# A topic to have some user data available **URL:** \ **Category:** general\ **Created:** [May 5, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4 "2013-05-05T22:19:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/1 "2013-05-05T22:19:25Z")
I’ve imported the default set of data, but I’d like to have at least one user-generated topic. Hence, this post! ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/3 "2013-05-05T23:07:31Z")
Hey, thanks, Lee\_Test! One like for you! ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/5 "2013-05-29T20:45:30Z")
Granted @Nabiki mod privileges so she can see ALL THE THINGS. Or at least some of the things. ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_Burns](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nick_burns/32/3424_2.png) [@Nick\_Burns](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nick_Burns)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/6 "2013-05-29T22:20:47Z")
How do I break the forum? ---
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/7 "2013-05-29T22:24:35Z")
Do you see my old posts? I just clicked a button to delete all of my posts, and there was no warning or anything. I still see them, but they’re highlighted in pink. Edit: Oh, I see. I have an option to undelete the post. I wonder if they go away after a while, or if they will always show up for me in pink. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/8 "2013-05-29T22:41:46Z")
Deleted posts should always show up as pink for mod/admins. Bonus! ---
**Author:** ![meitemark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/meitemark/32/58_2.png) [@meitemark](https://cog.discourse.group/u/meitemark)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/9 "2013-05-29T22:55:17Z")
> [@Lee\_Admin](#): > > Deleted posts should always show up as pink for mod/admins. Bonus! Lets see if … gahh big yellow sign-popup KILL! ahem… quotes work now… ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/10 "2013-05-29T23:38:20Z")
> [@meitemark](#): > > Lets see if … gahh big yellow sign-popup KILL! ahem… quotes work now… Yep, very javascripty. I started [a thread](http://discourse.bigdinosaur.org/t/what-is-this-running-on/29) to discuss the back-end, but it’s worth noting here that Discourse relies very heavily on client-side javascript for, well, just about everything. There’s actually a brave soul porting it to node.js right now, which AFACT would move most of the content generation burden back onto the server and (presumably) reduce the script-work necessary in the browser, but I don’t think that’ll happen soon. ---
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/11 "2013-06-14T21:33:31Z")
Let’s see what happens when I reply to a deleted post. Will that break anything? ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/13 "2013-06-15T18:27:11Z")
Discourse’s mobile theme is…basically nonexistent, at least so far. iPads should be mostly OK, but there’s definitely no concessions yet for smartphone-sized displays. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/15 "2013-06-15T18:29:32Z")
That little delay _just_ started, too. I think the latest git pull might have introduced some funkiness. But, hey, the good thing is that this software is in very active development, and updates are issued pretty much daily. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/18 "2013-06-15T18:37:37Z")
Smiley code is definitely non-standard; it’s intended to give access to the whole emoji set, so it’s both richer and also more confusing. I _think_ I can turn that off or at least modify it. I’m not a fan of markdown and I’d prefer BBCode, but that’s likely because I’m just an old angry man and I’ve been using BBCode forever. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/21 "2013-06-15T19:07:47Z")
(This is obviously pokrface replying) Definitely post that over on [http://meta.discourse.org](http://meta.discourse.org), which is the forum maintained by the actual Discourse devs. I’ve love to turn it off, and the instant it’s incorporated into the codebase, I’ll be toggling it off and toggling on user-definable avatars. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/23 "2013-06-15T19:28:49Z")
I should fix that setting, too. Minimum characters for message subject/bodies is adjustable. In fact, I’m going to adjust it now. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/25 "2013-06-15T19:36:36Z")
The software _does_ support federated sign-on through twitter, google, or facebook, but I have all of that disabled here since federated sign-ons terrify me—the idea of a persistent online identity latched into multiple forums is repellent, at least to me. Local accounts at least mean you can granularly manage your presence. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/27 "2013-06-15T19:41:41Z")
That’s definitely off. Replying appears to trigger the “new thread available” behavior rather than simply badging the topic with new replies. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/33 "2013-06-17T20:44:59Z")
YOUR FACE IS BLAH. So there. ---
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/35 "2013-06-18T16:30:03Z")
Lots of new people to play with! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/36 "2013-06-18T16:34:16Z")
Does this support non-English fonts? 日本語を話しますか？ Looks like it does. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4/37 "2013-06-20T03:16:13Z")
Nice little update just got installed; styling has been updated a bit. Post-date metadata has been relocated to the top-left of the post window. Huh. With the space available below the username, it now looks like I could actually pretty easily implement the same custom title CSS hackery I did on the CoG forums! [Next page](https://cog.discourse.group/t/a-topic-to-have-some-user-data-available/4.md?page=2)