# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=588 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 589 --- ## ["About this category" topics become effectively inaccessible after reading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-this-category-topics-become-effectively-inaccessible-after-reading/47075)
**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-this-category-topics-become-effectively-inaccessible-after-reading/47075 "2016-07-11T09:24:21Z")
Just ran into this today as I was trying to work out where to post something here on meta – I couldn’t find the “about this category” post easily inside the category to read it and see if I was doing the right thing or n… --- ## [Temporary Same Avatar for all Users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/temporary-same-avatar-for-all-users/47077)
**Author:** [@Imperator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Imperator)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/temporary-same-avatar-for-all-users/47077 "2020-04-01T18:21:22Z")
Hey Guys, a question is it possible that alle user have the same Avatar? only Temporary for a Event maybe over the CSS/HTML Settings? regards, Imperator --- ## [phpBB importer fails to import anonymous users differing only by letter case](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-importer-fails-to-import-anonymous-users-differing-only-by-letter-case/47083)
**Author:** [@palant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/palant)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-importer-fails-to-import-anonymous-users-differing-only-by-letter-case/47083 "2016-07-27T20:36:38Z")
When importing anonymous users from phpBB I get the following error: Error on record: {:email=\>“anonymous\_no\_email\_Надежда”, :username=\>“111104”, :name=\>“”, :created\_at=\>Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:09:15 UTC +00:00, :active=\>t… --- ## [phpBB importer fails to consider empty table prefix correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-importer-fails-to-consider-empty-table-prefix-correctly/47087)
**Author:** [@palant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/palant)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-importer-fails-to-consider-empty-table-prefix-correctly/47087 "2016-07-11T21:56:04Z")
phpBB allows empty table prefixes, the table will be named something like users rather than phpbb\_users then. The importer currently fails to consider this scenario right now - if you leave the table prefix empty then it… --- ## [Some BBCode URLs cannot be handled (contents\[0\].splice is not a function)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-bbcode-urls-cannot-be-handled-contents-0-splice-is-not-a-function/47089)
**Author:** [@palant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/palant)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-bbcode-urls-cannot-be-handled-contents-0-splice-is-not-a-function/47089 "2016-07-20T17:44:51Z")
The following BBCode will currently produce an exception (reproduced on try.discourse.org): \[url\]abc.com\[/url\] The error message in production is “TypeError: e\[0\].splice is not a function” - this refers to app/assets/j… --- ## [Use ":" (colon) separator in redis cache](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-colon-separator-in-redis-cache/47092)
**Author:** [@Baptiste\_Michaud](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Baptiste_Michaud)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-colon-separator-in-redis-cache/47092 "2016-07-11T13:38:49Z")
This feature request is so little that I ashamed to bring it on the table. It’s considered as a best practice to use “:” instead of “\_” in redis keys name. I have a architecture where redis is share with other part of … --- ## [Facebook invite?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-invite/47097)
**Author:** [@Scott\_Grigor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Scott_Grigor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-invite/47097 "2016-07-11T14:41:24Z")
Is there any plans for inviting users via Facebook or twitter? Much better to acquire users than email --- ## [While updating to the latest commit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-updating-to-the-latest-commit/47109)
**Author:** [@Alankrit\_Choudh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alankrit_Choudh)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-updating-to-the-latest-commit/47109 "2016-07-11T20:42:57Z")
discourse (5a77f55) getting this strike thing on discourse via /admin/upgrade Should i be worried? --- ## [Pinned topics in /categories view?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pinned-topics-in-categories-view/47118)
**Author:** [@trudat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trudat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pinned-topics-in-categories-view/47118 "2016-10-28T02:49:54Z")
Currently, pinned topics are ignored in the /categories page. Topics are not ordered with pinned topics on top - but if they happen to appear in the list then the pin icon is present. I am using /categories as the home… --- ## [Expirable user account, feature request](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expirable-user-account-feature-request/47119)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expirable-user-account-feature-request/47119 "2016-07-11T19:24:24Z")
there are users which are inactive over a long period, it’d be a good feature to send them an email and check if they still want to be a user or otherwise delete their account. --- ## [Private messages aren't imported from phpBB if conversation root doesn't exist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-messages-arent-imported-from-phpbb-if-conversation-root-doesnt-exist/47122)
**Author:** [@palant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/palant)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-messages-arent-imported-from-phpbb-if-conversation-root-doesnt-exist/47122 "2016-07-13T13:58:34Z")
When importing from phpBB, I get messages like the following: Parent post pm:1234 doesn’t exist. Skipping 1235 Since phpBB doesn’t treat conversations via private messages as a single unit, it’s quite common for peop… --- ## [Idea: Paste links in the editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-paste-links-in-the-editor/47125)
**Author:** [@iamntz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iamntz)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-paste-links-in-the-editor/47125 "2021-11-29T18:42:05Z")
Hey guys. If any of you uses WordPress, will know what I’m talking about. For others… I’ll explain. So, in the WordPress editor, if you select a text and you press CTRL+V, it will do one of the following: if the clipb… --- ## [Wanted: Hot sorting criteria for front-page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wanted-hot-sorting-criteria-for-front-page/47136)
**Author:** [@commonpawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/commonpawn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 8:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wanted-hot-sorting-criteria-for-front-page/47136 "2016-07-12T08:04:10Z")
Following up on this thread from last year. We would like to use a sorting criteria as Hacker News to make sure we’re always serving the most popular content to our users. We’re imagining using a similar algorithm to th… --- ## [Can Discourse handle classified ads succesully or is there a better way?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-handle-classified-ads-succesully-or-is-there-a-better-way/47141)
**Author:** [@James\_Higginson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/James_Higginson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-handle-classified-ads-succesully-or-is-there-a-better-way/47141 "2017-02-14T21:28:57Z")
Has anyone seen or deployed a successful classified ads system or plugin for Discourse. Is this something that could work well or is there a better approach, a third party solution that would play nicely with DIscourse p… --- ## [We should collapse excerpts by default on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/we-should-collapse-excerpts-by-default-on-mobile/47146)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/we-should-collapse-excerpts-by-default-on-mobile/47146 "2016-07-14T05:40:36Z")
I just added 2 site settings to control the excerpt behavior for pins. show excerpt on pinned topics in mobile view and show excerpt on pinned topics in desktop view I noticed (and many others have mentioned) that as… --- ## [Need help getting SSO to function correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-getting-sso-to-function-correctly/47161)
**Author:** [@jgmac1106](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jgmac1106)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-getting-sso-to-function-correctly/47161 "2016-07-13T17:38:11Z")
I can not get the single sign on to work correctly and just wanted t run through my steps. I am using: Wordpress 4.5.3. Theme Guru 2.3 Have Sensei LMS plug-in installed Have buddypress installed. Have jetpack insta… --- ## [Email invites, can't click send invite button on certain categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-invites-cant-click-send-invite-button-on-certain-categories/47168)
**Author:** [@tkiblin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tkiblin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-invites-cant-click-send-invite-button-on-certain-categories/47168 "2016-07-13T22:19:02Z")
Pretty sure I have something setup wrong, but can’t figure it out… If I try and invite a user, and type in name@gmail.com, as soon as I try and type in the com, net, etc, the send invite button becomes non-clickable. I… --- ## [Onebox is inconsistent with admin white-listed links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-is-inconsistent-with-admin-white-listed-links/47170)
**Author:** [@jasonwhat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jasonwhat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-is-inconsistent-with-admin-white-listed-links/47170 "2016-11-08T00:01:38Z")
I’ve noticed that Onebox seems to behave a bit randomly with links to sites I have added to the whitelist. In fact, my own site had to be added to the list before it worked internally with Oneboxing. Here’s example: I… --- ## [Improved top page settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-top-page-settings/47173)
**Author:** [@commonpawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/commonpawn)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-top-page-settings/47173 "2016-07-14T00:59:42Z")
We’ve had a hard time configuring the ‘Top’ view of our discourse site due to this setting: Basically, it defines how many topics are displayed under /top - which works fine if your default top timeframe is a year or… --- ## [Category security feature: new topics visible to moderators (and up) only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-security-feature-new-topics-visible-to-moderators-and-up-only/47179)
**Author:** [@trudat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trudat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-security-feature-new-topics-visible-to-moderators-and-up-only/47179 "2016-07-12T21:08:09Z")
I would like to have a category where new topics are visible to moderators only (or configurable to any user group). The moderator can then decide to publish the topic for all to see. This might be implemented via the ‘… --- ## [Console - Invalid response after removing Push notifications plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/console-invalid-response-after-removing-push-notifications-plugin/47183)
**Author:** [@Alankrit\_Choudh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alankrit_Choudh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/console-invalid-response-after-removing-push-notifications-plugin/47183 "2016-07-13T15:41:34Z")
I am getting console errors on chrome stable latest. (PS - Not sure if it is related to the plugin) I did try push notifications but i removed it as of late, because it was alpha. I am getting this after uninstallin… --- ## [Postmark bounce support?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postmark-bounce-support/47185)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postmark-bounce-support/47185 "2020-03-02T20:54:57Z")
I’m a big fan of Postmarkapp.com We use their bounce API to create tickets when emails need attention. What would it take to expand Discourse’s Bounce Processing to support Postmark? See: --- ## [Failure to onebox a local http page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failure-to-onebox-a-local-http-page/47188)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failure-to-onebox-a-local-http-page/47188 "2016-11-03T21:53:27Z")
I’m getting a 500 error when oneboxing a post in an http only discourse that requires a login, and has no plugins. I don’t have this issue in on my other Discourse, which are all https, but do require login. I got this … --- ## [Change user's displayed name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-users-displayed-name/47193)
**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-users-displayed-name/47193 "2016-07-13T04:50:16Z")
Is it possible to change a user’s displayed name? I can, as administrator, change their username, but I can’t seem to find a way (short of jumping into the database) of changing the displayed name. I’m wanting to ensure … --- ## ["Page" query string from search engine breaks content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-query-string-from-search-engine-breaks-content/47194)
**Author:** [@waza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/waza)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 7:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-query-string-from-search-engine-breaks-content/47194 "2022-07-21T07:03:07Z")
This is broken. Only show blank content. https://meta.discourse.org/t/tuning-ruby-and-rails-for-discourse/4126?page=5 However, if i omit the page query string, the content is loaded: https://meta.discourse.org/t/tunin… --- ## [Add tags do not support the chinese search!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-tags-do-not-support-the-chinese-search/47201)
**Author:** [@saluzi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saluzi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-tags-do-not-support-the-chinese-search/47201 "2017-07-07T18:49:33Z")
Add tags do not support the chinese search, this led to chinese users can not add tags. The number of Chinese users is huge, We hope to solve this problem. Thanks for your help --- ## [Facebook thumbnail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-thumbnail/47207)
**Author:** [@Scott\_Grigor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Scott_Grigor)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-thumbnail/47207 "2016-07-13T21:24:52Z")
How do you change the thumbnail on facebook when sharing a post? At the moment a smiley face is shown, even though there is a image on the post --- ## [Redirect Old Forum URLs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-old-forum-urls/47211)
**Author:** [@Vikas\_Dangi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vikas_Dangi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-old-forum-urls/47211 "2016-07-16T18:24:54Z")
Before vanilla forum was installed on my forum. Now I have transfered to discourse, so how can I redirect old topic urls to new discourse topic URLs. --- ## ["allow uppercase posts" does not support Chinese](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-uppercase-posts-does-not-support-chinese/47212)
**Author:** [@saluzi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saluzi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-uppercase-posts-does-not-support-chinese/47212 "2016-07-13T16:09:21Z")
The"allow uppercase posts" does not support Chinese, after copying a Chinese input, tip No content, Chinese seem to default to all uppercase --- ## [Adding multiple categories to a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-multiple-categories-to-a-topic/47213)
**Author:** [@adamgpope](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adamgpope)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-multiple-categories-to-a-topic/47213 "2017-04-29T13:10:13Z")
I love Discourse, every time I head in to evaluate it as a replacement for the discussion forums we’ve developed and are still actively using (a fork of the old Allaire Forums) I’m constantly impressed with great feature… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=587) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=589)