# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1441 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1442 --- ## [Add yet another property to hide/show the field on the account creation page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-yet-another-property-to-hide-show-the-field-on-the-account-creation-page/214862)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-yet-another-property-to-hide-show-the-field-on-the-account-creation-page/214862 "2022-01-14T15:18:30Z")
Continuing the discussion from Custom user field is visible on signup page: When you create a custom user field, the only way to have it not show on the account creation page is hide it with CSS. This comes up with som… --- ## [Can't restore backup from business 7 to fresh install due to version error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-restore-backup-from-business-7-to-fresh-install-due-to-version-error/214876)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-restore-backup-from-business-7-to-fresh-install-due-to-version-error/214876 "2022-01-14T17:52:09Z")
I have a freshly rebuilt container that is refusing to restore a backup taken hours ago from Your branch is up to date with 'origin/tests-passed'. nothing to commit, working tree clean root@meshack-five:/var/www/discou… --- ## [Is there an API call to set the logo image of a category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-api-call-to-set-the-logo-image-of-a-category/214899)
**Author:** [@ariznaf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ariznaf)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-api-call-to-set-the-logo-image-of-a-category/214899 "2022-01-16T17:08:39Z")
We use API calls from an external program to create some topics authomatically. We now want to change authomatically the logo image of some categories, extracting the image from some posts previously created in discours… --- ## [After upgrade, docker: local\_discourse/app is not a valid mac address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-upgrade-docker-local-discourse-app-is-not-a-valid-mac-address/214905)
**Author:** [@Féréol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/F%C3%A9r%C3%A9ol)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-upgrade-docker-local-discourse-app-is-not-a-valid-mac-address/214905 "2022-01-14T21:39:55Z")
After an upgrade by: git pull ./launcher rebuild app The service is not starting even by a ./launcher start app I am getting an error related to mac-address and there is no mac address on the command line: # ./launc… --- ## [Migration via snapshot upload](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-via-snapshot-upload/214917)
**Author:** [@schwa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schwa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-via-snapshot-upload/214917 "2022-01-15T02:08:44Z")
Having fought successfully with the vbulletin migration script, and watching the migration churn away for 36 hours now with a couple million posts yet to go… If there is no existing Discourse content or data relationshi… --- ## [Real performance data for Lighthouse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-performance-data-for-lighthouse/214920)
**Author:** [@rrit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rrit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-performance-data-for-lighthouse/214920 "2022-01-16T15:10:52Z")
Can we exclude the user-agent “Chrome-Lighthouse” from crawlers and thereby show Lighthouse the real application view? https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/15592 Application-view performance This enables Lightou… --- ## [Getting charged in aws for data transfer?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-charged-in-aws-for-data-transfer/214941)
**Author:** [@freebie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/freebie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-charged-in-aws-for-data-transfer/214941 "2022-03-18T18:14:12Z")
Hello, I am getting charged for data transfer on was. It is a new account (1-month-old) and only has one instance (running discourse). This is what they say, When you transfer data from AWS resources to the internet, … --- ## [Emails not sending properly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-not-sending-properly/214943)
**Author:** [@Inobservatus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Inobservatus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-not-sending-properly/214943 "2022-01-16T17:24:38Z")
So I’ve got everything set up except my email, and it’s just returning this very basic error I can’t figure out how to fix. Rendered layouts/email\_template.html.erb (Duration: 0.2ms | Allocations: 30) Delivered mail d… --- ## [Reviewing a topic before publishing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reviewing-a-topic-before-publishing/214944)
**Author:** [@Anton\_Akhmerov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anton_Akhmerov)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reviewing-a-topic-before-publishing/214944 "2022-01-16T19:26:45Z")
I am running discourse for a relatively large course (200 students, 10-strong course team) and use it to publish all course announcements among other things. I am searching for best practices in preparing these announcem… --- ## [How does Discourse detect/infer virtual keyboards?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-detect-infer-virtual-keyboards/214950)
**Author:** [@Dannii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dannii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-detect-infer-virtual-keyboards/214950 "2022-01-15T22:50:08Z")
I have a non-Discourse related project in which I’d really like to be able to detect whether a mobile browser’s virtual keyboard is active or not. I just realised, after days of thinking and looking for solutions, that t… --- ## [Postfix setup for remote discourse configuration?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postfix-setup-for-remote-discourse-configuration/214957)
**Author:** [@f1r4s](https://meta.discourse.org/u/f1r4s)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postfix-setup-for-remote-discourse-configuration/214957 "2022-01-15T15:00:45Z")
Hello, I have setup Postfix with mailgun on seperated VPS for sending mails using this topic; after finish i still cannot find how or what information i should update the app.yml file for the setting to connect there… --- ## [Can't refresh gravatars after rebuilding the app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-refresh-gravatars-after-rebuilding-the-app/214963)
**Author:** [@varun21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/varun21)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-refresh-gravatars-after-rebuilding-the-app/214963 "2022-01-17T18:46:14Z")
Running 2.8.0.beta11(8cfd791e0f) So everything was working fine. And then I did an app rebuild and now Gravatars are missing. Going into user-profile and then clicking refresh doesn’t do anything. However Gravatars work … --- ## [Poor performance on Largest Contentful Paint](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poor-performance-on-largest-contentful-paint/214967)
**Author:** [@codetricity](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codetricity)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poor-performance-on-largest-contentful-paint/214967 "2022-01-19T01:27:38Z")
My Discourse site is showing poor performance on Largest Contentful Paint for all “mobile” views. I believe this is connected to a significant drop in page views. Using Google Analytics, my site is faced with a shar… --- ## [Approving posts doesn't seem to bump topics in muted categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approving-posts-doesnt-seem-to-bump-topics-in-muted-categories/214977)
**Author:** [@Zeemah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zeemah)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approving-posts-doesnt-seem-to-bump-topics-in-muted-categories/214977 "2022-01-16T14:47:08Z")
Hello, Just noticed that when I approve a post it doesn’t seem to bump the topic afterward, is this intentional behaviour? --- ## [Extra padding makes it hard for users to click on tag and category under topic title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-padding-makes-it-hard-for-users-to-click-on-tag-and-category-under-topic-title/214978)
**Author:** [@th21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/th21)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-padding-makes-it-hard-for-users-to-click-on-tag-and-category-under-topic-title/214978 "2022-04-11T21:56:56Z")
In mobile view, the topic list has extra padding around the title, when users try to click on the tag, it’s hard to click on the tag itself. --- ## [Cron task to sync local backups to DigitalOcean Spaces](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cron-task-to-sync-local-backups-to-digitalocean-spaces/214998)
**Author:** [@varun21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/varun21)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cron-task-to-sync-local-backups-to-digitalocean-spaces/214998 "2022-01-18T03:20:15Z")
It doesn’t seem I can get backups to DigitalOcean Spaces to work. However the server has the bucket mounted over s3fs with the same credentials. I only need the backups to be stored on Spaces, not uploads etc. Logs say E… --- ## [Include original poster's username in mobile-category-topic component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-original-posters-username-in-mobile-category-topic-component/214999)
**Author:** [@th21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/th21)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 7:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-original-posters-username-in-mobile-category-topic-component/214999 "2022-01-16T07:38:12Z")
I was trying to use api.modifyClass("component:mobile-category-topic", {}) to filter the mobile topic list and excluded ignored users’. It’s impossible to achieve at this time because this component doesn’t pass OP(origi… --- ## [Direct-delivery email certificate error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-delivery-email-certificate-error/215001)
**Author:** [@Alexander\_Wright](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alexander_Wright)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-delivery-email-certificate-error/215001 "2022-02-08T11:46:32Z")
I’ve been running the excellent mail-receiver container since it was launched. Recently, I’ve noticed that inbound emails are no longer being received. The error is: \<22\>Jan 16 08:05:18 postfix/qmgr\[84\]: D5E7AE22F1: fr… --- ## [Choosing a long subcategory hides part of the mobile editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choosing-a-long-subcategory-hides-part-of-the-mobile-editor/215003)
**Author:** [@Simsnet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Simsnet)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choosing-a-long-subcategory-hides-part-of-the-mobile-editor/215003 "2022-01-19T07:49:58Z")
My forum has primary categories related to services, and subcategories further dividing each category, as this was carried over from a vBulletin instance. When making a new topic on my forum using a subcategory, part of… --- ## [Automated backup performed while read-only mode was enabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-backup-performed-while-read-only-mode-was-enabled/215005)
**Author:** [@pilou](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pilou)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-backup-performed-while-read-only-mode-was-enabled/215005 "2022-01-17T18:17:52Z")
Should an automated backup be performed while the read-only mode is enabled? Use case: A discourse forum was migrated to another host, hence the read-only mode was enabled. This forum wasn’t deleted yet “just in case”… --- ## [Some html tags not stripped from category description](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-html-tags-not-stripped-from-category-description/215017)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-html-tags-not-stripped-from-category-description/215017 "2022-03-02T14:34:38Z")
I came across this by accident. Some HTML tags like \ \ and \ are not stripped from the category description when displayed for instance in the category dropdown and in the category settings. It seems like… --- ## [Non www to www without certificate error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-www-to-www-without-certificate-error/215022)
**Author:** [@Elmi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Elmi)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-www-to-www-without-certificate-error/215022 "2022-01-17T20:29:26Z")
Hey community, I have currently the following isse and I’d be really happy, if someone could assist me on finding the right approach. I have installed discourse on an Ubuntu 21.10 server on Vultr went with the default… --- ## [Customize Discourse comments on WP site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-discourse-comments-on-wp-site/215034)
**Author:** [@mallorycs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mallorycs)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-discourse-comments-on-wp-site/215034 "2022-02-03T20:49:44Z")
What would you like done? - Would like the Discourse comments section on my WP site customized. (Mainly smaller/less padding) When do you need it done? Within the next few weeks. What is your budget, in $ USD that you … --- ## [Need help finding why topic list not updating after click new topic/reply alert](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-finding-why-topic-list-not-updating-after-click-new-topic-reply-alert/215036)
**Author:** [@th21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/th21)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-finding-why-topic-list-not-updating-after-click-new-topic-reply-alert/215036 "2022-01-21T03:21:09Z")
On the theme creator site I was trying to remove topics from ignored users from the topic list, here is my code api.modifyClass("component:topic-list", { @on("didReceiveAttrs") removeIgnoredUsers() { … --- ## [Sticky global notice](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sticky-global-notice/215038)
**Author:** [@shaedrich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shaedrich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sticky-global-notice/215038 "2022-01-18T17:45:37Z")
we attempted to use your “global notice” feature. However, unfortunately, when you scroll, it disappears. Therefore, we’d like it to be sticky. That in return isn’t accomplishable via custom CSS since position:sticky can… --- ## [Allow my application users to login to discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-my-application-users-to-login-to-discourse/215059)
**Author:** [@Ranjith\_Reddy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ranjith_Reddy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-my-application-users-to-login-to-discourse/215059 "2022-01-17T15:31:32Z")
Hi, I installed Discourse and launched discourse.mysite.com. Now we need to implement SSO kind of a thing. we are having lot of users who is using our application all the users signd up under my application www.mysite.c… --- ## [Avatar service somewhat broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-service-somewhat-broken/215061)
**Author:** [@calmh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/calmh)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-service-somewhat-broken/215061 "2022-01-17T16:36:08Z")
It seems like as of recently, users who sign up (edit: or maybe just have the “system avatar” but not cached in my browser) don’t get the typical colored-character system avatar, instead they just get a white / nothing p… --- ## [Browse the Postgres database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browse-the-postgres-database/215062)
**Author:** [@cokestroke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cokestroke)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browse-the-postgres-database/215062 "2022-01-20T15:52:06Z")
Hi everyone, Is there a way to browse the database with something like PHPMyAdmin? I can download backups but my MySQL Workbench crashes every time I try to run the script to restore the database. -Clement --- ## [Any chance to upgrade the postgres-client version?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-chance-to-upgrade-the-postgres-client-version/215063)
**Author:** [@leoniscsem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leoniscsem)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-chance-to-upgrade-the-postgres-client-version/215063 "2022-02-05T18:00:56Z")
We are using Discourse with an external database instead of the integrated, Docker-based Postgres. We recently had to upgrade our Postgres cluster to 14, thus the Discourse backup keeps failing. Log output \[2022-01-17 … --- ## [Category image upload stops at 0%](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-image-upload-stops-at-0/215079)
**Author:** [@kbsy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kbsy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-image-upload-stops-at-0/215079 "2022-01-21T23:45:25Z")
The upload of category images gets stuck at 0%. The same image uploaded inside a topic works fine. I uploaded some category images last week. The only thing I changed since then was updating to 2.8.0.beta11 (cbf99f48d8) … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1440) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1442)