# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=660 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 661 --- ## [Topic of the week](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-of-the-week/56179)
**Author:** [@Sara\_Noel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sara_Noel)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-of-the-week/56179 "2017-01-24T02:49:54Z")
I used to have a feature on vb that was topic of the week. Members could nominate their favorite topic each week and then a tally/poll would show the “votes/nominations” and which topic was nominated the most by peers ie… --- ## [Make it clear to the user what they voted on in poll results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-it-clear-to-the-user-what-they-voted-on-in-poll-results/56180)
**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-it-clear-to-the-user-what-they-voted-on-in-poll-results/56180 "2017-01-25T08:18:29Z")
Here’s a large poll I participated in: With that many options, it can be difficult to spot the items I voted for to check on how they’re doing, and I may even have forgotten a couple of the items I voted for. I could… --- ## [Unlist a topic using rails console](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlist-a-topic-using-rails-console/56189)
**Author:** [@shahidh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shahidh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 6:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlist-a-topic-using-rails-console/56189 "2017-01-23T06:39:17Z")
We have a use case where we need to close all existing topics and unlist them. I have closed all topics using the rails console by executing Topic.where(closed: false).find\_each do |topic| topic.update\_status("closed… --- ## [Out Of Curiosity](https://meta.discourse.org/t/out-of-curiosity/56190)
**Author:** [@anon28163865](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon28163865)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 6:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/out-of-curiosity/56190 "2017-01-23T06:53:44Z")
I just want to know out of curiosity that what is this in discourse, which is an amazing piece of undisputed software, 2017-01-23\_1205 - TechSmith Screencast Scroll-bar or parallax or something else? --- ## [Mac Mail Threading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mac-mail-threading/56194)
**Author:** [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mac-mail-threading/56194 "2017-08-23T02:35:07Z")
Yes, sigh, I know, again. 1.7 breaks the workaround we had for Mac Mail threading, namely always including “Re:” at the start of the subject Setting for email subject Re: \[%{site\_name}\] %{optional\_pm}%{topic\_title} Un… --- ## [Update took quite long due to Vacuum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-took-quite-long-due-to-vacuum/56203)
**Author:** [@rsoutar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rsoutar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-took-quite-long-due-to-vacuum/56203 "2017-02-20T01:09:07Z")
Hi, I was running an update using ./launcher rebuild app But it stuck at 156:M 23 Jan 10:19:31.078 \* 10 changes in 300 seconds. Saving... 156:M 23 Jan 10:19:31.081 \* Background saving started by pid 3150 3150:C 23 Jan 1… --- ## [Autocompletion for categories when editing a topic should take into account category slug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autocompletion-for-categories-when-editing-a-topic-should-take-into-account-category-slug/56214)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autocompletion-for-categories-when-editing-a-topic-should-take-into-account-category-slug/56214 "2017-09-11T07:11:38Z")
Continuing the discussion from Use category slug in menus instead of category name: The slug for the System Administrators category is sysadmins. Here’s what happens if I wanna move a topic there. So far so good: B… --- ## [Where do I edit the welcome banner?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-do-i-edit-the-welcome-banner/56217)
**Author:** [@mattdamod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdamod)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-do-i-edit-the-welcome-banner/56217 "2019-04-12T10:40:26Z")
I’m such a noob… I can’t find where to edit the welcome banner. Once a user has clicked the small x it disappears and never comes back… where are those settings also? Thanks :slight\_smile: --- ## [Restructured #howto docs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restructured-howto-docs/56218)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restructured-howto-docs/56218 "2017-01-24T02:22:11Z")
You might have noticed some changes in our howto category. Basically, here’s what we’ve done: (1) Added the following sub-categories: Sysadmins Developers Administrators faq (moved from top-level category) I’ll proba… --- ## [Unexplainable censoring on title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexplainable-censoring-on-title/56219)
**Author:** [@hallaathrad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hallaathrad)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexplainable-censoring-on-title/56219 "2017-01-24T05:12:29Z")
So as I was going to post a link to an article from google’s blog like so: our instance of Discourse is giving me the following message: Any ideas what went wrong, and how to fix it? --- ## [Letter avatars change to html elements (Idea for performance)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letter-avatars-change-to-html-elements-idea-for-performance/56231)
**Author:** [@Fer\_Nando](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fer_Nando)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letter-avatars-change-to-html-elements-idea-for-performance/56231 "2017-01-24T03:15:53Z")
It´s posible, for future updates, change all letter avatars to an html element with css for improve load performance with minor request? Sorry for my english, i´m not native speaker. This is a nice example: https://cod… --- ## [Wiki Edit behavior change](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wiki-edit-behavior-change/56242)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wiki-edit-behavior-change/56242 "2017-01-27T23:46:29Z")
Continuing the discussion from Can't mark a post as wiki anymore: In the past, there were two icons for wiki posts - a wiki edit icon (pencil and paper) and an edit log icon (pencil). Clicking the wiki edit icon opened… --- ## [Allow /u/ to work like /users/](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-u-to-work-like-users/56245)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-u-to-work-like-users/56245 "2017-04-27T14:43:06Z")
Continuing the discussion from Design choice behind /t, /c, and /users: @Sam requested a specific topic…here it is. There have been requests for /u/ to work in a URL similar to how /c/ and /t/ work. --- ## [How can I create a linked reply?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-create-a-linked-reply/56247)
**Author:** [@dfpoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfpoon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-create-a-linked-reply/56247 "2017-01-24T03:16:43Z")
Continuing the discussion from Linked replies showing up again so you have to read them twice - can this be addressed?: Sorry for this noob question. I have searched this meta forum for quite a while but still couldn’t … --- ## [Ember error on Unpinning, Archiving topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ember-error-on-unpinning-archiving-topic/56253)
**Author:** [@jgujgu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jgujgu)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ember-error-on-unpinning-archiving-topic/56253 "2017-01-25T00:53:50Z")
I’ve had a hard time using the admin utility tool to unpin and/or archive topics. I tried to do so on both dev v1.8.0.beta1 +3|Firefox 50.1.0 and production v1.8.0.beta2 +63 |Firefox 50.1.0 & Chrome 55.0.2883.95, resu… --- ## [How to set redis DB ID in Docker container?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-redis-db-id-in-docker-container/56267)
**Author:** [@TomekB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TomekB)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-redis-db-id-in-docker-container/56267 "2020-06-09T08:08:07Z")
I have one data container and I would like to use several web\_only containers (several forums on separate servers). How to I pass a DB ID to web\_only container so that multiple forums use their own cache? Without this t… --- ## [Why hide the link to /admin/upgrade?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-hide-the-link-to-admin-upgrade/56275)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-hide-the-link-to-admin-upgrade/56275 "2017-01-24T19:10:21Z")
When docker\_manager notices that there is a Discourse update, you get a link to it, but if your plugins have updates, there is no way for a Normal Person to get to the upgrade page to find out about them. Also, sometimes… --- ## [Enable updates only to a given release](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-updates-only-to-a-given-release/56277)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-updates-only-to-a-given-release/56277 "2017-01-25T20:59:16Z")
Unless I misunderstand how upgrades work, when you do an upgrade from the web interface, you get all of the commits from the branch that you’re on. It would seem preferable to be able to get just the commits from the mos… --- ## [Poll posts may not survive approval queue?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-posts-may-not-survive-approval-queue/56278)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-posts-may-not-survive-approval-queue/56278 "2017-01-26T05:33:24Z")
So I was looking to play around with CSS on polls, but creating a poll on Try resulted in a broken poll: https://try.discourse.org/t/testing-poll-css/600 Here is what I attempted to enter (note that it works OK here on… --- ## [Rails server --daemon and plugins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rails-server-daemon-and-plugins/56291)
**Author:** [@pieceOpiland](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pieceOpiland)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rails-server-daemon-and-plugins/56291 "2018-04-09T01:47:52Z")
I’ve followed the instructions at Install Discourse on macOS for development to install a development environment of discourse. I’ve also installed the discourse-solved plugin, and everything works when I run: bundle exe… --- ## [Secure email mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/secure-email-mode/56296)
**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/secure-email-mode/56296 "2017-04-27T20:27:15Z")
Continuing the discussion from Very secret info and email notifications: Definition “Secure email mode” site setting ensures that no content is leaked to the outside via emails when the site’s content is sensitive. U… --- ## [Can't find badge criteria box](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-find-badge-criteria-box/56300)
**Author:** [@jesselperry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesselperry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-find-badge-criteria-box/56300 "2017-01-25T02:10:33Z")
Hi there - It’s been a while since I’ve made a badge and for the life of me I can’t find the box where I insert the badge criteria to be awarded. Am I missing something? Did this recently move? On the badge’s page I onl… --- ## [Update log to track updates to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-log-to-track-updates-to-discourse/56316)
**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-log-to-track-updates-to-discourse/56316 "2017-01-25T10:45:22Z")
On a related note… Would it be possible to add an update-log item to /admin/logs to track the updates to discourse? This might be helpful for diagnostics insofar as when someone notices that plugin “x” stopped working … --- ## [Email replies filter signatures?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-replies-filter-signatures/56323)
**Author:** [@ornpax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ornpax)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-replies-filter-signatures/56323 "2019-06-21T14:53:05Z")
I have not setup email replies, because we are using it for our company support forums, and I don’t want sneaky competitors to get contact details in email signature… if a potential customer choose to post by email … so… --- ## [Some way to show the username in the Messages list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-way-to-show-the-username-in-the-messages-list/56335)
**Author:** [@skozz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/skozz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-way-to-show-the-username-in-the-messages-list/56335 "2017-01-25T16:59:30Z")
I did a search before creating the topic but I don’t found any related topic. I want to show the username of the user in the Message list besides its avatar, exists some way to do that? Thank you, Angel --- ## [Is it possible to prevent moderators to see ip's and emails?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-prevent-moderators-to-see-ips-and-emails/56336)
**Author:** [@Rojoss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rojoss)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-prevent-moderators-to-see-ips-and-emails/56336 "2017-01-25T16:09:02Z")
It seems like moderators can access the admin page of any users. The admin page displays their IP and email address. It doesn’t even have a button with show email or show IP which means it’s not logged either. Basical… --- ## [User page with custom data from external DB](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-page-with-custom-data-from-external-db/56351)
**Author:** [@Rojoss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rojoss)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-page-with-custom-data-from-external-db/56351 "2017-01-26T14:41:05Z")
We use Discourse as a forum for our game and I’d like to create custom user pages with data from the game. Such as rankings, stats, achievements etc. I’ve followed the setup tutorials and managed to setup the developme… --- ## [Changing \`system\` account email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-system-account-email/56354)
**Author:** [@David\_Collantes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Collantes)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-system-account-email/56354 "2017-01-27T12:33:18Z")
The system account on my play install had the email no\_email. As an admin, I tried changing it, but misspell it. When I tried to change it again, it tells me “We’ve sent an email to that address. Please follow the confir… --- ## [Can we create two forums with the same users but different user permissions?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-create-two-forums-with-the-same-users-but-different-user-permissions/56358)
**Author:** [@jhanna1024](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jhanna1024)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-create-two-forums-with-the-same-users-but-different-user-permissions/56358 "2017-01-26T00:45:52Z")
I am looking into solutions for creating two distinct Discourse forums each with their own separate content and design, however we would like both forums to share the same user base. Ideally we could put our users into c… --- ## [Email preview of following category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-preview-of-following-category/56374)
**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-preview-of-following-category/56374 "2017-01-26T04:32:24Z")
Never realized this before, but when you are following a category, the topics that get sent via email will show on iOS mail, the image source of the avatar instead of the beginning copy of the topic. I wonder if there’s … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=659) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=661)