# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=868 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 869 --- ## [Stop auto removing of extra spaces in a button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-auto-removing-of-extra-spaces-in-a-button/222864)
**Author:** [@jimkleiber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jimkleiber)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-auto-removing-of-extra-spaces-in-a-button/222864 "2022-04-01T18:30:15Z")
I’ve customized the button text for the login and sign up buttons and I’m trying to add a few extra spaces between the first character and the rest of the characters. For example, something like: However, when the bu… --- ## [How do I get started with Discourse development as a regular end user with no programming experience?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-started-with-discourse-development-as-a-regular-end-user-with-no-programming-experience/222757)
**Author:** [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-started-with-discourse-development-as-a-regular-end-user-with-no-programming-experience/222757 "2022-04-01T17:36:28Z")
I’ve had experience with Discourse as a regular end user since mid-2016. At first, I was actually quite intimidated by it. In recent years, I’ve become much more acquainted with Discourse and have fallen in love with it. … --- ## [What's the usage of "show published pages login required" setting?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-usage-of-show-published-pages-login-required-setting/222853)
**Author:** [@th21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/th21)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-usage-of-show-published-pages-login-required-setting/222853 "2022-04-01T17:24:47Z")
There is a site setting called login required and another called show published pages login required setting, from my understanding, if I enable both of the options, the guest user will still be able to see site content… --- ## [Restrict topic create without a category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-topic-create-without-a-category/222820)
**Author:** [@thimiraonline](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thimiraonline)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-topic-create-without-a-category/222820 "2022-04-01T17:04:53Z")
I am new to Discourse and I want to know how could I stop creating new topics without a category. --- ## [Setting a category's notifications to "tracking" not working as expected?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-a-categorys-notifications-to-tracking-not-working-as-expected/219313)
**Author:** [@mbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbauman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-a-categorys-notifications-to-tracking-not-working-as-expected/219313 "2022-04-01T16:45:44Z")
I don’t understand how the “Tracking” category notification setting is intended to work, but I assumed that it would behave as though all new topics within that category would have their topic notification setting selec… --- ## [Footnote sample no longer working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/footnote-sample-no-longer-working/222756)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/footnote-sample-no-longer-working/222756 "2022-04-01T16:35:23Z")
The example in the OP does actually not seem to be working properly anymore. Blank install on tests-passed: --- ## [Redis template throws "permission denied" error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redis-template-throws-permission-denied-error/222787)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_Rother](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Rother)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redis-template-throws-permission-denied-error/222787 "2022-04-01T16:20:14Z")
When using the redis.template.yml on rebuild in a setup with separate containers (web\_only, data), i see ... /.launcher rebuild web\_only I, \[2022-04-01T06:14:05.621316 #1\] INFO -- : End of custom commands I, \[2022-04-… --- ## [Own-topics-only category for draft announcements?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/own-topics-only-category-for-draft-announcements/222429)
**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/own-topics-only-category-for-draft-announcements/222429 "2022-04-01T14:32:58Z")
Here’s the use case: We have a News & Announcements category. Different members of our community should be able to post announcements. I’d like to have a non-public place where anyone can create a draft, which then will… --- ## [Adding staff color before actually posting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-staff-color-before-actually-posting/222789)
**Author:** [@gassim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gassim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-staff-color-before-actually-posting/222789 "2022-04-01T14:02:21Z")
Hi I’m not sure if this is possible or not but I really can’t find such a setting anywhere, maybe this is a feature request. Would it be possible if a moderator/admin can choose to add staff color before even posting? P… --- ## [Notify users of new topic, but only if that topic is from moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-users-of-new-topic-but-only-if-that-topic-is-from-moderators/164196)
**Author:** [@JQ331](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JQ331)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-users-of-new-topic-but-only-if-that-topic-is-from-moderators/164196 "2022-04-01T13:39:48Z")
When a moderator posts a new topic to a certain category, I’d like my users to be notified over email. Is there a way to do that? Right now, users can select various options, such as getting notified of all new topics,… --- ## [Dealing with a toxic user on our Discourse forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-a-toxic-user-on-our-discourse-forum/37798)
**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-a-toxic-user-on-our-discourse-forum/37798 "2019-06-14T08:38:53Z")
Before I mention anything about this user, let me clarify that the moderators/admins on the Discourse forum I use are very lenient. The forum is manual approval only (every member is handpicked from the parent site), an… --- ## [Is it normal to take more than 1900 seconds in yarn install during rebuild?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-normal-to-take-more-than-1900-seconds-in-yarn-install-during-rebuild/222805)
**Author:** [@topological](https://meta.discourse.org/u/topological)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 11:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-normal-to-take-more-than-1900-seconds-in-yarn-install-during-rebuild/222805 "2022-04-01T11:25:38Z")
Hello everyone! I’m running a server locating in China. I know it is hard to connect to github and npm mirror, so I set up a network proxy in containers/app.yml by templates: - "templates/web.china.template.yml" ... e… --- ## [I want to Update rel=canonical href using Java Script](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-update-rel-canonical-href-using-java-script/159527)
**Author:** [@KranthiKiranGude](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KranthiKiranGude)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2020, 11:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-update-rel-canonical-href-using-java-script/159527 "2020-08-02T11:07:55Z")
I have few duplicate pages on my domain, I have to reference canonical tag of the duplicate pages to original page using JavaScript. (Deleting duplicate pages is not an option as they do have considerable traffic) Could… --- ## [Bookmark thinks 29th April 2022 is in the past](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-thinks-29th-april-2022-is-in-the-past/222788)
**Author:** [@geoff777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/geoff777)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-thinks-29th-april-2022-is-in-the-past/222788 "2022-04-01T09:57:57Z")
I tried to bookmark a topic using a custom date. --- ## [Discourse Meta: topic-list header unaligned by Discourse Assign plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-meta-topic-list-header-unaligned-by-discourse-assign-plugin/221504)
**Author:** [@rrit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rrit)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-meta-topic-list-header-unaligned-by-discourse-assign-plugin/221504 "2022-04-01T08:51:10Z")
The header of topic-lists is unaligned on Discourse Meta. Common folks don’t have those buttons: This is caused by styles of the Discourse Assign plugin: .topic-list-header .topic-list-data.num:last-of-type { … --- ## [Emoji selector crashes the message editor in Android / Chrome](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-selector-crashes-the-message-editor-in-android-chrome/187009)
**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-selector-crashes-the-message-editor-in-android-chrome/187009 "2021-11-24T21:36:25Z")
This issue has been around for couple of months, and I can reproduce it here at Meta using an Android/Chrome device (both latest) – actually this has been happening for several months, since January or so. The message e… --- ## [Forum Posts Triggering Facebook Pixel Twice](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-posts-triggering-facebook-pixel-twice/222372)
**Author:** [@Charles\_Hoffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Charles_Hoffman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 7:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-posts-triggering-facebook-pixel-twice/222372 "2022-04-01T07:27:32Z")
Hey, I integrated my Facebook Pixel with my forum. Everything is working as expected, except that a PageView Pixel event triggers twice when I load forum post pages. A single PageView Pixel event is triggered on other fo… --- ## [Users wish to get email notifications including when they have posted something themselves](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-wish-to-get-email-notifications-including-when-they-have-posted-something-themselves/222780)
**Author:** [@mikesouth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikesouth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 7:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-wish-to-get-email-notifications-including-when-they-have-posted-something-themselves/222780 "2022-04-01T07:09:50Z")
We just migrated a busy email discussion list to discourse. On our old platform - posts were all sent in by email. users received an email notification for every item posted to the list even when they had posted someth… --- ## [Lightbox no longer working?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lightbox-no-longer-working/221834)
**Author:** [@gale](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gale)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lightbox-no-longer-working/221834 "2022-04-01T03:27:38Z")
I’m not sure what changed, but I just noticed today that clicking on images in posts now simply opens the image as a new page (direct link to image) instead of opening within a Lightbox frame. This is including on large … --- ## [Can't start localhost server -- file was built for x86\_64 which is not the architecture being linked (i386)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-start-localhost-server-file-was-built-for-x86-64-which-is-not-the-architecture-being-linked-i386/108193)
**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-start-localhost-server-file-was-built-for-x86-64-which-is-not-the-architecture-being-linked-i386/108193 "2022-04-01T02:36:49Z")
I’m on mac and following this guide: Install Discourse on macOS for development. Got to this: bundle exec rake db:create db:migrate RAILS\_ENV=test bundle exec rake db:create db:migrate and returning this error: Could n… --- ## [Cannot click on internal links on invitation only forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-click-on-internal-links-on-invitation-only-forum/221050)
**Author:** [@alanost](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alanost)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-click-on-internal-links-on-invitation-only-forum/221050 "2022-04-01T02:20:41Z")
Hi, I have put my forum on invitation only. I have a footer on my website that refers to the privacy policy (example.com/privacy). But when I click on the terms of use button on this page, nothing happens. I also use th… --- ## [Turn off the +- fancypants formatting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turn-off-the-fancypants-formatting/110139)
**Author:** [@notriddle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/notriddle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2019, 5:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turn-off-the-fancypants-formatting/110139 "2019-02-27T05:36:56Z")
The only time I’ve ever seen it is in cases like Google±formatting, where it’s a mistake. How can it be turned off? --- ## [Error when attempting to permanently delete as moderator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-attempting-to-permanently-delete-as-moderator/222284)
**Author:** [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-attempting-to-permanently-delete-as-moderator/222284 "2022-04-01T00:09:20Z")
Continuing the discussion from Introducing permanently delete post functionality: While testing to see if a moderator had the ability to Permanently Delete a post I noticed that the Permanently Delete option is avaible … --- ## [My fall and return on Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-fall-and-return-on-discourse/184133)
**Author:** [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-fall-and-return-on-discourse/184133 "2022-02-15T23:41:48Z")
Hello Discourse! If you don’t me, I’m the creator of a social media app and website powered by the incredible Discourse platform. I abandoned the startup when I was downright completely hopeless - both on finding succes… --- ## [Rake task "assets:precompile" is failing due to JS Compilation issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rake-task-assets-precompile-is-failing-due-to-js-compilation-issue/222602)
**Author:** [@hpathak2132](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hpathak2132)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rake-task-assets-precompile-is-failing-due-to-js-compilation-issue/222602 "2022-03-31T23:10:03Z")
I am trying to do a fresh install for discourse and seeing the below error while running assets:precompile task. I am seeing the below compilation error but not sure what the error is about. rake aborted! Barber::Precom… --- ## [What happened to 'All Time' statistics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happened-to-all-time-statistics/222596)
**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happened-to-all-time-statistics/222596 "2022-03-31T21:04:49Z")
Am I crazy or did there not use to be an option to see statistics in the dashboard from ‘All Time’? Now the furthest I can go back is a year. I would love to see this come back as I am interested to see how traffic ebbed… --- ## [Move footnotes to a standard plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-footnotes-to-a-standard-plugin/210112)
**Author:** [@pradyunsg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pradyunsg)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-footnotes-to-a-standard-plugin/210112 "2022-03-31T20:45:56Z")
Currently, footnotes are only available as an “enterprise” plugin, with Discourse-provided hosting. This creates a suboptimal experience now, since GitHub supports footnotes now (Footnotes now supported in Markdown fiel… --- ## [Redirect Page for External URLs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-page-for-external-urls/146798)
**Author:** [@CRUGG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CRUGG)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-page-for-external-urls/146798 "2020-04-09T22:43:42Z")
Hey there! I would like to redirect all external links (or if not possible to filter, all links) to e.g. exit.website.tld/?page={{URL}} Is this possible with Discourse? If not, is there a Plugin for that? I already sear… --- ## [Sign up button disappears on mobile devices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sign-up-button-disappears-on-mobile-devices/222728)
**Author:** [@stance455](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stance455)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sign-up-button-disappears-on-mobile-devices/222728 "2022-03-31T19:49:09Z")
If you were to load the site directly from a mobile device, there is no “Sign Up” button. I was able to get the “Sign up” button to show up by loading the site on a desktop/Chrome , going to Dev tools and toggle the dev… --- ## [How to add avatar+username quote to replies in Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-avatar-username-quote-to-replies-in-discourse/222699)
**Author:** [@haydenjames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haydenjames)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-avatar-username-quote-to-replies-in-discourse/222699 "2022-03-31T17:37:42Z")
See the screen grap below: When I reply orr quote members in my forum it does not show their avatar and username in the top right. Is this a plugin? How can I add this to my install? Thanks [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=867) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=869)