# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=779 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 780 --- ## [Add embedded CSS code as part of theme file](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-embedded-css-code-as-part-of-theme-file/74981)
**Author:** [@Jane\_Jojo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jane_Jojo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-embedded-css-code-as-part-of-theme-file/74981 "2017-11-28T22:18:20Z")
I use a fork of the material stock theme with my custom styling edit going into the forked version and then using the Github remote URL for pulling and using the theme. I’ve not been successful in adding the embedding c… --- ## [\[API\] data loss caused by changed behaviour of custom user\_field update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-data-loss-caused-by-changed-behaviour-of-custom-user-field-update/74990)
**Author:** [@PhALDan.test](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PhALDan.test)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 8:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-data-loss-caused-by-changed-behaviour-of-custom-user-field-update/74990 "2017-12-20T08:35:47Z")
For example I have configured two custom user\_fields: 1 and 2 Executing the following request to update custom user\_field 2 clears the content of the custom user\_field 1: curl -X PUT -d 'user\_fields\[2\]=Lorem ipsum' htt… --- ## [Default logo on dark theme is not visible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-logo-on-dark-theme-is-not-visible/74991)
**Author:** [@coderberry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/coderberry)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-logo-on-dark-theme-is-not-visible/74991 "2017-11-29T02:09:03Z")
After a new install, if the dark theme is selected and no logo is uploaded, the transparent Discourse logo is displayed. This is not legible. I suggest that the logo defaults to a dark-theme friendly version when dark t… --- ## [Changing the TimeStamp of a Post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-timestamp-of-a-post/75004)
**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-timestamp-of-a-post/75004 "2019-01-31T22:36:29Z")
Hi, I’ve used the Change TimeStamp functionality a few times and it has been really useful. From what I can see though, this feature is only available for the topic, not a selected reply for that topic. Can you confir… --- ## [Can images/files become orphaned?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-images-files-become-orphaned/75006)
**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-images-files-become-orphaned/75006 "2017-11-29T11:04:43Z")
Hi, Just a bit of a general question if I may. I have wondered a few times what happens to files/images once they are uploaded and was wondering if someone could enlighten me. We have a hosted solution. From time to … --- ## [Getting error when setting up Let's Encrypt SSL on GCP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-error-when-setting-up-lets-encrypt-ssl-on-gcp/75007)
**Author:** [@WallBB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WallBB)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-error-when-setting-up-lets-encrypt-ssl-on-gcp/75007 "2019-10-22T12:21:23Z")
Hello, I am trying to setup Lets Encrypt SSL, so while installing discourse, I tried setting the email for Lets encrypt but I got below error :- Checking your domain name . . . WARNING:: This server does not appear t… --- ## [How to get username of author's topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-username-of-authors-topic/75016)
**Author:** [@sashich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sashich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-username-of-authors-topic/75016 "2017-11-29T14:54:31Z")
I want to send username of a author’s topic when page:changed event . So i can get to access to topic model, but don’t understand how to get author. Topic model has user\_id only. --- ## [Creating a table of content like shown below?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-table-of-content-like-shown-below/75024)
**Author:** [@Roland\_W](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roland_W)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-table-of-content-like-shown-below/75024 "2017-11-29T18:18:06Z")
Hi there, first of all, I´d like to say, that discourse is great. I really aprecciate the work of the developers. We just set up a new chat-forum and now we are trying to organize some wiki-styled things. In the “how-t… --- ## [German "About, FAQ, TOS, Privacy"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/german-about-faq-tos-privacy/75026)
**Author:** [@Roland\_W](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roland_W)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/german-about-faq-tos-privacy/75026 "2018-05-24T16:24:57Z")
Hello, we just set up a new Discourse-Instance. Though we chose “German” as language for the Installation, the “FAQ”-section is in English. In the following topic is a discussion about the German translation: https://m… --- ## [Users added to a PM are not set to watch it and don't get notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-added-to-a-pm-are-not-set-to-watch-it-and-dont-get-notifications/75028)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-added-to-a-pm-are-not-set-to-watch-it-and-dont-get-notifications/75028 "2017-11-30T21:39:12Z")
Start a PM with users AAA, BBB, CCC Add more DDD, EEE, FFF to the PM Add replies to the original PM. Expected: new replies there ALL invited users get the notification. Actual: only the original invited users get not… --- ## [Is it possible to replace code of initializer via plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-replace-code-of-initializer-via-plugin/75031)
**Author:** [@sashich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sashich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-replace-code-of-initializer-via-plugin/75031 "2017-11-29T19:12:49Z")
I want to customize code of page-tracking.js initializer via plugin. I’ve created plugin. I’ve placed my code in plugin-name/javascripts/discourse/initializers/page-tracking.js.es6 When page load i get error in console:… --- ## [Mini\_suffix and "unknown file type"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mini-suffix-and-unknown-file-type/75034)
**Author:** [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mini-suffix-and-unknown-file-type/75034 "2017-11-30T03:29:35Z")
Okay. I give. I’ve spent the last six hours trying to nail this one down with no luck. I took a week off and had a functioning development environment running beforehand. When I attempted to load my local Discourse inst… --- ## [Watched Words and Personal/Private Messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-and-personal-private-messages/75039)
**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-and-personal-private-messages/75039 "2017-11-29T22:37:17Z")
Hi, I just wanted to ask whether it was already known that when using the Watched Words functionality, Discourse flags PMs? I do have Admin access, but I don’t think ordinarily I would see messages sent to another user… --- ## [Tracking referrals? Encouraging users to invite others?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-referrals-encouraging-users-to-invite-others/75040)
**Author:** [@shaundefense](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shaundefense)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-referrals-encouraging-users-to-invite-others/75040 "2018-11-09T18:23:29Z")
I’m looking for ways to grow my site. We are close to 1000 members but we just hit a slump in growth. We plan on doing a contest of some type but we want to make sure the contest encourages further growth. We thought ab… --- ## [No warning before destroying draft when composer is minimized](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-warning-before-destroying-draft-when-composer-is-minimized/75046)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-warning-before-destroying-draft-when-composer-is-minimized/75046 "2017-11-30T01:30:33Z")
not sure if this has anything to do with the new composer, but it seems that drafts (both posts and topics) are not saved anymore if I press the close button here: --- ## [Upload progress bar should use the "grippie" area](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-progress-bar-should-use-the-grippie-area/75047)
**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-progress-bar-should-use-the-grippie-area/75047 "2017-11-29T22:42:12Z")
Regarding to the upload process, I would suggest a very cool UX feature: It would be very nice & shiny, if the current state will be (also) shown as progress bar in the “grippie” area :wink: What do you think? --- ## [Move hide preview button to line between composer and preview](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-hide-preview-button-to-line-between-composer-and-preview/75048)
**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-hide-preview-button-to-line-between-composer-and-preview/75048 "2017-11-29T22:35:11Z")
I wonder if the “hide preview” text could actually be hidden entirely, in favour of a tall thin button between the composer and the preview; something like this, perhaps? --- ## [NOQUEUE: reject using Direct Email Delivery](https://meta.discourse.org/t/noqueue-reject-using-direct-email-delivery/75054)
**Author:** [@dfriestedt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfriestedt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/noqueue-reject-using-direct-email-delivery/75054 "2017-11-30T01:15:41Z")
I have a new discourse installation and am setting up Direct Email Delivery according to these instructions: \[Configure direct-delivery incoming email for self-hosted sites with Mail-Receiver\] I have this working on a … --- ## ["Which topic do you want to reply to" popup gets confused](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-topic-do-you-want-to-reply-to-popup-gets-confused/75056)
**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-topic-do-you-want-to-reply-to-popup-gets-confused/75056 "2018-07-17T07:25:48Z")
Steps I took to make this happen: Start replying to a topic. Go home. Switch to the “categories” view. Load a category. Load a topic in that category. Use the back button twice to return to “categories”. Hit the “re… --- ## [New per-category view mode: 2 columns; left is for topic list; right is for topic itself](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-per-category-view-mode-2-columns-left-is-for-topic-list-right-is-for-topic-itself/75058)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-per-category-view-mode-2-columns-left-is-for-topic-list-right-is-for-topic-itself/75058 "2017-12-01T07:27:09Z")
When a category acts as a catalogue of things, it would be handy to have a per-category setting which activates the two-column view: The topic list in the left column can be displayed as it is in the two-column home … --- ## [Installing a plugin on a hosted plan?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-a-plugin-on-a-hosted-plan/75059)
**Author:** [@guaiasilk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/guaiasilk)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-a-plugin-on-a-hosted-plan/75059 "2017-11-30T04:47:56Z")
I’m not very techy (at all) and want to use Discourse to build my online community on. I’ve got it set up with my domain and started to get the hang of using it and customizing the basics. I wanted to install a plugin, … --- ## [Multiple User Select ( Similar to Post / Topic )](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-user-select-similar-to-post-topic/75077)
**Author:** [@dimu001](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dimu001)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-user-select-similar-to-post-topic/75077 "2017-11-30T15:47:54Z")
Hi , Currently If we want to start Group PM , we would have to enter their names on recipients area with auto fill-in option, but if it can be filled with users selection option as implemented in ( Post or Topic ) it wo… --- ## [\[API\] In the Documentation: Wrong Key in the API Suspend](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-in-the-documentation-wrong-key-in-the-api-suspend/75082)
**Author:** [@Hossam\_Youssef](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hossam_Youssef)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-in-the-documentation-wrong-key-in-the-api-suspend/75082 "2017-11-30T21:03:05Z")
Hello, I have found a wrong key which used in the PUT method to suspend an account which is making the suspend action not possible. in the api documentaion: API Request api\_key:{{api\_key}} api\_username:{{api… --- ## [How does one decide if a translation should be made?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-decide-if-a-translation-should-be-made/75085)
**Author:** [@oiclid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oiclid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-one-decide-if-a-translation-should-be-made/75085 "2017-12-01T08:22:12Z")
Hi. I am currently considering contributing a translation to Discourse. I am however wondering if there are any guidelines towards deciding if a translation should be made or not. I am have a good grasp of the languages… --- ## [Font in editor no longer monospaced?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-in-editor-no-longer-monospaced/75087)
**Author:** [@darix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darix)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-in-editor-no-longer-monospaced/75087 "2017-12-01T00:04:04Z")
Is this intentional? Running discourse-1.9.0.beta14~git446.610d7a9412 --- ## [User list without statistics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-list-without-statistics/75088)
**Author:** [@testingsoftware](https://meta.discourse.org/u/testingsoftware)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-list-without-statistics/75088 "2017-12-01T00:23:09Z")
Hi, Enable users directory give the option to see a list of all users. I would like to give this option to our users but I would like it to be only a list, without displaying the interaction count for each user. Is th… --- ## [Any way to trigger a signup form when category below permission level?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-trigger-a-signup-form-when-category-below-permission-level/75089)
**Author:** [@Carsten\_Pleiser](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Carsten_Pleiser)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-trigger-a-signup-form-when-category-below-permission-level/75089 "2017-12-10T17:52:39Z")
Hey, I want to make certain categories view only for users that have signed up. I understand this can be achieved by category → security settings and assigning permission levels. At the moment, though, it shows an ugly … --- ## [Questions about moderator shield badge](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-moderator-shield-badge/75098)
**Author:** [@maniacalmorgan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maniacalmorgan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-moderator-shield-badge/75098 "2019-12-10T21:34:23Z")
I poked around, but couldn’t find the right answers to my questions. I see that you can edit the title badges, but I haven’t quite figured out how. As an example, both admins and moderators have the shield icon next to … --- ## [New users via API if allow new unchecked](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-via-api-if-allow-new-unchecked/75103)
**Author:** [@Martyr2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Martyr2)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-via-api-if-allow-new-unchecked/75103 "2017-12-01T18:36:40Z")
Hello, I was attempting to setup a new user via the API when I received an error back saying that our hosted version of discourse does “not allow new users at this time”. I discovered that the “allow new registrations” c… --- ## [Composer hyperlink modal is strange and fragile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-hyperlink-modal-is-strange-and-fragile/75104)
**Author:** [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 8:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-hyperlink-modal-is-strange-and-fragile/75104 "2017-12-01T08:00:39Z")
Is there any reason that we’re not using the full-page “Add an image or file” modal for adding links in the composer? The in-composer link modal is a bit odd/fragile. It’s not really responsive at all, and because of thi… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=778) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=780)