# Hot

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=576

[Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md)

**Page:** 577

---

## [Can I see the original email from a non-member?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-see-the-original-email-from-a-non-member/44963)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-see-the-original-email-from-a-non-member/44963 "2017-04-03T02:28:00Z")

</div>

The discourse I manage are by invite only. When a non-member posts, we get them as a Pending member. In almost all cases, they got an email from the forum via Email Address A which is member address, but replied from E…

---

## [How can I reinstall Discourse? with Console errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-reinstall-discourse-with-console-errors/44964)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Daffy\_Chu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daffy_Chu)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-reinstall-discourse-with-console-errors/44964 "2016-05-29T22:12:24Z")

</div>

Hello, Just today in the afternoon, I have encountered a 500 Internal Server Error whenever I try to go into a category So then I thought, why not I try to reinstall my whole discourse forum again and see if it will…

---

## [Migration strategy and "account created" mail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-strategy-and-account-created-mail/44976)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@francescomalatesta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/francescomalatesta)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-strategy-and-account-created-mail/44976 "2016-05-30T10:26:49Z")

</div>

Hi everyone, first post here. I tried to search for something useful but I did not had any luck. I need an advice about my migration strategy. I have a forum developed by myself. A very basic forum, no social logins, o…

---

## [How indent lists when editing a post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-indent-lists-when-editing-a-post/44978)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@MLModel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MLModel)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-indent-lists-when-editing-a-post/44978 "2016-05-31T23:31:01Z")

</div>

I would like to have an indented sublist (bullet or numbered) under a top-level list item. I know how to do this in various formatting languages — HTML, Markdown, etc. — but I don’t see how to do it using the editing fea…

---

## [Setting up Let's Encrypt for multisite](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-lets-encrypt-for-multisite/44980)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-lets-encrypt-for-multisite/44980 "2016-07-16T02:07:13Z")

</div>

I’ve got three Discourse forums on this server as well as numerous other sites (as per this howto) - any idea what the best way is for me to use lets encrypt for my discourse forums? (I’m assuming the guide in this thre…

---

## [After initial setup of DigitalOcean droplet, get Refused to Connect error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-initial-setup-of-digitalocean-droplet-get-refused-to-connect-error/45002)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@bolemk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bolemk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-initial-setup-of-digitalocean-droplet-get-refused-to-connect-error/45002 "2021-01-01T19:46:21Z")

</div>

I have followed the tutorial found below to set up discourse on a DigitalOcean Droplet. discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub But when I go the the corresponding IP address, I get """T…

---

## [Category Permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-permissions/45009)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@BlueGuyARed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlueGuyARed)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-permissions/45009 "2016-05-30T19:38:48Z")

</div>

Is there a way I can enable more category permissions on discourse? What I would like to do is make a forum section where users can receive anonymous support from staff members. Basically, anyone can create a topic and v…

---

## [Cursor misalignment in the categories box (Firefox)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cursor-misalignment-in-the-categories-box-firefox/45012)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cursor-misalignment-in-the-categories-box-firefox/45012 "2017-08-15T21:07:31Z")

</div>

A little misalignment here on Meta (and in my forum too) when I use Firefox (latest version). When you create a topic and click to choose a category the cursor appears under the box :

---

## [Automatic authentication from many different URIs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-authentication-from-many-different-uris/45018)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 8:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-authentication-from-many-different-uris/45018 "2016-05-31T08:26:39Z")

</div>

In brief: I want users to come from one of our ~500 distinct application instances into a Discourse instance and be automatically authenticated. We have a mixture of on-premise and cloud-hosted instances of our app. I’…

---

## [Archiving an inactive discourse forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archiving-an-inactive-discourse-forum/45025)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@dirkcuys](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dirkcuys)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archiving-an-inactive-discourse-forum/45025 "2016-05-31T14:48:59Z")

</div>

I need to archive a forum running discourse (not because discourse is not great, just because the forum isn’t active anymore). I thought about going the wget / httrack route, but that won’t work since the client side Jav…

---

## ["Daily updates" option for mailing list mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/daily-updates-option-for-mailing-list-mode/45029)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 41\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 10:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/daily-updates-option-for-mailing-list-mode/45029 "2017-06-28T10:43:06Z")

</div>

Continuing the discussion from “More granular mailing list mode”: Mailing list mode and some related features have received several updates recently. Minor tweaks include: Renamed “Email digest” to “Activity Summary” W…

---

## [What's the easiest way to change the background of the page borders](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-easiest-way-to-change-the-background-of-the-page-borders/45038)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@mbeale](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbeale)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-easiest-way-to-change-the-background-of-the-page-borders/45038 "2016-05-31T16:17:41Z")

</div>

We’d like to change ONLY the left and right border background, but not the background behind the text. Does anyone have suggestions about what/where/how to make such a change? Thanks in advance for anything anyone can sh…

---

## [Discourse reports user ips as the load balancer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-reports-user-ips-as-the-load-balancer/45049)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@nhumrich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nhumrich)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-reports-user-ips-as-the-load-balancer/45049 "2016-06-02T00:13:13Z")

</div>

I have an external load balancer (aws ELB) directing traffic to my discourse server. I have verified the X-Forwarded-For headers are being sent, but for some reason all the user ips show up as the load balancer ip? Is t…

---

## [Long term whisper posts on topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-term-whisper-posts-on-topics/45057)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-term-whisper-posts-on-topics/45057 "2016-12-05T03:06:38Z")

</div>

There has been a couple of topics stopping me from getting to Unread inbox zero… There are a couple of topics above which are standing between me and :unicorn: I just wanted to check it is “whisper” posts at the …

---

## [Migrate a topic to GitHub](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-topic-to-github/45058)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@mholt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mholt)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-topic-to-github/45058 "2016-05-31T23:23:45Z")

</div>

Is there a plugin to migrate a topic to GitHub as an issue? That could be really useful for technical forums that want to move specific development-related topics to a GitHub issue. I’m not really sure how exactly it wo…

---

## [Username change wipes post history in user profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-change-wipes-post-history-in-user-profile/45063)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@eriko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eriko)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-change-wipes-post-history-in-user-profile/45063 "2016-07-05T17:18:14Z")

</div>

For various annoying reasons we keep our name change window open much much longer than default. This has led people to make use of it in an interesting manner. Changing your username seems to also clear the post histor…

---

## [Google Cloud One-Click install issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-cloud-one-click-install-issue/45066)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@kirkstrobeck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kirkstrobeck)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2016, 10:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-cloud-one-click-install-issue/45066 "2016-06-07T10:24:23Z")

</div>

See http://stackoverflow.com/q/37558044/537998

---

## [The "useless" feature, "Who's Online" simplified?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-useless-feature-whos-online-simplified/45074)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Druid42](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Druid42)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 9:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-useless-feature-whos-online-simplified/45074 "2016-06-01T09:40:07Z")

</div>

My members are talking, on a forum that’s been up and running for over a year, HERE, and they really want a green dot to show who is online. I’ve scoured the Meta, and yeah, I get it. It’s a plugin. But I say, no gree…

---

## [Add a user to a group via API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-user-to-a-group-via-api/45077)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@jefflau](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jefflau)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-user-to-a-group-via-api/45077 "2023-03-16T15:13:44Z")

</div>

I’m trying to use the Discourse API to update a group with a particular user. In the docs that I have found, there wasn’t any information on this, only the ability to create a group. I also tried to watch the XHR reques…

---

## [Subforum with different language (help wanted)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subforum-with-different-language-help-wanted/45079)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@tntbombom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tntbombom)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subforum-with-different-language-help-wanted/45079 "2016-07-15T13:33:47Z")

</div>

i want to ask if its possible to solve this problem that im facing with discourse when i use 2 languages inside it (multi-support section with different languages) now the default forum language is English. now when i o…

---

## [Allow users request access to private categories: rendering custom template on exception](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-request-access-to-private-categories-rendering-custom-template-on-exception/45083)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@rilla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rilla)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2019, 4:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-request-access-to-private-categories-rendering-custom-template-on-exception/45083 "2019-02-09T04:00:38Z")

</div>

Hi all, I’m working on this plugin which adds a setting to allow showing read-restricted categories in the category list. This is already working (you can check the code in the Github repo), but now, as a next step, I …

---

## [Duplicate mails when TO: ing two email addresses](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-mails-when-to-ing-two-email-addresses/45090)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-mails-when-to-ing-two-email-addresses/45090 "2016-06-06T02:20:43Z")

</div>

We have sales@ and shop@ going to the same group mailbox in Discourse which is working great for us. However 1 minor issue that if someone mails both of those addresses, we get two copies of the exact same post. Is there…

---

## [Facebook, Google+, Twitter login only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-google-twitter-login-only/45097)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@iamkrishnam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iamkrishnam)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-google-twitter-login-only/45097 "2016-06-01T18:04:15Z")

</div>

Can I accept the new registration only through Facebook, Google+ and Twitter? I just want to get rid of the traditional - Enter your user id and password.

---

## [Changing a category background image and saving leads to an Nginx Bad Gateway error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-a-category-background-image-and-saving-leads-to-an-nginx-bad-gateway-error/45099)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@clay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clay)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-a-category-background-image-and-saving-leads-to-an-nginx-bad-gateway-error/45099 "2022-07-22T00:49:43Z")

</div>

I was just able to reproduce this twice on a new test Discourse site. Edit a category - in this case, the category had a sub category. Go to the Images tab. Change the Category Background Image. Save and wait Discourse…

---

## [Expanded Digests on Google Inbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanded-digests-on-google-inbox/45100)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanded-digests-on-google-inbox/45100 "2016-06-02T05:24:12Z")

</div>

When I get a Medium digest e-mail it looks like this: Before opening: After opening: Looks like Google is doing the hardwork for Medium, but I think implementing the Article metadata, without changing Digest loo…

---

## [User Reputation Next To Username (Junior Member, Senior Member, etc)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-reputation-next-to-username-junior-member-senior-member-etc/45101)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@P16](https://meta.discourse.org/u/P16)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-reputation-next-to-username-junior-member-senior-member-etc/45101 "2016-06-05T16:19:13Z")

</div>

Hi Everyone, We were trying to build a plugin which would show the trust level of the user next to their name within topics. So that all users have a sort of reputation badge next to their name. Since there is already …

---

## [Need Web Clipper for Discourse Post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-web-clipper-for-discourse-post/45105)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@JMichaelTX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JMichaelTX)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-web-clipper-for-discourse-post/45105 "2016-09-16T02:59:15Z")

</div>

\###Need Web Clipper for Discourse Post Hi all. I need a tool (JavaScript, Keyboard Maestro, etc) that will easily clip the following information from a Discourse post (not Topic) when I either hover over the post, or s…

---

## [Slight CSS bug when using a custom global navigation bar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slight-css-bug-when-using-a-custom-global-navigation-bar/45109)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@robbyoconnor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robbyoconnor)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slight-css-bug-when-using-a-custom-global-navigation-bar/45109 "2016-06-04T23:24:47Z")

</div>

So OpenMRS uses a global navigation bar and I upgraded to the latest c3ceb6ef7d0886a0165df5354042c6588ac4b7e5 and noticed that our globalnav bar covers the our header, see below: Anybody have any insight into some CS…

---

## [Link consumes first character that follows](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-consumes-first-character-that-follows/45114)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@frictionel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frictionel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-consumes-first-character-that-follows/45114 "2017-06-26T13:58:59Z")

</div>

While working on my migration script I stumbled upon this weird bug: A link consumes the first character that follows if there is a space and then a closing bracket. (A link follows and then a full stop: link.) ( A li…

---

## [Increasing DFP ad size on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increasing-dfp-ad-size-on-mobile/45118)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increasing-dfp-ad-size-on-mobile/45118 "2016-08-09T05:10:14Z")

</div>

I’d like to look at updating the ad experience on mobile devices. Either looking to have the 320x50 ads fill the full width, or potentially look at introducing 300x250 ads. Can anyone think of a way to have the 320x50 a…

[Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=575)

[Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=577)
