# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=439 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 440 --- ## [Color-picker and \[color\] bbcode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-picker-and-color-bbcode/26291)
**Author:** [@Maestra\_Powers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maestra_Powers)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2015, 9:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-picker-and-color-bbcode/26291 "2015-03-13T09:08:04Z")
After migrating from phpBB, my users found it strange that in Discourse there is no \[color=#FF0000\]color bbcode\[/color\]. I didn’t fould a plugin for this too. There’s a lot of color-pickers out there, I like this one in … --- ## [Image upload text overlaps draft saved text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-upload-text-overlaps-draft-saved-text/26294)
**Author:** [@RaceProUK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RaceProUK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-upload-text-overlaps-draft-saved-text/26294 "2015-03-16T16:06:50Z")
I don’t think this has been reported before? --- ## [Can install Discourse with railsinstaller on windows?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-install-discourse-with-railsinstaller-on-windows/26299)
**Author:** [@Qasem\_h](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Qasem_h)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-install-discourse-with-railsinstaller-on-windows/26299 "2015-03-13T22:10:45Z")
Hi can i install discourse in windows whit railsinstaller ? or --- ## [Setting to only let staff upload media/attachments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-only-let-staff-upload-media-attachments/26301)
**Author:** [@Maestra\_Powers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maestra_Powers)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-only-let-staff-upload-media-attachments/26301 "2017-11-24T21:46:15Z")
Is it possible yet to allow only staff or moderators to upload pictures? If not, it should be done. I have 20Gb free space on my server, for big community it’s like a month or two to fill. Especially if there’s gonna be 3… --- ## [Bad JS customizations - how to fix in the backend?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bad-js-customizations-how-to-fix-in-the-backend/26303)
**Author:** [@redblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/redblue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bad-js-customizations-how-to-fix-in-the-backend/26303 "2018-04-12T21:28:48Z")
Hi, Currently using v1.3.0.beta3 +13. We’ve attempted some javascript header/footer customizations via: Customize → CSS/HTML → head and body but we’ve ended up ‘breaking’ discourse due to our JS containing errors. Thi… --- ## [Becoming the new standard discussion tool for open source projects](https://meta.discourse.org/t/becoming-the-new-standard-discussion-tool-for-open-source-projects/26305)
**Author:** [@NicholasChammas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NicholasChammas)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/becoming-the-new-standard-discussion-tool-for-open-source-projects/26305 "2015-12-02T16:51:22Z")
If you ran an open source project in the 90s and wanted to provide a place for your users or contributors to discuss things, you most likely did the following: Setup a mailing list, probably using Mailman. Start an IRC… --- ## [Installing docker on an already running web server?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-docker-on-an-already-running-web-server/26308)
**Author:** [@chrisadams](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chrisadams)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-docker-on-an-already-running-web-server/26308 "2015-03-13T22:30:40Z")
This is probably a stupid question, but I am unsure and figured I would ask before screwing up something. I have recently moved hosting companies for the ability to specifically have the option of installing Docker and … --- ## [Unable to upload profile picture](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-upload-profile-picture/26310)
**Author:** [@Grif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Grif)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-upload-profile-picture/26310 "2015-03-18T17:26:42Z")
I’m trying to change my profile picture on http://community.p2pu.org/ (our Discourse is up to date). When I select a square .jpg from my local drive, I see the upload bar go to 100%, but then it disappears and my icon r… --- ## [Able to edit other peoples topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/able-to-edit-other-peoples-topics/26316)
**Author:** [@strager](https://meta.discourse.org/u/strager)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/able-to-edit-other-peoples-topics/26316 "2015-03-14T03:35:08Z")
Not sure if this is intentional or not, but here on Meta I appear to be able to modify other users subject lines - for example I added an extra “t” to https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-banner-should-floatt/26315/1 --- ## [Manual Backup not starting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manual-backup-not-starting/26318)
**Author:** [@TJO](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TJO)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manual-backup-not-starting/26318 "2015-03-14T11:47:37Z")
Hey all - After the update to v1.3.0.beta3 +17, executing a manual backup in the GUI isn’t doing anything. The popup for “include images” etc, doesn’t show up. Running on Ubuntu 14.04.2. 1G RAM / 1G Swap. My upgrade… --- ## [Archive categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archive-categories/26319)
**Author:** [@Maestra\_Powers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maestra_Powers)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archive-categories/26319 "2022-05-11T21:01:20Z")
I have a lot of categories on my forum, some of them are active, some are dead. I agree with @codinghorror that there’s shouldn’t be too many categories, specially when there’s dead categories mixed with alive together -… --- ## [Migrating from SMF to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-smf-to-discourse/26322)
**Author:** [@dbm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dbm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-smf-to-discourse/26322 "2020-03-04T02:00:33Z")
Greetings, I’m planing to migrate from SMF 2.0.9 to Discourse. I already have discourse running and everything is working fine. So my question is it possible to “RESET” discourse to look like i installed it fresh. And t… --- ## [User edits his last comment, gets "composer was opened without a draft key"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-edits-his-last-comment-gets-composer-was-opened-without-a-draft-key/26341)
**Author:** [@daath](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daath)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-edits-his-last-comment-gets-composer-was-opened-without-a-draft-key/26341 "2015-03-16T06:17:31Z")
One of my users use an iPhone and Safari. When he tried to edit his posts he gets the message “composer was opened without a draft key”. Some specifics according to himself: If I try to edit a comment and it happens a… --- ## [UX of copying to clipboard the link to a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ux-of-copying-to-clipboard-the-link-to-a-post/26342)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ux-of-copying-to-clipboard-the-link-to-a-post/26342 "2017-10-18T14:21:26Z")
Story: desktop user wants to share a link to a post via a channel of their choice. Right clicking the “link” icon doesn’t work, because the element is a button. The user has to left click the “link” icon, then right… --- ## [Don't trigger digests on migration?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-trigger-digests-on-migration/26345)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-trigger-digests-on-migration/26345 "2019-09-13T11:04:09Z")
I’ve just migrated a large number of posts from MyBB and there were many jobs scheduled. I was using Gmail’s SMTP to send emails (our forum is low volume). The migration seems to have triggered digest email jobs ({"type"… --- ## [Image select2.png not found when changing trust levels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-select2-png-not-found-when-changing-trust-levels/26348)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-select2-png-not-found-when-changing-trust-levels/26348 "2017-05-16T15:55:19Z")
Got to a user in the Admin panel Open the Chrome console Click the trust level drop-down/up \_vendor-3ce9dc1f88aba20206e0522651c50938.js:3365 GET http://discourse.quantifiedselfforum.com/assets/select2.png 404 (Not Fou… --- ## [Auto close somehow getting turned on for admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-somehow-getting-turned-on-for-admin/26354)
**Author:** [@funvill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/funvill)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-somehow-getting-turned-on-for-admin/26354 "2015-03-18T07:16:38Z")
This problem only seems to affect admin users. Only affects some posts, not all posts. A admin user will create a new topic in a category. The topic will be posted to the forum successfully. There will be no warnings/n… --- ## [Change design based on category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-design-based-on-category/26356)
**Author:** [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-design-based-on-category/26356 "2015-03-15T20:58:21Z")
I’m wondering if a plugin exists yet to change the page style based on the category you’re viewing? I know you can change the background image and logo per category, but it would be nice to create CSS styles that can be… --- ## [\#main-outlet bg hides custom category background when making a topic a banner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/main-outlet-bg-hides-custom-category-background-when-making-a-topic-a-banner/26359)
**Author:** [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/main-outlet-bg-hides-custom-category-background-when-making-a-topic-a-banner/26359 "2015-03-26T15:28:46Z")
Steps to reproduce: Set a custom background on a category Enter a topic in this category and from the topic settings menu make it a banner topic If you perform the two steps above, the #main-outlet div background goes… --- ## [How to run separate web and data containers?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-run-separate-web-and-data-containers/26361)
**Author:** [@toutestici](https://meta.discourse.org/u/toutestici)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-run-separate-web-and-data-containers/26361 "2018-09-18T23:56:15Z")
Hi, I want to use multisite with Discourse, I read it’s better to run separate web and data containers. I don’t know how to do that, can you explain me ? I have installed Discourse on a Digital Ocean droplet by followin… --- ## [How to reload configuration after app.yml changes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reload-configuration-after-app-yml-changes/26363)
**Author:** [@ralf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ralf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reload-configuration-after-app-yml-changes/26363 "2018-04-03T22:08:08Z")
Hi there, I love Discourse and the community. Here is a quick question: Say I’ve made some changes to app.yaml, like modifying SMTP settings, is the only and correct way of updating the running config via the ./launcher… --- ## [List of wiki editors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-wiki-editors/26364)
**Author:** [@Stefan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stefan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-wiki-editors/26364 "2017-11-17T08:25:32Z")
I was thinking at this today, while looking through the edits made by the community - it would nice to see the list of all people who edited a wiki post. This way you attribute some recognition to them and you can also c… --- ## [SSL on Discourse / DO sub-domain of Heroku hosted domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ssl-on-discourse-do-sub-domain-of-heroku-hosted-domain/26373)
**Author:** [@DKH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DKH)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ssl-on-discourse-do-sub-domain-of-heroku-hosted-domain/26373 "2015-03-16T17:19:30Z")
Expedited SSL, a Heroku ‘add-on’, offers SSL on a sub-domain as well as on the primary domain. It would be nice to hand all the configuration / maintenance off to them. Our sub-domain is a Discourse.org instance hosted… --- ## [Is there a way to hide the tabs of replies, views, activities, users, etc](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-hide-the-tabs-of-replies-views-activities-users-etc/26379)
**Author:** [@alwaysunny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alwaysunny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 9:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-hide-the-tabs-of-replies-views-activities-users-etc/26379 "2015-03-16T09:02:53Z")
Is there a way to hide any of the tabs like Users, Replies, Views, Activity because in some cases I think they can turnoff forum users. --- ## [Using top contributors to set the bar for trust levels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-top-contributors-to-set-the-bar-for-trust-levels/26383)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-top-contributors-to-set-the-bar-for-trust-levels/26383 "2015-03-17T08:37:15Z")
Just another one of my "thinking out loud"s. I finally had a closer look at the TL3 requirements on my forum today. It was immediately obvious that the default settings were too high for our moderate level of activity. … --- ## [User uploaded avatars not displaying](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-uploaded-avatars-not-displaying/26386)
**Author:** [@lonehangman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lonehangman)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 6:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-uploaded-avatars-not-displaying/26386 "2015-03-18T06:55:41Z")
This happens on meta as well and could also happen on other discourse sites, but essentially if I try to upload a square avatar it won’t display it and default back to the letter. However, if I upload a non-square avatar… --- ## [Broken link in Customer list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-link-in-customer-list/26390)
**Author:** [@uwe\_keim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uwe_keim)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-link-in-customer-list/26390 "2015-03-16T14:47:30Z")
In your Customer list, there is a link that points to http://newforums.gearboxsoftware.com but actually should point to http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com from what I understand. --- ## [Where should the "end" key scroll to?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-should-the-end-key-scroll-to/26391)
**Author:** [@uwe\_keim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uwe_keim)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-should-the-end-key-scroll-to/26391 "2015-03-16T14:56:00Z")
I’m not sure whether this is a bug or a feature: When having a post (or a private message) that has no replies, pressing the End key results in a short flash of the logo and no scrolling to the bottom of the page. To s… --- ## [Sending the invitation email in another language](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-the-invitation-email-in-another-language/26401)
**Author:** [@vulkanino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vulkanino)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-the-invitation-email-in-another-language/26401 "2018-11-15T18:20:21Z")
I have my Discourse implementation in Italian language. Sometimes I want to invite English speaking people to the forum, but if I send them the invite, they receive an Italian language email. I have then to follow up wit… --- ## [After SSL installation pictures are not displayed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-ssl-installation-pictures-are-not-displayed/26403)
**Author:** [@dbm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dbm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-ssl-installation-pictures-are-not-displayed/26403 "2015-03-16T20:06:17Z")
Hello guys, After i installed SSL (Sucessfully) everything works fine, and also i’ve changed my domain name. So some pictures left from old domain name and they are not loaded. Is there any way that we could reactiate t… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=438) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=440)