# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1596&state=watching [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1597 --- ## [As a commenter, when does Flagged turn off? How does it work?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/as-a-commenter-when-does-flagged-turn-off-how-does-it-work/78542)
**Author:** [@DHorse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DHorse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/as-a-commenter-when-does-flagged-turn-off-how-does-it-work/78542 "2018-01-21T19:38:23Z")
I am sorry, I can’t figure this out. I flagged my own comment. Does it remain flagged forever? Does the flag clear after a moderator actions it? After the moderator clears the flag (maybe,) can I flag it again? If t… --- ## [New and Unread menu links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-and-unread-menu-links/78597)
**Author:** [@David\_Collantes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Collantes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-and-unread-menu-links/78597 "2018-01-21T19:26:34Z")
I think the “New” and “Unread” links on the menu should not show at all, if there are no new/unread topics/replies. Is that planned as a future enhancement? --- ## [Embedding, but don't automatically create a topic until a user chooses to comment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-but-dont-automatically-create-a-topic-until-a-user-chooses-to-comment/61450)
**Author:** [@avorio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/avorio)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-but-dont-automatically-create-a-topic-until-a-user-chooses-to-comment/61450 "2018-01-21T16:48:59Z")
This is a fantastic feature! I look forward to making good use of it. Would it be possible to not automatically create a topic until a user chooses to comment on the article? I want to prevent having a ton of topics wit… --- ## [Categories page with boxes style](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-page-with-boxes-style/60542)
**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-page-with-boxes-style/60542 "2017-07-31T21:15:47Z")
Can we get Categories page whit boxes style as it is on single category page. Here is ss of requested features. Can we get this to looks like like this: --- ## [In marketplace categories, should I remove old adverts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-marketplace-categories-should-i-remove-old-adverts/78582)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-marketplace-categories-should-i-remove-old-adverts/78582 "2018-01-21T13:56:09Z")
We have quite a few adverts each year. If I remove old ones (say 2+ years old), how it will affect forum ratings in Google and other search engines? Adverts are content too. Thoughts? --- ## [When a user is warned for a post, allow the moderator to display a public warning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-user-is-warned-for-a-post-allow-the-moderator-to-display-a-public-warning/78503)
**Author:** [@Jake\_Green](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jake_Green)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-user-is-warned-for-a-post-allow-the-moderator-to-display-a-public-warning/78503 "2018-01-21T11:31:23Z")
When a user is warned for a post, allow the moderator to display a public warning on the bottom of the reply in a red/blue box or something. This would contain a message like ‘A user was warned for this post. Moderators … --- ## [Communities at the research-practice interface ("breaking the ivory tower")](https://meta.discourse.org/t/communities-at-the-research-practice-interface-breaking-the-ivory-tower/68574)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/communities-at-the-research-practice-interface-breaking-the-ivory-tower/68574 "2018-01-21T09:23:24Z")
I am planning a project to explore the use of (discourse) forums as a way of enhancing communication between researchers (academics) and anyone who might be interested in their field of research. The purpose of this topi… --- ## [What is your visit to sign up rate and how can it be improved?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-your-visit-to-sign-up-rate-and-how-can-it-be-improved/70094)
**Author:** [@James\_Higginson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/James_Higginson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-your-visit-to-sign-up-rate-and-how-can-it-be-improved/70094 "2018-01-21T07:26:00Z")
I’m interested in comparing my visit to signup rate with other Discourse community managers with a view to understanding how I could improve it. Lots of effort goes in to driving traffic to our community and I want to ca… --- ## [What Strategy Should I Use To Make My Community Active](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-strategy-should-i-use-to-make-my-community-active/70415)
**Author:** [@burningman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/burningman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 7:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-strategy-should-i-use-to-make-my-community-active/70415 "2018-01-21T07:18:36Z")
I created a forum. People are joining that forum but they are no engaging with the forum. Means they only read post but never reply and due to this forum quality is going off. What strategy should I implement, so that p… --- ## [How to disable email notifications for every new topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-email-notifications-for-every-new-topic/78548)
**Author:** [@Steve\_Adcock](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steve_Adcock)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-email-notifications-for-every-new-topic/78548 "2018-01-20T21:06:24Z")
Greetings all! I’m a new Discourse administrator, so I apologize in advance if this is an easy question. But, I’ve looked all over through the user Preferences pages and admin console but haven’t been able to find what … --- ## [Interface language for categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/interface-language-for-categories/78482)
**Author:** [@Denis\_Frosty\_Andreyc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denis_Frosty_Andreyc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/interface-language-for-categories/78482 "2018-01-20T12:35:35Z")
I like that in Discourse you can choose interface language, but the categories name remains the same. Can I add localization for categories? Something like in youtube --- ## [Making topics private and visible for not logged in users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-topics-private-and-visible-for-not-logged-in-users/78015)
**Author:** [@michaeltcoelho](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeltcoelho)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-topics-private-and-visible-for-not-logged-in-users/78015 "2018-01-20T11:50:16Z")
Hi there, I’m supporting a customer with Discourse and i’ve been asked to help them with private topics but visibles ones for non logged in users. I’ve been researching for it but no success. I know that Discourse enab… --- ## [How to create pretty category view featuring subcategories with icons, headings, top 3 topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-pretty-category-view-featuring-subcategories-with-icons-headings-top-3-topics/78521)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-pretty-category-view-featuring-subcategories-with-icons-headings-top-3-topics/78521 "2018-01-20T05:51:01Z")
@erlend\_sh can you remind me how you did this? present sub-categories with pretty favicons, headings, color bar, top 3 topics? I’d like to do this for setting up a team wiki for operating procedures. --- ## [Censor Pattern Unless Admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/censor-pattern-unless-admin/78510)
**Author:** [@dardub](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dardub)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/censor-pattern-unless-admin/78510 "2018-01-20T00:00:22Z")
Hi, I’ve added a censor regex for email and phone numbers, but it censors postings by admins as well. If we’d like to direct people to a support address, we can’t do it. Is there any way to turn this off for admins? I c… --- ## [Can we make a Donation Rank List?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-a-donation-rank-list/78485)
**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-a-donation-rank-list/78485 "2018-01-19T15:26:05Z")
There are some topics about how to donate to the owner of the discourse manager or someone, like While I have to say, there are many currencies and many paying platform, so maybe it has to integrate many paying platfo… --- ## [Solved answer tool tip is showing wrong message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-answer-tool-tip-is-showing-wrong-message/78501)
**Author:** [@Anil\_Gupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anil_Gupta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-answer-tool-tip-is-showing-wrong-message/78501 "2018-01-19T20:22:00Z")
When we mark the answer as Solved, the tool tip shows that ‘This answer no longer solves the problem’. Why is that so? Is there a way to fix this from anywhere in settings? Or is this a bug? --- ## [Disable "expand" function on user profiles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-expand-function-on-user-profiles/78494)
**Author:** [@Denis\_Frosty\_Andreyc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denis_Frosty_Andreyc)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-expand-function-on-user-profiles/78494 "2018-01-19T19:54:22Z")
I want to open the profile permanently expanded and remove the “expand” button. How can I do this? --- ## [Images with \] character in filename don't display properly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-with-character-in-filename-dont-display-properly/78240)
**Author:** [@ron\_jeremy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ron_jeremy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-with-character-in-filename-dont-display-properly/78240 "2018-01-19T18:53:09Z")
Video stills taken from GoPro videos are in jpg format. When members try and upload these specific images to my forum they do not Onebox or even display at all (end up as a non-clickable url). The thing is, they work fi… --- ## [Alibaba Cloud Offering](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alibaba-cloud-offering/78495)
**Author:** [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alibaba-cloud-offering/78495 "2018-01-19T18:35:49Z")
I was just passed this and the pricing is competitive. I haven’t dug in or anything, but, even their base tier is priced cheaper than the lower Digital Ocean droplets. Just putting this here for folks to consider! I’… --- ## [Offline Install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/offline-install/17827)
**Author:** [@Ajedi32](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ajedi32)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/offline-install/17827 "2018-01-19T18:32:23Z")
Is there currently an easy way to install Discourse offline, or from behind a firewall which doesn’t allow internet access? From what I’ve seen of discourse\_docker’s Dockerfile, it looks like the default install method i… --- ## [Uploads:recover\_from\_tombstone not resurrecting images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-recover-from-tombstone-not-resurrecting-images/78295)
**Author:** [@Curtis\_Rueden](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Curtis_Rueden)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-recover-from-tombstone-not-resurrecting-images/78295 "2018-01-19T16:52:51Z")
Summary I believe the uploads:recover\_from\_tombstone script is not restoring everything it should from the tombstone. My reasoning is as follows: Recently, our Discourse forum had a problem where uploaded images would n… --- ## [Categories view does not keep vertical scroll position](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-view-does-not-keep-vertical-scroll-position/48702)
**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-view-does-not-keep-vertical-scroll-position/48702 "2018-01-19T15:36:02Z")
The vertical scroll position of the Categories view is lost when a user enters a topic and then hits the back button of the browser. In topic list views it works as expected. Repro steps: Go to Categories Scroll down … --- ## [Send summary of new posts to chat instead of every post update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-summary-of-new-posts-to-chat-instead-of-every-post-update/78481)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-summary-of-new-posts-to-chat-instead-of-every-post-update/78481 "2018-01-19T14:35:33Z")
Continuing the discussion from Chatroom Integration Plugin (discourse-chat-integration): This is just an unfinished idea but we wanted to make it public to see if anyone else had been pondering on something similar: c… --- ## [Feature : New Tag Group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-new-tag-group/78414)
**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-new-tag-group/78414 "2018-01-18T22:47:25Z")
Hi, We incorporate quite a lot of tag groups in our hosted solution. Whenever I create a new Tag Group, it appears at the bottom of the list, which is where the browser’s scroll point is focused. However, the form to … --- ## [When does adding a tag to a topic cause the topic to be bumped?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-does-adding-a-tag-to-a-topic-cause-the-topic-to-be-bumped/78416)
**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-does-adding-a-tag-to-a-topic-cause-the-topic-to-be-bumped/78416 "2018-01-18T22:03:11Z")
Hi, I have, hesitantly, tagged this topic as a bug, although it may be intended behaviour. Quite frequently, performing a moderator role, I will edit a post and add a specific tag to it. I have noticed that when I do … --- ## [Accessibility: Need way to browse between messages quickly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-need-way-to-browse-between-messages-quickly/77901)
**Author:** [@kevinrobinson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kevinrobinson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-need-way-to-browse-between-messages-quickly/77901 "2018-01-18T21:57:22Z")
This is split out from the master accessibility thread: Accessibility audit and shepherd for making improvements. This issue applies to when you’re looking at a topic with a bunch of replies. A page like this: The… --- ## [Accessibility: Latest posts on category page aren't visible to screen reader](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-latest-posts-on-category-page-arent-visible-to-screen-reader/77899)
**Author:** [@kevinrobinson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kevinrobinson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-latest-posts-on-category-page-arent-visible-to-screen-reader/77899 "2018-01-18T21:48:27Z")
This is split out from the master accessibility thread: Accessibility audit and shepherd for making improvements. This topic is about the categories page, and the “latest posts” in the righthand column here: Here’s … --- ## [Accessibility: Focus management in topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-focus-management-in-topics/78109)
**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-focus-management-in-topics/78109 "2018-01-18T20:29:53Z")
I think that fixing the J/K navigation focus management will fix the first linked topic, and is a prerequisite for solving the second topic. @kevinrobinson List of problems noticed before creating this: Posts nee… --- ## [Discourse as Your First Rails App](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-your-first-rails-app/5751)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-your-first-rails-app/5751 "2018-01-18T20:25:46Z")
If you’re a developer, but have never touched Ruby on Rails, we understand how you feel. We were there once! Sometimes diving into a new language and codebase can make you feel like this: The good news is that Discourse … --- ## [Accessibility: Signal changes to screen readers on navigation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-signal-changes-to-screen-readers-on-navigation/77897)
**Author:** [@kevinrobinson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kevinrobinson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-signal-changes-to-screen-readers-on-navigation/77897 "2018-01-18T20:25:21Z")
This is split out from the master accessibility thread: Accessibility audit and shepherd for making improvements. This is some feedback from an accessibility audit for one of our forum instances. The story is specific … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1595&state=watching) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1597&state=watching)