# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1450 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1451 --- ## [Avoid new topics in a specific category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avoid-new-topics-in-a-specific-category/216956)
**Author:** [@Shirly\_Nowak](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shirly_Nowak)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avoid-new-topics-in-a-specific-category/216956 "2022-02-03T11:42:14Z")
Is there a way to lock some categories (and subcategories) so that only admins can post new topics, while users can just read or respond to them? Sorry if this is already noted somewhere, I did my searching but couldn’t… --- ## [Header icons color on mouse hovering issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-icons-color-on-mouse-hovering-issue/216966)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-icons-color-on-mouse-hovering-issue/216966 "2022-02-03T18:00:16Z")
Hi! For a long time, hovering the icons on my website made them grey despite I overrode it with a custom color (a light blue): Because of this Discourse CSS: .discourse-no-touch .d-header-icons .icon:hover .d-icon, … --- ## [Creating posts on test forum via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-posts-on-test-forum-via-api/216977)
**Author:** [@najienka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/najienka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-posts-on-test-forum-via-api/216977 "2022-02-07T23:56:27Z")
I’ve created some test posts on a test discourse forum and I’m getting valid API responses. However, when I check the forum from the front end / forum site on discourse, I can’t see the posts. Any tips please? --- ## [Could not find module 'handlebars' imported from 'discourse-common/lib/raw-handlebars'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-not-find-module-handlebars-imported-from-discourse-common-lib-raw-handlebars/216999)
**Author:** [@Alex\_Mayo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alex_Mayo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-not-find-module-handlebars-imported-from-discourse-common-lib-raw-handlebars/216999 "2022-03-01T14:17:14Z")
Hi, My forum was working just fine until I tried to add two plugins… git clone GitHub - discourse/discourse-solved: Allow accepted answers on topics · GitHub git clone GitHub - discourse/discourse-spoiler-alert: A plu… --- ## [Builds taking very long time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/builds-taking-very-long-time/217001)
**Author:** [@Alex\_Mayo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alex_Mayo)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/builds-taking-very-long-time/217001 "2023-10-18T19:37:30Z")
Hi, I’ve got a fresh install of ubuntu 20, docker and Discourse. I’ve not added any plugins and only have two users in my database, however builds are taking upwards of 40 minutes to complete! There’s no specific part o… --- ## [User admin popups are additive](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-admin-popups-are-additive/217003)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-admin-popups-are-additive/217003 "2022-02-03T17:30:20Z")
I did an IP Lookup first on Registration IP Address and then on Last IP Address. Result: --- ## [How to get the composer state in a markdown extension](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-the-composer-state-in-a-markdown-extension/217008)
**Author:** [@hawm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hawm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-the-composer-state-in-a-markdown-extension/217008 "2022-02-03T19:15:32Z")
Hello I’m developing a markdown extension refer to these two topics: Developer's guide to Markdown extensions Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin Now I want to disable/enable some features based… --- ## [Add lazy loading for emojis](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-lazy-loading-for-emojis/217024)
**Author:** [@rrit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rrit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-lazy-loading-for-emojis/217024 "2022-02-09T11:23:38Z")
Profile pictures and image elements in posts get lazyloaded by having the attribute loading="lazy" set. Emojis are missing out on this. :sloth: \ **Author:** [@Nerd\_Alert](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nerd_Alert)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-bar-notifications/217028 "2022-02-04T01:42:22Z") Is there any way to make your own custom notifications at the top? Like when you’re in bootstrap mode, or the “let’s start the discussion” thing. --- ## [Weaker voices in the discussion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weaker-voices-in-the-discussion/217038)
**Author:** [@jamierobinson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamierobinson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weaker-voices-in-the-discussion/217038 "2022-02-24T00:26:27Z")
I started my community for aspiring songwriters a few days ago and have got off to a flying start and am absolutely loving discourse! But one thing that has started to emerge, some voices in the discussion are clearly o… --- ## [Hoow to setup Discourse on AAAA (IPv6)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hoow-to-setup-discourse-on-aaaa-ipv6/217044)
**Author:** [@WebApp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WebApp)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hoow-to-setup-discourse-on-aaaa-ipv6/217044 "2022-02-04T02:03:33Z")
Hello! Please help me, how to setup Discourse to work on IPv6? I’m install forum and when my domain have A record with IPv4, forum is work. But when I’m delete A record and add AAAA, forum not work. --- ## [Multisite upgrading seems stuck with black box empty](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-upgrading-seems-stuck-with-black-box-empty/217047)
**Author:** [@jimkleiber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jimkleiber)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-upgrading-seems-stuck-with-black-box-empty/217047 "2022-02-05T02:34:37Z")
I’ve recently installed multisite on a 2GB RAM DO droplet with 6 sites. I think I should probably use a higher RAM option and yet since all forums will be really small for the start, was hoping I could start cheap. Rega… --- ## [New account registration page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-account-registration-page/217054)
**Author:** [@mstm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mstm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-account-registration-page/217054 "2022-02-07T18:57:47Z")
Tested with Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Is it normal or a display bug? --- ## [Discourse working with jwilder /nginx proxy & acme-companion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-working-with-jwilder-nginx-proxy-acme-companion/217059)
**Author:** [@Steve\_Emerson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steve_Emerson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-working-with-jwilder-nginx-proxy-acme-companion/217059 "2022-02-09T16:46:54Z")
Hi guys, I’ve been stuck on this for hours so requesting assistance as I cannot find a working solution. Due to having multiple containers hosting web services I need to host my own Nginx to proxy traffic to correct co… --- ## [Droplet permissions issue after update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/droplet-permissions-issue-after-update/217063)
**Author:** [@versionz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/versionz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/droplet-permissions-issue-after-update/217063 "2022-02-08T02:24:52Z")
Anyone else experiencing this? Digital Ocean droplet instance is failing to load images after recently updating 2.9.0.beta1 Side note: I was unaware that DO uses AWS for image hosting - not a fan of Amazon so kinda dis… --- ## [Onebox uses wrong URL for the favicon in link preview](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-uses-wrong-url-for-the-favicon-in-link-preview/217074)
**Author:** [@JoshuaH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JoshuaH)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-uses-wrong-url-for-the-favicon-in-link-preview/217074 "2022-02-04T12:34:19Z")
I noticed the favicons are broken for some of our websites in the onebox preview of a link. For example: On this website (https://invantive.com/products/invantive-control-for-excel.html) the favicon URL is: \ **Author:** [@stuartleech](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stuartleech)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-accessible-ssl-issue/217080 "2022-02-15T19:11:35Z") Hi there, Forum is here: https://forum.survivingeconomicabuse.org/ I’ve been told this is now inaccessible due to the expired SSL certificate. I set the site up last summer and the forum was secured but obviously it’s… --- ## [Extra feature for post composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-feature-for-post-composer/217081)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Bobkov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_Bobkov)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-feature-for-post-composer/217081 "2022-02-04T16:37:40Z")
Budget: $150-300 Users can upload mp3, wav, m4a files with a post composer. I need to make it obligatory in some categories. A notice should appear if a user is trying to save a post without the necessary file within … --- ## [Admin Setting to send email to all users on new posts or reply to the posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-setting-to-send-email-to-all-users-on-new-posts-or-reply-to-the-posts/217084)
**Author:** [@Vairav\_Lakshmanan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vairav_Lakshmanan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 6:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-setting-to-send-email-to-all-users-on-new-posts-or-reply-to-the-posts/217084 "2022-02-08T06:37:31Z")
Hi, Is there any admin setting that we can enable so that whenever any user created a new post or replies to the posts, all the users will get the notification via email? I have turned on notifications as ‘Watched’ in … --- ## [Collapse display of combined posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collapse-display-of-combined-posts/217094)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collapse-display-of-combined-posts/217094 "2022-02-04T16:05:10Z")
I’ve just combined 3 posts so I can deal with them as a unit and don’t have to do so much scrolling… So why do I still have to scroll past them? I expected a “deleted post” experience. Instead I just added to my scro… --- ## [Give admins "Level\_x" goggles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/give-admins-level-x-goggles/217095)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/give-admins-level-x-goggles/217095 "2022-04-07T01:15:07Z")
There have been a few times recently when I needed to see what something looked like from the perspective of a non-privileged user. What I’ve done was find an example user & “impersonate” them. When I’m done, I have to … --- ## [How to convert a staged user into a registered user from the frontend?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-convert-a-staged-user-into-a-registered-user-from-the-frontend/217099)
**Author:** [@Hifihedgehog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hifihedgehog)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-convert-a-staged-user-into-a-registered-user-from-the-frontend/217099 "2022-02-05T04:22:17Z")
Outside of the process outlined below by using the rails c console in the backend, is there a process from the frontend where I can convert a staged user into a regular, non-staged, registered one? --- ## [Hiding categories from new users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-categories-from-new-users/217103)
**Author:** [@Seth\_Godin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Seth_Godin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-categories-from-new-users/217103 "2022-02-04T16:34:12Z")
We have 20 active categories with lots of noise in them. We’re about to invite 500 new people to join our platform, and don’t want to overwhelm them. My thought was to have a category that can be seen by Level 1 truste… --- ## [Customise the create new topic dialog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customise-the-create-new-topic-dialog/217116)
**Author:** [@Miwayne](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Miwayne)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customise-the-create-new-topic-dialog/217116 "2022-02-04T18:36:25Z")
How do I customise the create topic dialog. Specifically the topic title. I want to react to text onChange and show additional information that is stored from another source to the create topic dialog title. --- ## [Users see error after clicking to Leave a Group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-see-error-after-clicking-to-leave-a-group/217128)
**Author:** [@clayg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clayg)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-see-error-after-clicking-to-leave-a-group/217128 "2022-02-17T16:45:55Z")
I have lots of groups defined, and my users have to belong to certain groups in order to have access to various categories in my site. My users get an error when they click to Leave a group. The most common error is: Y… --- ## [Admin Inbox not visible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-inbox-not-visible/217129)
**Author:** [@nobodyfrm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nobodyfrm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-inbox-not-visible/217129 "2022-02-04T20:58:10Z")
Hi, i got a message, that there is a new message in my administrator inbox but i can’t see these inbox: Only the inbox of the moderator group is listed. Is there a bug in the current version? (2.9.0.beta1 \[6f25f173… --- ## [Export/import theme components in bulk?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-import-theme-components-in-bulk/217133)
**Author:** [@jimkleiber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jimkleiber)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-import-theme-components-in-bulk/217133 "2022-02-09T05:31:28Z")
Continuing the discussion from How can I import/export settings into a file?: I have about 25 theme components installed on one site, from a mix of git repositories and custom CSS/HTML, and I was hoping to install all … --- ## [Capitalization does not match when you open user cards using mentions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/capitalization-does-not-match-when-you-open-user-cards-using-mentions/217166)
**Author:** [@qwe\_rfv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/qwe_rfv)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/capitalization-does-not-match-when-you-open-user-cards-using-mentions/217166 "2022-05-03T14:49:46Z")
when you click on @qwe\_rfv, It will work normally But when you click on @QwE\_rFv… did you get it? --- ## [Post keeps the number of likes after who liked the post, has been deleted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-keeps-the-number-of-likes-after-who-liked-the-post-has-been-deleted/217192)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-keeps-the-number-of-likes-after-who-liked-the-post-has-been-deleted/217192 "2023-01-27T12:05:57Z")
Hello, I noticed sometimes the number of likes are not equal with the user avatars who liked the post. This is happening when the user who liked the post has been deleted. Is this for statistic reason or a bug? Thanks … --- ## [Theme/component installation error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-component-installation-error/217194)
**Author:** [@Genyus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Genyus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-component-installation-error/217194 "2022-02-08T01:05:13Z")
Hi, I’m developing a theme component for a project and created a GitHub repo for it, but when I try to install it (or any other remote theme/component) in my local development instance, I just get a 500 error. This is wh… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1449) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1451)