# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=951 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 952 --- ## [Topic timer notification icon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-notification-icon/107304)
**Author:** [@Loki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Loki)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-notification-icon/107304 "2019-01-24T15:09:37Z")
On our site, the notification icon for a user topic timer (“remind me”) is . A better icon, I think, would be a clock symbol. Is there a way to change that in admin? --- ## [Can we close the gap at the bottom of a Topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-close-the-gap-at-the-bottom-of-a-topic/107313)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-close-the-gap-at-the-bottom-of-a-topic/107313 "2019-01-23T18:13:37Z")
This gap is playing havoc with my OCD :blush: Can we close it up a bit? Discourse v2.2.0.beta9+40 --- ## [Discourse as knowledge base for a chat bot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-knowledge-base-for-a-chat-bot/107321)
**Author:** [@Abhijith\_Arkalgud](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Abhijith_Arkalgud)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 10:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-knowledge-base-for-a-chat-bot/107321 "2019-01-29T10:02:33Z")
I am interested to host a chat bot that can use discourse content as a knowledge base to respond to forum user queries. Example: My Discourse is say about Food and Categories are cuisines, topics are recipes. Q: What i… --- ## [Admin Trouble Creating a Category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-trouble-creating-a-category/107325)
**Author:** [@Skye\_Cornell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Skye_Cornell)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-trouble-creating-a-category/107325 "2019-01-23T19:47:29Z")
I recently created a discourse forum and am an admin on that forum. The only option I see is to add “topics.” I’ve watched several videos and read help posts in this community which point out a little menu icon next to … --- ## [Discourse Import Failed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-import-failed/107348)
**Author:** [@tisawyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tisawyer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-import-failed/107348 "2019-01-25T16:19:13Z")
An import to discourse failed with the message below. I’ve been successfully importing a two mbox files for weeks now. This was the first import attempt since updating to 2.2.0.beta9. root@discourse-import:/var/www/disc… --- ## [What is the Global Notice useful for?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-global-notice-useful-for/107355)
**Author:** [@Nichalas\_Petranek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nichalas_Petranek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-global-notice-useful-for/107355 "2019-01-24T04:19:33Z")
Continuing the discussion from Global notice, where do I find that: While I was reading through the forum, I came across the topic linked above. That got me curious… what are some specific use cases for an URGENT, EMERG… --- ## [Keep OP's icon in "latest" view on home](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-ops-icon-in-latest-view-on-home/107360)
**Author:** [@raykholo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/raykholo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 7:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-ops-icon-in-latest-view-on-home/107360 "2019-01-24T07:00:27Z")
Hi Everyone, I haven’t been able to find this exact question in my searches. In my forum, I have the split 2 column homepage with category and latest sections. Under latest, the preview icon (the thing that is current… --- ## [Consolidated English glossary for translators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consolidated-english-glossary-for-translators/107371)
**Author:** [@Benjol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjol)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consolidated-english-glossary-for-translators/107371 "2023-04-10T04:04:19Z")
Transifex provides a glossary function per language, but what we are missing is a glossary which gives the context for the English terms. Sometimes you can use the tags in Transifex to work out where a given text is actu… --- ## [How to handle Discourse SSO when the authentication site allows users to change emails?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-handle-discourse-sso-when-the-authentication-site-allows-users-to-change-emails/107374)
**Author:** [@jp9](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jp9)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-handle-discourse-sso-when-the-authentication-site-allows-users-to-change-emails/107374 "2019-08-12T23:35:15Z")
We use a Discourse SSO flow that we have implemented based on this guide: Setup DiscourseConnect - Official Single-Sign-On for Discourse (sso) It has worked well for us. But now we want to allow users in our system to c… --- ## [Admin log filter shows filters for logs that users potentially have no access to](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-log-filter-shows-filters-for-logs-that-users-potentially-have-no-access-to/107380)
**Author:** [@sau226](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sau226)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-log-filter-shows-filters-for-logs-that-users-potentially-have-no-access-to/107380 "2019-01-29T17:41:22Z")
If I log in as a moderator on my sandbox (not publicly accessible) I can see options for filtering the log to only include specified actions. For example I can set a log filter to show site setting changes that I can not… --- ## [Dev Environment: Missing port leads to broken images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dev-environment-missing-port-leads-to-broken-images/107388)
**Author:** [@kleinfreund](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kleinfreund)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dev-environment-missing-port-leads-to-broken-images/107388 "2019-07-28T22:46:42Z")
I configured a logo in the site settings, but the logo’s URL is missing the default port, i.e. the logo URL looks like this http://localhost/uploads/… rather than http://localhost:3000/uploads/…. I’m starting the develo… --- ## [The badge boxes are going crazy!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-badge-boxes-are-going-crazy/107395)
**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-badge-boxes-are-going-crazy/107395 "2019-01-24T13:05:28Z")
Continuing the discussion from Make the badge boxes for user card larger \[mobile\]: Now the badge boxes have different sizes causing the lengths to vary as seen here: Can someone fix this? Thanks. --- ## [(New User) Pb Display Category/posts between desktop/mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-pb-display-category-posts-between-desktop-mobile/107402)
**Author:** [@yoann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yoann)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-pb-display-category-posts-between-desktop-mobile/107402 "2019-02-02T04:13:13Z")
Hello community! I have been banging my head on a problem. Here is what i want to do: I have a welcome category which contains 5 “getting started posts”, and i want either to have none of them displayed on the main pag… --- ## [Find user by his email!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-user-by-his-email/107409)
**Author:** [@Discoursecurious](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discoursecurious)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-user-by-his-email/107409 "2019-01-24T12:50:08Z")
I have a user not receiving emails according to mailgun log! Tried to email him directly, but delivery failed. I would like to warn him and have him use a valid email, how can i find which user is using that email? th… --- ## [Security tab only showing admin logins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-tab-only-showing-admin-logins/107413)
**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-tab-only-showing-admin-logins/107413 "2019-01-25T09:55:14Z")
The security tab on the dashboard only shows admin users, not moderators. According to the report description, it should list all staff logins. --- ## [Toggle to hide crawlers from Consolidated Pageviews](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-to-hide-crawlers-from-consolidated-pageviews/107419)
**Author:** [@fhe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fhe)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-to-hide-crawlers-from-consolidated-pageviews/107419 "2019-02-13T11:36:00Z")
First of all, I love the new consolidated pageviews graph that is displayed on the dashboard starting with 2.2.0.beta9! I see even more room for improvement here, maybe it’s something specific to my community, but the cr… --- ## [Query on the database to find email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-on-the-database-to-find-email/107420)
**Author:** [@Gael\_Koch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gael_Koch)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-on-the-database-to-find-email/107420 "2019-01-24T15:07:24Z")
Hi, I want to create a query with the data explorer plugin to find all the email addresses of the users. I tried to create a query on the “users” table but it’s not stored there. I tried to find it on internet but coul… --- ## [Link to user's preference page (from admin view) returns 404](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-users-preference-page-from-admin-view-returns-404/107424)
**Author:** [@alxpck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alxpck)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-users-preference-page-from-admin-view-returns-404/107424 "2019-01-24T16:35:17Z")
Hi, We just noticed this bug across a few different sites we run. When you’re in the admin view and click on the “Visit this user’s preferences page to edit their profile” link it returns a 404 error. Here’s are so… --- ## [Backups are duplicating and not respecting number to keep on disk](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-are-duplicating-and-not-respecting-number-to-keep-on-disk/107427)
**Author:** [@clay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clay)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-are-duplicating-and-not-respecting-number-to-keep-on-disk/107427 "2019-02-14T01:14:09Z")
@Wingtip Our Discourse instance recently has started to misbehave with regards to backups. Among other things, it’s taking backups twice a day when it is set to take them every other day and it is not respecting the set… --- ## [IDE and comfortable DEV environment for newbies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ide-and-comfortable-dev-environment-for-newbies/107439)
**Author:** [@neutralTTY](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neutralTTY)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ide-and-comfortable-dev-environment-for-newbies/107439 "2019-01-28T17:22:18Z")
Hello, I am new there! I am very interested on studiyng Discourse and how to develop my own code for it but I have a small issue: I am very newbie I don’t develop since 15 years ago, and when i did it was with PHP (not… --- ## [Plugin Idea: periodic email-digest, summarizing activity in all tracked categories, tags, and threads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-idea-periodic-email-digest-summarizing-activity-in-all-tracked-categories-tags-and-threads/107442)
**Author:** [@Curtis\_Kephart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Curtis_Kephart)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-idea-periodic-email-digest-summarizing-activity-in-all-tracked-categories-tags-and-threads/107442 "2019-01-25T06:09:15Z")
Ahoy all, curious if you might offer feedback on the following. Perhaps you have a good solution to this problem already? If the idea has traction, I’d love feedback and may support an open source plugin. I am involved… --- ## [Topic list sorting not applied on refresh for tags pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-sorting-not-applied-on-refresh-for-tags-pages/107449)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-sorting-not-applied-on-refresh-for-tags-pages/107449 "2019-01-25T15:48:54Z")
Attempting to load a tags topic list sorted does not work in Chrome/Firefox with JS enabled. You must click the replies table header for sort to work, loading the page directly (for example https://meta.discourse.org/tag… --- ## [FAQ Page customization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/faq-page-customization/107453)
**Author:** [@Jay91](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay91)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/faq-page-customization/107453 "2019-01-26T17:17:02Z")
Hello Friends, Is there any way i can make the FAQ page looks like this below: if note can you recommend any free service i can do the same through with CNAME integration --- ## [Ability to custom define topic "preview text"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-custom-define-topic-preview-text/107455)
**Author:** [@raykholo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/raykholo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 5:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-custom-define-topic-preview-text/107455 "2019-01-25T05:53:05Z")
Is it possible to change the preview snippet displayed for a topic? I would like to be able to specify what is written here. --- ## [Moderator ability to change user post to anonymous?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-ability-to-change-user-post-to-anonymous/107456)
**Author:** [@jcorto](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jcorto)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-ability-to-change-user-post-to-anonymous/107456 "2019-01-26T12:12:11Z")
Is it possible as a forum admin to change a user’s post to be anonymous? Or for the user to do it themselves after posting? One of our members posted a sensitive topic and would like to hide their name. The topic became… --- ## [Error connecting to Redis on localhost - Rebuilt](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-connecting-to-redis-on-localhost-rebuilt/107457)
**Author:** [@Nopsled](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nopsled)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-connecting-to-redis-on-localhost-rebuilt/107457 "2020-01-29T11:45:17Z")
Hello. Here are the error logs. I had to re-enable the email account, but even after doing so and tripple checking the app.yml settings, I’m still getting the following error. Error connecting to Redis on localhost:63… --- ## [Discourse box in Wordpress Edit Page empty on one page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-box-in-wordpress-edit-page-empty-on-one-page/107460)
**Author:** [@alexwoolfson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexwoolfson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-box-in-wordpress-edit-page-empty-on-one-page/107460 "2019-01-25T20:29:30Z")
Hopefully the answer to this is simple, and I’m just missing something. I’m using WP-Discourse with my webcomic site. So far, it works like a charm. But one of the pages my assistant created recently won’t let me link t… --- ## [non-JS view doesn't show post action content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-js-view-doesnt-show-post-action-content/107465)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-js-view-doesnt-show-post-action-content/107465 "2019-01-29T04:03:26Z")
While using a non-JS browser for unrelated reasons, I noticed that the view includes post actions but doesn’t say what they are (post #3 in the below screenshots): (it also doesn’t show that the topic is clo… --- ## [Setting the api key via console](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-the-api-key-via-console/107472)
**Author:** [@csmu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csmu)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-the-api-key-via-console/107472 "2020-07-08T12:24:28Z")
Is there a way to set the main api key via the console? --- ## [Closing a topic in console](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closing-a-topic-in-console/107482)
**Author:** [@csmu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csmu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closing-a-topic-in-console/107482 "2019-01-31T05:05:31Z")
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