# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=800 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 801 --- ## [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… --- ## [In marketplace categories, should I remove old adverts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-marketplace-categories-should-i-remove-old-adverts/78582)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-marketplace-categories-should-i-remove-old-adverts/78582 "2018-01-21T13:56:09Z")
We have quite a few adverts each year. If I remove old ones (say 2+ years old), how it will affect forum ratings in Google and other search engines? Adverts are content too. Thoughts? --- ## [CTRL-C triggers "Create topic" shortcut in Firefox Nightly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ctrl-c-triggers-create-topic-shortcut-in-firefox-nightly/78584)
**Author:** [@jonathon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jonathon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ctrl-c-triggers-create-topic-shortcut-in-firefox-nightly/78584 "2018-01-22T13:46:03Z")
Description Starting over the last few days, Discourse will open the New Topic composer when the user presses CTRL+C. Pressing only C also triggers the New Topic composer as expected. Related change? On first glance it… --- ## [Umlauts are NOT handled correctly for attached files in Safari](https://meta.discourse.org/t/umlauts-are-not-handled-correctly-for-attached-files-in-safari/78585)
**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/umlauts-are-not-handled-correctly-for-attached-files-in-safari/78585 "2018-02-08T00:25:13Z")
Hi friends, I’ve trouble with some of my Downloads. Those ones with umlauts (ä,ö,ü) in their file name don’t get started with downloading by a simple click. Only via context menu. My Browser: Safari @ macOS High Sierra. … --- ## [Unexpected interaction between "suppress category on homepage" and "user preference for homepage"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-interaction-between-suppress-category-on-homepage-and-user-preference-for-homepage/78586)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-interaction-between-suppress-category-on-homepage-and-user-preference-for-homepage/78586 "2018-02-21T22:59:16Z")
I found this behavior somewhat unexpected: Create category “Foo” with setting “suppress this category from homepage” Create topic “Bar” in category “Foo” Top menu is set to Latest | Categories | Unread Topic “bar” is n… --- ## [Usercard for groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usercard-for-groups/78587)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usercard-for-groups/78587 "2018-04-17T02:16:28Z")
It’d be nice if there were a “usercard” that would pop up when you click on a @mention for a group. Since I’m used to being able to click on a @mention without leaving the page, it’s unexpected that when I click on a @… --- ## [\[paid\] Preference to create & embed a topic via JavaScript only when a user clicks the "Start Discussion" link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-preference-to-create-embed-a-topic-via-javascript-only-when-a-user-clicks-the-start-discussion-link/78593)
**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-preference-to-create-embed-a-topic-via-javascript-only-when-a-user-clicks-the-start-discussion-link/78593 "2018-01-24T15:31:15Z")
What would you like done? Currently when Embed Discourse comments on another website via Javascript, a new Discourse topic is created whenever the corresponding external page is being loaded. The feature requested consi… --- ## [Connection error after resizing DO Droplet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connection-error-after-resizing-do-droplet/78596)
**Author:** [@tkrunning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tkrunning)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connection-error-after-resizing-do-droplet/78596 "2018-01-23T18:46:45Z")
Hi guys, I resized my DigitalOcean droplet today, and after that process was completed I haven’t been able to access my Discourse forum (I’m getting ERR\_CONNECTION\_REFUSED). It looks like something other than Discourse … --- ## [New and Unread menu links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-and-unread-menu-links/78597)
**Author:** [@David\_Collantes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Collantes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-and-unread-menu-links/78597 "2018-01-21T19:26:34Z")
I think the “New” and “Unread” links on the menu should not show at all, if there are no new/unread topics/replies. Is that planned as a future enhancement? --- ## [How to export to wordpress](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-export-to-wordpress/78605)
**Author:** [@mrdiscourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrdiscourse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-export-to-wordpress/78605 "2018-01-21T22:59:54Z")
Is there any way to export all my discourse posts and comments into a file so its structured for import into wordpress? --- ## [Role based access control](https://meta.discourse.org/t/role-based-access-control/78606)
**Author:** [@Nilesh\_Londhe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nilesh_Londhe)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/role-based-access-control/78606 "2018-01-22T04:30:46Z")
What are the best ways to manage discourse access based on user role in wordpress? --- ## [Ways to easily seed content as posted from various users (startup)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ways-to-easily-seed-content-as-posted-from-various-users-startup/78608)
**Author:** [@password04](https://meta.discourse.org/u/password04)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ways-to-easily-seed-content-as-posted-from-various-users-startup/78608 "2018-01-25T20:08:51Z")
Hey Guys, First post on here.. I’ve been using Discourse in one or two other places now and i’m just about to deploy it for my own site. Among the various ways that I will see the various categories with content is to… --- ## [Changing/removing API rate limit with category creation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-removing-api-rate-limit-with-category-creation/78611)
**Author:** [@lukespragg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lukespragg)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-removing-api-rate-limit-with-category-creation/78611 "2019-07-31T04:31:29Z")
I’ve been running into an issue with creating categories via the API. It seems there is a limit, but that limit doesn’t seem to be customizable nor does it seem to have a setting to disable it anywhere. The error I get … --- ## [New-message links crashes with unfriendly error when not logged in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-message-links-crashes-with-unfriendly-error-when-not-logged-in/78617)
**Author:** [@themightychris](https://meta.discourse.org/u/themightychris)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-message-links-crashes-with-unfriendly-error-when-not-logged-in/78617 "2018-01-24T06:31:00Z")
If you open this very URL while logged into this forum and current release, the feature works as intended: https://meta.discourse.org/new-message?groupname=team&title=topic%20title&body=topic%20body Open it in an incog… --- ## [Enable similar topics popup for private message composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-similar-topics-popup-for-private-message-composer/78618)
**Author:** [@themightychris](https://meta.discourse.org/u/themightychris)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-similar-topics-popup-for-private-message-composer/78618 "2018-01-22T02:54:49Z")
I’m trying to make it easy for users to send private messages to a support group alongside the public community topics. I would like the “Your topic is similar to…” popup to show while they are writing a private message … --- ## [Exporting all Topic titles and IDs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exporting-all-topic-titles-and-ids/78624)
**Author:** [@Frank\_Bailey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 7:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exporting-all-topic-titles-and-ids/78624 "2018-01-22T07:03:03Z")
Hey folks, is there a way I can export a list of topic titles and IDs? I’m happy to do it from the command line in the DigitalOcean droplet via SSH if I have to, if someone might be able to point me in the right directio… --- ## [Deleting Uncategorized Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-uncategorized-categories/78627)
**Author:** [@TheDarkKnightSN](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheDarkKnightSN)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-uncategorized-categories/78627 "2020-10-30T17:44:51Z")
Hello, I’ve tried solutions in older threads with no success. Is there a way to actually delete an uncategorized category? I know about going to the admin panel and disabling uncategorized post but this simply hides the… --- ## [Bug with \[code\]anything\[/code\] on a single line by itself](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-with-code-anything-code-on-a-single-line-by-itself/78634)
**Author:** [@Bertrand\_Bellenot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bertrand_Bellenot)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 9:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-with-code-anything-code-on-a-single-line-by-itself/78634 "2018-04-26T09:06:30Z")
Hi, Our forum has a lot of \[code\]\[/code\] in its topics, imported from our old phpbb3 forum. One of our user reported a couple of bugs with \[code\]\[/code\]. For example, this: A single line of code without newline looks a… --- ## [Trust level 4 users cannot set topic timers anymore](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-4-users-cannot-set-topic-timers-anymore/78638)
**Author:** [@rizka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rizka)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-4-users-cannot-set-topic-timers-anymore/78638 "2018-05-16T23:48:10Z")
When we upgraded to 1.9 the trust level 4 users seem to have lost their ability to set timers for topics. So they cannot auto-close topics or close them temporarily. They can close them in a regular manner, though. T… --- ## [Set post custom field when composing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-post-custom-field-when-composing/78642)
**Author:** [@sicher](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sicher)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-post-custom-field-when-composing/78642 "2018-01-23T09:00:47Z")
I am working on a plugin that should allow users to create specially flagged posts when pressing a button in the topic view. The post flag is just a boolean value. This is for interaction with an external tool. Currently… --- ## [Hybrid category layout for sub-categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hybrid-category-layout-for-sub-categories/78643)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hybrid-category-layout-for-sub-categories/78643 "2018-01-21T14:16:24Z")
I’m actually interested in exploring the opposite - I’d like to be able to set the style for each top-level category so that it looks more like this, with it’s subcategories with descriptions on the left and lists of top… --- ## [Emoji on macOS has an extra character compared to iOS ⛳️⛳](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-on-macos-has-an-extra-character-compared-to-ios/78646)
**Author:** [@gingerbeardman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerbeardman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-on-macos-has-an-extra-character-compared-to-ios/78646 "2018-01-24T01:14:56Z")
I typed the golf flag in the subject line using macOS Cmd+Ctrl+Space shortcut to bring up the character picker. Notice how the emoji has an extra unicode character square after it? If I type the same subject line on… --- ## [No private solicitations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-private-solicitations/78665)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-private-solicitations/78665 "2018-01-24T02:25:02Z")
Continuing the discussion from Policy notice: no private solicitations for work, paid or free: Will this rule be beneficial for other communities? Are there any cons you can think of? In our community people sometimes … --- ## [Nested \[details\] causing 500 Internal Server Error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-details-causing-500-internal-server-error/78668)
**Author:** [@Lilly\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly_S)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-details-causing-500-internal-server-error/78668 "2018-01-23T15:59:57Z")
Hi team, A user of our forum reached out to us about being unable to edit their post. I’ve successfully reproduced the issue they’re having, here are the details: They created a topic and are now unable to edit it. The… --- ## [Advanced search limited to categories you can reply in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-limited-to-categories-you-can-reply-in/78669)
**Author:** [@Hkep](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hkep)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-limited-to-categories-you-can-reply-in/78669 "2018-01-25T11:05:34Z")
Categorized option doesn’t show the options correctly. As you can see (hopefully), the “Categorized” search option in the Advanced Search is limited to only what you are allowed to post in. I think you’re supposed to… --- ## [Vagrant environment randomly hangs VirtualBox VM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vagrant-environment-randomly-hangs-virtualbox-vm/78670)
**Author:** [@codechef](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codechef)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vagrant-environment-randomly-hangs-virtualbox-vm/78670 "2018-01-26T17:28:08Z")
I like the Vagrant dev setup because of it’s simplicity and isolation. However, I’ve found it to be unreliable and am curious if anyone else is running into this? Symptom Within a couple minutes of starting rails and s… --- ## [Opacity of main-outlet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opacity-of-main-outlet/78676)
**Author:** [@Jake\_Green](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jake_Green)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opacity-of-main-outlet/78676 "2018-01-22T17:45:43Z")
Hi I’ve been trying to change to opacity and colour of the main-outlet using this code: #main-outlet { background-color: rgb(60,60,60):opacity:0.6; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; } but it fails to work as it … --- ## [Latest Topic Bug (Hopscotch Forum)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-topic-bug-hopscotch-forum/78677)
**Author:** [@Cool\_Cool](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cool_Cool)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 7:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-topic-bug-hopscotch-forum/78677 "2018-01-23T07:22:02Z")
For some reason the latest topic screen is like this. I don’t know why…but I can guess because of the really long tag, can you limit the amount of characters? @team --- ## [Best way for staff to send notifications about posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-for-staff-to-send-notifications-about-posts/78683)
**Author:** [@jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmsachs)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-for-staff-to-send-notifications-about-posts/78683 "2018-01-23T01:48:02Z")
I’m an admin on an internal Discourse site, and I have an important post I want to notify all users about. Is there any way to get Discourse to send a notification email to all users, or a group of users? The “Invite” b… --- ## [Moving to a smaller DO droplet and to tests-passed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-to-a-smaller-do-droplet-and-to-tests-passed/78688)
**Author:** [@Silvanus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Silvanus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-to-a-smaller-do-droplet-and-to-tests-passed/78688 "2018-01-23T13:53:41Z")
I noticed that our forum which is currently “in production”, i.e. publicly available and in the use of its intended audience, seems to be in the beta development fork. Or actually I’m not sure, if it is. Its version is: v… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=799) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=801)