# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=395 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 396 --- ## [Notable Quotes: Get to know your community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notable-quotes-get-to-know-your-community/14592)
**Author:** [@TimDolores](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TimDolores)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notable-quotes-get-to-know-your-community/14592 "2016-04-02T06:09:03Z")
Feature request: track notable quotes from comment authors, and display them on a “Top Commenters” page, and on the commenter’s public profile page. Quotes are selected by (optionally logged-in, with X reputation) users… --- ## [Are lowendbox servers any good?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-lowendbox-servers-any-good/14603)
**Author:** [@KrisAlcordo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KrisAlcordo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-lowendbox-servers-any-good/14603 "2016-02-20T14:38:58Z")
Hi, is anyone here hosting a live discourse installation on a server from lowendbox.com? I am thinking of getting one from them but would like to know if anyone here has any experience/feedback with servers on that site… --- ## [Given User Name after responding to Invite Friend invitation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/given-user-name-after-responding-to-invite-friend-invitation/14608)
**Author:** [@Mischief](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mischief)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/given-user-name-after-responding-to-invite-friend-invitation/14608 "2015-10-15T17:57:21Z")
I really like the feature which gives invited people the ability to post immediately they have visit a Discourse forum. Would it be possible to incorporate a step in the process so they get to choose their own user name… --- ## [Accessibility: Improve contrast of text styling in default UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-improve-contrast-of-text-styling-in-default-ui/14632)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-improve-contrast-of-text-styling-in-default-ui/14632 "2014-08-19T19:41:56Z")
As a user with less-than-perfect eyesight, I want to be able to read text and links on Discourse with a contrast ratio that allows me to differentiate types of text, so that I can better understand the purpose of that te… --- ## [Breadcrumbs microformat for SEO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/breadcrumbs-microformat-for-seo/14634)
**Author:** [@angelim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angelim)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/breadcrumbs-microformat-for-seo/14634 "2015-06-14T01:15:25Z")
Given the url structure Discourse uses, Google has little hints about the hierarchy of the forum. How about adopting the microdata for breadcrumbs? Discourse already has the categories in the right order rendered in the … --- ## [User-Created Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-created-categories/14653)
**Author:** [@codekitchen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codekitchen)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-created-categories/14653 "2018-05-21T00:03:59Z")
I’d love to be able to give everybody the ability to create new categories, even if they aren’t an admin. This is for a company private internal Discourse instance, so we don’t really need to worry about spam or untruste… --- ## [Multiple Site Customisations at once](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-site-customisations-at-once/14663)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-site-customisations-at-once/14663 "2015-01-14T22:57:17Z")
Problem At the moment you can not enable multiple site customizations at once, even though the UI misleads you to think you can. Spec Add a “position” field to the site\_customization table Allow people to order the… --- ## [Category for different language?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-for-different-language/14669)
**Author:** [@fantasticfears](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fantasticfears)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 5:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-for-different-language/14669 "2014-04-11T05:53:24Z")
A separated category for different language maybe helpful when someone wants to get some knowledge in their language or ask for help. And I think we definitely need translation for how-to. --- ## [Show what action was taken and by who for Flags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-what-action-was-taken-and-by-who-for-flags/14679)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2014, 11:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-what-action-was-taken-and-by-who-for-flags/14679 "2014-04-12T11:35:16Z")
Okay, another thing I am not seeing, or haven’t figured out how to see it, is to tell who performed an action on a flag (if any was taken). Example: UserA flags UserB’s post as inappropriate, ModA sees the flag, and hid… --- ## [Feature Request - Pre-moderation of messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681)
**Author:** [@Mischief](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mischief)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 8:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681 "2015-09-28T08:13:59Z")
How do I set up pre-moderation of messages? Just in way of explanation, the forum that I would like to be using discourse for will be discussing issues which have privacy implications and therefore we are wanting to pre… --- ## [Mentioning Categories instead of Groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-categories-instead-of-groups/14697)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-categories-instead-of-groups/14697 "2016-03-12T21:33:59Z")
Had an interesting idea come up in an email: You can easily include any other group on a thread by CC’ing them. Currently you can only @mention users and groups, and groups can only be created and managed by admins. So… --- ## [Never downloading from certain domains](https://meta.discourse.org/t/never-downloading-from-certain-domains/14705)
**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/never-downloading-from-certain-domains/14705 "2014-04-11T22:39:51Z")
Continuing the discussion from How are local copies of remote images made?: I knocked this out in an hour or two and created a PR: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/2260 --- ## [Patching Heartbleed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patching-heartbleed/14711)
**Author:** [@PabloC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PabloC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patching-heartbleed/14711 "2014-04-18T04:32:19Z")
Hi gents, one question. What’s the best way to patch Heartbleed bug on a Ubuntu Server 13.10 installation without Docker? Any recommended approach? Tks! --- ## [Login to Discourse with custom Oauth2 provider](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-to-discourse-with-custom-oauth2-provider/14717)
**Author:** [@chzsh1995](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chzsh1995)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 11:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-to-discourse-with-custom-oauth2-provider/14717 "2020-07-06T11:12:42Z")
How do I login to Discourse with my own Oauth2 Provider? I have an app as a Oauth2 provider, and other apps can use omniauth-oauth2 or my custom gem to get the info and sign up the user. Can Discourse do so? or admin pr… --- ## [Invisible topics are not invisible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invisible-topics-are-not-invisible/14719)
**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invisible-topics-are-not-invisible/14719 "2014-10-11T02:04:04Z")
Posts in invisible threads are still visible in the member’s profile, providing a link to the “invisible” topic freely accessible to all, whether logged in or not, like search engines … --- ## [Usernames on top, lifting username length restrictions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-on-top-lifting-username-length-restrictions/14747)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-on-top-lifting-username-length-restrictions/14747 "2022-06-13T21:11:42Z")
I just deployed this change set: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b0ed9082b3a22e9a11e5c9cb567525ad764803ff It allows you to lift the max username length restriction. For the time being I made this setting… --- ## [Update Avatar on discourse.org/users/username page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-avatar-on-discourse-org-users-username-page/14783)
**Author:** [@davehahn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davehahn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-avatar-on-discourse-org-users-username-page/14783 "2014-10-08T02:57:35Z")
How do I go about putting my avatar on the discourse.org/users/ page? --- ## [Allow TL4 users to see mod flags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-tl4-users-to-see-mod-flags/14784)
**Author:** [@Sapid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sapid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-tl4-users-to-see-mod-flags/14784 "2014-04-16T01:06:18Z")
TL4 users are granted moderator powers, minus the ability to approve users and to see moderator flags. The former makes sense to me, but the latter seems like it would help them contribute to the chore of moderating a co… --- ## [Pre-moderation Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-moderation-plugin/14801)
**Author:** [@Mischief](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mischief)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-moderation-plugin/14801 "2015-08-09T21:42:45Z")
Continuing the discussion from Feature Request - Pre-moderation of messages: I’d be keen on seeing a pre-moderation plugin. Has anyone considered creating one? --- ## [Impersonate shouldn't clear notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonate-shouldnt-clear-notifications/14808)
**Author:** [@brett\_zink](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brett_zink)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonate-shouldnt-clear-notifications/14808 "2014-04-16T19:09:50Z")
I don’t think any activity should be tracked when impersonating. If I click the notifications button it should not clear the notification count. If I read a new topic it should still be unread for the actual user. Curre… --- ## [I've come here after being disillusioned over and over for years](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ive-come-here-after-being-disillusioned-over-and-over-for-years/14827)
**Author:** [@wynnyelle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wynnyelle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ive-come-here-after-being-disillusioned-over-and-over-for-years/14827 "2014-05-06T19:03:46Z")
Hi. I was referred here by someone who said this might be a good software for me to redo my site on. I’ve been trying to have my site done up exactly like I want it to with all the features I thought of it having, for se… --- ## [No need for 'latest' column when updated to latest version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-need-for-latest-column-when-updated-to-latest-version/14833)
**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-need-for-latest-column-when-updated-to-latest-version/14833 "2014-04-17T21:36:46Z")
I just updated to the latest version, which means - I guess by design - that only the current version number is shown and not the recent one, since it’s the same. Then why show the latest column header? Dutch version, … --- ## [Install Discourse in Under 30 Minutes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-in-under-30-minutes/14844)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-in-under-30-minutes/14844 "2015-05-03T17:21:22Z")
As we edge closer and closer to Discourse 1.0 – which should happen in the next two months – we continue to improve our install story. This topic is for comments on the original blog entry at: Install Discourse in Unde… --- ## [\[Paid\] Need a Vanilla 2 Import tool](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-a-vanilla-2-import-tool/14852)
**Author:** [@ThatLeeGuy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ThatLeeGuy)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-a-vanilla-2-import-tool/14852 "2015-03-03T15:33:10Z")
Hi all, I have an existing forum that is running Vanilla 2, I have an export of the database and I’m looking for someone with experience importing from another forum to help. I see this project on GitHub GitHub - rikki… --- ## [Last IP vs. Registration and Posting IP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-ip-vs-registration-and-posting-ip/14884)
**Author:** [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-ip-vs-registration-and-posting-ip/14884 "2014-04-30T01:48:38Z")
Continuing the discussion from What about the spam problem?: I have reservations about outright blocking by IP. But … Even though the number of IPs that can be abused is effectively infinite. I have found it extremely … --- ## [Add a "remove" button to bookmarks on user profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-remove-button-to-bookmarks-on-user-profile/14903)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2014, 7:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-remove-button-to-bookmarks-on-user-profile/14903 "2014-05-12T07:58:38Z")
This is a relatively easy one and I think a lot of people would like it. Just add a “remove bookmark” button to each bookmark entry on the user page, like so: It’s been requested a few times and it’d be a great qua… --- ## [Add a "merge multiple responses" admin post selection action](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-merge-multiple-responses-admin-post-selection-action/14904)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-merge-multiple-responses-admin-post-selection-action/14904 "2016-07-27T04:48:45Z")
For users that insist on posting multiple sequential replies, especially short ones, it would be nice to have a “merge posts” option appear when you use the admin wrench to begin selecting posts in a topic, and then sele… --- ## [Add "select below" and "select above" admin post selection action](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-select-below-and-select-above-admin-post-selection-action/14905)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-select-below-and-select-above-admin-post-selection-action/14905 "2016-06-01T09:56:45Z")
It happens a lot that when splitting topics, you more-or-less need to select all posts downstream of a certain post to get a proper split. This is a pain in the ass in the current admin interface: you have to manually… --- ## [Can I rename "system" user permanently?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-rename-system-user-permanently/14909)
**Author:** [@BDub](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BDub)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-rename-system-user-permanently/14909 "2021-07-06T02:59:37Z")
I’ve impersonated the system user to change the name and avatar to make it look way cooler and personalized for my forum. However every time I update the forum it renames the system user back to “system”. It’s not so b… --- ## [Add deleted/flag/suspension counts to user profile for staff](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-deleted-flag-suspension-counts-to-user-profile-for-staff/14944)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 9:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-deleted-flag-suspension-counts-to-user-profile-for-staff/14944 "2014-06-30T09:21:18Z")
We need to add some staff counters on the user page to help identify problem users over time: number of deleted (not by self posts) number of flags number of times suspended That @radq is a well known problem user… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=394) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=396)