# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=877 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 878 --- ## [How are you Gamifying your Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-you-gamifying-your-discourse/220940)
**Author:** [@Tiffany\_Long](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tiffany_Long)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-you-gamifying-your-discourse/220940 "2022-03-15T08:56:20Z")
With custom automatic badging out of our reach, how are you gamifying your Discourse instance? Our forum tends to be used as a support forum, and what I really want it to encourage people to talk to each other. At firs… --- ## [Uploading branding images results in links returning 404 errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-branding-images-results-in-links-returning-404-errors/220880)
**Author:** [@sharat87](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sharat87)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-branding-images-results-in-links-returning-404-errors/220880 "2022-03-15T08:43:35Z")
Our custom branding assets have suddenly stopped working, and we are unable to upload them again. When we try to upload from the Settings page, there’s no error, and all appears well, but the image file is not there in t… --- ## [\[PAID\] Custom user menu tab - per group setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-custom-user-menu-tab-per-group-setting/220973)
**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-custom-user-menu-tab-per-group-setting/220973 "2022-03-15T07:55:16Z")
Currently the Custom user menu tab component offers adding links for all users, admins and moderators. We would like to have additional possibility to add links for specific user groups. IMO easiest would be to add up … --- ## [Website went blank when transferring from non www to www](https://meta.discourse.org/t/website-went-blank-when-transferring-from-non-www-to-www/109496)
**Author:** [@thegurjyot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thegurjyot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/website-went-blank-when-transferring-from-non-www-to-www/109496 "2019-02-18T23:02:36Z")
I am trying to redirect my domain.com to www.domain.com using the process mentioned here. But as I rebuild the app and visited my website, the website did open with www but the website is a complete blank. A clean whi… --- ## [Add a specific class for wikis (when first post) at the topic list level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-specific-class-for-wikis-when-first-post-at-the-topic-list-level/214237)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-specific-class-for-wikis-when-first-post-at-the-topic-list-level/214237 "2022-03-14T23:26:12Z")
Following the suggestion from @Johani here: To which Johani replied: Unfortunately, wiki is a post-level, not a topic-level property. So, It’s not added to the topic list item model. You can use a tag or create a fe… --- ## [Site's down - app won't start, port 443 conflict?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sites-down-app-wont-start-port-443-conflict/220950)
**Author:** [@danb35](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danb35)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sites-down-app-wont-start-port-443-conflict/220950 "2022-03-15T00:04:47Z")
I have Discourse installed in a Ubuntu 18.04 VPS following the standard install instructions. It’s been running well for a couple of years now, but when I went to my site this afternoon, the TLS cert was expired–and sin… --- ## ["blocked onebox domains" setting not respected](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocked-onebox-domains-setting-not-respected/218479)
**Author:** [@dschaper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dschaper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocked-onebox-domains-setting-not-respected/218479 "2022-03-14T22:15:26Z")
blocked onebox domains are ignored in 2.9.0beta2 (c6265eec6b). We have: Those domains are behind OAuth walls and the onebox is trying to preview the domains and getting the OAuth login URL instead. --- ## [Blogger posts have no snippet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blogger-posts-have-no-snippet/89290)
**Author:** [@joao\_pimentel\_ferrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joao_pimentel_ferrei)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blogger-posts-have-no-snippet/89290 "2019-02-18T22:00:19Z")
Any reason why the blogger posts do not generate a snippet? For example, on this blogger post, I paste a URL, and merely the URL appears: But on Wordpress, normally, a snippet appears. Which meta-info or HTML tags D… --- ## [Email-in to multiple categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-to-multiple-categories/35549)
**Author:** [@brianmcdonald](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brianmcdonald)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-to-multiple-categories/35549 "2022-03-14T18:13:21Z")
Hi all, We are using discourse as a replacement to our mailing list system whereby we email to certain email addresses which in turn post to associated categories and then notify the users. http://comms.southsudanngofor… --- ## [Need anyone to help me with installation of Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-anyone-to-help-me-with-installation-of-discourse/220856)
**Author:** [@NPH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NPH)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-anyone-to-help-me-with-installation-of-discourse/220856 "2022-03-14T13:08:51Z")
I recently got a VPS, i can install Ubuntu or Debian, i tried to install the Discourse following tutorials of Internet, of this forum, of all sites and i can’t, I always get an error, so i would like to know if anyone ca… --- ## [Is it possible to have the first poster's user group display in the list of the latest/new topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-the-first-posters-user-group-display-in-the-list-of-the-latest-new-topics/220414)
**Author:** [@Nemanja\_Memarovic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nemanja_Memarovic)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-the-first-posters-user-group-display-in-the-list-of-the-latest-new-topics/220414 "2022-03-14T09:48:04Z")
Hi folks :wave: I was wondering if there’s a way to do the following: Whenever a user from a certain group is the first poster/creates a topic Tag that topic with their group name And have that tag (group name) visibl… --- ## [Chrome/Android issue: Copy-pasting links is not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-android-issue-copy-pasting-links-is-not-working/219443)
**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2022, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-android-issue-copy-pasting-links-is-not-working/219443 "2022-03-14T10:22:55Z")
This issue likely is not a bug in the Discourse code But I am documenting it here, as many people should be seeing it and could get a little bit confused. Perhaps Discourse teams has better reporting channels to Google … --- ## [Having a hard time installing \`eth\` gem in a plugin in production](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-a-hard-time-installing-eth-gem-in-a-plugin-in-production/217496)
**Author:** [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2022, 7:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-a-hard-time-installing-eth-gem-in-a-plugin-in-production/217496 "2022-03-14T07:12:28Z")
I’m having to install the eth gem in a plugin but really having a hard time doing that. It depends on a bunch of other gems, a few of which have native extensions. Here’s the dependency list if you wanna give it a try. g… --- ## [Preventing DDoS on a Discourse instance?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preventing-ddos-on-a-discourse-instance/133348)
**Author:** [@chi\_noti\_info](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chi_noti_info)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preventing-ddos-on-a-discourse-instance/133348 "2022-03-14T04:17:39Z")
Hello. I had a discourse forum which got ddos’d to hell last month (it’s basically a community about news, and what got me ddos’d was the posting of news about ecuadorean protests a month ago. Real eyeopener too). Anywa… --- ## [Categories/Sub-Categories/Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-sub-categories-tags/91846)
**Author:** [@stub](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stub)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-sub-categories-tags/91846 "2019-02-18T04:55:55Z")
This is a pre-use question. I am trying to figure out how best to set this up. Lets say I want to have a For Sale Category. Below this would be 5 sub-categories, below each of these 5 sub-categories, would be 20 Sales … --- ## [Banner text customization for Subscriptions plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-text-customization-for-subscriptions-plugin/220597)
**Author:** [@santiyounger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/santiyounger)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-text-customization-for-subscriptions-plugin/220597 "2022-03-14T02:07:30Z")
Hey, love the subcriptions plugin, unfortunately I’m stuck trying to find how to change the banner text I saw this post but that was a different bug instead of a way to change the default text. Would love to know if thi… --- ## [Importing from phpBB](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-phpbb/215348)
**Author:** [@Wanderer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wanderer)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-phpbb/215348 "2022-03-13T21:33:30Z")
Hello, I’m trying to import an old phpBB2 forum into the new Discourse. I made the preliminar import from phpBB2 to phpBB3, as stated in your docs. I had problems with avatar import (no import), and with passwords. Sur… --- ## [Discourse as „local“ private social network](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-local-private-social-network/108605)
**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-local-private-social-network/108605 "2022-03-13T20:54:21Z")
Dear friends, does anyone have some experience with Discourse as family / „close circle“ knowledge-base? I‘d like to setup an instance at my home network in near future. The trade-off would be in hardware specification… --- ## [Port - Not reachable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/port-not-reachable/220854)
**Author:** [@Justman10000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justman10000)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/port-not-reachable/220854 "2022-03-13T20:49:47Z")
Hi, I have Discourse configured on port 90 and 453. The container also runs on these ports, but although these are also open, Discourse is still not reachable! --- ## [How about Discourse Support Google AMP?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-about-discourse-support-google-amp/53697)
**Author:** [@Nam\_Nguyen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nam_Nguyen)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-about-discourse-support-google-amp/53697 "2022-03-13T20:24:48Z")
Hi, I think if Discourse can support Google AMP, it would be better for reader, and slow host discourse. and in the future may be help website have higher rank on Google search result. Google AMP (https://www.ampprojec… --- ## [Discourse behind reverse proxy and https](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-behind-reverse-proxy-and-https/148705)
**Author:** [@Grunskin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Grunskin)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-behind-reverse-proxy-and-https/148705 "2022-03-13T18:31:59Z")
I’m trying to setup Discourse behind my Apache reverse proxy but I can’t get it working properly with https. I’ve had a lot of problems getting this far. Right now I have Discourse on a server and an Apache server infro… --- ## [Locked out from WinSCP and can't Install Plugins!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locked-out-from-winscp-and-cant-install-plugins/220855)
**Author:** [@WesPenre](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WesPenre)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locked-out-from-winscp-and-cant-install-plugins/220855 "2022-03-13T17:58:16Z")
I am not tech savvy, and I tried to set up where I can install plugins on Discourse. I didn’t realize that the root password was already entered into WinSCP, so I put in my own password, and now I am locked out from WinS… --- ## [Can anyone install discourse for me?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-anyone-install-discourse-for-me/80156)
**Author:** [@ckhawand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckhawand)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-anyone-install-discourse-for-me/80156 "2022-03-13T14:36:55Z")
So… I recently got a VPS (hostinger VPS plan 6), well, a powerful one let’s say, here are its specs: |CPU Cores|8| |Total CPU Speed|19.2Ghz| |Memory|8Gb| |Disk Space|160Gb| |Bandwidth|8000Gb| Alright, so I have no expe… --- ## [How to search for special characters like \`:=\`](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-search-for-special-characters-like/47923)
**Author:** [@pluranium](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pluranium)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-search-for-special-characters-like/47923 "2016-07-28T21:49:37Z")
Hi - we use Discourse for our forum web site http://forum.skookumscript.com/. It’s for a programming language, so users want to occasionally search for special characters sequences like :=. This does not seem to work. Al… --- ## [How to add a second domain name?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-second-domain-name/109371)
**Author:** [@Tommy\_Trojan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tommy_Trojan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-second-domain-name/109371 "2019-02-17T21:32:25Z")
Greetings, I am wondering how to keep a second domain pointing to the same instance? I have set up a discourse instance with domain name https://firstdomain, for some reason, I have to set up a second domain https://sec… --- ## [Failed - Background Worker](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-background-worker/220808)
**Author:** [@Justman10000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justman10000)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-background-worker/220808 "2022-03-13T01:15:23Z")
Hi, I want to set up Disscourse, but at the end of the installation I get this: --- ## [Error on restore: could not create unique index](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-on-restore-could-not-create-unique-index/220816)
**Author:** [@slackmoehrle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/slackmoehrle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-on-restore-could-not-create-unique-index/220816 "2022-03-12T22:01:07Z")
I am moving our community to a new provider. CREATE INDEX CREATE INDEX ERROR: could not create unique index "index\_incoming\_referers\_on\_path\_and\_incoming\_domain\_id" DETAIL: Key (path, incoming\_domain\_id)=(/m/search, 9… --- ## [Looking for a recent Cloudflare how-to guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-recent-cloudflare-how-to-guide/220813)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-recent-cloudflare-how-to-guide/220813 "2022-03-12T20:59:31Z")
I’ve been reading various cloudflare topics here but can’t seem to find an up to date / complete “how to” guide. For example, this topic is over four years old: Is there a more recent guide somewhere? My Discourse… --- ## [Rebake aborts with error message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebake-aborts-with-error-message/220803)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebake-aborts-with-error-message/220803 "2022-03-12T17:50:29Z")
Hi! When I try to rebake posts with a rake task, It sometimes stops with this message: 168858 / 329447 ( 51.3%)WARNING: terminating connection because of crash of another server process DETAIL: The postmaster has com… --- ## [Our site is suddenly not loading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-site-is-suddenly-not-loading/220743)
**Author:** [@AndrewJeong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AndrewJeong)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-site-is-suddenly-not-loading/220743 "2022-03-12T16:43:05Z")
forum.iqolympiad.org our site is currently using discourse 14day free plan. I was using it well, but I can’t access it well on my desktop. (can access it well on mobile) The same goes for other users. Please help to … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=876) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=878)