# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=686 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 687 --- ## [Associate category to an individual user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/associate-category-to-an-individual-user/60029)
**Author:** [@ukankal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ukankal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/associate-category-to-an-individual-user/60029 "2017-03-28T15:04:05Z")
Is there a way to associate categories to individual Users ? consider the below example. Forum(movies) has 50 categories organised into 5 sub-categories(Actors, Actress,comedians etc) each with 10 categories. Can a us… --- ## [Let a badge assign a default title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-a-badge-assign-a-default-title/60032)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-a-badge-assign-a-default-title/60032 "2017-03-28T22:37:19Z")
Continuing the discussion from Group titles & listing: Groups can assign a default title: Badges should be able to do that too. The main use case I have in mind for this is the contributor badge. Once your first PR ha… --- ## [Mobile : can't sort post by numbers of votes on a category list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-cant-sort-post-by-numbers-of-votes-on-a-category-list/60043)
**Author:** [@grxninesix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/grxninesix)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-cant-sort-post-by-numbers-of-votes-on-a-category-list/60043 "2017-12-19T05:54:51Z")
Hello guys I just was invited to report there a little problem on mobile discourse. I want to sort category topics by number of votes. Looks like I can on desktop version but not in mobile version, because of that the… --- ## [Is there a way to disable including the post body in email notifications?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-disable-including-the-post-body-in-email-notifications/60044)
**Author:** [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-disable-including-the-post-body-in-email-notifications/60044 "2017-03-28T18:28:43Z")
I have legitimate reasons for wanting this. In short, I’d like the email notifications about new posts to not include the post content/body as well, but just say that there is a new post. --- ## [Adding similar to keyboard shortcuts to hamburger menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-similar-to-keyboard-shortcuts-to-hamburger-menu/60049)
**Author:** [@Sara\_Noel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sara_Noel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-similar-to-keyboard-shortcuts-to-hamburger-menu/60049 "2019-05-20T02:41:49Z")
I’d like to add a cheat sheet image for the email-in topic email addresses and have it display in the hamburger menu like the keyboard shortcut image. Currently, I have only added a new hamburger item that links to a top… --- ## [Interactive bot users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/interactive-bot-users/60064)
**Author:** [@will\_io](https://meta.discourse.org/u/will_io)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/interactive-bot-users/60064 "2020-01-24T11:34:29Z")
I am just playing with some ideas. Wondering if anyone has something in place that conditionally operates with the api and the discourse db or a third party database? This has got something with nokogiri written all ove… --- ## [Weekly or monthly "best new user" badge](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weekly-or-monthly-best-new-user-badge/60065)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weekly-or-monthly-best-new-user-badge/60065 "2017-06-23T09:57:24Z")
We know that healthy communities are always growing, through an influx of new users. Without a steady stream of new users, a community can only hope for, at best, stagnation. Discourse can’t magically deliver new users t… --- ## [Mark Post as Read Lower on Page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-post-as-read-lower-on-page/60068)
**Author:** [@JupiterFlux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JupiterFlux)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-post-as-read-lower-on-page/60068 "2017-03-29T00:36:56Z")
This is a modification suggestion for an existing feature, if it’s not categorized correctly, I’d love it if someone can correct it for me. Discourse marks posts as read and updates the “thread position counter” at the … --- ## [Rebuilding the app fails due to disk out of space](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuilding-the-app-fails-due-to-disk-out-of-space/60070)
**Author:** [@craisp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craisp)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuilding-the-app-fails-due-to-disk-out-of-space/60070 "2017-03-28T23:34:50Z")
I’m facing this issue running sudo ./launcher rebuild app: An error occurred while installing mini\_racer (0.1.9), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that \`gem install mini\_racer -v '0.1.9'\` succeeds before bundling.… --- ## [Difference between socket- and port-based connection to outer NGINX?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difference-between-socket-and-port-based-connection-to-outer-nginx/60071)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difference-between-socket-and-port-based-connection-to-outer-nginx/60071 "2019-12-28T13:31:57Z")
If I understand things correctly there are two ways of configuring your discourse instance behind an NGINX server: with a socket connection (as described here) by exposing some port of the container and telling the out… --- ## [500 error SSO continuation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-sso-continuation/60075)
**Author:** [@jesselperry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesselperry)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-sso-continuation/60075 "2017-03-29T12:58:15Z")
Continuing the discussion from Reports of user logged out twice today - related to recent auth tokens changes?: For what it’s worth, I just had this error myself with beta 8 release (which was after your most recent fix… --- ## [Google maps embedding broken in 1.8.0.beta8](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-maps-embedding-broken-in-1-8-0-beta8/60076)
**Author:** [@niemeyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/niemeyer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-maps-embedding-broken-in-1-8-0-beta8/60076 "2017-04-03T14:03:48Z")
Looking at the HTML generated, there’s a transparent \ right above the map iframe that is overlaid on top of the map: Removing that div in the debugger makes the map work fine. Confirmed broken in Firefox 52.0 an… --- ## [Data analytics by complex networks and text mining](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-analytics-by-complex-networks-and-text-mining/60089)
**Author:** [@Renato\_Fabbri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Renato_Fabbri)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-analytics-by-complex-networks-and-text-mining/60089 "2017-03-31T15:05:03Z")
Dear users and developers, by looking through Discourse site, it seems to me that an interface for further data analytics would enhance our experience. I can tackle this by using complex networks and text mining techn… --- ## [Performance, Scaling, and HA requirements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/performance-scaling-and-ha-requirements/60098)
**Author:** [@mdekkers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mdekkers)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 5:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/performance-scaling-and-ha-requirements/60098 "2017-04-02T05:29:17Z")
Hi all, I am working on upgrading a busy Drupal site with a very active forum. This forum sees about 2 million unique pageviews per month, with peaks to about 3 to 4 million per hour for a few weeks a year. We have abou… --- ## [A big "hug" and thanks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-big-hug-and-thanks/60107)
**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-big-hug-and-thanks/60107 "2017-03-29T14:33:39Z")
I have not opened any “thank you” topic and I think the time has come. I want to thank the whole discourse team for such a “system” you have created, you take all my admiration and even though I am dying to learn Ruby, … --- ## [Redirected to Wordpress dashboard after discourse login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirected-to-wordpress-dashboard-after-discourse-login/60116)
**Author:** [@Martin\_O](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Martin_O)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirected-to-wordpress-dashboard-after-discourse-login/60116 "2017-03-30T15:18:41Z")
We use discourse together with wordpress, which is the sso provider. After latest update of discourse docker container and the wp discourse plugin, I am not able to access discourse forums while logged in. It always red… --- ## [Upgrading to 1.8.0.beta9 breaks Azure SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-to-1-8-0-beta9-breaks-azure-sso/60125)
**Author:** [@sberkovitz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sberkovitz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-to-1-8-0-beta9-breaks-azure-sso/60125 "2017-03-29T18:33:04Z")
After upgrading our instance from 1.8.0.beta8 to beta9, our SSO via Azure Active Directory stopped working. Any user attempting to authenticate would receive the message “Sorry, there was an error authorizing your accoun… --- ## [Why do all shared links include the username (u=username)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-all-shared-links-include-the-username-u-username/60126)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-all-shared-links-include-the-username-u-username/60126 "2017-03-29T18:57:01Z")
What exactly is the reason that every link to a discourse post has a u=username at the end? Since the links are functional without, I suppose the idea is some sort of tracking. But for what purpose and where/how does the… --- ## ["Copy link address" for 🔗 share link popup?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-link-address-for-share-link-popup/60131)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-link-address-for-share-link-popup/60131 "2023-04-03T05:27:56Z")
Am I the only one who finds it a bit of a nuisance (given all the other luxuries on discourse) that there is no “copy” button on the :link:-popup? It would be great to have, similar to copy invite link button. --- ## [More finely grained Email Preferences recommendations in email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-finely-grained-email-preferences-recommendations-in-email/60138)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-finely-grained-email-preferences-recommendations-in-email/60138 "2019-05-20T08:42:53Z")
A client just said that they. . . I don’t have an answer other than to include a link to the preferences page (and I just tracked down again that a link to Discourse Meta - The Official Support Forum for Discourse will… --- ## [Importing Data from Excel to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-data-from-excel-to-discourse/60144)
**Author:** [@vas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-data-from-excel-to-discourse/60144 "2017-03-30T08:02:04Z")
What would you like done? I want to populate excel with username, email id, content(thread title and main question), replies along with respective usernames. Can someone develop this? When do you need it done? ASAP W… --- ## [My "about me" information not showing on meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-about-me-information-not-showing-on-meta/60149)
**Author:** [@kraml](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kraml)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-about-me-information-not-showing-on-meta/60149 "2017-03-30T12:35:10Z")
It was there previously. Yesterday I’ve edited it and saved, since then it disappeared from my user card. It is still there in my profile settings, but not on my card. I’ve tried to remove the whole about me text, save,… --- ## [Topic "popular links" panel domain extraction doesn't handle country TLDs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-popular-links-panel-domain-extraction-doesnt-handle-country-tlds/60156)
**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-popular-links-panel-domain-extraction-doesnt-handle-country-tlds/60156 "2017-11-29T13:55:41Z")
It looks as though the domain extraction logic doesn’t understand country TLDs in domains – so it’s considering .com.au as a domain, rather than the more-appropriate seqta.com.au that the link uses. This is, of cours… --- ## [Require mail confirmation to grant admin privileges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-mail-confirmation-to-grant-admin-privileges/60164)
**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-mail-confirmation-to-grant-admin-privileges/60164 "2017-12-28T00:43:14Z")
Currently, downloading a backup requires clicking a link in an email as a second factor of authentication. This is awesome! :100: I’d like to also see that when granting another user admin privileges. Without this, I d… --- ## [Reverse Single-Sign-On: Possible to use Discourse accounts on my other site?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reverse-single-sign-on-possible-to-use-discourse-accounts-on-my-other-site/60170)
**Author:** [@pv0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pv0)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 10:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reverse-single-sign-on-possible-to-use-discourse-accounts-on-my-other-site/60170 "2017-03-30T10:47:04Z")
Hello, I am new here so please be patient if I am not following all your forum rules. I would like my users to sign in using Discourse so that I don’t have to build my own account management for the main site (for whic… --- ## [Importers: What to do when missing email addresses](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importers-what-to-do-when-missing-email-addresses/60195)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importers-what-to-do-when-missing-email-addresses/60195 "2017-03-30T22:16:02Z")
I’m doing a phpBB import. There are a bunch of missing email addresses (apparently because Facebook and others authenticated, but didn’t supply an email address) and a bunch more invalid ones. The client doesn’t want to… --- ## [Material Design on Mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/material-design-on-mobile/60199)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 7:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/material-design-on-mobile/60199 "2017-04-01T07:01:04Z")
Currently attempting to add @rewphus’s excellent material design CSS to one of my sites. After some small modifications, everything is working great except one issue on mobile. Here’s a screenshot of the issue. Notice… --- ## [How to modify email settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-modify-email-settings/60202)
**Author:** [@D2Rhino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/D2Rhino)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-modify-email-settings/60202 "2017-03-31T04:37:31Z")
First thanks for building the only forum worth using, from a user’s perspective, anyway! Great work, beautifully designed, and I much appreciate it. So my question is I signed up for Sparkpost and want to modify my emai… --- ## [Setting input direction in UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-input-direction-in-ui/60203)
**Author:** [@mrphs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrphs)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-input-direction-in-ui/60203 "2017-03-31T14:12:52Z")
I noticed that there has been multiple long conversations about RTL support and each of them have gone many different directions. All and all have added great functionality of the website in RTL languages. To do a quick… --- ## [Do I need to rebuild when my domain name changes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-i-need-to-rebuild-when-my-domain-name-changes/60212)
**Author:** [@malcolmjr414](https://meta.discourse.org/u/malcolmjr414)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-i-need-to-rebuild-when-my-domain-name-changes/60212 "2017-03-31T03:02:16Z")
Sorry for restarting an old thread. But my question is can you use Discourse in a main directory? e.g. example.com (I have it like this)? Because there are images which are not showing up because they are using the url (h… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=685) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=687)