# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked%EB%A5%BC&page=702 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 703 --- ## [Display last active (seen) info next to @ username search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-last-active-seen-info-next-to-username-search/258384)
**Author:** [@simon\_tomes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon_tomes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-last-active-seen-info-next-to-username-search/258384 "2023-03-16T15:17:07Z")
In some cases, there are two or more accounts for the same person in our Discourse. It’s something we’re addressing with inactive accounts elsewhere. However, I think there’s an opportunity to help people when they @ som… --- ## [\`assigns public\` displays inaccessible link to non-staff users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assigns-public-displays-inaccessible-link-to-non-staff-users/258377)
**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assigns-public-displays-inaccessible-link-to-non-staff-users/258377 "2023-03-16T13:20:47Z")
Hello. I have noticed that the “Assigned to” button brings an error when clicking on it as a normal user (not staff member). Does anyone know why this is able to be clicked on? Example: .Ban appeal Of SlenderGaming200 -… --- ## [Changing discobot name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-discobot-name/227385)
**Author:** [@Bobby\_Dobrescu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bobby_Dobrescu)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-discobot-name/227385 "2023-03-16T10:55:06Z")
Is changing discobot’s name broken for anyone else in 2.8.2? I followed these tips, but once I change the name it stops responding. Don’t really know where to start troubleshooting. Thoughts? --- ## [Failing rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-rebuild/257842)
**Author:** [@Ashwani\_K\_Goel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ashwani_K_Goel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 2:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-rebuild/257842 "2023-03-13T02:44:43Z")
I have done everything I could I used to have Ubuntu 14.04 on my server. I upgraded it sequentially to Ubuntu 20.04 Upgraded Ruby to 3.2.0 Updated all Gems, and even run Bundle install successfully after a few tries B… --- ## [How to determine category id](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-determine-category-id/184607)
**Author:** [@Joshua\_Kogan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joshua_Kogan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 5:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-determine-category-id/184607 "2023-03-16T05:32:12Z")
Hi all, how would I find a category’s id? --- ## [Getting user profile custom field via JS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-user-profile-custom-field-via-js/32257)
**Author:** [@dleung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dleung)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-user-profile-custom-field-via-js/32257 "2023-03-16T01:12:16Z")
Hi, I’m wondering if it is possible to retrieve user profile custom fields in our customized header using something like this: $.ajax("/session/current").then(function (json) { console.log(json.custom.user\_field\_4… --- ## [How to leverage the "Open all external links in a new tab" setting in site customizations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-leverage-the-open-all-external-links-in-a-new-tab-setting-in-site-customizations/258174)
**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-leverage-the-open-all-external-links-in-a-new-tab-setting-in-site-customizations/258174 "2023-03-16T00:54:08Z")
A site I frequent has a customization on the user card that includes a link to an external site specific to each user (a user profile basically). However, clicking this link opens the page in the current tab, despite me … --- ## [Install Discourse following Vultr tutorial](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-following-vultr-tutorial/258303)
**Author:** [@Renato1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Renato1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-following-vultr-tutorial/258303 "2023-03-16T00:19:26Z")
Hi everyone, I would like to know if the tutorial provided by Vultr (How to Install Discourse on Ubuntu 20.04 - Complete Guide | Vultr Docs) differs too much from the official Discourse tutorial, since I want to follow t… --- ## [Why categories not listed on sidebar?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-categories-not-listed-on-sidebar/258285)
**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-categories-not-listed-on-sidebar/258285 "2023-03-15T21:51:23Z")
There is a ‘general’ category on Meta but I was need to go to ‘Display all categories’, turn down (all the page) and then get into ‘General’. Then I see the category has 3 posts on last month so that’s OK? What’s the po… --- ## [Not allowed to use CAPS in a title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-allowed-to-use-caps-in-a-title/258162)
**Author:** [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-allowed-to-use-caps-in-a-title/258162 "2023-03-15T21:10:39Z")
I need to use capital letters in a title. There is some magic force that makes them into lower case, except for the first letter. Maybe the assumption is people will never need to write “USA” etc. OK, it happened on … --- ## [Feedback needed: best desktop homepage view?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-needed-best-desktop-homepage-view/256799)
**Author:** [@Quentin\_B](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quentin_B)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-needed-best-desktop-homepage-view/256799 "2023-03-15T20:28:30Z")
Hello everyone! Long story short, I’m struggling to choose the best default view to kickstart my community. I’m not worried about the volume of registrations, but I’m facing difficulties to organize the homepage of my i… --- ## [Disable @all pings from Discourse Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-all-pings-from-discourse-chat/243233)
**Author:** [@codergautam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codergautam)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-all-pings-from-discourse-chat/243233 "2023-03-15T19:22:49Z")
Help! Today a user discovered that you can do @all in discourse chat. At first it was like a joke, but a lot of users were actually getting pinged, including me I saw pings coming from the channel even though nobody pin… --- ## [Seeking help for discourse installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-help-for-discourse-installation/258187)
**Author:** [@Anil\_Gangavarapu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anil_Gangavarapu)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-help-for-discourse-installation/258187 "2023-03-15T18:51:22Z")
hello all… I’m new bee here i chose digital ocean discourse image , i go throw to entire installation process which is mentioned in docs, after completing process when i entered my site url , I’m unbale to access for… --- ## [FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP, even on a fresh installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-even-on-a-fresh-installation/257942)
**Author:** [@johnlth93](https://meta.discourse.org/u/johnlth93)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-even-on-a-fresh-installation/257942 "2023-03-15T16:45:38Z")
Hi, I had been using Discourse for quite many years but I wanted to migrate to a different server. Already did the backup and now trying to install a new copy on the new server in order to make restoration. But when I… --- ## [Anyone in Portland, OR, USA need some Discourse help?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-in-portland-or-usa-need-some-discourse-help/258247)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-in-portland-or-usa-need-some-discourse-help/258247 "2023-03-15T16:18:29Z")
I’ll be in Portland, OR next week and would be happy to meet up with any Discourse folks in the area. --- ## [Suggestions for best practices?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestions-for-best-practices/254259)
**Author:** [@mangcat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mangcat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestions-for-best-practices/254259 "2023-03-15T15:41:24Z")
Hello, We have a forum set up for our support community and we were wondering if you have any suggestions or recommendations for best practices around making sure that we are not missing any posts/replies? Thank you, … --- ## [Category Ban is not supported but would it be possible with a plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-ban-is-not-supported-but-would-it-be-possible-with-a-plugin/258025)
**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-ban-is-not-supported-but-would-it-be-possible-with-a-plugin/258025 "2023-03-15T13:43:57Z")
I’ve read this topic which basically state that it’s not a feature seen as needed so I’m not going to ask for it again. However, there are use cases for large communities like mine in which we have literally smaller for… --- ## [WP Discourse 2.4.8: possible bug with excerpt function](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-2-4-8-possible-bug-with-excerpt-function/256793)
**Author:** [@OrkoGrayskull](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OrkoGrayskull)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-2-4-8-possible-bug-with-excerpt-function/256793 "2023-03-15T12:53:04Z")
Hi there, I’m using WP Discourse (2.4.8). Under the “Publihsing” tab, I unchecked Publish the full post to Discourse, rather than an excerpt. Publishing posts works and an abbreviated representation is displayed in Disc… --- ## [Is it possible to change the background color of (only) the home page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-the-background-color-of-only-the-home-page/257222)
**Author:** [@Tin\_Tin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tin_Tin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-the-background-color-of-only-the-home-page/257222 "2023-03-15T09:39:44Z")
We’d like to change the background color of only our home page to black (white font) while leaving all other pages “white” (with back font)–the standard style setting. Is there an easy CSS-way to do this? Many thank… --- ## [Digest inside a group, limit moderator to group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-inside-a-group-limit-moderator-to-group/180199)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_Rother](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Rother)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 7:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-inside-a-group-limit-moderator-to-group/180199 "2023-03-15T07:52:57Z")
We have a discourse 2.7.0.beta3 instance for closed user groups. It hosts different communities, each of them has its own social focus (e.g. one is a maker space, the other one a pressure group for local bike traffic). E… --- ## [How customizable is the hint that appears when creating a new post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-customizable-is-the-hint-that-appears-when-creating-a-new-post/127259)
**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-customizable-is-the-hint-that-appears-when-creating-a-new-post/127259 "2023-03-15T07:22:14Z")
When you start typing the title for a new topic, sometimes the “your topic is similar to” message appears. Is it possible to have other messages show up there? For example, if the title (or body for that matter) included… --- ## [Discouse takes up a lot of disk space, mainly the redis\_data folder](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discouse-takes-up-a-lot-of-disk-space-mainly-the-redis-data-folder/255331)
**Author:** [@Alienazk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alienazk)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 4:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discouse-takes-up-a-lot-of-disk-space-mainly-the-redis-data-folder/255331 "2023-03-15T04:25:54Z")
Hello! I’ve been running the community on discouse for almost a year now and my backup files are now up to 2.5G. But we are running out of disk space (120G). After investigation, the folder redis\_data is taking up 59G… --- ## [Import Database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-database/258144)
**Author:** [@Timelord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timelord)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-database/258144 "2023-03-15T02:33:31Z")
Team, have taken a backup of my site, extracted the contents to my local disk, and drilled down until I have gotten the dump.sql file. Should it be possible to import this is into a local install of PostgrSQL on my wor… --- ## [What value to use as poll name when running report manually](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-value-to-use-as-poll-name-when-running-report-manually/249456)
**Author:** [@Phylo\_IF](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Phylo_IF)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 7:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-value-to-use-as-poll-name-when-running-report-manually/249456 "2022-12-20T07:23:25Z")
Hey, i got a question in regard to the implemented “Poll results report” which is one of the standard queries. It asks me to put in a “Poll\_name” and a “Post\_ID”. While i can imagine the post id, i do not know where to… --- ## [Mirrored topic: same topic in two categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mirrored-topic-same-topic-in-two-categories/187032)
**Author:** [@jmeler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmeler)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mirrored-topic-same-topic-in-two-categories/187032 "2023-03-14T18:56:55Z")
Sorry if I am redundant, but I have not found any similar topic … Recently, Workflowy, my second favorite web platform (Discourse is the first!) has implemented mirrors, which allow to have an element in more than one l… --- ## [Discourse splash not removed after boot because of browser extension](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-splash-not-removed-after-boot-because-of-browser-extension/258137)
**Author:** [@Stew\_Pid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stew_Pid)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-splash-not-removed-after-boot-because-of-browser-extension/258137 "2023-03-14T17:54:26Z")
I have a user that is having some problems on a Chromebook. I suspect, but don’t know, that this may be the problem. Is there a way to disable this? --- ## [Community Health statistics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-health-statistics/258043)
**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-health-statistics/258043 "2023-03-14T17:56:56Z")
Is it possible to include email-list users under community health statistics? Currently, it looks like only logged in users per day are counted. In particular can the ‘Consolidated Pageviews’ graph be renamed/upgraded … --- ## [Stripping Outlook Safe Link URLs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stripping-outlook-safe-link-urls/258114)
**Author:** [@ethang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ethang)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stripping-outlook-safe-link-urls/258114 "2023-03-14T17:05:47Z")
Good morning - I’m an admin on a hosted (Business tier) forum for a software service, and I am trying to gently encourage more of our users to post to our Discourse rather than emailing me directly by forwarding messages… --- ## [Welcome topic can't be created if General category is deleted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-topic-cant-be-created-if-general-category-is-deleted/253773)
**Author:** [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-topic-cant-be-created-if-general-category-is-deleted/253773 "2023-03-14T16:40:37Z")
Building a new test instance I removed all of the unwanted categories before I realized I hadn’t created a welcome topic (to dismiss the banner). Browser console shows a 403 error and the follow: \[Error\] Unhandled P… --- ## [Discourse Hub app crashing on open after being closed for a while](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hub-app-crashing-on-open-after-being-closed-for-a-while/257907)
**Author:** [@trs80](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trs80)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hub-app-crashing-on-open-after-being-closed-for-a-while/257907 "2023-03-14T16:16:05Z")
Since I think 1.8.7, and still in 1.8.9, Discourse Hub crashes when I open it after being closed for a while. Immediately reopening it works fine. [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked%EB%A5%BC&page=701) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked%EB%A5%BC&page=703)