# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=514 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 515 --- ## [Icon next to username on topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icon-next-to-username-on-topics/36182)
**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icon-next-to-username-on-topics/36182 "2015-12-02T00:57:36Z")
I see on the Discourse Meta site that the co-founders have an icon (moderator shield) next to their name. Is this something that can be configured in badges or some other location? We are trying to figure out how to pro… --- ## [Can't bootstrap Discourse due to YAML error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-bootstrap-discourse-due-to-yaml-error/36192)
**Author:** [@docforyou](https://meta.discourse.org/u/docforyou)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-bootstrap-discourse-due-to-yaml-error/36192 "2015-12-01T14:10:29Z")
Hello, first post here. I’m trying to bootstrap discourse but i have this error : (\): did not find expected key while parsing a block mapping at line 32 column 3 -e LANG=en\_US.UTF-8 YAML syntax error. Please c… --- ## [Auto-download images inserted as bb codes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-download-images-inserted-as-bb-codes/36193)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-download-images-inserted-as-bb-codes/36193 "2015-12-01T13:16:13Z")
My users discovered an endless source of emojis… They’re just clicking the “copy insert code for forums” button on various emoji collection websites and inserting the code in our forum. The code looks like this: \[url=h… --- ## [Hosting options (Discourse hosting vs. 3rd party hosting)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosting-options-discourse-hosting-vs-3rd-party-hosting/36195)
**Author:** [@Tia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tia)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosting-options-discourse-hosting-vs-3rd-party-hosting/36195 "2019-08-12T06:00:37Z")
Hi guys, Could anyone please clarify to me what are the benefits of using the hosting options featured at Discourse pricing | Discourse - Civilized Discussion vs. hosting with https://www.communiteq.com/ ? Thanks \<3 --- ## [Disqus importer fails - undefined method](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disqus-importer-fails-undefined-method/36200)
**Author:** [@yyhmsg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yyhmsg)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disqus-importer-fails-undefined-method/36200 "2015-12-13T17:09:28Z")
This may very well be something that I’m doing wrong, but I have a dev setup of discourse on vagrant (that is running fine). I’m now trying to use the disqus.rb import script to bring in my disqus xml comments dump. He… --- ## [Show Total Topics/Replies in /categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-total-topics-replies-in-categories/36207)
**Author:** [@mei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mei)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-total-topics-replies-in-categories/36207 "2017-03-23T11:59:36Z")
Instead of showing daily and weekly counts of topics in each category (in the /categories view), is it possible to show the total topics AND replies? I feel like this is the standard with most other forum software (altho… --- ## [Search for pinned topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-for-pinned-topics/36208)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-for-pinned-topics/36208 "2016-03-18T05:28:08Z")
Continuing the discussion from What advanced search filters should exist?: Can’t seem to find an answer for this here yet…can you search for pinned topics? --- ## [Wordpress plugin does not replace "leave a reply" button with the link to forum on my theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-plugin-does-not-replace-leave-a-reply-button-with-the-link-to-forum-on-my-theme/36221)
**Author:** [@steelmaiden](https://meta.discourse.org/u/steelmaiden)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-plugin-does-not-replace-leave-a-reply-button-with-the-link-to-forum-on-my-theme/36221 "2015-12-05T23:57:44Z")
Screenshot: Link to article: http://webmajstori.geek.hr/facebook-power-editor-neizbjezan-alat-za-preciznije-oglasavanje/ Any idea what needs to be changed in code to get this working properly? --- ## ["X new / updated topics" gets triggered for muted topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-new-updated-topics-gets-triggered-for-muted-topics/36226)
**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 6:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-new-updated-topics-gets-triggered-for-muted-topics/36226 "2022-07-21T06:47:15Z")
I had been getting the “X new / updated topics” notification when there hadn’t actually been a new topic occasionally, but as it turns out there were new topics – they were just muted. They didn’t appear in Latest becaus… --- ## [Option to insert frequently used text in the post editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-insert-frequently-used-text-in-the-post-editor/36234)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-insert-frequently-used-text-in-the-post-editor/36234 "2015-12-02T21:55:41Z")
As a moderator of a Discourse instance I find myself typing same (or very similar) posts with some frequency, and would love the ability to have a “permanent clipboard” of sorts that could hold some commonly used text. … --- ## [Search of external embedded content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-of-external-embedded-content/36236)
**Author:** [@omfg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omfg)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 7:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-of-external-embedded-content/36236 "2015-12-03T07:05:13Z")
I’m not sure if this is a bug, I don’t really think it is, but I searched the forum and couldn’t find a post about it so I’ll put it here just in case. So: If you search the site (this site) using Google, you can find… --- ## [Wall Style View. Is it Possible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wall-style-view-is-it-possible/36240)
**Author:** [@george\_in\_PA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/george_in_PA)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wall-style-view-is-it-possible/36240 "2015-12-02T15:41:55Z")
I am a former publisher of several large forums using VBulletin and am a longtime forum user/ owner. I think most forum operators have seen an erosion of growth as casual users and general conversation migrate to newer s… --- ## [Adding Signatures to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-signatures-to-discourse/36241)
**Author:** [@george\_in\_PA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/george_in_PA)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-signatures-to-discourse/36241 "2015-12-02T16:09:06Z")
In the past I’ve published several automotive forums and am looking into use of Discourse to launch a new automotive forum. Using VBulletin previously, we were able to include signatures (sometimes with active links), ti… --- ## [Can I use Discourse in Cpanel PHP Hosting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-discourse-in-cpanel-php-hosting/36247)
**Author:** [@MUHSIN\_MOHAMED\_PC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MUHSIN_MOHAMED_PC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-discourse-in-cpanel-php-hosting/36247 "2015-12-03T08:22:13Z")
I don’t know in which program Discourse was developed. I have a Cpanel Shared Hosting Server. I want to know that, Discourse support on Cpanel Shared Hosting Server or not. If not then, Which type of server support the p… --- ## [Can't mark certain posts as solutions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-mark-certain-posts-as-solutions/36251)
**Author:** [@Sharksie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sharksie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-mark-certain-posts-as-solutions/36251 "2015-12-03T01:08:14Z")
If you lock a thread and make a post in it while it’s locked, there is no option to mark that post as a solution. --- ## [Description for silver share badge is incorrect and uneditable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/description-for-silver-share-badge-is-incorrect-and-uneditable/36252)
**Author:** [@Euflor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Euflor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/description-for-silver-share-badge-is-incorrect-and-uneditable/36252 "2015-12-04T21:45:53Z")
The description for one of the default badges, the silver share badge, is incorrect–it says that users who earn it have shared a post with 1000 unique visitors. The query below it specifies 300. Because this is a default… --- ## [Any chance pre-filled topic via URL will eventually support tags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-chance-pre-filled-topic-via-url-will-eventually-support-tags/36254)
**Author:** [@burke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/burke)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-chance-pre-filled-topic-via-url-will-eventually-support-tags/36254 "2016-06-06T02:33:20Z")
Continuing the discussion from Compose a new pre-filled topic via URL: Creating topics via URL is awesome! Just what the doctor ordered… but, we’d really like to be able to include &tags=foo,bar,baz in the URL. I reali… --- ## [Want to hire someone to make a simple discourse plugin for me](https://meta.discourse.org/t/want-to-hire-someone-to-make-a-simple-discourse-plugin-for-me/36257)
**Author:** [@anon36895752](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon36895752)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/want-to-hire-someone-to-make-a-simple-discourse-plugin-for-me/36257 "2015-12-04T19:04:14Z")
Hello, I would like a plugin that works almost identical to the way the search page works, but slightly different. The plugin should do a search for the query, and then do a 301 redirect to the top search result. For … --- ## [Discourse Team Grows by 50%](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-team-grows-by-50/36259)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 9:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-team-grows-by-50/36259 "2015-12-03T09:04:07Z")
The Discourse team has grown slowly: Jeff, Robin, Sam, Neil launch team (Feb 2013) Régis joins (Sep 2013) Arpit joins (May 2015) Look at any successful open source project, and you’ll see that it takes a while. And we’re… --- ## [Auto-update issue - "Ensure sidekiq is running."](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-update-issue-ensure-sidekiq-is-running/36263)
**Author:** [@scottpruett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scottpruett)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-update-issue-ensure-sidekiq-is-running/36263 "2015-12-03T15:21:24Z")
My entire site was down, no idea why. I rebooted the server (on DO), everything seemed to kick back into gear, but I just logged into the Discourse dashboard and am getting this error: A check for updates has not been p… --- ## [Toning down Message format](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toning-down-message-format/36264)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 5:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toning-down-message-format/36264 "2015-12-04T05:31:01Z")
Messages we email users share much of the same formatting general notifications get, we are building support for staged account messaging (messaging by users with no active accounts on Discourse) and I feel the the gener… --- ## [Bug Reporter Badge and 'Discourse Team' broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-reporter-badge-and-discourse-team-broken/36265)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-reporter-badge-and-discourse-team-broken/36265 "2015-12-03T02:00:39Z")
It appears that as of 8:43 PM EST, the bug reporter badge is broken. When loading the page Discourse Meta I see that 0 people have earned the badge, yet I know that I have previously earned the badge (as had hundreds of… --- ## [New Topic URL - Lost if not logged in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-url-lost-if-not-logged-in/36266)
**Author:** [@yyhmsg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yyhmsg)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-url-lost-if-not-logged-in/36266 "2015-12-05T23:07:10Z")
Continuing the discussion from Compose a new pre-filled topic via URL: @techAPJ I was just exploring the new topic url and just tried clicking on a new topic url when not logged in - it then asks you to login which is … --- ## [Seeking advice for homepage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-advice-for-homepage/36268)
**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-advice-for-homepage/36268 "2018-01-24T12:59:13Z")
Hi everyone. I thought I’d present this to the group to see if anyone wants to make some suggestions. We’ve been live for several months and are seeing a good deal of activity… http://www.helloforos.com/ http://www.hel… --- ## [Google Maps language](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-maps-language/36279)
**Author:** [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-maps-language/36279 "2015-12-03T12:02:11Z")
I posted the following URL of Google Maps on my forum. This URL contains code that enables to replace the Japanese language with English in Google Maps. Whenever I see the URL on Google Chrome, texts are successfully … --- ## [.Gif files as profile pics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-files-as-profile-pics/36291)
**Author:** [@AlexBCodecademy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexBCodecademy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-files-as-profile-pics/36291 "2015-12-04T20:18:28Z")
Does discourse support gifs? Is there anyway to have a GIF as a profile picture? --- ## [Automatically pull blog posts as discourse topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-pull-blog-posts-as-discourse-topics/36311)
**Author:** [@Mohit\_Joshi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mohit_Joshi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-pull-blog-posts-as-discourse-topics/36311 "2015-12-04T09:57:29Z")
Is it possible to provide to users of the forum some kind of code, which they can put on their blogging platform (Wordpress, Blogger etc) so that whenever they post a new blog entry, it automatically appears as a new top… --- ## [Hide post plus PM action should open pre-filled composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-post-plus-pm-action-should-open-pre-filled-composer/36326)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-post-plus-pm-action-should-open-pre-filled-composer/36326 "2016-02-21T21:02:43Z")
I just acted on a flag with the “Hide post + PM user” action. I think this was the first time I did it, and I wasn’t expecting it to just send a automated PM for me. Every other “send a PM” action in Discourse triggers a… --- ## [Automated PM for flagged posts displays user participants inconsistently](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-pm-for-flagged-posts-displays-user-participants-inconsistently/36328)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-pm-for-flagged-posts-displays-user-participants-inconsistently/36328 "2015-12-05T22:21:02Z")
So @Falco flagged a post and I acted on it, which results in a PM with an original sender and a reply from a moderator. Here’s what I see on my end: Here’s what he sees on his end: … --- ## [Email notifications with incorrect senders](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-with-incorrect-senders/36332)
**Author:** [@Blaisorblade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Blaisorblade)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-with-incorrect-senders/36332 "2015-12-04T16:50:46Z")
Email notifications from my Discourse 1.4.3 forum have an incorrect sender: From: Some Username \ Reply-To: Some Username \ This is confusing, so many users try to either reply to emails, or eve… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=513) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=515)