# Support **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6.md?page=209 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 210 --- ## [What does "Category mirrors a mailing list" do?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-category-mirrors-a-mailing-list-do/77787)
**Author:** [@sjmscott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sjmscott)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-category-mirrors-a-mailing-list-do/77787 "2018-01-11T23:14:48Z")
I was having trouble finding documentation on the tick box for “Category mirrors a mailing list” in category settings. I wondering if this sends an email to everyone who has digest mode turned on. I have a special cate… --- ## [Getting "permission denied" on new VPS install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-permission-denied-on-new-vps-install/301983)
**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-permission-denied-on-new-vps-install/301983 "2024-04-02T04:18:03Z")
So, I am switching VPS servers. Before getting rid of the one VPS, I downloaded the whole “discourse” folder from /var/discourse and put it on my Windows machine. I then got new Ubuntu VPS, installed Docker & Git, and in… --- ## [Disable password auth and logging in as admin account](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-password-auth-and-logging-in-as-admin-account/301978)
**Author:** [@gar1t](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gar1t)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-password-auth-and-logging-in-as-admin-account/301978 "2024-04-02T02:28:19Z")
I’d like to limit authentication to using GitHub. So I’d like to disable password auth. I have ‘enable github logins’ enabled with the corresponding id and secret. If I go ahead and disabled password auth, how will Disc… --- ## [Very, very slow on local machine (fresh install)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-very-slow-on-local-machine-fresh-install/301890)
**Author:** [@annetters](https://meta.discourse.org/u/annetters)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-very-slow-on-local-machine-fresh-install/301890 "2024-04-02T01:12:35Z")
Has anyone experienced \*extreme slowness" issues after a new local install? I just completed a fresh installation am trying to create a theme. I’m not super familiar with Ubuntu/WSL so maybe I’m missing something obvious… --- ## [Best way to redirect mysite.com to forums.mysite.com/landing?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-redirect-mysite-com-to-forums-mysite-com-landing/301973)
**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-redirect-mysite-com-to-forums-mysite-com-landing/301973 "2024-04-02T00:38:47Z")
Not sure if proper category, but I need some help/support with this. So, I self-host my forums on a VPS. I have my own domain name. I use an A record already so that forums.mysite.com points to my VPS’ IP. The forums pa… --- ## [Change default text in search box](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-text-in-search-box/145672)
**Author:** [@petepan23](https://meta.discourse.org/u/petepan23)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-text-in-search-box/145672 "2020-03-26T14:14:15Z")
Hi, How can we change the default search text (i.e., “search topic, post, users, …”) in the search box? Thanks! --- ## [VirtualMin and SSL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/virtualmin-and-ssl/301933)
**Author:** [@alchitry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alchitry)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/virtualmin-and-ssl/301933 "2024-04-01T21:26:49Z")
I’ve installed Discourse on my server running Virtualmin following this guide How to install Discourse alongside Virtualmin - Virtualmin - Virtualmin Community Everything is working (including https) but if I enable for… --- ## [Merge Staged Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merge-staged-users/298976)
**Author:** [@gassim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gassim)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merge-staged-users/298976 "2024-04-01T21:20:53Z")
Hi all! When moving from another platform into Discourse, we had to import users and many of the imported users became “staged users”. We’ve realized that the staged users are duplicates; for instance, “unique.user.name… --- ## [How would I go about stylizing "js.read\_more"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-would-i-go-about-stylizing-js-read-more/301883)
**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-would-i-go-about-stylizing-js-read-more/301883 "2024-04-01T19:28:31Z")
Basically, I went to change the text of “read more” in my Admin settings because I wanted the “r” to be capitalized, but I also wanted to make it bold font. How would I go about this? --- ## [Ban/prevent certain names/words in a username?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ban-prevent-certain-names-words-in-a-username/301909)
**Author:** [@dub\_rado](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dub_rado)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ban-prevent-certain-names-words-in-a-username/301909 "2024-04-01T18:46:01Z")
Is there a way to prevent users from signing up with certain words in their usernames so they can’t imitate our moderators or fake an official account? --- ## [How does auto-close topics work?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-auto-close-topics-work/219122)
**Author:** [@Noah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Noah)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-auto-close-topics-work/219122 "2022-04-26T20:59:51Z")
When I made this post: It was automatically locked for no reason, the channel does not auto lock topics usually & the user broke none of the rules, they never changed categories either. Can someone tell me the story… --- ## [Client group read only, experts group read/write](https://meta.discourse.org/t/client-group-read-only-experts-group-read-write/145566)
**Author:** [@Hilario](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hilario)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/client-group-read-only-experts-group-read-write/145566 "2020-03-25T22:31:09Z")
Hello everybody. I have a situation I would like to share with you and see if you can help me to configure discourse. I have a group of interest. This is a private group. In this group there are TWO type of USERs 1- C… --- ## [Google Gemini Embeding - recommended articles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-gemini-embeding-recommended-articles/301882)
**Author:** [@Petr\_Mišák](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Petr_Mi%C5%A1%C3%A1k)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-gemini-embeding-recommended-articles/301882 "2024-04-01T16:13:24Z")
I have searched intensively but have not found the answer. We have a community in Czech language, and I would like to give it a list of recommended articles at the bottom of the page. It seems that Gemini may be a good … --- ## [Manual update user to TL1 after he reached the reply limits. He still cannot post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manual-update-user-to-tl1-after-he-reached-the-reply-limits-he-still-cannot-post/301188)
**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manual-update-user-to-tl1-after-he-reached-the-reply-limits-he-still-cannot-post/301188 "2024-04-01T15:52:39Z")
Title says it all, really. Is there something else I should do? --- ## [Topic timer causing error?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-causing-error/301748)
**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-causing-error/301748 "2024-04-01T14:42:55Z")
I have a topic set up in a private staging category that is set to be published in a public category using the topic timer. But after the 3.3.0.beta1 update I am getting this error and the topic text disappears. I have v… --- ## [Is there a way to undo a flag review](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-undo-a-flag-review/301797)
**Author:** [@BugsyB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BugsyB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-undo-a-flag-review/301797 "2024-04-01T14:28:42Z")
I was doing some testing and accidentally ignored a flag in the review center. Is there a way to undo an action taken in the review center? In this case I tried to reflag the post but got an error message that it had a… --- ## [Is there a way to remove these from showing up in the posts section?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-these-from-showing-up-in-the-posts-section/301791)
**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-these-from-showing-up-in-the-posts-section/301791 "2024-04-01T14:23:15Z")
These: It really clutters up the feed, especially on mobile. Would love if it could just be sent as a notification or something. It’s annoying to constantly go and delete system messages when they happen every time, … --- ## [Are there any themes that show you the full post content like an actual social media site so you don't have to click the topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-any-themes-that-show-you-the-full-post-content-like-an-actual-social-media-site-so-you-dont-have-to-click-the-topics/301795)
**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-any-themes-that-show-you-the-full-post-content-like-an-actual-social-media-site-so-you-dont-have-to-click-the-topics/301795 "2024-04-01T06:52:12Z")
Are there any themes that show you the full post content like an actual social media site so you don’t have to click the topics? FBK Pro is nice, but still need to click on topics to open lengthy full posts. Would like a… --- ## [Categories are repeated and scrunched together on mobile for one (or more?) of my users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-are-repeated-and-scrunched-together-on-mobile-for-one-or-more-of-my-users/301648)
**Author:** [@Kartoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kartoon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-are-repeated-and-scrunched-together-on-mobile-for-one-or-more-of-my-users/301648 "2024-03-31T05:57:39Z")
A user notified me about this yesterday and I’m at a bit of a loss, trying to see if any of my other users are experiencing it. Basically I have 6 main categories the user has access to, but for some reason they’re squis… --- ## [S3 connect with discourse error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-connect-with-discourse-error/145366)
**Author:** [@Uween](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Uween)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-connect-with-discourse-error/145366 "2020-03-25T09:51:22Z")
I configured aws s3 with my discourse but there’s an error when uploading a file. So reset everything at the moment. So anyone able to configure it for me? --- ## [Is there any faster way to re-build the site?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-faster-way-to-re-build-the-site/301411)
**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 10:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-faster-way-to-re-build-the-site/301411 "2024-03-30T10:14:56Z")
I host it on a VPS. Anytime I rebuild the site (adding plugin, etc) it takes like 15mins total of downtime, which sure, in the grand scheme of life, 15mins is nothing, but in the tech world where downtime is key not to e… --- ## [Woltlab 6 to Discourse 3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/woltlab-6-to-discourse-3/301727)
**Author:** [@kainos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kainos)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/woltlab-6-to-discourse-3/301727 "2024-03-31T15:48:52Z")
Hello there. Can I migrate my Woltlab 6 Forum to Discourse 3? --- ## [AI flagging too sensitive](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-flagging-too-sensitive/297896)
**Author:** [@Shauny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shauny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-flagging-too-sensitive/297896 "2024-03-31T10:48:57Z")
I can’t find any specific information about this. When auto flagging toxic posts (something I want, because I want my community to be respectful and safe), it is being far too sensitive, flagged a post where someone cal… --- ## [SEO problem after update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-problem-after-update/145387)
**Author:** [@Salvino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Salvino)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-problem-after-update/145387 "2020-03-25T10:23:26Z")
I am no longer able because Google and Bing no longer index my site https://rassegnastampa.live/ after doing an update 3 weeks ago, slowly all the pages have disappeared from the serp. I checked robot.txt, I also tried … --- ## [How to automatically set a topic as ’muted’ once I post in it](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-automatically-set-a-topic-as-muted-once-i-post-in-it/301686)
**Author:** [@cellofour](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cellofour)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-automatically-set-a-topic-as-muted-once-i-post-in-it/301686 "2024-03-31T02:15:51Z")
How would I make it so when I post in a topic set that topic to: muted? It doesn’t appear here, I’ve tried --- ## [Formatting posts to look more like Wordpress blog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formatting-posts-to-look-more-like-wordpress-blog/301133)
**Author:** [@anon48433008](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon48433008)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formatting-posts-to-look-more-like-wordpress-blog/301133 "2024-03-30T19:45:28Z")
How can I, if at all, make the Discourse format like the blog post? My blog My discourse also the verse block in wordpress does not format over fortunately it does not post as listed and gives me time to dr… --- ## [How can I change this color?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-change-this-color/301650)
**Author:** [@ogulcan1787](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ogulcan1787)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-change-this-color/301650 "2024-03-30T15:12:16Z")
Hi, I looked but couldn’t find. How can I change ? --- ## [Is it possible to hide topics in a category from showing on forums home page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-topics-in-a-category-from-showing-on-forums-home-page/301609)
**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-topics-in-a-category-from-showing-on-forums-home-page/301609 "2024-03-30T13:28:53Z")
So, I have 2 categories: 1 is Blogs and the other is for everything else. I would like the blog posts to still be viewable by everyone, but be hidden from the main forums home page (forums.website.com) \[including /latest… --- ## [Is there a step by step diagnostic for when a Discourse site is found in a 502 Bad Gateway?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-step-by-step-diagnostic-for-when-a-discourse-site-is-found-in-a-502-bad-gateway/292671)
**Author:** [@TonyG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TonyG)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-step-by-step-diagnostic-for-when-a-discourse-site-is-found-in-a-502-bad-gateway/292671 "2024-03-30T13:16:53Z")
I came here hoping to find a step by step diagnostic for when a Discourse site is found in a 502 Bad Gateway condition. It seems the only options are along these lines: Discourse update might have failed, use ./launche… --- ## [High CPU & Disk Usage After Restore from a Failed Update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-cpu-disk-usage-after-restore-from-a-failed-update/301475)
**Author:** [@tumbleweed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tumbleweed)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-cpu-disk-usage-after-restore-from-a-failed-update/301475 "2024-03-30T12:38:29Z")
After discovering the release of 3.3.0-beta1, I immediately updated my Discourse instance from the web interface. However, during the update process, the web interface logs stalled for more than fifteen minutes without … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6.md?page=208) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6.md?page=210)