# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1554 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1555 --- ## [Disable @all pings from Discourse Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-all-pings-from-discourse-chat/243233)
**Author:** [@codergautam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codergautam)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-all-pings-from-discourse-chat/243233 "2023-03-15T19:22:49Z")
Help! Today a user discovered that you can do @all in discourse chat. At first it was like a joke, but a lot of users were actually getting pinged, including me I saw pings coming from the channel even though nobody pin… --- ## [Why are topics automatically bumped?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-topics-automatically-bumped/243241)
**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-topics-automatically-bumped/243241 "2022-10-29T01:47:39Z")
Can you explain to me why topics get automatically bumped in Discourse meta? Some topics do not need to be bumped because it can result in users answering questions on 3 years old topics. These topics appear to be bumped… --- ## [Upgrading from 2.4 to 2.9. Need slight assistance on what order to run the final commands & reboot in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-from-2-4-to-2-9-need-slight-assistance-on-what-order-to-run-the-final-commands-reboot-in/243255)
**Author:** [@AakLak](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AakLak)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-from-2-4-to-2-9-need-slight-assistance-on-what-order-to-run-the-final-commands-reboot-in/243255 "2022-10-29T12:33:43Z")
Almost complete upgrading from 2.4 to 2.9+. First I ran: cd /var/discourse git pull ./launcher rebuild app I’m now seeing this, and wondering in which order to run the three commands, and when to reboot the server. … --- ## [I want to create an active colored button (not an image) inside a specific post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-create-an-active-colored-button-not-an-image-inside-a-specific-post/243264)
**Author:** [@Aizada\_M](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aizada_M)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-create-an-active-colored-button-not-an-image-inside-a-specific-post/243264 "2022-10-30T12:23:40Z")
Hello. I can’t code. I want to create an active colored button (not an image) inside a specific post. What code should be written inside the post editor window. This is what I want :point\_down: My attempt at codi… --- ## [Create private topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-private-topic/243267)
**Author:** [@reza\_safaei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/reza_safaei)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-private-topic/243267 "2022-10-29T14:50:57Z")
I want to have a thread where only the thread admin can invite users to that thread and I don’t want it to be a private chat. Because I want the forum administrator to see that topic and even the forum administrator to i… --- ## [Separation lines in a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separation-lines-in-a-post/243274)
**Author:** [@Leska](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Leska)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separation-lines-in-a-post/243274 "2022-10-29T13:07:25Z")
Hello, I saw an post in the Roblox Developer Forum Discourse with theses grey separation lines, I would like to use them in a post but I don’t know how. Can someone please help me? Have a nice day! --- ## [Cant see chat when typing - mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-see-chat-when-typing-mobile/243275)
**Author:** [@codergautam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codergautam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-see-chat-when-typing-mobile/243275 "2022-10-29T18:28:09Z")
So im on my phone today and I tried out the chat on my forum and I couldnt see what i was typing, there was a big empty space above my keyboard When i closed the keyboard its fine Samsung s8 on chrome browser Edit:… --- ## [Topics preview gone - upgrade from 2.6 to.2.9](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-preview-gone-upgrade-from-2-6-to-2-9/243279)
**Author:** [@supra2020](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supra2020)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 3:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-preview-gone-upgrade-from-2-6-to-2-9/243279 "2022-11-02T03:56:07Z")
Dear support, I just upgraded from 2.6 to 2.9. However, a list of threads preview under the topic photos are gone (desktop view). Mobile version is ok. Pls see below screenshot. You will see that under the topic photo … --- ## [What theme component is adding a theme toggle to the sidebar on Meta?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-theme-component-is-adding-a-theme-toggle-to-the-sidebar-on-meta/243282)
**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-theme-component-is-adding-a-theme-toggle-to-the-sidebar-on-meta/243282 "2022-10-29T15:05:52Z")
Hello, On Meta now, there’s a theme switcher. I tried updating the Hamburger Theme Switch component on my site, but that didn’t do anything. Thank you. --- ## [Sso not connecting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-not-connecting/243287)
**Author:** [@alexcomp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexcomp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-not-connecting/243287 "2022-10-29T15:31:01Z")
Hi there I ask for your help. I use Discourse on my website and I want to use SSO. After my research I came across this script https://gist.github.com/paxmanchris/e93018a3e8fbdfced039 that I followed, everything seems … --- ## [Page Publishing is broken for logged in users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-publishing-is-broken-for-logged-in-users/243289)
**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-publishing-is-broken-for-logged-in-users/243289 "2022-11-03T01:14:19Z")
When you publish a page, it works fine, but then go to that page. Here, it looks like it’s combined many themes, the sidebar is missing, icons are gone, there are no stats, no pfp, etc. When you’re logged out, it’s … --- ## [How many groups can be created?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-many-groups-can-be-created/243294)
**Author:** [@reza\_safaei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/reza_safaei)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-many-groups-can-be-created/243294 "2022-10-29T20:58:37Z")
How many groups can be created? --- ## [How can I block user invitations?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-block-user-invitations/243295)
**Author:** [@reza\_safaei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/reza_safaei)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-block-user-invitations/243295 "2022-10-29T20:38:03Z")
How can I block user invitations? --- ## [Limit Search to Categories only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-search-to-categories-only/243298)
**Author:** [@P2W](https://meta.discourse.org/u/P2W)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-search-to-categories-only/243298 "2022-10-30T00:24:37Z")
Is it possible to have the search function ONLY return categories and not search users, post, ect.? Thanks in advance. --- ## [Method \`add\_to\_class()\` in plugin.rb is not being called](https://meta.discourse.org/t/method-add-to-class-in-plugin-rb-is-not-being-called/243302)
**Author:** [@SoothSinger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SoothSinger)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/method-add-to-class-in-plugin-rb-is-not-being-called/243302 "2022-10-30T02:05:23Z")
Hi all, I’m trying to add a value to a tag via add\_to\_tag but based on my observation when I load a topic with a tag it is not being invoked. On the other hand, I could see that the method is invoked when I do: add\_t… --- ## [Easier way to link existing topic - Mac](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-way-to-link-existing-topic-mac/243304)
**Author:** [@codergautam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codergautam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-way-to-link-existing-topic-mac/243304 "2022-10-30T02:44:01Z")
Same question as Fast way to link to existing topic? Except on mac, the keybind didn’t work --- ## [How to know what's in postgres\_data and uploads?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-know-whats-in-postgres-data-and-uploads/243307)
**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-know-whats-in-postgres-data-and-uploads/243307 "2022-11-01T11:44:26Z")
and how to delete them? --- ## [Attempted to switch mail provider, messed up my discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attempted-to-switch-mail-provider-messed-up-my-discourse/243309)
**Author:** [@tatsu1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tatsu1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2022, 10:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attempted-to-switch-mail-provider-messed-up-my-discourse/243309 "2022-10-30T10:49:30Z")
Hey all I’ve had a discourse forum (personal docker install I put on one of my micro-servers) for about a year now. two or so days ago I changed the url from forum.sanctuary-rts.com to forum.sanctuaryshatteredsun.com a… --- ## [Confirmation of post made by email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirmation-of-post-made-by-email/243330)
**Author:** [@AlanM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlanM)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirmation-of-post-made-by-email/243330 "2022-10-30T19:21:36Z")
My users are confused by the fact that they do not receive an email notification of their own posts made by email despite having set the ‘Email me when … there is new activity in my watched categories ..’ to always. Are… --- ## [How do I contribute to try.discourse.org demo and add content?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-contribute-to-try-discourse-org-demo-and-add-content/243332)
**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-contribute-to-try-discourse-org-demo-and-add-content/243332 "2022-10-30T20:55:25Z")
Hello. How do I contribute to the try.discourse.org Demo and add stuff in the demo permanently without it getting deleted after a day? (I think it involves TL3, I don’t know?) Thanks, twofoursixeight --- ## [No search result if filtered by unicode username](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-search-result-if-filtered-by-unicode-username/243349)
**Author:** [@topological](https://meta.discourse.org/u/topological)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-search-result-if-filtered-by-unicode-username/243349 "2022-11-16T09:43:17Z")
I met a bug that I cannot search a user’s posts by @+username in search box if the username contains unicode (e.g. Chinese \\p{Han}). The reason is regex used in following code (in lib\\search.rb) only match ascii charact… --- ## [Splitting a topic to a hidden category makes title public](https://meta.discourse.org/t/splitting-a-topic-to-a-hidden-category-makes-title-public/243350)
**Author:** [@piffy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/piffy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/splitting-a-topic-to-a-hidden-category-makes-title-public/243350 "2022-10-31T15:02:20Z")
I came across this situation today where posts were split into a new topic in a hidden section with a new short and… uh blunt title not realizing the title would be publicly visible (in the “SPLIT THIS TOPIC” summary t… --- ## [Customize CSS so that the published page inherits the background of a certain category (subcategory) and the background (if any) of the post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-css-so-that-the-published-page-inherits-the-background-of-a-certain-category-subcategory-and-the-background-if-any-of-the-post/243356)
**Author:** [@Aizada\_M](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aizada_M)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-css-so-that-the-published-page-inherits-the-background-of-a-certain-category-subcategory-and-the-background-if-any-of-the-post/243356 "2022-10-31T13:11:15Z")
What would you like done? Customize CSS so that the published page inherits the background of a certain category (subcategory) and the background (if any) of the post. I understand that my task may seem very simple to … --- ## [Switching Puma ↔ Unicorn](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-puma-unicorn/243363)
**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-puma-unicorn/243363 "2022-10-31T11:58:12Z")
I’m investigating an issue which I’m suspecting may relate to the specific flavour of web server employed. Discourse supports both Puma and Unicorn web servers, apparently. What is the most minimal configuration and ri… --- ## [Get User-API-Key via (OS independent) Go utility](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-user-api-key-via-os-independent-go-utility/243365)
**Author:** [@toc-rox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/toc-rox)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-user-api-key-via-os-independent-go-utility/243365 "2022-10-31T10:19:33Z")
For my purposes I have written a Go tool to obtain a User-API-Key. The utility can be found here: https://github.com/Klaus-Tockloth/discourse-user-api-key % ./discourse-user-api-key -h Program: Name : discourse-u… --- ## [Nested details are not rendered properly on emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-details-are-not-rendered-properly-on-emails/243370)
**Author:** [@Nacho\_Caballero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nacho_Caballero)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-details-are-not-rendered-properly-on-emails/243370 "2022-10-31T12:33:03Z")
This issue is related to the discourse-details plugin @zogstrip Steps to reproduce You might want to temporarily change the admin setting email time window mins to 1 minute so you don’t have to wait 10 minutes to get … --- ## [Bulk Updating Categories Without Bumping/Notifying](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-updating-categories-without-bumping-notifying/243402)
**Author:** [@cogdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cogdog)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-updating-categories-without-bumping-notifying/243402 "2022-10-31T20:01:17Z")
In two years of organicallying running our community, I want to reorganize a lot of content and reduce the clutter of categories. I’d like to re-organize categories of old topics without making them look new or notifying… --- ## [Helpful Data Explorer messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/helpful-data-explorer-messages/243408)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/helpful-data-explorer-messages/243408 "2022-10-31T17:49:19Z")
PG::UndefinedTable: ERROR: invalid reference to FROM-clause entry for table “last\_post” LINE 19: SELECT last\_post.post\_id ^ HINT: Perhaps you meant to reference the table alias “lp”. Perhaps I did. :joy: Thanks … --- ## [Will the translation go away with updates?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/will-the-translation-go-away-with-updates/243409)
**Author:** [@jo-andre](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jo-andre)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 8:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/will-the-translation-go-away-with-updates/243409 "2022-11-01T08:57:17Z")
Hey guys! :smiley: Soo. Am feeling a bit. Lazy today. and figured if i only translate exectly what i need within the admin/customized/text I don’t need to translate everything on the Crowdin Translator page. But, will… --- ## [Stale assignments query](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stale-assignments-query/243421)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stale-assignments-query/243421 "2022-11-04T17:56:35Z")
Once you start assigning topics, inevitably you end up with stale assignments. We set out to find them. So here’s the query in case it’s useful to others. There are 2 subqueries to customize: SonarSourcers (don’t as… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1553) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1555)