# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=879 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 880 --- ## [How to unmake topic personal message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-unmake-topic-personal-message/92622)
**Author:** [@John\_Waltrip1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/John_Waltrip1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-unmake-topic-personal-message/92622 "2018-07-18T13:52:55Z")
I accidentally made a topic a personal message and I can’t figure out how to undo that. Help! --- ## [Grouped reply notification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grouped-reply-notification/92630)
**Author:** [@tsk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tsk)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grouped-reply-notification/92630 "2022-10-01T21:10:50Z")
Greetings I’m having an issue with replies being grouped together in the notification tray from one thread, despite the replies being to different posts. When I click on the notification it goes to the first reply and … --- ## [Is the StackOverflow Enterprise/Teams software a better Q&A solution than Discourse with the Q&A plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-stackoverflow-enterprise-teams-software-a-better-q-a-solution-than-discourse-with-the-q-a-plugin/92649)
**Author:** [@SteveDunn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SteveDunn)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2019, 8:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-stackoverflow-enterprise-teams-software-a-better-q-a-solution-than-discourse-with-the-q-a-plugin/92649 "2019-07-25T08:11:26Z")
Let’s say we want an internal company-wide Q&A site. We could go with Stack Overflow Enterpriseor we could go with Discourse with the Q&A plugin. From what I’ve seen, SO has a major push towards not being a discussion… --- ## [Selectable avatars](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selectable-avatars/92656)
**Author:** [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selectable-avatars/92656 "2023-06-16T15:34:25Z")
Avatars are a big part of anyone’s online identity. Discourse already supports 3 options when it comes to avatars: based on the first letter of your username, your Gravatar or any images you want to upload. But what … --- ## [Overriding a Method in a controller](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overriding-a-method-in-a-controller/92657)
**Author:** [@Sanjay1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sanjay1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overriding-a-method-in-a-controller/92657 "2018-07-19T16:18:19Z")
Hi All, I am attempting in overriding the behaviour of a an action controller, to be precise, the TopicsController#latest, I want to add a custom field to it as part of the response. And in order to do that I have crea… --- ## [Request header field User-Api-Key is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Headers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-header-field-user-api-key-is-not-allowed-by-access-control-allow-headers/92662)
**Author:** [@davide.porrovecchio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davide.porrovecchio)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-header-field-user-api-key-is-not-allowed-by-access-control-allow-headers/92662 "2018-08-30T02:35:32Z")
I get this error message when trying to use User API key as described in User API keys specification. I think User-Api-Key and User-Api-Client-Id should be added to Access-Control-Allow-Headers header as defined in disc… --- ## [Question about behavior with SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-behavior-with-sso/92664)
**Author:** [@viethoang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/viethoang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-behavior-with-sso/92664 "2018-07-19T04:39:17Z")
Context: Our Discourse board is set up to use SSO with our application’s authentication, with registration disabled on the Discourse end. A user reported they reset their password on one machine. Used a different mach… --- ## [Account Spammer / Troll](https://meta.discourse.org/t/account-spammer-troll/92666)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/account-spammer-troll/92666 "2018-07-23T01:39:21Z")
Are there any easy ways that people can think of to stop an account troll in our forums. We are having a problem where a person keeps creating new accounts (using temporary/disposable email addresses) and creating nasty… --- ## [Understanding the development/deployment process](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-the-development-deployment-process/92669)
**Author:** [@Genyus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Genyus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-the-development-deployment-process/92669 "2018-07-18T20:07:36Z")
Hi all, Having decided that Discourse represents the best platform for a new community project I’m launching, I’ve been lurking in the forums for a few weeks now, trying to get my head around how it all hangs together. … --- ## [What is the default file?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-default-file/92670)
**Author:** [@Nathan\_Knauss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nathan_Knauss)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-default-file/92670 "2018-07-18T19:21:47Z")
Hi I was strolling for Forums today and found Vanilla however, I like Discourse better. I downloaded the Discourse source from GitHub but, when I upload it to Filezilla it brings me upto the site and shows me the directo… --- ## [Discourse can't reach hotmail/yahoo mailboxes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-cant-reach-hotmail-yahoo-mailboxes/92675)
**Author:** [@jfbourdeau](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jfbourdeau)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-cant-reach-hotmail-yahoo-mailboxes/92675 "2018-07-20T14:07:12Z")
Hello, I am sure some of you went trough the process. eMails generated by our discourse system, has problem reaching yahoo/hotmail Not even reaching the spam folder in some cases Beside DNS : SPF(for the domain sen… --- ## [Make Community Health Dashboard public](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-community-health-dashboard-public/92677)
**Author:** [@7Hills](https://meta.discourse.org/u/7Hills)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-community-health-dashboard-public/92677 "2021-01-10T17:59:03Z")
A question for the community. We are really excited about the activity our site is generating. Is it possible to publish the community health graphs on a publicly accessible page? I think people would love to see how the… --- ## [How to disable introduce yourself feature?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-introduce-yourself-feature/92693)
**Author:** [@ankur1857](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ankur1857)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2018, 9:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-introduce-yourself-feature/92693 "2018-07-19T09:28:51Z")
Is it possible to disable recently added Introduce Yourself feature? --- ## [Post stats anomaly due to migration?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-stats-anomaly-due-to-migration/92706)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-stats-anomaly-due-to-migration/92706 "2018-07-26T12:13:31Z")
Hi. I was surprised by this peak: There were no that much posts this day. The only thing that comes up in my mind is that I split a topic in order to merge it with an existing topic which already had 97 posts. I do… --- ## [Login redirects to homepage, shows no error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-redirects-to-homepage-shows-no-error/92728)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Sousa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daniel_Sousa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-redirects-to-homepage-shows-no-error/92728 "2018-07-20T16:21:19Z")
I have a Discourse instance running which had SSO turned on. I got locked out due to misconfiguration. Proceeded with changing a couple of settings: ./launcher enter app rails c SiteSetting.enable\_sso = false SiteSetti… --- ## [Select posts selector overlapping posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-posts-selector-overlapping-posts/92731)
**Author:** [@nawthor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nawthor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-posts-selector-overlapping-posts/92731 "2018-07-23T01:41:53Z")
The selectors from the “Select Posts…” option in the topic admin wrench overlap the last part of the first line of the post if it’s long enough. Example: The simple solution seems to me to be to move the selectors t… --- ## [Can you enable a plugin that integrates slack and discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-enable-a-plugin-that-integrates-slack-and-discourse/92734)
**Author:** [@communitygal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/communitygal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-enable-a-plugin-that-integrates-slack-and-discourse/92734 "2018-07-19T17:20:35Z")
I’m not saying I want to do this, but I’m wondering if it’s possible. Can you enable a plugin or something that integrates slack and discourse? So if a user posts on your slack channel, is there a way for those messages… --- ## [Improving the category list in the hamburger menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739)
**Author:** [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739 "2022-02-14T01:14:50Z")
Continuing the discussion from Proposing a left-aligned slide out hamburger menu. The category list in the hamburger menu probably isn’t the best way to navigate between categories. In cases where a community has a larg… --- ## [Every email should have a unique Message-ID](https://meta.discourse.org/t/every-email-should-have-a-unique-message-id/92746)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2022, 7:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/every-email-should-have-a-unique-message-id/92746 "2022-03-01T07:30:52Z")
Every single email that Discourse generates must have a unique Message-ID. The current IDs we generate are not unique - the same Message-ID will get used for every distinct email going out for a particular post (i.e. if… --- ## [Polling best practice](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polling-best-practice/92748)
**Author:** [@John\_Waltrip1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/John_Waltrip1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polling-best-practice/92748 "2018-07-29T22:52:49Z")
Let’s say you have a topic start to take off, and it becomes clear a poll would be a nice addition to the conversation. Do you: Start a new topic, referencing the original one which spurred the poll? Benefits here w… --- ## [Not recieving Discourse notifications on iOS and Android](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-recieving-discourse-notifications-on-ios-and-android/92751)
**Author:** [@jakevaz423](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jakevaz423)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-recieving-discourse-notifications-on-ios-and-android/92751 "2018-07-23T22:23:27Z")
Hello! I recently haven’t been receiving notifications from Discourse on my iPhone 8. When I asked the community I belong to, I found that many people - both iOS and Android users - are not recieving notifications on the… --- ## [Ability to Select Multiple Options on a Dropdown User Field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-select-multiple-options-on-a-dropdown-user-field/92752)
**Author:** [@ArMK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArMK)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-select-multiple-options-on-a-dropdown-user-field/92752 "2019-01-30T19:33:10Z")
I’m wondering if there is a way for users to be able to select multiple options from a custom dropdown list. For example, admin is able to create a custom user field as dropbdown list; however, currently a user is able t… --- ## [Search for users that have staff notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-for-users-that-have-staff-notes/92768)
**Author:** [@eatcodetravel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eatcodetravel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-for-users-that-have-staff-notes/92768 "2018-07-23T20:04:39Z")
Is it possible to get a list of users that have a staff note? It would be great for this show as a filter in the /admin/users Thanks! --- ## [Discourse Upgrade Failed With Ruby 2.4 or above required](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-upgrade-failed-with-ruby-2-4-or-above-required/92782)
**Author:** [@justme](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justme)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-upgrade-failed-with-ruby-2-4-or-above-required/92782 "2018-07-20T17:44:29Z")
I just tried upgrading our discourse forum and a little ways into the installation I got this error: I updated the the Ruby version in the docker container to Ruby 2.4.4 and set it to the default version using RVM, … --- ## [My site is completely down](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-site-is-completely-down/92786)
**Author:** [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-site-is-completely-down/92786 "2018-07-20T17:13:03Z")
Hi, my website just went down and I can’t even go into /safe-mode to see if it’s of a plugin. Here are the errors/results I got from shell. Please help! --- ## [Issue with Trust Levels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-trust-levels/92790)
**Author:** [@Garrick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Garrick)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-trust-levels/92790 "2020-05-28T21:23:53Z")
Ive kept a category private to TL3 and Ive had numerous people saying they cant view it but meet the requirements. I checked one and it under TL3 it shows he has all the requirements and says will be promoted soon. Why … --- ## [Regularly move a topic to the top](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regularly-move-a-topic-to-the-top/92799)
**Author:** [@Val](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Val)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regularly-move-a-topic-to-the-top/92799 "2018-07-20T15:26:55Z")
Hello! How is it possible to regularly move a topic to the top (of all topics - meaning category-wide). I mean I can pin a topic (in a category and on a “global” level), but what do I do, if I want to have a topic let’s… --- ## [Filter out Discobot in engagement metrics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-out-discobot-in-engagement-metrics/92800)
**Author:** [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 9:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-out-discobot-in-engagement-metrics/92800 "2018-07-24T09:27:57Z")
The new dashboard (which is nice!) contains a metric of user-to-user messages. These seem to include the messages that Discobot sends and that makes it fairly useless as a metric (since in small communities, new signups … --- ## [Badge grant job frequency, configurable?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-grant-job-frequency-configurable/92803)
**Author:** [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-grant-job-frequency-configurable/92803 "2018-07-24T09:45:29Z")
The BadgeGrant job runs once per day, it would be great if we can up this a bit. While I understand that for some large communities, this is a job best left during the off-season (e.g. 3am or so). I however, run a small… --- ## [Running commands inside discourse container?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-commands-inside-discourse-container/92811)
**Author:** [@ryanerwin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryanerwin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2018, 11:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-commands-inside-discourse-container/92811 "2018-07-22T11:25:32Z")
I would like to script discourse restore... but I don’t understand how to easily pass commands from the host to the discourse docker container. I tried: sudo docker run local\_discourse/app discourse enable\_restore but … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=878) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=880)