# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=780 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 781 --- ## [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… --- ## [Get ruby-bbcode-to-md to ignore \[quote\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-ruby-bbcode-to-md-to-ignore-quote/75106)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-ruby-bbcode-to-md-to-ignore-quote/75106 "2018-12-11T14:44:02Z")
I’m doing some work on the xenforo importer and have modified it so that it converts the BBcode \[quote\] tags into Discourse \[quote="username,post:\, topic:\\] tags, but ruby-bbcode-to-md breaks it sin… --- ## [Topic timer has timezone issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-has-timezone-issues/75110)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-has-timezone-issues/75110 "2017-12-05T15:18:43Z")
Topic timers seem to be off today. Setting a topic timer for “Later Today” (6 PM) should set a timer for 4 hours. It looks good when being set, but after the timer is set for 9 hours, or 11 PM. @sam is this what you were… --- ## [Staff cannot delete post that a user initiated a self-delete on](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-cannot-delete-post-that-a-user-initiated-a-self-delete-on/75111)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-cannot-delete-post-that-a-user-initiated-a-self-delete-on/75111 "2018-04-13T19:11:21Z")
Not sure of the history, so this may be a Contribute \> Feature not a bug. If a user tries to delete their post by default the post is held for 24 hours before being deleted. While the deletion is pending, a mod/admin can… --- ## [Reduce the size of the header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-the-size-of-the-header/75115)
**Author:** [@Pravi7434](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pravi7434)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-the-size-of-the-header/75115 "2020-01-30T11:08:55Z")
Hello Guys, Need some help to reduce the size of the top header using css, without affecting the mobile view. Here is my site: https://neuraldatascience.com Thank You. --- ## [Development: undefined method 'trust\_level\_locked' did you mean trust\_level?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/development-undefined-method-trust-level-locked-did-you-mean-trust-level/75118)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/development-undefined-method-trust-level-locked-did-you-mean-trust-level/75118 "2017-11-30T20:19:21Z")
On my dev instance I just did an import and now when I access a topic I’m getting this error. undefined method \`trust\_level\_locked' for #\ Did you mean? trust\_level sometimes just in the logs and… --- ## [Can I add a OAuth login to an existing account?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-add-a-oauth-login-to-an-existing-account/75128)
**Author:** [@brianhicks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brianhicks)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-add-a-oauth-login-to-an-existing-account/75128 "2017-11-30T22:16:02Z")
I’m setting our Discourse site up and would like to test OAuth logins without having to create a bunch of users. Is there a way I can add an OAuth login to my email/password account? I don’t see anything in the user pref… --- ## [Staff flag summary on user profile has poor contrast](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-flag-summary-on-user-profile-has-poor-contrast/75138)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-flag-summary-on-user-profile-has-poor-contrast/75138 "2017-12-01T02:56:57Z")
The flag count when viewing the user summar has poor contrast. It appears that flagged posts and deleted posts are treated differently due to being links - but they’re very hard to read. --- ## [In praise of Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-praise-of-discourse/75150)
**Author:** [@oiclid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oiclid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-praise-of-discourse/75150 "2017-12-01T07:33:06Z")
I visited Google groups yesterday (don’t worry Discourse, I still love you), and I was stunned by how much better and easier to use Discourse is. Actually, I rarely visit communities not based on Discourse, so maybe tha… --- ## [Discourse Android App keeps on crashing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-android-app-keeps-on-crashing/75152)
**Author:** [@oiclid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oiclid)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-android-app-keeps-on-crashing/75152 "2017-12-15T17:22:18Z")
The Android app keeps on crashing. It is annoying as it tends to break my writing momentum. The good thing is that what I have been typing is usually saved. --- ## [How did you decide to make Discourse this way?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-you-decide-to-make-discourse-this-way/75153)
**Author:** [@oiclid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oiclid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-you-decide-to-make-discourse-this-way/75153 "2017-12-01T09:02:52Z")
When designing and building Discourse, how did you guys decide on what features to add or not add? Did you read any studies about online communities? Did you just add/not add features based on what you liked? Essentially… --- ## [🇪🇸 "Staged User" ¿Cómo lo traducimos?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/es-staged-user-como-lo-traducimos/75160)
**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/es-staged-user-como-lo-traducimos/75160 "2017-12-01T12:24:52Z")
Staged User, de acuerdo a lo que bien indicó @Trash aquí y pasando su italiano al español (gracias a Google, pq no hablo italiano): Es un usuario no registrado, invitado en el foro por correo electrónico (botón Invitar… --- ## [Some transifex mistakes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-transifex-mistakes/75161)
**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-transifex-mistakes/75161 "2017-12-01T16:39:00Z")
Hello Team, in transifex, I think there is a problem with this key: user.destroy\_reasons.same\_ip\_address It said: Is it ok that “1%i p\_address%” ? :thinking: Can you check it? Other key with problems: js.post.ac… --- ## [Direct send email to a small group in a closed category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-send-email-to-a-small-group-in-a-closed-category/75167)
**Author:** [@Frank\_Meeuwsen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank_Meeuwsen)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-send-email-to-a-small-group-in-a-closed-category/75167 "2022-01-20T07:28:08Z")
I searched on this forum and only found this post which is quite similar to my question. But unfortunately not an answer to work upon: We have a growing forum for our app-users. We recently started a closed category f… --- ## [Create new topic via URL and set tag or category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-new-topic-via-url-and-set-tag-or-category/75169)
**Author:** [@aborruso](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aborruso)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-new-topic-via-url-and-set-tag-or-category/75169 "2018-10-10T12:20:47Z")
Hi, I’m trying to use a simple html \ to open a URL like http://mysite.com/new-topic?title=topic%20title&body=topic%20body&category=actions It works for title and body, but I’m not able to set the category via URL. … --- ## [Discourse 1.9.0.beta15 Release Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-1-9-0-beta15-release-notes/75171)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-1-9-0-beta15-release-notes/75171 "2017-12-01T14:52:38Z")
While we have always posted detailed release notes for major version along with a blog post highlighting major features, we don’t generally talk about our 10+ beta releases leading up to the major release. After hearing … --- ## [Which branch of Discourse is used internally?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-branch-of-discourse-is-used-internally/75181)
**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-branch-of-discourse-is-used-internally/75181 "2017-12-02T05:18:49Z")
This question is somewhat following on from the new “Weekly Summaries” (which I think are a great idea!): Weekly Discourse Summary? - #37 by jomaxro. These summaries are going to be about the beta releases, while the def… --- ## [Can't send mail -- unprocessable entity](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-send-mail-unprocessable-entity/75195)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-send-mail-unprocessable-entity/75195 "2017-12-09T14:46:45Z")
I’ve set up a new site, using my script that calls discourse-setup like a normal person would. Email is not going out. It never shows up in the mailgun logs. I’ve double-checked the password/username and switched from p… --- ## [Restrict width of the composer when the preview is hidden?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-width-of-the-composer-when-the-preview-is-hidden/75198)
**Author:** [@madrush](https://meta.discourse.org/u/madrush)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-width-of-the-composer-when-the-preview-is-hidden/75198 "2017-12-02T20:22:07Z")
Since you’re focused on improvements to the composer, here’s some feedback on the ‘hide preview’ view in particular. I have always found this view to be unusable because of the more than doubled line length. I made a… --- ## [Reorder categories doesn't recognize subcategory order](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reorder-categories-doesnt-recognize-subcategory-order/75205)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reorder-categories-doesnt-recognize-subcategory-order/75205 "2021-11-08T18:45:28Z")
I’ve got a site with a bunch of categories and lots of subcategories sorted in alpha (I had the import script do that). We added a new subcat and needed to put it in the right place. I can’t find the reorder categories … --- ## [Just how bad is it to have 750 categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/just-how-bad-is-it-to-have-750-categories/75206)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/just-how-bad-is-it-to-have-750-categories/75206 "2020-11-29T13:25:47Z")
I’m importing a Ning community about oil rights. The belief is that those who own rights in one county don’t care a whit about what’s happening in other counties. I’ve read It’s Time We Talked About Tags and paid att… --- ## [Top should have open / closed / all selectable filter](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-should-have-open-closed-all-selectable-filter/75228)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-should-have-open-closed-all-selectable-filter/75228 "2017-12-02T22:15:15Z")
For certain categories looking at “top” and “open” is way more interesting than looking at boring “top” with both open and close. For example: https://meta.discourse.org/c/feature/l/top/all?status=open this is a wond… --- ## [Allow some users to Schedule Publishing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-some-users-to-schedule-publishing/75229)
**Author:** [@ZackFea](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ZackFea)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 11:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-some-users-to-schedule-publishing/75229 "2017-12-02T11:06:24Z")
As a admin I am able to create an unlisted topic and schedule the publishing using the topic timer. This is awesome feature and I would like to allow a specific group of users to do this. As there no group based permis… --- ## [The use of categories, tags as the home page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-use-of-categories-tags-as-the-home-page/75230)
**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 10:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-use-of-categories-tags-as-the-home-page/75230 "2017-12-02T10:24:07Z")
I saw the following subject: Just how bad is it to have 750 categories Looked code. Is it enough to make changes to the following items? app/models/user\_option.rb def homepage case homepage\_id when 1 then "l… --- ## [Prevent Slack from unfurling anything for login-required sites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-slack-from-unfurling-anything-for-login-required-sites/75233)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-slack-from-unfurling-anything-for-login-required-sites/75233 "2017-12-02T21:25:18Z")
Our Discourse instance is private and we use the discourse-slackdoor plugin to allow Slack to unfurl the contents of posts that are shared in our private Slack. But Slack still tries to do it’s own unfurling of the link… --- ## [Backup has failed. pg\_dump: server version: 9.6.3; pg\_dump version: 9.5.10](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-has-failed-pg-dump-server-version-9-6-3-pg-dump-version-9-5-10/75235)
**Author:** [@michaeltcoelho](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeltcoelho)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-has-failed-pg-dump-server-version-9-6-3-pg-dump-version-9-5-10/75235 "2017-12-02T16:54:42Z")
Hi folks! I’m getting notified by discourse’s system user about that my backup has failed. On the doc it says that Discourse accepts Postgres 9.3+ versions and i’m using 9.6.3. \[2017-12-02 03:32:09\] \[STARTED\] \[2017-12-… --- ## [Mastodon Integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mastodon-integration/75242)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2019, 9:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mastodon-integration/75242 "2019-11-01T09:02:34Z")
Mastodon can be run from a docker image. I wonder if someone here has set up Mastodon so it reuses the data and redis images from Discourse docker, or how to do it. I wish we document it, since there’s no reason why ru… --- ## [Any way to have a single option poll with just one option to choose from?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-have-a-single-option-poll-with-just-one-option-to-choose-from/75246)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-have-a-single-option-poll-with-just-one-option-to-choose-from/75246 "2020-02-05T22:37:47Z")
Maybe an odd request, but I’m interested in creating an “opt in” poll that just has one option, but the poll is throwing an error. Is there any way, even a workaround, that can work? --- ## [Silenced accounts don't get leaderboard stats updated?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/silenced-accounts-dont-get-leaderboard-stats-updated/75247)
**Author:** [@Lilly\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly_S)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/silenced-accounts-dont-get-leaderboard-stats-updated/75247 "2017-12-19T01:55:41Z")
Hi Discourse, I think the users on our Discourse forum have discovered a bug. One of our user’s accounts was silenced and their place in the Top Likes Received (daily) leaderboard (/u?period=daily) has not changed at al… --- ## [Leverage browser caching for logo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/leverage-browser-caching-for-logo/75256)
**Author:** [@dfriestedt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfriestedt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/leverage-browser-caching-for-logo/75256 "2017-12-03T10:38:55Z")
I’m running a pagespeed test on my site, discuss.endurancelab.fit. One result indicates the logo is not cached. Is there something I can do to cache the logo, or should I forget this? https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.co… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=779) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=781)