# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=425 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 426 --- ## [Category badges in menu not left-aligning in menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-badges-in-menu-not-left-aligning-in-menu/24506)
**Author:** [@Brideau](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brideau)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-badges-in-menu-not-left-aligning-in-menu/24506 "2015-01-28T02:40:36Z")
For some reason some of the badges in the menu of my install are not fully left aligning: While the ones on this discussion board look mine, mine seem a bit off. I am running the latest version of discourse updated … --- ## [Our Discourse Hosting Configuration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-discourse-hosting-configuration/24509)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-discourse-hosting-configuration/24509 "2015-01-28T00:40:21Z")
We’ve talked about the specifics of the Discourse server hardware before. But now let’s talk about the Discourse network. In the physical and software sense, not the social sense, mmmk? How exactly do we host Discourse o… --- ## [User card backgrounds don't serve from CDN domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-backgrounds-dont-serve-from-cdn-domain/24512)
**Author:** [@grrowl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/grrowl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-backgrounds-dont-serve-from-cdn-domain/24512 "2015-01-29T22:14:29Z")
In the User card hover, the avatar serves from the CDN domain, but the background on user-card does not (serves from the regular domain) --- ## [Community size help](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-size-help/24520)
**Author:** [@Blckace](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Blckace)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-size-help/24520 "2015-01-29T20:11:19Z")
I’m not sure about which size to choose on digital ocean. What constitutes a community size? Number of daily active users? If I predict we would have about 20k registered users, what size would I need? Thanks --- ## [Custom smileys not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-smileys-not-working/24522)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-smileys-not-working/24522 "2015-01-29T16:38:09Z")
We are experiencing an odd problem with custom emoji. We added our custom emojiset and gave them unique names. Oddly enough, they are rendered properly in the preview pane, but when posted, only the shortcode is displaye… --- ## [Can an admin change a user's email address?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-admin-change-a-users-email-address/24525)
**Author:** [@joshfrank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshfrank)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-admin-change-a-users-email-address/24525 "2019-04-04T00:01:43Z")
I’m getting situations where people need to change their email address but can’t get into Discourse to do it themselves, and are asking me, the admin, to do it for them. But I can’t see any way to do that, and so now I’v… --- ## [Avatar Cropping](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-cropping/24534)
**Author:** [@ZeroFlux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ZeroFlux)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-cropping/24534 "2019-05-25T09:44:11Z")
I’m running a forum where avatars serve an important role and many users are not particularly tech-savvy. Enabling users to crop their uploaded avatar images into a square (within Discourse), instead of having it done au… --- ## [Links in quotes sometimes not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-in-quotes-sometimes-not-working/24540)
**Author:** [@MeganeconJim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MeganeconJim)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-in-quotes-sometimes-not-working/24540 "2015-01-29T10:55:36Z")
Lately, I’ve been noticing that some hyperlinks will not work when they’re opened in the same tab. The only example I can link at the moment is this post. \<-Click here to see the post in question. If you Ctrl+click the… --- ## [What if: Organising a multilingual site by tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-if-organising-a-multilingual-site-by-tags/24548)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-if-organising-a-multilingual-site-by-tags/24548 "2015-03-20T14:40:41Z")
Continuing the discussion from Early preview of the new tagging plugin: I just had a thought. What if a (special) tag could be set as a site-wide filter, invisible as anything other than a setting. The setting being you… --- ## [Moderators cannot flag a message after it has been unhidden after a first flag?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-cannot-flag-a-message-after-it-has-been-unhidden-after-a-first-flag/24552)
**Author:** [@reaperoa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/reaperoa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-cannot-flag-a-message-after-it-has-been-unhidden-after-a-first-flag/24552 "2015-03-04T00:26:00Z")
I’m not sure whether this is a bug, oversight, or working as designed, but I’m a mod on another forum, and currently the mods are talking about how to handle a certain person. The person is posting things that are agains… --- ## [Directly removing post does not utilize the Trust System?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/directly-removing-post-does-not-utilize-the-trust-system/24553)
**Author:** [@reaperoa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/reaperoa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/directly-removing-post-does-not-utilize-the-trust-system/24553 "2015-02-14T19:24:27Z")
More of a request for clarification, but if a moderator deletes a post directly (via the delete button) because the post something we don’t want even hidden on the forum (like something obscene), does that simply not uti… --- ## [Copy and Paste not working after IE9 changes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-and-paste-not-working-after-ie9-changes/24557)
**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-and-paste-not-working-after-ie9-changes/24557 "2015-01-29T15:29:16Z")
Continuing the discussion from IE9 vs Chrome comparison review: Unable to upload an image via Ctrl+V on meta with an image on clipboard. Works on my not-updated Discourse installs. (probably related to above changes … --- ## [Where to setup contact info for the about page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-setup-contact-info-for-the-about-page/24569)
**Author:** [@blau](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blau)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-setup-contact-info-for-the-about-page/24569 "2015-01-29T15:01:32Z")
Where do I define the it.about.contact\_info contents? In meta.discourse.org this is the Contact Us section in this page: About - Discourse Meta In my D. instance it’s the Contattaci section here: https://eulalia.nazion… --- ## [Python Twisted Client](https://meta.discourse.org/t/python-twisted-client/24573)
**Author:** [@anouk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anouk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/python-twisted-client/24573 "2015-01-29T20:05:33Z")
Hey all! Just uploaded a Discourse API wrapper for Twisted/Python. It includes some tests and an example to help you get started. You can find it right here. Have fun! (for those wondering Twisted is an event-driven n… --- ## [New Topic button stays after permissions are removed for posting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-button-stays-after-permissions-are-removed-for-posting/24582)
**Author:** [@Bill\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bill_S)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-button-stays-after-permissions-are-removed-for-posting/24582 "2015-01-29T21:00:58Z")
I have an announcement board that I have set to only allow mods and admins to post to. When I changed the “everyone” permissions to see only, the New Topic button does not dissappear. A user can click it and type in te… --- ## [Allow a bunch of kittens to be used as default avatars](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-a-bunch-of-kittens-to-be-used-as-default-avatars/24586)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-a-bunch-of-kittens-to-be-used-as-default-avatars/24586 "2018-07-18T16:19:27Z")
We’re working with a famous recording artist’s team to potentially move her public fan forums over to Discourse. One of the requests they had was for cuter default new user avatars. Right now our default new avatars are… --- ## [Search should also look at "About me" section in user profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-should-also-look-at-about-me-section-in-user-profile/24590)
**Author:** [@arnaud\_sahuguet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arnaud_sahuguet)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-should-also-look-at-about-me-section-in-user-profile/24590 "2020-07-19T01:12:42Z")
The current search feature seems to only include the name of the user when returning results. It would be nice is it also looked at the “About me” section. This way, you can search for people based on their interests o… --- ## [Do not allow TL0 users topics in email digest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-not-allow-tl0-users-topics-in-email-digest/24591)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-not-allow-tl0-users-topics-in-email-digest/24591 "2015-03-09T16:45:06Z")
This is awesome. Thank you, @techAPJ! Does it mean no more spam generated digests on my quiet forum? If someone who is TL1 or higher replies to or :heartpulse: a topic by a TL0 user, will it then include it and genera… --- ## [You say it's your birthday?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594 "2015-11-15T22:59:47Z")
One feature that might be fun as a plugin (can’t see this as core) – when it is your birthday, show a cake Emoji next to your name. Reddit does something like this “cakeday” and it’s fun. But we could use two possibl… --- ## [Creating topics by email to users.rust-lang.org or internals.rust-lang.org fails with 'Email Issue: Unknown To: Address'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-topics-by-email-to-users-rust-lang-org-or-internals-rust-lang-org-fails-with-email-issue-unknown-to-address/24595)
**Author:** [@brson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brson)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-topics-by-email-to-users-rust-lang-org-or-internals-rust-lang-org-fails-with-email-issue-unknown-to-address/24595 "2015-02-02T14:09:46Z")
The forums I maintain at users.rust-lang.org and internals.rust-lang.org are set up to use the users@rust-lang.org and internals@rust-lang.org emails respectively for reply-by-email and ‘email in’ is checked. When I send… --- ## [Idea: Pushbullet Integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-pushbullet-integration/24608)
**Author:** [@Moter8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moter8)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 6:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-pushbullet-integration/24608 "2015-02-13T06:22:07Z")
People could plug in their API keys into their profile/settings and get notifications/pushes when they got a reply, etc. I think this shouldn’t be too hard for someone to hack together :smiley: --- ## [Quote whole post insertion point not at cursor, but end of post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-whole-post-insertion-point-not-at-cursor-but-end-of-post/24609)
**Author:** [@tonninseteli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tonninseteli)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-whole-post-insertion-point-not-at-cursor-but-end-of-post/24609 "2015-02-02T18:08:58Z")
I started a post about this earlier, but was talking about reply with quote, which worked as expected and the topic was closed, but I noticed after that the issue actually being with quote whole post. This makes replyin… --- ## [Uploading Grayscale images causes the image to be darkened](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-grayscale-images-causes-the-image-to-be-darkened/24616)
**Author:** [@anon25879736](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon25879736)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-grayscale-images-causes-the-image-to-be-darkened/24616 "2015-01-30T23:08:41Z")
Uploading a purely grayscale image causes the image to be darkened when displayed by discourse. This applies to images in posts, as well as images uploaded as avatars. for example, take this image: This is much darke… --- ## [Organiziaton of documentation for installs - docker vs. non-docker / official vs. unofficial](https://meta.discourse.org/t/organiziaton-of-documentation-for-installs-docker-vs-non-docker-official-vs-unofficial/24617)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 9:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/organiziaton-of-documentation-for-installs-docker-vs-non-docker-official-vs-unofficial/24617 "2015-02-02T09:59:49Z")
A few posts recently have made me wonder whether there are ways that we can better clarify what is supported and not for people who want to install and maintain discourse on their own. I didn’t see any mention of the … --- ## [Toggling staff color on a post doesn't get applied when done as TL4 user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggling-staff-color-on-a-post-doesnt-get-applied-when-done-as-tl4-user/24620)
**Author:** [@anon42064797](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon42064797)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 5:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggling-staff-color-on-a-post-doesnt-get-applied-when-done-as-tl4-user/24620 "2015-02-02T05:12:49Z")
I opened the wrench menu, clicked “Add Staff Color” and opened it again shortly after that: As you can see, the post turns yellow, but the button still says “Add Staff Color”. When I reload the topic, the yellow col… --- ## [Don't show pinned topics as 'latest' in category view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-show-pinned-topics-as-latest-in-category-view/24621)
**Author:** [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-show-pinned-topics-as-latest-in-category-view/24621 "2015-03-12T14:55:14Z")
We have a pretty active community. We also choose to show the category listing as the front page. We also have several pinned posts that we would like to keep but not show on the front page. Much like Latest doesn’t s… --- ## [Infinite loop of: 'Email issue -- Unknown To: Address' emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinite-loop-of-email-issue-unknown-to-address-emails/24623)
**Author:** [@therubymug](https://meta.discourse.org/u/therubymug)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinite-loop-of-email-issue-unknown-to-address-emails/24623 "2015-02-13T12:06:52Z")
Maybe not quite an infinite loop but I’m having trouble tracking down the core issue here. We’re up to almost 200K emails of just this type in the last few days. That could get expensive. :-/ Right now I’ve had to disab… --- ## [Categories CSS issue in User Preferences](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-css-issue-in-user-preferences/24629)
**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-css-issue-in-user-preferences/24629 "2015-02-01T22:22:41Z")
The category badge colour displays outside of input field. --- ## [About page slow / Menu slow to disapear](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-page-slow-menu-slow-to-disapear/24635)
**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 10:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-page-slow-menu-slow-to-disapear/24635 "2015-07-21T10:42:29Z")
When selecting About from the hamburger :hamburger: menu the menu appears to be dismissed very slowly. This is kinda two bugs / issues: Menu should be dismissed immediately upon click (from a user experience / feedbac… --- ## [Ctrl-k Hijacking in Editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ctrl-k-hijacking-in-editor/24636)
**Author:** [@febuiles](https://meta.discourse.org/u/febuiles)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ctrl-k-hijacking-in-editor/24636 "2015-02-01T05:05:00Z")
Ctrl-k is a combination commonly used in UNIX systems (including OS X) for killing text (basically delete + cut). You can learn more about it here or just do a search for “kill yank unix”. Right now the text editor hijac… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=424) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=426)