# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=411 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 412 --- ## [An anti-gibberish filter](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-anti-gibberish-filter/20552)
**Author:** [@Bro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bro)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-anti-gibberish-filter/20552 "2014-09-29T13:36:33Z")
Having read this: and having decided I like the minimum character feature, I was wondering if there was any way to stop people from posting gibberish, as in feirererfgerkjrehjr rejhhhreuhrer eiruhfruhrehr You know… --- ## [Allow new users to provide reason for joining when signing up (when approval required)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-new-users-to-provide-reason-for-joining-when-signing-up-when-approval-required/20577)
**Author:** [@ariddell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ariddell)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-new-users-to-provide-reason-for-joining-when-signing-up-when-approval-required/20577 "2014-09-29T01:39:48Z")
When must approve users is set, it would be great to know a bit more about the user requesting an account. The addition of a single text input prompt “Message for moderator” or “Reasons for joining” would go a long way. … --- ## [Extend S3 configuration for other s3 API compatible cloud storage solutions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extend-s3-configuration-for-other-s3-api-compatible-cloud-storage-solutions/20593)
**Author:** [@edouardb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/edouardb)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extend-s3-configuration-for-other-s3-api-compatible-cloud-storage-solutions/20593 "2018-07-04T05:58:30Z")
It would be great to have an extra field host and set region optional to allow other S3 API compatible services to work with discourse for backup and files storage. Update: --- ## [Any suggestions on best ways to flag a topic as incomplete?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-suggestions-on-best-ways-to-flag-a-topic-as-incomplete/20601)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-suggestions-on-best-ways-to-flag-a-topic-as-incomplete/20601 "2018-08-09T23:07:41Z")
We are using our discourse also as a wiki for collaboratively sharing information. I would like to be able to publicly flag a topic as incomplete - a work in progress - so everyone can see the topics that need attention … --- ## [In read-only mode changing the settings fails silently](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-read-only-mode-changing-the-settings-fails-silently/20623)
**Author:** [@tpokorra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpokorra)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-read-only-mode-changing-the-settings-fails-silently/20623 "2014-09-30T19:01:13Z")
This is probably related to https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-mode-bugs/12708. I tried to set in the settings, Backups, allow restore. But it did not allow to save it. Because there is no error message, I first th… --- ## [Installing with Docker question (Software requirements)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-with-docker-question-software-requirements/20649)
**Author:** [@winterbox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/winterbox)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 7:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-with-docker-question-software-requirements/20649 "2014-10-01T07:34:01Z")
I already have my discourse site on DigitalOcean. (Paid to install. :smile:) But I am trying to install on my country’s VPS service. (DigitalOcean is pretty much slow in my country) So I just bought new VPS, and I beli… --- ## [Onebox embeds for pages that no longer exist do not update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-embeds-for-pages-that-no-longer-exist-do-not-update/20668)
**Author:** [@clay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clay)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-embeds-for-pages-that-no-longer-exist-do-not-update/20668 "2014-10-02T06:31:32Z")
Continuing the discussion from What smileys are supported?: If you hop to the thread from which I continued this discussion, you will see that codinghorror posted a link to another meta.discourse.org thread that subseq… --- ## [Custom Theme For Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-theme-for-discourse/20698)
**Author:** [@rob1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rob1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-theme-for-discourse/20698 "2014-10-02T20:36:22Z")
I hope this is the right place. Looking for someone to do a custom theme if possible. Also looking in the not too distant future for users be able to also post anonymously. Thank you Rob --- ## [Make old browsers (e.g. Opera Mobile Classic) use the "noscript version" of Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-old-browsers-e-g-opera-mobile-classic-use-the-noscript-version-of-discourse/20716)
**Author:** [@anonymous234](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anonymous234)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-old-browsers-e-g-opera-mobile-classic-use-the-noscript-version-of-discourse/20716 "2015-01-27T03:21:28Z")
I don’t know if this is an existing feature or not, but it would be nice if older browsers that support Javascript but aren’t really usable with Discourse could just see the same static content that you see with Javascri… --- ## [Sortable Admin pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sortable-admin-pages/20721)
**Author:** [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sortable-admin-pages/20721 "2015-11-25T21:11:13Z")
I like very much that “search by name / email” has been added to some Admin pages. I could really benefit if some of the other Admin pages were sortable. So much so that I am looking into writing a userscript. It could … --- ## [Refreshing at 'all categories' and individual category level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/refreshing-at-all-categories-and-individual-category-level/20729)
**Author:** [@aran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aran)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 10:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/refreshing-at-all-categories-and-individual-category-level/20729 "2019-08-31T10:39:43Z")
Hi folks - I’m sticking this in support rather than features because I’m not sure what the state of play is with it… At the ‘all categories’ level, refreshing for new material is dealt with very well, with the tab alert… --- ## [Search needs help for all magic filters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-needs-help-for-all-magic-filters/20751)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-needs-help-for-all-magic-filters/20751 "2014-11-09T21:04:41Z")
We have quite a few “magic” directives in search like order:latest status:open category:bugs Though very handy they are impossible to discover. We need something like keyboard shortcuts help to help discovering this… --- ## [Thoughts on a plugin which turns discourse into stackoverflow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thoughts-on-a-plugin-which-turns-discourse-into-stackoverflow/20763)
**Author:** [@dcohen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dcohen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thoughts-on-a-plugin-which-turns-discourse-into-stackoverflow/20763 "2022-05-23T05:37:39Z")
I know I know discourse is not a Q&A platform, and you might not believe in negative votes, etc, as mentioned in other posts. This is not a question about the philosophy, it is a technical question, so please proceed wit… --- ## [Domain events In Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/domain-events-in-discourse/20765)
**Author:** [@Del\_Boy\_Trotter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Del_Boy_Trotter)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/domain-events-in-discourse/20765 "2014-10-06T06:06:14Z")
is there any concept of domain events in discourse? We’d like our app to be notified of certain events within discourse. If not we’ll be looking at creating this as some sort of extension but I do think there’d need to … --- ## [Does "one.com" support Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-one-com-support-discourse/20766)
**Author:** [@stianthedark](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stianthedark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-one-com-support-discourse/20766 "2014-10-05T13:57:48Z")
I’m in the process of choosing host for my website, but I need it to support Discourse. I will probably choose one.com if they support Ruby and/or other required stuff. Anyone know something about this? --- ## [Add moderators in the 'About' section](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-moderators-in-the-about-section/20773)
**Author:** [@molly\_cushing](https://meta.discourse.org/u/molly_cushing)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-moderators-in-the-about-section/20773 "2014-10-05T17:54:24Z")
Would it be possible to add the moderators in the ‘About’ section? I know that admins are highlighted and I like that a lot, but I know the moderators on my site to a lot, so I’d like to have them be hilighted. Is that p… --- ## [Add a Pinterest button to the social share box](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-pinterest-button-to-the-social-share-box/20778)
**Author:** [@tradpainter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tradpainter)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 8:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-pinterest-button-to-the-social-share-box/20778 "2015-05-12T08:00:15Z")
I would like a Pinterest button to be added to the social share box. I have it on the highest authority that to submit the change as a pull request should take just a few hours (at most) of a coder’s time. Could someone… --- ## [Invitations should be compatible with SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitations-should-be-compatible-with-sso/20813)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitations-should-be-compatible-with-sso/20813 "2022-04-21T13:38:48Z")
As an admin, I want to be able to invite non-registered users to my Discourse site that uses SSO for authentication so that they can be added to a group on account creation. Currently, there is no way to specify user gr… --- ## [DigitalOcean vs Communiteq](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digitalocean-vs-communiteq/20820)
**Author:** [@cregox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cregox)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2015, 11:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digitalocean-vs-communiteq/20820 "2015-01-14T11:44:54Z")
Hey @michaeld Other than the obvious: \[DH is a SaaS and DO is not\](https://meta.discourse.org/t/people-with-experience-bitnami-vs-\[Communiteq\](https://www.communiteq.com) (formerly DiscourseHosting)-com-s/15156/2?u=cawa… --- ## [DNS Queries with Discourse - Huge Volume](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dns-queries-with-discourse-huge-volume/20849)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dns-queries-with-discourse-huge-volume/20849 "2014-10-07T16:59:16Z")
In the last 3 or 4 months my DNS queries seem to have gone through the roof - and now I’m getting charged $70/month from DynDNS (3.5 million queries a month, they tell me). My traffic as measured by Quantcast.com and Go… --- ## [Why is "phpBB" censored?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-phpbb-censored/20851)
**Author:** [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-phpbb-censored/20851 "2014-10-06T22:53:38Z")
I’ve just written the following in php BB 3 Importer: “php BB” (without the space) always gets censored. When I put it inside it gets even weirder: phpBB Why does this happen? --- ## [Discourse Version 1.1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-1-1/20858)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 12:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-1-1/20858 "2014-11-07T12:21:27Z")
Focus General stability Cleanup Tidying loose ends in original V1 release Codename Aeschines ← Andocides Antiphon Demosthenes Dinarchus Hypereides Isaeus Isocrates Lycurgus Lysias Start date August 26, 2014 (V1.0 rel… --- ## [Discourse Version 1.2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-1-2/20859)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2015, 10:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-1-2/20859 "2015-02-20T10:03:39Z")
Focus Extensibility (tagger plugin, akismet plugin, custom share sources) Performance (Metal Views) Emoji set choice / override / extensions ala Slack Codename Aeschines v1.1 Andocides ← Antiphon Demosthenes Dinarchus … --- ## [Linking containers for a multiple container setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-containers-for-a-multiple-container-setup/20867)
**Author:** [@nx2zdk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nx2zdk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2015, 6:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-containers-for-a-multiple-container-setup/20867 "2015-01-09T06:23:12Z")
Multiple Container setup If you would like to connect web-only and data Discourse docker containers. There is optional setting for this, which is, you could specify a links key in container configuration (yaml file) t… --- ## [How do we decide what goes into each release of Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-we-decide-what-goes-into-each-release-of-discourse/20870)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-we-decide-what-goes-into-each-release-of-discourse/20870 "2019-02-10T16:45:21Z")
How do we decide what goes into each release of Discourse? Generally speaking, this is the model: That is amortized across: How many different Discourse instances are complaining / asking about this? How many o… --- ## [S3 competitor integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-competitor-integration/20883)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-competitor-integration/20883 "2014-10-07T18:46:22Z")
This is a continuation of a discussion to find an S3 competitor. The main reason is that S3 has bizarre pricing structures and IMO for a large Discourse instance including those based on photo and video it could hit the… --- ## [Is discourse suitable for android && iOS native app as a forum plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-suitable-for-android-ios-native-app-as-a-forum-plugin/20885)
**Author:** [@York23](https://meta.discourse.org/u/York23)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2014, 8:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-suitable-for-android-ios-native-app-as-a-forum-plugin/20885 "2014-10-08T08:21:45Z")
I want add user login/out and post comments features to my android && iOS native app. Is that possible only use discourse’s backend to develop those features? --- ## [Anon email-in should be able to add multiple posts to a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anon-email-in-should-be-able-to-add-multiple-posts-to-a-topic/20888)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anon-email-in-should-be-able-to-add-multiple-posts-to-a-topic/20888 "2015-08-10T17:22:35Z")
As a user without an account who emails in “anonymously” to a category (which has “Accept emails from anonymous users with no accounts”) enabled, I want to be able to send multiple messages in to a topic without being re… --- ## [Invite on the profile page only?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-on-the-profile-page-only/20889)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-on-the-profile-page-only/20889 "2014-10-08T03:03:43Z")
Continuing the discussion from How do I send people invites?: Is there a reason not to add the ability to invite to the Admin page also? --- ## [Calendar in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/calendar-in-discourse/20898)
**Author:** [@SirWill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SirWill)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/calendar-in-discourse/20898 "2023-10-29T03:59:42Z")
hey, is there any plugin to have a calendar for events in discourse or what’s the best way for events in discourse? [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=410) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=412)