# Site Feedback

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## [About the Site Feedback category](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/about-the-site-feedback-category/2)

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**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/about-the-site-feedback-category/2 "2018-05-01T15:47:28Z")

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Discussion about this site, its organization, how it works, and how we can improve it.

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## [Bad link to classrom tutorials](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bad-link-to-classrom-tutorials/15794)

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**Author:** [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bad-link-to-classrom-tutorials/15794 "2024-11-26T21:59:41Z")

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https://docs.paraview.org/en/latest/Tutorials/ClassroomTutorials/index.html @mwestphal @cory.quammen Why does the link above show as 5.12.0, yet it is to latest? I copied it from paraview.org/ Resources/ Classroom Tut…

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## [Discourse HTTPS certificate expired?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/discourse-https-certificate-expired/14738)

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**Author:** [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/discourse-https-certificate-expired/14738 "2024-05-31T12:45:13Z")

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I’ve recently been getting privacy errors for the Discourse site. Also, in drafting this message I’ve been getting “Drafts offline” and “This post is being edited in another window” errors – maybe related?

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## [Add an input file format tutorial or guide for users in Paraview website](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-an-input-file-format-tutorial-or-guide-for-users-in-paraview-website/14344)

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**Author:** [@George\_Smith](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/George_Smith)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 6:40am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-an-input-file-format-tutorial-or-guide-for-users-in-paraview-website/14344 "2024-04-05T06:40:47Z")

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Many file types are supported by Paraview. However, for beginers or users who generate the data sets by programming, it is always confused about the specific format of the supported input files and hard to organize the d…

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## [Create "Topic-related conversation Rooms"?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/create-topic-related-conversation-rooms/9946)

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**Author:** [@\_Marco](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/_Marco)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/create-topic-related-conversation-rooms/9946 "2022-06-30T11:55:47Z")

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Dear PV developers. A little, humble proposal to add a feature to a web-page, which is already working very well and is very well structured (congrats for that). I was thinking it could be maybe useful creating separat…

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## [Make FAQ more apparent on the category navigation?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/make-faq-more-apparent-on-the-category-navigation/6588)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/make-faq-more-apparent-on-the-category-navigation/6588 "2021-03-04T14:40:50Z")

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Would it be helpful to move the FAQ, which is a sub-category of ParaView support, to it’s own full category? Furthermore, should we move the FAQ up toward the top of the category navigation on the left? At present, it …

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## [Transparent favicon?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transparent-favicon/1324)

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**Author:** [@allison.vacanti](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/allison.vacanti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transparent-favicon/1324 "2021-03-04T13:57:51Z")

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This is purely aesthetic, but the paraview discourse favicon has a white background that looks kinda ugly. The VTK discourse favicon (the tab to the left) is fine. Could a site admin change this to one with a transpar…

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## [https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/ seems broken](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/https-www-paraview-org-paraview-downloads-seems-broken/3624)

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**Author:** [@Charles\_Gueunet](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Charles_Gueunet)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/https-www-paraview-org-paraview-downloads-seems-broken/3624 "2020-02-27T16:17:03Z")

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When search paraview download on google, I have not only the paraview website but also some links proposed including this one: https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/ However, this leads to a simple HTML page wi…

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## ["Invitation" are really not practical](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/invitation-are-really-not-practical/2927)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/invitation-are-really-not-practical/2927 "2019-11-13T19:55:22Z")

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Here is what a “Invitation” in a paraview discourse topic looks like : mwestphal invited you to a discussion \> \*\*Ospray material colored by cell/point array\*\* \> \> \> \> Hi everyone, I’d like to use a material which would…

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## [Broken link in banner](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/broken-link-in-banner/2604)

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**Author:** [@allison.vacanti](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/allison.vacanti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/broken-link-in-banner/2604 "2019-09-23T00:44:30Z")

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Going to https://discourse.paraview.org/ when not logged in shows the following banner: Clicking the job posting link goes to this page: Can a site admin update the link?

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## [Impossible to create a topic with a long word in the title](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/impossible-to-create-a-topic-with-a-long-word-in-the-title/2457)

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**Author:** [@Charles\_Gueunet](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Charles_Gueunet)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/impossible-to-create-a-topic-with-a-long-word-in-the-title/2457 "2019-08-20T13:47:52Z")

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I wanted to write a topic containing the word: PARAVIEW\_INSTALL\_DEVELOPMENT\_FILES in the title, and I was not able to create it because of an error: Title seems unclear, is it a complete sentence? It seems this err…

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## [Mathjax integration (Discourse plugin exists)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mathjax-integration-discourse-plugin-exists/1471)

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**Author:** [@jrwrigh](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jrwrigh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mathjax-integration-discourse-plugin-exists/1471 "2019-08-06T14:37:37Z")

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Integrating Mathjax into the forum would be great. Inline LaTeX editing is quite nice when trying to describe things.

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## [Category name changes](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/category-name-changes/1840)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/category-name-changes/1840 "2019-05-13T17:04:41Z")

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Hi folks, We have been getting a fair number of misclassifications of posted topics on this site. What do you think of renaming some of the categories on this site as follows: Change “ParaView Support” to “Support” Ch…

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## [Add \`vtk\` tag?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-vtk-tag/1306)

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**Author:** [@allison.vacanti](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/allison.vacanti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-vtk-tag/1306 "2019-02-15T18:32:56Z")

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Several of the posts tagged here with vtkm have nothing to do with VTK-m (http://m.vtk.org/index.php/Main\_Page), but are just general VTK questions. Can we add a vtk tag to avoid this confusion?

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## [Search by "unanswered" or "unsolved"](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/search-by-unanswered-or-unsolved/1282)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/search-by-unanswered-or-unsolved/1282 "2019-02-14T08:38:04Z")

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I can’t find a way to search for unanswered post nor unsolved post. It would be a nice feature.

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## [Should we remove email headers and footers?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/should-we-remove-email-headers-and-footers/1205)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/should-we-remove-email-headers-and-footers/1205 "2019-02-04T14:43:41Z")

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When you get email notifications from Discourse for this forum, they currently include a header with the sender’s icon and user name, then the content, then a section with a portion of the content to which the message is…

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## [Add ability to close topics](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-ability-to-close-topics/782)

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**Author:** [@banesullivan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/banesullivan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-ability-to-close-topics/782 "2018-10-24T14:19:12Z")

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It would be nice to have the ability to close your own topics once a solution is given (maybe this already exists and I don’t see it?). I found the option to mark responses as solutions when you are the creator of the to…

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## [test email from non-user, take 2 (subject)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/test-email-from-non-user-take-2-subject/209)

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**Author:** [@Zack\_Galbreath](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Zack_Galbreath)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/test-email-from-non-user-take-2-subject/209 "2018-06-19T06:13:37Z")

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test email from non-user, take 2 (body)

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## [Configure or change forum text editor?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/configure-or-change-forum-text-editor/189)

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**Author:** [@olesenm](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/olesenm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/configure-or-change-forum-text-editor/189 "2018-06-15T14:14:16Z")

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The forum text editor is fine, and writing markdown is comfortable enough as well, but is there any way to get a preview of the content (eg, as per the gitlab editor)? This is quite useful especially when trying to em…

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## [Should we install "discourse solved" plugin ?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/should-we-install-discourse-solved-plugin/116)

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/should-we-install-discourse-solved-plugin/116 "2018-06-12T15:13:49Z")

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I suggest we install the “discourse solved” plugin. See https://github.com/discourse/discourse-solved Where relevant, this would allow us to mark answers. What do you think ?

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## [How to disable link previews in posts](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-disable-link-previews-in-posts/89)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-disable-link-previews-in-posts/89 "2018-06-05T14:22:33Z")

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Discourse can add a link preview for URLs that appear on separate lines in posts, such as the following: To disable the preview and show just the link, simply add a space in front of the URL in the Discourse editor: h…

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## [Dashboards category](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/dashboards-category/77)

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**Author:** [@utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/utkarsh.ayachit)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/dashboards-category/77 "2018-06-04T17:12:35Z")

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Should we add a Dashboards category to track dashboard related issued? Maybe with restricted access?

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## [Add the possibility to have a display name](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-the-possibility-to-have-a-display-name/74)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-the-possibility-to-have-a-display-name/74 "2018-06-04T13:45:59Z")

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for all intent and purpose, on Discourse, my Display Name and Tag name are the same : mwestphal It would be better to have them separate, or to be able to use your actual name as a display name.

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## [Can't Upload non image file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-upload-non-image-file/72)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-upload-non-image-file/72 "2018-06-04T13:21:42Z")

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It is impossible to upload and share a non image file in a topic. This is a big issue in my opinion.

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## [Enable tags](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/enable-tags/62)

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**Author:** [@utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/utkarsh.ayachit)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 8:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/enable-tags/62 "2018-06-04T08:50:47Z")

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I’ve just turned on the setting to allow tags on topics. Seems like it’d be a good idea to do that, so issues can be tagged as python, build, ui, etc. Thoughts? Should we populate a default set of tags?

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## [Using Discourse as a mailing list](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-mailing-list/64)

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**Author:** [@utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/utkarsh.ayachit)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-mailing-list/64 "2018-06-01T18:07:39Z")

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Click your user icon, then the gear icon to go to your user Preferences \[image\] From the left pane, click Emails \[image\] Click Enable mailing list mode, and select the frequency of emails: \[image\] By defau…

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## [discourse not refereced on paraview.org](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/discourse-not-refereced-on-paraview-org/55)

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**Author:** [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/discourse-not-refereced-on-paraview-org/55 "2018-06-01T17:18:54Z")

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Cory and the Kitware team, Thanks for moving to Discourse. I think this is going to be a great place for the future community. However, I notice that only the old e-mail lists are referenced in paraview.org. How will…