# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1903 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1904 --- ## [Show categories in e-mail notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-categories-in-e-mail-notifications/13814)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-categories-in-e-mail-notifications/13814 "2014-10-13T19:07:41Z")
As a standard Discourse user, I want to see standardized indication of the category assigned to a post when I receive e-mail notifications, so I can better prioritize what I reply to and when. Rationale: We’re working r… --- ## [How to set up a forum - guidance and instruction](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-up-a-forum-guidance-and-instruction/15735)
**Author:** [@Jake\_Speed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jake_Speed)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-up-a-forum-guidance-and-instruction/15735 "2014-10-12T22:57:30Z")
Dear all, Not sure where to start, here. I’ve been tasked with setting up a forum, but seem to have very scant information on where to start. Does anyone happen to know if there is a ‘how to’ site or section of pages … --- ## [Test Discourse in mobile screen emulator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-discourse-in-mobile-screen-emulator/17155)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-discourse-in-mobile-screen-emulator/17155 "2014-10-12T22:19:24Z")
After some trial and error, I came to the conclusion that the built-in Mobile Emulation in Chrome is the best way to quickly preview Discourse pages on a mobile device. Sure you can also just append ?mobile\_view=1 to an… --- ## [Make search options optional](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-search-options-optional/15249)
**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-search-options-optional/15249 "2014-10-12T22:01:19Z")
Entering search from a Profile page (mine or another member’s) the search facility automatically prefers posts by that member. Likewise from within a category. Both those things are useful as an option, but frequently … --- ## [User Activity: no indication of loading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-activity-no-indication-of-loading/17442)
**Author:** [@Lid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-activity-no-indication-of-loading/17442 "2014-10-12T19:10:03Z")
https://meta.discourse.org/users/user/activity To reproduce: scroll all the way down on a user activity page. Expected behavior: show indication of loading like we get when we scroll down on topic list or inside a t… --- ## [Sphinx search for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sphinx-search-for-discourse/12548)
**Author:** [@katie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/katie)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sphinx-search-for-discourse/12548 "2014-10-12T06:05:30Z")
Hi, i am not aware if whether or not Discourse uses sphinx for its search function http://sphinxsearch.com but it is very powerful and light. I know on my forum which uses Vbulletin, i had to integrate the sphynix search… --- ## [Would Discourse/Docker work on Nginx without a plethora of work?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-discourse-docker-work-on-nginx-without-a-plethora-of-work/20972)
**Author:** [@stianthedark](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stianthedark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-discourse-docker-work-on-nginx-without-a-plethora-of-work/20972 "2014-10-11T17:51:51Z")
I think it would work. but it would probably require a ton of work. Does anyone have a simple way? Or should I just give up on hosting it myself? I would love to, as I have made my old laptop into a web server. It runs L… --- ## [Cannot start, "no docker.io" and cannot resolve github.com](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-start-no-docker-io-and-cannot-resolve-github-com/21003)
**Author:** [@iLek2428](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iLek2428)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-start-no-docker-io-and-cannot-resolve-github-com/21003 "2014-10-11T17:44:26Z")
\[root@iLekLoveAnswers docker\]# /var/docker/launcher bootstrap app which: no docker.io in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin) Calculated ENV: -e LANG=en\_US.UTF-8 -e RAILS\_ENV=productio… --- ## [Invisible topics are not invisible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invisible-topics-are-not-invisible/14719)
**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invisible-topics-are-not-invisible/14719 "2014-10-11T02:04:04Z")
Posts in invisible threads are still visible in the member’s profile, providing a link to the “invisible” topic freely accessible to all, whether logged in or not, like search engines … --- ## [Allow topics to automatically close after x days of Inactivity](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-topics-to-automatically-close-after-x-days-of-inactivity/18980)
**Author:** [@geek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/geek)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-topics-to-automatically-close-after-x-days-of-inactivity/18980 "2014-10-10T16:45:01Z")
We have the great feature to allow topics to automatically close after a certain time period, but I would really prefer that we allow topics to stay open until they haven’t been responded to after a certain number of day… --- ## [Email subject configuration options](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-subject-configuration-options/16530)
**Author:** [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-subject-configuration-options/16530 "2014-10-09T20:07:44Z")
I’d like emails to include the “Re:” in replies to aid subject threading in dumber mail clients (most annoyingly including Apple’s Mail.app). I coded this up and even submitted a pull request (thanks for looking at it @… --- ## [Compose preview box is too distracting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compose-preview-box-is-too-distracting/20964)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compose-preview-box-is-too-distracting/20964 "2014-10-09T18:13:13Z")
As a user, I want to be able to keep my visual focus on the left-side composition text field rather than the preview box, so that I’m not inclined to click in the wrong “pane”. Maybe it’s just me, but I regularly find m… --- ## [Slight mail template change (no link element content)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slight-mail-template-change-no-link-element-content/20960)
**Author:** [@Slind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Slind)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slight-mail-template-change-no-link-element-content/20960 "2014-10-09T15:59:46Z")
Hey, some of the modern mail clients flag mails that use a link inside the link element but href to another site as scam. This is an issue with click tracking. Of course this is not an issue of Discourse but I don’t see… --- ## [Posts Read Discrepancy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-read-discrepancy/18694)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-read-discrepancy/18694 "2014-10-08T16:32:03Z")
Okay, so maybe the numbers don’t mean exactly what I think they do, but the Requirements for TL 3 show I’ve read (all time) 1905 posts. But if you go to my admin user page, it has 2743. Why the large discrepancy? I’d… --- ## [phpBB 3 Importer (old)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-3-importer-old/17397)
**Author:** [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-3-importer-old/17397 "2014-10-08T21:17:59Z")
NOTE: This guide is out-dated. Follow this guide instead! I committed a script to import from a phpBB 3 to Discourse, similar to our Drupal, Kunena, and bbPress importers. Contributions and fixes are welcome! Thanks t… --- ## [Security measures proposal - User login brute force prevention, and more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-measures-proposal-user-login-brute-force-prevention-and-more/19023)
**Author:** [@Lid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2014, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-measures-proposal-user-login-brute-force-prevention-and-more/19023 "2014-10-08T11:31:19Z")
Brute force attack prevention It appears that Discourse does not take measures to detect and prevent multiple wrong sign ins. Good security practices should essentially be in core. brute force attack is common attac… --- ## [Improving import and export support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-import-and-export-support/12110)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2014, 11:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-import-and-export-support/12110 "2014-10-08T11:20:05Z")
Prior to launch @neil spent a fair amount of time working on an import/export system for Discourse. It has significant advantages over a standard db backup. It allows you to import a backup while the site is running It… --- ## [A user page, but for a group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-user-page-but-for-a-group/12236)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-user-page-but-for-a-group/12236 "2014-10-08T11:15:16Z")
The Blizzard “highlight all the posts from official Blizzard folks” forums feature has been a common request here, from @bp\_ and others. So I thought, we have https://meta.discourse.org/users/codinghorror/activity So … --- ## [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? --- ## [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? --- ## [Update Avatar on discourse.org/users/username page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-avatar-on-discourse-org-users-username-page/14783)
**Author:** [@davehahn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davehahn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-avatar-on-discourse-org-users-username-page/14783 "2014-10-08T02:57:35Z")
How do I go about putting my avatar on the discourse.org/users/ page? --- ## [Editing Old Posts and Adding Links Doesn't Alert Anybody](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-old-posts-and-adding-links-doesnt-alert-anybody/19373)
**Author:** [@geek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/geek)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-old-posts-and-adding-links-doesnt-alert-anybody/19373 "2014-10-07T21:30:22Z")
Situation: Users can edit old posts, adding links to whatever they want, and there’s no way that a forum administrator would know about it. As far as I know based on a bunch of testing, editing a post inside a topic doe… --- ## [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? --- ## [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… --- ## [Lots of warnings about rsyslogd, locks up discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lots-of-warnings-about-rsyslogd-locks-up-discourse/15311)
**Author:** [@shadowhand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shadowhand)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2014, 8:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lots-of-warnings-about-rsyslogd-locks-up-discourse/15311 "2014-10-07T08:31:44Z")
I just installed Discourse on a Rackspace server, using the same general instructions as for Digital Ocean. No issues with the install, everything works great until I restart the server, at which point this starts appear… --- ## [Toggle "Admin Voice" or "Mod Voice"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-admin-voice-or-mod-voice/13963)
**Author:** [@Sapid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sapid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-admin-voice-or-mod-voice/13963 "2014-10-07T05:04:44Z")
What I mean by this is that it would be nice to be able to distinguish whether an admin or mod is participating in a conversation as a regular user or in their official capacity. It looks like this sort of functionality … --- ## [Bounty / Crowdfund features](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bounty-crowdfund-features/17175)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Swallow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Greg_Swallow)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bounty-crowdfund-features/17175 "2014-10-06T22:24:11Z")
I just came across bountysource.com, that uses the (currently disabled) github issues tracker to list issues and allows people to pay $X as a bounty for an issue to be solved. Then an interested developer can either acc… --- ## [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? --- ## [Re-inviting/resending invites to users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-inviting-resending-invites-to-users/14387)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-inviting-resending-invites-to-users/14387 "2014-10-06T20:55:46Z")
Feature request here.. wonder how it should be implemented. I have a number of outstanding invites to our forum. I’d like to have something that’s a big less tedious than removing and re-inviting the user. Do that woul… --- ## [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 … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1902) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1904)