# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1097 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1098 --- ## [Restore from old version to a new version of discourse failed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-from-old-version-to-a-new-version-of-discourse-failed/135545)
**Author:** [@dazuimao1990](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dazuimao1990)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-from-old-version-to-a-new-version-of-discourse-failed/135545 "2019-12-16T10:19:08Z")
I want to upgrade my discourse from a very old version to the latest version A backup package from the original discourse contains a meta.json file： {"source":"discourse","version":20160405172827} When I restore the b… --- ## [Posts with embedded polls fail to load](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-with-embedded-polls-fail-to-load/135549)
**Author:** [@averi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/averi)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-with-embedded-polls-fail-to-load/135549 "2023-09-20T16:33:20Z")
Since the upgrade to v2.4.0beta8 posts having embedded pools fail to load with the following traceback: /discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/activemodel-6.0.1/lib/active\_model/attribute\_methods.rb:431:in \`method\_mis… --- ## [How to set category custom fields?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-category-custom-fields/135560)
**Author:** [@Alex\_P](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alex_P)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-category-custom-fields/135560 "2019-12-10T15:51:51Z")
I want to set import\_id of one category manually, to be able to import remaining topics from an old forum. I tried this in rails c but it does not seem to work: \[11\] pry(main)\> Category.find(3).custom\_fields =\> {} \[12\]… --- ## [Link preview not working for specific site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-preview-not-working-for-specific-site/135568)
**Author:** [@pgr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pgr)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-preview-not-working-for-specific-site/135568 "2019-12-13T20:40:00Z")
Hi I’m running a recently migrated Discourse forum. The nice-looking “Link previews” are generating fine for every site I’ve tried, except this one (which is important to us): Since it doesn’t seem to be working here… --- ## [Hide 'Show Full Post' button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-show-full-post-button/135577)
**Author:** [@christian\_01](https://meta.discourse.org/u/christian_01)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-show-full-post-button/135577 "2019-12-10T17:24:40Z")
I have ‘Truncate the embedded posts.’ selected in Settings, but I also want to hide the ‘Show Full Post’ button. Please can you advise how I do this. Thank you, --- ## [User URLs not hyperlinked at low trust levels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-urls-not-hyperlinked-at-low-trust-levels/135578)
**Author:** [@christian\_01](https://meta.discourse.org/u/christian_01)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-urls-not-hyperlinked-at-low-trust-levels/135578 "2019-12-13T11:58:06Z")
Not sure why, but usernames aren’t being hyperlinked. Any thoughts please? --- ## [Self-upgrade architecture?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-upgrade-architecture/135580)
**Author:** [@tomsmyth1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomsmyth1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-upgrade-architecture/135580 "2019-12-10T18:06:01Z")
Is there anything written up about how Discourse’s self upgrade function works? If not, any pointers at where to look in the code? Is it a suitable model for other Rails apps to follow? If not, are there better patterns… --- ## [Restrict user to access only one topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-user-to-access-only-one-topic/135588)
**Author:** [@diptych](https://meta.discourse.org/u/diptych)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-user-to-access-only-one-topic/135588 "2019-12-16T23:31:38Z")
I know that you can restrict users by user level (default or manually locking them) but I’m wondering if there is a way that I could restrict an individual user to just be able to access one individual thread? And I assu… --- ## [Discourse without SSL? SSL in apache2 proxy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-without-ssl-ssl-in-apache2-proxy/135589)
**Author:** [@CRUGG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CRUGG)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-without-ssl-ssl-in-apache2-proxy/135589 "2019-12-10T19:33:26Z")
Hey there! I just set up Discourse and have some issues. I set the port to something different because I would like to use my apache2 Server as a proxy/reserse-proxy (I don’t know what’s the correct term) When I try to … --- ## [Is it possible to have a questionnaire topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-questionnaire-topic/135590)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Eagle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Eagle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-questionnaire-topic/135590 "2019-12-11T00:06:57Z")
Would it be possible to have a whole topic dedicated to users answering questions? As a example say we are a car group and wish to work out issues as a community. The original post would have questions such as: What … --- ## [Changing doesnt-exist-not-found functionality to encourage users to join?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-doesnt-exist-not-found-functionality-to-encourage-users-to-join/135596)
**Author:** [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-doesnt-exist-not-found-functionality-to-encourage-users-to-join/135596 "2019-12-13T15:29:36Z")
I have a discourse community that has some content which is public and some which is private. I’d like to change what it does when you try to access—while not logged in—a page which exists, but you don’t have access to. … --- ## [Google Adsense content security policy error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-adsense-content-security-policy-error/135600)
**Author:** [@Callum\_OKane](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Callum_OKane)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-adsense-content-security-policy-error/135600 "2019-12-21T10:50:48Z")
Adsense fails to load ads and just shows the word advertisement with the following error --- ## [WP Discourse not displaying on WP self hosted site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-not-displaying-on-wp-self-hosted-site/135601)
**Author:** [@digitalgerry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/digitalgerry)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-not-displaying-on-wp-self-hosted-site/135601 "2019-12-10T21:21:37Z")
Hi all I’ve got a very vanilla Discourse site and I’m wanting it to display on my WP site. I’m using WP Discourse, its connected but I cannot workout how to get the Discource showing on the site… to then test if I can … --- ## [Create a unified offline / maintenance status + page utility for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-unified-offline-maintenance-status-page-utility-for-discourse/135605)
**Author:** [@mreach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mreach)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-unified-offline-maintenance-status-page-utility-for-discourse/135605 "2019-12-13T04:19:05Z")
Currently when we are doing any kind of maintenance (aside from simply updating) and want to take the site offline or set it to read-only there is no way of giving visitors a message about what is going on or how long of… --- ## [Issue with adding attachments inside table cells](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-adding-attachments-inside-table-cells/135607)
**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-adding-attachments-inside-table-cells/135607 "2022-04-26T01:51:26Z")
Hi there, it seems, it’s not possible any more, to add attachments inside tables. Any idea how to fix this? Example Name File bla bla \[bla.docx | Name | File | | --- | --- | | bla | bla | | | \[bla.docx… --- ## [Template Interpolation Key Usage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/template-interpolation-key-usage/135609)
**Author:** [@kimardenmiller](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kimardenmiller)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/template-interpolation-key-usage/135609 "2023-09-21T04:11:09Z")
Related to this post, we previously customized templates such as user\_notifications.reply\_by\_email, e.g. to say … Visit Topic or reply to this email to respond. Reply with a private message The second item has the lin… --- ## [How not to be sent to the spam folder?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-not-to-be-sent-to-the-spam-folder/135625)
**Author:** [@chi\_noti\_info](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chi_noti_info)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 6:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-not-to-be-sent-to-the-spam-folder/135625 "2019-12-11T06:44:58Z")
Hello. I am using namecheap’s email service (privateemail.com) but all my discourse emails are being sent to spam in the major email providers, namely yahoo.com, hotmail.com, except gmail. This is better than getting se… --- ## [Unicode (Russian) username validation fails randomly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unicode-russian-username-validation-fails-randomly/135637)
**Author:** [@Alex\_P](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alex_P)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unicode-russian-username-validation-fails-randomly/135637 "2019-12-16T16:07:30Z")
Usernames with Russian characters, e.g. фыв (not sure if depends on specific characters) sometimes fail validation. Tested in latest Chrome and Firefox on Ubuntu 19.10, Discourse version is 2.4.0.beta8 (16de46f8d4). … --- ## [Format rendering of links to (local) pdf files?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/format-rendering-of-links-to-local-pdf-files/135639)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/format-rendering-of-links-to-local-pdf-files/135639 "2020-07-14T08:25:47Z")
Is there an easy way (e.g. via CSS) to change the way links to user-uploaded pdf files are shown? Apparently, pdf oneboxing is supported but I’m not sure under what conditions this is supposed to work. Anyway, I don’t … --- ## [Is there a way to grant badge to a group of user?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-grant-badge-to-a-group-of-user/135642)
**Author:** [@hhlp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hhlp)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-grant-badge-to-a-group-of-user/135642 "2020-01-20T15:47:13Z")
I found this: for user in a group: and a Script for that: https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-grant-a-badge-for-all-members-of-a-group/18147/10 Is there something using the system… Regards., --- ## [Messages user to admin are blocked](https://meta.discourse.org/t/messages-user-to-admin-are-blocked/135645)
**Author:** [@David\_Pešava](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Pe%C5%A1ava)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/messages-user-to-admin-are-blocked/135645 "2019-12-11T20:24:20Z")
Hi, we heave issues with messaging Admin to common user. When we try to send message from common user to admin , we get message “You cant send message to this user”. Is it possible to set it up or fix in admin panel? --- ## [Imported users from other database are wipe out after night](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imported-users-from-other-database-are-wipe-out-after-night/135647)
**Author:** [@David\_Pešava](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Pe%C5%A1ava)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imported-users-from-other-database-are-wipe-out-after-night/135647 "2019-12-11T14:58:06Z")
Hi , after successful import users from other database into Discourse database is everything ok, but after night there are some users and data missing. Why is this happening? Is in discourse some “fix” option or back … --- ## [Sending a PM with the following title causes an error!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-a-pm-with-the-following-title-causes-an-error/135654)
**Author:** [@WorldIsMine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WorldIsMine)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-a-pm-with-the-following-title-causes-an-error/135654 "2019-12-17T00:51:28Z")
I was typing out a new message to one of my users, didn’t have time to write a normal title so I basically punched the keyboard and typed the following string as the title: =213=-!(@#+@)(!\*\_(@#&(!)# The intended user… --- ## [Straight quotes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/straight-quotes/135662)
**Author:** [@Cécile\_Savoie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/C%C3%A9cile_Savoie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/straight-quotes/135662 "2019-12-13T03:44:23Z")
I tried to set " " ’ ’ in the Typographer replacement pairs for straight quotes. That would have forced the Typographer to keep the straight quotes, while continuing to do all other usual changes (em dash tm, etc). U… --- ## [After update, all the forum is disappeared but the bottom image (SOLVED)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-update-all-the-forum-is-disappeared-but-the-bottom-image-solved/135664)
**Author:** [@aldobelus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aldobelus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-update-all-the-forum-is-disappeared-but-the-bottom-image-solved/135664 "2019-12-11T17:04:14Z")
Hi. I updated the forum yesterday and, today, this is the image I’ve found: What you see is the image I use for the Ibiscus theme, if I remember fine its name. As you can see, there is nothing else, no login, no foru… --- ## [Ranking of post, based on user upvotes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ranking-of-post-based-on-user-upvotes/135667)
**Author:** [@jobro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jobro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 6:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ranking-of-post-based-on-user-upvotes/135667 "2019-12-12T06:26:05Z")
How can I have the post within the categories be ranked based off of user votes? I am trying to create a place where users can share their ideas, with the best ones gaining the most traction. --- ## [Some texts are missing on Transifex?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-texts-are-missing-on-transifex/135673)
**Author:** [@Alex\_P](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alex_P)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-texts-are-missing-on-transifex/135673 "2019-12-12T13:22:25Z")
I fixed some mistypes and wrong Russian translations in my Discourse and wanted to contribute it, but I cannot find some items on https://www.transifex.com/discourse/discourse-org/translate/#ru/$/17538144, such as js.com… --- ## [Error connecting to Redis](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-connecting-to-redis/135678)
**Author:** [@CRUGG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CRUGG)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-connecting-to-redis/135678 "2023-03-21T19:04:22Z")
When I try to start discourse, I can’t access it in my browser. I found some information in the log files which might cause this. Does somebody know what the problem is? # /var/discourse/standalone/log/rails/unicorn.std… --- ## [\[Seeking quotes\] modify plugins + debug conflicts to create opensource plug-+-play project management system for peace and happiness charity](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-quotes-modify-plugins-debug-conflicts-to-create-opensource-plug-play-project-management-system-for-peace-and-happiness-charity/135680)
**Author:** [@Andy02](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy02)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-quotes-modify-plugins-debug-conflicts-to-create-opensource-plug-play-project-management-system-for-peace-and-happiness-charity/135680 "2019-12-12T15:20:06Z")
\[Seeking quotes\] modify plugins and debugging conflicts between them. Creating opensource plug-and-play project management system for peace and well-being charity We don’t really know how much it would take to complete … --- ## [Is it possible to archive entire categories, not just the topics/posts within them?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-archive-entire-categories-not-just-the-topics-posts-within-them/135684)
**Author:** [@jiq2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jiq2)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-archive-entire-categories-not-just-the-topics-posts-within-them/135684 "2019-12-11T20:39:46Z")
Hello! I am interested in archiving entire categories - not just the posts within them. I have looked at about 10 different posts in this forum trying to figure out but am still stumped. I realized you can archive topic… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1096) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1098)