# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=774 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 775 --- ## [Test environment domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-environment-domain/74132)
**Author:** [@communitygal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/communitygal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-environment-domain/74132 "2017-11-15T21:37:15Z")
Hi all, It’s time for me to set up my subscription. This instance I’ll be setting up is going to be for our test environment. I know I need to point it to a domain we own, but I don’t want it to be searchable or crawled… --- ## [User selectable home page issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-selectable-home-page-issue/74136)
**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-selectable-home-page-issue/74136 "2017-11-17T00:01:50Z")
After selecting a new homepage from your profile, visiting the profile again, the box remains blank and does not show the selected choice In this case I’ve selected “categories” but I do not see it. --- ## [Stuck @ CHOWN for /var/www/discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stuck-chown-for-var-www-discourse/74138)
**Author:** [@pinkphoenix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pinkphoenix)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stuck-chown-for-var-www-discourse/74138 "2018-05-31T10:31:37Z")
Hey All I’ve run through the installation process multiple times now. Unfortunately, each time the entire process comes to a complete halt at cd /var/www/discourse && chown -R discourse /var/www/discourse I’ve tried t… --- ## [Styling Seems to be Missing because CloudFlare broke our site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/styling-seems-to-be-missing-because-cloudflare-broke-our-site/74150)
**Author:** [@pinkphoenix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pinkphoenix)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/styling-seems-to-be-missing-because-cloudflare-broke-our-site/74150 "2017-11-16T03:51:02Z")
Hello All! I’ve just installed Discourse on my Ubuntu server. Unfortunately… it doesn’t seem that the styling is working correctly, and I don’t know how to fix it. I’ve completely removed Discourse/Docker and reinstalle… --- ## [Importing comments, posts are not getting created. Says user not present but the user is present](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-comments-posts-are-not-getting-created-says-user-not-present-but-the-user-is-present/74154)
**Author:** [@Quintin\_Par](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quintin_Par)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-comments-posts-are-not-getting-created-says-user-not-present-but-the-user-is-present/74154 "2017-11-16T15:33:21Z")
So I am trying to import a disqus commenting system All of the topics get created but the corresponding comments are not. So I started digging around and realized the user object for the corresponding comment/post is no… --- ## [Title is not unhex-ed in onebox-ed github file link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-is-not-unhex-ed-in-onebox-ed-github-file-link/74165)
**Author:** [@xuchunyang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xuchunyang)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-is-not-unhex-ed-in-onebox-ed-github-file-link/74165 "2017-12-28T19:56:02Z")
For example, it should display: emacs-china/hello-emacs/blob/master/Emacs编辑程序常用命令.org instead of unreadable %XX: --- ## [User preference for default home page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-preference-for-default-home-page/74171)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 5:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-preference-for-default-home-page/74171 "2017-11-17T05:52:05Z")
Users can now set their own preference for their homepage. If you’d rather land on New instead of Latest when going to forum.example.org you’ll want this setting. Head to user preferences → interface and select the h… --- ## [How to PM staff when PM is disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-pm-staff-when-pm-is-disabled/74201)
**Author:** [@slspencer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/slspencer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-pm-staff-when-pm-is-disabled/74201 "2020-01-10T11:43:14Z")
Hey fantastic Discourse people, I disabled pm’s but now users say they can’t send pm’s to Staff. There isn’t a PM button on the topics pages, and no PM button on user pages. And I’m not seeing the method for me to sen… --- ## [Replies in nested list in maillist mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-in-nested-list-in-maillist-mode/74208)
**Author:** [@Jimble](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jimble)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-in-nested-list-in-maillist-mode/74208 "2017-11-17T00:12:38Z")
One of our accessibility users (poor eyesight) who used the maillist mode had this in mind: “That is, it seems we’ve managed to successfully read the text, comment on it, and create new posts - that’s true. The only par… --- ## [♥ hearts ♥ for wiki edits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hearts-for-wiki-edits/74216)
**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hearts-for-wiki-edits/74216 "2017-11-16T21:19:42Z")
Appreciation and recognition of good contributors are important elements in Discourse. This is why (among other things) we have an option to show publicly that we :heart: like a post or a comment. Those hearts count and … --- ## [Cannot Delete Custom Emoji](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-custom-emoji/74222)
**Author:** [@AirRockStar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AirRockStar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-custom-emoji/74222 "2017-11-20T22:52:29Z")
I wanted to add “\<3” to the emoji list and it added “:3:” instead which I suspect is because of the “\<”. Anyways I have tried removing it and it will not delete… It asks are you sure, I select “yes” and then nothing… --- ## [Importing from PHP Question2Answer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-php-question2answer/74227)
**Author:** [@davedogs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davedogs)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-php-question2answer/74227 "2017-11-27T21:08:58Z")
I am in the beginning stages of investigating the feasibility of migrating our current Q&A forum, which uses the Question2Answer library, to Discourse. I reviewed the import discussions and the github (discourse/script/… --- ## [I entered the wrong admin email address during initial setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-entered-the-wrong-admin-email-address-during-initial-setup/74241)
**Author:** [@Costas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Costas)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-entered-the-wrong-admin-email-address-during-initial-setup/74241 "2020-06-05T06:41:34Z")
I have a couple of test sites running Discourse just with IP’s at present and I have been testing Elastic Email (EE). Seems ok so far but I haven’t done the domain verification SPF stuff yet. I want to change the admin… --- ## [Should onebox fall back on mini-onebox if no metadata is available?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-onebox-fall-back-on-mini-onebox-if-no-metadata-is-available/74250)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-onebox-fall-back-on-mini-onebox-if-no-metadata-is-available/74250 "2017-11-20T20:50:14Z")
I just realized that when I post this link with the intention to have it oneboxed: it is rendered as an ordinary link because the website obviously doesn’t support OpenGraph. In cases where that happens, I tend to cha… --- ## [Create topic only if categorized](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-topic-only-if-categorized/74260)
**Author:** [@BharatW](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BharatW)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-topic-only-if-categorized/74260 "2017-11-17T13:55:26Z")
Is there an option where we can allow a topic to be created only if it is categorized? The number of users is increasing on tradingqna.com which runs on discourse, and users are not categorizing topics. As a result of t… --- ## [Slow SQL query causes homepage to load in 2-4 sec](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-sql-query-causes-homepage-to-load-in-2-4-sec/74261)
**Author:** [@TomekB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TomekB)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2018, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-sql-query-causes-homepage-to-load-in-2-4-sec/74261 "2018-02-07T09:50:48Z")
I have some performance issues with loading the homepage of my forum. The first request takes a long time (2-4 sec) to complete. I see one query in particular that usually takes almost 2 sec. What can I do to improve? I … --- ## [Invites in user page queries database without checking table emptiness](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-in-user-page-queries-database-without-checking-table-emptiness/74263)
**Author:** [@marguerite](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marguerite)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-in-user-page-queries-database-without-checking-table-emptiness/74263 "2017-11-18T14:16:38Z")
Hi, My instance is a new one so no one invited anyone to anything, and I checked the ‘invites’ table in postgresql database, it is empty. Then if I open ‘/users’, visit a user’s page and select ‘invites’, it will creat… --- ## [Whispers and assigns break /unread count in tracked topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whispers-and-assigns-break-unread-count-in-tracked-topics/74264)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whispers-and-assigns-break-unread-count-in-tracked-topics/74264 "2017-11-20T03:54:54Z")
If a staff user is tracking a topic and another staff user whispers or assigns the topic, the topic will be counted in the Unread count displayed next to unread in the breadcrumbs. However, clicking Unread the topic will… --- ## [\[infinite loop around text selection\] Not possible quote text with emoticon in Firefox 57](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinite-loop-around-text-selection-not-possible-quote-text-with-emoticon-in-firefox-57/74265)
**Author:** [@user\_checker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/user_checker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 6:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinite-loop-around-text-selection-not-possible-quote-text-with-emoticon-in-firefox-57/74265 "2017-11-20T06:45:16Z")
Try quote :wink: this text on Firefox 57 (on Windows). Tested on Windows 7 (Pro x64)with Firefox 57 (x64). I try used clean profile firefox and safe mode Firefox. One of the few tries to do it copy text to answer text… --- ## [Plaintext and / or raw emails for mailing list mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plaintext-and-or-raw-emails-for-mailing-list-mode/74267)
**Author:** [@gwmngilfen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gwmngilfen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plaintext-and-or-raw-emails-for-mailing-list-mode/74267 "2017-11-21T14:57:00Z")
Hi all, As my Google Groups migration gathers pace, a few users have suggested a couple of things that might make sense, and I wanted to see if I missed an option for these, or if perhaps patches would be welcome… Firs… --- ## [Install Discourse on Vultr and import from Kunena3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-vultr-and-import-from-kunena3/74269)
**Author:** [@frold](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frold)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-vultr-and-import-from-kunena3/74269 "2017-11-17T14:59:07Z")
This guide shows how I was able to setup discourse and import 10.000+ users and 38.000+ posts from kunena. I was running an outdated Joomla! 2.5.28 version with kunena 3.0.8 on top and it was hacked. Therefore I was loo… --- ## [Broken link to group in group mention](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-link-to-group-in-group-mention/74273)
**Author:** [@thorbenegberts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thorbenegberts)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-link-to-group-in-group-mention/74273 "2017-11-20T01:56:19Z")
Hi there! When I’m writing a group mention and click on the group link with cmd pressed, to open the group page in a new window, the link seems to be broken: I think it has to be /groups/ to work? Hosted instanc… --- ## [Error when setup bitnami discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-setup-bitnami-discourse/74280)
**Author:** [@hientex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hientex)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-setup-bitnami-discourse/74280 "2017-11-17T19:28:14Z")
Please help me to fix it, error when i setup bitnami discourse in server 3 core, 3gb ram. --- ## [Can't drag items in top menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-drag-items-in-top-menu/74284)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-drag-items-in-top-menu/74284 "2019-04-23T14:55:13Z")
I have an up-to-date instance and tried to drag top menu items around and can’t. I ended up deleting them all and inserting them in the order that I wanted them. I thought it might just be me, but it got reported again. … --- ## [Topic on top of categories page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-on-top-of-categories-page/74293)
**Author:** [@ShadowPauler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ShadowPauler)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-on-top-of-categories-page/74293 "2017-11-17T21:57:01Z")
Does anyone know how I am able to display pinned/sticky topics on top of the announcements page? --- ## [Suggestion: "side topics"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-side-topics/74295)
**Author:** [@swfsql](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swfsql)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-side-topics/74295 "2017-11-18T02:11:40Z")
Sometimes, some reply-tree have an expected structure. I think the reply-tree structure ‘concept’ is pretty obvious. Well, I guess it’d be great if some patterns were identified and the display reacted to this. I think … --- ## [Permalink normalizations won't accept a parenthesis](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permalink-normalizations-wont-accept-a-parenthesis/74299)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 10:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permalink-normalizations-wont-accept-a-parenthesis/74299 "2017-11-24T10:41:20Z")
There seems to be a new input box for permalink normalizations and when I type a ( nothing happens. I’ve reloaded the page, but that didn’t fix it. I tried another instance that’s a bit older and it still works fine. He… --- ## [Install docker discourse need RAM?, can use VPS 1GB RAM for docker discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-docker-discourse-need-ram-can-use-vps-1gb-ram-for-docker-discourse/74305)
**Author:** [@hientex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hientex)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-docker-discourse-need-ram-can-use-vps-1gb-ram-for-docker-discourse/74305 "2017-11-18T01:43:43Z")
I have one VPS in Z.com Install docker discourse need RAM?, can use VPS 1GB RAM for docker discourse? Thank you. --- ## [Can't edit some of my old posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-edit-some-of-my-old-posts/74306)
**Author:** [@DaBeast\_45](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DaBeast_45)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-edit-some-of-my-old-posts/74306 "2017-11-19T18:10:54Z")
Some posts that I made can’t be edited and some can be edited. For example: This is mine but I can’t edit: But some I can edit: --- ## [\[Solved\] Not Quite Pixel Perfect when browser is zoomed out](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-not-quite-pixel-perfect-when-browser-is-zoomed-out/74308)
**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-not-quite-pixel-perfect-when-browser-is-zoomed-out/74308 "2017-11-18T15:41:30Z")
Hi, I noticed a weird issue this evening/morning, our categories are no longer separated by a lovely straight line, instead there is a slight step. Browsing to https://community.gamedev.tv/ you will be able to see s… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=773) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=775)