# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=503 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 504 --- ## [vBulletin import fails on import\_topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vbulletin-import-fails-on-import-topics/34683)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Nielsen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mike_Nielsen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vbulletin-import-fails-on-import-topics/34683 "2015-10-19T18:08:32Z")
Hey! We are currently testing migration from vBulletin to Discourse and we’re moving our site which has over a decade of posts. All users and groups have been migrated, but when the script hits “import\_topics”, this er… --- ## [Changing timestamp doesn't update topic list on front page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-timestamp-doesnt-update-topic-list-on-front-page/34684)
**Author:** [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-timestamp-doesnt-update-topic-list-on-front-page/34684 "2015-10-20T02:24:41Z")
It registers the ‘right’ time in the topic but on the list of posts on the front page (category view as primary) it says the old timestamp: Wrong: Right: --- ## [Recommended badge image dimensions?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommended-badge-image-dimensions/34689)
**Author:** [@Euflor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Euflor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommended-badge-image-dimensions/34689 "2015-11-16T16:42:19Z")
What are the recommended dimensions for badge images so that one doesn’t encounter the problem described here? I understand the current recommendation is to edit the CSS. Let’s pretend I don’t have that option and can… --- ## [Poor poll optimization surveys or bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poor-poll-optimization-surveys-or-bug/34697)
**Author:** [@Escalicha](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Escalicha)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poor-poll-optimization-surveys-or-bug/34697 "2015-10-19T22:45:08Z")
Hello anyone! Last month i start doing SEO work at my website, and I read that “Load Time” of a website is a important point. I dont know if it is the best tool, but to check I find http://tools.pingdom.com/ And the … --- ## [Slowness in loading Avatars on \`meta.discourse.org\`](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slowness-in-loading-avatars-on-meta-discourse-org/34698)
**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slowness-in-loading-avatars-on-meta-discourse-org/34698 "2015-12-16T02:38:41Z")
You probably already know about this but I thought I would mention that during a quick test with http://www.webpagetest.org/… I can see there is a lot of time and requests being spent redirecting (302) from one CDN to a… --- ## [Custom user field that searches values from a table](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-field-that-searches-values-from-a-table/34700)
**Author:** [@Ricardo\_Viteri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ricardo_Viteri)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-field-that-searches-values-from-a-table/34700 "2018-11-19T05:37:37Z")
Is it possible to have a user Is it possible to have a custom user field that searches from a databse. Example, create a user field with the name “Country” as the user starts typing the name it searches the country name … --- ## [Header logo too wide on narrower screens - iPhone 4/5 and split view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-logo-too-wide-on-narrower-screens-iphone-4-5-and-split-view/34701)
**Author:** [@mr8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mr8)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-logo-too-wide-on-narrower-screens-iphone-4-5-and-split-view/34701 "2015-11-15T22:56:51Z")
Was playing around in safari’s new responsive design mode and noticed that the logo is a little too wide when logged out pushing the buttons on the right downwards: I don’t actually have a iPhone 4 or a 5 anymore so … --- ## [Consistent \[quote\] vs. \`\>\` formatting in emails vs. website](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consistent-quote-vs-formatting-in-emails-vs-website/34705)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consistent-quote-vs-formatting-in-emails-vs-website/34705 "2015-10-22T20:16:23Z")
The Discourse web application applies the same CSS to quotes created with \[quote\] as it does to those created with a leading \> on a line: (the original post is here). In the email notification though, the \> quotes do… --- ## [Something missing in "Select images or files from your device ()"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/something-missing-in-select-images-or-files-from-your-device/34708)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/something-missing-in-select-images-or-files-from-your-device/34708 "2015-10-22T18:11:37Z")
What should be between the parentheses in this message? I’m on Discourse v1.5.0.beta2 +83. Chrome 46 on Windows. --- ## [\[minor\] Separate / space between consecutive oneboxes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-separate-space-between-consecutive-oneboxes/34709)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-separate-space-between-consecutive-oneboxes/34709 "2015-10-20T05:38:57Z")
Consecutive Oneboxes are rendered as a continuous quote: Would it make sense to have some whitespace between them? --- ## [Looking to hire someone who can change my Discourse as whenever users visit each topic, they will see the topic, not the reply](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-to-hire-someone-who-can-change-my-discourse-as-whenever-users-visit-each-topic-they-will-see-the-topic-not-the-reply/34711)
**Author:** [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-to-hire-someone-who-can-change-my-discourse-as-whenever-users-visit-each-topic-they-will-see-the-topic-not-the-reply/34711 "2015-10-21T13:28:47Z")
Please someone help me set my Discourse. I want to change my Discourse as follows. Whenever users visit each topic, they will see the topic,not the latest reply (bottom one). --- ## [Some keyboard shortcuts are broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-keyboard-shortcuts-are-broken/34714)
**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-keyboard-shortcuts-are-broken/34714 "2015-10-20T13:41:34Z")
Shift+p (pin a topic), and Shift+j/ Shift+k (next/previous section) are not working. Other shortcuts using Shift work OK. I don’t know how long this has been the case, as I don’t use them. I just discovered this when… --- ## [Clicking on a category from a tags page leads to undefined page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-a-category-from-a-tags-page-leads-to-undefined-page/34738)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-a-category-from-a-tags-page-leads-to-undefined-page/34738 "2015-11-06T21:20:21Z")
Go to Topics tagged css Mouse over one of the “ux” categories. Notice the URL is https://meta.discourse.org/c/ux Click that “ux” link you moused over. Notice the URL is https://meta.discourse.org/tags/c/undefin… --- ## [Searches for single digits could prioritize occurrences of single-digits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searches-for-single-digits-could-prioritize-occurrences-of-single-digits/34740)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searches-for-single-digits-could-prioritize-occurrences-of-single-digits/34740 "2015-10-21T00:51:47Z")
Not a big issue, but if you search in this topic for 3 light, the ideal result should be post #18. Instead, Discourse prioritizes 3 as the substring of post dates or other strings: --- ## [What should middle clicking the search icon do?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-should-middle-clicking-the-search-icon-do/34741)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-should-middle-clicking-the-search-icon-do/34741 "2015-10-23T16:02:24Z")
Navigate to a topic Ctrl/Cmd+click on the magnifying glass, or choose Open link in a new tab from the browser’s context menu. Looks like /search should not be appended to the current location.href, but to the host. --- ## [Visual forum statistics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-forum-statistics/34744)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-forum-statistics/34744 "2016-05-16T10:27:49Z")
My old MyBB forum had a simple charting feature that showed the userbase size over time. It came in handy in this presentation I gave about the growth of the forum, where I overlaid certain events on the chart. /admi… --- ## [User card: tiled or centered](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-tiled-or-centered/34745)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-tiled-or-centered/34745 "2015-10-21T04:19:53Z")
I’ve just changed my user card image to this gif and noticed that the preview is tiled: Similar to Category logo image - tiled or not?. --- ## [Non-external avatars are unaligned](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-external-avatars-are-unaligned/34755)
**Author:** [@calmh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/calmh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-external-avatars-are-unaligned/34755 "2015-10-25T05:10:38Z")
Since I upgraded to v1.5.0.beta3 +126 (by rebuilding the Docker image), letter avatars are unaligned: Note that I’m not using the external avatar service. If I do turn that on, the avatars look different and are alig… --- ## [Scrolling generating many entries in History menu/log](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrolling-generating-many-entries-in-history-menu-log/34763)
**Author:** [@RayOnTheFarm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RayOnTheFarm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrolling-generating-many-entries-in-history-menu-log/34763 "2015-10-24T23:37:37Z")
(putting this here because not sure if bug or feature) I’m a user on the hoocoodanode site that kcoop just brought up yesterday. One thing I noticed, and kcoop does not see happening, is that when I scroll up or down in… --- ## [Number of Latest Topics on Categories View](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-latest-topics-on-categories-view/34766)
**Author:** [@JeffreyKeefer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JeffreyKeefer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-latest-topics-on-categories-view/34766 "2020-03-24T14:09:45Z")
Is there a way to get more than the 3 latest categories listed in the Category View? Right now, we are using that as our home page http://forum.networkedlearning.net/categories (BTW, we renamed categories as Discussions)… --- ## [Polls don't register votes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-dont-register-votes/34774)
**Author:** [@sevvie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sevvie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-dont-register-votes/34774 "2015-10-21T22:22:21Z")
Hey, I started using Discourse for a guild website, and wanted to take advantage of the poll plugin that appears to be installed by default. I add “Poll:” to the beginning of the post title, use the mixed BBCode/Markdown… --- ## [Onebox images in email notifications are HUGE](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-images-in-email-notifications-are-huge/34778)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-images-in-email-notifications-are-huge/34778 "2019-03-05T17:54:38Z")
The Onebox for this link looks like this in the notification email: --- ## [Can't quote reply to post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-quote-reply-to-post/34782)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-quote-reply-to-post/34782 "2015-10-23T17:27:41Z")
Go to https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-most-awesome-plugin-for-discourse-that-does-not-yet-exist/31/24?u=dandv Expand the “2 replies” under that post Select the entirety of the first reply Click quote reply Not… --- ## [Autocomplete username for the site contact in Site Settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autocomplete-username-for-the-site-contact-in-site-settings/34788)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autocomplete-username-for-the-site-contact-in-site-settings/34788 "2015-10-22T02:05:55Z")
The site contact username seems to take arbitrary input. Ideally, it should autocomplete to usernames just like the ownership change dialog, for example. --- ## [Submit blocked email and IP to StopForumSpam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-blocked-email-and-ip-to-stopforumspam/34793)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-blocked-email-and-ip-to-stopforumspam/34793 "2020-04-22T17:42:25Z")
I’ve followed the 2013 spam topic and would like to suggest a simple enhancement to the “Delete and block this email and IP” button: submit the email address and IP to StopForumSpam.com using their API. Related: http://… --- ## [Wordpress of forums or google of communities?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-of-forums-or-google-of-communities/34801)
**Author:** [@cregox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cregox)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 7:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-of-forums-or-google-of-communities/34801 "2015-11-13T07:37:24Z")
Just posted this somewhere: For 1 year now, whenever I join a forum I like to ask this question: Have you considered using discourse.org ? Most of the times it is my perception the answer is “no, we didn’t even know / … --- ## [Information Overload - Some insight through qualitative interviews](https://meta.discourse.org/t/information-overload-some-insight-through-qualitative-interviews/34804)
**Author:** [@HerrHoltz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HerrHoltz)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/information-overload-some-insight-through-qualitative-interviews/34804 "2015-11-06T22:16:49Z")
Hi I’m gaining some insights that might be useful to some community owners. As a part of project I’m working with a startup that makes juice cleanse kits. They are very successful since slow juicing is a new and hip hea… --- ## [Default to whisper?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-to-whisper/34818)
**Author:** [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-to-whisper/34818 "2019-01-16T22:37:28Z")
We use our forums for technical support and are utilizing whispers heavily for coordinating those responses. Is there any way to make it so that all staff replies are whispers by default? If there is not: is there exte… --- ## [User profile links don't work for ONE user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-links-dont-work-for-one-user/34820)
**Author:** [@OnceWas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OnceWas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-links-dont-work-for-one-user/34820 "2015-10-22T20:54:08Z")
We have one user whose About Me profile field never renders hyperlinks. The links aren’t present in the HTML source. Other formatting works. The links appear in the preview when I edit this user’s profile. If I copy and… --- ## [Sortable Users -\> All Time -\> Time Read](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sortable-users-all-time-time-read/34822)
**Author:** [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sortable-users-all-time-time-read/34822 "2017-05-14T23:54:16Z")
OK, the column is only present on the Users “All Time” page. And I don’t know if the usefulness would be worth the effort to make it so. But having “Time Read” sortable would make it consistent and IMHO it would be nice… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=502) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=504)