# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=886 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 887 --- ## [Is there an option to hide part of the post from users which aren't moderators/admins? Also – any good RPG plugins out there?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-option-to-hide-part-of-the-post-from-users-which-arent-moderators-admins-also-any-good-rpg-plugins-out-there/219178)
**Author:** [@Infi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Infi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-option-to-hide-part-of-the-post-from-users-which-arent-moderators-admins-also-any-good-rpg-plugins-out-there/219178 "2022-02-23T15:29:35Z")
Is there a plugin which resembles \[HIDE\] BBCode from the old days of phpBB? I know that a lot of people used it for hiding post content from anonymous users or users who didn’t reply in the given topic, but I want a diff… --- ## [Invite only by email from database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-only-by-email-from-database/219137)
**Author:** [@malawich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/malawich)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-only-by-email-from-database/219137 "2022-02-23T15:06:33Z")
I have a database of users’ email addresses. Is it possible for me to restrict registration to people in that database? --- ## [File directory system](https://meta.discourse.org/t/file-directory-system/219169)
**Author:** [@Hemant\_Raju1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hemant_Raju1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/file-directory-system/219169 "2022-02-23T15:01:32Z")
What would you like done? we are looking for a custom plugin/component development service for our discourse site Below is the requirement. A Ui component where user can upload files into s3 bucket . Then Every file … --- ## [Avatar has Border applied when Topic is Published](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-has-border-applied-when-topic-is-published/218557)
**Author:** [@Tris20](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tris20)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-has-border-applied-when-topic-is-published/218557 "2022-02-23T13:10:44Z")
Maybe this is intentional, but it draws the eye away from the content, leaving me thinking, “what is up with that image/avatar?”, instead of “oh cool, syntax highlighting!” Relevant HTML and CSS: Avatar for r… --- ## [Topic preview text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-preview-text/219148)
**Author:** [@gassim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gassim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2022, 9:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-preview-text/219148 "2022-02-23T09:46:16Z")
Hi all! I’m sure this is around somewhere but sorry I couldn’t find it. How can we enable the topic text preview in the topic lists? The image above some topics have a preview and some don’t , does the preview only wo… --- ## [Why are some users greyed out?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-some-users-greyed-out/219031)
**Author:** [@Ziya\_Huang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ziya_Huang)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2022, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-some-users-greyed-out/219031 "2022-02-23T07:36:31Z")
Why are some users greyed out and can’t access the forum which I’d like them to? --- ## [Failed to handle exception in exception app middleware : PG::UndefinedTable: ERROR: relation "themes" does not exist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-handle-exception-in-exception-app-middleware-pg-error-relation-themes-does-not-exist/108594)
**Author:** [@kaspers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kaspers)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-handle-exception-in-exception-app-middleware-pg-error-relation-themes-does-not-exist/108594 "2019-02-07T23:04:03Z")
Our forum stopped working recently. I’m not sure that I actually did something myself, but I’m finding this in rails/production.log: Started GET "/latest.rss" for 3.87.95.100 at 2019-02-07 10:28:28 +0000 Processing by L… --- ## [Check out Hawk's Interview in Community Leaders Magazine!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/check-out-hawks-interview-in-community-leaders-magazine/219085)
**Author:** [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/check-out-hawks-interview-in-community-leaders-magazine/219085 "2022-02-23T04:07:52Z")
Our very own @hawk was interviewed by RD Whitney for the latest issue of Community Leaders Magazine. https://issuu.com/communityleaders/docs/final\_issue\_3\_pdf I personally loved reading Hawk’s story about how she got i… --- ## [Adding icons for the Welcome Link Banner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-icons-for-the-welcome-link-banner/270583)
**Author:** [@apgar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/apgar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-icons-for-the-welcome-link-banner/270583 "2022-02-22T23:20:46Z")
This is wonderful! You’re truly awesome @awesomerobot! I do have a question regarding svg\_icons. I tried to add the regular and solid ones on the list (e.g. far-user-group and fas-user-group), but whenever I hit prev… --- ## [How to add colspan and rowspan tag in whitelist for html table?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-colspan-and-rowspan-tag-in-whitelist-for-html-table/57973)
**Author:** [@mingxia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mingxia)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-colspan-and-rowspan-tag-in-whitelist-for-html-table/57973 "2022-02-22T21:00:03Z")
Hi all： in my site, some important posts will use table, and need use colspan and rowspan , but i find these tags can’t be set, so it will be ignore. \ \ \
number\ \ \ \ **Author:** [@ratacat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ratacat)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lost-dns-name-need-to-change-to-a-new-one/218574 "2022-02-22T20:58:40Z") Running a forum for a local nonprofit, the DNS name didn’t get paid for, and got snagged by someone who rerouted it to weight loss supplements =/ So I want to get the forum up and running on a new domain name, but I can… --- ## [Login Error: There is a problem with your account. Please contact the site's administrator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-error-there-is-a-problem-with-your-account-please-contact-the-sites-administrator/108525)
**Author:** [@sudoman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sudoman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-error-there-is-a-problem-with-your-account-please-contact-the-sites-administrator/108525 "2019-02-07T22:02:38Z")
Login Error: There is a problem with your account. Please contact the site’s administrator. I’m running into a login error that is only reported by two users, and comes and goes with time. I, and many other users, are… --- ## [Modify the URL of 'create your account' button to an external site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modify-the-url-of-create-your-account-button-to-an-external-site/219052)
**Author:** [@guoxing](https://meta.discourse.org/u/guoxing)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modify-the-url-of-create-your-account-button-to-an-external-site/219052 "2022-02-22T13:42:02Z")
Modify the URL of ‘create your account’ button to an external site, such as https://meta.discourse.org/ --- ## [How to add a custom url text link on the login page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-custom-url-text-link-on-the-login-page/219030)
**Author:** [@guoxing](https://meta.discourse.org/u/guoxing)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-custom-url-text-link-on-the-login-page/219030 "2022-02-22T13:17:39Z")
hello everyone，I want to know how to add a custom url text link on the login page，Could you help me? --- ## [Email colors shouldn't be separate from Settings?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-colors-shouldnt-be-separate-from-settings/219058)
**Author:** [@Alexander](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alexander)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-colors-shouldnt-be-separate-from-settings/219058 "2022-02-22T12:40:18Z")
Hello :wave:! A little doubt I have, The other day I was looking for a way to customize some colors of Links and background in emails, however at that time I couldn’t find an option for it and I tried resorting to CSS … --- ## [Separate click counters for URLs with different GET params](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-click-counters-for-urls-with-different-get-params/193404)
**Author:** [@mbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbauman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-click-counters-for-urls-with-different-get-params/193404 "2022-02-22T12:26:00Z")
If I have a link to a page in addition to that same page with customized GET params, it seems link counting for the GET-parameterized versions get folded into the bare URL. For example, I can link to Google’s search pag… --- ## [Latest site upgrade not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-site-upgrade-not-working/219037)
**Author:** [@Aniruddh\_Dubey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aniruddh_Dubey)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-site-upgrade-not-working/219037 "2022-02-22T11:05:12Z")
Today I found out that there is a 2.9 beta version available for discourse. First I tried updating using upgrade portal on the site, but it failed for some reason. Then I went to server and ran ./launcher rebuild app, b… --- ## [TL4s and permission to edit auto-delete topic timers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl4s-and-permission-to-edit-auto-delete-topic-timers/218946)
**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 9:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl4s-and-permission-to-edit-auto-delete-topic-timers/218946 "2022-02-22T09:30:56Z")
On 2.8 a very useful feature was introduced: delete merged stub topics after days. :+1: When such stub topics are “created” following a post merge, an auto-delete timer is created: All good so far. However, if that… --- ## [Failed to warm up pretty text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-warm-up-pretty-text/217958)
**Author:** [@poyrazdursuncan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/poyrazdursuncan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 7:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-warm-up-pretty-text/217958 "2022-02-22T07:47:22Z")
Why can this error occur? Message Failed to warm up pretty text: JavaScript was terminated (either by timeout or explicitly) Backtrace lib/discourse.rb:772:in \`rescue in after\_fork' lib/discourse.rb:768:in \`after\_for… --- ## [Private message disappear when sender is same as receiver](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-disappear-when-sender-is-same-as-receiver/218782)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-disappear-when-sender-is-same-as-receiver/218782 "2022-02-22T07:28:51Z")
I don’t know if this is a bug or a feature, but because something unexpected happends I’m counting it as a bug :wink: I tried send a private message to myself, mostly because of drafts fail sometime. Composer nagged to … --- ## [Is there any endpoint that would provide a user's external account IDs from their Discourse ID?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-endpoint-that-would-provide-a-users-external-account-ids-from-their-discourse-id/218911)
**Author:** [@cookieman768](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cookieman768)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-endpoint-that-would-provide-a-users-external-account-ids-from-their-discourse-id/218911 "2022-02-22T02:12:49Z")
Continuing the discussion from Get external\_id by user for associated accounts?: I saw that this question was asked here, but I don’t think that it got traction since it was only in the dev category. I’m wondering if an… --- ## [I don't understand what's the problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-dont-understand-whats-the-problem/218922)
**Author:** [@Develcoder](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Develcoder)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-dont-understand-whats-the-problem/218922 "2022-02-22T05:28:40Z")
ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid (PG::UndefinedTable: ERROR: relation "categories" does not exist LINE 1: SELECT "categories"."id" FROM "categories" WHERE "categories... ^ ) lib/freed… --- ## [Local image ad banners?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/local-image-ad-banners/108608)
**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/local-image-ad-banners/108608 "2019-02-07T17:10:45Z")
Hi there, I’m evaluating migration options for a very large Drupal 7 forum. It currently runs one horizontal (728x90) and 2 vertical (160x600) ad spaces, which randomly display a simple image banner from a bank of images… --- ## [The dashboard upgrade icon can't DO anything](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-dashboard-upgrade-icon-cant-do-anything/219020)
**Author:** [@schleifer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schleifer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-dashboard-upgrade-icon-cant-do-anything/219020 "2022-02-22T01:09:13Z")
The bright and colorful not-smiling-face commands me upgrade, but I cannot interact with it in any way. Instead, I have to look way over on the other side of the page and read some words. Perhaps that whole face and … --- ## [Backups to two different S3 regions no longer work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-to-two-different-s3-regions-no-longer-work/108552)
**Author:** [@barreeeiroo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barreeeiroo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-to-two-different-s3-regions-no-longer-work/108552 "2022-02-22T01:17:11Z")
Today we have updated Discourse to latest commit, and S3 backup system stopped working When accessing to /admin/backups, an error failed message is raised, and the JSON outputs this: The bucket you are attempting to ac… --- ## [There is no route named adminPlugins.chat-integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-is-no-route-named-adminplugins-chat-integration/219004)
**Author:** [@james\_one](https://meta.discourse.org/u/james_one)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-is-no-route-named-adminplugins-chat-integration/219004 "2022-02-21T23:22:31Z")
After installing the discourse-chat-integration plugin I now don’t see it in the Plugin section and in fact at times all the plugins are missing while at others I see it but clearly not working well (screenshots attached… --- ## [Disabling invitation feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-invitation-feature/218563)
**Author:** [@meiadeleite](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meiadeleite)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-invitation-feature/218563 "2022-02-21T21:58:18Z")
Hi! We have a forum where the accounts come from another website (SSO), so new registrations are disabled. Despite this, the “Invite” feature is still showing for our members. :frowning: I tried changing the min trust le… --- ## [Migrate\_to\_s3 fails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-to-s3-fails/209499)
**Author:** [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-to-s3-fails/209499 "2022-02-21T17:16:48Z")
I’m trying to move uploads to s3 on a relatively busy site. Everything goes as planned except when I run rake uploads:migrate\_to\_s3, I am presented with the following error: Updating the URLs in the database... Removin… --- ## [Sticky avatars problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sticky-avatars-problem/218963)
**Author:** [@Edward\_Hibbert](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Edward_Hibbert)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sticky-avatars-problem/218963 "2022-02-21T16:38:07Z")
We have a custom theme, and the header shrinks as we scroll. We think that the recently-integrated stick avatars feature is causing some thrashing behaviour just as the header shrinks. See attached video: I… --- ## [Limit the amount of subcategories on the homepage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-the-amount-of-subcategories-on-the-homepage/218955)
**Author:** [@RC\_Test](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RC_Test)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-the-amount-of-subcategories-on-the-homepage/218955 "2022-02-21T16:02:22Z")
Hello, I’ve been trying to find an solution to his, but with no success. Is it possible to hide just some of the subcategories on the home page? At the moment all of the subcategories are being displayed under a catego… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=885) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?exclude_tag=api&page=887)