# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=590 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 591 --- ## [Admins can accidentally create uncategorized topics without meaning to](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-can-accidentally-create-uncategorized-topics-without-meaning-to/47342)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-can-accidentally-create-uncategorized-topics-without-meaning-to/47342 "2016-07-28T03:10:10Z")
Continuing the discussion from Disallowing "uncategorized" entries still offers uncategorized as default category and Admin/mods can post to “uncategorized” with “allow uncategorized topics” disabled A fellow admin on … --- ## [Non-http(s) urls in posts not hyperlinking properly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343)
**Author:** [@Whitestrake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Whitestrake)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343 "2016-10-27T19:50:21Z")
Hi guys, On a newly-installed Discourse instance, I’m trying to hyperlink a Mumble server in a post body, which takes the form mumble://example.com. I’ve tried with \ tags and \[markdown\](links). Inspecting the post a… --- ## [What are tag groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-tag-groups/47344)
**Author:** [@shri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shri)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-tag-groups/47344 "2016-07-15T07:16:09Z")
Have seen this while creating and editing a category, however cannot find any UI or documentation on this. Everything I search for ends up with group specific threads, nothing related to tag groups for categories. --- ## [Where to store images and how to migrate them?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-store-images-and-how-to-migrate-them/47350)
**Author:** [@pawanrawal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pawanrawal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-store-images-and-how-to-migrate-them/47350 "2016-08-05T15:27:19Z")
So we have a discourse instance running at https://discuss.dgraph.io. Somedays back we moved it from DO to AWS. In the process of doing so, our older assets stopped working as we started using S3 for them. I have a coup… --- ## [Counting and reporting post views for commercial forum users (so we can charge them per-view)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/counting-and-reporting-post-views-for-commercial-forum-users-so-we-can-charge-them-per-view/47352)
**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/counting-and-reporting-post-views-for-commercial-forum-users-so-we-can-charge-them-per-view/47352 "2016-07-15T11:19:56Z")
On SE23.life we currently have a category called “Commercial” for advertising posts. It is muted by default to suppress it from user homepages. Business users of the forum can optionally pay to “promote” an advert post f… --- ## [Why is there no name highlight or avatar badge in mobile view?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-no-name-highlight-or-avatar-badge-in-mobile-view/47354)
**Author:** [@Parham\_Bahrami](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Parham_Bahrami)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-no-name-highlight-or-avatar-badge-in-mobile-view/47354 "2016-07-15T22:53:18Z")
Title. I was wondering why name highlights and avatar badge arn’t there in mobile view and if it’s possible to add it through a code? Thanks. So as you can see, in desktop view I have the name highlight on my name: … --- ## [Mumble and Discourse sharing 2GBs Ram](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mumble-and-discourse-sharing-2gbs-ram/47363)
**Author:** [@erasmus\_grant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erasmus_grant)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mumble-and-discourse-sharing-2gbs-ram/47363 "2016-07-15T22:53:39Z")
I have a 2 GB ram and 40 GB SSD VPS with 3TB transfer. I am wondering if I can have both Discourse and Mumble for a community of 500 people running on the same server. Is it possible to have discourse show up as a mysit… --- ## [Embedded comments not displayed due to X-Frame-Options DENY](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedded-comments-not-displayed-due-to-x-frame-options-deny/47365)
**Author:** [@guiniol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/guiniol)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedded-comments-not-displayed-due-to-x-frame-options-deny/47365 "2016-07-18T21:27:15Z")
Hello, I setup comments on my blog using this guide: Embed Discourse comments on another website via Javascript It worked at some point, but now the comments are not displayed. In the firefox console, I see: Load deni… --- ## [Delegating votes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delegating-votes/47366)
**Author:** [@dachary](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dachary)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delegating-votes/47366 "2016-07-17T14:48:49Z")
Hi, I’d like to be able to delegate my vote to someone, on a given category. For instance, if there is a poll in the feature category and I delegated my vote to user trustedfriend for all polls in the feature category, … --- ## [Supplementary Code for Material Design](https://meta.discourse.org/t/supplementary-code-for-material-design/47369)
**Author:** [@Idan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Idan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/supplementary-code-for-material-design/47369 "2016-09-05T07:49:01Z")
I use this code to create hover animation for topic avatars. Can you provide me with how to translate the recommended Google Material Design to pixels. Here’s my code: \`.topic-avatar img { box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba… --- ## [Idea: text highlighter](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-text-highlighter/47372)
**Author:** [@iamntz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iamntz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-text-highlighter/47372 "2016-07-15T19:10:36Z")
Hey guys. It’s me again, the crazy-idea guy :slight\_smile: Ok, so the basic idea is simple: would be nice to have something similar to Medium.com, where you can empathize a portion of a text and then do some super basi… --- ## [Automatically track topic doesn't update the notification level when entering a new topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-track-topic-doesnt-update-the-notification-level-when-entering-a-new-topic/47379)
**Author:** [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-track-topic-doesnt-update-the-notification-level-when-entering-a-new-topic/47379 "2017-05-16T19:47:39Z")
I have the “Automatically track topics I enter” option set to “Immediately”. I remember that whenever I would enter a new topic, the notification level would update to “Tracking” right away. Nowadays, it requires a rel… --- ## [Lepton Image Compression](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lepton-image-compression/47384)
**Author:** [@Patrick\_David](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Patrick_David)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lepton-image-compression/47384 "2016-07-18T19:53:33Z")
Hi all! Dropbox recently blogged about a new lossless image compression algorithm that they’ve developed for jpeg compression where they are showing some impressive results: Wondering if there is any possibility of i… --- ## [Use javasript event only instead of href for avatars](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-javasript-event-only-instead-of-href-for-avatars/47386)
**Author:** [@Idan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Idan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2016, 9:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-javasript-event-only-instead-of-href-for-avatars/47386 "2016-07-16T09:38:28Z")
I think it will be more beneficial SEO wise that the avatars will be linked without href to prevent page rank for linking to unindexed user pages. This links show an overlay anyways, so it’s better to use only javascript… --- ## [How to install / it is free?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-it-is-free/47390)
**Author:** [@Patrik\_Vachuticka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Patrik_Vachuticka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2016, 10:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-it-is-free/47390 "2016-07-16T10:21:14Z")
Hey, I want to test your plugin on my site, i instaled the plugin on my site http://souls.funsite.cz/ in configuration: Discourse URL: http://souls.funsite.cz/forumss / i trying create a page “forums” nothing, so i try… --- ## [Email server required? Internal Auth system?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-server-required-internal-auth-system/47392)
**Author:** [@erasmus\_grant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erasmus_grant)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-server-required-internal-auth-system/47392 "2016-07-16T23:45:00Z")
I am looking to use this for my EVE Online organization. Far as I know no other EVE groups use discourse. We have an internal auth system based on EVE API data. If a user gives correct a valid API they are register f… --- ## [Redirect vBulletin URLs to Discourse URLs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-vbulletin-urls-to-discourse-urls/47394)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-vbulletin-urls-to-discourse-urls/47394 "2018-01-25T14:57:34Z")
Migrating from vBulletin to Discourse and want to redirect old vBulletin URLs to new Discourse URLs? Read on! :bell: If the base URL of your old forum and new forum is same, you should follow this howto instead: Re… --- ## [Does the new "+new related topic" only work for admin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-the-new-new-related-topic-only-work-for-admin/47395)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-the-new-new-related-topic-only-work-for-admin/47395 "2016-07-16T13:38:49Z")
in our case even moderators do not have access to the “create related topic” which is now in the share button. --- ## [Use the full name when adding a category to the top menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-the-full-name-when-adding-a-category-to-the-top-menu/47396)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-the-full-name-when-adding-a-category-to-the-top-menu/47396 "2017-06-06T14:30:49Z")
I wanted to add our Announcements and Known Issues categories to our top menu. I added category/announcements and it worked as expected. When I add category/known-issues it links to c/null and, obviously, 404s instead o… --- ## [Can't use certain tags to tag topics anymore](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-use-certain-tags-to-tag-topics-anymore/47400)
**Author:** [@mr8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mr8)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2016, 9:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-use-certain-tags-to-tag-topics-anymore/47400 "2016-08-09T09:55:15Z")
We are using about 20 or so different tags on our site (which all show up and work on /tags), but for some reason only some tags autocomplete when typing into tagging box for topics. Ok, so we thought maybe the autocomp… --- ## [Change hard coded font ratios to variables](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-hard-coded-font-ratios-to-variables/47404)
**Author:** [@probus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/probus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-hard-coded-font-ratios-to-variables/47404 "2016-07-17T06:11:02Z")
Font sizes in Discourse css are expressed as em in relation to 14px. So, there are for example multiple rows in the css where font size is 1.143em, which translates to 16px. Personally, I find 14px quite small for most i… --- ## [Disable Link Preview](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-link-preview/47405)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Mohorovich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richard_Mohorovich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-link-preview/47405 "2017-07-03T14:46:51Z")
Hello, I’m making a list of links for a specific topic. It’s in the format: Title link However one of the links keeps on showing a preview. I understand if you put a link on its own line it gets a preview. Is there… --- ## [Logout user with external\_id](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logout-user-with-external-id/47426)
**Author:** [@mz104](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mz104)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logout-user-with-external-id/47426 "2016-07-17T15:33:09Z")
I’m using SSO and I’m trying to logout a user by his external\_id, which is stored in my database. The basic idea is that if the user logs out in the app, he logs out on the forum as well. The problem with other approach… --- ## [How to replace existing widget with my own](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-replace-existing-widget-with-my-own/47433)
**Author:** [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-replace-existing-widget-with-my-own/47433 "2016-07-18T20:07:20Z")
Now I know how to write a widget and display it via plugin. But how can I replace discourse’s existing widget like ‘hamburger-categories’ with my own custom widget. --- ## [CRAM-MD5 Authentication for mail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cram-md5-authentication-for-mail/47442)
**Author:** [@hexa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hexa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cram-md5-authentication-for-mail/47442 "2016-07-18T03:35:49Z")
Hi, the mailserver i’m using only supports authentication through CRAM-MD5, and from its logs I see that discourse tries to authenticating using SASL PLAIN nevertheless, and obviously not succedding. Is there a way to … --- ## [Notify when user is seen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-when-user-is-seen/47443)
**Author:** [@Simsnet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Simsnet)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 7:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-when-user-is-seen/47443 "2016-07-18T07:51:07Z")
I’m pretty new to the Discourse administration system, so I’ve got a question/feature that may/may not exist already… Is there a way to be notified, either as a profile(blue circle) notification or by email, when a user… --- ## [Twitter shared URL has a query string](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-shared-url-has-a-query-string/47446)
**Author:** [@Idan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Idan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-shared-url-has-a-query-string/47446 "2016-07-20T13:23:19Z")
When I share a post via twitter it ads a query string e.g. ?u=\[theusername\] to the URL that is being shared. Is there a way to remove it? --- ## [I do not understand how I need to do](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-do-not-understand-how-i-need-to-do/47453)
**Author:** [@Gunah\_Hedef](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gunah_Hedef)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-do-not-understand-how-i-need-to-do/47453 "2016-07-18T21:36:03Z")
https://github.com/discourse/wp-discourse/wiki/Template-Customization I do not understand how I need to do copy paste? --- ## [Unlisted topics: Making them more useful](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-making-them-more-useful/47456)
**Author:** [@matthewbloch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/matthewbloch)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-making-them-more-useful/47456 "2020-03-03T18:36:54Z")
This follows on some previous discussion on unlisted topics. My use case is that Discourse is our company message board for most internal communications, i.e. just among the employees of a company. We’re quite an open … --- ## [Vagrant shows errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vagrant-shows-errors/47457)
**Author:** [@uwe\_keim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uwe_keim)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vagrant-shows-errors/47457 "2016-07-18T13:32:22Z")
Following the Guide “Discourse as Your First Rails App” (hopefully), I’m having trouble running: vagrant up When doing so, I get some messages: Windows PowerShell Copyright (C) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. Alle Rechte … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=589) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=591)