# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=702 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 703 --- ## ["Request to join group" not working?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-to-join-group-not-working/62371)
**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-to-join-group-not-working/62371 "2017-05-12T01:38:16Z")
When I set a group to accept join requests, I’m finding it’s listed as “closed” on the /groups page. Anyone else seeing this? --- ## [Turn off all other notifications except group notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turn-off-all-other-notifications-except-group-notifications/62372)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Backgren](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Peter_Backgren)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turn-off-all-other-notifications-except-group-notifications/62372 "2017-05-25T17:27:47Z")
I’m creating small closed areas for small user groups on my main forum just because it’s so easy to do. Problem is, in many cases these people are then interested only in notifications that are created within this parti… --- ## [Patreon plugin uses disk icon for save instead of checkbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patreon-plugin-uses-disk-icon-for-save-instead-of-checkbox/62376)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patreon-plugin-uses-disk-icon-for-save-instead-of-checkbox/62376 "2017-05-09T22:19:49Z")
Should be more like: And it’s increasingly bizarre that we use floppy disk icons to mean save when so many users have never seen a floppy disk! (But that’s another issue). --- ## [Eliminating the 'educational panel'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/eliminating-the-educational-panel/62390)
**Author:** [@Seth\_Godin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Seth_Godin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/eliminating-the-educational-panel/62390 "2017-05-10T00:17:46Z")
I’m not sure what it’s called, but I do know what it looks like: I’d like to set this to NEVER appear. If I can’t have that, I’d like it to appear once in the entire lifetime of a us… --- ## [Is there a good membership management system that is opensource?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-good-membership-management-system-that-is-opensource/62391)
**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 5:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-good-membership-management-system-that-is-opensource/62391 "2017-05-12T05:40:51Z")
Hi, I’m now running a discourse system on a club server. All club members will have a discourse forum account. While it is not enough for the club running. We have to have more information of the club memebers. Is the… --- ## [How do you send a membership request to a group owner?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-send-a-membership-request-to-a-group-owner/62394)
**Author:** [@Martin\_Cash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Martin_Cash)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-send-a-membership-request-to-a-group-owner/62394 "2017-05-10T00:22:53Z")
Sorry if this a really dumb question, I’ve been reading about groups for quite a bit, but I can’t seem to find the workflow of how a member requests access to a private group. I assume the “Allow users to send membership… --- ## [First mention badge granted for user when another user edits a wiki post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-mention-badge-granted-for-user-when-another-user-edits-a-wiki-post/62396)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-mention-badge-granted-for-user-when-another-user-edits-a-wiki-post/62396 "2017-05-10T05:22:00Z")
While testing this I discovered a bug. On my dev instance, my primary user (jomaxro) had never mentioned a user. One of my test users (jomaxro\_test) mentioned themselves while editing a wiki post by jomaxro. jomaxro t… --- ## [Rendering of e-mail template adds unnecessary whitespace](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rendering-of-e-mail-template-adds-unnecessary-whitespace/62399)
**Author:** [@vchuravy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vchuravy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rendering-of-e-mail-template-adds-unnecessary-whitespace/62399 "2017-05-10T18:10:27Z")
I have the following e-mail template: %{message} %{context} %{respond\_instructions} Which in turn creates the following e-mail ----==\_mimepart\_59121ceab749e\_713fcbab014f1c98278 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8… --- ## [What time of day will a digest be sent?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-time-of-day-will-a-digest-be-sent/62400)
**Author:** [@Jon\_Hawkins](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jon_Hawkins)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-time-of-day-will-a-digest-be-sent/62400 "2017-05-10T03:19:05Z")
I’ve recently started a new community and love discourse. Wow the level of meaningful features is unreal. Thank you @team ! Ok, so anyway, on with it… if I change a user to only receive the digest, daily (even if has be… --- ## [Less ambiguous badge names](https://meta.discourse.org/t/less-ambiguous-badge-names/62411)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/less-ambiguous-badge-names/62411 "2017-05-10T08:37:21Z")
I have earned my “First Like”, “First Link”,“First whatever” badge on a number of discourse forums and I can’t help but notice that every time I see that “Earned ‘First Quote’” notification I have to think for a second w… --- ## [Render %{invitee\_name} as full name only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-invitee-name-as-full-name-only/62412)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-invitee-name-as-full-name-only/62412 "2017-12-05T02:50:37Z")
When usernames are derived from emails (especially work emails), they often are very similar to the users real name. If the user has set their real name (and if real names are not hidden via site settings) this currently… --- ## [Access to stats via API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-to-stats-via-api/62418)
**Author:** [@niemeyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/niemeyer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-to-stats-via-api/62418 "2018-02-09T23:26:43Z")
Is there any way to access the site statistics via the API? We’re trying to put some of these metrics inside a larger graph, and it would be great to be able to do that via the proper API instead of screen-scraping the … --- ## [How to block all crawlers but Google's](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-block-all-crawlers-but-googles/62431)
**Author:** [@Roy\_ILGM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roy_ILGM)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-block-all-crawlers-but-googles/62431 "2019-07-21T10:59:08Z")
About 1/3 of our traffic is from crawlers (about 250K last month). Is there a way to block these but allow Google’s crawlers? --- ## [How to specify alternate configuration in multisite](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-specify-alternate-configuration-in-multisite/62441)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-specify-alternate-configuration-in-multisite/62441 "2017-11-13T05:38:12Z")
I have a multisite instance & when I try to reset password for an admin user (the only user), I receive the email, but clicking the link just takes me to the home page, not logged in, and no prompt to change the password… --- ## [How to install customized discourse on docker?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-customized-discourse-on-docker/62443)
**Author:** [@l3est](https://meta.discourse.org/u/l3est)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-customized-discourse-on-docker/62443 "2017-05-10T15:49:06Z")
I forked discourse on github and it’s working really good on development environment. How can I install this repository instead of the main one? https://github.com/l3est/discourse list of files I’ve edited: app\\asset… --- ## [How Sam's Windows development environment is configured](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-sams-windows-development-environment-is-configured/62444)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-sams-windows-development-environment-is-configured/62444 "2019-11-02T18:57:02Z")
I wanted to do a post (that I try to keep up to date) with notes about my current dev environment. :warning: This was a setup I WAS using, I no longer really use it I develop on Linux native. This setup though is rea… --- ## [User has no option to change username?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-has-no-option-to-change-username/62451)
**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-has-no-option-to-change-username/62451 "2021-05-10T05:29:52Z")
Hi, I have a user on our hosted solution who has reported not being able to change their username. They have provided a screenshot and there is no edit icon next to their existing username. Additionally, they have … --- ## [List of users with locked trust level due to group membership?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-users-with-locked-trust-level-due-to-group-membership/62455)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-users-with-locked-trust-level-due-to-group-membership/62455 "2023-04-30T15:16:16Z")
I was just investigating an issue with trust levels, and realized that a handful of moderators had their trust level locked and I don’t know why. Does this happen automatically when you promote someone to moderator or sh… --- ## [SSO integration & external profile sync help](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-integration-external-profile-sync-help/62457)
**Author:** [@Brock\_Busby](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brock_Busby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-integration-external-profile-sync-help/62457 "2019-06-04T21:45:54Z")
Hi Community - we have a successful SSO integration currently. When users are created on our site, it creates the user on Discourse, but we need some direction on the following: We noticed the options for SSO payload u… --- ## [Improving the Bulk Actions UX](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-bulk-actions-ux/62458)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-bulk-actions-ux/62458 "2017-05-11T19:17:25Z")
Continuing the discussion from "make listed" again in the bulk actions: Currently the Bulk Actions modal is, well… not pretty. Some “issues” that come to mind: the buttons aren’t aligned, similar buttons aren’t next… --- ## [Add Wordpress users to groups automatically?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-wordpress-users-to-groups-automatically/62460)
**Author:** [@sunnyt7](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunnyt7)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-wordpress-users-to-groups-automatically/62460 "2017-05-11T15:43:44Z")
Hi, I run a membership site on Wordpress, and would like for certain member levels to automatically get added to groups on Discourse. Is there any way to accomplish this (I’m using Paid Memberships Pro)? If it helps, … --- ## [Non-permalink normalizations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-permalink-normalizations/62467)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-permalink-normalizations/62467 "2017-05-11T16:40:16Z")
Should permalink normalizations work for non-permalinks? I’m working on a Ning import. Links look like this: http://localhost:3000/forum/topics/ancillary-probate-procedure-oklahoma This link works fine (the slugs mat… --- ## [Can't add user with underscore in their username to a custom group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-add-user-with-underscore-in-their-username-to-a-custom-group/62468)
**Author:** [@Nicholas\_Tolstoshev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nicholas_Tolstoshev)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-add-user-with-underscore-in-their-username-to-a-custom-group/62468 "2017-05-31T20:18:34Z")
I created a custom group and I’m adding users to it. The add members field won’t seem to autocomplete for a user that has a \_ in their username. I was able to go to that user’s admin page and add them to the group that… --- ## [New user of month still sending PM even when disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-of-month-still-sending-pm-even-when-disabled/62470)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-of-month-still-sending-pm-even-when-disabled/62470 "2017-05-11T15:34:03Z")
I’ve disabled it via the ACP, but it it still sending members a notification that they have been awarded the badge - is this a bug? Or do I need to turn it off somewhere else? It’s a great idea btw - but we already run… --- ## [\[Paid\] Fix a Steam plugin oAuth bug for unconfirmed emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-fix-a-steam-plugin-oauth-bug-for-unconfirmed-emails/62488)
**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 7:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-fix-a-steam-plugin-oauth-bug-for-unconfirmed-emails/62488 "2017-05-11T07:41:02Z")
What would you like done? This Steam login plugin works well – except when an email isn’t confirmed, logging in will popup a 502 error: Discourse Steam Login - #7 The original creator faded out from the project, but we… --- ## [REST api or webservice?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rest-api-or-webservice/62490)
**Author:** [@mikakun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikakun)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rest-api-or-webservice/62490 "2017-05-12T12:53:13Z")
apologize i don’t know much about discourse & i’m not sure it’ll fit my requirements I want to develop a re-usable web application pretty much based on a forum (& its auth features) & a QA & extra features of my own. th… --- ## [Feature request: "minimum trust level" setting on a group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-minimum-trust-level-setting-on-a-group/62491)
**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-minimum-trust-level-setting-on-a-group/62491 "2022-09-01T01:59:34Z")
I have a “robust” political category on my forum whose membership is controlled by a group. Members can opt in. We’ve had problems with new members joining this group for activist purposes. I’d really prefer it was a pl… --- ## [Category creep and information overload](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-creep-and-information-overload/62493)
**Author:** [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-creep-and-information-overload/62493 "2018-02-13T16:45:15Z")
(Apologies for the length but the background to the problem is needed) I’d appreciate some thoughts on an impending problem with the CAMRA Discourse system and the potential overuse of categories. I notice that the numb… --- ## [In:private doesn't find group messages (unless you're admin?)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-private-doesnt-find-group-messages-unless-youre-admin/62494)
**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-private-doesnt-find-group-messages-unless-youre-admin/62494 "2017-05-11T20:02:33Z")
Doing a search for: “InputChildrenNamespace in:private” will show all posts containing that info if I’m an admin, but when there’s a group message (ie owned by support) and the user is not an admin, but is part of that g… --- ## [Ansible Playbook to install Docker, Discourse and Postfix](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ansible-playbook-to-install-docker-discourse-and-postfix/62496)
**Author:** [@chrisc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chrisc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 11:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ansible-playbook-to-install-docker-discourse-and-postfix/62496 "2017-11-08T11:11:16Z")
Though I’d post this here since I found a lot of useful help on this forum and perhaps if I leave a note regarding what I learnt and then implemented then it might help someone else in the future. I have helped setup a … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=701) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=703)