# Support **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6.md?page=712 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 713 --- ## [Bulk change categories without logging edit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-change-categories-without-logging-edit/59390)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-change-categories-without-logging-edit/59390 "2019-05-17T02:55:26Z")
Long story short: the Discourse I’m currently working on is quite old. Further, it was primarily run by people who did not understand Discourse, and so many things were deleted, unlisted, moved, etc. that shouldn’t have… --- ## [In-post links to topics - no longer update to the initial posts title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-post-links-to-topics-no-longer-update-to-the-initial-posts-title/117278)
**Author:** [@consideRatio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/consideRatio)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-post-links-to-topics-no-longer-update-to-the-initial-posts-title/117278 "2019-05-17T00:05:51Z")
I was editing a WIKI post, but after a while my links to other topics in the forum fail to be updated to match the titles of the topics. For example, if I write https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-previews/101646 he… --- ## [Individual Invite Codes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/individual-invite-codes/59359)
**Author:** [@Ralphy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ralphy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/individual-invite-codes/59359 "2019-05-17T00:03:30Z")
Hey, I would like to make invite codes but it askes for the persons email to invite. Is there any way to do it without their email and just give a invite link and they sign up? --- ## [Mailgun leaking server's real IP behind Cloudflare](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailgun-leaking-servers-real-ip-behind-cloudflare/59128)
**Author:** [@anon67292109](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon67292109)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailgun-leaking-servers-real-ip-behind-cloudflare/59128 "2019-05-16T20:31:43Z")
Mailgun is leaking my DigitalOcean server IPs via emails deployed for Discourse which is resulting in repeated DDoS attacks. Received: from localhost.localdomain (sposting.com \[\*\*REAL IP HERE\*\*\]) by mxa.mailgun.org with… --- ## [Is there a way for new users not to upload a profile picture?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-for-new-users-not-to-upload-a-profile-picture/117764)
**Author:** [@Jason3](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jason3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-for-new-users-not-to-upload-a-profile-picture/117764 "2019-05-16T15:16:29Z")
is there a way for new users not to upload a profile picture? I have my settings to where you must be a member to post pictures, to keep down spamming of inappropriate pictures, but now someone is making a ton of new … --- ## [How to force users link phone number when they using Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-force-users-link-phone-number-when-they-using-discourse/112642)
**Author:** [@Lee533](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee533)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-force-users-link-phone-number-when-they-using-discourse/112642 "2019-05-16T13:45:19Z")
I’m the admin of a Discourse forum which mainly for China Mainland users, so our the governing law(网络安全法, 互联网跟帖评论服务管理规定 and 互联网论坛社区服务管理规定) required we must use real-name system. That means we must force users link phone … --- ## [How to install discussions on localhost in my mac?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discussions-on-localhost-in-my-mac/117914)
**Author:** [@hiccup](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hiccup)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discussions-on-localhost-in-my-mac/117914 "2019-05-16T13:33:21Z")
Hi, in my mac i use MAMP is a free, local server environment that can be installed under macOS How to install discussions use MAMP ? --- ## [Seeing invited users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeing-invited-users/84165)
**Author:** [@jordan1909](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan1909)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeing-invited-users/84165 "2019-05-16T13:23:32Z")
Is there a way to see the users who have been invited to a topic? Is this stored anywhere? I invited a user and checked the .json for the post however I couldn’t find any reference there. If there isn’t a way to track i… --- ## [Email headers showing post ID #](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-headers-showing-post-id/117424)
**Author:** [@mingogomes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mingogomes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 9:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-headers-showing-post-id/117424 "2019-05-16T09:35:50Z")
Hey guys, I have seen this tutorial, but I can’t solve this issue. My email subject is the one that comes by default: \[%{site\_name}\] %{optional\_pm}%{optional\_cat}%{topic\_title} But my emails come like this: \[Foro de… --- ## [Little padlock?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/little-padlock/117775)
**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 7:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/little-padlock/117775 "2019-05-16T07:23:30Z")
I know what a big lock means: Closed topic. But what does a small lock on top right of post mean? Thanks. --- ## [Anonymous Username - over 100 users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-username-over-100-users/117817)
**Author:** [@Jono\_Brain2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jono_Brain2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 7:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-username-over-100-users/117817 "2019-05-16T07:21:15Z")
We have really weird issue, up until user 100 the username was in this format anonymousxxx e.g. anonymous10, anonymous55, anonymous100 However as soon as we reached over number 100 anonymous user accounts, they are no… --- ## [Send e-mail to inactive users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-e-mail-to-inactive-users/59290)
**Author:** [@PatrickH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PatrickH)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-e-mail-to-inactive-users/59290 "2017-03-17T20:43:12Z")
Is it possible to automaticly send an email to an inactiv user after 1 month. Then if they have not ben active for 3 months this account (lets say with a minimum of 1 post in 3 months) will be deleted. Thanks for your h… --- ## [Links to certain categories on wordpress page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-certain-categories-on-wordpress-page/59369)
**Author:** [@anon29908737](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon29908737)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-certain-categories-on-wordpress-page/59369 "2017-03-17T20:21:51Z")
Is there a best method to show a link to certain categories or even posts on a wordpress page? Is it as simple as linking to the URL? --- ## [Recover\_from\_tombstone insanely slow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recover-from-tombstone-insanely-slow/84752)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recover-from-tombstone-insanely-slow/84752 "2019-05-15T21:09:29Z")
I’ve got a big import that’s got a bunch of tombstoned images. This happens from time to time and I’m not sure why, but that’s not why I’m here. I’m running rake uploads:recover\_from\_tombstone and it’s taking well over … --- ## [Storage driver warning while using an unsupported format](https://meta.discourse.org/t/storage-driver-warning-while-using-an-unsupported-format/117827)
**Author:** [@Cassist97](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cassist97)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/storage-driver-warning-while-using-an-unsupported-format/117827 "2019-05-15T20:06:54Z")
Hey there, while rebuilding our forum I get the “storage driver not supported” warning even though we use BTRFS (docker info also confirms this). Any tips to stop this warning from showing? --- ## [Activated child Component and broke Discourse!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activated-child-component-and-broke-discourse/117846)
**Author:** [@Kane\_Thomas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kane_Thomas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activated-child-component-and-broke-discourse/117846 "2019-05-15T19:58:30Z")
I wanted to upgrade this Component: Versatile Banner So created a new (child) Component and copied the custom CSS / JS over to it. Then went into my Theme and activated the new Component. Now the site is completely b… --- ## [How to allocate badge when user joins group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allocate-badge-when-user-joins-group/117770)
**Author:** [@sat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allocate-badge-when-user-joins-group/117770 "2019-05-15T15:01:06Z")
I would like to assign badge to user when they join group. How to do that? --- ## [How to manually add users and email in console mode?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669)
**Author:** [@doudou](https://meta.discourse.org/u/doudou)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-users-and-email-in-console-mode/26669 "2017-03-17T04:07:50Z")
I setup a localhost for test discourse. When I run ./launcher enter app to get into the docker as root how can I add discourse users and emails like rake admin:create ? Thanks. --- ## [I would like a category where everyone can create topics but only members of a selected group can reply](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-category-where-everyone-can-create-topics-but-only-members-of-a-selected-group-can-reply/117662)
**Author:** [@dnk8n](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dnk8n)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-category-where-everyone-can-create-topics-but-only-members-of-a-selected-group-can-reply/117662 "2019-05-15T12:02:34Z")
I only see permissions for create / reply / see reply / see see I would like something like this: everyone -\> create / see group-members -\> create / reply / see How does one achieve this? --- ## [Editor loses accents capability](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-loses-accents-capability/117788)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-loses-accents-capability/117788 "2019-05-15T10:40:33Z")
Context Firefox Composite keyboard character map Symptoms Lost cursor Accented characters do not appear Description Since 2.3.0.beta9, the editor sometimes loses the capability to write some accented characters, whic… --- ## [How to suppress the warning that a user is contributing too much to a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-suppress-the-warning-that-a-user-is-contributing-too-much-to-a-topic/63249)
**Author:** [@reoul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/reoul)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2019, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-suppress-the-warning-that-a-user-is-contributing-too-much-to-a-topic/63249 "2019-05-15T10:22:08Z")
Hi! I’ve got a question about an alert which popped for some of the users on a Discourse-based forum I’m managing. One user told us: “an alert popped up and told me that I had contributed 29% to the thread and that may… --- ## [Where has the "don't go to bottom of topic after reply" checkbox gone?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-has-the-dont-go-to-bottom-of-topic-after-reply-checkbox-gone/115789)
**Author:** [@1101010](https://meta.discourse.org/u/1101010)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-has-the-dont-go-to-bottom-of-topic-after-reply-checkbox-gone/115789 "2019-05-15T02:47:23Z")
I had this turned on as I often like to reply to a post while I’m browsing the topic but it’s often hard to make a single coherent reply with lots of quoted replies in, especially as it means multiple but disconnected re… --- ## [What is this "You need Discourse Socks"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-this-you-need-discourse-socks/117750)
**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-this-you-need-discourse-socks/117750 "2019-05-15T02:38:50Z")
Seems to be a plugin that supports ads. Seems to be quite neat. discourse socks get our merch at cotton bureau. I’m wondering how you achieved this? Should we use this ad plugin as a default? --- ## [Any way to hide categories from Guests?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-hide-categories-from-guests/117699)
**Author:** [@orangeandblack5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/orangeandblack5)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2019, 11:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-hide-categories-from-guests/117699 "2019-05-14T23:12:08Z")
Hello, I was wondering if there was any way to make categories muted by default for guests, but allow users with accounts to see them normally (and also mute them if they so choose). A bit of searching did not find thi… --- ## [discourseEmbed, does not match recipient window origin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourseembed-does-not-match-recipient-window-origin/57737)
**Author:** [@trudat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trudat)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourseembed-does-not-match-recipient-window-origin/57737 "2017-03-16T17:09:33Z")
I am trying to embed Discourse comments into an external site, and getting a CORS-like error in the console of the external site. It is a CKAN site using a 3rd party plugin for Discourse integration (plugin link). Both s… --- ## [How to have wiki-related discussions ? Bidirectional preferred](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-have-wiki-related-discussions-bidirectional-preferred/117690)
**Author:** [@JacobDK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JacobDK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-have-wiki-related-discussions-bidirectional-preferred/117690 "2019-05-14T18:21:52Z")
I would like to use the wiki-feature of Discourse, but also have the possibility to use the wiki-record (a closed topic containing only the first post as a wiki) as a kind of category, where I can have, not just one disc… --- ## [Easy way to Align text?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easy-way-to-align-text/117716)
**Author:** [@Viki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viki)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easy-way-to-align-text/117716 "2019-05-14T16:41:24Z")
Hello, Any easy way to Align the texts in a Post/Topic instead of using \
I am Right!\ everytime? --- ## [If starting with a quote, email begins with ellipses "\*\*\*"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-starting-with-a-quote-email-begins-with-ellipses/59248)
**Author:** [@sjmscott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sjmscott)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-starting-with-a-quote-email-begins-with-ellipses/59248 "2017-03-16T13:44:16Z")
On my installation it seems that if I begin a message by quoting someone the email begins with an ellipses which hides my response. If you click on the three dots then the message is expanded. Is this expected behavi… --- ## [Failing to rebuild app on Discourse since May 7](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-to-rebuild-app-on-discourse-since-may-7/117121)
**Author:** [@esepjav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/esepjav)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-to-rebuild-app-on-discourse-since-may-7/117121 "2019-05-14T14:38:47Z")
Hi, I cannot rebuild successfully discourse app. Error generated: An error occured while installing mini\_racer (0.2.3) and bundler cannot continue. FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP.. I am using Discourse v2.2.1 and had no issue … --- ## [Boxes with subcategories at main page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/boxes-with-subcategories-at-main-page/117696)
**Author:** [@micheldietz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/micheldietz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/boxes-with-subcategories-at-main-page/117696 "2019-05-14T14:19:05Z")
Hey there, is there the possibility to set the “categories”-page as main-page? I ask that because I would like to have the page style “Boxes with subcategories” as main page. [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6.md?page=711) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6.md?page=713)