# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=1018 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1019 --- ## ["Invite by email" suddenly vanished](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-by-email-suddenly-vanished/190266)
**Author:** [@L30110](https://meta.discourse.org/u/L30110)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-by-email-suddenly-vanished/190266 "2021-05-13T03:55:55Z")
I recently upgraded to 2.7.0.beta9. My admin “invite by email” option has vanished. I used to get a box that offered both “share a link” for invites and “invites by email” – but now the latter is missing. I do not have a… --- ## [Ability to switch from personal message mode to topic mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-switch-from-personal-message-mode-to-topic-mode/190209)
**Author:** [@anon51938875](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon51938875)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-switch-from-personal-message-mode-to-topic-mode/190209 "2021-05-13T01:33:52Z")
Currently, you can create a new personal message by clicking the + button in the top left of the drafting area, then push the option labelled “New Message.” However if you misclick “New Message”, there isn’t a way to sw… --- ## [Polls in banner topics not functional & no linking?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-in-banner-topics-not-functional-no-linking/190205)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Starkweather](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jim_Starkweather)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-in-banner-topics-not-functional-no-linking/190205 "2021-05-13T01:18:14Z")
This may be ‘working as intended’ but I thought I would raise it. Just noted that a topic with a poll in it shows up but without the ability to vote or showing the number of voting responses. I see this was raised in 201… --- ## [Is there a way to set minimum post count to create threads in a category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-set-minimum-post-count-to-create-threads-in-a-category/190243)
**Author:** [@ykcorner](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ykcorner)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-set-minimum-post-count-to-create-threads-in-a-category/190243 "2021-05-13T00:51:25Z")
Tried looking through the category settings but couldn’t seem to find anything. I have a section where I would prefer if users had a minimum of at least 10 posts to be able to create a topic in that section. Is there a … --- ## [Make Custom Header Links private for private/login required sites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-custom-header-links-private-for-private-login-required-sites/314478)
**Author:** [@Alon1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alon1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-custom-header-links-private-for-private-login-required-sites/314478 "2021-05-12T23:27:34Z")
Hi, Thanks for this great theme component! For registration-only / private Discourse communities, would it be possible to show the header links only to registered signed-in users? --- ## [Need help to solve minute CSS issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-to-solve-minute-css-issue/149401)
**Author:** [@Pravi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pravi)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-to-solve-minute-css-issue/149401 "2021-05-12T22:59:22Z")
Hi friends, I need some help with CSS. Whenever I click on any image in my site, the .d-header displaces by about 2px. I tried my best to fix it but failed. I don’t know how to fix the CSS of the greyed out portion behi… --- ## [Why doesn't Discourse use position:sticky for the top header?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-doesnt-discourse-use-position-sticky-for-the-top-header/101960)
**Author:** [@notriddle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/notriddle)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-doesnt-discourse-use-position-sticky-for-the-top-header/101960 "2021-05-12T22:58:14Z")
Continuing the discussion from How to finely scroll out custom header?: https://caniuse.com/#feat=css-sticky The behavior that the d-header is doing, where markup placed before it scrolls of the screen but the header i… --- ## [Error while installing backup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-while-installing-backup/190247)
**Author:** [@DursunCan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DursunCan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-while-installing-backup/190247 "2021-05-12T21:41:30Z")
I formatted the virtual server. I set up the site from zero. It gives this error while installing backup. I had a backup on the beta9 version. I’m using the beta9 version on the new site. I had installed different exten… --- ## [Topic automation based on tag?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-automation-based-on-tag/189950)
**Author:** [@JohnONolan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnONolan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-automation-based-on-tag/189950 "2021-05-12T20:55:47Z")
I wonder if there could be any way to automate actions on topics, including closing them, based on tag. This has been asked before, but a usecase was requested by @codinghorror and none was provided - so I wanted to ment… --- ## [Default tags for admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-tags-for-admin/190179)
**Author:** [@Paul\_King1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-tags-for-admin/190179 "2021-05-12T20:46:36Z")
Is there anyway for admin to add default tags. Thanks --- ## [Invite throws 422 for existing but expired invites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-throws-422-for-existing-but-expired-invites/188541)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-throws-422-for-existing-but-expired-invites/188541 "2021-05-12T20:40:50Z")
When trying to invite a user, we frequently see 422 Unprocessable Entity. The code checks for existing invites for that email address and throws an error when it finds one. However it seems to ignore if such an invite h… --- ## [Excessive disk usage after the rebuild process](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excessive-disk-usage-after-the-rebuild-process/190235)
**Author:** [@DursunCan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DursunCan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excessive-disk-usage-after-the-rebuild-process/190235 "2021-05-12T19:09:42Z")
It creates a new image after each rebuild. and increasing the use of the disk. how can i fix this? --- ## [Suggestion: Add direct url link to update beta\* post within admin interface](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-add-direct-url-link-to-update-beta-post-within-admin-interface/190134)
**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-add-direct-url-link-to-update-beta-post-within-admin-interface/190134 "2021-05-12T19:06:22Z")
Please add a hyperlink to the admin interface when a beta\* update is announced and released. Thanks for considering! If multiple versions have been released since the last update, it would make sense to add a hyperl… --- ## [Errors on Exporting Data from Teams to Self Hosted Discourse on Digital Ocean](https://meta.discourse.org/t/errors-on-exporting-data-from-teams-to-self-hosted-discourse-on-digital-ocean/189789)
**Author:** [@biyaniyash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/biyaniyash)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/errors-on-exporting-data-from-teams-to-self-hosted-discourse-on-digital-ocean/189789 "2021-05-12T18:25:01Z")
Hi folks! Ran into some data export-restore kind of issues and would request your help. Context: Wanted to export data from Discourse Teams to a self-hosted droplet on digital ocean. Backup, restore went smoothly. No… --- ## [What's Discourse's name based off of?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-discourses-name-based-off-of/190166)
**Author:** [@abc1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abc1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-discourses-name-based-off-of/190166 "2021-05-12T16:41:28Z")
I think it is like a reference to Discord (the social chatting platform/app) since Discourse is sort of like that but instead of like live chatting it’s forums? What do you think? --- ## [Discourse docker redis warning messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-redis-warning-messages/97087)
**Author:** [@vitorl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vitorl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-redis-warning-messages/97087 "2021-05-12T16:39:53Z")
188:M 13 Sep 04:27:11.292 # WARNING: The TCP backlog setting of 511 cannot be enforced because /proc/sys/net/core/somaxconn is set to the lower value of 128. My question is, is this on the host or the docker? Because on… --- ## [Add WEBP support to GIF pause component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-webp-support-to-gif-pause-component/189987)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-webp-support-to-gif-pause-component/189987 "2021-05-12T16:02:53Z")
Continuing the discussion from Improving the placeholders for the Bcc plugin: @pmusaraj looks like we need WEBP support for our amazing GIF pauser ™ --- ## [Log pane stops updating during update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/log-pane-stops-updating-during-update/186074)
**Author:** [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/log-pane-stops-updating-during-update/186074 "2021-05-12T15:28:45Z")
Just updating two forums to 2.7.0.beta6. One of them went smoothly, updating docker manager and then discourse. The other one, which also needed an update to data explorer, I found the log pane stalled, twice, during t… --- ## [Take off the sub catégorie on the display panel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/take-off-the-sub-categorie-on-the-display-panel/80933)
**Author:** [@Jeremie\_Leroy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeremie_Leroy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/take-off-the-sub-categorie-on-the-display-panel/80933 "2021-05-12T11:58:23Z")
Hi all, I hope you are well. Could you let me know how to only display catégories and not the sub-catégorie. Here is below what i have which look messy in my opinion. Many thanks for your help, --- ## [Failed to restart the container?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-restart-the-container/190172)
**Author:** [@abc1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abc1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 11:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-restart-the-container/190172 "2021-05-12T11:07:30Z")
So I just set everything up on my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS machine (first time discourse setup on here) and I keep getting Failed to restart the container. (also discourse-doctor outputted this at the top). Also when attempting… --- ## [Skipped email: how to debug external reason?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skipped-email-how-to-debug-external-reason/190055)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skipped-email-how-to-debug-external-reason/190055 "2021-05-12T07:16:32Z")
Hello, the skipped emails miss a reference to the original post when the error occurs as a response from the SMTP service. E.g., for other reasons, you may click the reason and find what message was affected, but if the… --- ## [Error embedding Discourse comments on first page loading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-embedding-discourse-comments-on-first-page-loading/188802)
**Author:** [@Shenron\_segamag](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shenron_segamag)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 7:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-embedding-discourse-comments-on-first-page-loading/188802 "2021-05-12T07:06:34Z")
Hi, I successfully embedded Discourse comments on my website. Although, on the very first loading of the page, the discussion keeps loading for a while, and then I get an “Error Embedding” message. I neeed to refresh t… --- ## [Possible to change URL for /faq page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-url-for-faq-page/190006)
**Author:** [@Soohian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Soohian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 6:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-url-for-faq-page/190006 "2021-05-12T06:56:39Z")
Hi We are thinking of changing the URL address for /faq to /guideline. Example: https://example.community.com/faq to https://example.community.com/guideline Is this possible? Thank you :bowing\_man: --- ## [Quicker update of smtp config than launcher rebuild?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quicker-update-of-smtp-config-than-launcher-rebuild/129425)
**Author:** [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quicker-update-of-smtp-config-than-launcher-rebuild/129425 "2021-05-12T06:03:29Z")
Is there a quicker procedure to update the smtp server details (just the smtp address for example) than running ./launcher rebuild app ? --- ## [Add page to about page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-page-to-about-page/190145)
**Author:** [@wildrainer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wildrainer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 5:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-page-to-about-page/190145 "2021-05-12T05:46:56Z")
I want to add a another page there, for legal notice (I need to do this in germany) and a few other pages. how can I do it? --- ## [\`uploads:regenerate\_missing\_optimized\` fails to generate missing optimized images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-regenerate-missing-optimized-fails-to-generate-missing-optimized-images/140842)
**Author:** [@md-misko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/md-misko)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 4:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-regenerate-missing-optimized-fails-to-generate-missing-optimized-images/140842 "2021-05-12T04:38:43Z")
rake uploads:missing found 225 missing optimized images, all of them named \*10x10.png Attempt to regenerate missing files using rake uploads:regenerate\_missing\_optimized produces 225 errors of type: ‘convert: improper i… --- ## [Verification and backup emails not sent. Test mail ok](https://meta.discourse.org/t/verification-and-backup-emails-not-sent-test-mail-ok/189909)
**Author:** [@Aleksandre](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aleksandre)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/verification-and-backup-emails-not-sent-test-mail-ok/189909 "2021-05-12T01:55:54Z")
Hello everyone, I am facing an issue that occurs for a few days now and I don’t know why (no update, no change in settings as far as I know). When someone registers on my forum, no mail verification is sent anymore. Wh… --- ## [Publishing multisite](https://meta.discourse.org/t/publishing-multisite/190123)
**Author:** [@DursunCan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DursunCan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/publishing-multisite/190123 "2021-05-11T23:48:57Z")
discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub I read the post on the link and set up 1 site. git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse\_docker.git /var/discourse2 If I install it to the d… --- ## ["Parse error at \_theme\_qunit\_helper" when upgrading from 2.7.0.beta7 to 2.7.0.beta9](https://meta.discourse.org/t/parse-error-at-theme-qunit-helper-when-upgrading-from-2-7-0-beta7-to-2-7-0-beta9/190120)
**Author:** [@mig5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mig5)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/parse-error-at-theme-qunit-helper-when-upgrading-from-2-7-0-beta7-to-2-7-0-beta9/190120 "2021-05-11T22:09:05Z")
It’s time for my periodic Discouse upgrade failure.. 2.7.0.beta7 to 2.7.0.beta9 I upgraded the Docker Manager app via the web console without issue. I then started the upgrade of the main app which was going fine unti… --- ## [Changing s3 bucket for uploads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-s3-bucket-for-uploads/188553)
**Author:** [@Jite](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jite)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-s3-bucket-for-uploads/188553 "2021-05-11T20:49:26Z")
Hi there! We are migrating all our uploads/images between two different s3 compatible services (both are digital ocean spaces if it matters) and I have decided that we are stuck in a quite bad state. I’ll start with ex… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=1017) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=1019)