# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=22&status=archived [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 23 --- ## [What is the Timing of Formal Discourse REST API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-timing-of-formal-discourse-rest-api/22329)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-timing-of-formal-discourse-rest-api/22329 "2014-11-20T16:55:40Z")
Hi, I want to contract with a developer to develop an app for my web site (android and iphone) that will include integrated access to my forums (with inapp message notifications). One developer I’m talking to has conve… --- ## [Discourse commenting for more complex, dynamic website](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-commenting-for-more-complex-dynamic-website/15350)
**Author:** [@realart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/realart)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-commenting-for-more-complex-dynamic-website/15350 "2014-11-19T18:26:05Z")
I am contemplating on replacing proprietary commenting system for fastestlaps.com with discourse. Site has different kinds of content pages which have to be comment-able - car pages, laptime pages, article pages, even h… --- ## [Markdown Quote with Onebox Header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-quote-with-onebox-header/22258)
**Author:** [@Buddy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Buddy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-quote-with-onebox-header/22258 "2014-11-18T22:47:36Z")
Continuing the discussion from talk.commonmark.org, Irony: This forum doesn't use standard markdown - #5 by sam - Meta - CommonMark Discussion I wanted to suggest that quotes could be handled without an extension to ma… --- ## [Rollback settings-changes right from Admin -\> Logs page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rollback-settings-changes-right-from-admin-logs-page/22238)
**Author:** [@hedgehog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hedgehog)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rollback-settings-changes-right-from-admin-logs-page/22238 "2014-11-18T18:40:34Z")
Having all settings-changes added to the log is incredibly useful. How about a button to roll-back certain changes to the old value to make rolling back even easier? --- ## [Using different S3 compatible service](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-different-s3-compatible-service/22235)
**Author:** [@Aagat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aagat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-different-s3-compatible-service/22235 "2014-11-18T03:35:14Z")
Hi, I want to use custom S3 compatible service for user uploads and backup but currently no way to enter custom server in the control panel because you can only choose between AWS availability zones. Wouldn’t it be bett… --- ## [Any plans to do something with ScreenedURLs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-plans-to-do-something-with-screenedurls/22219)
**Author:** [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-plans-to-do-something-with-screenedurls/22219 "2014-11-17T01:14:41Z")
Continuing the discussion from Can I completely block any posts with a particular URL?: As discussed in the sourse topic, Blocking new registrations by IP can work. Just the same “times 256” adds up quickly and many S… --- ## [Rotating the author of New User Guidance PMs between moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rotating-the-author-of-new-user-guidance-pms-between-moderators/22136)
**Author:** [@Vocino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vocino)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rotating-the-author-of-new-user-guidance-pms-between-moderators/22136 "2014-11-14T12:20:36Z")
The personalized PM new users get is very valuable. I want to structure the new user PM as a personal message about who we are and what we do that has a human touch (not to try to pass it off as non-automated but to give… --- ## [Notification for user approval even after user is approved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-for-user-approval-even-after-user-is-approved/22096)
**Author:** [@carighan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carighan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2014, 7:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-for-user-approval-even-after-user-is-approved/22096 "2014-11-14T07:01:28Z")
Hello, I’m not sure whether Bug is the correct category for this, but it seems to me that this is unintended behaviour. We currently run a forum we’ve just set up, and one of our moderators complained to me that somethi… --- ## [IP.Board convertor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ip-board-convertor/21586)
**Author:** [@Stefan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stefan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ip-board-convertor/21586 "2014-11-13T09:37:45Z")
I saw there are some convertors available for different forum systems, but none is available for IP.Board. Is such a convertor planned? --- ## [API for badges?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-for-badges/22106)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-for-badges/22106 "2014-11-12T23:06:04Z")
Is there any plan to expose badges through a public API? In other words, we’d love Discourse to be a badge engine for our entire community (which uses many tools/webapps) and create plugins like the GitHub commit plugin … --- ## [Payment gateway Integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/payment-gateway-integration/21587)
**Author:** [@naggar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/naggar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 6:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/payment-gateway-integration/21587 "2014-11-12T06:22:51Z")
Can we Integrate Payment gateway into it? Is there any plug-in for it? --- ## [Button to dismiss notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/button-to-dismiss-notifications/22069)
**Author:** [@Moter8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moter8)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/button-to-dismiss-notifications/22069 "2014-11-11T21:52:45Z")
Means: A little X, a button or something similar to dismiss notifications. Especially these 5-6 “First achievements” are quite annoying imo. --- ## [Search Engine / No JavaScript version missing links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-engine-no-javascript-version-missing-links/22027)
**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-engine-no-javascript-version-missing-links/22027 "2014-11-10T23:35:46Z")
When browsing a discourse site (meta.discourse.org) without JavaScript in the same way as it is presented to Googlebot several links are missing. Links to user profiles Link to categories list from homepage Links to … --- ## [Improve our ability to view Staff Action Logs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-our-ability-to-view-staff-action-logs/21920)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-our-ability-to-view-staff-action-logs/21920 "2014-11-09T01:08:51Z")
Okay, so the staff action logs are great, if, the action happened in the last 200 actions. If you are on an active forum, those 200 actions don’t go very far :frowning: So here is my quick list of what I’d like the Staf… --- ## [New Reply Notifications in Website Title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-reply-notifications-in-website-title/21878)
**Author:** [@patrickdiscourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickdiscourse)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-reply-notifications-in-website-title/21878 "2014-11-07T10:50:21Z")
I would like the title of my site to change, according to whether or not there are new replies on the current page that I have not read. So for example, if I have my browser up, I wouldn’t need to be viewing the discour… --- ## [Pull Social Comments Into Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pull-social-comments-into-discourse/21240)
**Author:** [@charles](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charles)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pull-social-comments-into-discourse/21240 "2014-11-06T00:56:24Z")
trying out discourse and wonder if anything available like this? Pull in Tweets and Replies as Comments When publishing to Facebook and Twitter, the discussion is likely to continue there. Through Social, we can ag… --- ## [Disable markdown and buttons in form](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-markdown-and-buttons-in-form/21390)
**Author:** [@benjamin\_bnds](https://meta.discourse.org/u/benjamin_bnds)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-markdown-and-buttons-in-form/21390 "2014-11-05T17:57:51Z")
Is it possible to disable markdown and buttons in the form to create/edit a topic/response? --- ## [Hosting many forums on a single Discourse instance with a single database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosting-many-forums-on-a-single-discourse-instance-with-a-single-database/21556)
**Author:** [@jmay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmay)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosting-many-forums-on-a-single-discourse-instance-with-a-single-database/21556 "2014-11-03T22:19:49Z")
I’m trying to understand if this is possible with a typical Discourse installation. I’ve read the topics that discuss multi-site installs - this seems to involve setting up a separate database instance for every subdomai… --- ## [Category Ordering: Fixed AND activity based ordering](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-ordering-fixed-and-activity-based-ordering/21720)
**Author:** [@robreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robreed)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-ordering-fixed-and-activity-based-ordering/21720 "2014-11-03T21:37:45Z")
Continuing the discussion from Organizing categories so they are always in the same order I’m just starting to dig into Discourse. I was fortunate to be able to import a forum with thousands of discussions which seems t… --- ## [Email notification settings per category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notification-settings-per-category/21346)
**Author:** [@Wowl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wowl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notification-settings-per-category/21346 "2014-11-03T15:59:47Z")
It would be awesome to allow users to set their notification preferences per category. Currently you receive new topics in all categories in your digest, unless you mute them. But if you enable mailing list mode, this ch… --- ## [When you show a flagged post there isn't a rehide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-you-show-a-flagged-post-there-isnt-a-rehide/21653)
**Author:** [@locallunatic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/locallunatic)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-you-show-a-flagged-post-there-isnt-a-rehide/21653 "2014-11-02T23:20:52Z")
Due to a spamy troll discovered that showing a hidden flagged post doesn’t have an option to re-hide it. You can sorta work around this by flagging the item yourself, but something to re-hide a flagged post that was hid… --- ## [Default avatar from Name & not from Username](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-avatar-from-name-not-from-username/21571)
**Author:** [@dbinoj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dbinoj)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-avatar-from-name-not-from-username/21571 "2014-10-31T14:08:41Z")
Is there a way with which we can change the generation of default avatar from username to user’s full names? Many of our users have numerical usernames or their usernames start with a certain character (like P, R). --- ## [Should the order of categories in every place being the same?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-order-of-categories-in-every-place-being-the-same/13665)
**Author:** [@nXqd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nXqd)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 11:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-order-of-categories-in-every-place-being-the-same/13665 "2014-10-29T11:21:44Z")
I was hesitate to make this feature request. So I try to use the categories in every place \[ top left corner, in category list and category dropdown\] and really look into how i use. I find that it’d be nice if we have th… --- ## [Multi Language support while replying to post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multi-language-support-while-replying-to-post/21574)
**Author:** [@naggar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/naggar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multi-language-support-while-replying-to-post/21574 "2014-10-28T20:38:05Z")
Is there Multi Language support while replying to question/post? Like if Someone wants to reply a post in other language (France, China, etc) can it will be done? --- ## [Gmail "trimming" email content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gmail-trimming-email-content/21538)
**Author:** [@Webinsane](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Webinsane)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gmail-trimming-email-content/21538 "2014-10-28T01:00:40Z")
When Discourse sends emails on particular topic, posts tend to miss the link that points back to the website. Gmail for example shows the posts one after the other. It looks great, but the part where you need to click to… --- ## [Backup site settings only (without any user content)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-site-settings-only-without-any-user-content/21513)
**Author:** [@JSey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JSey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2014, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-site-settings-only-without-any-user-content/21513 "2014-10-27T10:55:13Z")
Maybe I’m missing something, but here’s a thought that occurred to me while fiddling with my import scripts: wouldn’t it be nice if we had a backup feature that deals only with the site’s settings, but not the contents (… --- ## [Remembered Topic location should be "First Unread" post instead of "Last Read" post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remembered-topic-location-should-be-first-unread-post-instead-of-last-read-post/21440)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remembered-topic-location-should-be-first-unread-post-instead-of-last-read-post/21440 "2014-10-23T01:43:56Z")
Proposal: To solve the problem cited below, make the default location that one enters a topic be the “First Unread” post rather than the “Last Read” post. That way, sam would come back to topic #22 at post #7 instead o… --- ## [Search feedback for 2 character searches](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-feedback-for-2-character-searches/21337)
**Author:** [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-feedback-for-2-character-searches/21337 "2014-10-22T13:43:51Z")
Good morning! We had a report that a user searched for “go” and could not find anything. Or rather, that the search did not work. Now, I’m used to forums with a 3 character minimum for search; but maybe not everyone i… --- ## [Lack of Admin Badge Customizations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lack-of-admin-badge-customizations/18238)
**Author:** [@hb\_ryn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hb_ryn)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lack-of-admin-badge-customizations/18238 "2014-10-21T01:44:14Z")
At the moment a lot of badge/trust-level related options in the admin cp lack the ability to be edited. Not sure if these will eventually be opened up and we can go ahead and use the settings that we want, instead of bei… --- ## [Show user count in the users list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-user-count-in-the-users-list/21199)
**Author:** [@vulkanino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vulkanino)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-user-count-in-the-users-list/21199 "2014-10-17T21:20:42Z")
Admin, Users. It would be nice to know how many users there are, before the list. [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=21&status=archived) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=23&status=archived)