# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=448 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 449 --- ## [What makes discourse.org hosting better than Communiteq, if anything?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-makes-discourse-org-hosting-better-than-communiteq-if-anything/27526)
**Author:** [@slobizman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/slobizman)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-makes-discourse-org-hosting-better-than-communiteq-if-anything/27526 "2015-04-17T23:33:05Z")
I’m looking at hosting options at discourse.org and Communiteq (formerly DiscourseHosting). Not interested in Digital Ocean as I want support. Hosting at discourse.org is considerably more expensive than at Communiteq (… --- ## [Allowing multiple sites for embedding](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-multiple-sites-for-embedding/27528)
**Author:** [@darix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darix)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-multiple-sites-for-embedding/27528 "2017-05-03T02:28:28Z")
First of all thank you for discourse! It is amazing. :smiley: I just finished my RPM packages and helped integrating it with pixls.us. Together with Pat I was looking into the multisite option. pixls.us currently uses t… --- ## [Email drip campaign](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-drip-campaign/27547)
**Author:** [@Alex\_Flom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alex_Flom)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-drip-campaign/27547 "2020-03-22T00:30:06Z")
Is it possible to send a series of emails to a new user? For example: Day 1: Send welcome email Day 3: Send email from the community manager, with tips on how to start Day 5: Send another email with links to popular … --- ## [Can anyone enable HTML & iFrames within admin posts on my Discourse installation?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-anyone-enable-html-iframes-within-admin-posts-on-my-discourse-installation/27557)
**Author:** [@LeoB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LeoB)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-anyone-enable-html-iframes-within-admin-posts-on-my-discourse-installation/27557 "2015-04-14T13:11:31Z")
Discourse only allows its own markup language in posts, and allows embedded content in posts only to the extend that they are supported by onebox. I think that’s great for the posts of my forum users. That way, they don… --- ## [When bulk inviting users to a group, user profile settings do not reflect the fact that the are part of that group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-bulk-inviting-users-to-a-group-user-profile-settings-do-not-reflect-the-fact-that-the-are-part-of-that-group/27560)
**Author:** [@kmvoges](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kmvoges)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-bulk-inviting-users-to-a-group-user-profile-settings-do-not-reflect-the-fact-that-the-are-part-of-that-group/27560 "2015-04-16T01:05:04Z")
When manualy trying to add them to that custom group (because you think something went wrong, an error occurs and a fatal error is seen in the logs. So seemingly users are being added to the group, they also have ac… --- ## [Badges more prominent on profile page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-more-prominent-on-profile-page/27561)
**Author:** [@jesselperry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesselperry)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-more-prominent-on-profile-page/27561 "2015-04-15T02:48:38Z")
I love that badges are very prominent on user card when it pops up. It would be nice if badges were that prominent on the user profile page, right under the profile background, perhaps underneath/in the same area as the … --- ## [Best Practice for auto-flagging watch words](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practice-for-auto-flagging-watch-words/27566)
**Author:** [@benjaminsanborn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/benjaminsanborn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practice-for-auto-flagging-watch-words/27566 "2018-04-27T13:35:14Z")
Hello, first post here. I would like to have the ability to set up words or phrases in the content of a post that, when used, automatically creates a flag for a moderator to review. The use-case is watch words that indi… --- ## [Mass actions on search results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mass-actions-on-search-results/27567)
**Author:** [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mass-actions-on-search-results/27567 "2015-09-08T06:19:28Z")
I’d like to request the ability to perform bulk edits on search results. Our particular use case is that I need to be able to search for keywords and mass add tags to posts (preferably without changing existing tags on … --- ## [Can't save email domain for custom group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-save-email-domain-for-custom-group/27568)
**Author:** [@tenshiemi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tenshiemi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-save-email-domain-for-custom-group/27568 "2015-04-14T21:21:15Z")
I’m trying to add an email domain to my group. If I click “Save” or click on the text field, the text that I’ve entered just disappears and the input field is blank again. update I am on v1.2.0.beta9 so that may be the … --- ## [Peronsal Customizable Forum Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/peronsal-customizable-forum-themes/27575)
**Author:** [@ChizbeJoe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChizbeJoe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/peronsal-customizable-forum-themes/27575 "2015-04-14T23:34:48Z")
I’m sure I am not the first one to suggest this, but wouldn’t it be nice for a user to be able personally customize how the forum looks for them. Just to be clear, this wouldn’t change the look of the forum for everyone,… --- ## [Off-by-one reply count in read time estimation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/off-by-one-reply-count-in-read-time-estimation/27578)
**Author:** [@anon42064797](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon42064797)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 4:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/off-by-one-reply-count-in-read-time-estimation/27578 "2015-04-16T04:56:52Z")
On the topic lists, replies is always one less than posts - that doesn’t apply to the read time estimation text, though. It seems to me that it should either say “posts” or use the reply count instead of the post co… --- ## [Docker processes running as non-root? Any way to specify user?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-processes-running-as-non-root-any-way-to-specify-user/27581)
**Author:** [@brpc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brpc)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-processes-running-as-non-root-any-way-to-specify-user/27581 "2015-09-23T05:28:09Z")
So, if I start Discourse (and thus docker) via sudo /var/discourse/launcher start \ all the docker processes run as the user who ran sudo… let’s say for example that user is bob, UID=1000. If I do top -u bob, I s… --- ## [Edits are awkward in mobile Safari](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edits-are-awkward-in-mobile-safari/27586)
**Author:** [@snaphappi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/snaphappi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2015, 6:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edits-are-awkward-in-mobile-safari/27586 "2015-04-15T06:57:15Z")
Has anyone else had problems editing a post in mobile Safari? The “edit box” is really jumpy - it starts at the bottom of the device, then jumps to the top when the keyboard arrives, but half the time it jumps up again w… --- ## [Problem scrolling through category list in mobile Safari](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-scrolling-through-category-list-in-mobile-safari/27587)
**Author:** [@snaphappi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/snaphappi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2015, 6:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-scrolling-through-category-list-in-mobile-safari/27587 "2015-04-15T06:57:00Z")
Continuing the discussion from Edits are awkward in mobile Safari: I’m getting odd behavior on mobile Safari when scrolling through a long category list in the +New Topic form. I think when I drag my finger out of the … --- ## [How many active users last month?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-many-active-users-last-month/27591)
**Author:** [@alefattorini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alefattorini)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-many-active-users-last-month/27591 "2020-12-14T02:04:52Z")
I want gather this data, for active users i mean registered users who made a post at least in the last month. I guess that i can have this just with a data filter on users export action, in this way I can answer questio… --- ## [Private Message Send API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-send-api/27593)
**Author:** [@Stackfish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stackfish)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-send-api/27593 "2021-04-26T16:44:08Z")
Is it possible to send a private message through the API? --- ## [Best and most complete importer for SMF2 forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-and-most-complete-importer-for-smf2-forum/27595)
**Author:** [@AgustinCordes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AgustinCordes)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-and-most-complete-importer-for-smf2-forum/27595 "2016-12-09T19:56:28Z")
Hey all! So I pulled the plug and installed Discourse to run a few tests. I fell in love with it and quickly decided to migrate our existing community. So we are currently running SMF2 but I noticed that the official pl… --- ## [Search only within topic titles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-only-within-topic-titles/27600)
**Author:** [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-only-within-topic-titles/27600 "2018-02-20T04:39:35Z")
I’m often in the situation where I only want to search for topics that have certain words in their title. So, it would be great if there was a search modifier that allows me to search only within topic titles (something… --- ## [BBpress import issue - LoadError: cannot load such file -- mysql2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbpress-import-issue-loaderror-cannot-load-such-file-mysql2/27602)
**Author:** [@Basanoviat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Basanoviat)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbpress-import-issue-loaderror-cannot-load-such-file-mysql2/27602 "2017-08-13T09:57:09Z")
I read quite a bit about the mysql2 and problems with installation / update but I am not exactly sure what to do. It is possible i did an install of this under the root user instead of the discourse user which may have … --- ## [Users custom group membership not shown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-custom-group-membership-not-shown/27607)
**Author:** [@jlew](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jlew)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-custom-group-membership-not-shown/27607 "2015-04-16T00:53:38Z")
May be related to: When bulk inviting users to a group, user profile settings do not reflect the fact that the are part of that group …but I looked at the pull request and am not sure. User profiles in admin are not sh… --- ## [WordPress integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-integration/27614)
**Author:** [@shawaj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shawaj)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 6:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-integration/27614 "2015-04-16T06:54:28Z")
Hi, I am super interested in using discourse alongside a wordpress based ecommerce store. Ideally I would like to have it on a domain like mysite.com/forum and also have it so that wordpress can handle the SSO capabili… --- ## [Group PM issues reported by user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-pm-issues-reported-by-user/27616)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-pm-issues-reported-by-user/27616 "2015-04-17T19:39:42Z")
A user has reported the following issue with Group PM feature (I’m running the current software). “when i post, the text box stays after the post has been sent and then i need to then abandon the post but it still posts… --- ## [Removing duplicate images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-duplicate-images/27623)
**Author:** [@nahtnam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nahtnam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 5:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-duplicate-images/27623 "2015-04-16T05:12:07Z")
Hey! I was wondering if there was a rake task that removes identical images to save up space. Thanks. --- ## [Unable to create categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-create-categories/27624)
**Author:** [@nahtnam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nahtnam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 5:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-create-categories/27624 "2015-04-16T05:11:39Z")
I am unable to create a category. Whenever I go press, new category, it just shows up like this: The only unusual thing about my install is that I am using SSO. My installation is at Merge pull request #3376 from awe… --- ## [Cannot add a new category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-add-a-new-category/27631)
**Author:** [@oliver\_moran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oliver_moran)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 8:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-add-a-new-category/27631 "2015-04-16T08:07:38Z")
Since upgrading to v1.3.0.beta5 +30, I cannot add a new category. The new category modal is empty and a JavaScript error is in the console. See screen shot including JS output: http://i.snag.gy/0KzMw.jpg (Unfortunately… --- ## [Error message cannot be dismissed by keyboard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-message-cannot-be-dismissed-by-keyboard/27635)
**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-message-cannot-be-dismissed-by-keyboard/27635 "2015-04-17T17:24:43Z")
We’ve recently experienced a huge number of 502 errors (not a Discourse issue). The error message pop-up cannot be dismissed by keyboard. Other pop-ups can be dismissed with Enter and I would expect this to be the s… --- ## [Newly approved members remain visible after approval](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newly-approved-members-remain-visible-after-approval/27636)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newly-approved-members-remain-visible-after-approval/27636 "2016-04-11T00:50:40Z")
Repro: Get notified of a pending member visit the admin page at /admin/users/list/pending click the checkbox next to the new person click Approve at the bottom of the screen dismiss the congratulatory dialog box View t… --- ## [How to embed privacy enabled vimeo videos using onebox?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-embed-privacy-enabled-vimeo-videos-using-onebox/27646)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 6:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-embed-privacy-enabled-vimeo-videos-using-onebox/27646 "2015-04-17T06:39:44Z")
I just tried embedding a vimeo video and it doesn’t seem to work - what’s the URL to grab and put on its own line? Youtube works: Vimeo does not: https://player.vimeo.com/video/46230330 --- ## [Alert to national IP address account creation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alert-to-national-ip-address-account-creation/27657)
**Author:** [@jasonstevanhill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jasonstevanhill)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alert-to-national-ip-address-account-creation/27657 "2015-04-16T21:35:06Z")
I have a problem user. He creates new accounts from different IPs. Thankfully, he’s from a relatively small country. Is there any way that I can set up Discourse to give me an alert whenever someone from an IP address a… --- ## [Less Frequent Email Options for Less-active accounts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/less-frequent-email-options-for-less-active-accounts/27659)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/less-frequent-email-options-for-less-active-accounts/27659 "2016-06-07T18:22:40Z")
It would be very helpful to have some less frequent email options for people who basically want to reduce activity at the forum, but who I’d like to remind that we exist once in a while. Right now here are the options: … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=447) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=449)