# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=712 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 713 --- ## [A way to block individual posts from appearing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-to-block-individual-posts-from-appearing/63775)
**Author:** [@DeViLzzz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeViLzzz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-to-block-individual-posts-from-appearing/63775 "2023-04-17T00:38:01Z")
I would like to see a way to block individual posts from appearing. It is a feature that is very welcome on Facebook and other places for others and me and I hope I will see it soon at other sites I go to that use Disco… --- ## [Completely Out of Disk Space](https://meta.discourse.org/t/completely-out-of-disk-space/63792)
**Author:** [@Ericsworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ericsworld)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 9:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/completely-out-of-disk-space/63792 "2022-04-07T09:35:19Z")
My forum is 1 month old, ~15000 posts… I tried checking it tonight and received a 502 error. I then reloaded my Droplet and tried a ./launcher rebuild and was met with a "785ef3cb0f4bbe86b21afde2620a966a63e03427e89484b0… --- ## [Google Cache / Google Crawling does not include Suggested Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-cache-google-crawling-does-not-include-suggested-topics/63793)
**Author:** [@carlhendy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlhendy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-cache-google-crawling-does-not-include-suggested-topics/63793 "2017-06-11T18:19:22Z")
Hi all, Long time lurker and fan of Discourse. Yes, a huge fan so before I go down the SEO path I want to be clear this is not a criticism more of a suggestion. I have searched for this topic but could not find it discu… --- ## [Theming / Skinning Discourse to show Topics in a Responsive "Newsy" way](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theming-skinning-discourse-to-show-topics-in-a-responsive-newsy-way/63799)
**Author:** [@shiva](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shiva)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 10:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theming-skinning-discourse-to-show-topics-in-a-responsive-newsy-way/63799 "2017-06-02T10:13:43Z")
Is it possible to theme / skin Discourse to show each Post similar to this? This is a bootstrap theme. You can see it live here. I am thinking of using Discourse to host a media heavy - think pics and video posts - … --- ## [Send email to all members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-email-to-all-members/63803)
**Author:** [@wiliamjoaquim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wiliamjoaquim)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-email-to-all-members/63803 "2017-06-02T14:11:13Z")
Is there any option to send email in private to all members at once? --- ## [Forum not being indexed by Google](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-not-being-indexed-by-google/63805)
**Author:** [@Ahsan\_Parwez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ahsan_Parwez)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 11:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-not-being-indexed-by-google/63805 "2017-06-13T11:16:33Z")
Hi all, I have launched my forum a week ago, the forum has over 11 new threads and only the homepage has indexed by Google. What could be missing? I have check robots.txt and have also set google search console. Thank… --- ## [FAILED Error after update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-error-after-update/63814)
**Author:** [@11145](https://meta.discourse.org/u/11145)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-error-after-update/63814 "2017-06-02T15:10:03Z")
After you try to update, you receive this error. How do I return the discourse? root@root:~# cd /var/discourse root@root:/var/discourse# git pull remote: Counting objects: 25, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (14… --- ## [Show indicator when a default text content element has been updated?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-indicator-when-a-default-text-content-element-has-been-updated/63821)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-indicator-when-a-default-text-content-element-has-been-updated/63821 "2017-06-05T14:41:43Z")
This reminds me of a suggestion I’ve had on my mibd for a while: if you customize a copy under Admin - \> Customize - \> Text Content and then the default copy gets changed via a discourse upgrade, you will never know abo… --- ## [Can't select thumbs up or down in discobot's poll example](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-select-thumbs-up-or-down-in-discobots-poll-example/63824)
**Author:** [@totte](https://meta.discourse.org/u/totte)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-select-thumbs-up-or-down-in-discobots-poll-example/63824 "2017-06-03T10:11:15Z")
This happens both here on meta.discourse.org and on my own Discourse installation. Nothing seems to happen when either :thumbsup: or :thumbsdown: are clicked, nor does anything happen when I click “Show results” in @d… --- ## [Odd behavior between different environments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-behavior-between-different-environments/63831)
**Author:** [@Brock\_Busby](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brock_Busby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-behavior-between-different-environments/63831 "2017-06-04T21:46:56Z")
Hi all we are encountering a strange issue between our Discourse environments. We have 3 different Discourse test environments. Let’s call them: A.domain.com B.domain.com C.domain.com Environment: Hosted on AWS All… --- ## [The docker image is too old](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-docker-image-is-too-old/63833)
**Author:** [@nnamso\_](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nnamso_)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-docker-image-is-too-old/63833 "2017-06-02T22:24:41Z")
You will need to SSH into the machine and update it: I did the following now the site is offline. ssh root@serverip cd /var/discourse git pull ./launcher rebuild app mytestimony.com.ng --- ## [Effectively logging search queries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/effectively-logging-search-queries/63838)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/effectively-logging-search-queries/63838 "2017-12-28T00:56:54Z")
For 1.9 we plan to add a search log. Unfortunately, the “log every search the server makes” approach is incorrect as we perform searches as people are typing which will result in a massively noisy log. Proposal Create… --- ## [Only Blank Page showing at first visit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-blank-page-showing-at-first-visit/63849)
**Author:** [@Der-Eddy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Der-Eddy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-blank-page-showing-at-first-visit/63849 "2017-06-03T12:50:40Z")
Since some months I have this weird problem: At the first visit per day at my forum, it will only show a blank page with the background color of the current theme this also happens if you clear my browser cache (i.e. v… --- ## [Log In and Sign Up button broken after update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/log-in-and-sign-up-button-broken-after-update/63850)
**Author:** [@nnamso\_](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nnamso_)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/log-in-and-sign-up-button-broken-after-update/63850 "2017-06-03T09:42:13Z")
After updating via SSH my site http://mytestimony.com.ng/ Log in and Sign up button is broken what should i do ? --- ## [Is there a faster way to develop plugin theme CSS / JS (e.g. livereload)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-faster-way-to-develop-plugin-theme-css-js-e-g-livereload/63859)
**Author:** [@kara-todd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kara-todd)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-faster-way-to-develop-plugin-theme-css-js-e-g-livereload/63859 "2018-03-23T15:15:21Z")
Hey there, I’m trying develop a custom theme/plugin which will add a few additional templates and some general styling to discourse. In pursuit of this, it would be great to get some kind of livereload/auto-injected CS… --- ## [API: cannot update user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-cannot-update-user/63876)
**Author:** [@Massimo\_Redaelli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Massimo_Redaelli)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-cannot-update-user/63876 "2017-06-03T14:30:01Z")
I’m trying to use the API to sync user data. I was able to, for instance, add a user to a group with a PUT to groups/:id/members.json However, now I’d like to update fields in the user profile – the name, for instance.… --- ## [How to convince my university to use/install Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-convince-my-university-to-use-install-discourse/63882)
**Author:** [@anon89120937](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon89120937)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-convince-my-university-to-use-install-discourse/63882 "2017-06-03T17:30:33Z")
Hi all, I’m a student in a french university. I would really like to convince my department (~100 students) to use Discourse as an organisation and communication tool. Currently we have not such tool, teachers and cont… --- ## [Notify if s3 backups are failing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-if-s3-backups-are-failing/63884)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-if-s3-backups-are-failing/63884 "2017-06-16T04:12:26Z")
building on this issue about a random failure, I see that discourse has been silently logging an s3 backup failure. It would be awesome if these were captured & displayed in the admin, or maybe even emailed to the si… --- ## [How to change the max length for direct messages via the flag button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-max-length-for-direct-messages-via-the-flag-button/63888)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-max-length-for-direct-messages-via-the-flag-button/63888 "2018-07-31T14:17:30Z")
The default maximum number of characters for direct messages via the flag button seems to be 500 characters. I’d like to increase that a bit but can’t find the setting for it… Where should I look? If if doesn’t exist, pl… --- ## [Helping imported users claim their posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/helping-imported-users-claim-their-posts/63892)
**Author:** [@lognaturel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lognaturel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/helping-imported-users-claim-their-posts/63892 "2017-06-05T17:36:33Z")
The experimental mbox importer (which works really well!) imports all users as staged users. This means that community members need to create new accounts and get no feedback about whether or not the email address they u… --- ## [Please restore email digests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-restore-email-digests/63895)
**Author:** [@alehman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehman)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-restore-email-digests/63895 "2017-06-19T17:52:09Z")
I am in the process of migrating my club from a Yahoo! mailing list to Discourse. During my investigation, Discourse seemed to be the ideal solution. Many of our users insist on retaining mailing list functionality, but… --- ## [The editor fails to interpret the application/\*\*vnd.api+json\*\* Markdown string](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-editor-fails-to-interpret-the-application-vnd-api-json-markdown-string/63900)
**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-editor-fails-to-interpret-the-application-vnd-api-json-markdown-string/63900 "2017-06-04T19:09:15Z")
application/vnd.api+json All the other Markdown editors interpret it correctly: --- ## [Did onebox change? They're not showing for my main site any longer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/did-onebox-change-theyre-not-showing-for-my-main-site-any-longer/63901)
**Author:** [@daath](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daath)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/did-onebox-change-theyre-not-showing-for-my-main-site-any-longer/63901 "2017-06-06T19:23:13Z")
These kind of links worked not very long ago: http://tjek.nu/r/8YCX http://e-liquid-recipes.com/recipe/1121597/Banana%20Cream%20Pie%20(Gmix) Producing oneboxes like this: But not any longer - I tried inputting the… --- ## [Grammarly for Chrome doesn't work on Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grammarly-for-chrome-doesnt-work-on-discourse/63903)
**Author:** [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grammarly-for-chrome-doesnt-work-on-discourse/63903 "2017-11-22T11:48:23Z")
There is this great Chrome extension “Grammarly for Chrome” that helps you to improve the text you write. It highlights grammar problems and makes suggestions on how to fix them or improve our text in other ways: Unfo… --- ## [How to introduce people to get familar to Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-introduce-people-to-get-familar-to-discourse/63906)
**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-introduce-people-to-get-familar-to-discourse/63906 "2017-06-04T19:58:35Z")
You see, if we want to let people come to use Discourse, we have to achieve a few goals: Make people familar with Discourse structure. Different useage of different buttons. Make people familar with Markdown or the … --- ## [SQL query in Data Explorer to pull latest topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sql-query-in-data-explorer-to-pull-latest-topics/63908)
**Author:** [@sunnyt7](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunnyt7)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sql-query-in-data-explorer-to-pull-latest-topics/63908 "2017-06-06T03:25:24Z")
Hey there, I’m looking to display something like this on my Wordpress homepage: I’m using @meglio’s Twig Anything to do this, which can pull data from any JSON feed. I’ve tried just using https://meta.discourse.org/… --- ## [Capping number of replies in topics, whats the experience in your community?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/capping-number-of-replies-in-topics-whats-the-experience-in-your-community/63911)
**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/capping-number-of-replies-in-topics-whats-the-experience-in-your-community/63911 "2018-10-21T11:43:43Z")
Curious to hear other admin perspectives on reply caps in your communities? i have found that entering a long topic for the first time can be overwhelming, at the same time I dont want to interfere with the discussion th… --- ## [Any way to prevent local download of external images?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-prevent-local-download-of-external-images/63924)
**Author:** [@tjb1013](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tjb1013)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-prevent-local-download-of-external-images/63924 "2017-06-05T03:15:17Z")
I’m trying to embed an image in a post that changes (image URL remains the same). Basically a counter. Any way to prevent the local download of the external image? --- ## [Change to category tag settings text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-to-category-tag-settings-text/63926)
**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-to-category-tag-settings-text/63926 "2017-06-05T15:50:41Z")
I find the current text ambiguous: does it mean that these tags cannot be used in other categories, or that these are the only tags that can be used in the category? It’s the latter, and I think the text could better … --- ## [Server doesn't boot due to kernel update, how can I recover Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/server-doesnt-boot-due-to-kernel-update-how-can-i-recover-discourse/63942)
**Author:** [@robypez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robypez)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/server-doesnt-boot-due-to-kernel-update-how-can-i-recover-discourse/63942 "2017-06-05T22:38:00Z")
Hello everybody, I have an issue. My server autoupdate kernel and now it doesn’t boot because the virtual environment doesn’t support the new kernel. I can install a new OS, how can I move Discourse to the new instance… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=711) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=713)