# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1584 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1585 --- ## [Setting chat retention to 0 (indefinite) displays ‘Chat history will be saved for 0 days’](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-chat-retention-to-0-indefinite-displays-chat-history-will-be-saved-for-0-days/251527)
**Author:** [@j127](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j127)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-chat-retention-to-0-indefinite-displays-chat-history-will-be-saved-for-0-days/251527 "2023-01-14T12:41:18Z")
I noticed what looks like a small bug with chat. If you set the chat history to never get deleted, it creates a message at the settings pages (like /chat/channel/3/username/info/settings) that says: Chat history will b… --- ## [Push notifications not showing up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-notifications-not-showing-up/251561)
**Author:** [@Jon\_D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jon_D)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-notifications-not-showing-up/251561 "2023-01-12T14:23:29Z")
Hi I have turned on “Live Notifications”. When I first turn it on chrome and windows 11 both get a push notification saying it on. The issue I have is I never receive any push notificaitons after I turn it on. For exampe… --- ## [Twitter links not expanding](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-links-not-expanding/251567)
**Author:** [@Amethi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Amethi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-links-not-expanding/251567 "2023-01-12T16:42:21Z")
Twitter links are meant to expand, right? They don’t for me: Am I doing it right? :slight\_smile: --- ## [Is there a way to recover deleted account?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-recover-deleted-account/251573)
**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-recover-deleted-account/251573 "2023-01-14T17:01:37Z")
A cheating moderator on my forum deleted several important members to benefit a rival forum, can I recover these deleted members? --- ## [How do I add a featured link to a topic title?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-add-a-featured-link-to-a-topic-title/251575)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Carfas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dan_Carfas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-add-a-featured-link-to-a-topic-title/251575 "2023-01-12T22:48:33Z")
I have one topic in our discourse with a direct link to a thread on our Discord with the same topic - see attached picture. How do I do that to other topics? we have no idea who did it (I’m the only admin) --- ## [Setting & editing my timer was so easy!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-editing-my-timer-was-so-easy/251579)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-editing-my-timer-was-so-easy/251579 "2023-01-12T16:08:12Z")
I wrote an unlisted post yesterday and needed to schedule it to be published in two Mondays, i.e. on the 23rd. The “two weeks” option in the scheduling UI was perfect & much appreciated. Then after discussion in standup… --- ## [Forcing Primary Group and Account Flair suggestion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forcing-primary-group-and-account-flair-suggestion/251583)
**Author:** [@kinetiksoft](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kinetiksoft)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forcing-primary-group-and-account-flair-suggestion/251583 "2023-01-12T16:40:20Z")
One of our clients runs a large community with Discourse where every user can see the user’s “Status” which is represented by Group & Flair. While we’d like the users to keep their flairs and for everybody to see “who is… --- ## [New on Crowdin - Translators can work on stable and latest version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-on-crowdin-translators-can-work-on-stable-and-latest-version/251584)
**Author:** [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-on-crowdin-translators-can-work-on-stable-and-latest-version/251584 "2023-01-12T16:42:53Z")
Up until now it wasn’t possible to update translations of the stable branch, but with the release of 3.0 we are making changes to the translation process. Translators can work on translations for the current stable relea… --- ## [Missing prompt with new/updated topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-prompt-with-new-updated-topics/251586)
**Author:** [@mkoculak](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mkoculak)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-prompt-with-new-updated-topics/251586 "2023-01-13T12:14:13Z")
Hi, I am coming from Julia Programming Language Discourse that got the 3.0 update couple of days ago. Since then, the notification about new/updated topics in a form of a banner at the top of page that allowed to refre… --- ## [Monthly instead of yearly reviews](https://meta.discourse.org/t/monthly-instead-of-yearly-reviews/251593)
**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/monthly-instead-of-yearly-reviews/251593 "2023-10-08T04:52:13Z")
How do I get this to be shown every month on my forum? --- ## [Have discobot skip oneboxing if disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-discobot-skip-oneboxing-if-disabled/251602)
**Author:** [@IanKelling](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IanKelling)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-discobot-skip-oneboxing-if-disabled/251602 "2023-01-12T19:32:38Z")
I changed the bot text to explain that link expansion is disabled, so this step of pasting a link is a useless remnant, but it would be much better if it just stopped happening when “max oneboxes per post” is set to 0. --- ## [Create badges based on Gamification score](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-badges-based-on-gamification-score/251603)
**Author:** [@NoamH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NoamH)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-badges-based-on-gamification-score/251603 "2023-01-10T18:21:27Z")
Hi, is it possible to add badges based on scoring? --- ## [Leaderboard page gives me 404](https://meta.discourse.org/t/leaderboard-page-gives-me-404/251604)
**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/leaderboard-page-gives-me-404/251604 "2023-01-12T19:34:42Z")
the link to my Gamefication list looks like this: “Oops! This page doesn’t exist or is private.” I can create everything, but when I click on the link in my top, it simply does not appear, I get an error --- ## [Personal score isn't updated when time period changes in leaderboard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-score-isnt-updated-when-time-period-changes-in-leaderboard/251605)
**Author:** [@daniyal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daniyal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-score-isnt-updated-when-time-period-changes-in-leaderboard/251605 "2023-01-06T18:13:32Z")
When changing the time period, logged in user rank isn’t updated. I think this.set("model.personal", result.personal); needs to be added after the data is returned as it updates my rank as well discourse-gamification/ass… --- ## [How to query gamification score via the API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-query-gamification-score-via-the-api/251607)
**Author:** [@jamesgreenblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesgreenblue)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-query-gamification-score-via-the-api/251607 "2023-01-23T23:46:45Z")
Phenomenal plugin @Falco :green\_heart: Our community is integrated into a bespoke platform that rewards community engagement as one aspect of an overall membership score, is there any chance that the cheers score could … --- ## [Leaderboard doesn't show score for recent periods](https://meta.discourse.org/t/leaderboard-doesnt-show-score-for-recent-periods/251609)
**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/leaderboard-doesnt-show-score-for-recent-periods/251609 "2022-12-15T17:17:43Z")
it just crashed, it doesn’t count in the week or the day, what happened? --- ## [How to make a leaderboard only for accepted solutions?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-leaderboard-only-for-accepted-solutions/251610)
**Author:** [@asirota](https://meta.discourse.org/u/asirota)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2023, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-leaderboard-only-for-accepted-solutions/251610 "2023-01-07T09:48:58Z")
Is the ability to restrict leaderboard “number of solutions” given only on the roadmap? --- ## [How to create a new leaderboard for a specific month?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-new-leaderboard-for-a-specific-month/251611)
**Author:** [@JasonH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JasonH)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-new-leaderboard-for-a-specific-month/251611 "2023-01-12T19:50:59Z")
We are having monthly contests for active users and the only issue I have with this plugin is that it doesn’t have an option to view the score for the current month (ie score from Jan 1 - today) so you have to wait until… --- ## [Does Discourse offer anything similar to WordPress custom taxonomy?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-offer-anything-similar-to-wordpress-custom-taxonomy/251621)
**Author:** [@V1ktor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/V1ktor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-offer-anything-similar-to-wordpress-custom-taxonomy/251621 "2023-01-28T18:39:16Z")
Hi, is there any way to create custom taxonomies (or anything related) in Discourse similarly to how WordPress handles custom taxonomies? I’ve looked at custom fields for categories/tags, but not sure if that would fix t… --- ## [After attempting to install plugin, Discourse no longer loads (Phusion Passenger Cannot Start the web application)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-attempting-to-install-plugin-discourse-no-longer-loads-phusion-passenger-cannot-start-the-web-application/251626)
**Author:** [@Josh\_Universe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Josh_Universe)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-attempting-to-install-plugin-discourse-no-longer-loads-phusion-passenger-cannot-start-the-web-application/251626 "2023-01-13T04:04:50Z")
Greetings, I was attempting to install a Discourse plugin for my forums and upon doing so, Discourse completely stopped working due the plugin installation breaking Phusion Passenger not working. I followed this guide … --- ## [Sidebar link / top button to PM admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-link-top-button-to-pm-admin/251645)
**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 5:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-link-top-button-to-pm-admin/251645 "2023-01-13T05:56:40Z")
Hi there, I need to add a prominent link to the sidebar and/or a button in the top menu to send a private message to the administrator. Or if it’s any easier I could settle for linking to the /g/admins/ page. In general… --- ## [Making the Discobot tutorials mandatory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-the-discobot-tutorials-mandatory/251655)
**Author:** [@Robert\_Humpleby](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Robert_Humpleby)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-the-discobot-tutorials-mandatory/251655 "2023-01-13T15:26:14Z")
Is there a way to ENFORCE discobot on a user ? As a mod on a technical forum we get many new people who simply skip discobot and then many other users need to guide them to the how to use this forum posts or stickies et… --- ## [Add bookmarks to sidebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-bookmarks-to-sidebar/251657)
**Author:** [@Kartoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kartoon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 6:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-bookmarks-to-sidebar/251657 "2023-01-19T06:51:26Z")
I’m having the opposite response, a lot of users have asked if they can get bookmarks there because they either don’t use them now because it’s buried multiple menus deep, or they suggest they would use it because almos… --- ## [Search no longer works after 3.1.0.beta1 update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-no-longer-works-after-3-1-0-beta1-update/251663)
**Author:** [@kinetiksoft](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kinetiksoft)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-no-longer-works-after-3-1-0-beta1-update/251663 "2023-01-14T01:50:52Z")
Since our 3.1.0 update today, our Search is no longer working. Our sysadmin team identified a problem and provided us with this log stating this is an application error. Does anyone else experience this problem and wha… --- ## [How will users intuitively know how to mention a category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-users-intuitively-know-how-to-mention-a-category/251664)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-users-intuitively-know-how-to-mention-a-category/251664 "2023-01-13T14:41:13Z")
I got a personal message from a user that asked me how I wrote such a thing: Support. That seems a very legitimate question since the # is no more displayed. They can’t deduce it from other users’ previous messages anym… --- ## [" undefined method \`deprecated?' for nil:NilClass" on rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undefined-method-deprecated-for-nil-nilclass-on-rebuild/251711)
**Author:** [@samyrabih](https://meta.discourse.org/u/samyrabih)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undefined-method-deprecated-for-nil-nilclass-on-rebuild/251711 "2023-01-23T04:45:55Z")
Hi ! We are using Discourse on community.museomix.org since many years But I encounter a strange problem when I rebuild the container, it fails with this message: undefined method \`deprecated?' for nil:NilClass Here… --- ## [Gradient username colors dont work, why?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gradient-username-colors-dont-work-why/251740)
**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gradient-username-colors-dont-work-why/251740 "2023-01-15T06:50:14Z")
If I use this for my moderators the css code works .names { span.moderator a { background: linear-gradient(to right,#BF953F, #FCF6BA, #B38728, #FBF5B7, #AA771C); -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text… --- ## [Forum being sabotaged by moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-being-sabotaged-by-moderators/251753)
**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-being-sabotaged-by-moderators/251753 "2023-01-15T07:59:30Z")
I got sabotaged by some moderators once again, I hate it, I don’t know what else to do! Could it be that with CSS code I can remove their option to delete the account? --- ## [After update, site won't come up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-update-site-wont-come-up/251757)
**Author:** [@danb35](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danb35)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-update-site-wont-come-up/251757 "2023-01-14T12:48:30Z")
I got an email notification the other day that my self-hosted Discourse site (Ubuntu 18.04.6 on Contabo) was due an update, so to the Admin page I went to update. As usual, I first needed to update docker-manager, and t… --- ## [Post Sharing - ability to convert the URL to the short version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-sharing-ability-to-convert-the-url-to-the-short-version/251763)
**Author:** [@UnitedFreedom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/UnitedFreedom)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-sharing-ability-to-convert-the-url-to-the-short-version/251763 "2023-01-14T23:37:42Z")
Hey wonderful Discourse community! As you are all aware, there is an existing feature to share a post. When this share button is pressed, a pop-up appears and looks like: The full link provided in the image above i… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1583) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1585)