# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1316 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1317 --- ## [Pasting email in share a topic box stopped working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pasting-email-in-share-a-topic-box-stopped-working/180919)
**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pasting-email-in-share-a-topic-box-stopped-working/180919 "2021-03-25T08:31:13Z")
Hi, I cannot paste an email in the share topic post (by invite), this happened today, doesn’t work on PC or Android (Firefox), thanks for your comments. --- ## [About this category topics don't show on Latest even when they should](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-this-category-topics-dont-show-on-latest-even-when-they-should/180924)
**Author:** [@AndyBr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AndyBr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-this-category-topics-dont-show-on-latest-even-when-they-should/180924 "2021-02-23T22:19:43Z")
How come “Latest” doesn’t actually show the latest content? Going to “Latest” shows this: But, there’s posts newer than that: --- ## [DiscourseHub App covers Docs Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discoursehub-app-covers-docs-topics/180926)
**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discoursehub-app-covers-docs-topics/180926 "2021-02-24T17:19:32Z")
On the DiscourseHub App for iPhone, the last doc topic is covered by the bottom navigation. Note: this probably doesn’t show up a whole lot because it only occurs when the number of topics is exactly whatever number … --- ## [Can I set a custom title on users that join a group?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-set-a-custom-title-on-users-that-join-a-group/180927)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 7:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-set-a-custom-title-on-users-that-join-a-group/180927 "2021-02-24T07:57:51Z")
Hi everyone, Is it possible to set a custom user title at the point of adding a user to a group? Eg. I add an existing user to a group called “Super Duper Members”. Can Discourse automatically update the title of t… --- ## [Invalid location error after update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-location-error-after-update/180940)
**Author:** [@pmichelu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmichelu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-location-error-after-update/180940 "2021-02-24T16:09:24Z")
Hi! I just ran the automated update on our Discourse instance a few days ago (it’s in a docker container). Now it’s dead in the water - when you go to the site it shows the “Oops” message. I used “tail shared/standalo… --- ## [How to change short name in manifest.webmanifest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-short-name-in-manifest-webmanifest/180946)
**Author:** [@MrDavis97](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MrDavis97)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-short-name-in-manifest-webmanifest/180946 "2021-02-24T05:52:21Z")
I want to change the short name from Math By to Math By Miles. Here is what it currently looks like: . Is this done through the terminal? On my server, where would the files be located? --- ## [Allow us to copy and paste an email address into the Invite to topic email address field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-us-to-copy-and-paste-an-email-address-into-the-invite-to-topic-email-address-field/180948)
**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-us-to-copy-and-paste-an-email-address-into-the-invite-to-topic-email-address-field/180948 "2021-02-24T00:23:54Z")
When inviting someone to a topic, I cannot paste an email address into the email address field. Instead, I need to manually type it in, which leads to potential mistakes. This is the screenshot of the field I’m talking a… --- ## [New Discourse Forum by Cloning Existing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-discourse-forum-by-cloning-existing/180962)
**Author:** [@Ally\_Lady](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ally_Lady)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-discourse-forum-by-cloning-existing/180962 "2021-02-24T16:16:41Z")
Hi All, Just checking on the best/quickest approach of setting up a 2nd discourse forum on a new server. Can the existing Discourse host be cloned to a new server and the users/forum posts data removed directly from the… --- ## [Generate static file in discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generate-static-file-in-discourse/180970)
**Author:** [@Caesar\_Chi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Caesar_Chi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 4:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generate-static-file-in-discourse/180970 "2021-03-08T04:41:17Z")
Hi, I want to know how to upload a static file, and make this file public for all guest download. Do I need the admin permission? or normal user can upload it ? Please give us the feedback, Thanks, Caesar --- ## [Forum crawls links in email-in messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-crawls-links-in-email-in-messages/180978)
**Author:** [@Dannii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dannii)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-crawls-links-in-email-in-messages/180978 "2021-02-26T02:17:52Z")
So we’ve discovered that the forum is crawling all the links in email-in messages. (Or possibly it crawls all posted links?) Are there any settings to change this, either entirely, or to blacklist particular URLs? --- ## [Views counter specification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/views-counter-specification/180982)
**Author:** [@robbie.morrison](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robbie.morrison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/views-counter-specification/180982 "2023-05-23T16:59:03Z")
The Open Energy Modelling Initiative currently has a draft questionnaire response open for community comment: Ithaka questionnaire on community data useage - Open data - Open Energy Modelling Initiative In this contex… --- ## [Restore a long topic that has been deleted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-a-long-topic-that-has-been-deleted/180986)
**Author:** [@neounix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neounix)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 8:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-a-long-topic-that-has-been-deleted/180986 "2021-02-24T08:58:16Z")
On our forums, we had a long topic with over 300 posts with a commercial webdev client and for some reason, that entire topic vanished a few day ago after moving a few posts to a different topic. I checked the user acti… --- ## [Bootsnap::CompileCache::PermissionError](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootsnap-permissionerror/181002)
**Author:** [@marek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootsnap-permissionerror/181002 "2021-03-04T15:25:55Z")
Hello, everyone. I have fresh installment of Discourse in Docker. So the problem is that after container rebuild, container is up and I can access app page. However, I get 502 as response. In logs or when I try accessin… --- ## [Group Private Message - Message Bus Issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-private-message-message-bus-issue/181009)
**Author:** [@danjw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danjw)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-private-message-message-bus-issue/181009 "2021-03-15T05:01:02Z")
Context We have a system whereby we programmatically add users to groups, via the API, and automatically create private messages for individual groups, all via the API. For example, we might have a group called: cookin… --- ## [Wiki-only discourse examples? Lessons learned?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wiki-only-discourse-examples-lessons-learned/181013)
**Author:** [@Joshua\_Kogan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joshua_Kogan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wiki-only-discourse-examples-lessons-learned/181013 "2021-02-24T15:35:30Z")
Hi all, I’m curious if you all have solid examples of wiki-only discourse sites. I’m curious to see how various wiki-only sites have been developed out (i.e., design, plugin use, etc.). If you have tried a wiki-only si… --- ## [Admin report graph y-axis issue on narrow screens](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-report-graph-y-axis-issue-on-narrow-screens/181017)
**Author:** [@Matze](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matze)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-report-graph-y-axis-issue-on-narrow-screens/181017 "2021-02-24T23:19:30Z")
I noticed that the number of registrations is incorrect. I don’t know if this is already known. --- ## [How to get the ancestors of a category from the Group page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-the-ancestors-of-a-category-from-the-group-page/181045)
**Author:** [@frank.manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frank.manuel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-the-ancestors-of-a-category-from-the-group-page/181045 "2021-02-24T20:40:54Z")
Here’s the story: Each Category has an auto-generated Group, and they’re related to each other 1-to-1 via the category\_custom\_fields “group\_id” and group\_custom\_fields “category\_id”. I’ve added a Category to a group th… --- ## [SMTP error: Must issue a STARTTLS command first](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-error-must-issue-a-starttls-command-first/181050)
**Author:** [@blsrds](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blsrds)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-error-must-issue-a-starttls-command-first/181050 "2021-11-23T17:49:25Z")
I am trying to configure Discourse 2.7.0.beta4 with the Mailersend SMTP service. After running ./discourse-doctor I got the error below. SMTP error: Must issue a STARTTLS command first This is my current app.yml con… --- ## [Seeing anonymous user and crawler traffic, even though site is private](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeing-anonymous-user-and-crawler-traffic-even-though-site-is-private/181051)
**Author:** [@sudoman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sudoman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeing-anonymous-user-and-crawler-traffic-even-though-site-is-private/181051 "2021-09-09T22:08:08Z")
I help run a private Discourse instance, and couldn’t help but notice that there is some recorded anonymous user and Web crawler traffic showing in my dashboard. Now that I look closely, I see that it was happening befor… --- ## [Announcements category settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/announcements-category-settings/181053)
**Author:** [@ArcticF0xx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArcticF0xx)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/announcements-category-settings/181053 "2021-02-25T23:44:04Z")
We have to make some edits to a topic that lives in the Announcements category; however, if we do make those changes, everyone will get an email. Is there setting to easily change it so we can make those edits without s… --- ## [Discourse-chat-integration shows user's name on posted discord items](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-integration-shows-users-name-on-posted-discord-items/181058)
**Author:** [@ZeHamish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ZeHamish)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-integration-shows-users-name-on-posted-discord-items/181058 "2022-05-30T14:10:27Z")
discourse ver: 2.7.0.beta4 discourse-chat-integration ver: latest from git as @ 25/02/21 browser: firefox 85.0.1 (64-bit) os: ubuntu 20.20 (latest patching) bit off an interesting one. we have a few discourse first … --- ## [Performance on new DigitalOcean Premium droplets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/performance-on-new-digitalocean-premium-droplets/181081)
**Author:** [@marianord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marianord)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/performance-on-new-digitalocean-premium-droplets/181081 "2021-02-25T15:35:36Z")
Hello everyone, I’m curious to know if someone has already tested the new premium droplets of DigitalOcean that offer both NVMe SSD and quicker CPUs. As I asume mostly have their Discourse deployed on Droplets (as do I)… --- ## [Mentioning all newly registered users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-all-newly-registered-users/181093)
**Author:** [@Matze](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matze)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-all-newly-registered-users/181093 "2021-02-26T14:12:48Z")
Hello everybody. I’m just wondering if there is some kind of "meta mentions": I mean a possibility not only to name specific users but also, for example, all newly registered users from the last month: @new-users(m) Is… --- ## [Help find the error with import script](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-find-the-error-with-import-script/181103)
**Author:** [@Алексей\_Батурин1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-find-the-error-with-import-script/181103 "2021-02-25T12:52:04Z")
help find the error def import\_categories puts "", "importing categories..." categories = mysql\_query(" SELECT id, name\_seo name\_seo, parent\_id as parent\_id … --- ## [Watch “XYZ” on YouTube](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-xyz-on-youtube/181105)
**Author:** [@Terrapop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Terrapop)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-xyz-on-youtube/181105 "2021-03-03T03:35:49Z")
We have many topics with YouTube videos from different users that have titles like Watch “XYZ” on YouTube Where do the superfluous “Watch” and “on YouTube” parts come from? However, I can’t replicate this. If I put a Y… --- ## [Undescriptive Twitter topic titles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undescriptive-twitter-topic-titles/181111)
**Author:** [@Terrapop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Terrapop)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undescriptive-twitter-topic-titles/181111 "2021-03-12T20:58:21Z")
We have a community where people post a lot of Tweets. When you paste a link to a Twitter post into the title composer field it pulls the username for the topic title. This creates a lot of topics with undescriptive ti… --- ## ["This site was just updated" popups are annoying](https://meta.discourse.org/t/this-site-was-just-updated-popups-are-annoying/181125)
**Author:** [@kornelski](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kornelski)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/this-site-was-just-updated-popups-are-annoying/181125 "2021-04-06T23:13:02Z")
I’m a regular user on a Discourse forum, and I usually have many tabs open with many discussions. The problem is what when Discourse finds an update, I get the same popup in every tab. Clicking Refresh in one tab does… --- ## [Distinction between the javascript Session object and the session cookie?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/distinction-between-the-javascript-session-object-and-the-session-cookie/181139)
**Author:** [@mbaker341997](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbaker341997)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/distinction-between-the-javascript-session-object-and-the-session-cookie/181139 "2021-02-25T16:59:40Z")
Per (Deprecated) List of cookies used by Discourse Discourse leverages a Session cookie for storing session data, but I also see this session object on the frontend which says that: It is not stored or serialized anywh… --- ## [Checklist Plugin - collaborative list vs. personal list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/checklist-plugin-collaborative-list-vs-personal-list/181148)
**Author:** [@Matze](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matze)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/checklist-plugin-collaborative-list-vs-personal-list/181148 "2021-02-25T20:40:55Z")
As I understand the checklist plugin, it’s about working collaboratively on a checklist: Changes (checked / unchecked) are then visible to all users. That’s nice functionality. But sometimes you also want to have the f… --- ## [Modest, a minimal theme for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modest-a-minimal-theme-for-discourse/181150)
**Author:** [@meghna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meghna)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modest-a-minimal-theme-for-discourse/181150 "2022-01-26T16:09:54Z")
This aims to be an ultra-minimal theme for Discourse. Various elements of the UI has been removed in favour of simplicity. Some of the removed elements: Homepage (topic list) posters avatar column Homepage (topic list… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1315) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1317)