# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=631 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 632 --- ## [Creating Safe Spaces for Gender Non-Conforming People](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-safe-spaces-for-gender-non-conforming-people/52173)
**Author:** [@brenna1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brenna1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2019, 12:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-safe-spaces-for-gender-non-conforming-people/52173 "2019-03-23T00:34:18Z")
To continue the conversation started by @sujato a couple of months ago, we are beginning to see the importance of establishing features that allow for gender non-conforming people to feel safe on our forum. One of the i… --- ## [How to stop the discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-stop-the-discourse/52175)
**Author:** [@Pirat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pirat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-stop-the-discourse/52175 "2016-10-28T20:51:26Z")
how to stop the discourse and then run? After 1 hour --- ## [Great Team - Great Software](https://meta.discourse.org/t/great-team-great-software/52179)
**Author:** [@GSeven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GSeven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/great-team-great-software/52179 "2016-10-28T21:04:52Z")
‘everyone of you deserves a medal’ --- ## [Google Groups to Discourse Migrations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-groups-to-discourse-migrations/52199)
**Author:** [@pacharanero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pacharanero)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-groups-to-discourse-migrations/52199 "2016-10-29T16:51:45Z")
I’m not sure if it’s the done thing to advertise offered services here (as oppose to request a needed service) but here goes. I have been working on an open source Google Group to Discourse migration script which I have… --- ## [How to change the initial avatars?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-initial-avatars/52202)
**Author:** [@Pirat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pirat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-initial-avatars/52202 "2016-10-29T22:14:50Z")
I want to change the initial avatars on your picture What would all the new users get the avatar that I have --- ## [Some official discourse plugins break after last update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-official-discourse-plugins-break-after-last-update/52203)
**Author:** [@mr8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mr8)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-official-discourse-plugins-break-after-last-update/52203 "2016-10-31T19:16:52Z")
Not sure what has changed, but it seems that the latest updates have broken some things: ###The discourse-bbcode-color plugin. I believe I’ve narrowed it down to the discourse-bbcode-color plugin spitting this error ou… --- ## [Alter order of columns in topic list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alter-order-of-columns-in-topic-list/52205)
**Author:** [@Pirat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pirat)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alter-order-of-columns-in-topic-list/52205 "2016-10-30T14:43:19Z")
How can I make such a design? design Screenshot --- ## ["I read it" button alongside "I like it" button?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-read-it-button-alongside-i-like-it-button/52206)
**Author:** [@kuba-orlik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuba-orlik)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-read-it-button-alongside-i-like-it-button/52206 "2021-12-14T23:19:46Z")
Is there an existing plugin or a built-in way to add an “I read it” button to posts? Our team is in a dire need to have the ability to publicly mark posts as read, without sharing semantics with “liking” something. --- ## [Discourse failed to backup, how to debug?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-failed-to-backup-how-to-debug/52217)
**Author:** [@trandatnh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trandatnh)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-failed-to-backup-how-to-debug/52217 "2016-11-02T16:05:21Z")
Hi, My discourse keeps failing backup for the last 2 days Here is the backup logs: \[2016-10-29 22:58:43\] Making sure ‘/var/www/discourse/tmp/backups/default/2016-10-29-225843’ exists… \[2016-10-29 22:58:43\] Backup pr… --- ## [Restore on stable: fail on mini\_racer 0.1.3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-on-stable-fail-on-mini-racer-0-1-3/52224)
**Author:** [@Lapinot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lapinot)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-on-stable-fail-on-mini-racer-0-1-3/52224 "2016-11-02T00:37:44Z")
I have a backup that I need to restore on a fresh discourse instance but for some reason it’s a discourse 1.6.0 (postgresql 9.3) backup (actually I’m not sure what the version was, the version tag is 20160405172827). And… --- ## [Problems with the last update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-the-last-update/52225)
**Author:** [@gauthier](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gauthier)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2016, 8:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-the-last-update/52225 "2016-10-30T08:59:35Z")
Hi, Since i’ve updated my forum to 1.7.0,beta6+83, youtube video does’nt work anymore. You can check here: http://libertysim.net/t/music/19033/875 You should see a youtube player in each post. When i edit the post, i… --- ## [It does not make a backup and hangs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-does-not-make-a-backup-and-hangs/52228)
**Author:** [@Pirat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pirat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-does-not-make-a-backup-and-hangs/52228 "2016-11-02T03:05:37Z")
Hangs on this, here is what the logs are constantly ship :confused: \[2016-10-30 11:25:57\] 'Bitcoin' has started the backup! \[2016-10-30 11:25:57\] Marking backup as running... \[2016-10-30 11:25:57\] Making sure '/var/www/… --- ## [How to install import script gem dependencies?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-import-script-gem-dependencies/52229)
**Author:** [@tobiasmuehl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiasmuehl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 9:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-import-script-gem-dependencies/52229 "2016-10-31T09:02:49Z")
Some import scripts are using external dependencies, and those seem to work just fine. When trying to add my own Gemfiles, I’m always presented with /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.7.1/lib/active\_… --- ## [Mini\_racer causing rebuild fail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mini-racer-causing-rebuild-fail/52231)
**Author:** [@jesselperry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesselperry)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mini-racer-causing-rebuild-fail/52231 "2016-11-04T00:03:11Z")
Hi there - I tried to upgrade and it didn’t work through the Admin interface, so I tried the ol’ ./launcher rebuild app and that failed too I get this message right before it fails. This happens after server reboot too… --- ## [Reinstate Staff Category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reinstate-staff-category/52232)
**Author:** [@lxk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lxk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reinstate-staff-category/52232 "2017-02-12T17:05:25Z")
Short and silly, our staff category was deleted a while ago, is there any (non backup) way to restore this or manually re-create? Can I squeeze the tables back in from a vanilla backup? The automated nginx reports have … --- ## [Why does the user list remain empty?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-user-list-remain-empty/52234)
**Author:** [@elliem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elliem)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-user-list-remain-empty/52234 "2021-08-30T17:59:56Z")
I have a fresh Discourse installed on DigitalOcean (followed ssh instructions) After creating 5 users, and visiting /users page it always “No results were found.” What could be wrong? This happens for both logged in an… --- ## [When a private message is moved to a new topic, the message’s author does not have the «Watching» notification level for the new topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-private-message-is-moved-to-a-new-topic-the-message-s-author-does-not-have-the-watching-notification-level-for-the-new-topic/52243)
**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 6:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-private-message-is-moved-to-a-new-topic-the-message-s-author-does-not-have-the-watching-notification-level-for-the-new-topic/52243 "2018-07-18T06:50:32Z")
Similar to: --- ## [Moderators, trust level, and seeing IP addresses](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-trust-level-and-seeing-ip-addresses/52244)
**Author:** [@anon60302432](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon60302432)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-trust-level-and-seeing-ip-addresses/52244 "2021-09-12T18:47:26Z")
Howdy, I have a question regarding permissions. We had a staff rank on our old forums that had all the abilities of trust level 4 + banning (without seeing ips) which worked perfectly for us for privacy reasons. However,… --- ## [Discourse as SSO provider for Prosody](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-sso-provider-for-prosody/52246)
**Author:** [@bangarang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bangarang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 8:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-sso-provider-for-prosody/52246 "2018-01-12T08:48:49Z")
I want to use Prosody as my xmpp-server in conjunction with Discourse. Users should be able to login to Prosody with their Discourse login within their desired xmpp-client, which will primarily be Conversations. For web-… --- ## [How are people generating/creating engines within plugins?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-people-generating-creating-engines-within-plugins/52253)
**Author:** [@JimmyX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimmyX)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-people-generating-creating-engines-within-plugins/52253 "2016-11-01T04:45:01Z")
Where plugins use engines are these created in the regular rails way using something like rails plugin new myplugin --mountable in the discourse root directory? I have git cloned “discourse-links-category” to see what… --- ## [Where or how does the function defined?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-or-how-does-the-function-defined/52256)
**Author:** [@helperhaps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helperhaps)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-or-how-does-the-function-defined/52256 "2016-10-31T13:32:29Z")
How does this line work? I can not find where the method defined or how the function defined. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/nav-item.js.es6#L110 I mean if i … --- ## [Any way to allow href=tel: telephone anchor links in posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-allow-href-tel-telephone-anchor-links-in-posts/52263)
**Author:** [@ewanyork](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ewanyork)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-allow-href-tel-telephone-anchor-links-in-posts/52263 "2018-12-18T14:04:34Z")
Hello, We’d like to put links to telephone numbers in Discourse posts, using the href=“tel:xxxx-xxxx-xxx” protocol. I’ve tried doing so using raw HTML anchor links and with Markdown, but Discourse always removes the hre… --- ## [Jumpy mentions in post preview](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jumpy-mentions-in-post-preview/52266)
**Author:** [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jumpy-mentions-in-post-preview/52266 "2016-10-31T17:20:02Z")
I started to notice in the post preview that mentions are being parsed over and over again. We used to have a cache for it such that mentions that have already been found will be ignored. --- ## [Passing back variables to Survey Gizmo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passing-back-variables-to-survey-gizmo/52268)
**Author:** [@Nicholas\_Tolstoshev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nicholas_Tolstoshev)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passing-back-variables-to-survey-gizmo/52268 "2017-04-19T19:09:54Z")
I’m using Survey Gizmo for our survey platform, and I’m looking to pass back the userid and/or the email address from Discourse to Survey Gizmo, so that I can correlate data across our userbase. Survey Gizmo can take a … --- ## [Display of images in links break if they contain parenthesis](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-of-images-in-links-break-if-they-contain-parenthesis/52271)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-of-images-in-links-break-if-they-contain-parenthesis/52271 "2017-06-26T14:02:33Z")
To reproduce: \[!\[Some text\](https://example.com/stupid(66)filename.png)\](https://example.com/stupid(66)filename.png) Of course, a better solution might be to include just the raw image link on a line by itself. I may… --- ## [How customisable is the About page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-customisable-is-the-about-page/52273)
**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-customisable-is-the-about-page/52273 "2016-11-01T23:11:52Z")
Has anyone customised their About page? I have a client that wants to add a lot of additional information into the top of their about page (essentially into the Site Description area at the top of their equivalent of th… --- ## [Is it safe to upgrade Ubuntu from 14.04 to 16.04.1 via do-release-upgrade, and how-to](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-safe-to-upgrade-ubuntu-from-14-04-to-16-04-1-via-do-release-upgrade-and-how-to/52274)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-safe-to-upgrade-ubuntu-from-14-04-to-16-04-1-via-do-release-upgrade-and-how-to/52274 "2020-11-05T16:37:38Z")
My server tells me: New release ‘16.04.1 LTS’ available. Run ‘do-release-upgrade’ to upgrade to it. Should it be safe to: Turn off the server. Make a droplet backup while offline (DigitalOcean). Run do-release-upg… --- ## [Not able to Backup. Backup process was cancelled!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-backup-backup-process-was-cancelled/52276)
**Author:** [@ewanly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ewanly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-backup-backup-process-was-cancelled/52276 "2016-11-01T20:59:08Z")
I wanted to do backup to my Discourse site, but I’ve got the following backup log; \[2016-10-31 22:53:43\] 'Sam' has started the backup! \[2016-10-31 22:53:43\] Marking backup as running... \[2016-10-31 22:53:43\] Making sure… --- ## [Discourse in Docker + NGINX reverse proxy + SSL everywhere + OAuth2 Custom](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-in-docker-nginx-reverse-proxy-ssl-everywhere-oauth2-custom/52280)
**Author:** [@lightweight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lightweight)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-in-docker-nginx-reverse-proxy-ssl-everywhere-oauth2-custom/52280 "2016-11-14T21:58:53Z")
I’m hoping someone here will have the necessary insight/Discourse debugging fu to help me work out why my SSO efforts are failing… The story so far: I have a Discourse instance (v1.7.0.beta6), running in a Docker contai… --- ## [Adding Topic custom fields in the topic creation form](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-topic-custom-fields-in-the-topic-creation-form/52283)
**Author:** [@leo.proctor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leo.proctor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-topic-custom-fields-in-the-topic-creation-form/52283 "2016-11-01T03:26:19Z")
Hi, I’m working on a plugin that deals with custom fields on Topic. I’ve added custom fields as recommended, by using TopicCustomField. I’ve also added custom text fields in form/composer via connector partials. Now I w… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=630) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=632)