# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=798 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 799 --- ## [Slow tags query when alphabetical sort is disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-tags-query-when-alphabetical-sort-is-disabled/78133)
**Author:** [@SimonWu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SimonWu)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-tags-query-when-alphabetical-sort-is-disabled/78133 "2018-10-17T17:49:03Z")
Hi, I found a slow query during the test. SELECT COUNT(topics.id) AS count\_topics\_id, tags.id, tags.name AS tags\_id\_tags\_name FROM "tags" LEFT JOIN topic\_tags ON tags.id = topic\_tags.tag\_id LEFT JOIN topics ON topics.… --- ## [Backup only Site Settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-only-site-settings/78150)
**Author:** [@Vaishak\_Kallore](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vaishak_Kallore)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-only-site-settings/78150 "2020-09-11T19:03:48Z")
I would like to know the possibility of backing up Only Site Settings, just as opposite of what was asked here The purpose is to replicate forums for different clients. If I can replicate settings, its easy to proceed … --- ## [Problem with category style = box under firefox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-category-style-box-under-firefox/78152)
**Author:** [@Manfred\_Bayer-Lemerz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Manfred_Bayer-Lemerz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-category-style-box-under-firefox/78152 "2018-01-22T17:27:07Z")
Since the last update 2.0.0.beta1 we have problems running the forum under Firefox when setting the category style to box with chrome it works fine. Here the screen shot with firefox and here with chrome thanks … --- ## [Copy marked text in URL format popup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-marked-text-in-url-format-popup/78155)
**Author:** [@Matthias\_Schuster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matthias_Schuster)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-marked-text-in-url-format-popup/78155 "2018-01-24T14:32:10Z")
When I choose to add a link on a text, I simply mark the specific text (in Github), press the link button and I get a nice, preformatted syntax, which lets me simply copy in the URL. In Discourse, a pop-up appears which… --- ## [How secure is Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-secure-is-discourse/78156)
**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-secure-is-discourse/78156 "2018-11-30T13:33:05Z")
I really like this system. I’d like to build a system to add some of my and my friends‘ important important information into the system. But I’m afraid that our info will be stolen or hacked. How to protect this system… --- ## [Contributor Interviews – Matthew Wilkin @cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contributor-interviews-matthew-wilkin-cpradio/78168)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contributor-interviews-matthew-wilkin-cpradio/78168 "2018-01-16T22:38:55Z")
Every week, we’ll be posting an interview with one of our many beloved contributors here on Meta. Find them all in user-interviews. This week: Matthew Wilkin @cpradio Me and my wife Of my workplace Tell us a bit… --- ## [Redirect to original URL after Google login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-to-original-url-after-google-login/78173)
**Author:** [@Phil.Dexter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Phil.Dexter)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-to-original-url-after-google-login/78173 "2018-01-29T13:26:03Z")
I believe this is a bug, apologies if it’s not - I’m new here. We have the exact same issue as this bug report from 3 years ago: Redirect to requested URL after SSO where when a user clicks on a link to a specific topi… --- ## [Alibaba and Microsoft AI beat humans in Stanford reading test (future of Q&A, customer support forums)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alibaba-and-microsoft-ai-beat-humans-in-stanford-reading-test-future-of-q-a-customer-support-forums/78180)
**Author:** [@jaevanryssel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jaevanryssel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alibaba-and-microsoft-ai-beat-humans-in-stanford-reading-test-future-of-q-a-customer-support-forums/78180 "2018-01-16T17:51:25Z")
It shouldn’t be to surprising to anybody following the AI scene but recently the AI of Alibaba and Microsoft have beaten humans in a reading test. Note: by a small margin, it scored 82.44 in the exact answer category bea… --- ## [Extend the content sharing functionality](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extend-the-content-sharing-functionality/78203)
**Author:** [@jerdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jerdog)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extend-the-content-sharing-functionality/78203 "2018-01-16T19:16:40Z")
Currently, you can share a post on your choice of posts and it will pop up a window with some options: The tweet, for instance, looks pretty normal: But what I would suggest is the following: In Admin somewhere… --- ## [SSO Loop - Help needed to find the problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-loop-help-needed-to-find-the-problem/78214)
**Author:** [@ravor-org](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ravor-org)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 6:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-loop-help-needed-to-find-the-problem/78214 "2018-01-17T06:32:06Z")
Hey there, I’ve just set up a discourse forum within our company. I’ve written our own SSO-login to register and login to discourse. Everything was fine until some point - I don’t know where and why - it all broke. Dis… --- ## [Selecting an advanced search parameter before entering text causes overlap in search box](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selecting-an-advanced-search-parameter-before-entering-text-causes-overlap-in-search-box/78221)
**Author:** [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selecting-an-advanced-search-parameter-before-entering-text-causes-overlap-in-search-box/78221 "2018-01-17T00:04:47Z")
While it’s not the “proper” way to go about performing an advanced search, some people may decide to specify their search parameters before they add their search words. When this is done, an overlap with the default text… --- ## [Idea when Upgrading your discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-when-upgrading-your-discourse/78226)
**Author:** [@dbm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dbm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-when-upgrading-your-discourse/78226 "2018-01-25T20:04:58Z")
Maybe it’s stupid, but who knows.. maybe it end up usefully, cause for me it would be definetly useful. Whats the word about; When pressing Upgrade to auto post on your Facebook Page, Twitter.. or any other social media… --- ## [Smarter handling of random crawler traffic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smarter-handling-of-random-crawler-traffic/78227)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smarter-handling-of-random-crawler-traffic/78227 "2018-03-29T03:51:12Z")
Following: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7b562d2f46c60df5323ac06731cf341d95d85027 We now have much improved crawler/bot detection. In the past we have seen many customers complain that pageviews in Goog… --- ## [New Digital Ocean pricing! (Spoiler: $5 for a 1GB droplet)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230 "2023-05-14T19:52:26Z")
Digital Ocean made some big changes today! Check out the new price list. First, 1 GB droplet is now only $5/month! Also, very good news for people with high volume sites, the fast CPU offerings now have reasonable amou… --- ## [Implementing a new z-index system with SASS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/implementing-a-new-z-index-system-with-sass/78236)
**Author:** [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/implementing-a-new-z-index-system-with-sass/78236 "2018-01-18T17:20:03Z")
Similar to font-size and line-height, we have a lot of various z-index definitions in Discourse. If you’ve worked in CSS before, you’ll be familiar with the values we use. They range from the reasonable: 1, 10, 20, 50 to… --- ## [Hot off the press: Discourse drink bottles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hot-off-the-press-discourse-drink-bottles/78237)
**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hot-off-the-press-discourse-drink-bottles/78237 "2018-01-17T17:27:09Z")
Continuing the discussion from How can I buy Discourse goodies?: In case anyone just can’t get enough Discourse in their life, we’ve now got branded drink bottles. They’re cobranded Kleen Kanteen bottles and for a limit… --- ## [Images with \] character in filename don't display properly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-with-character-in-filename-dont-display-properly/78240)
**Author:** [@ron\_jeremy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ron_jeremy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-with-character-in-filename-dont-display-properly/78240 "2018-01-19T18:53:09Z")
Video stills taken from GoPro videos are in jpg format. When members try and upload these specific images to my forum they do not Onebox or even display at all (end up as a non-clickable url). The thing is, they work fi… --- ## [Alternative reply by email addresses doesn't allow addresses without reply\_key](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-reply-by-email-addresses-doesnt-allow-addresses-without-reply-key/78255)
**Author:** [@ravor-org](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ravor-org)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-reply-by-email-addresses-doesnt-allow-addresses-without-reply-key/78255 "2018-03-02T16:54:05Z")
Hey there, I tried to configure a mailing-list mirror for several categories. It works fine with the first mail address if find related post with key is disabled but all alternative mail-addresses do require a key. Is i… --- ## [Logo setup - my compliments!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logo-setup-my-compliments/78266)
**Author:** [@Untoldent](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Untoldent)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logo-setup-my-compliments/78266 "2018-01-17T13:17:49Z")
Hey Discourse team… installing Discourse was a teensy bit nightmarish for me, but i just went through the whole setup process, and the UX/UI were wonderful. The whole section where you’re uploading logos, and you get an … --- ## [New user of the month, is it working?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-of-the-month-is-it-working/78270)
**Author:** [@GaryFunk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GaryFunk)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 11:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-of-the-month-is-it-working/78270 "2018-01-29T11:10:17Z")
As you can see by the screenshots the “New user of the month” ran and picked two users with less liked posts. Gary --- ## [Uploads:recover\_from\_tombstone not resurrecting images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-recover-from-tombstone-not-resurrecting-images/78295)
**Author:** [@Curtis\_Rueden](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Curtis_Rueden)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-recover-from-tombstone-not-resurrecting-images/78295 "2018-01-19T16:52:51Z")
Summary I believe the uploads:recover\_from\_tombstone script is not restoring everything it should from the tombstone. My reasoning is as follows: Recently, our Discourse forum had a problem where uploaded images would n… --- ## [Editing the last (or unique) post does not bump it if it has been assigned (assign plugin)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-the-last-or-unique-post-does-not-bump-it-if-it-has-been-assigned-assign-plugin/78296)
**Author:** [@alxsal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alxsal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-the-last-or-unique-post-does-not-bump-it-if-it-has-been-assigned-assign-plugin/78296 "2018-01-17T21:44:32Z")
I have a topic with a single post that is updated regularly. Since I installed the assign plugin and assigned the topic, editing the post does not appear to bump it. The assign plugin adds what looks like a post in the… --- ## [Composer - Composing ? 🇪🇸](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-composing-es/78303)
**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-composing-es/78303 "2018-01-17T19:32:54Z")
Compose - Composing js.keyboard\_shortcuts\_help.composing.title Composing Componiendo doesn't sound right. Writing? Drafting? I left it as "Drafting" js.keyboard\_shortcuts\_help.composing.return Return to com… --- ## ["There was a problem sending the test email."](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-was-a-problem-sending-the-test-email/78305)
**Author:** [@Untoldent](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Untoldent)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-was-a-problem-sending-the-test-email/78305 "2018-01-18T20:24:08Z")
i’m just going through the Admin Quick Start Guide i’m at the step where i’m trying to send a test email, and getting this error: There was a problem sending the test email. Please double-check your mail settings, verif… --- ## [No-bump for admin edits on first and only post in a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-bump-for-admin-edits-on-first-and-only-post-in-a-topic/78307)
**Author:** [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-bump-for-admin-edits-on-first-and-only-post-in-a-topic/78307 "2018-08-10T15:47:20Z")
Continuing the discussion from Re-categorizing 10-year-old topics in my forum bumps them to the top of the Latest list. It would be great to have a “no-bump” option for admins when performing wrench actions or edits f… --- ## [Are private messages from users with banned IPs removed from inboxes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-private-messages-from-users-with-banned-ips-removed-from-inboxes/78315)
**Author:** [@abrambailey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abrambailey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-private-messages-from-users-with-banned-ips-removed-from-inboxes/78315 "2018-01-17T21:44:04Z")
I banned a user in my forum by IP yesterday and now I have another user reporting that he can no longer find messages in his inbox from the banned user. Is this expected behavior? --- ## [Staged user creating a full account and posting a link receives numerous spam flags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-user-creating-a-full-account-and-posting-a-link-receives-numerous-spam-flags/78318)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-user-creating-a-full-account-and-posting-a-link-receives-numerous-spam-flags/78318 "2018-06-19T16:44:38Z")
Filing this as a Contribute \> Bug for now, but it may be a Contribute \> Feature. A user emails a group message and communicates back and forth for many messages over an extended period of time. 2 months after starting t… --- ## [Formatting issue in polls with range greater than 999](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formatting-issue-in-polls-with-range-greater-than-999/78320)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formatting-issue-in-polls-with-range-greater-than-999/78320 "2018-01-17T22:32:57Z")
The following code: \[poll type=number min=0 max=1500 step=100\] \[/poll\] Generates a poll like this: Options starting from 1000 are not formatted well. --- ## [Agnostic Invite Link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/agnostic-invite-link/78334)
**Author:** [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/agnostic-invite-link/78334 "2020-01-09T13:39:19Z")
This may have been suggested, but, is there any continued (active) conversation around providing an email-agnostic link for signups? Feel free to close if this is a dupe. --- ## [Classifieds categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/classifieds-categories/78354)
**Author:** [@oluies](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oluies)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/classifieds-categories/78354 "2022-05-21T01:51:18Z")
What is the best workflow for a classified forum part ? Eg when an item is sold/purchased/exchanged should it then be marked as “unlisted” or moved to a trash category? Or are there plugins? How to allow a user to un… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=797) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=799)