# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=284 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 285 --- ## [Unable to restore from S3 backup - Fails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-restore-from-s3-backup-fails/358243)
**Author:** [@TehLeo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TehLeo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-restore-from-s3-backup-fails/358243 "2025-03-20T23:49:27Z")
I’m unable to restore from a S3 Backup of Discourse. Steps to reproduce: Have a Backup of Discourse on S3. Setup a fresh install of Discourse. Create admin account. Connect Discourse to S3 Locate the Discourse backup … --- ## [Promoting a User to Admin or Moderator Status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/promoting-a-user-to-admin-or-moderator-status/284754)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/promoting-a-user-to-admin-or-moderator-status/284754 "2025-03-20T22:14:32Z")
:discourse: This is a how-to guide intended to help existing site admins understand how to promote a user to admin or moderator status through Discourse. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Administrator Admin… --- ## [Add Text In Header Beside Logo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-text-in-header-beside-logo/162670)
**Author:** [@dfuentes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfuentes)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-text-in-header-beside-logo/162670 "2025-03-20T21:04:24Z")
I’m new to discourse, so I apologize if this is something that is easily done, however, I can’t seem to find where I can define the text that I want to appear beside our logo in the header of our discourse page. Within … --- ## [Create users through API using explicit user ids](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-users-through-api-using-explicit-user-ids/182078)
**Author:** [@vagosduke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vagosduke)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-users-through-api-using-explicit-user-ids/182078 "2021-03-04T21:24:08Z")
Hello, I’ve been using Discourse API and OAuth2 plugin to migrate and log-in users from my own SSO service to a private Discourse installation. So far, I’ve managed to programmatically migrate all SSO users to discourse … --- ## [Add date range filter to staff action log export](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-date-range-filter-to-staff-action-log-export/358195)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-date-range-filter-to-staff-action-log-export/358195 "2025-03-20T19:22:36Z")
I have a feature request! I’d like to be able to export the staff action log and only need entries from the last year. Currently the export includes the entire staff action log going back to the beginning of the site’s … --- ## [Category or tag autocompletion lacks a trailing space](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-or-tag-autocompletion-lacks-a-trailing-space/358209)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-or-tag-autocompletion-lacks-a-trailing-space/358209 "2025-03-20T19:08:15Z")
A gif is better than a long explanation :slight\_smile: --- ## [A recaptcha plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-recaptcha-plugin/358118)
**Author:** [@trusktr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trusktr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-recaptcha-plugin/358118 "2025-03-20T18:31:51Z")
I keep getting a bunch of signups, and they post jibberish posts (often meaningly random junk) that go to my review queue taking my time and DB space. Is there something we can do? Maybe recaptcha will help? For example… --- ## [Switching between chat channels very cumbersome, is it just me?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-between-chat-channels-very-cumbersome-is-it-just-me/358141)
**Author:** [@cultiv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cultiv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-between-chat-channels-very-cumbersome-is-it-just-me/358141 "2025-03-20T18:21:35Z")
I have searched high and low here and I can’t figure out if it’s just me who has this problem: I created 2 chat channels for private categories on my forum In the small chat (bottom-right) I can choose between the chan… --- ## [Looking for help posting automating data explorer reports to my forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-help-posting-automating-data-explorer-reports-to-my-forum/355265)
**Author:** [@hmmmnotsure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hmmmnotsure)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-help-posting-automating-data-explorer-reports-to-my-forum/355265 "2025-03-20T18:09:42Z")
I am looking for a way to schedule some of the existing reports i.e. pageviews, posts, signups, visits etc, so the data gets PM’d to a group as a csv every week. But I’m not sure how to do that. Besides, when i tried to… --- ## [Topic List Excerpts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-excerpts/151520)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-excerpts/151520 "2025-03-20T17:12:48Z")
:discourse2: Summary Topic List Excerpts allows you to enable excerpts for unpinned topics (by default, Discourse only displays topic excerpts for pinned topics). :eyeglasses: Preview Preview on Discourse T… --- ## [FYI: Cloudflare AI Labyrinth](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fyi-cloudflare-ai-labyrinth/358181)
**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fyi-cloudflare-ai-labyrinth/358181 "2025-03-20T16:27:39Z")
FYI Saw this noted on Hacker News Trapping misbehaving bots in an AI Labyrinth A new mitigation approach that uses AI-generated content to slow down, confuse, and waste the resources of AI Crawlers and other bots tha… --- ## [Difficulty installing on vm that includes CPanel and Apache](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difficulty-installing-on-vm-that-includes-cpanel-and-apache/358157)
**Author:** [@Gustavo\_Rip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gustavo_Rip)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difficulty-installing-on-vm-that-includes-cpanel-and-apache/358157 "2025-03-20T16:25:23Z")
Hi everyone! \*\*This is my first post. \*\* I’m a new Discourse user coming from phpBB. Two weeks ago, I installed Discourse in a Docker container using Nginx, since Apache uses ports 80 and 443 by default. I carefully f… --- ## [Select to quote shouldn't strip \< and \> characters around links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-to-quote-shouldnt-strip-and-characters-around-links/358145)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-to-quote-shouldnt-strip-and-characters-around-links/358145 "2025-03-20T16:00:41Z")
When selecting text that contains \, the quote removes the \< and \> characters. It doesn’t matter very much, but I’d prefer that quoting wouldn’t alter the original content. --- ## [Managing Components / Themes UX feedback](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-components-themes-ux-feedback/358156)
**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-components-themes-ux-feedback/358156 "2025-03-20T15:10:19Z")
These boxes for the Component and Theme should go first on the list, not the bottom: If I have dozens or hundreds of components, I have to scroll all the way down if I want to install a new one. It makes more sense i… --- ## [Confusion about LDAP setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusion-about-ldap-setup/358146)
**Author:** [@marcoc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marcoc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusion-about-ldap-setup/358146 "2025-03-20T14:34:22Z")
Hi everyone, I am trying to setup LDAP in our local discourse to use the LDAP server of our university. I got a working configuration of another app from a colleague and tried to adapt it to use it with the discourse LD… --- ## [What does DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_DOMAIN mean?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-discourse-smtp-domain-mean/229009)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-discourse-smtp-domain-mean/229009 "2025-03-20T14:13:07Z")
While already having DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_ADDRESS, what does the DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_DOMAIN setting in containers/app.yml do? It’s not that desktop clients usually ask for “address” and “domain” separately, so I got confused. --- ## [Mobile page layout not using theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-page-layout-not-using-theme/358115)
**Author:** [@alex\_VIDAL](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alex_VIDAL)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-page-layout-not-using-theme/358115 "2025-03-20T13:53:22Z")
Hello, I have create a custom theme and it works fine on desktop, however it seems that on mobile some of the overrides (using PluginOutlet ) are not being applied on mobile (safari). for exemple on desktop my category … --- ## [How do colors work and how to change them?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-colors-work-and-how-to-change-them/358122)
**Author:** [@pHneutre](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pHneutre)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-colors-work-and-how-to-change-them/358122 "2025-03-20T13:37:29Z")
Sorry for the broad subject but I’ve been puzzling over this and I cannot find an appropriate tutorial or even explanation. Whenever I need to change a color anywhere on Discourse, I follow this path: Is the color man… --- ## [Category/sub category only with topic with certain tag(s)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-sub-category-only-with-topic-with-certain-tag-s/358137)
**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-sub-category-only-with-topic-with-certain-tag-s/358137 "2025-03-20T12:58:32Z")
I have a category “Music” where I post topics and as an admin I’m the only one who can use the tag “Tiago”, for example. Is it possible to create another category with the name “Music” (or any other name, that’s not the… --- ## [Button to go back to /categories after creating a new category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/button-to-go-back-to-categories-after-creating-a-new-category/358142)
**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/button-to-go-back-to-categories-after-creating-a-new-category/358142 "2025-03-20T12:54:36Z")
When I go to /categories I see this: Then I click New Category to go here: In this page we should have a “Go Back to Categories” button. After I create a new category, maybe I don’t want to go to the category I j… --- ## [Discourse use in AI Research](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-use-in-ai-research/358136)
**Author:** [@ma2t](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ma2t)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-use-in-ai-research/358136 "2025-03-20T12:31:45Z")
I’ve been using Discourse as the display component of an AI research platform. Using one or all of 5 different AI, you generate reports, fact-check the reports, merge the reports and post results on Discourse. From a pa… --- ## [Cost of CDCK Hosted models](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cost-of-cdck-hosted-models/353667)
**Author:** [@xeraa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xeraa)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cost-of-cdck-hosted-models/353667 "2025-03-20T10:34:22Z")
Hey, We have both CDCK Hosted LLMs and CDCK Hosted embeddings preconfigured in our hosted instance (which is great). Are these free to use and is there a usage limit (other than fair use)? I couldn’t really see much abo… --- ## [Category stats](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-stats/357945)
**Author:** [@jackierenee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jackierenee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-stats/357945 "2025-03-20T10:16:38Z")
Hi, I’ve read through the posts in this category and didn’t find what I was looking for, so I hope someone can help me. I was hoping to create a data explorer query that sums the stats by a category or sub-category over… --- ## [How do you handle contesting moderator decisions?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-handle-contesting-moderator-decisions/358071)
**Author:** [@one1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/one1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-handle-contesting-moderator-decisions/358071 "2025-03-20T08:55:54Z")
Lets assume for the sake of this discussion that people should be given the chance to contest mod decisions (personally I’d rather just keep folks banned for life). How does your community handle it? Do you have a separ… --- ## [Seeking Suggestions for User Engagement and Reward System](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-suggestions-for-user-engagement-and-reward-system/358109)
**Author:** [@Jules\_Ostin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jules_Ostin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-suggestions-for-user-engagement-and-reward-system/358109 "2025-03-20T08:37:31Z")
Hello everyone, We have created our forum using Discourse and have started to attract some users who are actively participating every day. I’m looking for ways to better reward and motivate our “active users.” Specific… --- ## [Icons in the user menu cover too much of the avatar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icons-in-the-user-menu-cover-too-much-of-the-avatar/358092)
**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 3:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icons-in-the-user-menu-cover-too-much-of-the-avatar/358092 "2025-03-20T03:52:43Z")
Right now they are 22px squares which covers a lot of the actual avatar in my opinion. For contrast, here is 15px: In my opinion at least I think this looks a lot better. I’m not sure if the goal with the current 22px… --- ## [Cannot install custom SSL new\_file: no such file](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-install-custom-ssl-new-file-no-such-file/93351)
**Author:** [@Tungki\_Reza\_Prasakti](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tungki_Reza_Prasakti)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-install-custom-ssl-new-file-no-such-file/93351 "2025-03-20T02:55:41Z")
I’ve follwed the step Allow SSL / HTTPS for your Discourse Docker setup and place the ssl.crt and ssl.key at standalone/ssl but this error happen nginx: \[emerg\] BIO\_new\_file("/shared/ssl/ssl.crt") failed (SSL: error:0… --- ## [Dealing with seemingly mentally ill user who writes manifesto type posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-seemingly-mentally-ill-user-who-writes-manifesto-type-posts/357547)
**Author:** [@haydenjames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haydenjames)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-seemingly-mentally-ill-user-who-writes-manifesto-type-posts/357547 "2025-03-20T01:51:31Z")
Referencing this topic (Banned users re-signing up through proxy IPs) and others I read while on my mobile last night: I’m gathering that the most that can (or should) be done is to keep moderating their content and hope… --- ## [Issue with the Current "Time to First Response" Metric](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-the-current-time-to-first-response-metric/358074)
**Author:** [@tyler.lamparter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyler.lamparter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-the-current-time-to-first-response-metric/358074 "2025-03-20T01:23:10Z")
I’ve been replicating Discourse metrics into our BI tool, ThoughtSpot, and when I got to the “Time to First Response” metric, I noticed a flaw in how it’s being reported when viewed on a weekly or monthly basis. Current… --- ## [Can no longer use Automations plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-no-longer-use-automations-plugin/358061)
**Author:** [@Mate](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mate)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-no-longer-use-automations-plugin/358061 "2025-03-20T01:12:37Z")
I deleted automations plugin for debugging, now I cant reinstall it. Where Is the option? Apparently it is built in, so I think it is a bug, Device: iPad operating system: iPadOS the latest the latest version of safar… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=283) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=285)