# General **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/general/124.md?page=2 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [Any Black Friday Deals?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-black-friday-deals/389905)
**Author:** [@foteck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/foteck)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-black-friday-deals/389905 "2025-11-28T19:26:43Z")
I would love to have a good Pro discount. :wink: --- ## [Solved theme components fetching timeout error by removing DNS pre-solution](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-theme-components-fetching-timeout-error-by-removing-dns-pre-solution/388995)
**Author:** [@MoRanYue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MoRanYue)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-theme-components-fetching-timeout-error-by-removing-dns-pre-solution/388995 "2025-11-21T14:00:00Z")
Continue discussion from Recent updates seemed to stop rake task themes:update to use a proxy server: I could not fetch or update any theme component because of that timeout error, finally I figured it out. Removing the… --- ## [Replacing Teachable with a Discourse site?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replacing-teachable-with-a-discourse-site/388316)
**Author:** [@jbrains](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jbrains)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replacing-teachable-with-a-discourse-site/388316 "2025-11-12T21:41:30Z")
I am retiring my Teachable school soon and am thinking about alternatives. I wonder about hosting my courses on a Discourse site, using perhaps Adilo to host the videos. I’m mostly interested in whether anyone here woul… --- ## [Post Collections, Topic-to-Topic Navigation Buttons, Menus, Anchor Links, and Topic TOC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-collections-topic-to-topic-navigation-buttons-menus-anchor-links-and-topic-toc/244048)
**Author:** [@denvergeeks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/denvergeeks)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-collections-topic-to-topic-navigation-buttons-menus-anchor-links-and-topic-toc/244048 "2025-11-08T17:20:16Z")
Please add and/or correct here. This Topic is a work-in-progress. Just starting a new Doc here and collecting existing posts regarding methods for providing navigation buttons and menus on Topic posts and Reply posts … --- ## [Plugin concept: Lightning “tip this post” using Breez SDK (Time2Build)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-concept-lightning-tip-this-post-using-breez-sdk-time2build/387770)
**Author:** [@chavic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chavic)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-concept-lightning-tip-this-post-using-breez-sdk-time2build/387770 "2025-11-06T15:01:10Z")
Hi Discourse folks, We’re planning a Time2Build submission and wanted to check interest in a plugin that adds Breez-powered Lightning tipping to posts or users. The idea is to provide communities that already run Discou… --- ## [Add-on suggestions for humor focused community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-on-suggestions-for-humor-focused-community/386501)
**Author:** [@Can](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Can)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-on-suggestions-for-humor-focused-community/386501 "2025-10-23T16:10:11Z")
Hello, I’m planning to start a humor community. What plugins should I install after installing Discourse? What are your recommendations? --- ## [Ruby on Rails in danger?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ruby-on-rails-in-danger/383416)
**Author:** [@eisammy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisammy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ruby-on-rails-in-danger/383416 "2025-09-21T05:07:09Z")
Someone else seen this? Ruby Central’s Attack on RubyGems Hi! I’m Ellen, but you probably know me as duckinator or puppy. I really wish I didn’t have to write this, but I feel the Ruby community needs to know it. I ha… --- ## [Reporting superceded or deprecated theme components](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reporting-superceded-or-deprecated-theme-components/380278)
**Author:** [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 4:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reporting-superceded-or-deprecated-theme-components/380278 "2025-08-26T04:54:16Z")
I’m not sure if this would qualify as a Bug or a UX issue. Essentially there should be some way to notify the Admin on the UI when a component being used is superceded by another component or if it has been deprecated. … --- ## [iOS 16 web push notifications in 2023](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-16-web-push-notifications-in-2023/229240)
**Author:** [@jimkleiber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jimkleiber)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-16-web-push-notifications-in-2023/229240 "2025-08-14T05:53:41Z")
For those of us who have been waiting, primarily so our Discourse instances work better on iOS, it seems the day is near, as Apple officially announced today support for web push notifications in iOS 16, coming in 2023. … --- ## [Discourse does not ship an LTS release](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-ship-an-lts-release/376086)
**Author:** [@SkyeDragon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SkyeDragon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-ship-an-lts-release/376086 "2025-08-05T22:12:37Z")
I was not aware of discourse-compatability, so that’s something I’ll need to read up on. I’d like to address this, because it sounds like there is a huge disconnect between how the Discourse team thinks of stable and h… --- ## [Private Live Stream and Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-live-stream-and-discourse/375965)
**Author:** [@gdelore](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gdelore)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-live-stream-and-discourse/375965 "2025-07-27T10:04:22Z")
Hello all, I’m in the process of creating a private community, with paid access/vetted members. The community is the central magnet of my business/website, with a few derived professional services where I hope to make m… --- ## [Marketing Suggestion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/marketing-suggestion/375373)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_McIvor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johnny_McIvor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2025, 8:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/marketing-suggestion/375373 "2025-07-26T08:26:09Z")
Marketing is perception management, not reality. With this in mind, I think it might be beneficial to do away with the word “forum.” When people think of forums, they have a lot of negative preconceptions. I think you s… --- ## [Difficulties reporting unusual spam across multiple forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difficulties-reporting-unusual-spam-across-multiple-forums/374716)
**Author:** [@simon-smart88](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon-smart88)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difficulties-reporting-unusual-spam-across-multiple-forums/374716 "2025-07-18T17:52:23Z")
A few weeks ago, I noticed an odd post on a forum that lead me to uncovering a vast reputation management operation that I’ve documented some of on GitHub. It involves new users asking basic questions while repeatedly me… --- ## [Forum federation thread on the.socialmusic.network](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-federation-thread-on-the-socialmusic-network/370991)
**Author:** [@strypey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/strypey)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-federation-thread-on-the-socialmusic-network/370991 "2025-07-05T23:49:33Z")
Ping @angus, thought it might be useful to you to read the experiences of a bunch of fediverse newbies with a Discourse instance, trying to get their heads around how to use the AP federation features; https://the.social… --- ## [FYI - The Cloudflare Blog - Pay per crawl](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fyi-the-cloudflare-blog-pay-per-crawl/372462)
**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fyi-the-cloudflare-blog-pay-per-crawl/372462 "2025-07-03T07:21:03Z")
--- ## [Discourse or discuz ？](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-or-discuz/372010)
**Author:** [@nwnuyhs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nwnuyhs)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-or-discuz/372010 "2025-06-28T11:34:20Z")
I have a new forum and use Discuz ，a forum develop by china. compare with discourse ，discuz has many outdate UIs and features. can you give me a adivse that use discuz or change to Discourse？ or tell me some problem o… --- ## [Topic list excerpts - show topic post excerpt or most recent reply?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-excerpts-show-topic-post-excerpt-or-most-recent-reply/371735)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-excerpts-show-topic-post-excerpt-or-most-recent-reply/371735 "2025-06-26T02:14:53Z")
I’m curious as to know if anyone puts excerpts on the topic list of the most recent post rather than the topic post, like what topic-list-excerpts does. Would there be any impact on the ux of those interacting in the for… --- ## [DNS4EU, is it for me ? 😀](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dns4eu-is-it-for-me/371193)
**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dns4eu-is-it-for-me/371193 "2025-06-22T04:10:56Z")
Hi, I was wondering whether the new European DNS4EU public service would improve the safety of my Discourse self hosted site? I am not too technical and not very knowledgeable regarding DNS, so I asked an AI to sum up th… --- ## [Is Discourse a full website or just a forum add-in?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-a-full-website-or-just-a-forum-add-in/364453)
**Author:** [@Greenline](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Greenline)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-a-full-website-or-just-a-forum-add-in/364453 "2025-05-08T01:47:43Z")
Long story short, I am planning a website that would offer a discourse community and general tabs to provide information. No matter how hard I search I cannot seem to figure out before starting a 14 day trial if the cus… --- ## [Featured Badges breaks user profile page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-badges-breaks-user-profile-page/361981)
**Author:** [@Roi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roi)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-badges-breaks-user-profile-page/361981 "2025-04-23T23:48:37Z")
Hi, I noticed that the use profile page ends after the headline “Featured Badges”. Nothing more below (especially not the Save button), except the site footer. Found the following in the developer console: Uncaught (i… --- ## [Sharing: a rudimentary way to set up a holding page while upgrading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-a-rudimentary-way-to-set-up-a-holding-page-while-upgrading/359276)
**Author:** [@cultiv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cultiv)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-a-rudimentary-way-to-set-up-a-holding-page-while-upgrading/359276 "2025-03-28T12:33:49Z")
Note: not sure where to put this, feel free to move this to a more appropriate place if I missed something. Just wanted to share a quick hacky way I’ve devised in the past week to put up a quick page when doing a Discou… --- ## [FYI: Cloudflare AI Labyrinth](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fyi-cloudflare-ai-labyrinth/358181)
**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fyi-cloudflare-ai-labyrinth/358181 "2025-03-20T16:27:39Z")
FYI Saw this noted on Hacker News Trapping misbehaving bots in an AI Labyrinth A new mitigation approach that uses AI-generated content to slow down, confuse, and waste the resources of AI Crawlers and other bots tha… --- ## [Do you use Discourse as a non-community tool?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-you-use-discourse-as-a-non-community-tool/356509)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-you-use-discourse-as-a-non-community-tool/356509 "2025-03-11T15:10:12Z")
For a few years, I’ve been having my personal Discourse I use daily. I’m not organized and I always forget things. There are many tools that can help for this, but having to learn a new software is a step that can be ha… --- ## [Discourse Community or App](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-community-or-app/356624)
**Author:** [@cezzitall\_oasis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cezzitall_oasis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-community-or-app/356624 "2025-03-11T14:31:36Z")
All, Background: A few months ago I participated in a very wonderful retreat. I was able to talk to the business owner who is looking for a more active way to support engagement and continued support to participants. W… --- ## [GitHub - gitayam/matrix-to-discourse: A Maubot plugin that allows users to post messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-gitayam-matrix-to-discourse-a-maubot-plugin-that-allows-users-to-post-messages/331676)
**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 5:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-gitayam-matrix-to-discourse-a-maubot-plugin-that-allows-users-to-post-messages/331676 "2025-03-07T05:35:36Z")
https://github.com/gitayam/matrix-to-discourse I’m not the dev, but sharing here. --- ## [Question about release note for experimental search results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-release-note-for-experimental-search-results/354141)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 6:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-release-note-for-experimental-search-results/354141 "2025-02-26T06:24:44Z")
What does this mean? Well, I know what it means, but how can it be activated, tuned prompt etc.? --- ## [Discourse close & archive topic userscript](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-close-archive-topic-userscript/352211)
**Author:** [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-close-archive-topic-userscript/352211 "2025-02-14T18:19:28Z")
(Maybe could fit in Development, but shoved it here since I wasn’t sure) While cleaning up my inbox on forum I manage a bit by closing and archiving old group membership request PMs, I got annoyed with doing it manually… --- ## [Name of component discourse top forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/name-of-component-discourse-top-forum/351652)
**Author:** [@barto\_95](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barto_95)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/name-of-component-discourse-top-forum/351652 "2025-02-11T17:32:09Z")
What’s the component is necesarry to do the same Discourse is growing : --- ## [Honeypot Fields for Bot Prevention on Signup?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/honeypot-fields-for-bot-prevention-on-signup/351449)
**Author:** [@Carlo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Carlo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/honeypot-fields-for-bot-prevention-on-signup/351449 "2025-02-10T18:45:42Z")
Hi I’m looking to add a honeypot field to the signup form to block bots. The idea is to create a hidden field like “Phone Number” or “URL” (hidden via CSS), and if a bot fills it, the registration is blocked. Would thi… --- ## [Attachments max size limit in self and business hosting difference](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attachments-max-size-limit-in-self-and-business-hosting-difference/244202)
**Author:** [@Preeti\_Donekal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Preeti_Donekal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attachments-max-size-limit-in-self-and-business-hosting-difference/244202 "2022-11-03T17:13:58Z")
Hi All, We have a requirement for end users of our forum to upload huge data files such as in GBs while posting a comment or while creating a new topic.Please let me know the max limit it supports for self hosting and b… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/general/124.md?page=1) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/general/124.md?page=3)