# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1904&status=created [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1905 --- ## [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 … --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1903&status=created) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1905&status=created)