# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=788 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 789 --- ## [Plugin howto self-announcement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-howto-self-announcement/76458)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-howto-self-announcement/76458 "2017-12-20T03:06:00Z")
One of our customer’s sites gave me an idea earlier that was well-received by the team so I’d like to hear what the community thinks of it. Do you think it’d be pretty cool if plugins automatically injected a “how to u… --- ## [Amend "flag to re-open" to topic-is-closed posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amend-flag-to-re-open-to-topic-is-closed-posts/76459)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amend-flag-to-re-open-to-topic-is-closed-posts/76459 "2017-12-19T23:11:42Z")
Continuing the discussion from Contributor Interviews – Felix "fefrei" - #19 by vinothkannans This is a great idea, but it’s not quite as easily implemented as it may seem. Searching for closed in Customize → Text Con… --- ## [Where is the Setting for Opening a Hyperlink in a New Window](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-is-the-setting-for-opening-a-hyperlink-in-a-new-window/76463)
**Author:** [@BrickWood](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BrickWood)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-is-the-setting-for-opening-a-hyperlink-in-a-new-window/76463 "2017-12-20T01:34:51Z")
I hate to ask this rookie question - but I’m trying to find out why all of my hyperlinks in my forum DO NOT open in a new window - they just open in the existing window. Where is the checkbox / setting that makes hyperl… --- ## [Anyone Using Cloudflare's Google Analytics App?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-using-cloudflares-google-analytics-app/76464)
**Author:** [@SouperC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SouperC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-using-cloudflares-google-analytics-app/76464 "2017-12-28T18:56:10Z")
Wondering if anyone else here been using the Google Analytics “app” in cloudflare and noticed a BIG spike in bounces and a drop in reported pageviews since the version update (approx three weeks ago). At first the code … --- ## [Characters that change post formatting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/characters-that-change-post-formatting/76469)
**Author:** [@Biscuit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biscuit)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/characters-that-change-post-formatting/76469 "2017-12-20T09:45:22Z")
I discovered that placing = on the line after text makes it a heading, which is handy. I also noticed that ~~~ causes formatting changes, but I’m not sure what. Is there a list of all of these characters which impact f… --- ## [Ability to only backup uploaded data](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-only-backup-uploaded-data/76474)
**Author:** [@kyrias](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kyrias)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-only-backup-uploaded-data/76474 "2017-12-20T15:13:18Z")
To make backup management easier and more consistent with the rest of our infrastructure we’re using an external PostgreSQL instance. This server has automatic backups separately from Discourse’s own, and the server is … --- ## [User Login Issue due to adblock plugins in Firefox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-login-issue-due-to-adblock-plugins-in-firefox/76475)
**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-login-issue-due-to-adblock-plugins-in-firefox/76475 "2019-05-29T18:28:50Z")
Hi all, I’ve not come across this one before, so hoping someone may have some suggestions. I have a user who has recently registered, they prefer to use Firefox as their browser, but when they visit our hosted forum th… --- ## [What kind of data my web site need to provide so discource can onebox content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-kind-of-data-my-web-site-need-to-provide-so-discource-can-onebox-content/76479)
**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-kind-of-data-my-web-site-need-to-provide-so-discource-can-onebox-content/76479 "2017-12-20T15:27:33Z")
I am developing asp.net core web site. Parts of that site is going to be published to our discource. What I am looking is protocol or way to discource automatically onebox links from my sites. I know that my site h… --- ## [Go to quoted post doesn't work on quote in spoilers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/go-to-quoted-post-doesnt-work-on-quote-in-spoilers/76481)
**Author:** [@nawthor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nawthor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/go-to-quoted-post-doesnt-work-on-quote-in-spoilers/76481 "2018-06-21T21:35:38Z")
If you quote a post and add spoiler tags around it, the “go to the quoted post” button doesn’t work as expected. Unlike the expand/collapse button it only toggles the spoiler blur. It doesn’t bring you to the quoted post… --- ## [Unlink Google authentication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlink-google-authentication/76484)
**Author:** [@owrh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/owrh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlink-google-authentication/76484 "2017-12-20T15:00:56Z")
We have an odd case where a member can’t log in. Their account is linked via Google, but when they try and do the OAuth dance they get 500s. All the settings in the Admin area look fine – the account is active etc. We do… --- ## [Not valid SSL certificate WP discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-valid-ssl-certificate-wp-discourse/76486)
**Author:** [@Jeroen\_Van\_Der\_Mark](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeroen_Van_Der_Mark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 5:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-valid-ssl-certificate-wp-discourse/76486 "2017-12-21T05:48:48Z")
Hi! We are running the WP discourse plugin. Great integration btw! Thanks for that. One small problem pops up: it loads the profile picture as http instead of https. (see: FIT.nl - Alles over krachttraining, voeding en … --- ## [Apostrophies not working in embed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/apostrophies-not-working-in-embed/76489)
**Author:** [@adamprocter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adamprocter)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/apostrophies-not-working-in-embed/76489 "2018-01-03T23:50:35Z")
On discourse: you’ve rendered correctly On wordpress: youâve Not sure why ? --- ## [Google doesn't show snippets of Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-doesnt-show-snippets-of-meta/76491)
**Author:** [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 9:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-doesnt-show-snippets-of-meta/76491 "2017-12-21T09:08:57Z")
Hiya, are you guys aware that Google seems to have issues indexing the site? For the past week at least, I’ve seen multiple “No information is available for this page.” messages, with a non-useful Learn Why link. Just … --- ## [Top Rare Disease Patient Community Runs on Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-rare-disease-patient-community-runs-on-discourse/76494)
**Author:** [@Ben\_Munoz1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ben_Munoz1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-rare-disease-patient-community-runs-on-discourse/76494 "2017-12-20T17:12:45Z")
Ben’s Friends Patient Communities is a 501c3 nonprofit that runs patient support communities for people with rare diseases. We have over 100k unique visitors every month on our sites. All of our discussions take place on… --- ## [Composer shortcut should be disabled if user isn't allowed to post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-shortcut-should-be-disabled-if-user-isnt-allowed-to-post/76495)
**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-shortcut-should-be-disabled-if-user-isnt-allowed-to-post/76495 "2017-12-21T02:52:22Z")
In cases where a member isn’t allowed to post, the composer should not open under any circumstances. Currently if TL settings are set so that TL0 isn’t allowed to post, hitting C opens the composer window. --- ## [Deleting user images when using the rails console to delete users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-user-images-when-using-the-rails-console-to-delete-users/76497)
**Author:** [@Frank\_Bailey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-user-images-when-using-the-rails-console-to-delete-users/76497 "2017-12-20T17:45:49Z")
I added over 17000 users to my client’s Discourse installation via the API. I have to delete them now because reasons. I’ve worked out how to delete the users themselves via the Rails app as explained here: Bulk delete … --- ## [Facebook debugger 403 response](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-debugger-403-response/76499)
**Author:** [@Pravi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pravi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-debugger-403-response/76499 "2017-12-20T18:08:21Z")
Hello guys! Facebook give below mentioned error when trying to update the Privacy Policy in app settings.. You must submit a valid Privacy Policy URL in order to be compliant with Facebook Platform. Request failed wit… --- ## [Move Discourse to a new server without setting up the web UI first?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-discourse-to-a-new-server-without-setting-up-the-web-ui-first/76504)
**Author:** [@ffhaddad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ffhaddad)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-discourse-to-a-new-server-without-setting-up-the-web-ui-first/76504 "2022-09-03T21:19:54Z")
Let’s say I want to move my Discourse site from one Amazon EC2 instance (e.g. t2.micro) to a larger instance (e.g. t2.medium), what is the correct procedure for this? The only option I know about is: Backup the existi… --- ## [Inheriting discourse install - need some assistance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inheriting-discourse-install-need-some-assistance/76505)
**Author:** [@jerdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jerdog)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inheriting-discourse-install-need-some-assistance/76505 "2017-12-21T19:45:09Z")
So I took over a new position at a company, and we had been using Discourse - then moved to AnswerHub (:man\_shrugging:) and I am probably going to move us back to Discourse. I have used discourse before - but this insta… --- ## [Is it possible to retrieve a users api key via the api?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-a-users-api-key-via-the-api/76520)
**Author:** [@jordan1909](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan1909)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-a-users-api-key-via-the-api/76520 "2017-12-20T22:44:59Z")
In my application I have created a little app on Heroku that sets a timer on topics for whoever is the owner when a customer replies to that topic. It works quite well. The challenge I have however is I have to statical… --- ## [Discourse 1.9.0.beta17 Release Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-1-9-0-beta17-release-notes/76527)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-1-9-0-beta17-release-notes/76527 "2017-12-21T01:22:38Z")
New features in 1.9.0.beta17 Full rebake of all old posts There have been a number of significant changes to post formatting over the last few major releases, but those changes only affect new/edited posts. To ensure the… --- ## [How to repair old titles?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-repair-old-titles/76531)
**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2017, 11:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-repair-old-titles/76531 "2017-12-30T11:11:25Z")
Hello guys, I‘m not sure, if this issue was solved before? I have a lot of old posts / wiki articles using titles like … #test ##test ###test As you might know, a few versions earlier this year, someone changed the… --- ## [Discourse throws "ember:19818 Error: Assertion Failed: calling set on destroyed object"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-throws-ember-19818-error-assertion-failed-calling-set-on-destroyed-object/76536)
**Author:** [@Sudaraka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sudaraka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-throws-ember-19818-error-assertion-failed-calling-set-on-destroyed-object/76536 "2017-12-22T19:58:36Z")
When I add a reply to a post stream in my local discourse instance, this error is thrown in the console although the new post is added to the post stream perfectly. The error is thrown only if we submit the post befo… --- ## [SSO vs Oauth2 difference?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-vs-oauth2-difference/76543)
**Author:** [@remy\_dev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/remy_dev)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-vs-oauth2-difference/76543 "2019-11-13T17:35:35Z")
Hello I’m working on a website with django CMS. I would like to link the user accounts of my site to discourse. In the first sept, I wish understand the différence between SSO and Oauth2 I thought it was the same thi… --- ## [Sidekiq not running on local Discourse, can't upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-not-running-on-local-discourse-cant-upgrade/76545)
**Author:** [@Frank\_Bailey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-not-running-on-local-discourse-cant-upgrade/76545 "2017-12-22T13:20:50Z")
I need to upgrade my local discourse to the latest version so I can restore a backup made from a live Discourse instance, import users from Ning, and then backup and restore to the live instance. However, as Sidekiq isn’… --- ## [No new+unread count/notifications in mobile app (subfolder)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-new-unread-count-notifications-in-mobile-app-subfolder/76546)
**Author:** [@Ivan\_Rapekas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ivan_Rapekas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-new-unread-count-notifications-in-mobile-app-subfolder/76546 "2018-01-25T14:17:32Z")
Hi, I’ve just read the mobile application fixed for subfolder installation. Thank you for ability to connect to forums installed in subfolders. But both new+unread counters and notifications do not work, look in the pict… --- ## [Discourses API get just the number of search results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourses-api-get-just-the-number-of-search-results/76548)
**Author:** [@gradam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gradam)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourses-api-get-just-the-number-of-search-results/76548 "2019-10-20T17:30:35Z")
Hi. I am trying to get just the number of search results from the API. I have the following query /search.json?q=query but i just need information about how many results there are. Not blurbs, cooked, etc. Is it possib… --- ## [\[SOLVED\] Uploaded backup doesn't appear in list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-uploaded-backup-doesnt-appear-in-list/76554)
**Author:** [@Frank\_Bailey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-uploaded-backup-doesnt-appear-in-list/76554 "2017-12-21T15:58:12Z")
My local Discourse and the live instance I’ve backed up are running the same version (1.9.0.beta17). I upload a backup from the live installation to my local Discourse (which is a Vagrant development version), but the u… --- ## [Share a webpage link in mobile app?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-a-webpage-link-in-mobile-app/76559)
**Author:** [@Ivan\_Rapekas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ivan_Rapekas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-a-webpage-link-in-mobile-app/76559 "2017-12-21T14:33:33Z")
Before announcing mobile application for our customers I’ve performed some tests. I found that sharing a webpage URL :mega: using app is a tricky action. Native browser has a share button, the application does not. Every… --- ## [429 too many emoji requests 😥](https://meta.discourse.org/t/429-too-many-emoji-requests/76561)
**Author:** [@Fredo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fredo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/429-too-many-emoji-requests/76561 "2023-09-08T14:23:20Z")
After opening the emoji selector in the post editor, discourse throws users out once they load a page again (like after submitting a post). 429 Too Many Requests Your IP address has made too many requests to this serv… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=787) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=789)