# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=400 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 401 --- ## [Public data dumps](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-data-dumps/16531)
**Author:** [@obvio171](https://meta.discourse.org/u/obvio171)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-data-dumps/16531 "2023-03-31T11:54:25Z")
I’d like to propose a public data export feature similar to Stack Exchange’s. This is not the same as the backup feature, because it requires sanitizing all private user data first. Both JSON and HTML export formats woul… --- ## [Install issues when not root](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-issues-when-not-root/16538)
**Author:** [@thornburg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thornburg)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-issues-when-not-root/16538 "2014-06-25T23:44:11Z")
Why is every thread here closed? There are several relevant threads where I feel like it would make more sense to post my individual questions, but every old thread is closed (whether or not the problem was actually s… --- ## [Muted categories are too atomic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muted-categories-are-too-atomic/16546)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muted-categories-are-too-atomic/16546 "2014-06-18T01:31:44Z")
When you mute a category now, every new topic in the category is muted. Our implementation is actually a bit simpler and diverges from the explenation. Muted Categories: Are suppressed from latest list. All new to… --- ## [Add last seen and post count to user card](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-last-seen-and-post-count-to-user-card/16550)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-last-seen-and-post-count-to-user-card/16550 "2014-06-16T22:34:23Z")
I think we should expand our user card to include post counts: Additionally maybe consider adding a row for Last Seen - perhaps a separate feature req/ Thoughts? --- ## [FAQ does not show in search results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/faq-does-not-show-in-search-results/16556)
**Author:** [@justin\_gordon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin_gordon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/faq-does-not-show-in-search-results/16556 "2014-07-12T16:53:51Z")
The FAQ should show when clicking on the magnifying glass. --- ## [Hiding Sub-Category Pin Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-sub-category-pin-topics/16559)
**Author:** [@lightyear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lightyear)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-sub-category-pin-topics/16559 "2015-04-15T15:02:22Z")
Heyah, I’m not a big fan of pinned topics to be honest. I feel they are a misused Forum-Way of collecting FAQ and category description (which is exactly the way we are handling them here, too). Both of which might be im… --- ## ["Sign In" vs. "Log Out"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sign-in-vs-log-out/16561)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sign-in-vs-log-out/16561 "2014-06-16T23:38:33Z")
Continuing the discussion from Icons. Icons everywhere: Why is the this button called Log Out when the opposite button is called Sign In? --- ## [Admin Tool - Search by Email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-tool-search-by-email/16569)
**Author:** [@haldron](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haldron)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-tool-search-by-email/16569 "2014-06-16T23:18:50Z")
OK so a pretty simple idea that I just wanted to gauge potential interest on. For one of the forums I work with, one of our community managers handles a team of volunteers that needed to be added as volunteers. I notice… --- ## [Allow moderators to add a member to a group?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-moderators-to-add-a-member-to-a-group/16572)
**Author:** [@JohnSReid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnSReid)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-moderators-to-add-a-member-to-a-group/16572 "2017-12-28T01:06:07Z")
I want to create a group that is ‘invite only’ for members. Is there a way that I can allow moderators or members within the group to invite other members of the community into the group? --- ## [Hosting fees and/or support?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosting-fees-and-or-support/16599)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosting-fees-and-or-support/16599 "2014-06-17T03:20:38Z")
If I get everything working again the way I had it, can I lean on you guys for maintaining my droplet? Note: I will have some custom javascript widgets that will be in the header and some that will be included in the bo… --- ## [Auto-convert text to lists](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-convert-text-to-lists/16614)
**Author:** [@NomNuggetNom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NomNuggetNom)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-convert-text-to-lists/16614 "2014-06-22T19:59:42Z")
When text like this is selected: A B C And the list icons () are hit, it should result in this: A B C Instead of what it does now: A B C So basically, break each line into a bullet automatically. --- ## [Category setting: new topics are wiki by default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-new-topics-are-wiki-by-default/16618)
**Author:** [@calmh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/calmh)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-new-topics-are-wiki-by-default/16618 "2016-12-19T12:58:08Z")
Wiki posts are awesome, especially for categories like documentation and FAQ. It would be sweet if a category could be set up so that new topics are wiki by default. Currently you’d have to have an admin (moderator?) not… --- ## [Welcome 2014 Discourse Interns!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-2014-discourse-interns/16638)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-2014-discourse-interns/16638 "2014-06-18T17:12:34Z")
I’m pleased to announce the Discourse team now has two amazing interns, Arpit Jalan @techapj and Kane York @riking. This topic is for comments on the original blog entry at: Welcome 2014 Discourse Interns! --- ## [Can we have a point or reward system as a feature?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-a-point-or-reward-system-as-a-feature/16652)
**Author:** [@bankerrahul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bankerrahul)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 9:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-a-point-or-reward-system-as-a-feature/16652 "2016-09-30T09:22:10Z")
Can we have a point system for activities like signup, posting, replying for users and some kind of reward system for them as a feature in discourse installation? --- ## [Allow alternate logo on mobile view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-alternate-logo-on-mobile-view/16659)
**Author:** [@ampburner](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ampburner)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-alternate-logo-on-mobile-view/16659 "2014-06-18T19:51:14Z")
Under admin \> customize, I have the ability to specify custom css and a html-header for both the desktop and mobile views (independently) But the site logo is always the same (shared between both views) I would like th… --- ## [Email digest should include a brief overview of unread topics (or total amount)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-digest-should-include-a-brief-overview-of-unread-topics-or-total-amount/16679)
**Author:** [@FichteFoll](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FichteFoll)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-digest-should-include-a-brief-overview-of-unread-topics-or-total-amount/16679 "2014-06-20T17:48:59Z")
As far as I can see Discoruse only sends me “recent activity” but I’d also like to know if there are updates to discussions that I have shown my interest for. Be that either a list with all unread threads (maybe limited… --- ## [Canned responses to help moderators encourage civilized discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-responses-to-help-moderators-encourage-civilized-discourse/16680)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-responses-to-help-moderators-encourage-civilized-discourse/16680 "2019-07-20T20:17:29Z")
So one of the great things about Discourse is it’s designed to help encourage actual civilized discourse. That’s a great goal, but in addition to software, it depends on watchful and tactful mentors. I think a lot of mo… --- ## [Does sockpuppet flag prevent notifications?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-sockpuppet-flag-prevent-notifications/16690)
**Author:** [@WalterStabosz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WalterStabosz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-sockpuppet-flag-prevent-notifications/16690 "2014-06-19T22:10:37Z")
Continuing the discussion from Spam Blocking Feature Idea: Alert when Same IP Address Answers Topic: I have a few questions about this feature: If a message is flagged as a possible sockpuppet, will that prevent an e… --- ## [Meta.discourse.org emails coming from wrong place?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-discourse-org-emails-coming-from-wrong-place/16726)
**Author:** [@kohenkatz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kohenkatz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-discourse-org-emails-coming-from-wrong-place/16726 "2014-06-21T00:14:58Z")
I just got a notification email about updates to a topic which came from info@unconfigured.discourse.org. Today’s Digest that I got also came from that address. Previous emails have come from info@discourse.org. Was t… --- ## [Should Discourse convert GIFs to mp4 video files?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-discourse-convert-gifs-to-mp4-video-files/16739)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-discourse-convert-gifs-to-mp4-video-files/16739 "2022-01-14T09:33:13Z")
Just read about this neat trick that Twitter is doing with GIFs: http://blog.embed.ly/post/89265229166/what-twitter-isnt-telling-you-about-gifs Perhaps this is something Discourse would like to mimic in the future. An… --- ## [Easy way to change preformatted text (code) button?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easy-way-to-change-preformatted-text-code-button/16760)
**Author:** [@BDub](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BDub)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easy-way-to-change-preformatted-text-code-button/16760 "2016-06-26T19:57:30Z")
On forums that are pretty software intensive, i.e., people posting lots of code… the preformatted text ctrl+k thing doesn’t cut it. I’m constantly having to edit posts and do this technique: Is there an easy way to … --- ## [Improved Group Members Management](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-group-members-management/16768)
**Author:** [@lightyear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lightyear)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-group-members-management/16768 "2016-01-07T11:28:55Z")
Following up on the bug that our Admin UI only shows up to 201 members for groups, I’d like to propose the following changes to Group-Admin interface. allow group editing on user First, allow direct editing of Groups on… --- ## [Discourse Logging Improvements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-logging-improvements/16783)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-logging-improvements/16783 "2014-06-23T15:41:16Z")
Discourse ships with Logster a component that allows us to view logs in the /logs route. It gathers server side errors and client side errors and logs them in redis. ###Current Issues The fact we ship with this compo… --- ## [Plugin that allows anonymous posting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-that-allows-anonymous-posting/16799)
**Author:** [@timeline](https://meta.discourse.org/u/timeline)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 9:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-that-allows-anonymous-posting/16799 "2015-05-02T09:47:46Z")
I strongly believe that an anonymous posting feature is a great way to evolve from the usual forum systems - as evidenced by popular boards such as 4chan. I’m not sure if the developers are too keen on making such a fea… --- ## [Alert users if they are updating from the master branch](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alert-users-if-they-are-updating-from-the-master-branch/16847)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alert-users-if-they-are-updating-from-the-master-branch/16847 "2014-06-30T22:13:17Z")
Discourse Docker should alert users if the container they have is tracking the master branch as opposed to anything else (tests-passed, stable or custom) master is considered unstable at least until the tests pass. Mes… --- ## [Posting via e-mail in feature - E-mail address is case sensitive](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-via-e-mail-in-feature-e-mail-address-is-case-sensitive/16859)
**Author:** [@paully21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paully21)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-via-e-mail-in-feature-e-mail-address-is-case-sensitive/16859 "2014-07-16T17:43:33Z")
We have turned on the feature to allow our users to start a new topic using the incoming e-mail feature. I notice that many of our users set up their e-mail clients to have upper and lower case letters in their e-mail a… --- ## [Customs email headers and/or subjects tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customs-email-headers-and-or-subjects-tags/16873)
**Author:** [@XioNoX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/XioNoX)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customs-email-headers-and-or-subjects-tags/16873 "2022-01-08T16:31:12Z")
Hi! To be able to sort automatically notification emails sent by Discourse, it would be great if they could have customs headers (or a subject tag) based on the message’s content/content: For example, here is a list of… --- ## [Why can't admins create a new topic from the category index page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-admins-create-a-new-topic-from-the-category-index-page/16874)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-admins-create-a-new-topic-from-the-category-index-page/16874 "2014-07-01T20:20:49Z")
As a user, I want to create a topic while viewing the /categories listing page so I can start writing without having to go back to the latest topics page. Right now, I can only “Create Category” (or maybe not even this s… --- ## [Options to disable hijack of CMD+F / CTRL+F and "/" keys for search?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/options-to-disable-hijack-of-cmd-f-ctrl-f-and-keys-for-search/16875)
**Author:** [@brpc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brpc)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/options-to-disable-hijack-of-cmd-f-ctrl-f-and-keys-for-search/16875 "2019-06-25T00:08:56Z")
I’m not sure why anyone thought it was a good idea to hijack the universally accepted “Find” functionality of the browser to open the search box… it’s nothing but frustrating when you’re trying to find text on the page. … --- ## [Discourse V1.0 Next Month](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-v1-0-next-month/16877)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-v1-0-next-month/16877 "2014-09-04T02:33:49Z")
In January I wrote about The Road to Discourse 1.0, and I mentioned that we planned to reach version 1 in “the next few months”. That time has come. I’m pleased to announce that we will leave beta and officially release … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=399) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=401)