# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?ascending=true&page=680 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 681 --- ## [How to make the database (or part of it) accessible to a cloud data processor?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-the-database-or-part-of-it-accessible-to-a-cloud-data-processor/147915)
**Author:** [@Nacho\_Caballero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nacho_Caballero)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 8:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-the-database-or-part-of-it-accessible-to-a-cloud-data-processor/147915 "2020-04-20T08:20:42Z")
I was interested in using ETL services like Stitch Data or Skyvia to integrate different data sources (including my Discourse database), but I have been told by someone at Skyvia that this is not possible: Skyvia can c… --- ## [Hiding User Emails from moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-user-emails-from-moderators/79055)
**Author:** [@nlebl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nlebl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-user-emails-from-moderators/79055 "2018-01-25T23:57:12Z")
Hey there, I’m apart of a team that runs the Discourse software for a simple gaming community. We like to select moderators to help out, however we found out that all user emails are completely public to the level of mo… --- ## [Rake uploads:migrate\_to\_s3 runs forever](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rake-uploads-migrate-to-s3-runs-forever/147245)
**Author:** [@pnoeric](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pnoeric)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rake-uploads-migrate-to-s3-runs-forever/147245 "2020-04-20T09:33:26Z")
When I run that command, I get: Migrating uploads to S3 for 'default'... Uploading files to S3... - Listing local files =\> 23 files - Listing S3 files . =\> 94 files - Syncing files to S3 ....................... Upda… --- ## [Discourse Code Modification for personal use](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-code-modification-for-personal-use/148610)
**Author:** [@suman0099](https://meta.discourse.org/u/suman0099)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-code-modification-for-personal-use/148610 "2020-04-20T12:59:11Z")
Is there any guide for making changes to discourse codebase for adding features or changing UI. I don’t want to use Theme Component or Plugin API --- ## [\[PAID\] Have Discourse comment box appear instead of Wordpress comment box](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-have-discourse-comment-box-appear-instead-of-wordpress-comment-box/148595)
**Author:** [@Michael\_SC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Michael_SC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-have-discourse-comment-box-appear-instead-of-wordpress-comment-box/148595 "2020-04-20T13:31:33Z")
Can someone help me place the Discourse comment box (with option to login or sign-up if the visitor is not logged in) at the end of a Wordpress blog post? Essentially, like the way all the comment plugins with Wordpres… --- ## [Can you make Discourse look like medium.com?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-make-discourse-look-like-medium-com/148603)
**Author:** [@JQ331](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JQ331)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-make-discourse-look-like-medium-com/148603 "2020-04-20T14:29:19Z")
As someone new to Medium, I’m trying to understand how much you can customize the look and feel of a forum. I’m wondering if there’s a way to make your forum look more like a news site. Or make it seem to your users like… --- ## [Best practices for managing old content?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-managing-old-content/146279)
**Author:** [@Uninen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Uninen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-managing-old-content/146279 "2020-04-20T15:06:50Z")
I run a Discourse installation that hosts a number of technical support documents in addition to other discussion. We have a problem with our users finding really old (several years old in some cases) dated content that … --- ## [Best Practices for Backups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-backups/148630)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-backups/148630 "2020-04-20T15:21:23Z")
If you are self-hosted, you should keep off-site backups in case there is some catastrophic problem with your server. Imagine that went out of business one day without any warning, or you somehow managed to delete /var/… --- ## [WP Discourse - Template Customization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-template-customization/148327)
**Author:** [@aio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aio)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-template-customization/148327 "2020-04-20T16:23:59Z")
Use case: There are YouTube links on my WordPress posts. I want to automatically get the youtube video to appear on the respective discourse post after publishing the WordPress post. Problem: It doesn’t seem to work bec… --- ## [Import scripts vbulletin5.rb](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-scripts-vbulletin5-rb/132531)
**Author:** [@INSTAR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/INSTAR)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-scripts-vbulletin5-rb/132531 "2020-04-20T16:28:55Z")
I am using the official import script for vBulletin v5 and I ran into an issue. My vBulletin forum structure is like: /forum/ /forum/sub-category1/ /forum/sub-category1/thread1/ /forum/sub-category1/thread2/ /forum/sub… --- ## [Template for serving through an .onion address with Docker](https://meta.discourse.org/t/template-for-serving-through-an-onion-address-with-docker/41536)
**Author:** [@RomeoPapa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RomeoPapa)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/template-for-serving-through-an-onion-address-with-docker/41536 "2020-04-20T17:18:40Z")
Hi there, I’ve submitted a pull request to discourse\_docker. It creates a new onion.conf file in the nginx config folder. The new onion.conf is created by copying nginx.sample.conf and editing that copy. This new confi… --- ## [Resizing images after user has uploaded automatically](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resizing-images-after-user-has-uploaded-automatically/148380)
**Author:** [@jackjjw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jackjjw)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resizing-images-after-user-has-uploaded-automatically/148380 "2020-04-20T18:05:21Z")
Hiya! I’ve just set up an instance of discourse and I wondered, is there an easy way for images to be resized after a use has uploaded them? I’ve had quite a few people use the board already with images that are a few MB… --- ## [jQuery(?) fade effect override](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jquery-fade-effect-override/148651)
**Author:** [@pnoeric](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pnoeric)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jquery-fade-effect-override/148651 "2020-04-20T18:54:16Z")
Hi, when you nav to a specific post, the UI highlights the DIV for a second. The problem is that I’ve changed the default background color of that div to white, which is now different from the site background color. Can… --- ## [How to install Discourse without a mail server?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-without-a-mail-server/148656)
**Author:** [@gaurang.prasad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gaurang.prasad)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-without-a-mail-server/148656 "2020-04-20T22:13:28Z")
Hi, I’d like to install Discourse for our wiki community (we use MediaWiki). Currently, we do not have a SMTP server - since our wiki doesn’t require users to have an email to create an account. I would want SSO enabled… --- ## [TL0 User count drops after upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl0-user-count-drops-after-upgrade/148674)
**Author:** [@Jumanji](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jumanji)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl0-user-count-drops-after-upgrade/148674 "2020-04-20T22:32:45Z")
Is there anything in any of the major or even minor upgrades since 1.9 that would cause a drop in TL0 users? We ran the 2.4 upgrade recently and lost about 11K TL0 members. There wasn’t a gain of that magnitude on the … --- ## [Trust Level Group Counts don't match](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-group-counts-dont-match/148675)
**Author:** [@Jumanji](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jumanji)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-group-counts-dont-match/148675 "2020-04-20T22:39:56Z")
I was just viewing our TL group counts and noticed that the stats displaying on the Admin Dashboard don’t match to the same TL group stats listed if you go to Settings | Groups. Is that by design? If so, what causes th… --- ## [Easy way to migrate askbot to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easy-way-to-migrate-askbot-to-discourse/148677)
**Author:** [@Venkat\_K](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Venkat_K)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easy-way-to-migrate-askbot-to-discourse/148677 "2020-04-20T23:52:37Z")
Is there any way to migrate existing askbot based website to Discourse ? --- ## [How do I send a message to a user group?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-send-a-message-to-a-user-group/47615)
**Author:** [@kuba-orlik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuba-orlik)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-send-a-message-to-a-user-group/47615 "2020-04-20T23:52:51Z")
I’m on v1.6.0.beta10+38. How do I send a message to a user group? --- ## [How Are you Leveraging Sponsored categories On Your Discourse Community?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-you-leveraging-sponsored-categories-on-your-discourse-community/87109)
**Author:** [@SouperC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SouperC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-you-leveraging-sponsored-categories-on-your-discourse-community/87109 "2020-04-21T00:34:34Z")
We have at least two parties that wish to sponsor categories on our forums. Wonder if anyone has done similar, and what did you offer. For us I’m thinking: Facebook post\\social posts Global Announcement\\banner topic f… --- ## [2container setup option](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2container-setup-option/148539)
**Author:** [@mbronstein](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbronstein)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2container-setup-option/148539 "2020-04-21T03:11:55Z")
Setting up a forum and really wanted to do a two container install, but am enough of a newbie that I found the discussion about editing the template files offputting. Then stumbled across the “2container” commandline op… --- ## [Theme development in CI/CD fashion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-development-in-ci-cd-fashion/148714)
**Author:** [@zcuric](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zcuric)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-development-in-ci-cd-fashion/148714 "2020-04-21T13:14:16Z")
Hi, do you guys have suggestion how to approach theme deployment in CI/CD fashion? Client expects new theme releases every two weeks and we would like to ship theme in automated process. We are using discourse docker. W… --- ## [Reordering Categories Produces Error 422](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reordering-categories-produces-error-422/129948)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reordering-categories-produces-error-422/129948 "2024-05-18T23:18:54Z")
I have a category with 27 sub-categories. When I try to reorder them, I receive “422 Unprocessable Entity” upon saving. --- ## [Quick exit button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-exit-button/148736)
**Author:** [@testingsoftware](https://meta.discourse.org/u/testingsoftware)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-exit-button/148736 "2020-04-21T18:46:39Z")
Hi, I was wondering if there is any chance of adding a quick exit button or if there is already one available for Discourse. We are planning to have an area in our forum for domestic abuse victims and would like to hav… --- ## [Dealing with some 'small' HTML abuse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-some-small-html-abuse/148778)
**Author:** [@Heather\_Dudley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heather_Dudley)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-some-small-html-abuse/148778 "2020-04-21T20:30:49Z")
So here’s an interesting problem. Some of our users (young ones, particularly) have taken to nesting \ tags to render text effectively unreadable. Aside from just reprimanding them (which feels like overkill becau… --- ## [New Interface to Hide Category from Latest?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-interface-to-hide-category-from-latest/148485)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-interface-to-hide-category-from-latest/148485 "2020-04-22T00:08:07Z")
It seems that I can’t find this any more in the settings was this changed? --- ## [How to move Topics in Category into their own Pinned Topic inside new Categories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-topics-in-category-into-their-own-pinned-topic-inside-new-categories/147586)
**Author:** [@waffleslop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/waffleslop)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-topics-in-category-into-their-own-pinned-topic-inside-new-categories/147586 "2020-04-22T00:37:35Z")
Use case: I have a single category (course name) with 8 topics within (8 lessons). These topics have a few dozen replies each. I want to create a new Category for each Lesson and pin that lesson at the top. I want to ma… --- ## [Hiring writers on Fiverr to create sample posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiring-writers-on-fiverr-to-create-sample-posts/148771)
**Author:** [@masinter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/masinter)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiring-writers-on-fiverr-to-create-sample-posts/148771 "2020-04-22T00:39:47Z")
I’ve been trying to get more initial content for https://going-remote.info By hiring writers on https://fiverr.com to come up with some sample posts. Does anyone else have experience with doing something like this? --- ## [Popup or chatbot to collect leads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/popup-or-chatbot-to-collect-leads/141203)
**Author:** [@Sebastian1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sebastian1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/popup-or-chatbot-to-collect-leads/141203 "2020-04-22T02:36:33Z")
Can anyone recommend a plugin or thirdparty solution for colleting leads in the forum? Like a chatbot or a popup or something. Preferably something that doesnt require a developer to install :grimacing: Would be intere… --- ## [Automatic registration domain wild card](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-registration-domain-wild-card/146933)
**Author:** [@Rhidian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rhidian)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-registration-domain-wild-card/146933 "2020-04-06T05:24:35Z")
I’ve noticed a difference in behaviour between the email domains whitelist setting at registration - and the automatic registration email domains setting in manage groups. I work in the NHS where users have email addres… --- ## [CMX Global – a virtual event](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cmx-global-a-virtual-event/148803)
**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cmx-global-a-virtual-event/148803 "2020-04-22T03:39:07Z")
We’re going to be at CMX Global next week. It’s a free event for anyone that’s missing their community fix. You can sign up here if you’re keen https://events.cmxhub.com/e/myss35/ [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?ascending=true&page=679) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?ascending=true&page=681)