# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=501 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 502 --- ## [Pinned topic not appearing when navigating away and back to latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pinned-topic-not-appearing-when-navigating-away-and-back-to-latest/34433)
**Author:** [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pinned-topic-not-appearing-when-navigating-away-and-back-to-latest/34433 "2015-10-14T02:06:54Z")
--- ## [DISCOURSE\_ENABLE\_CORS not impacting Nginx config](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-enable-cors-not-impacting-nginx-config/34434)
**Author:** [@ckamps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckamps)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-enable-cors-not-impacting-nginx-config/34434 "2015-10-13T21:03:07Z")
I was able to modify the /etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf file to include several Access-Control-... headers to avoid the Unknown error during log in when using SSO. Now I want to trigger these Nginx settings via app.ym… --- ## [Not receiving initial admin email verification. Install issue?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-initial-admin-email-verification-install-issue/34439)
**Author:** [@ron\_jeremy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ron_jeremy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-initial-admin-email-verification-install-issue/34439 "2015-10-14T18:36:58Z")
Totally new at this stuff, but have been wanting to test Discourse for a while now. Today I finally pulled the trigger and got myself an account at Digital Ocean. I installed a Discourse droplet but am not receiving the … --- ## [When is the "site just updated" message displayed?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-is-the-site-just-updated-message-displayed/34440)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-is-the-site-just-updated-message-displayed/34440 "2016-09-19T00:16:32Z")
When does the global update message get displayed? This site was just updated. Refresh now for the latest version? I’m 90% sure I’ve seen it on my site on other occasions than updating Discourse or a plugin. --- ## [Discourse as a private email support portal](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-a-private-email-support-portal/34444)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 7:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-a-private-email-support-portal/34444 "2016-05-10T07:30:20Z")
Purpose We would like to set it up so Discourse can act as a private email support portal for a team. In this mode a single email address will be mapped to a category, all incoming mail will create new messages in that c… --- ## [Improve automatic respond message when disagreeing with a flag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-automatic-respond-message-when-disagreeing-with-a-flag/34447)
**Author:** [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 9:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-automatic-respond-message-when-disagreeing-with-a-flag/34447 "2015-10-13T09:32:50Z")
disagreed: "Thanks for letting us know. We're looking into it." deferred: "Thanks for letting us know. We're looking into it." Currently when we disagree or defer a flag, there is no distinction between either of the ac… --- ## [Default open external links in a new tab by default doesn't work?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-open-external-links-in-a-new-tab-by-default-doesnt-work/34452)
**Author:** [@Marius\_Corici](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Marius_Corici)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-open-external-links-in-a-new-tab-by-default-doesnt-work/34452 "2015-10-13T12:51:38Z")
After checked the box for “Open external links in a new tab by default” the system seems not to work. It does not open links from Discourse in new tab in Firefox/Ubuntu. Any suggestions? --- ## [System flags topic as spam multiple times](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-flags-topic-as-spam-multiple-times/34464)
**Author:** [@lee-dohm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lee-dohm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-flags-topic-as-spam-multiple-times/34464 "2015-10-16T20:02:54Z")
On the Atom forum, this topic (and its reply) was flagged as spam. I responded to the flags as Disagree and Unhide and a little while later the system flagged the same posts for spam again. Thought you might want to t… --- ## [A way to Lock new users to Level 0?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-to-lock-new-users-to-level-0/34471)
**Author:** [@Becky\_Herndon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Becky_Herndon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-to-lock-new-users-to-level-0/34471 "2023-04-04T15:40:16Z")
Is there a setting or programmatic way lock all new users to trust level 0? Why? We want to manually promote accounts from level 0 to 1. All new accounts will be created via SSO. This means every user on our platform c… --- ## [\`/my/preferences\` should not take you to a 404 page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-preferences-should-not-take-you-to-a-404-page/34472)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-preferences-should-not-take-you-to-a-404-page/34472 "2015-10-14T17:40:35Z")
We link http://sitename/my/preferences in a bunch of places in emails with text similar to: "To change your preferences click: http://sitename/my/preferences. If a user is not logged in clicking on that link takes you t… --- ## [Use display name for email if possible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-display-name-for-email-if-possible/34474)
**Author:** [@coderanger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/coderanger)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-display-name-for-email-if-possible/34474 "2015-10-14T01:40:58Z")
It would be cool if emails would use the user’s display name for the From header, and fall back to the username if that isn’t set. --- ## [Lag of 10+ minutes between posting and getting email notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lag-of-10-minutes-between-posting-and-getting-email-notifications/34475)
**Author:** [@coderanger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/coderanger)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lag-of-10-minutes-between-posting-and-getting-email-notifications/34475 "2015-10-14T10:31:52Z")
I’ve noticed a lag of about 10-12 minutes between posting something on the web interface and seeing the email notifications sent out. I don’t think this is an external lag problem since the headers show it isn’t even bei… --- ## [Changing profile page url to my own website's profiles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-profile-page-url-to-my-own-websites-profiles/34478)
**Author:** [@pieterhoogenboom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pieterhoogenboom)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-profile-page-url-to-my-own-websites-profiles/34478 "2015-10-14T03:40:10Z")
Hi! Can I change the Discourse profile page to my own website’s profiles? e.g. replace this: with https://nomadlist.com/u/levelsio I’ve searched the repo for usernameUrl How can I modify the templates within th… --- ## [Thank you very much](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thank-you-very-much/34479)
**Author:** [@david.hetherington](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david.hetherington)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thank-you-very-much/34479 "2015-10-14T04:17:08Z")
Hello, I like to say a huge thank you to the Discourse development team for creating this wonderful forum stack. I use it on my tiny new \[forum\]\[1\]. I am loving the speed and the simplicity of this software. \[1\]: http:… --- ## [Default category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category/34481)
**Author:** [@coderanger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/coderanger)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category/34481 "2019-05-20T03:31:21Z")
This has been asked a few times before, but is it possible to set it so that new topics actually default to a certain category? I’ve disabled Uncategorized posts, but the user still has to manually select a category and … --- ## [Hide login status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-login-status/34490)
**Author:** [@MPW](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MPW)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-login-status/34490 "2018-09-20T21:27:07Z")
Hello, I just registered, as we’re using Discourse here too and wanted to ask for this feature: Is there a way to hide your login status? So that others can’t see, that you’re online? Some users requested this to safe… --- ## [Per-category (and per-tag) ranking factors (e.g. 0.9, 1.2 etc)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-and-per-tag-ranking-factors-e-g-0-9-1-2-etc/34492)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-and-per-tag-ranking-factors-e-g-0-9-1-2-etc/34492 "2015-10-15T01:35:50Z")
I would like to propose to introduce per-category factors that would affect all components of a topic’s ranging system, depending on what category it is found in. The same can be applied to tags, btw. Even though our fo… --- ## [Properly shut down Discourse when host shuts down](https://meta.discourse.org/t/properly-shut-down-discourse-when-host-shuts-down/34493)
**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/properly-shut-down-discourse-when-host-shuts-down/34493 "2015-10-14T17:28:00Z")
About a year ago, @tobiaseigen asked how to properly shut down Discourse: The conclusion was that a ./launcher stop app should now suffice. This is great, but it still is a separate step. It won’t help you if another s… --- ## [Google Chrome extension for discourse notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-chrome-extension-for-discourse-notifications/34496)
**Author:** [@alep](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alep)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-chrome-extension-for-discourse-notifications/34496 "2020-03-01T16:51:49Z")
I’ve released the new version 1.0.0. I’ve added the multi-site feature: the user can add more discourse sites to see all notifications in one single place. You can install it from here: https://chrome.google.com/websto… --- ## [Emojis in "what's new" email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emojis-in-whats-new-email/34497)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 8:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emojis-in-whats-new-email/34497 "2015-10-15T08:00:00Z")
Not sure if it is a bug or at least configurable, but I would like to get rid of these nonsense emoji codes in the topic titles in emails (e.g. :bangbang:): It just makes no sense, especially for non-English forums. --- ## [Can I hide an admin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-hide-an-admin/34504)
**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-hide-an-admin/34504 "2018-11-15T13:00:36Z")
Hello, I need to hide an admin user from the staff list. I don’t like that he shows in /about section. How could I do that? --- ## [Post editor; Heading not working for less than 3 charactors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-editor-heading-not-working-for-less-than-3-charactors/34507)
**Author:** [@11122](https://meta.discourse.org/u/11122)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-editor-heading-not-working-for-less-than-3-charactors/34507 "2017-06-26T14:27:23Z")
Hello, I have some questions with the Heading. When I have a word less than 3 characters, the Heading does bot work with it. For example: I have to add a “-” to make the heading apply: I am not sure this is a bug.… --- ## [Alternate compression format for user post download?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternate-compression-format-for-user-post-download/34517)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternate-compression-format-for-user-post-download/34517 "2015-10-14T19:37:14Z")
Continuing the discussion from Download Archive of My Posts Implementation: When I look at having my students download their posts to upload to a portfolio system, I notice that the .csv.gz file that is no problem for … --- ## [Onebox support for readthedocs.org](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-support-for-readthedocs-org/34528)
**Author:** [@malmaud](https://meta.discourse.org/u/malmaud)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-support-for-readthedocs-org/34528 "2015-10-15T03:28:39Z")
Hi all, Very pleased with the onebox support. One limitation seems to be that links to readthedocs.org aren’t oneboxed; eg Would be great to have this as we experiment with moving the Julia forums over to Discourse; … --- ## [Cross-reference onebox is bungling code formatting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cross-reference-onebox-is-bungling-code-formatting/34529)
**Author:** [@malmaud](https://meta.discourse.org/u/malmaud)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cross-reference-onebox-is-bungling-code-formatting/34529 "2016-03-07T23:23:50Z")
For example, following the link below gives a page with perfect code formatting, but the preview doesn’t inherit that formatting. http://julia.malmaud.com/t/testing-julia-syntax-highlighting/3204 --- ## [Send welcome message to imported/migrated users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-welcome-message-to-imported-migrated-users/34532)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 7:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-welcome-message-to-imported-migrated-users/34532 "2015-10-16T07:48:19Z")
When importing users from an existing forum system, it seems that they aren’t sent the welcome message. Since the welcome message is used to educate the users about how to use Discourse, I think it would be useful to se… --- ## [How to search and filter solved/unsolved topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-search-and-filter-solved-unsolved-topics/34538)
**Author:** [@alefattorini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alefattorini)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 7:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-search-and-filter-solved-unsolved-topics/34538 "2015-10-15T07:23:37Z")
Continuing the discussion from Solved Button Plugin: How can I achieve this? I looked for such query term with no luck. Any hint? --- ## [Creating a survey for self-hosted Discourse communities](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-survey-for-self-hosted-discourse-communities/34541)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-survey-for-self-hosted-discourse-communities/34541 "2020-04-01T18:48:51Z")
I’d like to put together a little survey for projects that are managing their own Discourse forum. Published results will be 100% anonymous. I wanna know things like: Who’s their hosting provider? How beefy is their h… --- ## [Bold and Italic in Chinese](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bold-and-italic-in-chinese/34550)
**Author:** [@11122](https://meta.discourse.org/u/11122)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bold-and-italic-in-chinese/34550 "2017-06-26T14:00:13Z")
I am really confused with this editor, perhaps this is because I am a chinese. Here is my problems: bold and italic work only when the character before is space or paragraph begin. For example: This seems reasonabl… --- ## [Unable to change title and category during moderation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-change-title-and-category-during-moderation/34552)
**Author:** [@Mischief](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mischief)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-change-title-and-category-during-moderation/34552 "2024-02-28T09:48:55Z")
As an admin for posts which need moderating I can not change the title or category until after moderation. It would be great if we could if we could do it as part of the moderation process. [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=500) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=502)