# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=655 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 656 --- ## [Any release notes (not just commit log) available?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-release-notes-not-just-commit-log-available/55431)
**Author:** [@Jeremy\_Howard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeremy_Howard)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 7:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-release-notes-not-just-commit-log-available/55431 "2019-04-23T07:12:36Z")
I’m always a little nervous of upgrading something when it’s working well, so was looking to see if there are release notes for 1.8 that mention if there are any critical security fixes or major feature additions that mi… --- ## [Design choice behind /t, /c, and /users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/design-choice-behind-t-c-and-users/55434)
**Author:** [@fishb6nes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fishb6nes)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/design-choice-behind-t-c-and-users/55434 "2019-07-31T16:28:22Z")
What was the design choice behind going with abbreviated URIs for topics (/t), and categories (/c), but using the full form for accessing user pages (/users)? --- ## [WP Discourse dont connect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-dont-connect/55448)
**Author:** [@andresvuy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andresvuy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-dont-connect/55448 "2017-01-10T02:19:03Z")
Hello! I installed the plugin and connected it using the domain http://bitacorasdeviaje.Communiteq (formerly DiscourseHosting) and works fine. But, when I tried connect using my own domain http://foros.bitacorasdeviaje… --- ## [How do I change the icon Facebook pulls for category links?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-change-the-icon-facebook-pulls-for-category-links/55451)
**Author:** [@Christopher\_Tate](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Christopher_Tate)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-change-the-icon-facebook-pulls-for-category-links/55451 "2017-01-10T02:23:18Z")
Like this one. I would prefer to change it to the site icon. Thanks in advance. --- ## [Suggested topics vs. Featured topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggested-topics-vs-featured-topics/55457)
**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggested-topics-vs-featured-topics/55457 "2017-01-12T02:26:39Z")
On our community, we seem to get people who stay in one particular category. We have a strange behavior where our top performing landing page is not our homepage, but a specific category homepage. I’ve considered activa… --- ## [Wordpress\>Buddypress\>Discourse Facebook signin plugin question](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-buddypress-discourse-facebook-signin-plugin-question/55459)
**Author:** [@Christopher\_Tate](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Christopher_Tate)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2017, 8:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-buddypress-discourse-facebook-signin-plugin-question/55459 "2017-01-14T08:28:43Z")
I’m running WP with the Buddypress plugin, and Discourse using SSO. Currently it requires two email activation’s to be fully regged on the site/forum. I’d like to make it a little easier, because I’m concerned it’s too m… --- ## [Help with SSL (Some issues to be fixed)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-ssl-some-issues-to-be-fixed/55461)
**Author:** [@Arta\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arta_S)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 8:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-ssl-some-issues-to-be-fixed/55461 "2017-01-10T08:26:04Z")
What would I like to be done? I need someone to help me to get a grade of A+ on my SSL and fix the error I get via feedvalidator. I guess when the SSL is fixed, this will automatically will be fixed too since it is a SS… --- ## [Problem in latest.rss / Not a Valid Feed, it says!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-in-latest-rss-not-a-valid-feed-it-says/55466)
**Author:** [@Arta\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arta_S)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-in-latest-rss-not-a-valid-feed-it-says/55466 "2017-01-17T18:24:27Z")
Hey guys, My rss cannot be validated. See here: Feed Validator Results: https://forums.7host.ir/latest.rss I am getting some errors when i am trying to fetch the latest entries to another website and the feed validato… --- ## [Title emojis don't work when quoting another topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-emojis-dont-work-when-quoting-another-topic/55482)
**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-emojis-dont-work-when-quoting-another-topic/55482 "2017-01-11T09:24:22Z")
If I quote something from another topic, the title emojis don’t work: --- ## [Discourse VPS requirements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vps-requirements/55486)
**Author:** [@Kosta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kosta)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vps-requirements/55486 "2017-01-10T13:57:35Z")
Hi, I have VPS Ubuntu with some PHP software as SMF and WP , Webmin using, Apache and MSQL. Can I add Discourse or it requires server for itself? --- ## ["502 bad gateway" Nginx Error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-bad-gateway-nginx-error/55489)
**Author:** [@divine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/divine)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-bad-gateway-nginx-error/55489 "2017-01-11T09:41:07Z")
I installed discourse by following instructions on: Install Discourse in Under 30 Minutes It ran absolutely fine for a few months and during this time I also updated the installation a couple of times. A couple of week… --- ## [Auto-close topics immediately](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-topics-immediately/55495)
**Author:** [@jgujgu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jgujgu)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-topics-immediately/55495 "2018-08-15T04:29:52Z")
Does the auto-close option only take a positive integer for the number of hours? This makes sense, but there’s a (jobs) category in which I hope people will only be able to post topics in, with no replies. I tried inputt… --- ## [Discourse Square Logo Rendering Issue in Tweets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-square-logo-rendering-issue-in-tweets/55499)
**Author:** [@MikeSmart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MikeSmart)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-square-logo-rendering-issue-in-tweets/55499 "2017-01-12T17:37:46Z")
We’ve just launched a Discourse forum. As part of that we created custom logos. When we tweet a link from the forum on Twitter, the 144x144 square logo isn’t rendering properly. It’s picking up some black coloring artifa… --- ## [SSO login and Jobs::EnsureDbConsistency both fail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-login-and-jobs-ensuredbconsistency-both-fail/55515)
**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-login-and-jobs-ensuredbconsistency-both-fail/55515 "2017-01-18T05:53:53Z")
I have two sites having SSO enabled. After the latest update, both of them started failing SSO logons for moderators and admins (but not for normal users), with a localized error message that is similar to “name is alrea… --- ## [Following install guide on DO droplet finishes but doesn't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/following-install-guide-on-do-droplet-finishes-but-doesnt-work/55520)
**Author:** [@jerdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jerdog)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/following-install-guide-on-do-droplet-finishes-but-doesnt-work/55520 "2017-01-10T21:27:00Z")
So following the instructions from the guide (discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub) seems to work just fine - no errors I can see and it all comes to the end with: /usr/bin/docker run… --- ## [Can not find Topic Links input field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-not-find-topic-links-input-field/55521)
**Author:** [@Masiar\_Ighani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Masiar_Ighani)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-not-find-topic-links-input-field/55521 "2017-01-10T20:26:07Z")
I have read about topic links and how to enable them. In the settings I checked: “Enable posting a link with topics”. But on the Create new Topic page, I can not see the URL input field. Many thanks… --- ## [Find total topics in category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-total-topics-in-category/55524)
**Author:** [@fishb6nes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fishb6nes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-total-topics-in-category/55524 "2017-01-11T18:49:24Z")
I’m looking for the file that tells me what else I can access on a category like ‘stat’ on line 35 in: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/categories-… --- ## [Discourse-saml + Okta endless redirect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-saml-okta-endless-redirect/55525)
**Author:** [@runofthemill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/runofthemill)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-saml-okta-endless-redirect/55525 "2017-07-20T19:36:08Z")
Hi there - I’m trying to get the discourse-saml plugin working with Okta; I’ve scoured the existing threads, and can’t seem to figure out what’s going on. When I go to the login page, it prompts me to log in with my Okt… --- ## [Discourse search is awfully unsmart!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-search-is-awfully-unsmart/55551)
**Author:** [@Stefan\_Fairphone](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stefan_Fairphone)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-search-is-awfully-unsmart/55551 "2017-01-11T13:37:11Z")
Hi, I just searched in the Fairphone forum and first got this, which wasn’t helpful: I then erased only one word (phone) and immediately found the topic I was looking for (1st result, far more matches!) How can t… --- ## [Low Resolution Flickr/500px Onebox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/low-resolution-flickr-500px-onebox/55552)
**Author:** [@Patrick\_David](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Patrick_David)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/low-resolution-flickr-500px-onebox/55552 "2017-05-12T18:31:21Z")
Howdy all! Just ran into this on my instance (v1.8.0.beta1 +33) at https://discuss.pixls.us. Oneboxing of images from image sites like Flickr and 500px are using low-resolution thumbnails: Flickr image: Mairi Mid-Air… --- ## [Android app inconsistency](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-inconsistency/55553)
**Author:** [@ron\_jeremy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ron_jeremy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-inconsistency/55553 "2017-01-10T23:46:13Z")
This applies to my Discourse Android app experience – Nexus 6P on 7.1.1. I cannot say if the iOS version exhibits the same behavior. Maybe this is a bug or maybe I’m being a nitpicking twit. Anyway… Let’s say you’re re… --- ## [Smarter emoji completion (thumbsup before thumbsdown)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smarter-emoji-completion-thumbsup-before-thumbsdown/55554)
**Author:** [@bradydowling](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bradydowling)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smarter-emoji-completion-thumbsup-before-thumbsdown/55554 "2017-01-11T02:41:25Z")
When I type in :thumbs it suggests that I use :thumbsdown: which is a much less commonly used emoji than :thumbsup:. I’m guessing Discourse suggests emojis alphabetically but in this case that isn’t so nice. Slack and o… --- ## [A little extra explanation for "Download my posts"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-little-extra-explanation-for-download-my-posts/55556)
**Author:** [@sujato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sujato)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-little-extra-explanation-for-download-my-posts/55556 "2017-01-19T20:47:51Z")
One of our users just got frustrated trying to download their posts. The feature works well, but they didn’t know what a .gz file extension meant and tried to open it in Notepad. Perhaps a little explanation in the notif… --- ## [How to transition between big and small logo on scroll?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-transition-between-big-and-small-logo-on-scroll/55569)
**Author:** [@pyn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pyn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-transition-between-big-and-small-logo-on-scroll/55569 "2017-01-11T05:02:00Z")
How would I transition between the two site logos when someone scrolls down without the other image just appearing in its new spot? Is there any way to transition nicely between the two images with CSS? --- ## [Manifest.json has orientation set to portrait, Users cannot turn device to landscape](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manifest-json-has-orientation-set-to-portrait-users-cannot-turn-device-to-landscape/55579)
**Author:** [@jms](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jms)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manifest-json-has-orientation-set-to-portrait-users-cannot-turn-device-to-landscape/55579 "2017-01-11T09:34:32Z")
When a User has installed the android web app via the “Add to Homescreen” feature the device is locked in the portrait orientation. Especially on a tablet, this is annyoing. The manifest.json route is configured to poin… --- ## [Search bar disappears on iPad in long topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-bar-disappears-on-ipad-in-long-topics/55583)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 6:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-bar-disappears-on-ipad-in-long-topics/55583 "2017-06-13T06:55:59Z")
Let me know if you can also reproduce this. So far I’ve tested on iPad Air 2, Safari and Chrome: Go to a topic long enough that you need to load a new batch of posts Scroll to the bottom of the topic Click the search b… --- ## [How to check error logs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-check-error-logs/55588)
**Author:** [@Miro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Miro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-check-error-logs/55588 "2017-01-11T14:57:37Z")
How can I check log errors for discourse? --- ## [Muted category (default or not) appears in Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muted-category-default-or-not-appears-in-latest/55592)
**Author:** [@jgujgu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jgujgu)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muted-category-default-or-not-appears-in-latest/55592 "2019-05-28T03:01:59Z")
I’ve been trying to mute a specific category (in my case, “Jobs”) from the latest page. I’ve tried to both mute it manually and through the admin setting However, it stills up in the overall Latest: Can anyon… --- ## [Inter-Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inter-discourse/55598)
**Author:** [@trajano](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trajano)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inter-discourse/55598 "2017-01-13T04:56:34Z")
Playing around with Discourse, WordPress and Discus, I was wondering one nice feature Discourse could have is the notion of an “Inter-Discourse” (please find a better name, it sounds too close to intercourse) The concep… --- ## [The idea of using a branch for broadcasting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-idea-of-using-a-branch-for-broadcasting/55606)
**Author:** [@11145](https://meta.discourse.org/u/11145)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-idea-of-using-a-branch-for-broadcasting/55606 "2017-01-11T18:45:53Z")
Is it difficult to organize the integration of the “Topic” for broadcasting with the installation of code to EMBED on any php site. Example of such a service https://wtrfall.com [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=654) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=656)