# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=770 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 771 --- ## [Themes stop working if a child theme contains assets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/themes-stop-working-if-a-child-theme-contains-assets/73491)
**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/themes-stop-working-if-a-child-theme-contains-assets/73491 "2017-11-14T04:24:07Z")
Steps to reproduce: Create a new theme, and add some assets to it (for example, an image). Save this theme. Choose a different (parent) theme, and add the newly-created theme as a child to it. Observe that the parent t… --- ## [Any api to purge old deleted posts / uploads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-api-to-purge-old-deleted-posts-uploads/73495)
**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-api-to-purge-old-deleted-posts-uploads/73495 "2021-09-13T13:00:42Z")
Our discource is runing out of space on server. We did bulk deleted old posts whit uploads. But We did not gain any space. When I query table topics they only have topics.deleted\_by\_id is not null Uploads for these t… --- ## [Re-Ordering Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-ordering-categories/73501)
**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-ordering-categories/73501 "2017-12-05T08:40:36Z")
Hi, I have just gone through our 121 categories/sub-categories in an attempt to re-order them. It was challenging to say the least. I decided to implement a numbering system which would separate the categories by thou… --- ## [SSO Settings Help](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-settings-help/73505)
**Author:** [@charliel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charliel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-settings-help/73505 "2017-11-06T17:49:43Z")
We run a WordPress site and want to use Discourse as our forum, to replace bbPress. Our current issue is that if a new user (not registered on WP) is on Discourse, clicks login then registers through WP, he ends up on o… --- ## [Issue with sending a message to a private group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-sending-a-message-to-a-private-group/73510)
**Author:** [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 8:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-sending-a-message-to-a-private-group/73510 "2017-11-07T08:46:37Z")
Let’s say you have a private group called foobar set up like this: “Who can see this group?” → “Group owners, members and admins” “Who can message this group?” → “Only group members, moderators and admins” If a mem… --- ## [Changing Lanes: Nudging people to move discussions to more appropriate tools](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-lanes-nudging-people-to-move-discussions-to-more-appropriate-tools/73515)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-lanes-nudging-people-to-move-discussions-to-more-appropriate-tools/73515 "2017-11-06T19:58:04Z")
I have this vague recollection of @codinghorror referring to the idea below as “changing lanes” in a post somewhere, but I can’t find it Continuing the discussion from HTML/RTF pasting: I completely agree. Google Do… --- ## [Threading for email-only topics seems broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/threading-for-email-only-topics-seems-broken/73523)
**Author:** [@gwmngilfen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gwmngilfen)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 11:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/threading-for-email-only-topics-seems-broken/73523 "2017-11-09T11:06:46Z")
Hi all, I’m currently preparing a migration from Google Groups to Discourse (yep, another one, love the importer by the way). Hitting a slight snag with threading on topics created by emails though. Let me see if I can … --- ## [Change title in head section for specific category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-title-in-head-section-for-specific-category/73533)
**Author:** [@Mathieu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mathieu)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-title-in-head-section-for-specific-category/73533 "2017-11-17T15:26:22Z")
Hello there, I’m trying to do something by creating a plugin but I have problems to find the best way to. I have on my Discourse instance a specific category for which I want to change the in the head section. I need… --- ## [Bulk invites and trust level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-invites-and-trust-level/73535)
**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-invites-and-trust-level/73535 "2017-11-23T19:46:07Z")
I’ve just invited two groups of people to join our Discourse using the bulk invite tool with a .csv file. It looks like they are being successfully added to the group. However, the group permissions are “Trust level aut… --- ## [Install Discourse on an isolated CentOS 7 server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-an-isolated-centos-7-server/73538)
**Author:** [@nil4](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nil4)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 11:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-an-isolated-centos-7-server/73538 "2022-07-05T11:15:17Z")
Here is what worked for me to install Discourse on an isolated CentOS 7 server. In a nutshell, on a machine with internet access I prepared: the Git repos that Discourse setup needs: SamSaffron/pups, discourse/discours… --- ## [Mailbox view for notifications?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailbox-view-for-notifications/73542)
**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailbox-view-for-notifications/73542 "2017-11-07T15:05:55Z")
One of the convenient, quick features about Jive-x is (was?) the mailbox view for notifications: As you click on each notification, it displays the content of the message, then at the bottom is the option to reply. T… --- ## [How to disable User of the Month?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-user-of-the-month/73546)
**Author:** [@LilTrashPanda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LilTrashPanda)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-user-of-the-month/73546 "2017-11-06T19:26:26Z")
Hi everyone, I’m looking to disable the User of the Month award that’s granted to new users each month, but can’t find it in the admin settings. Could anyone point me in the direction of how to do this? TIA! --- ## [Test Email Templates button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-email-templates-button/73547)
**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2021, 10:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-email-templates-button/73547 "2021-01-21T10:30:52Z")
Hi, on the Customize \> Email Templates page, there is a button for “Save Changes”. It would be convenient if there was also a field for “Email Address” and “Send Test Email” on each of the email template form pages. --- ## [Discourse is Best Forum Solution in the 2017 CMS Critic Awards](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-best-forum-solution-in-the-2017-cms-critic-awards/73548)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-best-forum-solution-in-the-2017-cms-critic-awards/73548 "2017-11-07T23:25:20Z")
Continuing the discussion from :mega: Last chance to vote for Discourse in CMS Critic Awards!: Great news! Discourse has been voted the 2017 Best Forum Solution in the CMS Critic Awards! Thanks to everyone who voted! … --- ## [Mentions of people, places and Avatars in One-box issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentions-of-people-places-and-avatars-in-one-box-issues/73550)
**Author:** [@Sean\_R](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sean_R)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentions-of-people-places-and-avatars-in-one-box-issues/73550 "2017-11-07T01:09:45Z")
When the body of a comment linked to a Wordpress post has a @mention, #place, or image. The resulting links are relative and that breaks links in the comment. This causes crawlers to choke and other issues. Is there a wa… --- ## [Unable to download image from lightbox with prevent anons from downloading files enabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-download-image-from-lightbox-with-prevent-anons-from-downloading-files-enabled/73557)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-download-image-from-lightbox-with-prevent-anons-from-downloading-files-enabled/73557 "2019-05-15T21:06:33Z")
When the prevent anons from downloading files site setting is enabled, the download link below lightboxed images stops working, even for logged in users. Users end up on a generic Oops! That page doesn’t exist or is priv… --- ## [Auto-reply only triggering once](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-reply-only-triggering-once/73562)
**Author:** [@jordan1909](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan1909)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-reply-only-triggering-once/73562 "2017-11-08T15:27:12Z")
I have enabled email submissions and replies on our installation. Everything works beautiful minus one thing. We only allow submissions from registered users, the bounceback to unregistered users works perfectly the fir… --- ## [Ignore button available for forum users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ignore-button-available-for-forum-users/73571)
**Author:** [@Rosemary](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rosemary)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ignore-button-available-for-forum-users/73571 "2019-11-05T19:38:43Z")
Hi I have another question. Is there an ignore button function we can request our forum. Install? I know of a mute button that stops notifications from a thread. But is there an ignore or block button where a chatter… --- ## [New user of the month badge logic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-of-the-month-badge-logic/73576)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-of-the-month-badge-logic/73576 "2017-11-07T08:22:55Z")
we’d one or two users, who got this badge in the next day of their arrival! it could be because of low rate of contribution of new users in our forum. I don’t see any benefit in such fast recognition, because it gave th… --- ## [Is Discourse App Available on F-Droid?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-app-available-on-f-droid/73580)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 8:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-app-available-on-f-droid/73580 "2017-11-07T08:04:57Z")
(Hopefully this post will be edited to answer yes, but right now, it seems that a Google account is necessary to obtain the Discourse App for Android.) F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source … --- ## [No email on assignment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-email-on-assignment/73585)
**Author:** [@Ivan\_Rapekas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ivan_Rapekas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-email-on-assignment/73585 "2017-11-21T04:10:30Z")
There is no email notification for assignees (discourse-assign plugin). No any useful messages in log file. Double checked on beta14+99, two cases: case 1 - forum working from root folder; case 2 - forum working from sub… --- ## [How to remove a domain-name link under the topic name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-a-domain-name-link-under-the-topic-name/73594)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-a-domain-name-link-under-the-topic-name/73594 "2017-11-22T20:02:34Z")
There was a link in the firs topic. However, I removed it and rebaked the message’s HTML. The link is still there though. How do I remove it? --- ## [How to connect my (existing) User Database?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-connect-my-existing-user-database/73597)
**Author:** [@mertins-mir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mertins-mir)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-connect-my-existing-user-database/73597 "2017-11-07T14:03:36Z")
Hi all, I have already an existing Webseite with a User DB. How can I use the Users from this DB to log into Discourse? It would be the best that they are automatically logged in, when the are already logged into my Web… --- ## [Changing the category to tracking by default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-category-to-tracking-by-default/73604)
**Author:** [@Val](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Val)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-category-to-tracking-by-default/73604 "2021-02-19T11:03:44Z")
Hi everyone, I have tried to find an answer, but seems like I need your help…I am a admin and I would like to change the setting of “watching, tracking, etc” for ALL users (not just for new ones but for everyone. It see… --- ## [Help to merge forum from Kunena](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-to-merge-forum-from-kunena/73611)
**Author:** [@frold](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frold)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-to-merge-forum-from-kunena/73611 "2020-01-06T20:14:57Z")
I have been traveling the long forum road. For more then 15 years I have been running a community for medical students in Denmark @ studmed.dk For the first years I have been using phpBB2. Then in I did migrate to Jooml… --- ## [Bulk add to Group limitations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-add-to-group-limitations/73626)
**Author:** [@kmg-yrabelo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kmg-yrabelo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-add-to-group-limitations/73626 "2017-11-10T15:43:10Z")
Hi there, A little about what I’m trying to do. We are planning to lock down content to our Forums and we want to use the Bulk Add to Group feature so that we can paste in a list of specific list of users who are premi… --- ## [Mailjet not sending mail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailjet-not-sending-mail/73629)
**Author:** [@Noah751](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Noah751)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailjet-not-sending-mail/73629 "2017-11-08T01:06:56Z")
I have created a digital ocean droplet for discourse and have sucessfully installed it, but when I get to activating accounts it doesn’t send mail, even though I have entered in the exact SMTP information when configurin… --- ## [Forum CSS broke completely after upgrade due to Cloudflare](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-css-broke-completely-after-upgrade-due-to-cloudflare/73630)
**Author:** [@Semaphorism](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Semaphorism)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-css-broke-completely-after-upgrade-due-to-cloudflare/73630 "2017-11-07T20:17:26Z")
After upgrading my Discourse forum today, it has broken in CSS or html parts. It now looks like this Unsure what to do, I rebuilt the app twice, with no success. I have the following plugins: I checked F12 console, … --- ## [Why is there a Discourse app?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-a-discourse-app/73631)
**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-a-discourse-app/73631 "2017-11-07T20:36:24Z")
I tried out the Discourse app on my Android device and I could not find any differences between it and browsing Discourse on my phone’s Google Chrome app. In fact, it seems the Discourse app just runs an instance of Chro… --- ## [Twitter link expansion shows image of user profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-link-expansion-shows-image-of-user-profile/73635)
**Author:** [@achamess](https://meta.discourse.org/u/achamess)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-link-expansion-shows-image-of-user-profile/73635 "2017-11-08T02:03:18Z")
When I post a link to a response in a topic that doesn’t have an image, it puts the user profile image. So in my case, the link expands to have a big picture of my face on Twitter. That’s not exactly what i’m trying to h… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=769) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=771)