# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=829 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 830 --- ## [Links on separate lines end up on the same line](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-on-separate-lines-end-up-on-the-same-line/83911)
**Author:** [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-on-separate-lines-end-up-on-the-same-line/83911 "2018-04-11T19:35:53Z")
A bug impacting the saved searches plugin: I think this is caused by links in secured categories which won’t be oneboxed. The preview pane shows the desired output, but they end up on one line in the final cooked pos… --- ## [Links to posts/topics aren't populating in Slack](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-posts-topics-arent-populating-in-slack/83913)
**Author:** [@jerdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jerdog)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-posts-topics-arent-populating-in-slack/83913 "2018-03-26T23:48:40Z")
So whenever I post a link to our site (community.auth0.com) it doesn’t auto-expand/summarize like it does for other Discourse sites. Is there anything I should be checking? --- ## [How to change default Discourse theme via CLI?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-default-discourse-theme-via-cli/83920)
**Author:** [@vchrizz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vchrizz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-default-discourse-theme-via-cli/83920 "2019-03-04T11:45:59Z")
just upgraded discourse from 2.0.0.beta4 to 2.0.0.beta5 and now the page does not load. browser console gives some error about my slick gallery component which i have set as default theme. now i tried to access /admin/… --- ## [Destructive actions, like deleting a post, should include a prompt when using the keyboard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/destructive-actions-like-deleting-a-post-should-include-a-prompt-when-using-the-keyboard/83926)
**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/destructive-actions-like-deleting-a-post-should-include-a-prompt-when-using-the-keyboard/83926 "2018-03-27T04:03:58Z")
I just became very confused, because I inadvertently deleted a topic by pressing d without the editor focussed. I would suggest that destructive or dangerous actions should always include an “are you sure?” prompt, even… --- ## [Topic Stopwatch](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-stopwatch/83939)
**Author:** [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-stopwatch/83939 "2019-06-05T19:35:49Z")
Installing this theme component will add a stopwatch to the top of a topic. A tag specified in the theme settings will establish which topics the stopwatch will appear. Example: Settings There are three settings. You… --- ## [Topics of suppressed categories still appear in homepage (Categories + recent topics)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-of-suppressed-categories-still-appear-in-homepage-categories-recent-topics/83940)
**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-of-suppressed-categories-still-appear-in-homepage-categories-recent-topics/83940 "2018-04-24T18:02:36Z")
This is a strange glitch with a high impact. Set category page style to “Categories and recent topics” Set the homepage to show the categories page EXPECTED No topics from the suppressed category appear in the homepa… --- ## [Display google search box on private instance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-google-search-box-on-private-instance/83947)
**Author:** [@pyo0723](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pyo0723)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-google-search-box-on-private-instance/83947 "2018-03-27T12:33:28Z")
When a search returns no results, there’s a suggestion to try a Google search. But our discourse not display the search box and google button. Why not display the search box and button? Is there a way to display the s… --- ## [Is there an event for topic load?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-event-for-topic-load/83955)
**Author:** [@jordan1909](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan1909)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-event-for-topic-load/83955 "2018-03-27T12:57:59Z")
I need to track if a topic was loaded to override the visibility. Is there an event similar to Discourse.on(:topic\_created) that would allow me to see when a topic is requested? --- ## [Editing a topic to add a Poll crashes Discourse!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-topic-to-add-a-poll-crashes-discourse/83961)
**Author:** [@Yassine\_Yousfi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yassine_Yousfi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-topic-to-add-a-poll-crashes-discourse/83961 "2018-03-31T16:30:19Z")
So it goes like this: User A: Creates an ordinary topic. Admin: Comes in to edit the topic by adding a Poll object to it. Discourse: Freezes for ever, immediately after adding the poll. Chrome: Eats all the m… --- ## [How can I email all recently active users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-email-all-recently-active-users/83963)
**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-email-all-recently-active-users/83963 "2018-03-27T23:49:09Z")
Hey guys, I’d like to be able to email all recently active users of my site in order to warn them of outages for upgrades and let them know when the site is down and back up. So: Is there any way to send a broadcast … --- ## [Always use %{count} variable when translating pluralized strings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/always-use-count-variable-when-translating-pluralized-strings/83969)
**Author:** [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/always-use-count-variable-when-translating-pluralized-strings/83969 "2019-05-20T22:25:50Z")
Some languages use the “zero” and/or “one” key for more than the values 0 and 1. Please use the correct variable (like %{count}) if you are translating one of those languages. The actual value will be truncated to the st… --- ## [Suggestion: Combining short post into one larger post automatically if from same author](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-combining-short-post-into-one-larger-post-automatically-if-from-same-author/83972)
**Author:** [@mofosyne](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mofosyne)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-combining-short-post-into-one-larger-post-automatically-if-from-same-author/83972 "2018-03-27T15:10:34Z")
Take this post as an example https://discuss.pirateparty.org.au/t/should-there-be-a-limit-on-the-number-of-children-one-person-can-have/1914/43 You can see he makes two smaller post in quick succession. Ideally the orig… --- ## [The number of censored/blocked words is not shown correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-number-of-censored-blocked-words-is-not-shown-correctly/83975)
**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-number-of-censored-blocked-words-is-not-shown-correctly/83975 "2018-03-27T21:28:41Z")
I should see this instead: but if I enable the “show words” setting I see the correct result: To see the correct behavior, I must first click on another tab (for example Block) and then return to the tab I want… --- ## [Moved posts to existing topic - dates out of order](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moved-posts-to-existing-topic-dates-out-of-order/83980)
**Author:** [@jasondgray](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jasondgray)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moved-posts-to-existing-topic-dates-out-of-order/83980 "2023-11-06T21:08:58Z")
Not sure if this is the correct behaviour, but when moving posts to an existing topic do the posts “blend” together by date or do all the posts that are “merged in” appear at the bottom and dates are ignored. I moved po… --- ## [Trying to figure out Page Views queries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-figure-out-page-views-queries/83986)
**Author:** [@jerdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jerdog)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-figure-out-page-views-queries/83986 "2018-03-27T21:09:49Z")
So I’m reviewing the page views, and trying to identify queries for “Content Views” vs “User Visits” so I can gather some metrics around those 2, and the only thing I can figure out is using the application\_requests tabl… --- ## [Pre-launch checklist after migrating from another platform](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-launch-checklist-after-migrating-from-another-platform/83996)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-launch-checklist-after-migrating-from-another-platform/83996 "2018-04-02T19:11:53Z")
:memo: We’ve now created a more in-depth checklist: Pre-launch Checklist for Discourse Migrations Here are some things to check before you launch your new Discourse community if you’ve recently migrated to Discourse f… --- ## [A translation be missing for Shared Drafts!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-translation-be-missing-for-shared-drafts/83998)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-translation-be-missing-for-shared-drafts/83998 "2018-03-28T13:15:23Z")
Continuing the discussion from Shared Drafts: Allow staff to collaborate on posts before publishing: We’re missing the staff action translation key here: --- ## [Our discourse Images are not lightboxed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-discourse-images-are-not-lightboxed/84004)
**Author:** [@pyo0723](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pyo0723)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-discourse-images-are-not-lightboxed/84004 "2020-07-28T07:07:59Z")
Could someone help me to get the image lightboxing working. I uploaded a image. image resolution is 1772 x 2362. But Images are without thumbnails and without lightboxes. I checked create thumbnails option. Settin… --- ## [Custom BBCode Help/Advice](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-bbcode-help-advice/84005)
**Author:** [@Ellibereth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ellibereth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-bbcode-help-advice/84005 "2018-04-04T05:04:24Z")
UPDATE: Figured it out! I’m trying to make make a plugin that makes a custom bbcode that maps \[vote\]name\[/vote\] to \\\VOTE:name\\\ I’ve been reading the stuff in this topic a… --- ## [API upload via url inconsistent results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-upload-via-url-inconsistent-results/84016)
**Author:** [@michael.smith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michael.smith)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-upload-via-url-inconsistent-results/84016 "2018-04-03T23:49:45Z")
Hi All, Looking for some insight into this one. I am trying to get uploads to work via API and I keep getting the error {"errors"=\>\["Sorry, you must provide a file to upload."\]} This happens when I try to upload a ge… --- ## [HTTPS refused to connect at a direct IP address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-refused-to-connect-at-a-direct-ip-address/84017)
**Author:** [@trangchongcheng](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trangchongcheng)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-refused-to-connect-at-a-direct-ip-address/84017 "2018-03-28T06:30:19Z")
Today, i created 2 VPS on DigitalOcean. I using for install Discourse. But it only working with http When i setup https for Discourse then refused to connect error. I try on two VPS both are faulty. I had use the… --- ## [Translation missing in english locale?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-missing-in-english-locale/84019)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-missing-in-english-locale/84019 "2018-10-01T15:48:23Z")
I made some minor changes to the body (not the subject) of the invite mailer template (admin/customize/email\_templates/invite\_mailer) and saved them. Then I clicked on “revert changes”. Now the subject line of the templa… --- ## [Trash icon to discard an edit doesn't seem quite right](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trash-icon-to-discard-an-edit-doesnt-seem-quite-right/84034)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trash-icon-to-discard-an-edit-doesnt-seem-quite-right/84034 "2018-03-29T00:49:05Z")
I like the new trash icon for discarding a new topic or new post. But it doesn’t feel like quite the right fit when discarding an edit, as it makes it seem like they post may be deleted. Maybe in the edit scenario i… --- ## ["Maximum number of likes per day reached" should be something other than a modal dialog box](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maximum-number-of-likes-per-day-reached-should-be-something-other-than-a-modal-dialog-box/84040)
**Author:** [@uwe\_keim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uwe_keim)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maximum-number-of-likes-per-day-reached-should-be-something-other-than-a-modal-dialog-box/84040 "2018-03-29T22:00:17Z")
Today I newly registered an account on a Discourse-based forum. They allow only three likes per day (probably because of me being a new member). Every now and then I accidentially click the (still clickable) Like button… --- ## [Topic approval audit log](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-approval-audit-log/84059)
**Author:** [@jordan1909](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan1909)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-approval-audit-log/84059 "2018-03-28T19:16:38Z")
Is there anywhere I can find a log of who approved what topics? I don’t see this anywhere. Seems like this was asked a bit ago: https://meta.discourse.org/t/log-of-post-approval-from-the-moderation-queue/36344 Any inp… --- ## [What would it take to replace Facebook with Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-would-it-take-to-replace-facebook-with-discourse/84060)
**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-would-it-take-to-replace-facebook-with-discourse/84060 "2021-09-28T01:54:58Z")
I’m genuinely looking to dump Facebook and I’m sure I’m not alone (!!!) Discourse is clearly a great much better alternative to Facebook & Yahoo Groups. (and others) But how about modifying it to support befriending an… --- ## [Avatars invisible after last update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatars-invisible-after-last-update/84062)
**Author:** [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatars-invisible-after-last-update/84062 "2018-03-28T20:48:13Z")
\[v2.0.0.beta5 +63\] Avatars occasionally don’t show up. --- ## [Plugin using plugin-outlet only for homepage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-using-plugin-outlet-only-for-homepage/84063)
**Author:** [@adam\_CallRail](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adam_CallRail)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-using-plugin-outlet-only-for-homepage/84063 "2018-03-28T19:58:59Z")
I am developing a plugin for our community forum. I followed the tutorials on here and have gotten pretty far. The main issue is that we really only want these added sections to show up for the homepage or index route.… --- ## [The \`allow\_duplicate\_topic\_titles\` option is ignored for «on hold» topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-allow-duplicate-topic-titles-option-is-ignored-for-on-hold-topics/84065)
**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-allow-duplicate-topic-titles-option-is-ignored-for-on-hold-topics/84065 "2018-03-29T02:10:21Z")
The topics in my example was initially «on hold» and approved by a moderator: --- ## [Column misalignment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/column-misalignment/84066)
**Author:** [@usulrasolas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/usulrasolas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/column-misalignment/84066 "2018-03-28T23:02:28Z")
Well I thought it was related to the avatars breaking but it appears not to be. Here is what I’m seeing currently (have avatars back but same misalignment. It happened with same upgrade and I haven’t seen other repor… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=828) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=830)