# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1014 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1015 --- ## [Plugin to automatically copy messages to other selected users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-to-automatically-copy-messages-to-other-selected-users/118544)
**Author:** [@Gryphon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gryphon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-to-automatically-copy-messages-to-other-selected-users/118544 "2019-05-24T03:45:42Z")
What would you like done? We have a youth group and are investigating discourse as one way to communicate. We have requirements to maintain full transparency and are looking to have any private/direct message sent to a… --- ## [Globally Pinned Topic not appearing at top of Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/globally-pinned-topic-not-appearing-at-top-of-latest/118546)
**Author:** [@andrewnchen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andrewnchen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2021, 10:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/globally-pinned-topic-not-appearing-at-top-of-latest/118546 "2021-11-18T10:39:08Z")
Hi! I created a topic in my forum and pinned it globally but it’s not appearing at the top of the “Latest” list. Do you have any suggestions on how to fix this? Thanks, Andrew --- ## [How to load live backup into local dev environment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-load-live-backup-into-local-dev-environment/118550)
**Author:** [@Ellibereth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ellibereth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-load-live-backup-into-local-dev-environment/118550 "2019-05-23T20:56:11Z")
How do you load a .tar.gz backup from a live instance into a local dev environment? --- ## [Video Playing with Live Comments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/video-playing-with-live-comments/118556)
**Author:** [@Anatolia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anatolia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/video-playing-with-live-comments/118556 "2019-05-25T00:32:20Z")
In my past experiences with Plug DJ website, it was quite good to be able to watch videos together and chat about it at the same time. It’s like Youtube live streams actually but each user can create a playlist and join … --- ## [Problems with I18n.translations after upgrading to 2.3.0.beta9](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-i18n-translations-after-upgrading-to-2-3-0-beta9/118560)
**Author:** [@amotl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/amotl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-i18n-translations-after-upgrading-to-2-3-0-beta9/118560 "2019-05-24T09:24:07Z")
Dear Discourse team, we are currently trying to solve a problem on https://community.hiveeyes.org/. After upgrading to 2.3.0.beta9, the Discourse page stays blank - probably like Blank topics page when interface languag… --- ## [Pre-filled Staff Notices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-filled-staff-notices/118562)
**Author:** [@Anatolia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anatolia)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-filled-staff-notices/118562 "2019-05-25T21:45:02Z")
In Reddit there are auto moderators that notices users before posting. According to a study this increasing civil behavior in threads. Discourse may give to admins and/or moderators the same ability. We can write differ… --- ## [Problem testing Badge Query from Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-testing-badge-query-from-data-explorer/118568)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Schmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Schmucker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-testing-badge-query-from-data-explorer/118568 "2019-05-24T00:46:42Z")
Should I be able to run any Badge Query in Data Explorer? I want to create a custom Badge Query using “Appreciated” as a starting point. I type the Appreciated query in Data Explorer: SELECT p.user\_id, current\_timestam… --- ## [Notification doesn't hide when user posts in a topic and the topic gets moved to a private category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-doesnt-hide-when-user-posts-in-a-topic-and-the-topic-gets-moved-to-a-private-category/118569)
**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-doesnt-hide-when-user-posts-in-a-topic-and-the-topic-gets-moved-to-a-private-category/118569 "2019-05-30T02:04:36Z")
Full quote of user: After seeing a topic and reading and checking it, it was marked as “watching” for me, after that it has been moved to a category i don’t have access to, but still recieved notifications of edits/po… --- ## [API POST to /posts.json inconsistent between users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-post-to-posts-json-inconsistent-between-users/118571)
**Author:** [@JulesW](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JulesW)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-post-to-posts-json-inconsistent-between-users/118571 "2019-05-29T23:03:18Z")
We have an admin api\_key that we’re using to create new topics on behalf of users. So we POST this to the /posts.json endpoint: const postBody = \[ "title": "Some new topic title", "category": "General", "raw": "the … --- ## [Cannot switch a topic to Uncategorized via quick edit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-switch-a-topic-to-uncategorized-via-quick-edit/118572)
**Author:** [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 11:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-switch-a-topic-to-uncategorized-via-quick-edit/118572 "2019-05-24T11:11:49Z")
It’s impossible to change the category of a topic to “Uncategorized” through the edit topic title feature. Changing to other categories seems to work fine. Using the bulk selection tool to change the category to “Uncate… --- ## [Accessing one discourse via two different SSO backends](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessing-one-discourse-via-two-different-sso-backends/118591)
**Author:** [@theopen-institute](https://meta.discourse.org/u/theopen-institute)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessing-one-discourse-via-two-different-sso-backends/118591 "2019-05-25T02:34:52Z")
My organization has been slowly rolling out discourse for a range of communication purposes, and everybody absolutely loves it. I’ve seen few projects anywhere that manage to combine big picture thinking and attention to… --- ## [How do I activate all inactive members at the click of a button?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-activate-all-inactive-members-at-the-click-of-a-button/118598)
**Author:** [@savas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/savas)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-activate-all-inactive-members-at-the-click-of-a-button/118598 "2019-05-27T20:45:47Z")
currently the mail server is not running so new members do not receive activation wizard … How do I activate them all with one click of a button or with a command line and how to remove activation of electronic mail? --- ## [Embedding external markdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-external-markdown/118601)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-external-markdown/118601 "2020-02-23T15:25:42Z")
Use Case A software project maintains its documentation in a Git repository. The master version of a file is the canonical version of this documentation We want to use Discourse to facilitate collaborative edition and c… --- ## [Mobile site not working (for specific install)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-site-not-working-for-specific-install/118607)
**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-site-not-working-for-specific-install/118607 "2019-05-24T15:51:59Z")
The mobile version of community.wanikani.com is not loading at all, across multiple devices and browsers (the topic where people are complaining about it is not public). I am not seeing this issue on meta or two other Di… --- ## ["This site was just updated. Refresh now for the latest version?" not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/this-site-was-just-updated-refresh-now-for-the-latest-version-not-working/118609)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/this-site-was-just-updated-refresh-now-for-the-latest-version-not-working/118609 "2019-05-29T13:40:07Z")
Within the last two weeks or so the “This site was just updated. Refresh now for the latest version?” message that appears if you leave a tab open for a long time (and the site is updated) has stopped working. Now the me… --- ## [Why is last bar of Pageviews analytics narrow?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-last-bar-of-pageviews-analytics-narrow/118613)
**Author:** [@John\_Lehmann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/John_Lehmann)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-last-bar-of-pageviews-analytics-narrow/118613 "2019-05-27T20:53:51Z")
This could be me just being nit-picky, but for some reason the last day bar on the pageviews barchart being half-width bothers me. At first I thought it meant something like stats are still incomplete until the day is o… --- ## [Category by id using API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-by-id-using-api/118621)
**Author:** [@mcki0127](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcki0127)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-by-id-using-api/118621 "2019-05-24T20:57:02Z")
Is there a way to get category by id using the api? Right now I’m using categories.json and iterating over the results. This feels like a dumb question, so sorry if it is. --- ## [Notification when added to a group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-added-to-a-group/118626)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-added-to-a-group/118626 "2020-08-04T16:14:35Z")
Many users in my community get added to group(s) without knowing that they are actually added. So, I am proposing a notification, when someone is approved in a group: + Thomas\_G added you to a group Or + added to grou… --- ## [Building Tests for New discourse\_api Endpoints](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-tests-for-new-discourse-api-endpoints/118639)
**Author:** [@kimardenmiller](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kimardenmiller)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-tests-for-new-discourse-api-endpoints/118639 "2019-10-02T21:13:35Z")
Adding some polls API endpoints for PR to discourse\_api, which work fine. Now I’m trying to understand how to create tests before submitting the PR, e.g.: require 'spec\_helper' describe DiscourseApi::API::Polls do su… --- ## [Text colors when mouse goes by](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-colors-when-mouse-goes-by/118643)
**Author:** [@Eduardo\_Braga](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eduardo_Braga)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-colors-when-mouse-goes-by/118643 "2019-05-25T17:19:47Z")
I do not know the name but would like to change the colors, but I did not find how to do that. I want the same as Gmail --- ## [Images from Slack to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-from-slack-to-discourse/118644)
**Author:** [@WendySmall](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WendySmall)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2019, 9:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-from-slack-to-discourse/118644 "2019-07-08T09:37:43Z")
Hi there, Does the Slack integration allow images to move with posts? We are currently researching the possibility of using Discourse as our ‘long term memory” and have many images included in our Slack posts. The text … --- ## [Why are different emoji images shown in URLs and browser title for the same emoji? 😱](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-different-emoji-images-shown-in-urls-and-browser-title-for-the-same-emoji/118647)
**Author:** [@TheBestPessimist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBestPessimist)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-different-emoji-images-shown-in-urls-and-browser-title-for-the-same-emoji/118647 "2019-05-26T18:53:27Z")
I am using the :scream: :scream: emoji in the title, heading-3 and link preview of a post and 2 of them don’t look the same. See image: See how the link preview emoji is different from the rest? The emoji is still… --- ## [Admin actions goes behind the titlebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-actions-goes-behind-the-titlebar/118649)
**Author:** [@TheBestPessimist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBestPessimist)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2019, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-actions-goes-behind-the-titlebar/118649 "2019-05-25T10:22:36Z")
Ultra minor UX here --- ## [How to hide left border color in Category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-hide-left-border-color-in-category/118656)
**Author:** [@Viki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viki)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2019, 9:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-hide-left-border-color-in-category/118656 "2019-05-25T09:59:23Z")
I hided in desktop using this code and Also want to hide in mobile. .category-list tbody .category { border-left: none; } --- ## [User profile page by id?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-page-by-id/118663)
**Author:** [@John\_Lehmann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/John_Lehmann)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-page-by-id/118663 "2019-05-26T18:25:42Z")
Is there a route to access a public user profile using their id? I’m aware of: https://meta.discourse.org/u/{username}/summary And I want: https://meta.discourse.org/u/{user-id}/summary Purpose: I want profiles on my… --- ## [Using multiple discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-multiple-discourse/118666)
**Author:** [@HugoTrentesaux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HugoTrentesaux)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-multiple-discourse/118666 "2019-05-27T18:59:50Z")
There are several posts about hosting multiple discourse instances, but I’ve not seen one about managing several discourse instance as a user. I am using a lot of discourse forums on a daily basis as: forum.duniter. o… --- ## [Enable "advanced" search for admin using the user rolodex](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-advanced-search-for-admin-using-the-user-rolodex/118680)
**Author:** [@DNSTARS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DNSTARS)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2019, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-advanced-search-for-admin-using-the-user-rolodex/118680 "2019-05-26T07:36:19Z")
It would be cool if the powerful search functionality for posts and topics could be available for admin looking to find users who signed up between X and Y date and belong to groups A, B + C. Exporting the user list off… --- ## [How to use api to hide icons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-api-to-hide-icons/118682)
**Author:** [@Ellibereth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ellibereth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2019, 8:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-api-to-hide-icons/118682 "2019-05-26T08:21:44Z")
Is there a method that lets you hide icons, similar to how api.replaceIcon lets you replace them? --- ## [Fixes to the Sign Up Process](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fixes-to-the-sign-up-process/118684)
**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2019, 7:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fixes-to-the-sign-up-process/118684 "2019-05-26T07:45:40Z")
Hi, I have the following suggestions for the Sign Up process. When the sign-up form is long, the lower questions get hidden and there’s no scroll bar that allows users to get to those lower questions. Would it be possi… --- ## [Arabic character don’t show up in url](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arabic-character-don-t-show-up-in-url/118692)
**Author:** [@hiccup](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hiccup)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2019, 7:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arabic-character-don-t-show-up-in-url/118692 "2019-05-26T07:26:41Z")
Hi, Yesterday I started FREE 14 day trial So I have some questions :: 1: Arabic topic titles don’t show up in urls. arabic character don’t show up in url ? 2: how to add sitemap ? [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1013) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1015)