# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=907 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 908 --- ## [Required developer for long term discourse UI/UX design change](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-developer-for-long-term-discourse-ui-ux-design-change/215180)
**Author:** [@Ashley87](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ashley87)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-developer-for-long-term-discourse-ui-ux-design-change/215180 "2022-01-18T06:11:13Z")
What would you like done? Required developer for long term discourse UI/UX design change , change discourse theme as per clients from there figma designs or same When do you need it done? we have many projects going o… --- ## [Cron task to sync local backups to DigitalOcean Spaces](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cron-task-to-sync-local-backups-to-digitalocean-spaces/214998)
**Author:** [@varun21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/varun21)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cron-task-to-sync-local-backups-to-digitalocean-spaces/214998 "2022-01-18T03:20:15Z")
It doesn’t seem I can get backups to DigitalOcean Spaces to work. However the server has the bucket mounted over s3fs with the same credentials. I only need the backups to be stored on Spaces, not uploads etc. Logs say E… --- ## [Botched restore led to Sidekiq job failures](https://meta.discourse.org/t/botched-restore-led-to-sidekiq-job-failures/215104)
**Author:** [@Simsnet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Simsnet)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/botched-restore-led-to-sidekiq-job-failures/215104 "2022-01-18T03:11:04Z")
Backed up my server prior to a mass-delete and a typo occurred (sleep comes first :blush:) so I ran a restore. It quit halfway through the first time I ran it and I was never messaged me a log. I ran the restore a seco… --- ## [Export topic as markdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-topic-as-markdown/152185)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-topic-as-markdown/152185 "2022-01-18T02:08:20Z")
I found this UI: Topic and Category Export/Import but that does not cover what I was thinking about: A means to export an entire public or DM topic as a single markdown document where the export action is UI-accessible… --- ## [A category of chats/a chat of topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-category-of-chats-a-chat-of-topics/215159)
**Author:** [@oshyan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oshyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-category-of-chats-a-chat-of-topics/215159 "2022-01-18T00:31:36Z")
I just ran across this person working on a Discord bot to make every message in a channel into its own thread automatically. I immediately thought “Discourse and integrated chat would be so much better at this”, and so I… --- ## [Migration of a single Google Group to a hosted discourse instance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-of-a-single-google-group-to-a-hosted-discourse-instance/215125)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Palmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan_Palmer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-of-a-single-google-group-to-a-hosted-discourse-instance/215125 "2022-01-18T00:08:58Z")
What would you like done? Migration of this group https://groups.google.com/a/smartconservationsoftware.org/g/community to an instance of Discourse we have deployed on Azure. When do you need it done? By end of Feb is… --- ## [UI for resending expired invites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-for-resending-expired-invites/208803)
**Author:** [@bigfudge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bigfudge)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-for-resending-expired-invites/208803 "2022-01-17T22:08:57Z")
I bulk invited about 1000 users in our org by email, and foolishly set an expire time on them. About 200 users did not register at the time and are now emailing me to request they be resent. At present, there is no way … --- ## [Feature idea: Parameterized macros (or, "smart replacements")](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-idea-parameterized-macros-or-smart-replacements/210098)
**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-idea-parameterized-macros-or-smart-replacements/210098 "2022-01-17T22:38:33Z")
Is there a way to make site- (or category-?) wide “macros” which would accept parameters? For example, links to Fedora’s Matrix chat rooms are in the form https://matrix.to/#/#social:fedoraproject.org. I’d like people t… --- ## [It should be possible to opt out of link notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-should-be-possible-to-opt-out-of-link-notifications/200039)
**Author:** [@incapaz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/incapaz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-should-be-possible-to-opt-out-of-link-notifications/200039 "2022-01-17T22:37:07Z")
Pardon if there is already a feature request for this – my searching only yielded posts merely mentioning of link notifications, but not feature requests to toggle them on/off. You can opt out of like notifications or e… --- ## [Issue with IRI and pasted URLs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-iri-and-pasted-urls/184886)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-iri-and-pasted-urls/184886 "2022-01-17T22:27:27Z")
Problem When a topic is created using a pasted URL pointing to an IRI (i.e., with accented characters or foreign scripts), the resulting link anchor shows URL-encoded characters as shown in the screenshot below, where th… --- ## [RFE for Footnote Plugin: allow in code blocks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rfe-for-footnote-plugin-allow-in-code-blocks/211105)
**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rfe-for-footnote-plugin-allow-in-code-blocks/211105 "2022-01-17T22:26:37Z")
It would be nice to be able to do this: Hi! To solve your problems, you need to run these commands: \`\`\`bash:with-footnotes $ sudo mv /etc/whatever.conf /etc/whatever.conf.bak \[^1\] $ sudo whatever genconfig \[^2\] $ sudo… --- ## [Suggestion: a different tag sidebar idea](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-a-different-tag-sidebar-idea/213312)
**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-a-different-tag-sidebar-idea/213312 "2022-01-17T22:25:52Z")
Discourse Tag Sidebars is pretty useful, and very flexible. However, it requires a lot of management — an new topic for every tag, plus manually listing each of those in the component settings. What about “Simple Tag Si… --- ## [Natural language processing for date chooser](https://meta.discourse.org/t/natural-language-processing-for-date-chooser/199608)
**Author:** [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/natural-language-processing-for-date-chooser/199608 "2022-01-17T22:14:55Z")
Our date picker and conversion is a powerful feature. I’d love to see us make it simpler to add a date/time to a post. A common way this is done is through natural language processing. Apps like Fantastical on iOS have u… --- ## [Handling of broken onebox images from malconfigured sites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-of-broken-onebox-images-from-malconfigured-sites/199079)
**Author:** [@TallTrees](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TallTrees)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-of-broken-onebox-images-from-malconfigured-sites/199079 "2022-01-17T22:14:22Z")
I see quite a lot of misconfigured sites that look to use various methods to block ‘hot’ linking of images, but return links to such images in the embedding data e.g. Checking with http://debug.iframely.com/ I reall… --- ## [Searching users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-users/184439)
**Author:** [@Fraudoctor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fraudoctor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-users/184439 "2022-01-17T22:11:45Z")
Is there a better way to search users than simply by their user name? Perhaps by name or any other feature that they have chosen to share about themself? I read through some of the post about this from 2018, and did not… --- ## [Improving Discourse Policy for large groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-discourse-policy-for-large-groups/205593)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Schmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Schmucker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-discourse-policy-for-large-groups/205593 "2022-01-17T22:10:00Z")
Continuing the conversation from Discourse Policy… The reason is the UI isn’t designed to display that many acceptor avatars. We have 1500 users who have accepted this policy and many avatars don’t show up. --- ## [Is there an "automoderator" feature/plugin within Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-automoderator-feature-plugin-within-discourse/192391)
**Author:** [@DiscourseUser](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DiscourseUser)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-automoderator-feature-plugin-within-discourse/192391 "2022-01-17T22:08:41Z")
Is there an “automoderator” tool /plugin within Discourse that would let you be able to set up rules like the automoderator on reddit? --- ## [Knowledge base as same as Wikiwand?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/knowledge-base-as-same-as-wikiwand/198666)
**Author:** [@neo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/knowledge-base-as-same-as-wikiwand/198666 "2022-01-17T22:05:34Z")
Discourse Documents in this style? Big font large photo easy to read and most important thing is, it makes you like to read on wikiwand. --- ## [Old topic notice](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-topic-notice/188052)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-topic-notice/188052 "2022-01-17T22:03:36Z")
Hi there, I usually searching a lot in here and sometimes find really old few years old topics what i didn’t realize first time just find any solution for my problem but maybe things changed since then. Specially when a… --- ## [Retroactive auto-tagging of watched words](https://meta.discourse.org/t/retroactive-auto-tagging-of-watched-words/193982)
**Author:** [@nhpackard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nhpackard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/retroactive-auto-tagging-of-watched-words/193982 "2022-01-17T21:42:54Z")
Specifying auto-tag action for watched words is effective for topics created after the specification. It would be very useful to retro-actively auto-tag all past topics as well. This functionality could go in cutomize-\>… --- ## [Show info about topic-timer in topic lists?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-info-about-topic-timer-in-topic-lists/193390)
**Author:** [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-info-about-topic-timer-in-topic-lists/193390 "2022-01-17T21:38:03Z")
There is a display of topic timer(s) below a post… It would be useful to include something similar—if the user has permissions to manipulate topic timers, or course—below the topic in topic listings. (Note that I hav… --- ## [Link topics after they have already been closed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-topics-after-they-have-already-been-closed/193766)
**Author:** [@Konrad\_Sopala](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Konrad_Sopala)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-topics-after-they-have-already-been-closed/193766 "2022-01-17T21:30:48Z")
Pretty much what in the subject. As a user I would like to have the ability to link related issues. Items dealing with the same subject, or one has answered the other. There is this kind of feature on Jira, GitHub, Stac… --- ## [Request or idea for a component: topic title or topic flair](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-or-idea-for-a-component-topic-title-or-topic-flair/207704)
**Author:** [@frold](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frold)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-or-idea-for-a-component-topic-title-or-topic-flair/207704 "2022-01-17T21:28:04Z")
Based on the ealier debate at Topic Title Flair - or something like that? I will here illustrate the topic flair/type feature. Tags are good for grouping the content a post is about. Topic types are good to group the … --- ## [Add colour behind user names which changes to indicate time passed since last log in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-colour-behind-user-names-which-changes-to-indicate-time-passed-since-last-log-in/184561)
**Author:** [@KrisW](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KrisW)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-colour-behind-user-names-which-changes-to-indicate-time-passed-since-last-log-in/184561 "2022-01-17T21:19:29Z")
So, of course this is easy to explain but might be enormously difficult to implement. Can the background of user names at the top of each post be changed to indicate how long it has been since they participated? I’d su… --- ## [Support detection of bullet lists with bullets instead of just asterisks/hyphens](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-detection-of-bullet-lists-with-bullets-instead-of-just-asterisks-hyphens/178780)
**Author:** [@adamengst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adamengst)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-detection-of-bullet-lists-with-bullets-instead-of-just-asterisks-hyphens/178780 "2022-01-17T21:12:58Z")
I’m seeing users create text in Microsoft Word and then paste it into Discourse. For the most part, Discourse ignores Word styles, which is acceptable/understandable. But there’s one place it would be nice to go a little… --- ## [Could the Discourse Hub app use some site-specific styling in the sites listing?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-the-discourse-hub-app-use-some-site-specific-styling-in-the-sites-listing/199466)
**Author:** [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-the-discourse-hub-app-use-some-site-specific-styling-in-the-sites-listing/199466 "2021-08-06T17:26:04Z")
:thinking: Would it be interesting to have the Discourse Hub app use each site’s Header color (or something else?) in the outermost listing of sites? For sites with custom colors/themes this could be a nice touch of sit… --- ## [More subtle subcategory list option?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-subtle-subcategory-list-option/213556)
**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-subtle-subcategory-list-option/213556 "2022-01-17T21:01:07Z")
This is an alternate way of approaching "Bump" selected topics in subcategories to display in the higher-level category?. Basically, I find both of the “Show subcategory list above topics in this category” options to be… --- ## [Adding many categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-many-categories/198313)
**Author:** [@Jego](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jego)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-many-categories/198313 "2022-01-17T20:59:02Z")
Hello! Some colleagues and me are currently starting a page for my studies, where we want to make one category for each subject. Thus we have to add many many categories. Is there any possibility to automate this like gi… --- ## [Auto-replace text with link to topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-replace-text-with-link-to-topic/194134)
**Author:** [@RickThrivingNow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RickThrivingNow)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-replace-text-with-link-to-topic/194134 "2022-01-17T20:44:46Z")
I was hoping to use the auto-replace to take concept words and phrases and auto-link them to topics. Like EFT Tapping would link to a topic on that. However, if I use markdown or HTML in the replacement text, it ends u… --- ## [Bulk edit users - remove moderator privilege](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-edit-users-remove-moderator-privilege/183523)
**Author:** [@Antony](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Antony)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-edit-users-remove-moderator-privilege/183523 "2021-03-17T17:02:54Z")
After running an import seems that the script has given moderator privileges to half of the users. I didn’t get a chance to see what DB structure looks like, so if someone would kindly help me adapt this User.where(“is… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=906) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=908)