# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=586 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 587 --- ## [Now in master: ES6 Modules + Text Rendering](https://meta.discourse.org/t/now-in-master-es6-modules-text-rendering/46815)
**Author:** [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/now-in-master-es6-modules-text-rendering/46815 "2016-08-13T20:21:24Z")
Approximately 2 years ago we started down the long path to ES6 modules. For a long time, I’d spent 30 minutes a day working on converting files, which eventually got replaced with my strategy of converting a file every t… --- ## [Force people to register to read?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-people-to-register-to-read/46816)
**Author:** [@Sebastian1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sebastian1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-people-to-register-to-read/46816 "2016-07-05T00:32:03Z")
Pinterest and some other communities has a feature where visitors can read for x minutes/seconds before there is a popup that require registration to continue reading. Example here: https://nomadforum.io Any plugin lik… --- ## [Order in notifications dropdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/order-in-notifications-dropdown/46819)
**Author:** [@frictionel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frictionel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/order-in-notifications-dropdown/46819 "2016-07-07T17:46:08Z")
Is there a reason why the order of options in the notifications dropdown is not from most notified to least notified? Meaning “Normal” should be between “Tracking” and “Muted”. --- ## [Allow deleting messages that I sent to myself](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-deleting-messages-that-i-sent-to-myself/46824)
**Author:** [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-deleting-messages-that-i-sent-to-myself/46824 "2016-07-04T23:13:47Z")
I love the new feature that allows me to send messages to myself. The ability to delete those messages would make this feature even better. Any chance that this could be added too? :wink: --- ## [Noticing a strange pattern. How high are profile views on your community?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/noticing-a-strange-pattern-how-high-are-profile-views-on-your-community/46833)
**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/noticing-a-strange-pattern-how-high-are-profile-views-on-your-community/46833 "2016-08-26T00:53:13Z")
I manage a couple of communities, they are both the same size (both member count and active members) and both run on Discourse. In one of those communities we get ~100 User Profile Views per week and in the other we get… --- ## [Can the API return the topic's original author?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-the-api-return-the-topics-original-author/46837)
**Author:** [@keith1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/keith1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 9:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-the-api-return-the-topics-original-author/46837 "2016-07-17T09:09:09Z")
We’re creating featured tiles on my community: realtimevfx.com and I’d love to include the name of the original topic creator on the tile, however we seem to only be able to get the “last\_power\_username” which isn’t quit… --- ## [Creating hidden topics that are later revealed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-hidden-topics-that-are-later-revealed/46838)
**Author:** [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-hidden-topics-that-are-later-revealed/46838 "2017-04-24T01:12:35Z")
Is there a way for normal users to create hidden topics? CAMRA has recently set-up a Discourse forum to improve two-way communication between the members and the central organisation. In the past, they lobbed out one-way… --- ## [My gigantic avatars are not working!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-gigantic-avatars-are-not-working/46839)
**Author:** [@Rainbowresidue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rainbowresidue)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-gigantic-avatars-are-not-working/46839 "2016-07-05T16:49:58Z")
Dear Gentleman, @codinghorror @sam We are having an issue on iPads too. The avatars won’t show on iPads, but show everywhere else (phones, laptops, PCs). Here’s a snapshot from my iPad Air 2. (My friend also can’t see … --- ## [Smilley window now showing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smilley-window-now-showing/46841)
**Author:** [@Idan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Idan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2016, 10:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smilley-window-now-showing/46841 "2016-07-16T10:11:56Z")
After upgrading, when I try to open the emojie window it’s not showing, I only see a transparent green overlay on top of the page but without the emoji window. Anyone else experiencing this? --- ## [Ireland flag shows up as Italy + Spain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ireland-flag-shows-up-as-italy-spain/46847)
**Author:** [@tannerfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tannerfilip)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ireland-flag-shows-up-as-italy-spain/46847 "2016-07-05T17:56:18Z")
Reported at 1284459 - Misinterpretation of emoji, when you use the Ireland flag emoji it shows up as Italy and Spain, not Ireland. :ireland::ireland::ireland: --- ## [Anyone here tried Google Compute?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-here-tried-google-compute/46857)
**Author:** [@P16](https://meta.discourse.org/u/P16)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2016, 9:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-here-tried-google-compute/46857 "2016-07-14T09:21:53Z")
I have been testing Discourse on both DO and Google Compute, and have been leaning towards the latter. Their CDN, DNS, storage, speed, etc is impressive, plus everything is built in which makes everything easier. Its sli… --- ## [Links are broken on my site after Disqus import](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-are-broken-on-my-site-after-disqus-import/46861)
**Author:** [@brunoedigital](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brunoedigital)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-are-broken-on-my-site-after-disqus-import/46861 "2018-08-06T08:08:22Z")
Hi, I’ve searched here on Meta and found some topics on this. But they are closed when a fix was posted it. Like these ones: Sometimes when I have a clean url pasted on a post, I click it and it generates something … --- ## [Website crashed while updating](https://meta.discourse.org/t/website-crashed-while-updating/46876)
**Author:** [@prateekvarma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/prateekvarma)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/website-crashed-while-updating/46876 "2016-07-06T02:23:25Z")
Hi, I just tried to update my discourse forum, and it did not succeed. Following is the screenshot i took before my website messed up (and still is down) :expressionless: --- ## [500.html needs absolute links in original English texts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-html-needs-absolute-links-in-original-english-texts/46879)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-html-needs-absolute-links-in-original-english-texts/46879 "2016-07-08T18:25:20Z")
Original string: No further action is necessary. However, if the error condition persists, you can provide additional detail, including steps to reproduce the error, by posting a discussion topic in the \ **Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reopening-search-does-not-select-the-previous-search-term-anymore/46880 "2016-07-06T03:32:13Z") It was useful to get the previous search term preselected when re-opening the search popup. I think it used to work like that, but not anymore. This is also a default behavior for browser address bar, browser search etc… --- ## [Remove "Uploading..." from a newly created / edited post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-uploading-from-a-newly-created-edited-post/46882)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2016, 11:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-uploading-from-a-newly-created-edited-post/46882 "2016-07-06T11:11:41Z")
It happens often that people try to upload multiple images in their post editor at once. If they see a few successfully loaded photos and accidentally don’t check that ALL of them have been uploaded, the post ends up con… --- ## [When a table other than CSS is selected in CSS/HTML customization, the currently selected style gets not marked in bold](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-table-other-than-css-is-selected-in-css-html-customization-the-currently-selected-style-gets-not-marked-in-bold/46883)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-table-other-than-css-is-selected-in-css-html-customization-the-currently-selected-style-gets-not-marked-in-bold/46883 "2016-07-06T04:18:28Z")
URLs affected: /admin/customize/css\_html//css /admin/customize/css\_html//header Case 1 (works as expected): Case 2 (demonstrates the bug): --- ## [How to switch from Docker devicemapper to something less problematic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-switch-from-docker-devicemapper-to-something-less-problematic/46894)
**Author:** [@crowley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/crowley)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-switch-from-docker-devicemapper-to-something-less-problematic/46894 "2018-08-02T23:00:58Z")
So, in the process of recovering from a disk-full situation during an otherwise normal Discourse upgrade, I realized that we are apparently using the “devicemapper” Docker storage driver, which seems to be heavily discou… --- ## [Some Problems have been found](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-problems-have-been-found/46898)
**Author:** [@db9979](https://meta.discourse.org/u/db9979)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-problems-have-been-found/46898 "2016-07-06T15:32:32Z")
In my installation always appears: But i setup all the logos dor my site --- ## [Changing the language of my discourse instance after initial install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-language-of-my-discourse-instance-after-initial-install/46901)
**Author:** [@bedhed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bedhed)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-language-of-my-discourse-instance-after-initial-install/46901 "2016-07-06T16:20:24Z")
I’m on a pro hosted instance and it was initially installed in English. Although the interface language setting works great (and the default is to French), the text content & email templates are in English. As far as I k… --- ## [Widget action not found](https://meta.discourse.org/t/widget-action-not-found/46903)
**Author:** [@piratdavid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/piratdavid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/widget-action-not-found/46903 "2016-07-07T08:36:58Z")
I’m using the new widget api to add a download button to the post menu. The button renders correctly but my action is not called. What am I doing wrong? I am attach an action in the same initializer as I am adding the bu… --- ## [RGSoC 2016: Visual Forum Analytics Community Discussion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rgsoc-2016-visual-forum-analytics-community-discussion/46905)
**Author:** [@saintsebastian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saintsebastian)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rgsoc-2016-visual-forum-analytics-community-discussion/46905 "2016-08-18T17:04:42Z")
Hey everyone! I am one of two people who is planing to provide you with informative graphs and charts on user, post etc statistics. We are doing this as our project for Rails Girls Summer of Code and this is our introdu… --- ## [How to handle user email changes in wordpress / sso / wp-discourse plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-handle-user-email-changes-in-wordpress-sso-wp-discourse-plugin/46909)
**Author:** [@lkramer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lkramer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-handle-user-email-changes-in-wordpress-sso-wp-discourse-plugin/46909 "2016-07-06T23:13:41Z")
Hello all. We’re experimenting with wordpress + discourse + wp-discourse plugin with all the sso settings set. We’re aiming to have all account creation happen only in wordpress and to have users login to wordpress and … --- ## [Need to refresh in order to get logged into discourse. Anyone else experiencing this?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-refresh-in-order-to-get-logged-into-discourse-anyone-else-experiencing-this/46911)
**Author:** [@lkramer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lkramer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-refresh-in-order-to-get-logged-into-discourse-anyone-else-experiencing-this/46911 "2016-07-07T14:48:55Z")
Howdy again. We’re using all the latest versions of wordpress + discourse + wp-discourse plugin with the sso settings filled out. Single sign-on seems to be working for the most part but I every time I find that initial… --- ## [Adjust browser client polling interval](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adjust-browser-client-polling-interval/46925)
**Author:** [@donsgood](https://meta.discourse.org/u/donsgood)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adjust-browser-client-polling-interval/46925 "2016-07-07T03:47:29Z")
Is it possible to adjust the client polling interval? I’m talking about changing the frequency by which client’s invoke https://meta.discourse.org/message-bus/6afe1d6e98a9414ea410e1f27b846927/poll. Sorry if this has be… --- ## [How to unhide a blocked user's posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-unhide-a-blocked-users-posts/46926)
**Author:** [@Gilbert\_189](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gilbert_189)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-unhide-a-blocked-users-posts/46926 "2016-07-07T19:56:09Z")
Hey there! So, one of our moderators had to block one of our leaders temporarily to fix something in her account. When he unblocked her, her posts remained hidden, as expected. Some users have been confused on why all o… --- ## [How to make a React.js-based page within Discourse that only re-uses its header and session?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-react-js-based-page-within-discourse-that-only-re-uses-its-header-and-session/46927)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2016, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-react-js-based-page-within-discourse-that-only-re-uses-its-header-and-session/46927 "2016-07-07T08:27:57Z")
I would like to create a page under the Discourse’s main domain, for example: https://meta.discourse.org/my-page I’d like this page to get full access to Discourse js environment, but only show the main header: Und… --- ## [Creating a new topic that's linked to an old topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-new-topic-thats-linked-to-an-old-topic/46934)
**Author:** [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-new-topic-thats-linked-to-an-old-topic/46934 "2019-02-10T23:30:46Z")
What’s the best way to do the above? Our Discourse implementation being relatively new, I’m often finding topics on here which either don’t quite answer my question, haven’t been commented on for a while or are closed. S… --- ## [Categories vs. tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-vs-tags/46935)
**Author:** [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-vs-tags/46935 "2022-02-24T13:43:27Z")
Are there any articles or such on helping one build a new Discourse system around categories vs. tags? I’m sure I read somewhere that Discourse was initially designed around a very flat structure using tags to categorise… --- ## [Group pages should not show Messages tab to unauthorised users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-pages-should-not-show-messages-tab-to-unauthorised-users/46946)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-pages-should-not-show-messages-tab-to-unauthorised-users/46946 "2016-07-08T19:21:15Z")
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