup-customization-for-developers/13955)
**Author:** [@angelim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angelim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-more-html-markup-customization-for-developers/13955 "2014-03-21T03:44:07Z")
I’ve noticed that Discourse has some flexibility to customize stylesheets and headers, but I’d like to know how developer oriented admins are doing when they feel the need to hook up HTML snippets in a certain point/cont… --- ## [Can we get a Usage Guide alongside the FAQ?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-get-a-usage-guide-alongside-the-faq/13956)
**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-get-a-usage-guide-alongside-the-faq/13956 "2014-03-24T17:18:45Z")
START WRITING HERE: GitHub - discourse/discourse: A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple. · GitHub Mock: https://meta.discourse.org//cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/meta/o… --- ## [Toggle "Admin Voice" or "Mod Voice"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-admin-voice-or-mod-voice/13963)
**Author:** [@Sapid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sapid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-admin-voice-or-mod-voice/13963 "2014-10-07T05:04:44Z")
What I mean by this is that it would be nice to be able to distinguish whether an admin or mod is participating in a conversation as a regular user or in their official capacity. It looks like this sort of functionality … --- ## [Wiki topic mini spec](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wiki-topic-mini-spec/13966)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wiki-topic-mini-spec/13966 "2014-06-25T23:07:17Z")
We are interested in having a wiki style topic, but do not need this for version 1 of Discourse. That said if the community would like to contribute a PR in this department we would be more than happy to review, and if … --- ## [Invite friends by importing email address book](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-friends-by-importing-email-address-book/13968)
**Author:** [@arajvanshi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arajvanshi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-friends-by-importing-email-address-book/13968 "2016-04-06T04:27:10Z")
I have seen bulk invitation feature in many places such as LinkedIn where you can invite multiple friends to LinkedIn using your gmail (or other email, facebook etc.) address book. This feature doesn’t seem to exist her… --- ## [Topics with lots of internal links look bad](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-with-lots-of-internal-links-look-bad/13970)
**Author:** [@katie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/katie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 6:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-with-lots-of-internal-links-look-bad/13970 "2014-05-11T06:04:16Z")
Hi, I am not sure what these right topic means but i realize that some threads have a very large list and style wise it looks awkward. I even see the last title collapsing over another txt I think it will look better… --- ## [Continously refreshing results in different posts focussed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continously-refreshing-results-in-different-posts-focussed/13996)
**Author:** [@FichteFoll](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FichteFoll)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continously-refreshing-results-in-different-posts-focussed/13996 "2014-03-22T16:21:27Z")
I’m not sure if this is a FireFox-only issue and I doubt it, but the procedure is as follows: Open a page at a specific post (hotlink, permalink whatever) The post is vertically centered and highlighted with the (new) … --- ## [Ability to set the default digest notification settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-set-the-default-digest-notification-settings/14009)
**Author:** [@Naatan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Naatan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-set-the-default-digest-notification-settings/14009 "2015-03-15T02:41:14Z")
As far as I can tell there is currently no way to set what the default notification settings are for new users. It would be very useful if we could control this as it affects your daily returning visitors (with the defau… --- ## [Private messages to a group, or other means to handle private support requests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-messages-to-a-group-or-other-means-to-handle-private-support-requests/14010)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-messages-to-a-group-or-other-means-to-handle-private-support-requests/14010 "2020-04-07T20:28:45Z")
We will be deploying discourse primarily as an open forum for users of our products to discuss features, bugs, usage, etc. Our customers still often need a private channel to discuss certain issues, however. To date, t… --- ## [Support for older Android versions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-older-android-versions/14019)
**Author:** [@archon432](https://meta.discourse.org/u/archon432)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 10:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-older-android-versions/14019 "2014-03-23T10:40:06Z")
Can someone get Discourse to work on older Android versions? --- ## [Linking to portions of a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-to-portions-of-a-post/14022)
**Author:** [@thristhart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thristhart)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-to-portions-of-a-post/14022 "2018-07-09T17:50:49Z")
Is there any way to link to a specific subportion of a large post? At first I attempted to specify an HTML name for an element and reference it \[like so\](#name). However, discourse (rightly) automatically strips name and… --- ## [Implement Gist onebox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/implement-gist-onebox/14041)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2015, 7:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/implement-gist-onebox/14041 "2015-08-18T07:52:04Z")
We had a naive implementation for Gist oneboxes, however it failed miserably due to dynamic loading: In particular this: To resolve this issue: The Gist oneboxer should use a similar approach to the blob oneboxer I… --- ## [Using OneName/Namecoin blockchain as global nickname registry](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-onename-namecoin-blockchain-as-global-nickname-registry/14057)
**Author:** [@larry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/larry)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-onename-namecoin-blockchain-as-global-nickname-registry/14057 "2022-07-22T11:59:25Z")
I came across OneName a few days ago. OneName is a namespace in the Namecoin blockchain and associated JSON schema for decentralized identity. It seems like it would be an interesting alternative to Discourse Hub for Dis… --- ## [Is there a broadcast function?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-broadcast-function/14060)
**Author:** [@tedpearlman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tedpearlman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-broadcast-function/14060 "2017-02-27T22:22:45Z")
I’d love to use an @ mention of something like @everyone to broadcast to my entire discourse community. Does this exist or is there another way to do it? --- ## [Youtrack Integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtrack-integration/14066)
**Author:** [@stevebaer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stevebaer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2014, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtrack-integration/14066 "2014-03-25T10:36:55Z")
We are finding ourselves constantly creating issues in our bugtracker (youtrack) that reference back to posts on discourse. Has anyone written a plug-in that helps automate the task of “bugifying” discourse posts? --- ## [The 'text' language identifer appears as applescript rather than text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-text-language-identifer-appears-as-applescript-rather-than-text/14076)
**Author:** [@thristhart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thristhart)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 7:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-text-language-identifer-appears-as-applescript-rather-than-text/14076 "2014-03-26T07:32:42Z")
\`\`\`text Here's some text in the code fence with the text language identifier \`\`\` \`\`\`applescript Here's some text in the code fence with the applescript identifier \`\`\` Here's some text in the code fence with the text lan… --- ## [Easier way to send a PM to a group?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-way-to-send-a-pm-to-a-group/14097)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-way-to-send-a-pm-to-a-group/14097 "2014-03-25T14:51:00Z")
Is there an easier way to send a PM to a group? Perhaps a PM button could be exposed on the group page if the user visiting the page as permissions to ‘allow group to be used as an alias’? Additionally or alternativel… --- ## [What category should plugin support be in?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-category-should-plugin-support-be-in/14110)
**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-category-should-plugin-support-be-in/14110 "2014-04-08T13:52:39Z")
Continuing the discussion from Adsense plugin creates div and content, but nothing shows up: This topic is in extensibility, but it’s clearly a support request. Except it’s a support request for a plugin, so it’s a lit… --- ## [Put the version numbers for the different applications used in the /admin/docker page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/put-the-version-numbers-for-the-different-applications-used-in-the-admin-docker-page/14124)
**Author:** [@wkaravites](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wkaravites)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/put-the-version-numbers-for-the-different-applications-used-in-the-admin-docker-page/14124 "2014-03-27T15:12:25Z")
Perhaps have the different version numbers for: Ruby Redis PostgreSQL on the /admin/docker page. It should just help people keep track of what’s installed. --- ## [Email notifications not grouping nicely in Mail.app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-not-grouping-nicely-in-mail-app/14137)
**Author:** [@shivermetimbers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shivermetimbers)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 8:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-not-grouping-nicely-in-mail-app/14137 "2015-10-14T08:12:52Z")
This was actually brought to our attention by @lightbody. Any idea why emails don’t seem to be getting grouped properly in OS X Mail? [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=392) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=394)