# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked%EB%A5%BC&page=1056 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1057 --- ## [Are there any plans to improve topic similarity checks?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-any-plans-to-improve-topic-similarity-checks/164522)
**Author:** [@alexjpanagis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexjpanagis)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-any-plans-to-improve-topic-similarity-checks/164522 "2021-02-26T00:40:11Z")
There’s so much potential for this feature to go beyond the basic implementation that is in place right now (i.e. a solution that can actually recognize topics and body content that is related/similar to other existing o… --- ## [Announcements category settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/announcements-category-settings/181053)
**Author:** [@ArcticF0xx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArcticF0xx)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/announcements-category-settings/181053 "2021-02-25T23:44:04Z")
We have to make some edits to a topic that lives in the Announcements category; however, if we do make those changes, everyone will get an email. Is there setting to easily change it so we can make those edits without s… --- ## [All users have the same IP (the Servers IP)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-users-have-the-same-ip-the-servers-ip/25850)
**Author:** [@LuaTenshi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LuaTenshi)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-users-have-the-same-ip-the-servers-ip/25850 "2018-07-28T23:52:48Z")
So I have recently noticed that all my users seem to be using the same IP which happens to be the IP of my server (176.31.6x.xxx) … I have no idea where to even start fixing this issue, yes I am using cloudflare. --- ## [Checklist Plugin - collaborative list vs. personal list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/checklist-plugin-collaborative-list-vs-personal-list/181148)
**Author:** [@Matze](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matze)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/checklist-plugin-collaborative-list-vs-personal-list/181148 "2021-02-25T20:40:55Z")
As I understand the checklist plugin, it’s about working collaboratively on a checklist: Changes (checked / unchecked) are then visible to all users. That’s nice functionality. But sometimes you also want to have the f… --- ## [BCC: Add username placeholder](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bcc-add-username-placeholder/177343)
**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bcc-add-username-placeholder/177343 "2021-02-25T19:34:39Z")
Hey Robin, amazing plugin! What do you think about adding a username placeholder so that each individual message will address the user by his name? --- ## [Setting up Discourse with SSL on Docker with AWS ELB breaks and returns 503 Service Unavailable (Back-end server is at capacity)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-with-ssl-on-docker-with-aws-elb-breaks-and-returns-503-service-unavailable-back-end-server-is-at-capacity/29098)
**Author:** [@stroupaloop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stroupaloop)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-with-ssl-on-docker-with-aws-elb-breaks-and-returns-503-service-unavailable-back-end-server-is-at-capacity/29098 "2021-02-25T16:53:08Z")
Back again :slight\_smile: and as always, apologies for my noob devops questions, but here it goes … I’m trying to setup https for a docker instance of Discourse that’s deployed on AWS. I’m able to successfully run Disco… --- ## [Distinction between the javascript Session object and the session cookie?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/distinction-between-the-javascript-session-object-and-the-session-cookie/181139)
**Author:** [@mbaker341997](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbaker341997)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/distinction-between-the-javascript-session-object-and-the-session-cookie/181139 "2021-02-25T16:59:40Z")
Per (Deprecated) List of cookies used by Discourse Discourse leverages a Session cookie for storing session data, but I also see this session object on the frontend which says that: It is not stored or serialized anywh… --- ## [Title from private group is still visible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-from-private-group-is-still-visible/177705)
**Author:** [@ArcticF0xx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArcticF0xx)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-from-private-group-is-still-visible/177705 "2021-02-25T16:54:42Z")
I created a private group and set it so only admins and mods see the group; however, when testing from an incognito window, the group name shows up on the profiles I’ve added to the group. Do anyone know how to resolve … --- ## [Performance on new DigitalOcean Premium droplets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/performance-on-new-digitalocean-premium-droplets/181081)
**Author:** [@marianord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marianord)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/performance-on-new-digitalocean-premium-droplets/181081 "2021-02-25T15:35:36Z")
Hello everyone, I’m curious to know if someone has already tested the new premium droplets of DigitalOcean that offer both NVMe SSD and quicker CPUs. As I asume mostly have their Discourse deployed on Droplets (as do I)… --- ## [Unable to create web\_only image for a fresh install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-create-web-only-image-for-a-fresh-install/180221)
**Author:** [@ann\_eav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ann_eav)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-create-web-only-image-for-a-fresh-install/180221 "2021-02-25T15:30:17Z")
Hello :blush: I am still trying to create our pipeline to work with Discourse. I have a fresh Redis container and a fresh Postgres container to use with discourse. Next step for me is build the image of the web\_only c… --- ## [Help find the error with import script](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-find-the-error-with-import-script/181103)
**Author:** [@Алексей\_Батурин1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-find-the-error-with-import-script/181103 "2021-02-25T12:52:04Z")
help find the error def import\_categories puts "", "importing categories..." categories = mysql\_query(" SELECT id, name\_seo name\_seo, parent\_id as parent\_id … --- ## [Calculate total participation moments by month using Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/calculate-total-participation-moments-by-month-using-data-explorer/179885)
**Author:** [@Konrad\_Sopala](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Konrad_Sopala)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/calculate-total-participation-moments-by-month-using-data-explorer/179885 "2021-02-25T08:51:04Z")
Hey there Data Explorer wizards! Has anyone ever tried creating a query that will give the count for total participation moments by moth using Data Explorer queries? I mean total number of all posts, solutions, likes b… --- ## [Filtering by multiple tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filtering-by-multiple-tags/110039)
**Author:** [@Dev\_Work](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dev_Work)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 7:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filtering-by-multiple-tags/110039 "2021-02-25T07:42:30Z")
How to do filtering by tags, HOW MADE IN AN Advanced Search --- ## [Admin report graph y-axis issue on narrow screens](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-report-graph-y-axis-issue-on-narrow-screens/181017)
**Author:** [@Matze](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matze)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-report-graph-y-axis-issue-on-narrow-screens/181017 "2021-02-24T23:19:30Z")
I noticed that the number of registrations is incorrect. I don’t know if this is already known. --- ## [Do you allow video uploads on your Discourse forums?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-you-allow-video-uploads-on-your-discourse-forums/143135)
**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-you-allow-video-uploads-on-your-discourse-forums/143135 "2021-02-24T23:58:05Z")
Hey DiscoFam! I have a best practices type question… I’m not sure whether I want to allow and encourage video uploads on my forums. While there may be some really good vid content that’s added, there will likely be a lo… --- ## [Site setting is different Every time on Ubuntu development installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-is-different-every-time-on-ubuntu-development-installation/168523)
**Author:** [@joa1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joa1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-is-different-every-time-on-ubuntu-development-installation/168523 "2021-02-24T23:03:46Z")
Hello I am building a forum site. I tried to change the site settings and refresh the site, I cannot get the changed values ​​intermittently. Each refresh seems to show the previously cached values. I Adjusted the nu… --- ## [Not all installed theme components listed as installed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-all-installed-theme-components-listed-as-installed/179756)
**Author:** [@AquaL1te](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AquaL1te)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-all-installed-theme-components-listed-as-installed/179756 "2021-02-24T22:34:24Z")
Below are 2 screenshots. The first one lists the theme components I installed. The next screenshots shows the overview of what Discourse registers as installed. Only the hamburger theme selector is listed as installed. W… --- ## [How to get the ancestors of a category from the Group page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-the-ancestors-of-a-category-from-the-group-page/181045)
**Author:** [@frank.manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frank.manuel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-the-ancestors-of-a-category-from-the-group-page/181045 "2021-02-24T20:40:54Z")
Here’s the story: Each Category has an auto-generated Group, and they’re related to each other 1-to-1 via the category\_custom\_fields “group\_id” and group\_custom\_fields “category\_id”. I’ve added a Category to a group th… --- ## [Category Moderators Must Approve Own Posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderators-must-approve-own-posts/180883)
**Author:** [@John\_Lehmann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/John_Lehmann)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderators-must-approve-own-posts/180883 "2021-02-24T20:39:27Z")
We are trying out category moderators in a category which requires review. We created a group specifically to moderate this category. They are able to approve posts. But even their own posts/topics require review!? … --- ## [Discourse Official Hosting Now Available in EU](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-official-hosting-now-available-in-eu/134383)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-official-hosting-now-available-in-eu/134383 "2021-02-24T20:17:48Z")
Originally published at: Discourse Official Hosting Now Available in EU Yes, Standard and Business hosting is now available in the EU! Early this year we deployed additional bare-metal hosting in Europe. Until now th… --- ## [Hide sub-sub-categories from /categories listing?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-sub-sub-categories-from-categories-listing/180118)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-sub-sub-categories-from-categories-listing/180118 "2021-02-24T19:41:36Z")
I apologize that this is probably a fairly obscure question: Is it possible to hide sub-sub categories from the /categories listing? In other (more verbose) words: In a normal scenario, when you look at /categories … --- ## [Missing translation button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-translation-button/180373)
**Author:** [@ced](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ced)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-translation-button/180373 "2021-02-24T18:33:56Z")
I have the plugin installed and it works well most of the time. But there are cases where the translate button is not shown. I think I found the common pattern of those cases, it is when the post start by a quote. It lo… --- ## [DiscourseHub App covers Docs Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discoursehub-app-covers-docs-topics/180926)
**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discoursehub-app-covers-docs-topics/180926 "2021-02-24T17:19:32Z")
On the DiscourseHub App for iPhone, the last doc topic is covered by the bottom navigation. Note: this probably doesn’t show up a whole lot because it only occurs when the number of topics is exactly whatever number … --- ## [New Discourse Forum by Cloning Existing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-discourse-forum-by-cloning-existing/180962)
**Author:** [@Ally\_Lady](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ally_Lady)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-discourse-forum-by-cloning-existing/180962 "2021-02-24T16:16:41Z")
Hi All, Just checking on the best/quickest approach of setting up a 2nd discourse forum on a new server. Can the existing Discourse host be cloned to a new server and the users/forum posts data removed directly from the… --- ## [Invalid location error after update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-location-error-after-update/180940)
**Author:** [@pmichelu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmichelu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-location-error-after-update/180940 "2021-02-24T16:09:24Z")
Hi! I just ran the automated update on our Discourse instance a few days ago (it’s in a docker container). Now it’s dead in the water - when you go to the site it shows the “Oops” message. I used “tail shared/standalo… --- ## [Restore a long topic that has been deleted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-a-long-topic-that-has-been-deleted/180986)
**Author:** [@neounix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neounix)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 8:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-a-long-topic-that-has-been-deleted/180986 "2021-02-24T08:58:16Z")
On our forums, we had a long topic with over 300 posts with a commercial webdev client and for some reason, that entire topic vanished a few day ago after moving a few posts to a different topic. I checked the user acti… --- ## [Removing back/forward bar at the bottom of iOS PWA](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-back-forward-bar-at-the-bottom-of-ios-pwa/180918)
**Author:** [@MrDavis97](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MrDavis97)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-back-forward-bar-at-the-bottom-of-ios-pwa/180918 "2021-02-23T20:20:22Z")
So, to make my discourse instance more app-like on mobile, I am using the discourse tab bar for mobile theme component. However, at least on iOS, there is back/forward bar at the bottom that constantly obscures the view … --- ## [Has anyone added a custom footer to Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/has-anyone-added-a-custom-footer-to-discourse/31745)
**Author:** [@Erik\_Manger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Erik_Manger)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/has-anyone-added-a-custom-footer-to-discourse/31745 "2021-02-24T07:49:45Z")
Hi everyone, Props to whomever can help. Does anyone customized the footer of Discourse to include copyright text, links, etc.? I am looking to do this for my site but honestly cannot figure out how to properly code th… --- ## [Can I set a custom title on users that join a group?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-set-a-custom-title-on-users-that-join-a-group/180927)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 7:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-set-a-custom-title-on-users-that-join-a-group/180927 "2021-02-24T07:57:51Z")
Hi everyone, Is it possible to set a custom user title at the point of adding a user to a group? Eg. I add an existing user to a group called “Super Duper Members”. Can Discourse automatically update the title of t… --- ## [How to change short name in manifest.webmanifest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-short-name-in-manifest-webmanifest/180946)
**Author:** [@MrDavis97](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MrDavis97)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-short-name-in-manifest-webmanifest/180946 "2021-02-24T05:52:21Z")
I want to change the short name from Math By to Math By Miles. Here is what it currently looks like: . Is this done through the terminal? On my server, where would the files be located? [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked%EB%A5%BC&page=1055) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked%EB%A5%BC&page=1057)