# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=303 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 304 --- ## [Bluesky Automation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bluesky-automation/324025)
**Author:** [@Timelord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timelord)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bluesky-automation/324025 "2025-02-06T21:45:55Z")
Hey everyone - do we know if there is a way to automatically post to Bluesky, similar to what we can do with Twitter using the automation app? Yes, I said Twitter. --- ## [Dynamic params to use with Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dynamic-params-to-use-with-data-explorer/346502)
**Author:** [@gormus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gormus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dynamic-params-to-use-with-data-explorer/346502 "2025-02-06T21:25:40Z")
I have a Data Explorer report using 2 date parameters with hard-coded default values. -- \[params\] -- date :start\_date = 2024-12-01 -- date :end\_date = 2025-01-01 The hard-coded default values work for most of the p… --- ## [iOS doesn't load CSS sometimes when navigating between subdomains](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-doesnt-load-css-sometimes-when-navigating-between-subdomains/298740)
**Author:** [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-doesnt-load-css-sometimes-when-navigating-between-subdomains/298740 "2025-02-06T21:04:33Z")
Only seem to happen on iOS devices - sometimes external links open to within the same window but CSS isn’t loading. Strange and I can’t even seem to reproduce! Looks like this: Also found reports on other public disco… --- ## [How to set up the SMTP settings?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-up-the-smtp-settings/350507)
**Author:** [@jill88](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jill88)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-up-the-smtp-settings/350507 "2025-02-06T20:00:51Z")
I am having a hard time setting up the smtp settings to send emails. I tried using this article for help: troubleshoot-email-on-a-new-discourse-install/16326 (sorry i can’t post the link) But still can’t figure it ou… --- ## [Developer Toolbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developer-toolbox/239148)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developer-toolbox/239148 "2025-02-06T16:02:15Z")
:discourse2: Summary Developer Toolbox gives quick access to common links, actions, and settings often used when developing with Discourse. :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/d… --- ## [Update Avatar Image Serving - Remove Proxy Method](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-avatar-image-serving-remove-proxy-method/350715)
**Author:** [@LotusJeff](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LotusJeff)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-avatar-image-serving-remove-proxy-method/350715 "2025-02-06T15:18:27Z")
With Discourses 1RTT philosophy, I think it might be time to rewrite the Avatar image serving code. Avatar images should be treated as any other image upload. Resized at upload, stored, and served directly from the file… --- ## [Many issues with Discourse after upgrading to 3.4.0.beta3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/many-issues-with-discourse-after-upgrading-to-3-4-0-beta3/350424)
**Author:** [@Ahmed7](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ahmed7)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/many-issues-with-discourse-after-upgrading-to-3-4-0-beta3/350424 "2025-02-06T15:13:37Z")
Hi everyone, We’ve been having many issues after recently upgrading Discourse to 3.4.0.beta3 This is our community: https://community.ankihub.net/ If we could receive guidance on how to fix these issues, that would be… --- ## [Install Discourse on CloudPanel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-cloudpanel/266422)
**Author:** [@denvergeeks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/denvergeeks)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-cloudpanel/266422 "2025-02-06T11:03:36Z")
:warning: This installation method is not officially endorsed. Use at your own risk. The Discourse team only recommend installation using the official install guide :information\_source: This is an unsupported insta… --- ## [Unexpected Search Behavior: When 'commands' Doesn't Find '/commands'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-search-behavior-when-commands-doesnt-find-commands/315217)
**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-search-behavior-when-commands-doesnt-find-commands/315217 "2025-02-06T09:27:48Z")
In my documentation I have documented /commands formatted in backtick code formatting. However, if I search for “commands” there is no result. The search has to be /commands for the topic to show up. Is this intentional… --- ## [Redis Memory Keeps Increasing in Discourse 3.4.0.beta3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redis-memory-keeps-increasing-in-discourse-3-4-0-beta3/347197)
**Author:** [@Siraj\_Moideen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Siraj_Moideen)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redis-memory-keeps-increasing-in-discourse-3-4-0-beta3/347197 "2025-02-06T08:09:36Z")
I recently updated Discourse from version 3.4.0.beta1 to 3.4.0.beta3. After the update, we are noticing that the forum’s memory usage is gradually increasing, causing the application to go down. When checking the server,… --- ## [Locale settings of app.yml](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locale-settings-of-app-yml/350815)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 6:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locale-settings-of-app-yml/350815 "2025-02-06T06:26:39Z")
Just relax, my forum is up and running. But I would like to learn. Quite many is using something like this: LANGUAGE = "en\_US.UTF-8", LC\_ALL = "en\_US.UTF-8", LANG = "en\_US.UTF-8" Wouldn’t just LC\_ALL be enough? That i… --- ## [Customize Signup Form (add an intro sentence)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-signup-form-add-an-intro-sentence/350696)
**Author:** [@cogdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cogdog)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-signup-form-add-an-intro-sentence/350696 "2025-02-06T00:34:14Z")
I’m looking for the way to add say a short intro sentence to appear above our community’s signup form. I’ve managed to change the header and even swap the emoji from the standard hand wave I have seen in searching here … --- ## [All User public profiles are hidden?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-user-public-profiles-are-hidden/350766)
**Author:** [@ddsgad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ddsgad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-user-public-profiles-are-hidden/350766 "2025-02-05T23:47:15Z")
I have looked at every single other support topic for hidden public profiles, but cannot find the solution. Every user on our discourse form has the public profiles hidden. There is no option for the user to check anythi… --- ## [Activation Not send](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activation-not-send/349945)
**Author:** [@jannikjbi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jannikjbi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activation-not-send/349945 "2025-02-05T23:44:02Z")
Hi, I recently reinstalled my server with the forum on it and now I’m having problems sending emails to the admin account again, and I looked in the log and there’s nothing there except Processing by FinishInstallationC… --- ## [Happy 12th birthday Discourse and thank you all @team](https://meta.discourse.org/t/happy-12th-birthday-discourse-and-thank-you-all-team/350762)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/happy-12th-birthday-discourse-and-thank-you-all-team/350762 "2025-02-05T23:33:24Z")
Exactly twelve years ago, I was lying in bed, preparing to go to sleep, reading Hacker News on my iPad when I came across the announcement of Discourse on Jeff Atwood’s blog. I immediately got out of bed, visited Meta,… --- ## [Why Are Topics Getting Posted in Private Groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-topics-getting-posted-in-private-groups/350757)
**Author:** [@learningmore](https://meta.discourse.org/u/learningmore)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-topics-getting-posted-in-private-groups/350757 "2025-02-05T23:11:04Z")
Apologies - I did a search but didn’t see answer to this one. We have several private groups. Each group has a private category where they can post topics of interest to the group. We have the perms set up so only each … --- ## [Continuing from topic using standard hosting on another topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-from-topic-using-standard-hosting-on-another-topic/350621)
**Author:** [@kyle987](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kyle987)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-from-topic-using-standard-hosting-on-another-topic/350621 "2025-02-05T23:03:46Z")
Continuing the discussion from Trying discourse and plugins for github: particularly post 9 okay so @NateDhaliwal when I go to set up something on digital ocean it costs money you said you have a different way of doing… --- ## [Launcher upgrade failing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-upgrade-failing/350708)
**Author:** [@rlauriston](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rlauriston)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-upgrade-failing/350708 "2025-02-05T22:18:19Z")
The command that worked last time (Launcher rebuild app fails with "containers/app.yml does not exist" - #6 by pfaffman) is failing. root@sfofood:/var/discourse# ./launcher bootstrap web\_only && ./launcher destroy web\_o… --- ## [Sentiment table is not displaying](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sentiment-table-is-not-displaying/350233)
**Author:** [@Mark07](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark07)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sentiment-table-is-not-displaying/350233 "2025-02-05T21:13:52Z")
Hi everyone, I’m relatively new to the platform and this is my first time posting. I was wondering if anyone else has had any trouble viewing the Sentiment summary table in the analytics dashboard? This is what I’m se… --- ## [Some HTML tags are visible on the delete-user button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-html-tags-are-visible-on-the-delete-user-button/350606)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-html-tags-are-visible-on-the-delete-user-button/350606 "2025-02-05T21:04:01Z")
Running Discourse 3.4.0.beta4-dev (5bc7371192). When deleting a user some HTML tags are visible on the Delete and \block\ this email and IP address button: --- ## [Email sender does not match notification email and I can't figure out why](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-sender-does-not-match-notification-email-and-i-cant-figure-out-why/350667)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-sender-does-not-match-notification-email-and-i-cant-figure-out-why/350667 "2025-02-05T20:42:08Z")
I’m trying to use https://emailit.com/ on a forum that’s been up for 7 years or so (currently using mailgun). Email It is refusing to send because 530 From header does not match MAIL FROM address When I look at the em… --- ## [Set default for custom user-fields](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-default-for-custom-user-fields/350720)
**Author:** [@dubwoc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dubwoc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-default-for-custom-user-fields/350720 "2025-02-05T20:36:11Z")
Is there a way to set a default for a user-field? Effectively I want certain questions to default a certain way, allowing me to make a field required so both new and old users are prompted for it but that is pre-populate… --- ## [My community has been deleted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-community-has-been-deleted/350705)
**Author:** [@pedro.vasconcelos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pedro.vasconcelos)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-community-has-been-deleted/350705 "2025-02-05T19:43:46Z")
Its possible to recover a community? --- ## [Avatar Proxy and CDN Hot-Link Protection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-proxy-and-cdn-hot-link-protection/350525)
**Author:** [@LotusJeff](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LotusJeff)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-proxy-and-cdn-hot-link-protection/350525 "2025-02-05T19:17:27Z")
My Discourse site is image-heavy. Due to the many images, I use a S3/CDN combination to store and serve images. Within the CDN, I use various measures to prevent image hijacking. One of the measures is to stop all direct… --- ## [Handling of attached .log or .txt files](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-of-attached-log-or-txt-files/350697)
**Author:** [@Monk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Monk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-of-attached-log-or-txt-files/350697 "2025-02-05T19:09:12Z")
Since a few weeks, the behavior of our site has changed: Previously, post attachments with a .log or .txt extension would be downloaded or handled as defined in the browser. Now it has changed to opening the files in th… --- ## [User Notification For Unread PM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-notification-for-unread-pm/350535)
**Author:** [@Danny\_Dainton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Danny_Dainton)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-notification-for-unread-pm/350535 "2025-02-05T18:49:43Z")
Hey Folks, I’ve searched around meta and as of yet (I’m still searching) I haven’t found an answer or solution for this - Is there a process or plugin for sending a user a nudge or prompt if they haven’t read a PM in X … --- ## [Failed web Discourse upgrade. Web docker upgrade worked](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-web-discourse-upgrade-web-docker-upgrade-worked/350613)
**Author:** [@GetReadyMan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GetReadyMan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-web-discourse-upgrade-web-docker-upgrade-worked/350613 "2025-02-05T18:47:24Z")
The web version of the Docker update worked, The web version of the Discourse update failed. I reset the failed update, but the web application said the update was in progress. Went to try to update Discourse manually … --- ## [Ratelimit Exceeded when migrating threads and posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ratelimit-exceeded-when-migrating-threads-and-posts/350588)
**Author:** [@Klaas\_Tammling](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Klaas_Tammling)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ratelimit-exceeded-when-migrating-threads-and-posts/350588 "2025-02-05T18:35:08Z")
Hi all, I am currently writing something to migrate a Woltlab (Wbb) Forum to Discourse and I am willing to share it once it is somewhat done. Right now I am more or less successfully migrating categories, forums, users… --- ## [Rebuild fails: Data directory /shared/postgres\_data must not be owned by root](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-fails-data-directory-shared-postgres-data-must-not-be-owned-by-root/350658)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-fails-data-directory-shared-postgres-data-must-not-be-owned-by-root/350658 "2025-02-05T17:28:20Z")
Apologies ahead of time for some lack of details… I really got myself into it here… If you know a lot about the file permission requirements in /var/discourse/shared/standalone you might be able to skip down to the bott… --- ## ['Mark as read' needed within categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-read-needed-within-categories/94743)
**Author:** [@Beckfield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Beckfield)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-read-needed-within-categories/94743 "2025-02-05T15:48:29Z")
I have read the threads regarding the need for a “Mark as read” button in Discourse, and I vehemently disagree with the stance of the Discourse staff that this function signifies a “cop-out” or “giving up.” It is a conv… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=302) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=304)