# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=618 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 619 --- ## [Completely automated SSL certificate generation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/completely-automated-ssl-certificate-generation/51088)
**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/completely-automated-ssl-certificate-generation/51088 "2016-10-04T20:27:45Z")
A recent tweet by llya Grigorik highlights an interesting NGINX module: https://twitter.com/igrigorik/status/783341413652058113 https://github.com/GUI/lua-resty-auto-ssl lua-resty-auto-ssl On the fly (and free) SSL… --- ## [Saving edits on user preferences page with required custom fields is unclear](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saving-edits-on-user-preferences-page-with-required-custom-fields-is-unclear/51090)
**Author:** [@shadowbrush](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shadowbrush)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saving-edits-on-user-preferences-page-with-required-custom-fields-is-unclear/51090 "2017-06-12T15:49:38Z")
I added a “Reason for joining” custom field, and put a checkmark on “Required at signup?”. That works well for those that sign up for an account without an invitation. With an invitation, the account is created and the c… --- ## [Custom Colors for the text editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-colors-for-the-text-editor/51097)
**Author:** [@LastDance](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LastDance)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-colors-for-the-text-editor/51097 "2017-11-04T21:13:58Z")
Is there a specific way that i can edit the colors of the text editor without changing the other colors on the site? ^ specifically this thing, just so we are clear. --- ## [Five Discourse instances - one sign on?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/five-discourse-instances-one-sign-on/51106)
**Author:** [@GSeven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GSeven)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/five-discourse-instances-one-sign-on/51106 "2019-03-13T18:19:16Z")
Hello, Many thanks for making this wonderful piece of software, I am learning more about it daily and I hope to realise my dreams because of it. I already have one instance of Discourse running and would like to eventu… --- ## [Notifications for admin about awaiting sign up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-for-admin-about-awaiting-sign-up/51115)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-for-admin-about-awaiting-sign-up/51115 "2016-10-08T12:40:04Z")
currently when a user sign up in a “sign-up approved forum”, admin do not understand unless he checks the user list. and sometimes admin may forget to check that list. --- ## [Changing ownership of posts leaves negative posts count](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-ownership-of-posts-leaves-negative-posts-count/51117)
**Author:** [@precessor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/precessor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-ownership-of-posts-leaves-negative-posts-count/51117 "2021-02-24T02:31:15Z")
I’ve changed the ownership of posts from an “old email address” related account login to a new email login as described here (before I read the howto, unfortunately…) Anyway looking at the “old” user account I see the n… --- ## [Cannot connect WP Discourse to Discourse forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-connect-wp-discourse-to-discourse-forum/51119)
**Author:** [@Optiroot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Optiroot)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-connect-wp-discourse-to-discourse-forum/51119 "2018-05-21T09:00:51Z")
Hello. I need some help, I’m working on this from yesterday but I can’t figure out what is the problem. In brief, I had a Blog built with Wordpress connected to Discourse, so every post published in Wordpress would crea… --- ## [Embedded Comments iframe Height](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedded-comments-iframe-height/51129)
**Author:** [@KevinWorkman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KevinWorkman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedded-comments-iframe-height/51129 "2016-10-12T19:09:49Z")
I recently got embedded comments working on my blog (only snafu was that the domains are case sensitive). Great feature, awesome work, etc etc etc. However, the default height of the embedded iframe always seems to be 1… --- ## [OVH downtime incident](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ovh-downtime-incident/51135)
**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ovh-downtime-incident/51135 "2016-10-05T20:44:49Z")
A word of warning regarding OVH Today shit has hit the fan in OVH’s Gravelines data center. Services went down in the morning, local French time, and several major websites are down. Nobody has been able to reach OVH’s … --- ## [Sidekiq jobs are failing for 1 of my users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-jobs-are-failing-for-1-of-my-users/51143)
**Author:** [@corillian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/corillian)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-jobs-are-failing-for-1-of-my-users/51143 "2016-10-06T21:02:29Z")
For some reason one of my users appears to be bugged. He cannot view the forums due to a 500 Internal Error and all of the pending Sidekiq jobs for him also fail. Here’s an example of one of the failing Sidekiq jobs: Jo… --- ## [Question about PostRevision.destroy\_all](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-postrevision-destroy-all/51151)
**Author:** [@bek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bek)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-postrevision-destroy-all/51151 "2016-10-06T00:28:08Z")
Hey! I just used PostRevision.destroy\_all for deleting all post revisions. But I figure out that, even though revisions deleted, revision numbers still in here. How can I get rid of it? --- ## [Required custom fields for signup are not required for invites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-custom-fields-for-signup-are-not-required-for-invites/51155)
**Author:** [@kstaikov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kstaikov)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-custom-fields-for-signup-are-not-required-for-invites/51155 "2017-06-12T15:37:10Z")
If you have a required (custom) field ‘at signup’, it is not required for a user that just accepts an invite. Maybe this is not a bug but actually a requested feature that an invited user has to fill out the same requir… --- ## [Plugin template helper](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-template-helper/51160)
**Author:** [@sevenmaxis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sevenmaxis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 8:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-template-helper/51160 "2016-10-25T08:06:50Z")
In my discourse plugin’s folder discourse-adplugin/assets/discourse/helpers/ I’ve created a file with helper discourse-adplugin/assets/discourse/helpers/eq.js.es6: import { registerHelper } from 'discourse/lib/helpers'… --- ## [How to add the Custom Announcement bar in top box?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-the-custom-announcement-bar-in-top-box/51164)
**Author:** [@mskian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mskian)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 8:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-the-custom-announcement-bar-in-top-box/51164 "2016-10-06T08:12:58Z")
How to add the Custom Announcement bar in top box like this check the below image I want to diplay this announcement box to my all memebers and guests. --- ## [Import (migration) tool from FluxBB](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-migration-tool-from-fluxbb/51168)
**Author:** [@Raz\_Taz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Raz_Taz)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-migration-tool-from-fluxbb/51168 "2016-10-13T18:54:09Z")
Dear Colleagues, We are a very small (but big hearted) team of volunteers working in our spare time to migrate the old Ubuntu Romania Forum from FluxBB to Discourse. Over the years, our forum evolved into a community w… --- ## [Discourse SSO and API Helper for PHP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sso-and-api-helper-for-php/51172)
**Author:** [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sso-and-api-helper-for-php/51172 "2020-03-23T15:48:45Z")
Installation The package is registered at Packagist as vinkas/discourse-php and can be installed using composer: composer require vinkas/discourse-php Usage $discourse = new Vinkas\\Discourse\\PHP\\Client('discouse.exampl… --- ## [Looking for a developper](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-developper/51177)
**Author:** [@Baptiste\_Michaud](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Baptiste_Michaud)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-developper/51177 "2016-10-07T14:26:47Z")
Hi, I run a heavy customized discourse on www.numerama.com/discussions/. I have several missions for a freelance: Upgrade to latest Design simplification, for further release Creation of a summary page Graphical bugs … --- ## [Performance to the various sidekiq queues, which to use for plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/performance-to-the-various-sidekiq-queues-which-to-use-for-plugin/51189)
**Author:** [@eriko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eriko)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/performance-to-the-various-sidekiq-queues-which-to-use-for-plugin/51189 "2016-10-07T02:07:45Z")
So I have an internal\* plugin that user to manage user accounts. Right now the jobs that this runs are run in the default queue. They are not small jobs and can take 5 or 6 minutes to run and run hourly. Because it ru… --- ## [What version is the Wordpress plugin relative to standalone, and how will this be handled?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-version-is-the-wordpress-plugin-relative-to-standalone-and-how-will-this-be-handled/51192)
**Author:** [@theRedKnight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/theRedKnight)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-version-is-the-wordpress-plugin-relative-to-standalone-and-how-will-this-be-handled/51192 "2016-10-06T21:59:08Z")
Hi everyone, I’m a complete newbie site owner and hired a freelancer to put some stuff on my new site. I had seen Discourse running the SmartThings forum where it looked great, so I wanted it. The freelancer is not fami… --- ## [Replacing Suggested Topics with AdSense Matched Content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replacing-suggested-topics-with-adsense-matched-content/51193)
**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replacing-suggested-topics-with-adsense-matched-content/51193 "2016-10-08T13:02:56Z")
Google AdSense’s new Matched Content is interesting in two ways: It provides similar user engagement feature than Discourse’s built in Suggested Topics. It can be used for monetization, on eligible sites. Has anyone t… --- ## [Search doesn't work properly with a specific word](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-doesnt-work-properly-with-a-specific-word/51195)
**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-doesnt-work-properly-with-a-specific-word/51195 "2016-10-07T03:59:33Z")
Today (and few days ago) I tried to search here on Meta the word “canned” (for canned replies plugin) but the results is always No results found. Same results searching “Canned” or even “canned replies”. T… --- ## [Missing assets in production](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-assets-in-production/51198)
**Author:** [@sevenmaxis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sevenmaxis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-assets-in-production/51198 "2016-10-08T13:43:34Z")
I’m developing under vagrant. To resolve problem with plugin I need to run project in production environment. I’ve setup production database, precompiled assets and etc. But assets are not available. GET http://localho… --- ## [Affordable VPS hosting from VPSdime honest review please](https://meta.discourse.org/t/affordable-vps-hosting-from-vpsdime-honest-review-please/51199)
**Author:** [@Ikenna\_Ojukwu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ikenna_Ojukwu)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/affordable-vps-hosting-from-vpsdime-honest-review-please/51199 "2016-10-08T00:03:48Z")
hey guys i want to start my own community but kind of on a budget u see … i saw a very cheap hosting option from VPSDime anyone who has used it can tell me if they are trustworthy …they actually give 6gig RAM for $7 per … --- ## [CSS class on Body tag to distinguish homepage / non-category page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-class-on-body-tag-to-distinguish-homepage-non-category-page/51201)
**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-class-on-body-tag-to-distinguish-homepage-non-category-page/51201 "2022-07-31T20:26:59Z")
I had mentioned this in another topic, but thought I’d be more direct :blush: Could a class be added to the body tag of the homepage (and perhaps to all non-category pages)? I couldnt figure out how to target CSS only t… --- ## [How to delete private messages?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-private-messages/51202)
**Author:** [@bek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-private-messages/51202 "2017-11-01T08:48:56Z")
Hey Can we delete private messages? I can archive private message but cannot delete it.. May be I miss something.. --- ## [Audioboom Embed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/audioboom-embed/51203)
**Author:** [@JamesNorth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JamesNorth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/audioboom-embed/51203 "2016-10-07T02:08:35Z")
Hi Guys, Just putting in a feature request for Audioboom audio embeds. I guess it’s kind of like Soundcloud, but for spoken word stuff. Here is an example of one of their items: https://audioboom.com/boos/4975119-dan… --- ## [Generating an invite link automatically creates a user and sends an email?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generating-an-invite-link-automatically-creates-a-user-and-sends-an-email/51204)
**Author:** [@cappy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cappy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 8:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generating-an-invite-link-automatically-creates-a-user-and-sends-an-email/51204 "2016-10-07T08:21:01Z")
I am trying to only generate an invite link and nothing else; doing a request to /link results in an invite email being triggered and an account being automatically created How do I prevent this behaviour and only ge… --- ## [Installing Discourse on Heroku...best practices?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-on-heroku-best-practices/51207)
**Author:** [@lsanger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lsanger)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-on-heroku-best-practices/51207 "2017-01-12T20:56:51Z")
I sat down today to research installing Discourse on Heroku. I’m hoping I could get pointers on a few issues here. How well does Docker installation work, in general, on hosting sites other than Digital Ocean? I gather … --- ## [Group name with dot breaks member overview](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-name-with-dot-breaks-member-overview/51241)
**Author:** [@PhALDan.test](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PhALDan.test)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-name-with-dot-breaks-member-overview/51241 "2016-10-12T18:16:34Z")
Dots are allowed in group names, but it looks like most routes doesn’t allow it. Failing: https://forum.dreamhack-leipzig.de/groups/lan.local Works: https://forum.dreamhack-leipzig.de/groups/lan-user It is not only th… --- ## [Google Drive: External backup storage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-drive-external-backup-storage/51243)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-drive-external-backup-storage/51243 "2017-08-21T13:21:41Z")
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