# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=294 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 295 --- ## [Recommended approach for production discourse using PR (not merged)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommended-approach-for-production-discourse-using-pr-not-merged/353444)
**Author:** [@Jacob\_Peebles](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jacob_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommended-approach-for-production-discourse-using-pr-not-merged/353444 "2025-02-21T02:32:08Z")
Hello, We are needing to use this new feature/functionality for email: Since it is not merged (we assume it will be one day) what is the recommended way to run a production discourse and include a PR in review? I as… --- ## [Gamekult, un popular fórum de videojuegos, migró de vBulletin a Discourse. ¿Un fracaso?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gamekult-a-popular-video-game-forum-migrated-from-vbulletin-to-discourse-a-failure/231919)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gamekult-a-popular-video-game-forum-migrated-from-vbulletin-to-discourse-a-failure/231919 "2025-02-21T13:09:31Z")
:warning: Links inside this topic are in French :fr: Hi! I created in 2018 a discussion on another popular video game forum (Canard PC), where I suggested a migration from their vBulletin to a modern platform. I talke… --- ## [Allow users to request deletion/anonymization with a button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-request-deletion-anonymization-with-a-button/353398)
**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-request-deletion-anonymization-with-a-button/353398 "2025-02-21T12:29:21Z")
Users can delete themselves if they haven’t been around too long, but after that, they have to contact a moderator or admin. But I think all users should have a “Delete My Account” button that, at the very least, just s… --- ## [Real-Time Notifications Fail to Refresh on Desktop](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-time-notifications-fail-to-refresh-on-desktop/349721)
**Author:** [@Caseyaffleck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Caseyaffleck)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-time-notifications-fail-to-refresh-on-desktop/349721 "2025-02-21T12:08:57Z")
Hi everyone Consider if users reported that real-time notifications fail to refresh on desktop browsers, requiring manual page reloads to see updates. What would be your first step in troubleshooting this issue? Which m… --- ## [I have Invision Power Forum need to be migrated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-have-invision-power-forum-need-to-be-migrated/348269)
**Author:** [@hameedacpa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hameedacpa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-have-invision-power-forum-need-to-be-migrated/348269 "2025-02-21T11:50:19Z")
What would you like done? Invision Power Forum need to migrate When do you need it done? within 4 days What is your budget, in $ USD that you can offer for this task? 250 USD I need somebody experienced in this. --- ## [Tags not appearing in tag dropdown (v2)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-not-appearing-in-tag-dropdown-v2/353530)
**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-not-appearing-in-tag-dropdown-v2/353530 "2025-02-21T07:17:46Z")
Unfortunately the previous topic by this name was closed, although the issue is either unresolved, or has re-emerged When creating a new post, the Optional Tags field dropdown does not list all the available tags (shows… --- ## [Get data from excel or Excel Vlookup and Hlookup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-data-from-excel-or-excel-vlookup-and-hlookup/353568)
**Author:** [@LaptechInfo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LaptechInfo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-data-from-excel-or-excel-vlookup-and-hlookup/353568 "2025-02-21T10:28:17Z")
HI, it would be nice, if we have a Excel Sheet data fetching from its columns, upload a excel file to discourse, and setup a text box and search for the vlookup or hlookup option. Thanks you all --- ## [How to use the API to set a timer for a topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-the-api-to-set-a-timer-for-a-topic/353494)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-the-api-to-set-a-timer-for-a-topic/353494 "2025-02-21T06:10:01Z")
Looking here: Discourse API Docs the request sample shows: https://{url}/t/{id}/timer.json { "time": "", "status\_type": "string", "based\_on\_last\_post": true, "category\_id": 0 } But this does not seem consisten… --- ## [Style blockquotes as callouts in Obsidian](https://meta.discourse.org/t/style-blockquotes-as-callouts-in-obsidian/350045)
**Author:** [@StefanoCecere](https://meta.discourse.org/u/StefanoCecere)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/style-blockquotes-as-callouts-in-obsidian/350045 "2025-02-06T22:15:02Z")
many markdown editors allow to style the blockquotes with some keyword… like (in Obsidian Callouts - Obsidian Help ) \> \[!tip\] Callouts can have custom titles \> Like this one. since many of us are starting to sync co… --- ## [How to Display User’s Total Post Count in Each Post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-display-user-s-total-post-count-in-each-post/353453)
**Author:** [@Patchesx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Patchesx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-display-user-s-total-post-count-in-each-post/353453 "2025-02-21T01:20:25Z")
Hi Discourse Support Team, I’m currently running a Discourse forum and I’d like to display the total number of posts a user has made directly in each post they create. Ideally, this should appear next to the username or… --- ## [Uploading images for Signatures](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-images-for-signatures/304269)
**Author:** [@TechnoFox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoFox)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-images-for-signatures/304269 "2025-02-21T01:10:06Z")
How do users upload images into the signature without a link? Is that possible yet, or am I just not seeing it? --- ## [Do the API endpoints change when migrating to hosted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-the-api-endpoints-change-when-migrating-to-hosted/353428)
**Author:** [@multicam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/multicam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-the-api-endpoints-change-when-migrating-to-hosted/353428 "2025-02-20T21:40:39Z")
Hi there, We recently moved our 10 years old discourse outfit to a hosted plan. The usual api endpoints for invites GET “/invites.json” & POST “/invites” now return 404 This topic doen’t seem to be covered in the docu… --- ## [Newbie Question re: security](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newbie-question-re-security/352497)
**Author:** [@SamM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SamM)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newbie-question-re-security/352497 "2025-02-20T20:49:46Z")
Hi, I just started my 14-day free trial and I like what I see. I have a question about security: I used to use a “Simple Machines” forum, linked to my website, but it proved to be a massive security risk, as spammers wo… --- ## [Badge Granting Difficulties](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-granting-difficulties/353380)
**Author:** [@Cricket](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cricket)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-granting-difficulties/353380 "2025-02-20T19:27:12Z")
Hello! My name is Cricket and I am new to this forum! I understand this is where you ask for regarding your forums or some issues, right? This is brilliant! Oops! I need to get straight to the point: I am trying to gran… --- ## [Is this still the solution for checking for dark mode?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-still-the-solution-for-checking-for-dark-mode/353354)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-still-the-solution-for-checking-for-dark-mode/353354 "2025-02-20T18:46:26Z")
Continuing the discussion from No specific class for dark mode: I’ve got a theme component that’s changing the site logo based on what category the user is in and adding logos to the categories in the sidebar, and now … --- ## [Users self-deleting/anonymizing?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-self-deleting-anonymizing/267657)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-self-deleting-anonymizing/267657 "2025-02-20T18:15:28Z")
Just received this oh so gracious “request” from a user: Delete my forum account, \*\*\*\* .. you have not given me any means to anonymize or delete the account, and there is no way to contact the moderators on your varian… --- ## [Rebuild fails (yarn config set network-timeout 600000 -g)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-fails-yarn-config-set-network-timeout-600000-g/353365)
**Author:** [@ygramoel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ygramoel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-fails-yarn-config-set-network-timeout-600000-g/353365 "2025-02-20T16:47:03Z")
I am running a self-hosted discourse forum at forum.embeetle.com Web based update failed, so I logged in to the server and tried ./launcher rebuild app. This also failed. The last part of the output is included below. … --- ## [There are too many options in Preferences](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-are-too-many-options-in-preferences/353298)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-are-too-many-options-in-preferences/353298 "2025-02-20T12:23:52Z")
Very valuable options like Saved Searches, AI and Activitypub are only visible when pressing the \> icon, making them hard to discover, especially if you don’t know they’re there. Even with my font preferences set to “sm… --- ## [Exploring Discourse Data Explorer on my Sandbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exploring-discourse-data-explorer-on-my-sandbox/353130)
**Author:** [@TedJohnson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TedJohnson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exploring-discourse-data-explorer-on-my-sandbox/353130 "2025-02-20T12:08:20Z")
I have Discourse Data Explorer installed on my Discourse sandbox, but I don’t have a lot of content on the site yet. I’m looking for some suggestions on how to play around with Data Explorer… On a site with minimum con… --- ## [Mail-Receiver Configuration: 403 Error on smtp\_should\_reject Endpoint](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mail-receiver-configuration-403-error-on-smtp-should-reject-endpoint/353303)
**Author:** [@Abdelrahman\_MoHamed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Abdelrahman_MoHamed)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mail-receiver-configuration-403-error-on-smtp-should-reject-endpoint/353303 "2025-02-20T11:46:37Z")
Hello Discourse Community, I’m encountering an issue while setting up the mail-receiver for my self-hosted Discourse forum. Despite following the official documentation here, I’m receiving the following error in my logs… --- ## [Images in an enlarged chat cannot be opened after a message with the image is posted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-in-an-enlarged-chat-cannot-be-opened-after-a-message-with-the-image-is-posted/352881)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-in-an-enlarged-chat-cannot-be-opened-after-a-message-with-the-image-is-posted/352881 "2025-02-20T10:09:37Z")
Reproduction steps: 1. Enlarge chat: 2.1. Post a message with a medium to big image, so that you’d expect a popup with a larger image if you click on it in the message. OR 2.2. Receive such a message from other pe… --- ## [Newly created topic shown location based on device](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newly-created-topic-shown-location-based-on-device/353266)
**Author:** [@Jun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jun)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newly-created-topic-shown-location-based-on-device/353266 "2025-02-20T09:03:00Z")
Does discourse support such location feature: newly created topic show location of logging device(mobile or personal computer)?User needn’t choose location manually. --- ## [Deletion of "Feedback" fails due to unknown chat channel dependency?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deletion-of-feedback-fails-due-to-unknown-chat-channel-dependency/353099)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_Rother](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Rother)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deletion-of-feedback-fails-due-to-unknown-chat-channel-dependency/353099 "2025-02-20T08:37:19Z")
I am trying to delete the pre-seeded “Feedback” category because we moved all topics to another category. But this fails with an error: --- ## [Issues with SSO and '~' character](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-sso-and-character/351582)
**Author:** [@sweetbeems](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sweetbeems)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 7:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-sso-and-character/351582 "2025-02-20T07:13:38Z")
Hi everyone, So recently I discovered that if I inclue ‘~’ in a user’s bios, I get a base64decode error from Discourse. It can handle all sorts of other problematic characters just fine (spaces, =, %, &) but not ~ for s… --- ## [Guardian.anonymous? versus Guardian.is\_anonymous?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guardian-anonymous-versus-guardian-is-anonymous/353209)
**Author:** [@mdoggydog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mdoggydog)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 5:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guardian-anonymous-versus-guardian-is-anonymous/353209 "2025-02-20T05:22:11Z")
Guardian has two verrrry similarly named predicates: anonymous? and is\_anonymous? What is the difference? :philosoraptor: :grimacing: :zipper\_mouth\_face: --- ## [Adding information about the flag review process](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-information-about-the-flag-review-process/352008)
**Author:** [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-information-about-the-flag-review-process/352008 "2025-02-14T02:45:11Z")
:bookmark: This is a how-to guide on how to modify information about the flags review process. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Admin At the top of the flag modal generic information about the review proces… --- ## [User Card: Chat button is gone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-chat-button-is-gone/353133)
**Author:** [@Magie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Magie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-chat-button-is-gone/353133 "2025-02-20T02:57:08Z")
Dear Discourse community, We used to have a chat button on our user cards under /u. But now they are gone. I am wondering why? Can you help me please? Why display: none for Admins? For Admins the “usercard-controls” ar… --- ## [Adjusting Article Title Color for Night Mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adjusting-article-title-color-for-night-mode/353237)
**Author:** [@CAX.DO](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CAX.DO)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adjusting-article-title-color-for-night-mode/353237 "2025-02-20T02:24:48Z")
Hello everyone, I have a question about theme colors. I’ve set up a button for “night-dark” mode. When I use dark mode and browse article pages, the article title is displayed at the top in white, which is correct. Howev… --- ## [Do not see discourse/config/site\_settings.yml to set USER API limits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-not-see-discourse-config-site-settings-yml-to-set-user-api-limits/353138)
**Author:** [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-not-see-discourse-config-site-settings-yml-to-set-user-api-limits/353138 "2025-02-20T00:25:48Z")
I cannot find site\_settings.yml to adjust my instance rate limits? --- ## [WebP images are broken in Gmail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webp-images-are-broken-in-gmail/337500)
**Author:** [@Firsh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firsh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webp-images-are-broken-in-gmail/337500 "2025-02-19T16:56:46Z")
I have WebP images coming from WP DC SSO connection when creating new posts that create new topics. The Image URLs are valid, accessible even if hotlinked, but DC is instructed to create a local copy. For example this: … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=293) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=295)