# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1908 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1909 --- ## [Should old topics be deleted from this forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-old-topics-be-deleted-from-this-forum/19070)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-old-topics-be-deleted-from-this-forum/19070 "2014-08-20T21:02:48Z")
This seems worthy of its own discussion topic for the community here to weigh in on in the ‘meta’ sense (continuing the discussion from Notification when a moderator or admin deletes your message): What kind of topics… --- ## [Installation nearly installs on Centos 6.5 with Apache/Phusion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-nearly-installs-on-centos-6-5-with-apache-phusion/11985)
**Author:** [@printec](https://meta.discourse.org/u/printec)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-nearly-installs-on-centos-6-5-with-apache-phusion/11985 "2014-08-20T19:36:32Z")
I did a clean install on Centos 6.5 64 bit with following shell commands ran as root: $ ./printec-basic-setup.sh $ ./discourse-install.sh Rather than flood this post with bash commands I have uploaded my script conten… --- ## [Pre-populating posts with some criteria](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-populating-posts-with-some-criteria/19102)
**Author:** [@Jody](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jody)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-populating-posts-with-some-criteria/19102 "2014-08-20T17:40:05Z")
In our old community (which was largely a transactional support forum) we had the set the blank field for a New Post to contain some basic “fields.” The intent was to find out the OS and software version from a user when… --- ## [Notification when a moderator or admin deletes your message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-moderator-or-admin-deletes-your-message/18875)
**Author:** [@Matches](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matches)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-moderator-or-admin-deletes-your-message/18875 "2014-08-20T16:34:20Z")
That way I can know why it’s missing. --- ## [Make private group pages visible to only group members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-private-group-pages-visible-to-only-group-members/19090)
**Author:** [@michael28](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michael28)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-private-group-pages-visible-to-only-group-members/19090 "2014-08-20T12:45:08Z")
I’ve set up a private category for a handful of the members of my site to discuss site policy. The users that can access the category are pulled from a user group I’ve set up. I’d like for members of this group to be ab… --- ## [Allow switching of categories in a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-switching-of-categories-in-a-topic/18999)
**Author:** [@stu1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stu1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-switching-of-categories-in-a-topic/18999 "2014-08-20T09:44:07Z")
Currently when I am in a topic, I am limited with what I can do. I can’t create a new topic and I can’t switch to a different category. This forces me to press back or click on the category / header to return to root m… --- ## [Double Likes... as a feature!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-likes-as-a-feature/19028)
**Author:** [@Matches](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matches)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-likes-as-a-feature/19028 "2014-08-19T23:02:59Z")
--- ## [Accessibility: Improve contrast of text styling in default UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-improve-contrast-of-text-styling-in-default-ui/14632)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-improve-contrast-of-text-styling-in-default-ui/14632 "2014-08-19T19:41:56Z")
As a user with less-than-perfect eyesight, I want to be able to read text and links on Discourse with a contrast ratio that allows me to differentiate types of text, so that I can better understand the purpose of that te… --- ## [Would separate IP addresses help?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-separate-ip-addresses-help/19003)
**Author:** [@tomosovich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomosovich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-separate-ip-addresses-help/19003 "2014-08-18T23:34:11Z")
First off, I love the software. Been using it for about a month now and just moved it to its permanent home. I will be installing the main site this week and was wondering if using different ip addresses would smooth th… --- ## [\[Paid\] Installation and customization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-installation-and-customization/19014)
**Author:** [@Igor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Igor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-installation-and-customization/19014 "2014-08-18T18:38:34Z")
Hello! I would use Discourse, but do not have much knowledge in programming and html or css configuration. Where can I find someone to do this work and also to optimize the design a bit and apply the translation forum to… --- ## [Option to notify with sound](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-notify-with-sound/18996)
**Author:** [@stu1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stu1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-notify-with-sound/18996 "2014-08-18T16:13:57Z")
I would like to be notified with an audio signal (that the user can turn off) when I get a notification if I have discourse open. This would enable me to come back to the tab when I needed to repond rather than just che… --- ## [Email: mail headers should have tags in them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-mail-headers-should-have-tags-in-them/18934)
**Author:** [@apoelstra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/apoelstra)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-mail-headers-should-have-tags-in-them/18934 "2014-08-16T22:30:08Z")
It’d be great if discourse emails had an extra header with discussion tags in them (even just a comma-separated list would be fine). This makes automated filtering and sorting a lot easier and would give discourse an edg… --- ## [An option to hide your username/avatar in the toolbar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-option-to-hide-your-username-avatar-in-the-toolbar/18813)
**Author:** [@rubydoob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rubydoob)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-option-to-hide-your-username-avatar-in-the-toolbar/18813 "2014-08-14T01:22:44Z")
What do you guys think of giving users the option to hide their username/avatar from the top toolbar. For privacy reasons you might not want that visible all the time. --- ## [Is Discourse suitable for use for a question and answer type page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-suitable-for-use-for-a-question-and-answer-type-page/17772)
**Author:** [@leisuretronics](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leisuretronics)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2014, 7:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-suitable-for-use-for-a-question-and-answer-type-page/17772 "2014-08-12T07:39:07Z")
I’m looking for a platform that I can use to power a Q&A section of a website. I’m already planning on using Discourse for comments throughout the site but I’ve also read on Quora (http://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-open-… --- ## [Paid: Social groups for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-social-groups-for-discourse/14260)
**Author:** [@Stefan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stefan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-social-groups-for-discourse/14260 "2014-08-11T21:12:19Z")
Hello! I’m interested in having a social group functionality for Discourse that needs to work like this: every member can open a new group or join an existing group; a group can be public (everybody can read and member… --- ## [Paid: Need a developer for Alternative Medicine forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-a-developer-for-alternative-medicine-forum/18660)
**Author:** [@I\_Am\_gR00T](https://meta.discourse.org/u/I_Am_gR00T)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-a-developer-for-alternative-medicine-forum/18660 "2014-08-11T17:44:12Z")
I\_Am\_gR00T, I have been fooling around with discourse the last few months in an effort to create a forum for my alternative medicine community. We currently have two functioning businesses, one of them a Cannabis Priva… --- ## [Global notification, like Disqus](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-notification-like-disqus/18702)
**Author:** [@cregox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cregox)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-notification-like-disqus/18702 "2014-08-10T16:41:07Z")
You probably thought of this already, I trust there is even a topic created. But I couldn’t find it. Now, I now Disqus ain’t exactly open source, but I think Wordpress do offer a global login. If it’s all opt-in, for th… --- ## [Are BBS and Forum two different things?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-bbs-and-forum-two-different-things/18690)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-bbs-and-forum-two-different-things/18690 "2014-08-10T16:16:06Z")
Continuing the discussion from What is wrong with PHPBB?. I wouldn’t touch most “definition debates” with a ten foot pole, but since this one pertains to “what is Discourse, really?” I figured it might be worthwhile and… --- ## [Missing e in the logo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-e-in-the-logo/18675)
**Author:** [@Webinsane](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Webinsane)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-e-in-the-logo/18675 "2014-08-10T00:45:49Z")
I think e is missing a piece at the end: --- ## [Ability to unroll context when in-reply-to indicator is suppressed?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-unroll-context-when-in-reply-to-indicator-is-suppressed/18166)
**Author:** [@anon73329944](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon73329944)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-unroll-context-when-in-reply-to-indicator-is-suppressed/18166 "2014-08-09T18:34:49Z")
Context unrolling is a very nice feature, allowing one to browse the whole chain of discussion without navigating too far away from the place we were in. However, if the in-reply-to indicator is suppressed, either becaus… --- ## [Guidance about category creation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guidance-about-category-creation/18540)
**Author:** [@joshfrank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshfrank)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guidance-about-category-creation/18540 "2014-08-08T03:40:06Z")
I’m setting up a new Discourse community and wondering about how to create categories. In particular, I’m nervous about making categories that are narrow enough to be meaningful, without making them so narrow that there … --- ## [Discourse Skin for MediaWiki](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-skin-for-mediawiki/18504)
**Author:** [@the\_machinist\_](https://meta.discourse.org/u/the_machinist_)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-skin-for-mediawiki/18504 "2014-08-07T23:20:06Z")
I created a skin for MediaWiki that follows the Discourse theme. You can find the project page and source by following these links: https://github.com/themachinist/DiscourseSkin --- ## [Dates are not localized in the no-JS version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dates-are-not-localized-in-the-no-js-version/15272)
**Author:** [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dates-are-not-localized-in-the-no-js-version/15272 "2014-08-06T21:37:01Z")
Hi, Dates are not localized in the no-JS version. Here is an exemple in French: (Date is still in English) --- ## [Cannot filter by subcategory without visiting parent category first](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-filter-by-subcategory-without-visiting-parent-category-first/18535)
**Author:** [@davemaxwell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davemaxwell)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-filter-by-subcategory-without-visiting-parent-category-first/18535 "2014-08-06T15:33:38Z")
This is not a deal breaker as there are ways around it, but it is an annoyance. If you are on any of the latest/new/unread pages (category page as well, but I ignored that since the dropdown is kinda redundant there … --- ## [Use localized automatic topic messages despite per-user language profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-localized-automatic-topic-messages-despite-per-user-language-profile/18451)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-localized-automatic-topic-messages-despite-per-user-language-profile/18451 "2014-08-05T19:34:24Z")
Currently it looks as if I (the admin) close the topic, the English message is posted automatically despite global forum language is set to Russian. --- ## [Need help with account creation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-with-account-creation/18404)
**Author:** [@lsh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lsh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-with-account-creation/18404 "2014-08-05T00:04:12Z")
I hate making a thread for this since it’s not about the project itself, but I see no other way to handle it. I tried to create an account on these forums a few days ago. I only received the account activation email tod… --- ## [What problem with my installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-problem-with-my-installation/18425)
**Author:** [@liwei\_swjtu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/liwei_swjtu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-problem-with-my-installation/18425 "2014-08-04T02:53:19Z")
since I’ve decided to run my discourse in the old way,I upgrade the source to the latest version,and it require ruby with version 1.9.3 above,so I switched to using rvm and followed this guideenter link description here … --- ## [Line breaks missing from embedded tweets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/line-breaks-missing-from-embedded-tweets/18297)
**Author:** [@Buddy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Buddy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/line-breaks-missing-from-embedded-tweets/18297 "2014-08-03T01:57:09Z")
Expected behaviour: tweet displays correctly. Current behaviour: newlines missing Steps to reproduce: onebox the following tweet, or one like it https://twitter.com/SirEvisiae/status/330541240443604992 --- ## [How was the colour for my computer-generated avatar decided?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-was-the-colour-for-my-computer-generated-avatar-decided/18390)
**Author:** [@peey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-was-the-colour-for-my-computer-generated-avatar-decided/18390 "2014-08-02T13:39:34Z")
I use another discourse forum and recently they upgraded to the new avatar system. I noticed that the background colour of my avatar was same as here on meta.discourse. I was wondering what user properties are these colo… --- ## [Is suppress reply when quoting too atomic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-suppress-reply-when-quoting-too-atomic/18249)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-suppress-reply-when-quoting-too-atomic/18249 "2014-07-31T01:49:29Z")
I just added a site setting called “suppress reply when quoting” https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/87dd6814972a1c44846a8ab1a1743be010525110 The description for it is: “Don’t show the expandable in-reply-to … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1907) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1909)