# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1245 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1246 --- ## [Polls stop working correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-stop-working-correctly/166324)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-stop-working-correctly/166324 "2020-10-06T23:12:24Z")
Hi there, I just recently update my Discourse to the latest 4efbf8dc4f and polls stop working correctly. No errors on log. Thank you! :slight\_smile: The inspect console error Test poll poll --- ## [How to fetch topics ordered by custom field iso8601 value?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-fetch-topics-ordered-by-custom-field-iso8601-value/166343)
**Author:** [@Stefan\_Brighiu\_M](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stefan_Brighiu_M)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-fetch-topics-ordered-by-custom-field-iso8601-value/166343 "2020-10-11T16:06:41Z")
Hi, I’ve come across a weird query which i don’t really know how to wrap my head around doing only with a sql/active record query. I have topics with custom fields, and i need to sort data using the value of ‘importedS… --- ## [Siteground email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/siteground-email/166356)
**Author:** [@alecmaker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alecmaker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/siteground-email/166356 "2020-10-06T14:16:35Z")
Hi have installed Discourse on Digital Ocean using the above email credentials The install is successful but no email arrives i have followed the siteground/email thread but to no avail. Using telnet i can connect t… --- ## [Help! Reply by email is randomly delayed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-reply-by-email-is-randomly-delayed/166357)
**Author:** [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 10:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-reply-by-email-is-randomly-delayed/166357 "2020-10-08T10:46:38Z")
Hi everyone, We’ve set up reply by email on our discourse and I noticed weird behavior. It’s often delayed by anywhere from 12 to 24 hours. I’ve tried to test it myself (using two users I own) and the reply was posted … --- ## [Installation text location](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-text-location/166366)
**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-text-location/166366 "2021-02-04T18:34:27Z")
Is the text displayed during installation stored anywhere? It flies by too quickly to read. I guess if it works, it works, but it would be good to be aware of any warnings etc. Thanks. --- ## [Excerpts are being poisoned by onebox URL's on Post Rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excerpts-are-being-poisoned-by-onebox-urls-on-post-rebuild/166372)
**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excerpts-are-being-poisoned-by-onebox-urls-on-post-rebuild/166372 "2020-10-07T19:46:12Z")
This should potentially be in Contribute \> Bug but will discuss first. I’ve noticed that on rebuilding the first post in a Topic, a oneboxed link is being added to the Topic excerpt (which is affecting any Theme/Compone… --- ## [Send custom email to user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-custom-email-to-user/166377)
**Author:** [@Drakon74](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drakon74)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-custom-email-to-user/166377 "2020-10-06T12:55:44Z")
Hello, i tried to search for a similiar topic, but couldn’t find one. Anyway, i recently had the situation that i wanted to send an email to all users of my forum, to inform them about something important. This mail ha… --- ## [On click go to the last post of the thread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-click-go-to-the-last-post-of-the-thread/166392)
**Author:** [@zuli65](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zuli65)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-click-go-to-the-last-post-of-the-thread/166392 "2020-10-06T15:13:33Z")
Hello, when I enter on a thread it redirects me to the last post of the thread Is there a way that redirect me to the first post of thread? (the older one) Thanks, Lorenzo --- ## [Backup failed on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-failed-on-mobile/166403)
**Author:** [@R\_X](https://meta.discourse.org/u/R_X)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-failed-on-mobile/166403 "2020-10-06T16:12:03Z")
I tried to backup on my mobile before i go to sleep. I pressed the backup then there is nothing happened so i pressed again. Now i know that it is running 2 backups at the same time, what should i do? I tried backup-ing … --- ## [Unable To Change Theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-change-theme/166407)
**Author:** [@benm1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/benm1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-change-theme/166407 "2020-10-06T19:30:16Z")
Hello, When I go into Preferences \> Interface and select a different theme which uses its own colour palette, the styling of the theme looks completely broken: This only occurs on my own (admin) account. I have crea… --- ## [Who's online "API"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whos-online-api/166411)
**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whos-online-api/166411 "2020-10-06T17:50:12Z")
We are looking into monitoring the activity of the forum (number of users online over time) using an external tool like grafana. We already use the whos-online plugin so I was wondering if there’s a way we can fetch the … --- ## [Question about subcategories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-subcategories/166413)
**Author:** [@anon89147131](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon89147131)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-subcategories/166413 "2020-10-07T02:19:25Z")
How would I make it so a topic from a subcategory for the category appears on the main category latest topics? --- ## [What is Discourse API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-discourse-api/166416)
**Author:** [@likable24](https://meta.discourse.org/u/likable24)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-discourse-api/166416 "2020-10-06T19:10:16Z")
I want to learn about Discourse API. What is Discourse API. Can someone explain it to me? Is there a Discourse Api on my website? Link: Ders.co --- ## [\[PAID\] Custom Header Theme Component (Wowhead Tooltips)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-custom-header-theme-component-wowhead-tooltips/166420)
**Author:** [@MidnightCheesePizza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MidnightCheesePizza)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-custom-header-theme-component-wowhead-tooltips/166420 "2020-10-06T19:15:18Z")
What would you like done? I need some type of theme component that will inject the Wowhead tooltips JS into Discourse’s overall header, and add a “Wowhead” button to the new topic editor. Then users would only have to c… --- ## ["You can't log in from that IP address", but IP not blocked](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-cant-log-in-from-that-ip-address-but-ip-not-blocked/166422)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-cant-log-in-from-that-ip-address-but-ip-not-blocked/166422 "2020-10-07T11:37:32Z")
Hi. One of my users can’t log in and I can’t figure out the issue. I didn’t encounter similar issues with other users. Following this, I added a test IP to the block list and tried to log in with this test IP. I could… --- ## [How would I install a certain (old) version of Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-would-i-install-a-certain-old-version-of-discourse/166423)
**Author:** [@helmi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helmi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-would-i-install-a-certain-old-version-of-discourse/166423 "2020-10-06T21:13:09Z")
I’m trying to setup a test server. I’m planning to use it to test updates, plugin installs etc. My live forum is a bit back in time (2.5.0 beta7) and so I’d like to install this exact version on the test server too. I t… --- ## [Cannot select options from dropdowns](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-select-options-from-dropdowns/166437)
**Author:** [@Quddus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quddus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-select-options-from-dropdowns/166437 "2020-10-07T02:07:07Z")
I just updated our discourse instance to the most recent updates, and noticed when trying to create an invitation link that I could not select a group for the respondents to be included in. Here is the error from the con… --- ## [Dropdowns Broken?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dropdowns-broken/166438)
**Author:** [@johnny2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/johnny2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dropdowns-broken/166438 "2020-10-06T21:51:44Z")
Hey Discourse Community, I’m experiencing a weird bug with Discourse. I just installed it using the Digital Ocean marketplace and now the dropdowns are all not working. The dropdowns to change fonts, trust levels, etc. … --- ## [Image markup doesn't interact well with tables](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-markup-doesnt-interact-well-with-tables/166441)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-markup-doesnt-interact-well-with-tables/166441 "2020-10-06T22:36:22Z")
The default text inserted for a pasted image doesn’t interact well with tables. The pipe symbol in the markdown below: !\[image|62x64\](upload://y77M3RloIxs33MlhxMQK5nIcLIJ.png) Gets wrongly interpreted as a column se… --- ## [Turning a Message into a Reply Should Keep Recipient List](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turning-a-message-into-a-reply-should-keep-recipient-list/166443)
**Author:** [@Macaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Macaw)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turning-a-message-into-a-reply-should-keep-recipient-list/166443 "2020-10-06T21:15:51Z")
You can turn any unposted reply into a private message as seen below: Here you can see me adding a user to the recipient list. However, when I turn the private message into a reply and back to a private message, al… --- ## [Preserving user sessions when migrating between hosts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preserving-user-sessions-when-migrating-between-hosts/166451)
**Author:** [@TallTrees](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TallTrees)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preserving-user-sessions-when-migrating-between-hosts/166451 "2020-10-08T09:30:32Z")
Hi! I’m preparing to migrate some Discourse instances to new hosting. The plan is to set the old site read-only, take a backup, move that across to the new hosting and restore while updating the DNS settings (on a shor… --- ## [Changing ownership of "Welcome" post from "system"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-ownership-of-welcome-post-from-system/166454)
**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-ownership-of-welcome-post-from-system/166454 "2020-10-06T23:08:02Z")
Is it possible to do this? I have a feeling (but am not sure) that it was my main username after the first edit, but after hiding various revisions it reverted to “system”. I have changed “site contact username” from s… --- ## [Youtube video not rendering in details tag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-video-not-rendering-in-details-tag/166461)
**Author:** [@evenrue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/evenrue)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-video-not-rendering-in-details-tag/166461 "2020-11-10T07:38:05Z")
Trying to do a simple Youtube link in a discourse post and it, as expected, loads a video embed in place. But surround the same link with \[details\] \[/details\] tags and it goes back to being a basic link. Is this intende… --- ## [One year of preCICE on Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/one-year-of-precice-on-discourse/166463)
**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/one-year-of-precice-on-discourse/166463 "2020-10-06T23:31:07Z")
--- ## [Include new Posts on Summary/Digest email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-new-posts-on-summary-digest-email/166465)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-new-posts-on-summary-digest-email/166465 "2020-10-06T23:44:32Z")
The Add New Posts To Summary plugin replaces the third item in the summary header (usually new users) with the number of New Posts since last visit. Repo: GitHub - literatecomputing/discourse-add-new-posts-to-summary… --- ## [Site Migration Questions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-migration-questions/166466)
**Author:** [@sdpiowa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sdpiowa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-migration-questions/166466 "2020-10-06T23:57:01Z")
Hello, all. I’m in the process of attempting to move a Discourse site to a new website and transition all S3 site assets to a new account. The gist is…we have a second company emerging from an original parent company and… --- ## [Search Category With Unicode Name When Posting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-category-with-unicode-name-when-posting/166485)
**Author:** [@drakey1988](https://meta.discourse.org/u/drakey1988)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-category-with-unicode-name-when-posting/166485 "2020-10-08T11:10:40Z")
I am current running a Vietnamese forum (forum.uan.vn) and as of right now we cannot search for categories with Vietnamese names when posting, for example: Thông Báo (Announcement). Other non-unicode categories show up j… --- ## [Blank admin upgrade page: Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 /admin/docker/repos](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-admin-upgrade-page-failed-to-load-resource-the-server-responded-with-a-status-of-500-admin-docker-repos/166488)
**Author:** [@Nacho\_Caballero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nacho_Caballero)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-admin-upgrade-page-failed-to-load-resource-the-server-responded-with-a-status-of-500-admin-docker-repos/166488 "2020-10-07T13:10:54Z")
After upgrading to the latest version 8fa9ed8572, I get a blank screen in the admin upgrade page And the following error in the logs (/admin/docker/repos) lib/version.rb:35:in \`find\_compatible\_resource' lib/version.rb:… --- ## [Today error when upgrade from 2.5.1 to 2.5.2, discourse-assign](https://meta.discourse.org/t/today-error-when-upgrade-from-2-5-1-to-2-5-2-discourse-assign/166494)
**Author:** [@nahimov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nahimov)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/today-error-when-upgrade-from-2-5-1-to-2-5-2-discourse-assign/166494 "2020-10-07T12:15:36Z")
Today, before updating the production forum, I tried to update the test forum with version 2.5.1 stable and got the following error: I, \[2020-10-07T06:39:44.735617 #1\] INFO -- : \> cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse … --- ## [Integrating webpage to current forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrating-webpage-to-current-forum/166499)
**Author:** [@IvanC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IvanC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrating-webpage-to-current-forum/166499 "2020-10-07T09:45:40Z")
What’s a good way to integrate a new webpage to my current forum? I’ve been managing a forum for over a year and I’d like now to add a separate webpage (a kind of ‘about us’ homepage/landing page). So the website will t… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1244) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1246)