# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=799 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 800 --- ## [Moving whisper posts to a new topic creates a broken topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-whisper-posts-to-a-new-topic-creates-a-broken-topic/78386)
**Author:** [@Stefan\_Fairphone](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stefan_Fairphone)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-whisper-posts-to-a-new-topic-creates-a-broken-topic/78386 "2018-01-22T16:23:50Z")
Hey, I just created an empty topic without anything (no posts visible to normal users). Here are the steps to reproduce: Whisper something. Select the whispered posts (exclusively those) and move them to a new topic En… --- ## [Changing Trust Level Names and Permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-trust-level-names-and-permissions/78392)
**Author:** [@kaden](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kaden)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-trust-level-names-and-permissions/78392 "2023-02-02T11:57:54Z")
I am curious about changing the names of trust levels, and their permissions. I have looked around for some information on these features but all of them have either been a bit unclear, outdated (by a few years), or say … --- ## [How can I hide (make a topic invisible)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-hide-make-a-topic-invisible/78396)
**Author:** [@Ahsan\_Parwez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ahsan_Parwez)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-hide-make-a-topic-invisible/78396 "2018-01-18T18:21:37Z")
Hi all, I want to hide a post on my forum that is no longer wanted and can potentially give wrong information to the clientele. I have used “archived” “unlisted” “locked” the post but it still shows up while logged in … --- ## [Terms of Service (tos\_topic.body)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/terminos-de-servicio-tos-topic-body-es/78401)
**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/terminos-de-servicio-tos-topic-body-es/78401 "2019-01-31T18:30:36Z")
In January, they updated the \`tos\_topic.body\` key, and the amount of text in the terms is really huge. With patience, I took the original text (in English), which you can see here, and translated it to Spanish here. A… --- ## [Feature : New Tag Group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-new-tag-group/78414)
**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-new-tag-group/78414 "2018-01-18T22:47:25Z")
Hi, We incorporate quite a lot of tag groups in our hosted solution. Whenever I create a new Tag Group, it appears at the bottom of the list, which is where the browser’s scroll point is focused. However, the form to … --- ## [When does adding a tag to a topic cause the topic to be bumped?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-does-adding-a-tag-to-a-topic-cause-the-topic-to-be-bumped/78416)
**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-does-adding-a-tag-to-a-topic-cause-the-topic-to-be-bumped/78416 "2018-01-18T22:03:11Z")
Hi, I have, hesitantly, tagged this topic as a bug, although it may be intended behaviour. Quite frequently, performing a moderator role, I will edit a post and add a specific tag to it. I have noticed that when I do … --- ## [Topic nuking - A serious glitch](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-nuking-a-serious-glitch/78455)
**Author:** [@William04GamerA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/William04GamerA)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-nuking-a-serious-glitch/78455 "2018-01-22T03:11:34Z")
Hello! I am the member if a forum called “The Hopscotch Forum” which you can find at www.forum.gethopscotch.com. One of the users over there found a method to “glitch” topics, making the end unreachable and in some cases… --- ## [Anonymous Topic / Reply possible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-topic-reply-possible/78457)
**Author:** [@Sil3ntOne](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sil3ntOne)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-topic-reply-possible/78457 "2018-01-23T04:50:26Z")
Hi, Is it possible for a normal user to post a new topic or reply anonymously? P.S. By anonymously I mean without any publicly visible reference to their name / account etc. It would be ‘ok’ for a staff (mod/admin) to… --- ## [Set language for SSO users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-language-for-sso-users/78458)
**Author:** [@sebastien](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sebastien)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2019, 9:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-language-for-sso-users/78458 "2019-04-19T09:34:59Z")
Hi, I have been trying to automatically set language for my SSO users using the Accept-Language headers. As far as I can see this should be supported by Discourse. I enable the two options below: Then with Chrome, … --- ## [Better theme settings on user front-end](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-theme-settings-on-user-front-end/78477)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-theme-settings-on-user-front-end/78477 "2019-12-12T13:18:00Z")
Continuing the discussion from We need a "large fonts" and "small fonts" theme to ship with Discourse: Our themes now support dark/light/{any-color-scheme} toggles as well as variable font sizes :tada: But user interfa… --- ## [Send summary of new posts to chat instead of every post update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-summary-of-new-posts-to-chat-instead-of-every-post-update/78481)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-summary-of-new-posts-to-chat-instead-of-every-post-update/78481 "2018-01-19T14:35:33Z")
Continuing the discussion from Chatroom Integration Plugin (discourse-chat-integration): This is just an unfinished idea but we wanted to make it public to see if anyone else had been pondering on something similar: c… --- ## [Can we make a Donation Rank List?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-a-donation-rank-list/78485)
**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-a-donation-rank-list/78485 "2018-01-19T15:26:05Z")
There are some topics about how to donate to the owner of the discourse manager or someone, like While I have to say, there are many currencies and many paying platform, so maybe it has to integrate many paying platfo… --- ## [Is there anybody being able to profit from a website based on discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-anybody-being-able-to-profit-from-a-website-based-on-discourse/78487)
**Author:** [@Ja008](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ja008)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2019, 10:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-anybody-being-able-to-profit-from-a-website-based-on-discourse/78487 "2019-06-02T10:47:48Z")
Has everybody profit from a sole website just based on discourse? Is it possible to run a forum using discourse and then profit from it? --- ## [Disable "expand" function on user profiles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-expand-function-on-user-profiles/78494)
**Author:** [@Denis\_Frosty\_Andreyc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denis_Frosty_Andreyc)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-expand-function-on-user-profiles/78494 "2018-01-19T19:54:22Z")
I want to open the profile permanently expanded and remove the “expand” button. How can I do this? --- ## [Alibaba Cloud Offering](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alibaba-cloud-offering/78495)
**Author:** [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alibaba-cloud-offering/78495 "2018-01-19T18:35:49Z")
I was just passed this and the pricing is competitive. I haven’t dug in or anything, but, even their base tier is priced cheaper than the lower Digital Ocean droplets. Just putting this here for folks to consider! I’… --- ## [Solved answer tool tip is showing wrong message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-answer-tool-tip-is-showing-wrong-message/78501)
**Author:** [@Anil\_Gupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anil_Gupta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-answer-tool-tip-is-showing-wrong-message/78501 "2018-01-19T20:22:00Z")
When we mark the answer as Solved, the tool tip shows that ‘This answer no longer solves the problem’. Why is that so? Is there a way to fix this from anywhere in settings? Or is this a bug? --- ## [When a user is warned for a post, allow the moderator to display a public warning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-user-is-warned-for-a-post-allow-the-moderator-to-display-a-public-warning/78503)
**Author:** [@Jake\_Green](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jake_Green)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-user-is-warned-for-a-post-allow-the-moderator-to-display-a-public-warning/78503 "2018-01-21T11:31:23Z")
When a user is warned for a post, allow the moderator to display a public warning on the bottom of the reply in a red/blue box or something. This would contain a message like ‘A user was warned for this post. Moderators … --- ## [Censor Pattern Unless Admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/censor-pattern-unless-admin/78510)
**Author:** [@dardub](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dardub)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/censor-pattern-unless-admin/78510 "2018-01-20T00:00:22Z")
Hi, I’ve added a censor regex for email and phone numbers, but it censors postings by admins as well. If we’d like to direct people to a support address, we can’t do it. Is there any way to turn this off for admins? I c… --- ## [Login required to see topic info](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-required-to-see-topic-info/78512)
**Author:** [@tetra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tetra)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-required-to-see-topic-info/78512 "2021-03-31T20:05:53Z")
Is there a way to make the topic list visible of a given category, but remove the ability to see the content of the topic without logging in? --- ## [How to create pretty category view featuring subcategories with icons, headings, top 3 topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-pretty-category-view-featuring-subcategories-with-icons-headings-top-3-topics/78521)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-pretty-category-view-featuring-subcategories-with-icons-headings-top-3-topics/78521 "2018-01-20T05:51:01Z")
@erlend\_sh can you remind me how you did this? present sub-categories with pretty favicons, headings, color bar, top 3 topics? I’d like to do this for setting up a team wiki for operating procedures. --- ## [Is there an event that fires when topic-lists are reloaded?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-event-that-fires-when-topic-lists-are-reloaded/78523)
**Author:** [@Johani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johani)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-event-that-fires-when-topic-lists-are-reloaded/78523 "2018-08-16T16:17:03Z")
Excuse the butchered terminology :sunflower: I’m trying to use masonry in combination with the topic list previews plugin to create a grid topic list like so: When new items are added to a masonry grid or the topi… --- ## [Is there a way to remove nofollow from onebox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-nofollow-from-onebox/78526)
**Author:** [@Bikramjit\_Bhangoo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bikramjit_Bhangoo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-nofollow-from-onebox/78526 "2018-03-26T13:38:26Z")
Continuing the discussion from "exclude rel nofollow domains" not respected inside of onebox: It seems that even after whitelisting a website, onebox nofollows every link, including internal. --- ## [Cannot execute the rake uploads:migrate\_from\_s3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-execute-the-rake-uploads-migrate-from-s3/78541)
**Author:** [@Apecengo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Apecengo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-execute-the-rake-uploads-migrate-from-s3/78541 "2018-01-24T12:23:35Z")
I’m going to have to stop using S3 for file uploads, and today I tried the rake uploads:migrate\_from\_s3, but it failed: $ rake uploads:migrate\_from\_s3 rake aborted! NoMethodError: undefined method \`Uploads' for #\ **Author:** [@DHorse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DHorse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/as-a-commenter-when-does-flagged-turn-off-how-does-it-work/78542 "2018-01-21T19:38:23Z") I am sorry, I can’t figure this out. I flagged my own comment. Does it remain flagged forever? Does the flag clear after a moderator actions it? After the moderator clears the flag (maybe,) can I flag it again? If t… --- ## [New topic composer gets in the way when it auto-opens on the topic list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-composer-gets-in-the-way-when-it-auto-opens-on-the-topic-list/78553)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-composer-gets-in-the-way-when-it-auto-opens-on-the-topic-list/78553 "2018-04-17T22:58:40Z")
When you have a new topic draft in progress, it opens automatically when you go to the main topic list page. I’ve been annoyed about this in the past, but recently, it’s been getting in my way more and more. I realize … --- ## [How to establish a successful forum based on discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-establish-a-successful-forum-based-on-discourse/78562)
**Author:** [@Ja008](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ja008)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-establish-a-successful-forum-based-on-discourse/78562 "2019-06-10T08:28:20Z")
Continuing the discussion from 1,000,000 pageviews in 2 weeks...! Why? Because Discourse. 🚀 : I establish a bitcoin forum based on discourse https://coinyard.org, but still get no visitors. So your pageviews may be rela… --- ## [Don't be fooled by activity metrics – they may vary greatly in different community types](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-be-fooled-by-activity-metrics-they-may-vary-greatly-in-different-community-types/78572)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 10:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-be-fooled-by-activity-metrics-they-may-vary-greatly-in-different-community-types/78572 "2018-03-15T10:09:15Z")
While studying basic statistics of various communities for a chapter in my book, I made a discovery: healthy and active communities may demonstrate very different metric results. So my conclusion so far is that you shoul… --- ## [/sidekiq/scheduler ERROR 500](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-scheduler-error-500/78573)
**Author:** [@appcomq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/appcomq)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-scheduler-error-500/78573 "2018-01-21T23:50:23Z")
I have update to 2018-1-21 version, now /sidekiq/scheduler ERROR 500 NoMethodError (undefined method \`bytesize' for nil:NilClass) /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.4.0/gems/sidekiq-5.0.5/lib/sidekiq/web/applicati… --- ## [\[Paid \] Change URl format to UTM\_xx parameters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-change-url-format-to-utm-xx-parameters/78579)
**Author:** [@Pramvir\_Rathee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pramvir_Rathee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-change-url-format-to-utm-xx-parameters/78579 "2018-01-22T15:11:50Z")
because of new adsense crawler update. I want to display all content of my discourse forum on a single URL. Using UTM parameters. As adsense ignore them. Also want canonical Link to the orginal nice urls. --- ## [Category homepage as default?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-homepage-as-default/78580)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-homepage-as-default/78580 "2023-10-06T01:23:30Z")
Yes, I also realized that showing the category page by default might provide better orientation for new users and changed my homepage. When read @HAWK’s statement, I’m wondering: if that is indeed a general “rule”, the… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=798) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=800)