# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=398 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 399 --- ## [Add "Quote reply as new topic" button next to "Quote reply"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-quote-reply-as-new-topic-button-next-to-quote-reply/15680)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-quote-reply-as-new-topic-button-next-to-quote-reply/15680 "2016-08-11T22:33:26Z")
Twice this morning I got stuck in a situation where I was writing a post and wanted to start some new topics in reply rather than write one long reply with lots of points (as I would in a mailing list :wink:). The “reply… --- ## [Launcher script not updated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-script-not-updated/15688)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Swallow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Greg_Swallow)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2014, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-script-not-updated/15688 "2014-06-02T07:16:10Z")
I installed discouse on digitalocean via the beginner docker method. I installed updates via the admin/docker url and today updated docker manually to 0.11.1 - I had a problem that the launcher script was not updated … --- ## [More info about user in mouse over when someneon is @post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-info-about-user-in-mouse-over-when-someneon-is-post/15702)
**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-info-about-user-in-mouse-over-when-someneon-is-post/15702 "2014-05-16T15:39:17Z")
It will be nice to have more info about @mentioned user in post without additional click (postback). When someone say something to etc @adopilot user need to click and postback and goaway from topic to get additional in… --- ## [Trouble with Invites to topics in categories with permission limits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-with-invites-to-topics-in-categories-with-permission-limits/15717)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-with-invites-to-topics-in-categories-with-permission-limits/15717 "2014-05-16T22:46:59Z")
I just ran into difficulties with invites. I created a category where I only want people with level 2 permissions to be able to reply to posts and level 3 permissions to create posts. I then created a topic and then invi… --- ## [Show group permissions transparently on category and topic pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-group-permissions-transparently-on-category-and-topic-pages/15718)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-group-permissions-transparently-on-category-and-topic-pages/15718 "2021-09-08T15:21:44Z")
I think it would be helpful to make permissions transparently known on the forum, so that when you are looking at the category and topic pages you can see precisely which groups have permission to do what in those catego… --- ## [Prioritize showing group members (not posts) on group landing page, describe groups, provide groups directory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prioritize-showing-group-members-not-posts-on-group-landing-page-describe-groups-provide-groups-directory/15719)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prioritize-showing-group-members-not-posts-on-group-landing-page-describe-groups-provide-groups-directory/15719 "2017-07-11T16:53:32Z")
I think it makes more sense on the group landing page to show the list of members. So on the groups navigation, flip posts and members so members are on top and shown by default on the landing page. I also think display… --- ## [How to set up a forum - guidance and instruction](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-up-a-forum-guidance-and-instruction/15735)
**Author:** [@Jake\_Speed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jake_Speed)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-up-a-forum-guidance-and-instruction/15735 "2014-10-12T22:57:30Z")
Dear all, Not sure where to start, here. I’ve been tasked with setting up a forum, but seem to have very scant information on where to start. Does anyone happen to know if there is a ‘how to’ site or section of pages … --- ## [Sizing images and cloudinary support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sizing-images-and-cloudinary-support/15756)
**Author:** [@justin\_gordon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin_gordon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sizing-images-and-cloudinary-support/15756 "2014-05-18T21:41:17Z")
It’s awesome that we can drag & drop images. @codinghorror, Any thoughts on these ideas? If you make your images big, that’s great because you can click and expand. However, what if you want to have a post with 15 204… --- ## [User-awarded badges and more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-awarded-badges-and-more/15759)
**Author:** [@ronteras](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ronteras)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-awarded-badges-and-more/15759 "2014-05-19T13:16:57Z")
Tried to find the similar topic, but failed :D. While badges feature is on its way with all great stuff, what about having the some badges category, (restricted by certain categories or not) that can be awarded by the … --- ## [Emoji user preferences](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-user-preferences/15763)
**Author:** [@pakl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pakl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-user-preferences/15763 "2014-05-19T23:33:15Z")
I would love if every application that uses Emoji (but discourse in particular) would follow Slack’s example to allow user-based preferences: Especially the last setting ‘Convert my emoticons to emoji’ is brilliant. … --- ## [Mailing-list-like sign-up process](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-like-sign-up-process/15779)
**Author:** [@obvio171](https://meta.discourse.org/u/obvio171)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-like-sign-up-process/15779 "2018-10-27T17:02:40Z")
I want to start a Discourse forum for a software project that’s just starting, and I want to do it before there’s a mailing list and everyone is on it and all hope is lost that I’ll move them over to a forum. Current si… --- ## [Spanish translation (Spain): notes and considerations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spanish-translation-spain-apuntes-y-consideraciones/15805)
**Author:** [@DavidGNavas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DavidGNavas)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spanish-translation-spain-apuntes-y-consideraciones/15805 "2019-02-06T15:54:32Z")
These last days we've been working on the Spanish translation for Discourse, we're happy to see the progress bar on 100% (last week it was on 79%) \[sunglasses\] But there are many errors yet. Thanks to @Torrelles, we ca... --- ## [Reply as new topic - keyboard problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-new-topic-keyboard-problem/15807)
**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-new-topic-keyboard-problem/15807 "2014-08-29T23:24:47Z")
“Reply as new topic” is only visible on mouseover. Although you can access it by keyboard, if you happen to know it comes after the “like” button in a post, that does require a degree of clairvoyance which it’s probably … --- ## [Invite not recognized if user joins without clicking link in invite email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-not-recognized-if-user-joins-without-clicking-link-in-invite-email/15817)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-not-recognized-if-user-joins-without-clicking-link-in-invite-email/15817 "2014-07-03T21:14:33Z")
I just invited a handful of people to my discourse and one of them signed up without clicking the link in the invite email. So he is a user on the site but is not in the private group I invited him to and my own invite h… --- ## [Exporting an AWS instance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exporting-an-aws-instance/15874)
**Author:** [@eljazeeri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eljazeeri)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exporting-an-aws-instance/15874 "2014-05-23T06:12:25Z")
I have a discourse forum running for a while now. It was installed through bitnami on an AWS cloud account. I would like to move the hosting to a different server / host to be administered by someone else. Is there a way… --- ## [Tracking after "reply as new topic"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-after-reply-as-new-topic/15876)
**Author:** [@Julien](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Julien)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-after-reply-as-new-topic/15876 "2014-05-23T00:51:00Z")
If somebody forks one of my messages in a new topic, I lose the tracking of this new topic. --- ## [Excluding user profiles in robots.txt (or allow edit of file)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excluding-user-profiles-in-robots-txt-or-allow-edit-of-file/15886)
**Author:** [@geek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/geek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excluding-user-profiles-in-robots-txt-or-allow-edit-of-file/15886 "2014-05-24T04:19:34Z")
After the latest Google Panda update, I found myself on the unhappy end of a 15% drop in visitors via Google, which led me to do some research on what exactly Google has indexed for my site. According to a quick search … --- ## [Bulk Invite Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-invite-users/15899)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 10:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-invite-users/15899 "2014-06-18T10:40:18Z")
We should have a user interface for bulk inviting users to Discourse, since it comes up so often. Probably the best place to trigger this is from the user page, which already has an Invites area: Add a button, “Ba… --- ## [Different password reset for wrong username/email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-password-reset-for-wrong-username-email/15909)
**Author:** [@amyehawthorne](https://meta.discourse.org/u/amyehawthorne)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-password-reset-for-wrong-username-email/15909 "2017-10-04T15:51:07Z")
In the password reset process, you receive the same “You might receive an email shortly” message whether you have entered a valid username/email or not. While I can see the security value of not giving an indication of … --- ## [Tab order: select category after title when creating topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-order-select-category-after-title-when-creating-topic/15945)
**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-order-select-category-after-title-when-creating-topic/15945 "2015-01-04T13:22:17Z")
The natural way is to press TAB after entering the title and then to choose the category, I’d say. Now you enter the editor and you’ll never get to the category selection. --- ## [Keyboard shortcuts wish list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-wish-list/15952)
**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2015, 9:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-wish-list/15952 "2015-08-04T09:03:14Z")
Keyboard shortcuts to the Profile page and Hamburger menu would be greatly appreciated. The Hamburger menu is much easier to navigate for non-mouse-users than the Categories page. --- ## [Quote post using keyboard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-post-using-keyboard/15953)
**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-post-using-keyboard/15953 "2014-05-29T09:37:53Z")
There is no method for keyboard users to quote a post. It would be nice to have the option. --- ## [\[Bounty\] Subcategory / Anonymous postings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bounty-subcategory-anonymous-postings/15983)
**Author:** [@ekenheim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ekenheim)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bounty-subcategory-anonymous-postings/15983 "2015-05-02T09:48:49Z")
Continuing the discussion from Posting to Subcategories: I’m no developer. But I’m willing to pay for this feature to be implemented, my team and I really do need this feature if we’re gonna run Discourse. :frowning: … --- ## [Avatar Subsystem redesign](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-subsystem-redesign/15997)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-subsystem-redesign/15997 "2014-10-05T23:30:32Z")
I just deployed the implementation of It is a rather massive change to the way Discourse deals with avatars. We no longer include direct links to gravatar, so for example, this is no longer a concern on Discourse. ht… --- ## [Way to type email address inside topic so it looks like link in easier way](https://meta.discourse.org/t/way-to-type-email-address-inside-topic-so-it-looks-like-link-in-easier-way/15999)
**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 12:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/way-to-type-email-address-inside-topic-so-it-looks-like-link-in-easier-way/15999 "2014-05-27T12:10:34Z")
Is there markdown for typing email addresses inside topics. If I type adopilot@gmail.com how I can make my email look like link so when someone click on e mail browser try open new We can make link like this \ **Author:** [@davestephens](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davestephens)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-change-the-email-prefix/16016 "2014-05-27T23:39:30Z") I’d like to see the ability to be able to change the suffix that gets sent out on emails. The name of my site is quite long (“Odyssey Residents Association”), and as such, emails are prefixed: \[Odyssey Residents Associa… --- ## [Thumbnails of images in topics list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thumbnails-of-images-in-topics-list/16022)
**Author:** [@justin\_gordon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin_gordon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thumbnails-of-images-in-topics-list/16022 "2018-03-14T20:32:10Z")
Any chance of displaying thumbnails in images in the topics list, such as the way that Swaylock’s does it on their homepage (not actually for forum topics, but seems kind of neat. --- ## [Access to forum invite email content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-to-forum-invite-email-content/16024)
**Author:** [@ErwinNH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ErwinNH)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-to-forum-invite-email-content/16024 "2016-03-07T06:46:28Z")
Do we have/are we on track to soon have access to our outgoing invite email content? On a side note: great work recently guys, last couple of updates have added some excellent features that I appreciate. --- ## [Plugin that will call predefined web api uri from post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-that-will-call-predefined-web-api-uri-from-post/16035)
**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2014, 7:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-that-will-call-predefined-web-api-uri-from-post/16035 "2014-05-29T07:12:19Z")
We are using discourse as tool for doing business. As discourse getting more into our business processes that is coming need for interacting with topics and others system that we have. I have idea to make plugin which … --- ## [Language portal](https://meta.discourse.org/t/language-portal/16043)
**Author:** [@fantasticfears](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fantasticfears)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2014, 6:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/language-portal/16043 "2014-05-29T06:51:07Z")
As we are approaching 1.0, can we create language portal for Discourse on \*.discourse.org or discourse.org/\* just like WordPress? It helps spreading the software. It’s helpful for non-English users. [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=397) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=399)