# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=821 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 822 --- ## [Does the Ubuntu install work as is?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-the-ubuntu-install-work-as-is/82433)
**Author:** [@Sheeply](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sheeply)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-the-ubuntu-install-work-as-is/82433 "2018-03-07T17:18:54Z")
I installed Ubuntu on my PC rather than screwing around. I followed this install https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/DEVELOPER-ADVANCED.md I seemed to get everything installed then failed on “bundle… --- ## [Discourse google drive Backup plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-google-drive-backup-plugin/82434)
**Author:** [@Jay91](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay91)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-google-drive-backup-plugin/82434 "2019-11-11T19:19:11Z")
Hello friends, one day i found here a plugin the allows backups to google drive but now i cant find it, can you help me and add the link for me here ? also a question about the plugin ability: in wordpress vaultpress… --- ## [Deleting a users posts (with large post count+history)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-a-users-posts-with-large-post-count-history/82439)
**Author:** [@cookywook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cookywook)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 7:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-a-users-posts-with-large-post-count-history/82439 "2018-03-08T07:21:12Z")
Hello, A user has asked to leave our Community, and wants all their posts removed. They’ve been a Community member for a few years, so have a large number of posts and topics created. I can overrule the ‘max post delet… --- ## [Excellent Roblox Communities!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excellent-roblox-communities/82440)
**Author:** [@Box](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Box)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excellent-roblox-communities/82440 "2020-11-27T13:41:28Z")
There’s a few communities for Roblox on Discourse, and those are usually rare. Anyone know any others other than RoForums? I love how the communities are so small and most trollers are suspended by active moderators! Fee… --- ## [Removing a plugin - is plugin data lost?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-a-plugin-is-plugin-data-lost/82444)
**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-a-plugin-is-plugin-data-lost/82444 "2018-03-07T19:45:09Z")
A somewhat urgent request. If I remove a plugin like the Events plugin (commenting it out from app.yml and doing a “launcher rebuild app”), will the associated data (ie event dates) be removed permanently? --- ## [Discourse 2.0.0.beta4 Release Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-0-0-beta4-release-notes/82446)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-0-0-beta4-release-notes/82446 "2018-03-07T20:16:22Z")
New features in 2.0.0.beta4 Two Factor Authentication via TOTP Thanks to community contributor @awole20 we now support Two Factor Authentication on Discourse! Two Factor Authentication can be enabled from a user’s prefe… --- ## [Controlling text size in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/controlling-text-size-in-posts/82448)
**Author:** [@Timothy\_Vail](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timothy_Vail)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/controlling-text-size-in-posts/82448 "2019-04-29T13:29:13Z")
This is a very basic question, but I couldn’t seem to find it anywhere. The post instructions that I did find on here don’t work. I want to have a specific post have big text, I tried BBCode / markdown \[size=40\]\[/size\]… --- ## [Delete my account with the console](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-my-account-with-the-console/82450)
**Author:** [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-my-account-with-the-console/82450 "2018-03-08T19:06:47Z")
Hi! I have a weird issue with a Discourse forum, and I didn’t fine a solution by myself: I installed a forum, I have access to the console but I don’t run it. I asked to the current admin to delete my account because I … --- ## [Changing a topic to Uncategorized doesn't stick](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-a-topic-to-uncategorized-doesnt-stick/82455)
**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-a-topic-to-uncategorized-doesnt-stick/82455 "2018-03-13T02:23:19Z")
Editing a post to change its category to Uncategorized appears to work but the change isn’t saved. e.g. this topic with no category: Appears in this list as categorised: --- ## [Run special JQuery on select pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/run-special-jquery-on-select-pages/82463)
**Author:** [@RyanK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RyanK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/run-special-jquery-on-select-pages/82463 "2018-03-07T23:50:29Z")
We are interested in using meerkat jquery to pop certain banners on our site, but would want the ability to deploy very selectively. Ideally we could choose to run them on 1 or more of the following: Category page Tag… --- ## [Possible to prevent theme updates from replacing user customized assets?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-prevent-theme-updates-from-replacing-user-customized-assets/82469)
**Author:** [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-prevent-theme-updates-from-replacing-user-customized-assets/82469 "2018-03-08T01:29:38Z")
I’ve run into an interesting dilemma. It’s a little tricky to explain, so let me know if I need to clarify anything. My intention is have a hard-coded variable name (like $image-url) in the SCSS file that will point to … --- ## [Upgrading jQuery to version 3.3.1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-jquery-to-version-3-3-1/82477)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-jquery-to-version-3-3-1/82477 "2018-03-08T03:37:36Z")
I just upgraded jQuery from version 2.2.0 (2 years old) to 3.3.1. Officially this drops support in jQuery for IE 8 and below. In practice … well … jQuery have been slow nuking out old code. There is an extensive guide … --- ## [Best way to modify topics/show.html.erb](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-modify-topics-show-html-erb/82478)
**Author:** [@Magnetidog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Magnetidog)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-modify-topics-show-html-erb/82478 "2018-03-08T14:18:58Z")
We need to customize the topics/show.html.erb file to add some custom functionality. I have edited the template locally and all works fine, but I would like to know if there is a standard/preferred way to edit those file… --- ## [Discourse think it is still updating but its not](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-think-it-is-still-updating-but-its-not/82492)
**Author:** [@ZackFea](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ZackFea)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 10:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-think-it-is-still-updating-but-its-not/82492 "2018-03-08T10:07:47Z")
Hi, for some reason my server restarted during update a plugin using the webpage. Lucky my discourse is not broken. I did a ./launcher rebuild and everything looks fine. Expect the upgrade page: any idea how t… --- ## [Change username through API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-username-through-api/82500)
**Author:** [@Raphael\_Haase\_NL](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Raphael_Haase_NL)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-username-through-api/82500 "2023-05-17T16:44:28Z")
I would like to automatically change usernames through the API so they match the email address. Our community has the policy that the username must be firstname.infix.lastname for a user with the email address firstname… --- ## [Assign Nickname to slot, possible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-nickname-to-slot-possible/82506)
**Author:** [@Madin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Madin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-nickname-to-slot-possible/82506 "2018-03-08T13:34:33Z")
Hi. Im searching for solution for my problem. I Have forum on Discourse for my “Arma 3” game clan, and we have system for reserving game slot. Is it possible for do it automatically? Something like click on "Soldie… --- ## [ Help, do not send the email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-do-not-send-the-email/82515)
**Author:** [@Mecanicos\_Argentinos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mecanicos_Argentinos)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-do-not-send-the-email/82515 "2018-03-08T15:44:37Z")
Hello friends, good day. First I want to clarify that I do not speak or write English. I speak and write Spanish. That’s why I’m using the google translator. Know apologize. My experience is with shared hosting, use of… --- ## [Query of replies made by staff includes actions like opening and closing threads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-of-replies-made-by-staff-includes-actions-like-opening-and-closing-threads/82535)
**Author:** [@jerdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jerdog)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-of-replies-made-by-staff-includes-actions-like-opening-and-closing-threads/82535 "2018-03-26T14:38:55Z")
I am building queries for my community to be able to fulfill some metrics, and what I am seeing is something I can’t seem to get around. The following query essentially just pulls back all posts made by staff members dur… --- ## [After upgrade, unable to load categories.json with error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-upgrade-unable-to-load-categories-json-with-error/82540)
**Author:** [@Magnetidog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Magnetidog)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-upgrade-unable-to-load-categories-json-with-error/82540 "2018-03-08T21:43:28Z")
We upgraded to the latest Discourse build; no major plugin installed, other than the fact we have a subdirectory install. The error I am seeing in the logs is the following: failed to handle exception in exception app … --- ## [Site went down after taking backup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-went-down-after-taking-backup/82541)
**Author:** [@Gulshan\_Kumar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gulshan_Kumar)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-went-down-after-taking-backup/82541 "2018-03-08T20:15:29Z")
Hello, I took backup, now my site down. What may be possible reason? Cloudflare said - Connection timed out. So, I disabled Cloudflare. Now, Browser says - This site can’t be reached Thanks & Regards, Gulshan --- ## [Account suspended flash message not shown for Facebook login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/account-suspended-flash-message-not-shown-for-facebook-login/82542)
**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/account-suspended-flash-message-not-shown-for-facebook-login/82542 "2018-03-13T03:29:44Z")
I’ve tested this on try.discourse.org by creating a user with Facebook login, then suspending the user, then trying to login through Facebook. Login is unsuccessful, but there is no notice shown to the user to indicate w… --- ## [Post title is going on 2 lines after the update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-title-is-going-on-2-lines-after-the-update/82546)
**Author:** [@Jay91](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay91)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-title-is-going-on-2-lines-after-the-update/82546 "2018-03-09T16:51:00Z")
Hello friends, i notice that the post tittle is going on 2 lines after the update although still there is a space but as i said is going on 2 line, see the picture below: see the space in red but the tittle is not u… --- ## [Native audio player](https://meta.discourse.org/t/native-audio-player/82550)
**Author:** [@Timothy\_Vail](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timothy_Vail)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/native-audio-player/82550 "2022-04-06T05:51:58Z")
A Hello, I uploaded an mp3 after setting permissions for mp3 files, I put the link http://mysite/uploads/default/original/1X/abc123.mp3 but it didn’t onebox or turn into the player. I’ve tried --- ## [Changes introduced in postgresql 9.5.12 and 10.3 cause backup-related failures](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-introduced-in-postgresql-9-5-12-and-10-3-cause-backup-related-failures/82555)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-introduced-in-postgresql-9-5-12-and-10-3-cause-backup-related-failures/82555 "2018-05-01T01:48:26Z")
Today I’ve been investigating issues related to the new “Avoid use of insecure search\_path settings in pg\_dump and other client programs” behaviour introduced into postgresql 9.5.12 and postgresql 10.3. There’s a couple… --- ## [Need Discourse + Wordpress SEO Migration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-discourse-wordpress-seo-migration/82561)
**Author:** [@Harnek\_Gulati](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Harnek_Gulati)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-discourse-wordpress-seo-migration/82561 "2018-03-09T00:04:30Z")
What would you like done? I just need a simple Discourse + Wordpress plugin with The Manual Theme (Already bought). Just basic functionality is needed, I already have it all hosting, but I can’t get the Discourse and Wo… --- ## [Should replying cause full-width timeline to close?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-replying-cause-full-width-timeline-to-close/82566)
**Author:** [@Yuun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yuun)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-replying-cause-full-width-timeline-to-close/82566 "2018-03-09T00:26:22Z")
When you’re using the timeline this way, for reference: Currently if you hit Reply on a post (or Shift+R) the reply dialog comes up underneath the full width timeline, and isn’t visible until you click somewhere else… --- ## [Where can I view email logs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-can-i-view-email-logs/82571)
**Author:** [@jasondgray](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jasondgray)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2020, 7:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-can-i-view-email-logs/82571 "2020-12-14T07:31:22Z")
I have a discourse hosted install and I am wondering where I can view email logs to see when and to who emails are being sent? Couldn’t find another topic related to this. Thanks --- ## [How can change share link icon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-change-share-link-icon/82596)
**Author:** [@Hoang\_Nam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hoang_Nam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 10:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-change-share-link-icon/82596 "2018-05-18T10:59:06Z")
I want change share link icon to share icon facecbook? Thank all so much \<3 --- ## [Auth0 SSO endpoint will be deleted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auth0-sso-endpoint-will-be-deleted/82601)
**Author:** [@Krzysztof\_Daniel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Krzysztof_Daniel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auth0-sso-endpoint-will-be-deleted/82601 "2018-03-22T16:37:52Z")
As per Auth0 announcement, https://auth0.com/docs/migrations#active-migrations, the sso endpoint will be deprecated. Does it mean discourse will no longer work with auth0? --- ## [Apache took port 80 and caused Discourse not to start](https://meta.discourse.org/t/apache-took-port-80-and-caused-discourse-not-to-start/82610)
**Author:** [@mofosyne](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mofosyne)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/apache-took-port-80-and-caused-discourse-not-to-start/82610 "2018-03-11T13:10:24Z")
I’m still not sure what happened, but basically after updating today, I found my server went down. staff\_user action subject created\_at details context mofosyne custom\_staff 2018-03-08 23:12:34 UTC “from\_versio… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=820) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=822)