# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=367 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 368 --- ## [Feature request: provide link to create new topic in column with category and tag already specified](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-provide-link-to-create-new-topic-in-column-with-category-and-tag-already-specified/366788)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-provide-link-to-create-new-topic-in-column-with-category-and-tag-already-specified/366788 "2021-10-13T12:42:11Z")
Would it be possible to make each of the column headings to link to /tags/c/CATAGORY/TAG\_NAME, you can then see just that tag in a single list, but better, you can click New Topic and create a new topic with that tag. It… --- ## [Disable users posting links, based on user level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-users-posting-links-based-on-user-level/315424)
**Author:** [@losh11](https://meta.discourse.org/u/losh11)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-users-posting-links-based-on-user-level/315424 "2024-07-08T14:13:43Z")
Our Discourse site has lots of bots replying to user posts telling them to contact ‘live support’ etc. We want to stop this. However scammers are able to create accounts easily, and our spam filter doesn’t pick this up. … --- ## [Linking to a Discobot new tutorial chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-to-a-discobot-new-tutorial-chat/150467)
**Author:** [@tpetrov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpetrov)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-to-a-discobot-new-tutorial-chat/150467 "2020-05-06T19:18:28Z")
Can someone confirm that the url to the New user tutorual chat with Discobot is discourseurl/t/greetings for any user? I’d like to add a link to it on the Certified badge, so that users can easily complete it. --- ## [Turning Off the Preview Function](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turning-off-the-preview-function/145347)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Davy2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Davy2)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turning-off-the-preview-function/145347 "2020-04-09T19:50:37Z")
Hi Folks, I never use the Preview function, and it bothers the hell out of me when on mobile. Is there a way to turn it off? Lee --- ## [Inline CSS to prevent image lightbox (per image)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inline-css-to-prevent-image-lightbox-per-image/148479)
**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inline-css-to-prevent-image-lightbox-per-image/148479 "2020-04-21T20:05:17Z")
There are times when I love that users can click on an image to expand it. This is especially great when someone uses an image in a post and makes it rather small, just to add a touch of flair to a blog post or some othe… --- ## [Name of the app / PWA on mobile devices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/name-of-the-app-pwa-on-mobile-devices/150858)
**Author:** [@Wimmm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wimmm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/name-of-the-app-pwa-on-mobile-devices/150858 "2020-05-08T21:38:53Z")
Dear all, If you “Install” the community on your mobile device it shows a name for this installation. (Obviously..) How can you change this name? For example, the installation from meta.discourse.org is called “Meta”. … --- ## [Please how do I add Cloudflare app to my discourse forum home page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-how-do-i-add-cloudflare-app-to-my-discourse-forum-home-page/150998)
**Author:** [@Wap\_heat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wap_heat)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-how-do-i-add-cloudflare-app-to-my-discourse-forum-home-page/150998 "2020-05-12T00:57:20Z")
I am using digital ocean and recently connected my site to cloudflare, but I can see the share icon in my discourse forum except in my error page --- ## [Add missing dates to report exports](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-missing-dates-to-report-exports/245764)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-missing-dates-to-report-exports/245764 "2022-11-16T12:44:45Z")
Since I need to draw my own Trust Level Growth graph, I decided to graph it against some other reports to see if there were any interesting patterns. So I export the data from 3 different reports & throw it all into the … --- ## [How to collect all static assets (js, css) used by discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-collect-all-static-assets-js-css-used-by-discourse/149319)
**Author:** [@Windsooon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Windsooon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-collect-all-static-assets-js-css-used-by-discourse/149319 "2020-04-29T06:33:18Z")
I’m trying to setup CDN for my forum. since China banned Fastly and lots of CDN servers, so I can’t use them to speed up my forum. After doing some research, I turn to Jsdelivr, which can serve static files from npm or G… --- ## [NoMethodError: undefined method \`should\_secure\_uploads? - latest updates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nomethoderror-undefined-method-should-secure-uploads-latest-updates/303967)
**Author:** [@KCAS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KCAS)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nomethoderror-undefined-method-should-secure-uploads-latest-updates/303967 "2024-04-15T21:50:33Z")
Hello, Since updating, discourse and out plugins, we’re not able to send emails. Getting these errors in sidekiq. Jobs::HandledExceptionWrapper: Wrapped NoMethodError: undefined method should\_secure\_uploads?’ for #\ **Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-a-firewall-for-discourse/20584 "2025-03-25T23:14:23Z") If you are using a standard Docker based Discourse install, the following Uncomplicated Firewall rules will protect any non-Docker services on your server: ufw allow http ufw allow https ufw allow ssh ufw enable That i… --- ## [Can I prevent Discourse forums from changing the URL while scrolling?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-prevent-discourse-forums-from-changing-the-url-while-scrolling/315060)
**Author:** [@Oneechan69](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Oneechan69)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-prevent-discourse-forums-from-changing-the-url-while-scrolling/315060 "2024-07-05T01:28:56Z")
It clogs up my browsing history, which I actually do look back at. If I want a link to the comment I’m currently looking that, I know how to do so manually. --- ## [Link to external site remains in forum context somehow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-external-site-remains-in-forum-context-somehow/315117)
**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-external-site-remains-in-forum-context-somehow/315117 "2024-07-05T13:40:19Z")
A couple of days ago we upgraded to Discourse 3.2 and since then some of our members started experiencing a weird bug and I’m lost at what might be causing this. Sometimes when they leave the forum to our main website a… --- ## [Timeline footer buttons become invisible after 20 posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-footer-buttons-become-invisible-after-20-posts/302205)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-footer-buttons-become-invisible-after-20-posts/302205 "2024-04-03T10:26:31Z")
When scrolling through a topic that contains more than 20 posts, and as additional posts are being loaded, the timeline footer buttons will disappear, as they do when reaching the topic’s end. --- ## [Bridge discourse with python scripts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bridge-discourse-with-python-scripts/64852)
**Author:** [@chambers.d](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chambers.d)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bridge-discourse-with-python-scripts/64852 "2025-07-25T00:48:06Z")
So I made the switch to use discourse as my main site. I face one obstacle though. I have a few python scripts that I would like to tie to the restful API. I know discourse uses Ruby and I can easily convert my scripts t… --- ## [How to enable New Closed Topic Icon?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-new-closed-topic-icon/151274)
**Author:** [@k4rtik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/k4rtik)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-new-closed-topic-icon/151274 "2020-05-13T02:12:33Z")
Continuing the discussion from Discourse 2.5.0.beta3 Release Notes: This has been released for a while and I am on a beta4, but I do not see a way to enable the new icon on my instance. Do I need to issue some manual i… --- ## [Syntax highlighting for BBCode?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/syntax-highlighting-for-bbcode/319581)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/syntax-highlighting-for-bbcode/319581 "2024-07-31T21:43:53Z")
Can the BBCode specify the language so that it has syntax highlighting? --- ## [Deleted username but can not use that username in other user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-username-but-can-not-use-that-username-in-other-user/147609)
**Author:** [@pablogg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pablogg)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 9:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-username-but-can-not-use-that-username-in-other-user/147609 "2020-04-30T09:52:19Z")
I have deleted a user with username = “XXX” and I want yo change the username of other user with the same username of deleted user but I can not. I get the mensagges. “Username have to be unique” How can I check if a us… --- ## [Is it possible to mark a user as ignored if they have a hidden profile?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-mark-a-user-as-ignored-if-they-have-a-hidden-profile/313814)
**Author:** [@xylar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xylar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-mark-a-user-as-ignored-if-they-have-a-hidden-profile/313814 "2024-06-26T15:19:09Z")
If I visit the user profile page it just says This user’s public profile is hidden. I’d like to ignore them via this: --- ## [Dashboard Report - Accepted Solutions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-report-accepted-solutions/288863)
**Author:** [@SaraDev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SaraDev)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-report-accepted-solutions/288863 "2023-12-15T21:15:51Z")
This is an SQL version of the Dashboard Report for Accepted Solutions. This report provides a count of posts that have been marked as solutions on a daily basis within a specified date range. It is useful for understand… --- ## [Where can I find basic (user) documentation for Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-can-i-find-basic-user-documentation-for-discourse/203136)
**Author:** [@keunes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/keunes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-can-i-find-basic-user-documentation-for-discourse/203136 "2021-09-10T08:19:38Z")
Hello, A project I’m involved in uses Discourse for its forum. Generally it’s very intuitive and I like it a lot. I am wondering though how a few things work. But I can’t seem to find any basic documentation on Discours… --- ## [Introducing the new Starter Plan!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-the-new-starter-plan/326214)
**Author:** [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-the-new-starter-plan/326214 "2026-07-09T19:47:04Z")
We’re excited to announce the new Starter plan, the easiest and fastest way to launch a community with Discourse. Starter offers public or private sites with unlimited members at $20 a month! This is a companion discus… --- ## [User cards customization on Meta Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cards-customization-on-meta-discourse/313951)
**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cards-customization-on-meta-discourse/313951 "2024-06-27T09:57:50Z")
The user cards here on Meta have well designed and implemented extra spice that I can’t find in Discourse vanilla or the theme components I have searched. Can someone explain how the extra data fields and different locat… --- ## [Any updates on the best way to create a HTML archive of a static site?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-updates-on-the-best-way-to-create-a-html-archive-of-a-static-site/373808)
**Author:** [@justin\_gordon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin_gordon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-updates-on-the-best-way-to-create-a-html-archive-of-a-static-site/373808 "2026-04-16T19:05:53Z")
Update! This might be the answer: https://github.com/jamesob/discourse-archive I looked at: Improving Discourse static HTML archive. It’s old. I’m going to retire https://forum.talksurf.com/. Yes, I’m going to arc… --- ## [Admin Message Users before Access Approval?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-message-users-before-access-approval/313652)
**Author:** [@jsweezy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jsweezy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-message-users-before-access-approval/313652 "2024-06-25T22:01:53Z")
We require approval for all new users. But we need some users to fix issues with their registration information before approval. Can requesting users see the messages from an admin prior to approving their access? --- ## [Understanding infinite scrolling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-infinite-scrolling/30804)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-infinite-scrolling/30804 "2015-07-05T15:27:14Z")
:bookmark: This is an explanation of what “infinite scrolling” is and how it is implemented in Discourse. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: All users Infinite scrolling is a feature designed to improve the u… --- ## [Is there a way to reduce the size of full screen chat?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-reduce-the-size-of-full-screen-chat/387900)
**Author:** [@Jack\_McCarthy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jack_McCarthy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-reduce-the-size-of-full-screen-chat/387900 "2025-12-04T12:18:34Z")
The sidebar on my site has these nice rounded corners but when chat is maximized, the right corners become sharp again. It’s hard to capture in screenshots but the scrollbar also overlaps with the chat box a little bit. … --- ## [\[paid\] help to fix outgoing email issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-help-to-fix-outgoing-email-issue/345708)
**Author:** [@ambimorph](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ambimorph)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-help-to-fix-outgoing-email-issue/345708 "2025-06-15T05:54:20Z")
What would you like done? I need my outgoing email to work. :worried: I’m fairly tech savvy, but I’ve been butting my head against this off and on for months and just need someone to help me troubleshoot the DNS or wha… --- ## [Unable to reply to topic moved to different category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-reply-to-topic-moved-to-different-category/316920)
**Author:** [@Architect](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Architect)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-reply-to-topic-moved-to-different-category/316920 "2024-07-18T03:42:02Z")
Am experiencing a problem with topics moved to a different category, once they are moved it is not possible for most users to reply to topic for some reason. The category topic is moved to is set to permissions of only … --- ## [IPTables and UFW problems](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iptables-and-ufw-problems/312878)
**Author:** [@Arnold](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arnold)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iptables-and-ufw-problems/312878 "2024-06-20T19:59:59Z")
Hi Discourse Community, usually when I run a webserver I will use this script in combination with cloudflare: https://github.com/Paul-Reed/cloudflare-ufw Im not a fan of a public backend IP since it can easily be foun… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=366) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=368)