# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=896 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 897 --- ## [Using Cloudflare, should the Name Server use Cloudflare settings, or stick with the host servers settings?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-cloudflare-should-the-name-server-use-cloudflare-settings-or-stick-with-the-host-servers-settings/96154)
**Author:** [@Andy02](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy02)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-cloudflare-should-the-name-server-use-cloudflare-settings-or-stick-with-the-host-servers-settings/96154 "2018-09-01T22:58:15Z")
Hi, i have our site spread out across three servers, with Discourse on its own server. Right now the name server on the server hosting Discourse is set to use the default values (ns1.digitalocean.com, ns2, etc). As the … --- ## [Why Do Some Blog Posts in Discourse Have A Preview?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-some-blog-posts-in-discourse-have-a-preview/96158)
**Author:** [@Scot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Scot)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-some-blog-posts-in-discourse-have-a-preview/96158 "2019-10-22T15:09:45Z")
I am not sure if this is a Wordpress question or a Discourse questions but hopefully someone here will be bale to help me out. On my Discourse site - If I post a link like this one: “https://www.pollstar.com/article/pau… --- ## [Working on first plugin; does not work. Using the pirate-speak plugin as a base](https://meta.discourse.org/t/working-on-first-plugin-does-not-work-using-the-pirate-speak-plugin-as-a-base/96171)
**Author:** [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/working-on-first-plugin-does-not-work-using-the-pirate-speak-plugin-as-a-base/96171 "2018-09-02T23:45:02Z")
Here is the repository for it. My wife tried using it to no avail. It does not convert the text to an image. Either that, or this plugin I based it off from cannot change some text e.g. \[m08\] (meaning, major arcana nu… --- ## [Poll closing time is shown to user in server time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-closing-time-is-shown-to-user-in-server-time/96173)
**Author:** [@rizka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rizka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-closing-time-is-shown-to-user-in-server-time/96173 "2018-11-19T13:53:15Z")
poll Now bring your cursor over the text on the bottom right which tells when the poll closes. It shows you that the exact time of closure is 1 pm. No matter where you are and what the local time of your device is. It ca… --- ## [Discourse only working on my "www" A DNS record](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-only-working-on-my-www-a-dns-record/96179)
**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-only-working-on-my-www-a-dns-record/96179 "2018-09-02T07:04:16Z")
I’ve got discourse up and running on a DigitalOcean droplet. I’ve set my “A” DNS records as follows for www.community.jewelbound.com this redirect is working properly! I have also set up community.jewelbound.com as… --- ## [Byebug behaving miserably due to multiple unicorn workers in dev](https://meta.discourse.org/t/byebug-behaving-miserably-due-to-multiple-unicorn-workers-in-dev/96184)
**Author:** [@gdpelican](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gdpelican)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/byebug-behaving-miserably-due-to-multiple-unicorn-workers-in-dev/96184 "2018-09-03T01:12:57Z")
Hello, I’ve just had a miserable time using byebug within Discourse, due to the default worker\_processes being set to 3 in unicorn.conf.rb. If multiple web workers get stopped by byebug at the same time (for example, y… --- ## [Installing on Nodechef](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-on-nodechef/96191)
**Author:** [@Sridhar\_Katakam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sridhar_Katakam)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-on-nodechef/96191 "2018-09-02T15:17:47Z")
Hello, I have just installed Discourse on Nodechef but am having trouble getting it to work. I sent the following in a ticket to them but thought I may get quicker help here. This is the installation URL: http://forum-… --- ## [How to create a post clicking a link?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-post-clicking-a-link/96197)
**Author:** [@Jean-Michel25](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jean-Michel25)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-post-clicking-a-link/96197 "2018-09-02T12:45:30Z")
Hellow Is it possible to create a post clicking on external link ? From my parent site, i need to display a link which open a new discourse post. Args in link’s URL could give to discourse the subject and the category… --- ## [If I Change Name Of Discobot, It Will Still Function?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-i-change-name-of-discobot-it-will-still-function/96213)
**Author:** [@TimothyDonaghue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TimothyDonaghue)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-i-change-name-of-discobot-it-will-still-function/96213 "2018-09-02T17:55:48Z")
If I revise username and name of discobot, it will not disrupt any functionality, right? — Besides past threads where people said “discobot” and received a reply will seem obsolete. --- ## [Keeping user deletion in sync with SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keeping-user-deletion-in-sync-with-sso/96233)
**Author:** [@Sridhar\_Katakam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sridhar_Katakam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keeping-user-deletion-in-sync-with-sso/96233 "2018-09-04T16:53:05Z")
I am new to Discourse so please excuse me if I am missing something basic.. I’ve installed and set up the WP Discourse plugin with WordPress acting as SSO source. I see that when a new user logs into the WordPress site… --- ## [Demoting users whom are not active](https://meta.discourse.org/t/demoting-users-whom-are-not-active/96238)
**Author:** [@rebel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rebel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/demoting-users-whom-are-not-active/96238 "2018-09-11T17:32:28Z")
Hi everyone, I run a private invite-only discourse server. Thanks to the simple installation etc I have been able to keep it live since 2016 (apart from one broken issue when upgrading the docker). Is it possible to ki… --- ## [Custom account (and notification?) system without emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-account-and-notification-system-without-emails/96240)
**Author:** [@Miclebrick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Miclebrick)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-account-and-notification-system-without-emails/96240 "2018-09-06T01:40:18Z")
I’m using Discourse for my Minecraft server’s forums. I was going to make my own forum but didn’t have the time and it of course wouldn’t be as good. I do like my authentication scheme, though: Register online, verify in… --- ## [Discourse unavailable with high load average](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-unavailable-with-high-load-average/96246)
**Author:** [@JohnDoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnDoux)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 5:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-unavailable-with-high-load-average/96246 "2018-09-05T05:59:58Z")
Hello everyone, I have been running an instance of Discourse for the last 2 years with Digital Ocean without any problem but since the last 2 weeks, it became very slow or unavailable most of the time. I have upgraded … --- ## [UserVoice vs Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uservoice-vs-discourse/96256)
**Author:** [@Kyle\_Risi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kyle_Risi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uservoice-vs-discourse/96256 "2018-10-04T06:35:28Z")
Hi Guys, We currently make user of UserVoice as our primary tool for gathering feedback and ideas directly from our customer in order to better understand how to develop our software forward for ours users. I am trying… --- ## [Problem with sending notification when message contains HTML/code and a lot of escaping](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-sending-notification-when-message-contains-html-code-and-a-lot-of-escaping/96260)
**Author:** [@mkpankov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mkpankov)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-sending-notification-when-message-contains-html-code-and-a-lot-of-escaping/96260 "2018-10-10T19:36:08Z")
I’ve got this error: { "error\_key": null, "message": { "chat\_id": "@rustycrate", "text": "\Chikirev Sirguy @cheblin\ posted in \ **Author:** [@TeoWneD](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TeoWneD)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 8:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-maybe-specific-issue/96263 "2018-09-04T08:31:40Z") Hi, i’ve succesfully installed discourse on my team’s website. And i’m now trying to remove the login/pssd of discourse and use the login/pssd of my team’s website. Which as i understood it, is called SSO. So i’ve tryed… --- ## [Alt+D tries to delete a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alt-d-tries-to-delete-a-post/96265)
**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alt-d-tries-to-delete-a-post/96265 "2018-09-04T05:55:12Z")
Using alt+d (go to address bar in Firefox) on a post when the post itself is active will also trigger a delete. Can I disable this somehow? --- ## [Cookie Based Authentication in discourse via Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cookie-based-authentication-in-discourse-via-plugin/96266)
**Author:** [@praveendhinwa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/praveendhinwa)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 7:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cookie-based-authentication-in-discourse-via-plugin/96266 "2018-09-05T07:47:07Z")
Hi All, I am trying to use cookie-based authentication in discourse (session is being controlled by parent domain). Here, I am making an API call to the parent website backend to find the user from the session cookie. T… --- ## [/directory\_items.json API returns wrong link for next page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/directory-items-json-api-returns-wrong-link-for-next-page/96268)
**Author:** [@cebe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cebe)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/directory-items-json-api-returns-wrong-link-for-next-page/96268 "2018-09-05T14:30:05Z")
I am trying to get post counts from the discourse API via the /directory\_items.json endpoint. The API returns a URL for retrieving the next page of items, however the URL I see is /directory\_items?order=post\_count&page=… --- ## [What do you use to make animated/gif instructions?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-you-use-to-make-animated-gif-instructions/96276)
**Author:** [@jameshahnii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jameshahnii)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-you-use-to-make-animated-gif-instructions/96276 "2018-09-04T13:33:36Z")
Not sure I’m using the right terms here, but documentation is going to be key to adoption for my community. Need to be able to include instructions that tell and show. What do y’all use to make those kind of images and s… --- ## [My forum in a samsung cellphone looks to big](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-in-a-samsung-cellphone-looks-to-big/96292)
**Author:** [@Francois\_Douville](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Francois_Douville)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-in-a-samsung-cellphone-looks-to-big/96292 "2018-09-03T23:17:21Z")
There is a member of my community that sent me this picture of what she sees in her samsung cellphone. It’s way too big. Why is it like that? Thanks! --- ## [Bar & Line Chart Widgets in a Topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bar-line-chart-widgets-in-a-topic/96300)
**Author:** [@keith1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/keith1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bar-line-chart-widgets-in-a-topic/96300 "2021-04-26T01:31:58Z")
I’m curious if there’s anyway to support a bar chart (or any of the other standard charts) directly within a topic? Or if there’s a resource online anywhere that I’m not aware of to create these and have them embed nic… --- ## [Requiring parent tag does not effectively prevent users from adding tag without parent tag present](https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-parent-tag-does-not-effectively-prevent-users-from-adding-tag-without-parent-tag-present/96309)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2018, 8:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-parent-tag-does-not-effectively-prevent-users-from-adding-tag-without-parent-tag-present/96309 "2018-09-20T08:14:34Z")
Sorry, I have to recategorize this as a UX issue. I noticed that the tag group to which the filters tag belongs (mistakenly) required a parent tag in order to be used. So the behavious I describe below is not a bug but I… --- ## [Adding code to registration page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-code-to-registration-page/96312)
**Author:** [@mfeco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mfeco)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-code-to-registration-page/96312 "2018-09-04T11:21:25Z")
What would you like done? I would like to add some conversion tracking code on a forum page that the user will only ever open once. Like the registration page where they choose their user name and password. When do you… --- ## [The photo display](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-photo-display/96318)
**Author:** [@Daria](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daria)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-photo-display/96318 "2018-09-04T12:16:36Z")
Hi there, I wanted to ask why there is a blue circle around this photo? We haven’t set anything, and this circle is showed only in this one questions, in other places it looks normal. Any ideas? --- ## [Tag Intersection: issue when second tag doesn't exist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-intersection-issue-when-second-tag-doesnt-exist/96323)
**Author:** [@jack2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jack2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-intersection-issue-when-second-tag-doesnt-exist/96323 "2018-09-04T13:22:27Z")
In a tag url, providing a non-existent tag leads to the route-not-found page (“Oops! That page doesn’t exist or is private.”) In a tag intersection url: Case 1: if the first tag doesn’t exist, you get the route-not-fo… --- ## [LTR text is displayed wrong in an RTL interface and vice versa](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ltr-text-is-displayed-wrong-in-an-rtl-interface-and-vice-versa/96330)
**Author:** [@guysoft](https://meta.discourse.org/u/guysoft)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ltr-text-is-displayed-wrong-in-an-rtl-interface-and-vice-versa/96330 "2023-06-16T19:48:49Z")
Hey, So the issue is that user interface language should not effect how language is displayed. If you are reading a thread for example in English, but in a RTL language, the English should be aligned to the left, regar… --- ## [How to hide placeholder from message composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-hide-placeholder-from-message-composer/96346)
**Author:** [@gumboy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gumboy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-hide-placeholder-from-message-composer/96346 "2018-09-05T18:38:52Z")
Hello, I changed the placeholder text from admin-customize-text content. I change the text of placeholder (In composer) to guide my user to post nice content. But that same placeholder text showing in all composer like … --- ## [Mysterious Google Cloud project](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mysterious-google-cloud-project/96347)
**Author:** [@rlauriston](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rlauriston)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mysterious-google-cloud-project/96347 "2018-09-04T19:24:12Z")
This morning I opened a Google Cloud account and was surprised to find that it already contained a Google Cloud project with the name of my hosted Discourse site foodtalkcentral. Would that be something Discourse create… --- ## [Images not displaying due to CDN?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-not-displaying-due-to-cdn/96348)
**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-not-displaying-due-to-cdn/96348 "2021-04-25T17:29:30Z")
I have an odd problem that popped up today, all images are not displaying: and in the lightbox: Everything has been working perfectly for weeks and it stopped this morning. I have had a few users report this same … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=895) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=897)