# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=516 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 517 --- ## [Discourse selected for Mozilla Open Source Support program](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-selected-for-mozilla-open-source-support-program/36535)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 7:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-selected-for-mozilla-open-source-support-program/36535 "2015-12-17T07:19:23Z")
In late October Mozilla announced something called the Mozilla Open Source Support Program. Their selection criteria seemed favourable towards Discourse, so we decided to take a shot at it. I am reminded regularly of h… --- ## [Using Discourse as a FAQ Help Center](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-faq-help-center/36541)
**Author:** [@AlexBCodecademy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexBCodecademy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-faq-help-center/36541 "2017-12-27T18:26:39Z")
Hello all, FIRST I am needing to create a new FAQ/help center on our website and instead of having to update/edit all the topics manually, I want to embed the discourse threads (OP) and the comments that follow -which … --- ## [Inactive users can reply by email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inactive-users-can-reply-by-email/36544)
**Author:** [@roarkely](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roarkely)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 6:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inactive-users-can-reply-by-email/36544 "2015-12-31T06:43:52Z")
Users that are inactive do not get email notifications, which is the behavior I would expect. However, if an inactive user replies by email to an email notification they received prior to their deactivation, the message … --- ## ["USER split this topic" makes topic forever "un-visited"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-split-this-topic-makes-topic-forever-un-visited/36558)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Newsom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Newsom)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 8:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-split-this-topic-makes-topic-forever-un-visited/36558 "2016-12-05T08:08:31Z")
This topic got off-topic, so I split the the posts to a new topic. Here you can see the new topic is greyed out with class="title visited" because I’ve read it all. The parent topic is still black, with class="title" … --- ## [Vicious flagging/editing cycle](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vicious-flagging-editing-cycle/36572)
**Author:** [@rxc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rxc)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vicious-flagging-editing-cycle/36572 "2015-12-29T22:13:38Z")
A problem with the way community flagging works as previously described… While a moderator isn’t around, watching like a hawk, this causes a two-part problem: A user can do the bare minimum of editing by adding/remov… --- ## [SQL query taking too much time to run](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sql-query-taking-too-much-time-to-run/36583)
**Author:** [@sergiolopes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sergiolopes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sql-query-taking-too-much-time-to-run/36583 "2015-12-11T18:43:12Z")
We are migrating an old forum with 1.6 million messages to Discourse. When opening the home page as logged in user, there is a super query taking too long to execute (many seconds). We are still testing so there is only … --- ## [Including content from one template in another template](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-content-from-one-template-in-another-template/36587)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Zegarelli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Zegarelli)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-content-from-one-template-in-another-template/36587 "2017-08-17T20:14:10Z")
I have a request to create a “top users” widget of sorts that will appear on the front page. My idea is to use content and layout from the /users page pulled in to an area on my front page. Is this possible through upd… --- ## [1.8M PullHotLinkedImages in our sidekiq backlog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/1-8m-pullhotlinkedimages-in-our-sidekiq-backlog/36589)
**Author:** [@Paulo\_Silveira](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paulo_Silveira)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/1-8m-pullhotlinkedimages-in-our-sidekiq-backlog/36589 "2015-12-11T22:48:12Z")
We are trying to cope with a huge batch of PullHotLinkedImages (and ProcessoPost/UpdateGravatar/CrawlLink) in our sidekiq queue after migrating our forum. And as the posts are being processed, the queue is getting even b… --- ## [Modifying Staff Roles to go beyond Administrator and Moderator?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifying-staff-roles-to-go-beyond-administrator-and-moderator/36603)
**Author:** [@DarkSwordsman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DarkSwordsman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifying-staff-roles-to-go-beyond-administrator-and-moderator/36603 "2017-12-31T21:43:21Z")
Hello all, We just got discourse for our new website and were wondering if there was a way to create other staff positions with different permissions besides Administrator and Moderator. i.e: Super Moderator; Super Admi… --- ## [Changes in Admin \> Customize \> Text Content are not logged](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-in-admin-customize-text-content-are-not-logged/36614)
**Author:** [@roarkely](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roarkely)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-in-admin-customize-text-content-are-not-logged/36614 "2015-12-18T14:12:53Z")
Changes to ‘Site Settings’ and ‘CSS/HTML’ are logged as staff actions, but changes to the ‘Text Content’ are not. --- ## [Remove Discourse meta tag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-discourse-meta-tag/36619)
**Author:** [@lulzsecd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lulzsecd)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-discourse-meta-tag/36619 "2016-02-29T20:53:33Z")
As tiitle, how to remove Discourse Meta Tag Generator when I right click to view source. Thanks! --- ## [Copy selected text to new post, even on a locked topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-selected-text-to-new-post-even-on-a-locked-topic/36622)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-selected-text-to-new-post-even-on-a-locked-topic/36622 "2015-12-15T23:29:07Z")
I feel I used to be able to do the following, but can’t anymore… When selecting text in a topic I’m not allowed to post to, I can click Reply, and a new topic is going to be created. It would be nice if the selected te… --- ## ["Your post is similar to" falls under the header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-post-is-similar-to-falls-under-the-header/36623)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-post-is-similar-to-falls-under-the-header/36623 "2015-12-12T18:03:13Z")
This is on meta, on a small computer, where the top of the “your post is similar to” will fall completely under the header --- ## [How install discourse in home path?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-install-discourse-in-home-path/36625)
**Author:** [@Mani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mani)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-install-discourse-in-home-path/36625 "2015-12-12T21:32:56Z")
Hello I want I install discourse in a subdomain (discuss.eaxmple.com) with the following address: /home/admin/web/discuss.eaxmple.com/public\_html/ First, I installed Docker / Git by wget -qO- https://get.docker.com/ |… --- ## [Blank page - JavaScript error on Android](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-page-javascript-error-on-android/36642)
**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 5:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-page-javascript-error-on-android/36642 "2015-12-14T05:25:44Z")
\##Info Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘user’ of undefined Url: http://example.com/assets/application-622c68bf359d79a9bf2cb12ba4772774.js Line: 3 Column: 30623 Window Location: http://example.com/ ##Backtr… --- ## [Repeated notifications when posts auto-flagged for spam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/repeated-notifications-when-posts-auto-flagged-for-spam/36662)
**Author:** [@jsha](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jsha)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 6:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/repeated-notifications-when-posts-auto-flagged-for-spam/36662 "2015-12-15T06:22:50Z")
I recently got 11 messages from “system” on my forum indicating a single message had been auto-flagged for spam. It was the top message in this thread: https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/fedora-webserver-https-setup/682… --- ## [Ok to delete default categories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ok-to-delete-default-categories/36672)
**Author:** [@platinum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/platinum)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 11:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ok-to-delete-default-categories/36672 "2015-12-14T11:10:09Z")
Just wondering, if we delete any of the default categories, such as Lounge, Site Feedback, etc., will it break anything? Is there anything in the discourse core that is hard-coded to attach to these pre-defined categorie… --- ## [UI breaks when letter avatar images don't load](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-breaks-when-letter-avatar-images-dont-load/36674)
**Author:** [@rxc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rxc)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-breaks-when-letter-avatar-images-dont-load/36674 "2015-12-15T08:56:09Z")
When a user’s own letter avatar doesn’t load, discourse doesn’t show any placeholder for it. That means the user’s “profile/messages/preferences” menu at the top-right completely disappears, preventing them access to ma… --- ## [Disable Avatar education message when \`allow\_uploaded\_avatars\` is disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-avatar-education-message-when-allow-uploaded-avatars-is-disabled/36679)
**Author:** [@fbender](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbender)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-avatar-education-message-when-allow-uploaded-avatars-is-disabled/36679 "2015-12-14T17:19:09Z")
On my install, I disabled allow\_uploaded\_avatars since I built an SSO solution for an existing CMS installation (using Contao) and plan to use the already-available avatars from the website (not available yet). Thus user… --- ## [\[Paid\] Art gallery plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-art-gallery-plugin/36681)
**Author:** [@DavidGNavas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DavidGNavas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 10:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-art-gallery-plugin/36681 "2015-12-14T10:47:25Z")
Hi everyone! We want to build an art based forum for amateurs that want to learn the different painting techniques. The main idea is that the different artists upload their artwork and explain what technique (through ta… --- ## [Cannot get latest posts via json (/posts.json returns 500 error)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-get-latest-posts-via-json-posts-json-returns-500-error/36682)
**Author:** [@ks\_smilik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ks_smilik)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 9:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-get-latest-posts-via-json-posts-json-returns-500-error/36682 "2015-12-15T09:40:23Z")
Hey guys. I’m trying to get latest posts with help of Discourse Api gem. I’ve added next lines to my initializer: module DiscourseApi module API module Posts def latest\_posts(params = {}) response =… --- ## [Subfolder install User blocked due to community flags message has wrong URL to Profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subfolder-install-user-blocked-due-to-community-flags-message-has-wrong-url-to-profile/36685)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subfolder-install-user-blocked-due-to-community-flags-message-has-wrong-url-to-profile/36685 "2015-12-15T20:08:08Z")
In the below message, the first and last link has /community/community/ referencing the subfolder name twice creating a broken link. The last link should be going to /community/admin/users/meghaf, and the first to /commu… --- ## [How-to setup a Discourse network?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-a-discourse-network/36693)
**Author:** [@webrefugee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/webrefugee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-a-discourse-network/36693 "2015-12-14T18:23:58Z")
I want to establish a network of Discourse forums. Each site in the network will be a stand-alone site with its own url (abc.com, xyz.com…) and theme etc with a common user account repository such that an account at one … --- ## [View Latest Topic overlaps with Category Name in Browse Other Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-latest-topic-overlaps-with-category-name-in-browse-other-topics/36695)
**Author:** [@mwahnish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mwahnish)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-latest-topic-overlaps-with-category-name-in-browse-other-topics/36695 "2015-12-15T13:16:17Z")
If the Category Name is longer than two words, the “or View Latest Topics” link overlaps with the category name. I think this can be solved by removing “overflow: inherit” from the class. I’m on Ubuntu using Fire… --- ## [Changing user settings results in 422 Unprocessable Entity / ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-user-settings-results-in-422-unprocessable-entity-activerecord-recordinvalid/36722)
**Author:** [@ckamps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckamps)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-user-settings-results-in-422-unprocessable-entity-activerecord-recordinvalid/36722 "2015-12-17T22:20:49Z")
When we have: And attempt to perform certain operations on users such as Grant Moderation: We encounter this error: And the logs show: ###Workaround Temporarily set min and max user name to 1 and 30 res… --- ## [Discourse is loading pictures from the wrong domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-loading-pictures-from-the-wrong-domain/36727)
**Author:** [@akselm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/akselm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-loading-pictures-from-the-wrong-domain/36727 "2015-12-16T02:23:28Z")
Hello! I’m having some issues on my forum. here is an example: http://www.thestratagemmc.com/t/archers-arena-pvp-tournament/261 if I go into chrome dev tools, the src attribute of the image at the top of the thread is… --- ## [Per-category default reply when emailing in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-default-reply-when-emailing-in/36731)
**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-default-reply-when-emailing-in/36731 "2015-12-15T22:28:06Z")
While the category email-in support is maturing, are there plans for a feature where the user would get a reply from discourse when they email to a category incoming email address? this would make it possible for the us… --- ## [Unable to see the Uncategorized category in the category List](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-see-the-uncategorized-category-in-the-category-list/36738)
**Author:** [@shalintj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shalintj)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-see-the-uncategorized-category-in-the-category-list/36738 "2015-12-15T15:21:16Z")
Hi, I started using Discourse a couple of weeks back and I just noticed that that the “Uncategorized” category which I renamed to “Others” is no longer appearing in the list of categories. The Status quo is:: In Categ… --- ## [Great How To Guides](https://meta.discourse.org/t/great-how-to-guides/36741)
**Author:** [@rewphus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rewphus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/great-how-to-guides/36741 "2015-12-15T14:23:09Z")
In a matter of a couple hours I updated from 1.4 to 1.5, added about 4 new plugins and changed domains for my Discourse instance, all with the help of the great How To guides that are provided here. I just wanted to dro… --- ## [Markdown isn't parsing/displaying some content properly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-isnt-parsing-displaying-some-content-properly/36743)
**Author:** [@clay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clay)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-isnt-parsing-displaying-some-content-properly/36743 "2017-06-26T20:02:08Z")
The following text appears not be be parsed properly by Markdown. Here’s an image of what is entered: Below here shows how it renders Some fenced code This should be a list: List Item One List Item Two List Item … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=515) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=517)