# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=544 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 545 --- ## [Rendering of ® in post results in ®](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rendering-of-in-post-results-in-registered/40705)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rendering-of-in-post-results-in-registered/40705 "2016-03-09T20:31:25Z")
Reproduce: Reply to a topic and use ‘®’ in the body of the post. Expected results: The ‘®’ symbol appears in the post where desired. Actual results - editor window: Actual results - editor preview: Actual… --- ## [Discourse for helpdesk use cases?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-helpdesk-use-cases/40711)
**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-helpdesk-use-cases/40711 "2016-03-08T11:50:33Z")
Today, I was looking for new way to manage help desk inquires. Most of todays solutions are available as SaaS plans. Other open source projects (osTicket) feeling pretty lame… 1990-2000 like … It would be much better … --- ## [居然知道我用的是中文，为什么要这么长的标题](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/40714)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Tsai](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chris_Tsai)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/40714 "2018-12-26T07:00:34Z")
Translation: Since Chinese locale is being used, why is such a long min topic title length required --- ## [Login Button /Category Buttons not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-button-category-buttons-not-working/40724)
**Author:** [@AZDD](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AZDD)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-button-category-buttons-not-working/40724 "2016-03-08T23:00:20Z")
Hi, I upgraded to the latest version of Discourse tonight. When I click the login button, the button doesn’t appear to function. Also, when clicking Create Category, it appears to try to lightbox but nothing displays in… --- ## [What's the best approach to access category specific settings?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-best-approach-to-access-category-specific-settings/40728)
**Author:** [@fantasticfears](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fantasticfears)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-best-approach-to-access-category-specific-settings/40728 "2016-03-08T10:45:55Z")
I am developing a paid plugin (don’t know whether it’s ok to public) where I need to set a category specific setting. Therefore, I compare several possible ways and proposal my suggestion. With existing convenient custo… --- ## [New "group" notification mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-group-notification-mode/40729)
**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-group-notification-mode/40729 "2019-08-21T05:18:52Z")
I posted this here Get notified of new topics, but not posts - #36 by carlokok but that pretty much got lost. Would it be possible have a new group notification mode that posts about new topics but not for replies, unle… --- ## [Favicon not loading in FireFox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/favicon-not-loading-in-firefox/40731)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/favicon-not-loading-in-firefox/40731 "2016-03-14T13:40:13Z")
I don’t think it’s related but the latest upgrade seems to have wiped out the favicon: it appears as a white square to me both here on meta and on talk.devuan.org. EDIT: seems to have come back to normal here on meta. --- ## [Traditional Permissions Setup vs Trust Levels?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/traditional-permissions-setup-vs-trust-levels/40739)
**Author:** [@BigSlacker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BigSlacker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/traditional-permissions-setup-vs-trust-levels/40739 "2016-03-08T12:40:18Z")
Simply put I want to be able to manage the trust levels myself. Especially who can edit wiki articles. Is this even feasible in the “open” system? I need something like: new users - can post in application forum only … --- ## [Start failed, address already in use](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-failed-address-already-in-use/40741)
**Author:** [@armando](https://meta.discourse.org/u/armando)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-failed-address-already-in-use/40741 "2016-03-08T13:19:29Z")
Hello, I can’t see my discourse page at the usual page (ceprovamos.tk), I can see only the default Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page. I had forgotten to pay the cloud service and they stopped my server. Then I payed and rest… --- ## [Warn user when entering mail address for category that exists for group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warn-user-when-entering-mail-address-for-category-that-exists-for-group/40742)
**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warn-user-when-entering-mail-address-for-category-that-exists-for-group/40742 "2016-03-08T19:53:14Z")
When you have a mail address attached to a group and later attach that same address to a category, you won’t get a confirmation. The incoming mails will go to the group. On small forums it’s easy to find where that addr… --- ## [Allow non-admin to edit category logo, details](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-non-admin-to-edit-category-logo-details/40744)
**Author:** [@Ian\_Hitchcox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ian_Hitchcox)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-non-admin-to-edit-category-logo-details/40744 "2019-12-19T22:43:10Z")
Hi I cannot find any documentation to allow users to edit their category logo without being an admin. Is this possible? We have clans in our game and wanted to let the leader(s) of the clan to edit their own category l… --- ## [Different behaviour of text direction for not logged-in visitors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-behaviour-of-text-direction-for-not-logged-in-visitors/40747)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-behaviour-of-text-direction-for-not-logged-in-visitors/40747 "2016-03-08T23:56:41Z")
we have set the discourse language to Persian and so the right to left direction. but for not logged-in visitors the system is in the left to right and non-translated option. why? because i’ve selected “Allow users to c… --- ## [Ubuntu Pastebin onebox?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ubuntu-pastebin-onebox/40752)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ubuntu-pastebin-onebox/40752 "2016-03-08T19:48:10Z")
Continuing the discussion from Pastebin onebox?: Now that we have Gist & Pastebin, is there any interest in supporting https://paste.ubuntu.com/ too? :slight\_smile: --- ## [Blank topics page when interface language is German](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-topics-page-when-interface-language-is-german/40753)
**Author:** [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-topics-page-when-interface-language-is-german/40753 "2016-03-08T23:19:17Z")
Since this morning, I’m getting a blank page when I visit meta.discouse.org as long as I’m using German as interface language. I can’t test this anywhere else right now (try.discourse.org doesn’t allow users to change th… --- ## [Add user to staff without them being a moderator or an admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-user-to-staff-without-them-being-a-moderator-or-an-admin/40767)
**Author:** [@Freso](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Freso)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-user-to-staff-without-them-being-a-moderator-or-an-admin/40767 "2016-03-08T22:20:49Z")
I have a user on a Discourse site I’ve recently set up I would like to have access to the topics in the “Staff” category, but I do not want them to have neither “moderator” nor “administrator” powers on the site. It seem… --- ## [New User Notification WITHOUT Approval](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-notification-without-approval/40768)
**Author:** [@brianlcheek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brianlcheek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-notification-without-approval/40768 "2019-11-20T11:12:07Z")
It’s clear that the admin would receive notification once per day that there are new users awaiting approval, but what if we don’t want to approve users but still want to be notified when they register? Is this enabled … --- ## [Show PM participants in title bar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-pm-participants-in-title-bar/40798)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Newsom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Newsom)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-pm-participants-in-title-bar/40798 "2016-03-09T18:26:31Z")
Continuing the discussion from Show recipient/sender in PM list: In a regular topic, the title bar shows the context of that topic But a PM shows no context For that, you have to scroll to the first post and look … --- ## [Use Wikipedia Onebox for other MediaWiki sites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-wikipedia-onebox-for-other-mediawiki-sites/40804)
**Author:** [@Freso](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Freso)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2020, 9:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-wikipedia-onebox-for-other-mediawiki-sites/40804 "2020-07-19T09:46:55Z")
Currently wikipedia.(com|org) is hardcoded in wikipedia\_onebox.rb, but there are plenty of other MediaWiki driven sites for which this onebox would (or should!) work just the same. It would be neat if it could be made p… --- ## [Multiple topics in single API request](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-topics-in-single-api-request/40807)
**Author:** [@Andrew\_Byrne](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Byrne)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-topics-in-single-api-request/40807 "2018-11-30T20:07:57Z")
Using the Discourse API is pretty cool and I’ve used it to provide a number of custom interrogations in related sites. One thing that has caused me some issues is the fact I need to make single requests on each topic via… --- ## [Who/howmany copied a code snippet?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-howmany-copied-a-code-snippet/40816)
**Author:** [@gingerling](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerling)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-howmany-copied-a-code-snippet/40816 "2016-03-09T16:35:51Z")
Hi So maybe this is impossible, maybe not. I like in discourse how when you post a link, anyone who clicks it is “logged” and next to the link you get the click counter etc. I wonder if this could also be added for the … --- ## [Page "'Users" : same number for "❤ given" and "Entered"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-users-same-number-for-given-and-entered/40825)
**Author:** [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-users-same-number-for-given-and-entered/40825 "2016-03-09T20:45:04Z")
Someone on my forum noticed that in the users page the number for likes given and entered were the same. The bug exists on Meta too : Discourse Meta It seems that’s the Entered stat who is broken. --- ## [Putting a discourse development server behind proxy seems to mess up some (but not most) URLs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/putting-a-discourse-development-server-behind-proxy-seems-to-mess-up-some-but-not-most-urls/40829)
**Author:** [@ryantm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryantm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/putting-a-discourse-development-server-behind-proxy-seems-to-mess-up-some-but-not-most-urls/40829 "2016-03-11T23:51:14Z")
I’m running nginx in front of Discourse with upstream discourse { server localhost:3000; } server { listen 80 default\_server; location / { proxy\_set\_header Host $http\_host; proxy\_set\_header X-Real-IP $re… --- ## [What to do when a TL0 mail gets moved to another category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-to-do-when-a-tl0-mail-gets-moved-to-another-category/40833)
**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-to-do-when-a-tl0-mail-gets-moved-to-another-category/40833 "2016-03-14T21:30:03Z")
Someone (not a user) sends a mail to a category address. A moderator moves that message to another category. He then replies. The original sender receives a mail The original sender replies The original sender gets a no… --- ## [Do moderators see the latest version of a flagged post when reviewing reports or the post as it was when it was flagged?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-moderators-see-the-latest-version-of-a-flagged-post-when-reviewing-reports-or-the-post-as-it-was-when-it-was-flagged/40838)
**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-moderators-see-the-latest-version-of-a-flagged-post-when-reviewing-reports-or-the-post-as-it-was-when-it-was-flagged/40838 "2016-03-31T04:10:52Z")
Someone posted a personal attack in one of their posts on the Discourse forum I’m using, and I flagged it as “Inappropriate” a minute after it was posted. The post was edited shortly after and the personal attack was rem… --- ## [Specialized Timeline?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specialized-timeline/40840)
**Author:** [@kegurler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kegurler)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specialized-timeline/40840 "2016-03-10T16:08:45Z")
Hello everyone, This is my first post on Discourse. I want to know If it is possible to have specialized timeline for users. For instance as a user can I choose to have topics from only Feature, Howto and Plugin in my … --- ## [2+ years using Discourse as an internal social network, experience coming from Socialcast](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-years-using-discourse-as-an-internal-social-network-experience-coming-from-socialcast/40843)
**Author:** [@DavidGNavas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DavidGNavas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2016, 9:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-years-using-discourse-as-an-internal-social-network-experience-coming-from-socialcast/40843 "2016-03-10T09:14:39Z")
Table of contents: Discourse for our organization Discourse vs Socialcast Discourse and chat apps In the rainbow of Discourse :discourse: , one colour is definetly for internal network organization. At the beg… --- ## [Changing discourse route](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-discourse-route/40844)
**Author:** [@Steve\_Ng](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steve_Ng)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-discourse-route/40844 "2016-03-11T21:37:37Z")
Hi, By default /latest goes to the latest discussion forum. Is there any chance that I could set /discussions and it goes to /latest route too? Regards, Steve --- ## [Notify me of likes received starting from N likes, or switch off entirely (personal user setting)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-me-of-likes-received-starting-from-n-likes-or-switch-off-entirely-personal-user-setting/40848)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-me-of-likes-received-starting-from-n-likes-or-switch-off-entirely-personal-user-setting/40848 "2016-03-10T10:56:20Z")
These “received like” notifications are sometimes tiring. Currently, I only get a notification upon receiving a first like. Achieving a single like for a message is not really interesting. It is often given by the same … --- ## [Help with migrating and onboarding users to a private Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-migrating-and-onboarding-users-to-a-private-discourse/40855)
**Author:** [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-migrating-and-onboarding-users-to-a-private-discourse/40855 "2016-03-14T17:43:58Z")
I’m migrating a private community from Ning to Discourse. I’m confused about how to onboard and manage our users. Our Discourse is closed to the public (login required). Our users are all from specific higher ed instiu… --- ## [How does the username change period work with imported users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-username-change-period-work-with-imported-users/40858)
**Author:** [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-username-change-period-work-with-imported-users/40858 "2016-03-10T15:36:06Z")
I’m migrating a Ning community to Discourse. The imported usernames are of the form Firstname\_Lastname. I would like to make it possible for my users to change their username to something friendlier, if they wish. The d… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=543) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=545)