# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=557 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 558 --- ## [Restrictions on login\_required.welcome\_message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrictions-on-login-required-welcome-message/42423)
**Author:** [@Bluedevil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bluedevil)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrictions-on-login-required-welcome-message/42423 "2018-10-03T06:51:07Z")
I’d like to create a more substantial message for users that visit our private forum’s login page. Ideally, I’d like to embed a YouTube trailer for our gaming community, but the YouTube embed doesn’t seem to work pasted… --- ## [Emoji dropdown should disappear when pressing \](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-dropdown-should-disappear-when-pressing-enter/42426)
**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-dropdown-should-disappear-when-pressing-enter/42426 "2016-04-16T16:02:49Z")
When you type a colon, a dropdown for emojis appears at your cursor’s location. Then, when you use your keyboard to go down to the more option, another menu appears with more emojis. The problem is that when you do this… --- ## [Can I require a Discourse login to view things on a different site?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-require-a-discourse-login-to-view-things-on-a-different-site/42430)
**Author:** [@Teeigeryuh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Teeigeryuh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-require-a-discourse-login-to-view-things-on-a-different-site/42430 "2019-01-06T23:42:09Z")
Imagine i have ths site.com/stuff discourse.site.com How can i make it so in orfder for someone to view the content inside “/stuff” be logged in? --- ## [Using Redis then dump data is just great](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-redis-then-dump-data-is-just-great/42431)
**Author:** [@Aymane\_Shuichi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aymane_Shuichi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 7:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-redis-then-dump-data-is-just-great/42431 "2016-04-12T07:37:22Z")
Hello, Discourse is using Redis to store live data, and dumps this data periodically to the database. This is such a great idea, It makes scalability very easy and cheap. I want to learn more about this architecture, … --- ## [The response for an absent tag page should contain the «404» HTTP status code, not «200»](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-response-for-an-absent-tag-page-should-contain-the-404-http-status-code-not-200/42438)
**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-response-for-an-absent-tag-page-should-contain-the-404-http-status-code-not-200/42438 "2016-04-13T20:09:51Z")
--- ## [Show recipient in "sent" personal messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-recipient-in-sent-personal-messages/42441)
**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-recipient-in-sent-personal-messages/42441 "2022-05-09T21:56:55Z")
I really like the improvements to the PM system, except for sent messages, where we’re pretty much back to this issue: At the moment, messages display my avatar (maybe unnecessarily; it’s my sent box, after all), but … --- ## [Jobs are stuck in Sidekiq after a restart](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jobs-are-stuck-in-sidekiq-after-a-restart/42446)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jobs-are-stuck-in-sidekiq-after-a-restart/42446 "2016-04-12T13:12:37Z")
I meant to post this to @mperham on twitter but it does not really fit in a tweet :slight\_smile: Quite a few times we have notice a “stuck” sidekiq. All the jobs in the queue appear to be “stuck” in a running state forev… --- ## [Undesired Outcome of Images in Summarized Category Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undesired-outcome-of-images-in-summarized-category-topics/42447)
**Author:** [@Sern](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sern)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undesired-outcome-of-images-in-summarized-category-topics/42447 "2016-04-22T02:48:51Z")
Continuing the discussion from Edit Category \> Images \> Logo & Background Image Issue (1.4.3 and 1.5): Please refer to this topic as a reference for what I will describe in more detail below. How it Works Now “About t… --- ## [Discourse in a closed intranet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-in-a-closed-intranet/42449)
**Author:** [@carbo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carbo)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-in-a-closed-intranet/42449 "2017-02-28T22:14:14Z")
I have been trying to get Discourse running in a closed Intranet. Unfortunately it seems a bit of a futile endeavor. I have got it working in my Lab which does have internet access. But when I move my VM over to my intra… --- ## [Allow all email attachments for group messages setting?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-all-email-attachments-for-group-messages-setting/42452)
**Author:** [@clay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clay)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-all-email-attachments-for-group-messages-setting/42452 "2016-04-15T12:34:49Z")
Can somebody provide some insight into what the “Allow all email attachments for group messages” setting actually does? I’m having reply-by-email attachments stripped and am trying to figure out where I have my settings … --- ## [Ability to connect with OAuth providers when user is registered?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-connect-with-oauth-providers-when-user-is-registered/42457)
**Author:** [@fantasticfears](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fantasticfears)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2018, 10:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-connect-with-oauth-providers-when-user-is-registered/42457 "2018-08-14T10:24:36Z")
Some OAuth2 providers don’t provide email thus user have to fill the form to login. After filling out the signup form, a new user will be created and connected with this provider. But that situation hurts when a user ha… --- ## [How to restrict account changes when authenticating with Google?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-restrict-account-changes-when-authenticating-with-google/42458)
**Author:** [@Philip\_Colmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Philip_Colmer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-restrict-account-changes-when-authenticating-with-google/42458 "2016-07-15T17:14:52Z")
We’re setting up Discourse for internal company use. All employees have a Google mail account with the same domain. I’ve configured our server to use Google oAuth and it is working but there is a slight problem … What I… --- ## [How to add FontAwesome Icon in Custom Text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-fontawesome-icon-in-custom-text/42460)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-fontawesome-icon-in-custom-text/42460 "2016-04-12T23:20:57Z")
Okay, so I’m trying to add the following verbiage to education.new-reply, but it doesn’t work. Welcome to %{site\_name} — \*\*thanks for contributing!\*\* - Does your reply improve the conversation in some way? \*\*If y… --- ## [Certain info strings on fenced code blocks break formatting between the blocks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/certain-info-strings-on-fenced-code-blocks-break-formatting-between-the-blocks/42467)
**Author:** [@DavidEGrayson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DavidEGrayson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/certain-info-strings-on-fenced-code-blocks-break-formatting-between-the-blocks/42467 "2016-04-13T01:12:42Z")
I just encountered a bug while I was writing a post on a Discourse-powered forum and would like to report it. It seems like if I have two fenced code blocks with an info string of “{.cpp}”, where each block starts with … --- ## [Status of anchor link bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/status-of-anchor-link-bug/42472)
**Author:** [@Rob\_Waters](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Waters)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/status-of-anchor-link-bug/42472 "2016-07-21T15:51:18Z")
Continuing the discussion from Intra-post anchor links don't work in Safari / Firefox: What is the status on this issue? Hyperlinks with anchors don’t work, and when you include the whole URL in the post body, Discourse… --- ## [Link between posts in WP and Discourse and shortcodes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-between-posts-in-wp-and-discourse-and-shortcodes/42473)
**Author:** [@Ben\_James](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ben_James)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-between-posts-in-wp-and-discourse-and-shortcodes/42473 "2016-04-20T21:46:36Z")
Is there any way to link two separate posts, one in WP and one in Discourse, so that the comments from the Discourse post are shown on the WP post? Also, I use shortcodes for images and stuff on WP, which are transferre… --- ## [Invited to topic wrong referenced user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invited-to-topic-wrong-referenced-user/42480)
**Author:** [@jesselperry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesselperry)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invited-to-topic-wrong-referenced-user/42480 "2016-04-13T06:15:54Z")
I noticed when I invite a user to a topic, it incorrectly says in the email that the topic creator invited the user (instead of correctly stating that I invited the user) Oddly it seems very similar to this bug referenc… --- ## [Expanding notification for upload limit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-notification-for-upload-limit/42488)
**Author:** [@Rodelio\_Lagahit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rodelio_Lagahit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-notification-for-upload-limit/42488 "2016-04-13T11:50:27Z")
Normally , users just upload big files and they get this prompt or notification; What I want to happen is to expand this notification that say’s e.g “why not use dropbox , google drive etc., and come back to share t… --- ## [Topic Icons indicating content?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-icons-indicating-content/42490)
**Author:** [@keith1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/keith1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-icons-indicating-content/42490 "2019-10-07T13:00:06Z")
I’m looking for ways to make the various topics in the lists stand out at a glance for a discourse that frequently involves multiple media types. While the Topic Preview Images Plugin is nice, it’s currently only suppor… --- ## [Email not working with SparkPost](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-not-working-with-sparkpost/42502)
**Author:** [@ichy-wayland](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ichy-wayland)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-not-working-with-sparkpost/42502 "2019-02-15T18:06:52Z")
Hey! Im trying to setup a little Discourse forum. Im using SparkPost for SMTP, and as far as i can see i’ve setuped it correctly. I can send emails from the SparkPost site with my API key & domain, but when i try to send… --- ## [Encouraging User Participation - Some Ideas, More welcome](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encouraging-user-participation-some-ideas-more-welcome/42511)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encouraging-user-participation-some-ideas-more-welcome/42511 "2018-07-16T04:36:35Z")
Folks, During the past year my user base on my forum has gone from 1,000 to about 4,000 total users. During that same time the average number of messages per day has gone from about 250 to 600 messages per day. What h… --- ## [Slack is introducing threaded messaging later this year](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-is-introducing-threaded-messaging-later-this-year/42512)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-is-introducing-threaded-messaging-later-this-year/42512 "2017-03-16T12:56:34Z")
I find this announcement interesting and wonder if its becoming more like Discourse?.. Your thoughts? Any opinions whether this is relevant at all to Discourse? --- ## [Hot topics this quarter/month/week/today](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hot-topics-this-quarter-month-week-today/42520)
**Author:** [@commonpawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/commonpawn)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hot-topics-this-quarter-month-week-today/42520 "2020-11-16T14:43:37Z")
It would be great to have a the ability to have a 'Hot topic / Popular topic/ filter on the front page in addition to the existing Top Topics filter. What Right now there are only two ways to discover content on a Disc… --- ## [Old docker image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-docker-image/42523)
**Author:** [@laktak](https://meta.discourse.org/u/laktak)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-docker-image/42523 "2016-04-18T21:29:06Z")
I finally upgraded our discourse server (including OS & Docker). I had to destroy and bootstrap again because of problems. It’s running v1.6.0.beta1 +178 now but I still see only this image: root@disc:~# docker images … --- ## [Using existing RoR application for user auth / signup instead of discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-existing-ror-application-for-user-auth-signup-instead-of-discourse/42525)
**Author:** [@Andygmb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andygmb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-existing-ror-application-for-user-auth-signup-instead-of-discourse/42525 "2016-04-13T20:52:46Z")
Hi all, I have an existing Ruby on Rails application that I would like to integrate with discourse - Users would sign up through my Ruby on Rails application and a forum alias would be created for them. Is such a thing… --- ## [Showing Profile of who's presently invited on a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-profile-of-whos-presently-invited-on-a-topic/42532)
**Author:** [@Rodelio\_Lagahit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rodelio_Lagahit)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-profile-of-whos-presently-invited-on-a-topic/42532 "2016-04-17T01:38:36Z")
Recently, i’ve invited other users to participate in the topic, but I can’t see their profile photos or can’t even recall who I invited to join the topic. Is there a way to show this? or plans of showing this in the nea… --- ## [If a tag has been renamed, then the tagging plugin should redirect the visitors of an old tag page to the new one (similar to the renamed topic pages)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-a-tag-has-been-renamed-then-the-tagging-plugin-should-redirect-the-visitors-of-an-old-tag-page-to-the-new-one-similar-to-the-renamed-topic-pages/42537)
**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-a-tag-has-been-renamed-then-the-tagging-plugin-should-redirect-the-visitors-of-an-old-tag-page-to-the-new-one-similar-to-the-renamed-topic-pages/42537 "2016-04-14T10:26:51Z")
For now a tag’s links become broken after the tag has been renamed. --- ## [Moving category logo above topnav](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-category-logo-above-topnav/42539)
**Author:** [@probus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/probus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-category-logo-above-topnav/42539 "2016-06-18T08:55:22Z")
I’d like to utilize the category description and colors a bit better on our next design iteration and have been playing around with a couple of ideas. I’d like to move the category logo&description above the “latest/new… --- ## [S3 upload bucket, cdn url and bucket name in CNAME](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-upload-bucket-cdn-url-and-bucket-name-in-cname/42549)
**Author:** [@daath](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daath)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-upload-bucket-cdn-url-and-bucket-name-in-cname/42549 "2020-07-17T09:39:42Z")
Continuing the discussion from S3 Upload with Vanity Domains: I have some questions! 1: I am running out of space on my droplet because of uploads, so I want to use S3 for my uploads. I might have missed something, bu… --- ## [Groups autocomplete in admin broken?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-autocomplete-in-admin-broken/42552)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Newsom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Newsom)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-autocomplete-in-admin-broken/42552 "2016-04-22T08:02:46Z")
I open a user’s Admin page I type a group name into the Custom Group field The autocomplete list pops up The first group in the list is highlighted, while the desired group is underlined Hitting enter selects the high… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=556) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=558)