# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=291&period=day [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 292 --- ## [Enhancing appeal with image previews](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enhancing-appeal-with-image-previews/345130)
**Author:** [@MihirR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MihirR)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enhancing-appeal-with-image-previews/345130 "2025-03-13T00:08:03Z")
Is there a way to make the upload more appealing in this window? Instead of the text here, could we do something more professional, like showing a small preview of the uploaded image? Ignore the AI Caption --- ## [What are the plans to improve the composer in 2024?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-plans-to-improve-the-composer-in-2024/303826)
**Author:** [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-plans-to-improve-the-composer-in-2024/303826 "2025-03-13T00:06:17Z")
I would love to read more details about the plans to modernize the composer in 2024, which @lindsey explained at 19:10 in Recap: AMA with The Discourse Product Team. --- ## [Convert text to "preview view" as you type?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-text-to-preview-view-as-you-type/150834)
**Author:** [@JQ331](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JQ331)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-text-to-preview-view-as-you-type/150834 "2025-03-13T00:04:02Z")
Right now in Discourse you have your “editor” window where you type, and a separate preview window that shows how what you type will be displayed. Is it possible to merge those two, so the user doesn’t need to look at tw… --- ## [Notion like Editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notion-like-editor/273130)
**Author:** [@TheDarkWizard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheDarkWizard)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notion-like-editor/273130 "2025-03-12T23:51:07Z")
Hey all, As we continue to get familiar with Discourse and work with it, I’ve come to the realization that the Editor is easily my favorite of all the forum softwares I’ve worked with over the years. However, I think W… --- ## [Rich Text Editor Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-text-editor-plugin/326070)
**Author:** [@Rohail\_Altaf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rohail_Altaf)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-text-editor-plugin/326070 "2025-03-12T23:45:17Z")
Hello Discourse Developers! We’re looking for an experienced Discourse developer/agency to create a plugin that replaces the default Markdown editor with a WYSIWYG editor, preferably Quill or similar, for our community. … --- ## [Rethinking the Composer - lowering the bar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rethinking-the-composer-lowering-the-bar/47333)
**Author:** [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rethinking-the-composer-lowering-the-bar/47333 "2025-03-12T23:44:50Z")
There are several topics here where members have asked for a more complex feature rich editor, or have expressed problems as a result of Markdown syntax not being understood. I’m wondering if having a “text as plain te… --- ## [Rich Text Formatting (WYSIWYG)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-text-formatting-wysiwyg/148687)
**Author:** [@s1clarke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/s1clarke)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-text-formatting-wysiwyg/148687 "2025-03-12T23:44:37Z")
Hi all, The users of my Discourse community are sports teachers who are not very technical, therefore the enforced use of markdown in the editor has created some formatting problems in posts. Ideally, we could enable a… --- ## [More advance editor should be here?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-advance-editor-should-be-here/14102)
**Author:** [@vanabel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vanabel)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-advance-editor-should-be-here/14102 "2025-03-12T23:43:44Z")
I have some exprence in taking notes of math in the Editor: StackEdit, while the discouse editor (what’s her name?) is my first forum editor that support markdown and mathjax at the same time with perfect preview, it s… --- ## [WYSIWYG editor as a replacement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wysiwyg-editor-as-a-replacement/21373)
**Author:** [@Rahul\_Ramesh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rahul_Ramesh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wysiwyg-editor-as-a-replacement/21373 "2025-03-12T23:42:55Z")
Is it hard to implement a WYSIWYG editor in place of the current bbcode markdown post editor with live preview? I am really curious to know about this, I don’t mean a overly crammed up editor, just a normal WYSIWYG with … --- ## [If not WYSIWYG, then how about disabling styles entirely?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-not-wysiwyg-then-how-about-disabling-styles-entirely/40539)
**Author:** [@Talin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Talin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-not-wysiwyg-then-how-about-disabling-styles-entirely/40539 "2025-03-12T23:42:29Z")
As pointed out in the other thread, most users don’t take a lot of advantage of style text in their posts. This would be particularly true for our patients. Think about the typical patient to doctor interface such as myh… --- ## [Summary outcome of the debate on wysiwyg?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summary-outcome-of-the-debate-on-wysiwyg/41413)
**Author:** [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summary-outcome-of-the-debate-on-wysiwyg/41413 "2025-03-12T23:41:29Z")
Continuing the discussion from Who would prefer a standard wysiwyg to markdown?: The above discussion was pretty busy and the thread is now closed with some comment about a proof of concept. To save me having to read al… --- ## [WYSIWYG Plugin (again)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wysiwyg-plugin-again/39747)
**Author:** [@ccdw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ccdw)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wysiwyg-plugin-again/39747 "2025-03-12T23:40:38Z")
Continuing the discussion from Who would prefer a standard wysiwyg to markdown?: I checked with the founders and they are ok with us restarting this thread with a view to discussing the development of a plugin to deli… --- ## [Who would prefer a standard wysiwyg to markdown?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-would-prefer-a-standard-wysiwyg-to-markdown/31340)
**Author:** [@etewiah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/etewiah)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-would-prefer-a-standard-wysiwyg-to-markdown/31340 "2025-03-12T23:40:19Z")
I just saw an interview with Michael Pryor of trello: At one point he says: We added markdown in Trello which in retrospect, was a mistake because it’s a developer centric feature in a non developer focused product.… --- ## [WYSIWYG Editor Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wysiwyg-editor-plugin/68246)
**Author:** [@quangbuule](https://meta.discourse.org/u/quangbuule)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wysiwyg-editor-plugin/68246 "2025-03-12T23:39:52Z")
This is work in progress, please give me some thought. :smile: :muscle: --- ## [Changing policy texts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-policy-texts/357032)
**Author:** [@noid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/noid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-policy-texts/357032 "2025-03-12T23:09:16Z")
Hi there, wanted to change a policy text. Found the text in "site texts’, deleted the top text that was not necessary, then saved. Text turned from white to yellow, however nothing changed when I accessed the page. What … --- ## [How to Automatically Mute Categories When a User Leaves a Group?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-automatically-mute-categories-when-a-user-leaves-a-group/355519)
**Author:** [@emonunix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emonunix)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-automatically-mute-categories-when-a-user-leaves-a-group/355519 "2025-03-12T22:17:02Z")
Hi Discourse Team & Community, I’m looking for a way to automatically mute a category when a user leaves a group. :rocket: What I Want to Achieve When a user joins a group, they track the group’s related category (thi… --- ## [Category and topic level tracking](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-and-topic-level-tracking/356666)
**Author:** [@stanlee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stanlee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-and-topic-level-tracking/356666 "2025-03-12T20:53:13Z")
at the category level, if i select the bell and track the category then all the topics in that category that were set at normal are set to tracking also. if i later set the category to normal, all the topics keep the tra… --- ## [Change email button colour](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-email-button-colour/356976)
**Author:** [@Joe\_F](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joe_F)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-email-button-colour/356976 "2025-03-12T16:27:35Z")
Hello newbie here, I am looking to change the colour of the email buttons to a different blue (on-brand) Does anyone know how? Thanks Joe --- ## [Shift+Enter does not send a chat message despite being configured to do so](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shift-enter-does-not-send-a-chat-message-despite-being-configured-to-do-so/356934)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shift-enter-does-not-send-a-chat-message-despite-being-configured-to-do-so/356934 "2025-03-12T16:15:52Z")
Continuing the (now-fixed) Enter-Shift saga in chats: The new tiny inconvenience is that now, when inside triple-backtricks code blocks, pressing Shift+Enter or Cmd+Enter does not send the message, whereas it should a… --- ## [Custom Avatar not persisting between logins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-avatar-not-persisting-between-logins/356952)
**Author:** [@Andreea\_Pomirleanu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andreea_Pomirleanu)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-avatar-not-persisting-between-logins/356952 "2025-03-12T15:32:58Z")
Hello, I have a question about the profile picture. Me and other users have noticed that on our forum the Custom Picture selected via the “Change your profile picture” doesn’t persist between logins. It gets uploaded and… --- ## [Search icon disappeared after upgrade to 3.4.1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-icon-disappeared-after-upgrade-to-3-4-1/356859)
**Author:** [@choice\_ss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/choice_ss)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 4:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-icon-disappeared-after-upgrade-to-3-4-1/356859 "2025-03-12T04:37:25Z")
Hi, The search icon on the home page has disappeared after upgrading to 3.4.1 It pops up in topics but only when the page gets scrolled. As soon as the scroll reaches the top it disappears again. Only the “magnifyin… --- ## [Notifications Not Working for a Specific Forum Category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-not-working-for-a-specific-forum-category/356034)
**Author:** [@omppatil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omppatil)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-not-working-for-a-specific-forum-category/356034 "2025-03-12T03:47:38Z")
Hello! I have multiple categories in my forum, and most users have subscribed to these categories with the subscription preference set to ‘Watching.’ Recently, an issue has arisen where users receive email and desktop n… --- ## [Customising Discourse's web server behaviour using outlets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customising-discourses-web-server-behaviour-using-outlets/356361)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customising-discourses-web-server-behaviour-using-outlets/356361 "2025-03-12T02:14:11Z")
Summary As of this commit the default nginx configuration for Discourse includes what are known as “outlets” - a supported way to inject additional statements into the nginx configuration in appropriate places. This cha… --- ## [How Can I Modify SMTP Details?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-modify-smtp-details/356638)
**Author:** [@Sharmila\_Saud](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sharmila_Saud)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-modify-smtp-details/356638 "2025-03-12T02:02:26Z")
maybe i fill wrong SMTP Details But I want To Modify It How Can i do? i am not able to send email --- ## [Is it possible to add an icon to create New Topic in the navbar?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-an-icon-to-create-new-topic-in-the-navbar/356856)
**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-an-icon-to-create-new-topic-in-the-navbar/356856 "2025-03-12T00:41:14Z")
One of the main features in a community is to add a new topic, but having the button scroll with the rest of the content, doesn’t seem “right” to me. Also, if I’m in a category where I can’t create a new topic (for examp… --- ## [Is it possible to limit the number of images per post, regardless of TL?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-limit-the-number-of-images-per-post-regardless-of-tl/356833)
**Author:** [@tiwane1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tiwane1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-limit-the-number-of-images-per-post-regardless-of-tl/356833 "2025-03-12T00:22:04Z")
I haven’t been able to find this question answered in Meta, maybe I’m missing something. But in my site settings, I don’t see a setting that will limit the number of images one can include in a post, aside from the setti… --- ## [Rebranding the ai spam detection account](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebranding-the-ai-spam-detection-account/356869)
**Author:** [@noahl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/noahl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebranding-the-ai-spam-detection-account/356869 "2025-03-12T00:12:13Z")
On a related note, is it “safe” to rebrand the account that is created for AI Spam Detection to work? For instance, out of the box, the created account looks like this - but we’d be able to change the username, name and… --- ## [ERROR - execution expired (email)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-execution-expired-email/356703)
**Author:** [@Mako-Poisoned](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mako-Poisoned)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-execution-expired-email/356703 "2025-03-11T21:15:46Z")
In /admin I see this prompt for the first time: There are 91 email jobs that failed. Check your app.yml and ensure that the mail server settings are correct. See the failed jobs in Sidekiq. I sent a test email, and I w… --- ## [Stop Discord prompting for auth on every login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-discord-prompting-for-auth-on-every-login/355494)
**Author:** [@Mako-Poisoned](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mako-Poisoned)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-discord-prompting-for-auth-on-every-login/355494 "2025-03-11T21:05:51Z")
Hi there! I’ve setup discord login on my self hosted installation. It works pretty great…except for one small thing. When a user signs in with discord, they are taken to the authorization page every time, meaning th… --- ## [Changes made to themes are only visible to logged in users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-made-to-themes-are-only-visible-to-logged-in-users/356838)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-made-to-themes-are-only-visible-to-logged-in-users/356838 "2025-03-11T19:54:22Z")
Changes made to themes are not visible to logged out users. Steps to replicate: Edit a theme: Add some code to Common \> After Header: Save the changes. Logged in view: Logged out view: [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=290&period=day) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=292&period=day)