# Support **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6.md?page=755 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 756 --- ## [Mentioning groups as well as people in posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-groups-as-well-as-people-in-posts/104323)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Davy2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Davy2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-groups-as-well-as-people-in-posts/104323 "2018-12-15T01:50:29Z")
Is it possible to create groups of people and then use that @ option on the group instead of having to individually @ each person within that group when I have a post I want them all to read? --- ## [How can I restrict access to my Discourse forum for users who have stopped paying for my membership?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-restrict-access-to-my-discourse-forum-for-users-who-have-stopped-paying-for-my-membership/104195)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Collins1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ryan_Collins1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-restrict-access-to-my-discourse-forum-for-users-who-have-stopped-paying-for-my-membership/104195 "2018-12-14T23:04:54Z")
Hi team, For the past two years I’ve been using s2member in conjunction with SSO to give users of my wordpress membership site access to my “member-only” Discourse forum. Over the past two years, several hundred users … --- ## [Modify text placement of Category Description copy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modify-text-placement-of-category-description-copy/104300)
**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modify-text-placement-of-category-description-copy/104300 "2018-12-14T20:25:31Z")
I’d like to have the “About” post, for each of my categories, align with the Category icon, as illustrated below… This is what it looks like now: This is what I want it to look like: --- ## [How to setup the homepage with just a list of latest topics & NO Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-the-homepage-with-just-a-list-of-latest-topics-no-categories/104249)
**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-the-homepage-with-just-a-list-of-latest-topics-no-categories/104249 "2018-12-14T18:12:45Z")
I have a similar question to this: https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-latest-topics-table-on-homepage-as-it-is-on-latest-page/58459 I’d like to set my homepage to only show the latest topics, just like the meta.discourse… --- ## [Bug template landing page topics not appearing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-template-landing-page-topics-not-appearing/101777)
**Author:** [@Jeremie\_Leroy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeremie_Leroy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-template-landing-page-topics-not-appearing/101777 "2018-12-14T17:17:21Z")
Hi all, I hope you are well, i noticed the following bug. In some catégorie, the topic doesn’t appear. For example in education or santé see the picture below : You will find the logs here : Log error 62 for ex… --- ## [Changing 'MONTH DAY' to 'DAY MONTH'?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-month-day-to-day-month/103950)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-month-day-to-day-month/103950 "2018-12-14T10:22:32Z")
Hey everyone, When viewing topics, the date on our Discourse is displayed in a ‘Month Day’ format. However, here in the UK we write our dates as ‘Day Month’. So viewing topics is sometimes incredibly confusing because… --- ## [Patreon SSO Login Button is confusing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patreon-sso-login-button-is-confusing/92257)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Dee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay_Dee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patreon-sso-login-button-is-confusing/92257 "2018-12-14T04:32:17Z")
I was looking around and saw I should ping @awesomerobot about this. If I’m wrong, my apologies, and please point me in the right direction. Is there any way to make the Login with Patreon clearer that that’s what it i… --- ## [Making embedded JavaScript based discourse commenting responsive](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-embedded-javascript-based-discourse-commenting-responsive/104039)
**Author:** [@Jane\_Jojo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jane_Jojo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-embedded-javascript-based-discourse-commenting-responsive/104039 "2018-12-11T19:30:34Z")
I use discourse as the commenting system and here’s an example When you look at it from a mobile, you can see the content outside of the viewport. How can I fix it to be responsive? Here’s the code I use \
**Author:** [@TroyaNO](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TroyaNO)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-500-after-upgrade-v2-2-0-beta5-175/104221 "2018-12-13T23:13:34Z")
Hello everyone, Since three months now, I moved my 13-year-old forum (with vBulletin) - to Discourse - and I’m totally happy! Until today everything worked fine and the few bugs that I had, just I solve with a new updat… --- ## [Our domain name changed, where do I edit the hostname?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-domain-name-changed-where-do-i-edit-the-hostname/104022)
**Author:** [@mholt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mholt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-domain-name-changed-where-do-i-edit-the-hostname/104022 "2018-12-13T21:38:15Z")
Hi there – users are reporting that all links in emails are broken and they can’t login with any OAuth providers or reset passwords because Discourse is using a forum domain name that hasn’t been in use for about 2 years… --- ## [Invited users logged in before activating account](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invited-users-logged-in-before-activating-account/104164)
**Author:** [@marina](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marina)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invited-users-logged-in-before-activating-account/104164 "2018-12-13T04:10:11Z")
Hi community, Invited users who click on the invite link and sign up, subsequently gets auto logged into the forum even without activating their account through the activation email sent after sign up. I believe this ma… --- ## [How to rename "Badge"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-rename-badge/38472)
**Author:** [@Ad\_Huikeshoven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ad_Huikeshoven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-rename-badge/38472 "2018-12-12T23:36:32Z")
Hi, I’m a admin at https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ , which is a pilot installation. I’m trying to figure things out. The discourse installation is meant as an alternative to wikimedia-l mailinglist. As the audience is wik… --- ## [Badges / record of real life meeting attendance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-record-of-real-life-meeting-attendance/38444)
**Author:** [@lrossouw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lrossouw)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-record-of-real-life-meeting-attendance/38444 "2016-01-25T23:03:12Z")
Not strictly a support, but I’d like some way fun/easy way to track attendance at an actual real life meeting. I want to then give people badges for meeting attendance or similar. I have thought about having a printed … --- ## [How do I re-implement my missing FA icons?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-re-implement-my-missing-fa-icons/104072)
**Author:** [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-re-implement-my-missing-fa-icons/104072 "2018-12-12T04:15:22Z")
Hey Discourse, I have been away from my website for over 4 months for a reason and I have read that Font Awesome 5 icons are now SVG files, or something, pardon my ignorance. I’m very rusty and not very technically skil… --- ## [Creating a route in a plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-route-in-a-plugin/38407)
**Author:** [@arrancscott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arrancscott)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-route-in-a-plugin/38407 "2016-01-25T21:47:44Z")
Hey guys, I need a bit of help from someone familiar with creating routes in plugins. I’ve created a plugin and have a route specified in my plugin.rb file like so: register\_asset 'javascripts/discourse/templates/user… --- ## [Embeds stripped when "show full post..." button is clicked](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embeds-stripped-when-show-full-post-button-is-clicked/104025)
**Author:** [@jtbayly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jtbayly)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embeds-stripped-when-show-full-post-button-is-clicked/104025 "2018-12-12T02:34:17Z")
For example, I inserted a Youtube video inline in a WP post that got pushed to Discourse as a topic. When people click the “Show full post…” button, for some reason the Youtube video doesn’t come through. (I’m only guess… --- ## [Translate some Entries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translate-some-entries/38384)
**Author:** [@dasbillgh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dasbillgh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translate-some-entries/38384 "2016-01-25T09:33:31Z")
Hey guys, is it possible to translate the following entries: Is there a file that i can edit or can use css hacks? --- ## [Mailgun api key, what is it for?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailgun-api-key-what-is-it-for/103962)
**Author:** [@Json\_Blob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Json_Blob)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailgun-api-key-what-is-it-for/103962 "2018-12-11T18:47:48Z")
I did a quick search but only found someone saying it doesn’t work. But I’m not entirely sure what it’s used for in the first place. Can I get a short explanation? --- ## [Failing to connect to redis after fresh install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-to-connect-to-redis-after-fresh-install/104007)
**Author:** [@majestic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/majestic)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-to-connect-to-redis-after-fresh-install/104007 "2018-12-11T18:01:35Z")
Hi there. I am creating a fresh install of Discourse on AWS EC2 with Ubuntu 16.04LTS. Unfortunately i am running into this issue: \`Error connecting to Redis on localhost:6379 (Errno::ECONNREFUSED) subscribe failed, rec… --- ## [Varnish config for discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/varnish-config-for-discourse/68575)
**Author:** [@Quintin\_Par](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quintin_Par)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/varnish-config-for-discourse/68575 "2018-12-11T16:45:17Z")
Is there an official config for discourse that I can use? --- ## [Gitter support in chat-integration appears to be missing settings and rules](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gitter-support-in-chat-integration-appears-to-be-missing-settings-and-rules/103935)
**Author:** [@tnabtaf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tnabtaf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gitter-support-in-chat-integration-appears-to-be-missing-settings-and-rules/103935 "2018-12-11T15:30:10Z")
I’m a new admin for a new Discourse based site (help.galaxyproject.org) and I’m trying to integrate Discourse and Gitter. Specifically I’m trying to send notifications to a gitter channel whenever there a new topic is c… --- ## [Any chance of supporting winmail.dat from old MS Exchange installations?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-chance-of-supporting-winmail-dat-from-old-ms-exchange-installations/103979)
**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 10:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-chance-of-supporting-winmail-dat-from-old-ms-exchange-installations/103979 "2018-12-11T10:49:38Z")
hi, is there any chance of discourse email in supporting winmail.dat (ie the crap ms exchange sends for email attachments)? --- ## [How to move the category into a column in 'Latest'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-the-category-into-a-column-in-latest/103760)
**Author:** [@tessus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tessus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-the-category-into-a-column-in-latest/103760 "2018-12-11T10:17:51Z")
A while back I’ve noticed that the category is shown in a second line in /latest. How can I move the category to a separate column. (I think I’ve seen that before.) Edit: I accidentally hit a key combination that saved… --- ## [How to block users from removing themselves from a PM?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-block-users-from-removing-themselves-from-a-pm/103874)
**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-block-users-from-removing-themselves-from-a-pm/103874 "2018-12-11T04:22:03Z")
Hello, I’m a moderator of the codecombat discourse and I need help with one thing. Whenever I try to warn someone about something, the user just complains and removes and leaves themselves from the PM, which is getting a… --- ## [Need Help Troubleshooting an "Internal Server Error" message When New Topic is posted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-troubleshooting-an-internal-server-error-message-when-new-topic-is-posted/103941)
**Author:** [@SouperC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SouperC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-troubleshooting-an-internal-server-error-message-when-new-topic-is-posted/103941 "2018-12-11T01:48:51Z")
Hey guys. Since I upgraded our Discourse instance v2.2.0.beta5 +35 (or possibly after I tried to update the subscription settings for the general category I’ve had some reports from users that they intermittently get an … --- ## [How to Deactivate the Discourse Activation Email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-deactivate-the-discourse-activation-email/85379)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Collins1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ryan_Collins1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-deactivate-the-discourse-activation-email/85379 "2018-12-10T21:33:56Z")
Hi team, Is it possible to deactivate the requirement to verify emails with discourse? I am using Discourse with my Wordpress website connected via SSO. In my situation, it just doesn’t make sense for users to be requ… --- ## [Running launcher rebuild wiped my DB](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-launcher-rebuild-wiped-my-db/103481)
**Author:** [@iegomez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iegomez)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-launcher-rebuild-wiped-my-db/103481 "2018-12-10T20:16:05Z")
Hi, I was met with this same page when trying to do the one-click browser upgrade: So I followed instructions only to have the discourse DB wiped out (in the only container available, as the commands wiped the old co… --- ## [What is the cheapest way to host Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-cheapest-way-to-host-discourse/103932)
**Author:** [@lolxgaming](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lolxgaming)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-cheapest-way-to-host-discourse/103932 "2018-12-10T19:07:17Z")
Hello. What is the cheapest way to host Discourse? Your answers are appreciated, thanks in advance. --- ## [Unlisted as default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-as-default/101409)
**Author:** [@Espada](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Espada)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-as-default/101409 "2018-12-10T18:27:24Z")
Hello, is it possible to set “Publish as Unlisted” as default? --- ## [Only seeing one users in the Users list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-seeing-one-users-in-the-users-list/103853)
**Author:** [@SamanthaM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SamanthaM)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-seeing-one-users-in-the-users-list/103853 "2018-12-10T17:33:38Z")
I’m referring to http://meta.discourse.org/u When I visit this page here on meta, I see a list of thousands. When I visit the same page on my site, I just see one user, the initial user. I’ve fiddled with the securit… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6.md?page=754) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6.md?page=756)