# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=645 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 646 --- ## [Failure trying to rebuild. Server dead in the water](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failure-trying-to-rebuild-server-dead-in-the-water/54002)
**Author:** [@kcoop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kcoop)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failure-trying-to-rebuild-server-dead-in-the-water/54002 "2016-12-09T07:33:51Z")
My server failed again because it ran out of disk space, because the automated backups are still generating more than they should (whole nother story). I deleted the oldest backup, and ran ./launcher rebuild app. Got the… --- ## [Change Default Avatar in home page (for original author avatar)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-avatar-in-home-page-for-original-author-avatar/54010)
**Author:** [@mcarvajal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcarvajal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-avatar-in-home-page-for-original-author-avatar/54010 "2019-01-13T17:32:29Z")
How I can change the default avatar in the list of recent post in home page? I need to show the avatar of the original author of post, not the last participant, because if I respond at last, all avatars are my ugly face… … --- ## [Updating CName Records](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-cname-records/54011)
**Author:** [@King\_Daniel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/King_Daniel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-cname-records/54011 "2016-12-09T13:57:39Z")
Hi guys, i am slightly stuck in the installation process. For some reason my domain provider has suggested i add the cname files via my hosting account(where my main domainis hosted) while tryinna do this i am finding it… --- ## [Fenced code block with lang hint breaks subsequent formatting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fenced-code-block-with-lang-hint-breaks-subsequent-formatting/54020)
**Author:** [@Patrick\_David](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Patrick_David)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fenced-code-block-with-lang-hint-breaks-subsequent-formatting/54020 "2016-12-09T16:39:53Z")
A test google link and some simple formatting. A fenced code block, with language set to C++ ( \`\`\`C++): #include "MIDIUSB.h" #define ENCODER\_PIN\_A A3 #define ENCODER\_PIN\_B A2 #define NUMBER\_CLICKS 30 // the number of … --- ## [Bulk Invite not working after recent update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-invite-not-working-after-recent-update/54023)
**Author:** [@SMT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SMT)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2016, 8:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-invite-not-working-after-recent-update/54023 "2016-12-12T08:45:03Z")
Hi, The bulk invite feature is not working after the latest update (1.7.0.beta9). The button is unclickable. It worked one time only but it not allowed me to pick txt file as it was allowing before. --- ## [Mobile : Post Amend / Tag Selection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-post-amend-tag-selection/54031)
**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-post-amend-tag-selection/54031 "2016-12-21T21:31:46Z")
Hi, I noticed the other day that one of our users had mentioned he had tagged his post incorrectly. I attempted to modify the tag using my mobile (Android). I typed in the first few characters of the correct tag and i… --- ## [Does notifications work if you add a @mention via editing?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-notifications-work-if-you-add-a-mention-via-editing/54037)
**Author:** [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2021, 5:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-notifications-work-if-you-add-a-mention-via-editing/54037 "2021-06-12T05:48:39Z")
Guess I could test this on a live system but what happens if you post a topic and then edit it to include some more @usernames? Does the system send the notifications just to the new username added? --- ## [Modifying Privacy Policy to conform with EU law](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifying-privacy-policy-to-conform-with-eu-law/54039)
**Author:** [@njamdal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/njamdal)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifying-privacy-policy-to-conform-with-eu-law/54039 "2017-12-11T07:33:11Z")
I’m trying to formulate a privacy policy for those of us who are neither lawyers nor an organization large enough to hire any, but do care about privacy. I need the privacy policy to conform to my country’s privacy laws. … --- ## [Wordpress plugin to add link only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-plugin-to-add-link-only/54041)
**Author:** [@marclouis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marclouis)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-plugin-to-add-link-only/54041 "2016-12-30T00:37:29Z")
I wanted to setup a couple of wordpress blogs to share a discourse environment, but still leave wordpress native commenting in place, so just add “continue discussion about this post at discourse.otherdoman.com” above (o… --- ## [Cannot create new topics (already disabled plugins)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-new-topics-already-disabled-plugins/54046)
**Author:** [@Joe\_Fedric](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joe_Fedric)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-new-topics-already-disabled-plugins/54046 "2016-12-10T16:32:00Z")
I’m unable to post or reply to posts on my forum. This occurs when I select the “New Topic” button on my desktop and mobile sites: Given the plugin-third-party mention in the console, I disabled all of my plugins, r… --- ## [Android app account creation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-account-creation/54049)
**Author:** [@adam\_beers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adam_beers)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-account-creation/54049 "2016-12-10T20:20:21Z")
How does the official android app do an account creation? Does it use a web interface or does it use the API or some other method? I tried finding the code in the github repo, but was not successful. --- ## [Add a link to a mentioned tag when posting via mail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-link-to-a-mentioned-tag-when-posting-via-mail/54062)
**Author:** [@rriemann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rriemann)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2016, 10:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-link-to-a-mentioned-tag-when-posting-via-mail/54062 "2016-12-11T10:59:30Z")
Hello, so far, when you reply per mail :e-mail: and precede words with the #, they will be converted to links like Contribute \> Feature if it is a category, but this does not work for (already existing) tags. It would … --- ## [Start a topic by pasting a link (like Reddit)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-a-topic-by-pasting-a-link-like-reddit/54071)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-a-topic-by-pasting-a-link-like-reddit/54071 "2017-02-17T23:37:37Z")
We looked over the checked in work with @neil and are going to make it work this way, which I think is much simpler – it obviates the need for some categories to be “link only” as it will work everywhere the editor alrea… --- ## [Missing Padding below post controls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-padding-below-post-controls/54074)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-padding-below-post-controls/54074 "2016-12-10T23:47:59Z")
Just noticed this while viewing Meta at half-width on my 1080p monitor. Could this be related to Ember upgrades, a strange resolution issue on my end, or is it a real bug? Notice that the 1/2 button overlaps the reply … --- ## [Admin cannot split topic with messages of a new user TL1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-cannot-split-topic-with-messages-of-a-new-user-tl1/54076)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-cannot-split-topic-with-messages-of-a-new-user-tl1/54076 "2016-12-11T02:55:29Z")
A newly created user reached Trust Level 1. They sent a reply in a public topic, and I, an admin, want to split the messages into a new topic. But I can’t — it asks me to wait for 12 hours. Admins should be able to crea… --- ## [Why is RTL class user dependent instead of locale?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-rtl-class-user-dependent-instead-of-locale/54077)
**Author:** [@ibnesayeed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibnesayeed)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-rtl-class-user-dependent-instead-of-locale/54077 "2016-12-12T00:01:01Z")
Recently, I added support for Urdu language, which, like Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian, is an RTL (right-to-left) language. To make the software aware of it I added ur locale in rtl\_locales method of the RTL model class. … --- ## [Can't Login to Discourse - CSRF Token Authenticity](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-login-to-discourse-csrf-token-authenticity/54081)
**Author:** [@mbryantms](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbryantms)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2016, 8:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-login-to-discourse-csrf-token-authenticity/54081 "2016-12-11T08:07:20Z")
I began working towards installing the WP-Discourse plugin when I happened to logout and now I haven’t been able to log back in. I was working towards testing and unifying Wordpress and Discourse’s sign in systems. Un… --- ## [Bot-like accounts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bot-like-accounts/54087)
**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bot-like-accounts/54087 "2019-04-12T21:07:13Z")
Continuing the discussion from "Chopped" Spam in New User Profiles: As mentioned in the linked topic, we started to get a lot of accounts with 250-character Spam profiles after we switched to SSO. Six days ago, the lan… --- ## [Failed discourse upgrade on digital ocean docker](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-discourse-upgrade-on-digital-ocean-docker/54088)
**Author:** [@mrdiscourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrdiscourse)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-discourse-upgrade-on-digital-ocean-docker/54088 "2016-12-11T14:50:50Z")
Latest upgrade breaks discourse installation. Anyone got an idea what this means? FAILED -------------------- Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake assets:precompile' failed with r… --- ## [Profile Image from URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/profile-image-from-url/54089)
**Author:** [@barreeeiroo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barreeeiroo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/profile-image-from-url/54089 "2016-12-13T14:24:09Z")
Is possible to add an image from URL in the profile section? Where you change your profile image, it could be an option to paste an image URL and use it as an image. Using this, disk space won’t be wasted in lots of pic… --- ## [Change Timestamp only for admin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-timestamp-only-for-admin/54094)
**Author:** [@Manfred\_Bayer-Lemerz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Manfred_Bayer-Lemerz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-timestamp-only-for-admin/54094 "2017-03-15T02:44:34Z")
Hallo! When I use the timestamp as admin it works fine. But as Moderator or User with user level 4 the user sees the menu item as above but when he wants to change the date the error message “There was an error chan… --- ## [Are post read counts per user accurate?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-post-read-counts-per-user-accurate/54096)
**Author:** [@zombieslayer124](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zombieslayer124)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-post-read-counts-per-user-accurate/54096 "2017-11-27T18:50:14Z")
On our forum, people have read as much as 10k-40k and it seems odd that they have read that much (me myself has read 32.7k) and I’m confused to what that means, does “read” mean the characters? Or the amount of posts if … --- ## [Did something change with mobile layout? Mine is now all messed up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/did-something-change-with-mobile-layout-mine-is-now-all-messed-up/54098)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/did-something-change-with-mobile-layout-mine-is-now-all-messed-up/54098 "2016-12-13T17:02:22Z")
Hi all - has anyone else noticed this issue? I think the mobile theme has been changed recently and the presentation on my site is all messed up. It appears the site logo is now stretched to fill the width of the screen,… --- ## [Feature request: Add "includes image" to the Advanced search options](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-includes-image-to-the-advanced-search-options/54103)
**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-includes-image-to-the-advanced-search-options/54103 "2017-11-29T02:00:54Z")
Perhaps in the “Only return topics/posts that…” section? --- ## [Can I disable the "topic similar to" pop-up entirely?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105)
**Author:** [@bholst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bholst)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-disable-the-topic-similar-to-pop-up-entirely/54105 "2019-03-09T17:27:33Z")
I recently set up Discourse and although the other users are enjoying it, I’m getting a lot of complaints about the “Your topic is similar to…” popup. I understand that you can just hit “x” to close, but can it be disabl… --- ## [\[Paid?\] Migrate comments from several Blogger & Wordpress blogs to Discourse, under an SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-migrate-comments-from-several-blogger-wordpress-blogs-to-discourse-under-an-sso/54107)
**Author:** [@stromfeldt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stromfeldt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-migrate-comments-from-several-blogger-wordpress-blogs-to-discourse-under-an-sso/54107 "2016-12-19T13:29:59Z")
Hello, I’m interested in possibly migrating about a dozen or so Blogger and Wordpress blogs (with unique domains) over to Ghost (as the blogging platform) and Discourse (as the commenting platform). Not only that, but t… --- ## [Rebuild with cached locale files?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-with-cached-locale-files/54111)
**Author:** [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2016, 7:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-with-cached-locale-files/54111 "2016-12-12T07:58:10Z")
I looked a bit at finding a way to monitor performance during rebuild, but I’m no sys dev. Anyway, I’ve noticed in the CLI a lot of “locale” related stuff scrolling by, and was wondering if for sites that have only a si… --- ## [The «Tagging» plugin uses a discontinued «Discourse.ajax» call](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-tagging-plugin-uses-a-discontinued-discourse-ajax-call/54113)
**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2016, 8:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-tagging-plugin-uses-a-discontinued-discourse-ajax-call/54113 "2016-12-12T08:45:07Z")
It will lead to a failure like “Discourse.ajax is not a function”. --- ## [How to send http request](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-send-http-request/54125)
**Author:** [@Alavi1412](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alavi1412)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-send-http-request/54125 "2016-12-14T13:01:22Z")
Hi. I want to send http get request but discourse doesn’t allow me to send it and I see this error while sending this in firebug: locked loading mixed active content but I doesn’t have any problem with https request. … --- ## [Important changes to Plugin Outlets for Ember 2.10](https://meta.discourse.org/t/important-changes-to-plugin-outlets-for-ember-2-10/54136)
**Author:** [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/important-changes-to-plugin-outlets-for-ember-2-10/54136 "2018-06-01T23:45:12Z")
Shortly I will be merging a branch of Discourse into master that updates us to the latest stable version of Ember, which is 2.10. This is exciting because we’ve been behind Ember’s stable branch for a while and we’ve fin… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=644) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=646)