# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1904 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1905 --- ## [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 … --- ## [Inviting users to secure topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inviting-users-to-secure-topics/14324)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inviting-users-to-secure-topics/14324 "2014-10-06T00:04:47Z")
If I invite a user to a private forum only available to a specific group, the invitee will not have access to the thread, even when following the invitation link. Either this use case should be made possible, or it shou… --- ## [Avatar Subsystem redesign](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-subsystem-redesign/15997)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-subsystem-redesign/15997 "2014-10-05T23:30:32Z")
I just deployed the implementation of It is a rather massive change to the way Discourse deals with avatars. We no longer include direct links to gravatar, so for example, this is no longer a concern on Discourse. ht… --- ## [Any plans for admin/user docs with 1.0 release?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-plans-for-admin-user-docs-with-1-0-release/17463)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-plans-for-admin-user-docs-with-1-0-release/17463 "2014-10-05T23:27:22Z")
So there’s currently some great documentation for Discourse: Relatively thorough installation guides on GitHub Some rudimentary troubleshooting tips on GitHub Developer guides on GitHub HOWTO category here on meta A ma… --- ## [Discourse taking over Ctrl-F](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-taking-over-ctrl-f/16190)
**Author:** [@phaedrus\_one](https://meta.discourse.org/u/phaedrus_one)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-taking-over-ctrl-f/16190 "2014-10-05T23:08:54Z")
Ctrl-F is for searching the page, for example specific text in a conversation (huge use case). Discourse seems to think it knows better and wants to search other conversations for the text. Thus leaving one no way to s… --- ## [Support deployment on post-ifconfig systems](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-deployment-on-post-ifconfig-systems/20073)
**Author:** [@lukegb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lukegb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-deployment-on-post-ifconfig-systems/20073 "2014-10-05T23:00:35Z")
ifconfig isn’t installed on all systems, particularly not newer ones by default. The discourse\_docker launcher.sh script relies on the presence of ifconfig on the host system. My PR at Adds a docker\_ip pipeline for /sb… --- ## [More notifications for heavily-liked posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-notifications-for-heavily-liked-posts/12738)
**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-notifications-for-heavily-liked-posts/12738 "2014-10-05T22:40:24Z")
Right now, a notification is only sent for the first like on any of your posts. But I think there’s a big difference between a post being liked once and 10 times. The second shows enjoyment of the post by many people,… --- ## [Add moderators in the 'About' section](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-moderators-in-the-about-section/20773)
**Author:** [@molly\_cushing](https://meta.discourse.org/u/molly_cushing)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-moderators-in-the-about-section/20773 "2014-10-05T17:54:24Z")
Would it be possible to add the moderators in the ‘About’ section? I know that admins are highlighted and I like that a lot, but I know the moderators on my site to a lot, so I’d like to have them be hilighted. Is that p… --- ## [Custom field for 'create an account'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-field-for-create-an-account/18691)
**Author:** [@cosmo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cosmo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-field-for-create-an-account/18691 "2014-10-05T16:12:04Z")
Hey, Is it possible to add a custom field during user registration within the modal? I would like to add “gender” radio button for all users, which would be required for registeration. It seems like this can be done, t… --- ## [Does "one.com" support Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-one-com-support-discourse/20766)
**Author:** [@stianthedark](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stianthedark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-one-com-support-discourse/20766 "2014-10-05T13:57:48Z")
I’m in the process of choosing host for my website, but I need it to support Discourse. I will probably choose one.com if they support Ruby and/or other required stuff. Anyone know something about this? --- ## [How should we implement polls?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-should-we-implement-polls/11911)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 11:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-should-we-implement-polls/11911 "2014-10-04T11:57:03Z")
Continuing the discussion from So, you want to help out with Discourse: Almost all forum software out there supports “polls”. They can be quite fun and allow you to easily gauge what people like / dislike. @Hunter was… --- ## [Staff should not see user profile email addresses without a click](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-should-not-see-user-profile-email-addresses-without-a-click/18871)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-should-not-see-user-profile-email-addresses-without-a-click/18871 "2014-10-04T11:53:55Z")
Continuing the discussion from Last post versus seen timestamps: I agree with this. Staff shouldn’t see emails unless they explicitly click to expand the email (e.g. they need to see it for some reason) and this action… --- ## [Onebox: for Github Issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-for-github-issue/20275)
**Author:** [@Lid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-for-github-issue/20275 "2014-10-04T11:46:57Z")
https://github.com/discourse/onebox/pull/235 There is a minor fix pending to be merged for this feature to work on next deployment. Image preview --- ## [Deleted posts will now be collapsed by default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-posts-will-now-be-collapsed-by-default/17699)
**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 11:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-posts-will-now-be-collapsed-by-default/17699 "2014-10-04T11:40:03Z")
Hey everyone - this topic is an announcement for a feature that just hit master. Also, this only applies to forum admins/staff - if you aren’t staff, you won’t notice any of this. Once you update the next time, you shou… --- ## [Replacing Mailing lists: Email-In](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replacing-mailing-lists-email-in/13099)
**Author:** [@lightyear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lightyear)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replacing-mailing-lists-email-in/13099 "2014-10-04T11:37:17Z")
Hello everyone, Update: I’ve finished developing this. You can find the entire patchset at the pull-request with the three features as three commits in the same order. I am on the quest on supporting discourse to repla… --- ## [Customize social networks sites to share](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-social-networks-sites-to-share/13597)
**Author:** [@oSiNaReF](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oSiNaReF)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 10:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-social-networks-sites-to-share/13597 "2014-10-04T10:35:24Z")
Reading this https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-to-social-networks/3164 I think that it could be more social Discourse, adding more social networks, like reddit, meneame, wk, but the problem is that there are a lot o… --- ## [Check a box in post editor to prevent edit bump](https://meta.discourse.org/t/check-a-box-in-post-editor-to-prevent-edit-bump/13544)
**Author:** [@James\_B](https://meta.discourse.org/u/James_B)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/check-a-box-in-post-editor-to-prevent-edit-bump/13544 "2014-10-04T04:17:29Z")
I did not find anything like this so far. This is a feature suggestion to include a new checkbox in the post editor that will prevent the topic from getting bumped after saving the edit. The thread title could still be … --- ## [Punitive measures against idiots - locking trust level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/punitive-measures-against-idiots-locking-trust-level/20549)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Ars](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/punitive-measures-against-idiots-locking-trust-level/20549 "2014-10-03T15:39:30Z")
Had a dipshit user register and power-level himself up to trust level 1, then begin sending inane PMs and posting inane messages to threads. Rather than allow flags to accumulate, I’d rather take direct action. Banning’s… --- ## [Custom Theme For Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-theme-for-discourse/20698)
**Author:** [@rob1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rob1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-theme-for-discourse/20698 "2014-10-02T20:36:22Z")
I hope this is the right place. Looking for someone to do a custom theme if possible. Also looking in the not too distant future for users be able to also post anonymously. Thank you Rob --- ## [Onebox embeds for pages that no longer exist do not update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-embeds-for-pages-that-no-longer-exist-do-not-update/20668)
**Author:** [@clay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clay)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-embeds-for-pages-that-no-longer-exist-do-not-update/20668 "2014-10-02T06:31:32Z")
Continuing the discussion from What smileys are supported?: If you hop to the thread from which I continued this discussion, you will see that codinghorror posted a link to another meta.discourse.org thread that subseq… --- ## [Support auto-highlighting for preformatted code](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-auto-highlighting-for-preformatted-code/14234)
**Author:** [@Naatan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Naatan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-auto-highlighting-for-preformatted-code/14234 "2014-10-01T20:42:05Z")
Highlightjs offers “auto highlighting” out of the box. It’d be nice if this functionality could be exposed to Discourse through an admin pref (eg. “Auto highlight preformatted code”). I understand this won’t be relevant … --- ## [Why is hosting so expensive?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-hosting-so-expensive/20362)
**Author:** [@rubydoob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rubydoob)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-hosting-so-expensive/20362 "2014-10-01T20:14:14Z")
I was exciting that discourse would be a hosted service (run by the founders), but the price point seems very high at this point . $100 for 100K page views $200 for 250K page views etc. I’m curious, is the cost of ho… --- ## [Suppress images for short emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-images-for-short-emails/20235)
**Author:** [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 7:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-images-for-short-emails/20235 "2014-10-01T07:41:14Z")
To prevent Discourse emails being detected as spam, we should suppress images from short emails (having text length 2800 Bytes or less). Currently short emails with images are detected as spam by Apache SpamAssassin, du… --- ## [Installing with Docker question (Software requirements)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-with-docker-question-software-requirements/20649)
**Author:** [@winterbox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/winterbox)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 7:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-with-docker-question-software-requirements/20649 "2014-10-01T07:34:01Z")
I already have my discourse site on DigitalOcean. (Paid to install. :smile:) But I am trying to install on my country’s VPS service. (DigitalOcean is pretty much slow in my country) So I just bought new VPS, and I beli… --- ## [In read-only mode changing the settings fails silently](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-read-only-mode-changing-the-settings-fails-silently/20623)
**Author:** [@tpokorra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpokorra)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-read-only-mode-changing-the-settings-fails-silently/20623 "2014-09-30T19:01:13Z")
This is probably related to https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-mode-bugs/12708. I tried to set in the settings, Backups, allow restore. But it did not allow to save it. Because there is no error message, I first th… --- ## ["Questionable" account checks at the time of signup?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questionable-account-checks-at-the-time-of-signup/19068)
**Author:** [@brodock](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brodock)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questionable-account-checks-at-the-time-of-signup/19068 "2014-09-29T22:04:51Z")
Why do that, when you can use “Project Honeypot”, that does it in a much better, distributed way. We can also check IP address during the registration, to require admin approval: The best part is that you do all the c… --- ## [Emoticons should not count toward the post character minimum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoticons-should-not-count-toward-the-post-character-minimum/20503)
**Author:** [@AdamCapriola](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamCapriola)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoticons-should-not-count-toward-the-post-character-minimum/20503 "2014-09-29T21:41:41Z")
:smile: :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [An anti-gibberish filter](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-anti-gibberish-filter/20552)
**Author:** [@Bro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bro)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-anti-gibberish-filter/20552 "2014-09-29T13:36:33Z")
Having read this: and having decided I like the minimum character feature, I was wondering if there was any way to stop people from posting gibberish, as in feirererfgerkjrehjr rejhhhreuhrer eiruhfruhrehr You know… --- ## [Migrating a 10m PI forum - hardware requirements & performance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-a-10m-pi-forum-hardware-requirements-performance/10075)
**Author:** [@jeans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jeans)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-a-10m-pi-forum-hardware-requirements-performance/10075 "2014-09-27T22:24:47Z")
Hi, what kind of hardware setup would you recommend for a large forum with currently 1.2m pages, 300K users and 10m monthly PI? What did you plan for with the hosted discourse server setup at The Discourse Servers --- ## [Mobile option to not load user avatars (and other potential bandwidth saving features)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-option-to-not-load-user-avatars-and-other-potential-bandwidth-saving-features/17792)
**Author:** [@daybreaker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daybreaker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2014, 6:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-option-to-not-load-user-avatars-and-other-potential-bandwidth-saving-features/17792 "2014-09-27T06:57:00Z")
We recently released our Discourse forum to replace our self-built mini-forum app, and some users are up in arms over the mobile version not being as friendly (personally, I dont see how they can prefer our terrible self… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1903) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1905)