# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=537 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 538 --- ## [Last seen date updates with no other obvious activity (eg. posts read)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-seen-date-updates-with-no-other-obvious-activity-eg-posts-read/39854)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-seen-date-updates-with-no-other-obvious-activity-eg-posts-read/39854 "2016-05-01T06:53:41Z")
I’ve been trying to get a glimpse into engagement of users by peeking at the admin/users page every now and then. (I may post a larger topic on this sometime soon). One thing I’ve noticed is that the last\_seen\_date for… --- ## [Make composer include two newlines after a pasted quote](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-composer-include-two-newlines-after-a-pasted-quote/39858)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-composer-include-two-newlines-after-a-pasted-quote/39858 "2016-02-26T20:28:32Z")
When one selects text and clicks “quote reply”, it leaves the cursor right after the closing bracket. This is highly annoying when selecting a bunch of pieces of text to reply to (as one is encouraged to by the awesome “… --- ## [Digests: filter out or combine with next para salutations or short lines in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digests-filter-out-or-combine-with-next-para-salutations-or-short-lines-in-posts/39859)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digests-filter-out-or-combine-with-next-para-salutations-or-short-lines-in-posts/39859 "2016-02-19T17:41:05Z")
See screenshot. In my community, members often like to use salutations like “dear friends” at the start of their posts. This looks clumsy and takes up valuable space in digests. Suggest filtering these out or simply comb… --- ## [Need someone to ramp-up our Indian team's Lead to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-someone-to-ramp-up-our-indian-teams-lead-to-discourse/39862)
**Author:** [@JohnEhRedding](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnEhRedding)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-someone-to-ramp-up-our-indian-teams-lead-to-discourse/39862 "2016-02-19T21:47:57Z")
Need someone to ramp-up our Indian team’s Lead to Discourse. --- ## [Plugin: 'Ask to Answer' Mechanism](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-ask-to-answer-mechanism/39864)
**Author:** [@pedro.pessoa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pedro.pessoa)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-ask-to-answer-mechanism/39864 "2016-02-21T03:23:04Z")
Definition 1) An option to send a "direct invitation" to somone that likely would be able to answer it 2) An enginee to find/filter those specific people. Use Case I whish to implement Discourse in my University Course W… --- ## [Private Message Page Performance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-page-performance/39865)
**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-page-performance/39865 "2017-09-13T14:30:26Z")
Continuing the discussion from Improve performance of Topic load - ORDER BY RANDOM: The added index is great, but it excludes PMs :sadpanda:. Since we have suggested topics on the PM page (since when?) the performance … --- ## [Reload currentUser object](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reload-currentuser-object/39876)
**Author:** [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reload-currentuser-object/39876 "2017-02-25T13:32:30Z")
I’m in the midst of working on a plugin that has me changing the values in a custom\_field that are used to calculate a few user methods. I’m then passing those methods to the current user serializer. In the process I ha… --- ## [API call to get list of members with a given badge](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-call-to-get-list-of-members-with-a-given-badge/39877)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-call-to-get-list-of-members-with-a-given-badge/39877 "2016-02-21T16:54:36Z")
Slowing hacking away at a means to automate getting student info from Discourse into my grade book . . . I’m trying to get a list of members with a given badge. I’ve tried things like https://meta.discourse.org/badges/… --- ## [View first post as opposed to last](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-first-post-as-opposed-to-last/39883)
**Author:** [@JonahAragon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JonahAragon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-first-post-as-opposed-to-last/39883 "2018-12-21T17:22:38Z")
Is there a way so when you click on a topic to view it the default view will be on the OP, not the last response? This is probably a feature of Discourse but it’s annoying to have to scroll to the top of threads, especia… --- ## [Only link clicks from other users are counted?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-link-clicks-from-other-users-are-counted/39887)
**Author:** [@pmichna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmichna)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2016, 10:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-link-clicks-from-other-users-are-counted/39887 "2016-02-20T10:25:41Z")
There is no counter of clicks next to each link in posts in my forum. Should I somehow turn this on? UPDATE: Ok, it seems that only clicks of another users are counted, that’s why I see none of them. --- ## [Non-users can't post by email even with Accept emails from anonymous users with no accounts checked](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-users-cant-post-by-email-even-with-accept-emails-from-anonymous-users-with-no-accounts-checked/39890)
**Author:** [@wityr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wityr)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-users-cant-post-by-email-even-with-accept-emails-from-anonymous-users-with-no-accounts-checked/39890 "2016-02-23T01:26:40Z")
I have a category with post by email enabled and with the Accept emails from anonymous users with no accounts box checked, yet when non users try to post by emailing the appropriate address they get an error email in rep… --- ## [Exclude / Suppress (Automatically) Closed Topics from the Homepage?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-suppress-automatically-closed-topics-from-the-homepage/39896)
**Author:** [@mr8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mr8)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-suppress-automatically-closed-topics-from-the-homepage/39896 "2016-04-05T23:38:28Z")
We have a couple of topics that we create through the API that automatically get closed after a week due to the time sensitivity of the content. Although this works great for us, we’ve noticed that those closed topics st… --- ## [Unlisted topics are included in the Tag (topic) count for normal users who don't actually see those topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-are-included-in-the-tag-topic-count-for-normal-users-who-dont-actually-see-those-topics/39897)
**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-are-included-in-the-tag-topic-count-for-normal-users-who-dont-actually-see-those-topics/39897 "2016-02-20T17:22:29Z")
Tags used in private staff categories don’t appear in the counts on the public tags page to non-staff users, which makes sense. So a tag only used in a staff category doesn’t appear on that page at all. However, a tag … --- ## [Ability to Hide Poll Results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-hide-poll-results/39900)
**Author:** [@Carson1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Carson1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-hide-poll-results/39900 "2016-02-20T18:26:11Z")
Our community would like to host a competition where users would vote for winners using a poll. However, you can just click “Show results” and you can see who’s winning, this might influence your decision. So is there a … --- ## [Alert used to Notify AutoComplete Support?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alert-used-to-notify-autocomplete-support/39901)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alert-used-to-notify-autocomplete-support/39901 "2016-02-23T05:02:13Z")
Should this really be an alert? Or can it be a console.log entry? I’m noticing it appearing on the Poll UI Plugin because I embed the editor in a Modal, while it is still open in on the topic/create new topic. It init… --- ## [\[PAID\] Plugin Development: New Type of User Page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-plugin-development-new-type-of-user-page/39908)
**Author:** [@Capacitron](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Capacitron)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-plugin-development-new-type-of-user-page/39908 "2016-02-22T21:33:26Z")
Looking to start a dialogue with a developer for (what I think) should be a simple plugin. Here are the specs of the plugin I want developed: Stage 1 I’d like to create a new page based upon the “User Page”. In place … --- ## [Group Semantics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-semantics/39913)
**Author:** [@Talin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Talin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-semantics/39913 "2016-02-21T17:13:42Z")
I’m having a hard time mapping the semantics of groups and categories to the more community-based model of organization that we use in our system. Background: our intent is to use Discourse as one component in a larger … --- ## [Discourse and Email Lists (like Google Groups)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-email-lists-like-google-groups/39915)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-email-lists-like-google-groups/39915 "2016-02-21T22:33:02Z")
Some reasons to consider using Discourse for you community instead of email lists Discoverability of content is much easier in Discourse Searching through email list discussions is tricky, especially those that began pr… --- ## [Confirm password when signing up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-password-when-signing-up/39917)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2017, 8:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-password-when-signing-up/39917 "2017-10-28T08:59:27Z")
Just got this email from a user today: One suggestion, to avoid typos when entering the new pwd, perhaps you should use either a duplicate field for them to enter their new pwd, or force them to log in after they enter… --- ## [Email allegedly sent without SMTP settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-allegedly-sent-without-smtp-settings/39921)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-allegedly-sent-without-smtp-settings/39921 "2016-02-21T21:58:13Z")
I’ve just spawned a new instance of Discourse and didn’t have valid settings for DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_\*. However, signing up the admin user allegedly worked: (of course, no email had been sent) Same problem with re-sendi… --- ## [Can't log out of read-only mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-log-out-of-read-only-mode/39922)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 9:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-log-out-of-read-only-mode/39922 "2016-03-01T09:38:50Z")
I wanted to log out of read-only mode to test logging in with 3rd party services, but got this error: DELETE https://forum.quantifiedself.com/session/Dan\_Dascalescu 405 (Method Not Allowed) (followed by a bunch of Em… --- ## [Can I restore backups from older Discourse versions?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-restore-backups-from-older-discourse-versions/39926)
**Author:** [@gkln](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gkln)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-restore-backups-from-older-discourse-versions/39926 "2018-10-05T20:37:49Z")
Hi, I’m new to Discourse and plan to use it in production very soon. I have a question regarding backups and their relation to the platform version. I read in this topic that in order to restore a backup the source and… --- ## [Using Discourse in traditional server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-in-traditional-server/39929)
**Author:** [@sivag](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sivag)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-in-traditional-server/39929 "2016-02-21T15:42:32Z")
Hi, Currently i’m using vbulletin 4.2 in WiredTree VPS. Can I migrate to discourse ? Is it feasible or should I run it in DO ? --- ## [show\_subcategory\_list hides New, Unread and Top from menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-subcategory-list-hides-new-unread-and-top-from-menu/39931)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-subcategory-list-hides-new-unread-and-top-from-menu/39931 "2016-02-26T20:19:37Z")
I noticed this over on @john\_mardlin’s community.coinbase.com, where show subcategory list is enabled. If I go to… https://community.coinbase.com/c/coinbase-support There is no “Latest, Top, New” However, if I go … --- ## [Sticky category selection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sticky-category-selection/39933)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sticky-category-selection/39933 "2016-02-21T18:02:19Z")
Should the category-selector stick to its current category selection when you move between “Latest” “New”, “Unread” and “Top”? I maintain that this would make for a more consistent browsing experience. How it currently … --- ## [Seeking a better way to organize plugin site settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-a-better-way-to-organize-plugin-site-settings/39934)
**Author:** [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-a-better-way-to-organize-plugin-site-settings/39934 "2016-02-26T20:22:14Z")
I am in the process of updating my “plugin outlet locations” plugin. AFAIK there are currently 42 plugin outlets. I could have only one setting that enables / disables them as a whole, but I would prefer to offer more … --- ## [SVG image as digest logo has limited support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/svg-image-as-digest-logo-has-limited-support/39935)
**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/svg-image-as-digest-logo-has-limited-support/39935 "2016-04-09T06:36:19Z")
SVG images are not rendered in Gmail or Outlook 2013 email clients. For this reason they are not a good choice for the digest logo. Should this be mentioned in the description under the ‘digest logo url’ setting? Somethi… --- ## [Send email digest to site admins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-email-digest-to-site-admins/39936)
**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-email-digest-to-site-admins/39936 "2016-02-21T19:50:12Z")
The administrators of a site are unlikely to see their own email digest as it appears in an actual email client. The problem with this is that email clients are very inconsistent in the way they render an email. Either t… --- ## [Approved post causes strange topic unread status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approved-post-causes-strange-topic-unread-status/39938)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approved-post-causes-strange-topic-unread-status/39938 "2016-04-04T06:46:37Z")
Summary: I am seeing some strange things on a topic that I recently approved a queued post for. I have a blue unread circle next to the topic, but its text is grey, not black. When on the latest view I see (1) next to… --- ## [Quotes from within same topic no longer point upwards](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-from-within-same-topic-no-longer-point-upwards/39944)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-from-within-same-topic-no-longer-point-upwards/39944 "2016-02-22T21:20:58Z")
Here’s a quote of a previous post in the same topic: I’m 99% sure these arrows used to point up. They’re only supposed to point to the right (i.e. forward) when the quote points to an external post (from the same for… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=536) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=538)