# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=646 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 647 --- ## [Customizing CSS via plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-css-via-plugin/54142)
**Author:** [@swohlever](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swohlever)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-css-via-plugin/54142 "2016-12-12T22:12:23Z")
I’ve successfully applied custom CSS using the Customize-\>CSS/HTML UI, but I would rather package the styling changes with my plugin. I’ve seen examples of plugins using register\_asset in plugin.rb to add CSS. I created … --- ## [Rare SSO issue causing 500 error and no log entry](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rare-sso-issue-causing-500-error-and-no-log-entry/54151)
**Author:** [@Jesse\_Houston](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jesse_Houston)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rare-sso-issue-causing-500-error-and-no-log-entry/54151 "2016-12-13T04:18:45Z")
Hey there, We have a rare bug (~5% of users) in our Discourse SSO implementation where the user authenticates against our backend, then is sent back to Discourse with the SSO and Sig parameters, but are returned the err… --- ## [Editor for normal people, an option is planned for 2017?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-for-normal-people-an-option-is-planned-for-2017/54152)
**Author:** [@krauss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/krauss)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-for-normal-people-an-option-is-planned-for-2017/54152 "2016-12-13T01:07:54Z")
Today any “code editor” is an “ugly editor” for most people… stackedit is ugly. Discourse is not used only by programmers or nerds, there are a lot of people and potential applications for “non-coder” user. See good wr… --- ## [Request for splitting js.topic.reply.title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-for-splitting-js-topic-reply-title/54153)
**Author:** [@Silvanus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Silvanus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-for-splitting-js-topic-reply-title/54153 "2017-02-26T21:22:34Z")
I would like to request a feature: the splitting of js.topic.reply.title into two strings, namely js.topic.reply.message.title that would be shown after all the messages in the thread, and js.topic.reply.thread.title tha… --- ## [Unable to obtain gravatar on profile edition screen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-obtain-gravatar-on-profile-edition-screen/54162)
**Author:** [@samyrabih](https://meta.discourse.org/u/samyrabih)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2016, 7:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-obtain-gravatar-on-profile-edition-screen/54162 "2016-12-13T07:54:47Z")
Hi I encountered the following problem : on a fresh Discourse installation, in /users/MYUSERNAME/preferences screen, if you want to change your personal avatar, the Gravatar retrieval is broken. What it happens: "Disc… --- ## [How to backup Discourse + Database from Console?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-backup-discourse-database-from-console/54169)
**Author:** [@Lutz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lutz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-backup-discourse-database-from-console/54169 "2019-04-08T18:06:27Z")
Let’s say I want to try a new version of Discourse. For safety reasons I would like to backup everything, so I can do a easy roll-back to the last version. I generally do a “git pull && ./launcher rebuild app” to get the… --- ## [Audio player (plugin?) request](https://meta.discourse.org/t/audio-player-plugin-request/54184)
**Author:** [@bholst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bholst)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/audio-player-plugin-request/54184 "2018-02-02T10:27:51Z")
This one is a stretch, but I thought I’d see if any of you guys would be up for a challenge. A couple of us have recently started up a Discourse forum (so far, so good btw) related to music recording, mixing, etc. In t… --- ## [File format error message on bulk user invite](https://meta.discourse.org/t/file-format-error-message-on-bulk-user-invite/54187)
**Author:** [@rumspringa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rumspringa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/file-format-error-message-on-bulk-user-invite/54187 "2016-12-13T20:27:24Z")
Whenever I try uploading a CSV file, I’m met with this error: --- ## [How do I tag a post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-tag-a-post/54193)
**Author:** [@emiliofcastillo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emiliofcastillo)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-tag-a-post/54193 "2023-02-28T11:00:57Z")
So this is very possible to most silly question…but I cannot figure out how to “tag” a post. I see where you would flag a post and where you would bookmark a post, but I don’t see where/how you would go about tagging a c… --- ## [How can I track Discourse Signups For Facebook Ad Campaigns](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-track-discourse-signups-for-facebook-ad-campaigns/54199)
**Author:** [@SouperC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SouperC)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-track-discourse-signups-for-facebook-ad-campaigns/54199 "2020-10-01T12:45:24Z")
We’re about to start experimenting with running facebook ads that show our to our most popular topics to targeted, and probably segmented audiences. Is there any way I can check the Discourse signup rate of these partic… --- ## [How to add stackoverflow login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-stackoverflow-login/54201)
**Author:** [@AhmedLoud](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AhmedLoud)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-stackoverflow-login/54201 "2016-12-13T22:53:57Z")
Hello I want to know if you will implement a stackoverflow login method. Thank you. --- ## [I want to read every post and every topic on my Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-read-every-post-and-every-topic-on-my-discourse/54202)
**Author:** [@Rob\_Waters](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Waters)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-read-every-post-and-every-topic-on-my-discourse/54202 "2016-12-14T00:18:47Z")
I logged in for the first time in nearly 2 weeks after a vacation to see if there were any unread messages. The UI shows none, but there was one clearly marked in the Latest tab: Is this a bug, or do I have some setting… --- ## [Allowing posts by new users in summary emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-posts-by-new-users-in-summary-emails/54206)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-posts-by-new-users-in-summary-emails/54206 "2017-05-08T19:34:37Z")
Discourse tries very hard to ship with safe defaults, that is, defaults that ensure nothing bad will happen, even if you set up Discourse and walk away from it forever. With that in mind, we added this setting early on: … --- ## [Custom replacement string in censored words and patterns](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-replacement-string-in-censored-words-and-patterns/54210)
**Author:** [@ibnesayeed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibnesayeed)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-replacement-string-in-censored-words-and-patterns/54210 "2016-12-14T03:01:42Z")
Currently, all the matching censored words are replaced with a fixed replacement string ■■■■. However, a couple changes might make it more useful. Allow a global configuration for the censoring character while ■ being … --- ## [Android app notifications via red number icon on home screen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-notifications-via-red-number-icon-on-home-screen/54223)
**Author:** [@edanto](https://meta.discourse.org/u/edanto)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-notifications-via-red-number-icon-on-home-screen/54223 "2017-01-12T17:05:08Z")
I’ve tested both the Android and iOS apps with our self-hosted discourse; and I don’t see the icon on the home screen change to include a number for notifications (mock-up below) I see that push-notifications are a f… --- ## [Is there a version that addresses sweet32](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-version-that-addresses-sweet32/54227)
**Author:** [@gearoid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gearoid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2016, 10:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-version-that-addresses-sweet32/54227 "2016-12-14T10:34:52Z")
Was reading this post was a change made in a particular version that addressed sweet32 ? --- ## [Discourse vs. email -- Pros & Cons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-email-pros-cons/54232)
**Author:** [@STiNGER](https://meta.discourse.org/u/STiNGER)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-email-pros-cons/54232 "2016-12-15T13:54:03Z")
I hope I selected the right category for my discussion. Here it is: I want to introduce Discourse at work. I work in scientific research and I feel Discourse can help us organize things better. Before I do, I want to … --- ## [Migrating vBulletin onto existing and live Discourse instance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-vbulletin-onto-existing-and-live-discourse-instance/54236)
**Author:** [@Emilio\_F\_Castillo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Emilio_F_Castillo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-vbulletin-onto-existing-and-live-discourse-instance/54236 "2019-04-09T14:58:06Z")
Background, we are moving from vBulletin to Discourse.org. We recently signed up for a free trial with Discourse.org. During the trial, we’ve setup categories, and invited key members of our forum to claim their usernam… --- ## [How many categories can discourse support?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-many-categories-can-discourse-support/54237)
**Author:** [@dgadiraju](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dgadiraju)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-many-categories-can-discourse-support/54237 "2022-08-05T14:07:07Z")
Is there any limitation on number of categories? I am planning to create forum site with 500+ categories, is it possible with discourse? --- ## [Multisite upgrade failed due to missing database columns](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-upgrade-failed-due-to-missing-database-columns/54239)
**Author:** [@fuerst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fuerst)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-upgrade-failed-due-to-missing-database-columns/54239 "2017-01-10T15:28:12Z")
Doing a ./launcher rebuild discourse-web.yml I got this error: Compiling css for kulturladen rake aborted! ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: PG::UndefinedColumn: ERROR: column "uploaded\_background\_id" does not exist LINE… --- ## [Allow login to a read-only site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-login-to-a-read-only-site/54270)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-login-to-a-read-only-site/54270 "2020-04-12T13:57:17Z")
I did an import of some Wordpress data to an already active site. I thought it would be a Good Idea to put the site in read-only mode while I was doing the import so that people wouldn’t add data to the site that would g… --- ## [How to set up the picture of badge (Grant a badge to individual users manually)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-up-the-picture-of-badge-grant-a-badge-to-individual-users-manually/54293)
**Author:** [@Denis\_Didkovsky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denis_Didkovsky)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-up-the-picture-of-badge-grant-a-badge-to-individual-users-manually/54293 "2016-12-15T13:13:30Z")
We follow the info on and whant to set us a picture as badge by input in image url like http://example.com/uploads/default/original/1X/bc4ae4444b90aabe97ff09c4bef306f84653f301.png … --- ## [Using Discourse instead of an email mailing list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-instead-of-an-email-mailing-list/54298)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 6:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-instead-of-an-email-mailing-list/54298 "2023-06-15T06:14:38Z")
:bookmark: This topic explains the advantages of using Discourse over traditional email mailing lists for group conversations and community management. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: All users Discourse i… --- ## [Email rejection to "holding pen"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-rejection-to-holding-pen/54308)
**Author:** [@sjmscott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sjmscott)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-rejection-to-holding-pen/54308 "2019-04-10T13:56:56Z")
Continuing the discussion from Misleading email rejection when reply permissions not available: Currently, the rejected email gets buried in my gmail server. I have no idea who is trying to respond. Typically, I crea… --- ## [Can we remove extra cruft from build logs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-remove-extra-cruft-from-build-logs/54309)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-remove-extra-cruft-from-build-logs/54309 "2016-12-15T23:11:26Z")
It has several hundred lines of text, most of which mean nothing. If there is an error, to most people, it looks just like the ones helpfully saying “oh, everything is great! I compressed a file!” Is there a way to red… --- ## [Shopify Integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shopify-integration/54310)
**Author:** [@viet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/viet)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shopify-integration/54310 "2023-07-24T08:31:47Z")
Discourse has intergration with many social login methods already, and it’s very nice. Can it intergrates with e-commerce platforms like Shopify so users of an existing e-commerce community can login via the same accoun… --- ## [Create topics from a posts to Telegram group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-topics-from-a-posts-to-telegram-group/54319)
**Author:** [@nukeador](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nukeador)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-topics-from-a-posts-to-telegram-group/54319 "2016-12-19T23:01:31Z")
With the new IFTTT Telegram channel I’ve managed to set up an applet so everyone in a Telegram group can create new topics in a discourse category just by texting on the Telegram group. Why? Because real time communicat… --- ## [Title is too short when when you create a topic from a link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-is-too-short-when-when-you-create-a-topic-from-a-link/54320)
**Author:** [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-is-too-short-when-when-you-create-a-topic-from-a-link/54320 "2016-12-16T18:43:10Z")
The title is truncated too short when when you create a topic from a link. Same thing here: --- ## [Improving our "lowest read position" Back button / indicator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-our-lowest-read-position-back-button-indicator/54324)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-our-lowest-read-position-back-button-indicator/54324 "2016-12-20T01:04:05Z")
Here’s me with a last read position of post ~ 102, on a 440 reply topic. See how I have to scroll all the way up to read position ~36 to get the back button to appear? And once I click it, I jump back to post 102! Th… --- ## [Absolute URLs in decorateWidget API being rewritten](https://meta.discourse.org/t/absolute-urls-in-decoratewidget-api-being-rewritten/54337)
**Author:** [@DanielMarquard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DanielMarquard)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 10:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/absolute-urls-in-decoratewidget-api-being-rewritten/54337 "2016-12-21T10:33:48Z")
This seems like it could be a subdirectory bug. With the code below, a button is generated in the header to the specifications, including in the HTML, but rather than being taken to /donate when clicked, users are instea… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=645) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=647)