# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=314 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 315 --- ## [Changing ownership of posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-ownership-of-posts/276672)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-ownership-of-posts/276672 "2025-01-20T22:14:25Z")
:bookmark: This guide explains how to change the ownership of posts in Discourse. It covers methods for changing ownership of single posts, multiple posts within a topic, and all posts by a specific user. … --- ## [Change topic author from 'system' to someone else](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-topic-author-from-system-to-someone-else/135306)
**Author:** [@christian\_01](https://meta.discourse.org/u/christian_01)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-topic-author-from-system-to-someone-else/135306 "2025-01-20T22:01:02Z")
Is it possible to change the topic author from ‘system’ to someone else? I have updated and want to change these auto-created pages - Terms of Service, Privacy etc… --- ## [How to make sidebar sticky?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-sidebar-sticky/347955)
**Author:** [@Wasay\_Ahmed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wasay_Ahmed)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-sidebar-sticky/347955 "2025-01-20T17:37:12Z")
Can anyone please guide on how I can make the sidebar menu sticky here: https://gumloop.discourse.group/ I’ve tried with CSS and Javascript but nothing works. Also, separate question, if someone scrolls on the topic he… --- ## [Database reload](https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-reload/342655)
**Author:** [@LotusJeff](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LotusJeff)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-reload/342655 "2025-01-20T17:28:46Z")
I have a large phpbb database I am migrating. I want to do most of the migration while the old site remains active. Then, on migration weekend, rerun the migration script after reloading the database. This will reduce th… --- ## [Backup and Restoration Planning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-and-restoration-planning/348053)
**Author:** [@LotusJeff](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LotusJeff)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-and-restoration-planning/348053 "2025-01-20T17:15:05Z")
I want to ensure a good backup strategy as my site goes live. These are the following steps I have put in place. What am I missing? Database Backups Discourse takes one daily database backup. An additional cron databa… --- ## [Need a working solution to redirect on page-forbidden and page-not-found](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-a-working-solution-to-redirect-on-page-forbidden-and-page-not-found/347850)
**Author:** [@markschmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markschmucker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-a-working-solution-to-redirect-on-page-forbidden-and-page-not-found/347850 "2025-01-20T16:39:04Z")
I’ve read other posts about how to potentially do this but am looking for a working solution. I’m also aware I can customize site texts, but that’s not a solution for this use case. What would you like done? A way to r… --- ## [Discourse Nav Item Icon / Emoji](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-nav-item-icon-emoji/301105)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-nav-item-icon-emoji/301105 "2024-08-21T02:07:34Z")
:information\_source: Summary Add Icon / Emoji before nav item :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository GitHub - VaperinaDEV/discourse-nav-item-icon-emoji: Add Icon / Emoji before nav item · GitHub :question: Insta… --- ## [Font Awesome in text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-awesome-in-text/347952)
**Author:** [@Eduardo\_Braga](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eduardo_Braga)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-awesome-in-text/347952 "2025-01-20T11:49:14Z")
I’m not able to place the FontAwesome icon where the response number is. .topic-list .num .badge-posts:before { font-family: FontAwesome; content: “\\f075”; } --- ## [Arbitrary nonproportional image resizing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arbitrary-nonproportional-image-resizing/348023)
**Author:** [@connrrr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/connrrr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arbitrary-nonproportional-image-resizing/348023 "2025-01-20T15:06:03Z")
Hello again! When our forum was previously on Flarum, a fun thing to do was add size tags to modify the height and width of an image to stretch and squash it, like so (might be misremembering how the tag went) I’ve t… --- ## [How do you reorder sites in the Discourse Mobile App](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-reorder-sites-in-the-discourse-mobile-app/347946)
**Author:** [@csmu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csmu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-reorder-sites-in-the-discourse-mobile-app/347946 "2025-01-20T13:35:06Z")
I’ve started using the Discourse Mobile app. I’ve added two sites. Taiga and Late Night Software in that order. It looks like the app only shows sites in the order added. Is there a way to reorder the sites in the Di… --- ## [Users Complaining About Losing Points](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-complaining-about-losing-points/344927)
**Author:** [@Victor\_Bramante](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Victor_Bramante)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-complaining-about-losing-points/344927 "2025-01-20T12:41:47Z")
Hi, I’m trying to understand how it works. Tried to set up 2 Leaderboards to calculate Nov 2024 and Dec 2024 winners. Put fixed dates for both (ie 11/01 to 11/30) and none works ok, because: you are forced to use a d… --- ## [Discrepancy in API data vs WebUI data](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discrepancy-in-api-data-vs-webui-data/347920)
**Author:** [@Shubham\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shubham_G)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discrepancy-in-api-data-vs-webui-data/347920 "2025-01-20T11:32:04Z")
I want to get the data of a specific user via API. Basically, I want to know how many replies the user gave since he joined the forum. I used the following code (basically I fetched all the user\_actions where the action\_… --- ## [Docker logs app?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-logs-app/346805)
**Author:** [@qiancsf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/qiancsf)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-logs-app/346805 "2025-01-20T11:28:55Z")
After a brand new installation, if nothing is done, this error will be reported, I installed a different domain name on another VPS, but still encountered these errors --- ## [Discourse Calendar - How to?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-calendar-how-to/165536)
**Author:** [@ben\_t](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ben_t)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 9:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-calendar-how-to/165536 "2025-01-20T09:04:33Z")
Hello All, First time Discourse installer / maintainer. Long time user. I"m feeling a bit lost with some of the plug ins and apparent lack of documentation. My focus at the moment is the Discourse Calendar plugin. I h… --- ## [Does Meta Discourse Support Answering Questions via an AI Chat Widget?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-meta-discourse-support-answering-questions-via-an-ai-chat-widget/347944)
**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 6:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-meta-discourse-support-answering-questions-via-an-ai-chat-widget/347944 "2025-01-20T06:56:09Z")
Instead of creating a topic and waiting for expert support or reviewing all the content of a topic, does Meta Discourse currently have an AI chat widget to interact with users? --- ## [Can an AI Chat Bot Aggregate and Respond to Real Estate Queries with Min/Max Filtering on a Discourse Forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-ai-chat-bot-aggregate-and-respond-to-real-estate-queries-with-min-max-filtering-on-a-discourse-forum/347947)
**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-ai-chat-bot-aggregate-and-respond-to-real-estate-queries-with-min-max-filtering-on-a-discourse-forum/347947 "2025-01-20T02:35:11Z")
Hi everyone, I am exploring the possibility of using an AI chat bot to aggregate and respond to real estate-related content on a Discourse forum. The content in the forum typically includes: Street names, wards, distr… --- ## [Auth via Discourse Forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auth-via-discourse-forum/347927)
**Author:** [@good\_guy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/good_guy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auth-via-discourse-forum/347927 "2025-01-19T21:46:09Z")
Hello, will the above Thread help me make the following?: A site like game.example.com which allows users to login/auth via the forum.example.com (discourse account). --- ## [How to Prevent Users from Accessing the Badge Page in Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-users-from-accessing-the-badge-page-in-discourse/347863)
**Author:** [@copymonopoly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/copymonopoly)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-users-from-accessing-the-badge-page-in-discourse/347863 "2025-01-19T21:01:03Z")
Discourse has removed the option to display badges on public pages, but users can still access the badge page directly via notifications or links. Is it possible to prevent users from seeing the badge page and the list o… --- ## [Is there a way to hide Seen column?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-hide-seen-column/93411)
**Author:** [@hosna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hosna)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-hide-seen-column/93411 "2025-01-19T16:38:57Z")
Some of my users dont like this option: --- ## [Users who are 'activated' but not 'approved'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-who-are-activated-but-not-approved/347363)
**Author:** [@marvi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marvi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-who-are-activated-but-not-approved/347363 "2025-01-19T16:03:20Z")
This is not a request for support, but I just wanted to share something we finally figured out, in case it may be helpful for others. Our site requires staff approval for joining the community. But on several occasions,… --- ## [Discourse instance stops running in every midnight](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-instance-stops-running-in-every-midnight/347795)
**Author:** [@keithkhl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/keithkhl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-instance-stops-running-in-every-midnight/347795 "2025-01-19T14:51:22Z")
I have recently copied a discourse instance to another folder in my server and assigned a new domain. The new one has nearly identical settings, but runs with different logo, categories, and policy, but other than that,… --- ## [How to show adsense ads in topic list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-adsense-ads-in-topic-list/347904)
**Author:** [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-adsense-ads-in-topic-list/347904 "2025-01-19T14:48:04Z")
with the Adplugin, could plug in ad bars in the post stream, between the posts. seems could not show adsense bar in the topic list ? and with houseAd, could show self defined info presented in the topic list, every N … --- ## [Mail-receiver sending reply-to address as from address?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mail-receiver-sending-reply-to-address-as-from-address/346447)
**Author:** [@Jacob\_Peebles](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jacob_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mail-receiver-sending-reply-to-address-as-from-address/346447 "2025-01-19T12:25:41Z")
We have been struggling with getting our emails to send correctly using netcore (formerly pepipost). To summarize the emails we are generating with their service places the reply-to address in the from address. When bri… --- ## [Turbowarp plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turbowarp-plugin/347880)
**Author:** [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 7:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turbowarp-plugin/347880 "2025-01-19T07:34:35Z")
:information\_source: Summary Embed Scratch projects inside your posts via turbowarp :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository Link https://github.com/thoka/discourse-turbowarp :open\_book: Install Guide How to install… --- ## [Online toggle removes custom status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/online-toggle-removes-custom-status/339152)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/online-toggle-removes-custom-status/339152 "2024-11-28T22:18:34Z")
Continuing the discussion from Hide presence toggle works in reverse: Is it possible to have my custom status? Could it be that having Online as my presence is stopping that? If so, when I try clicking ‘Online’ to turn… --- ## [“Forwarded the above email” banner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forwarded-the-above-email-banner/347626)
**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 9:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forwarded-the-above-email-banner/347626 "2025-01-19T09:08:16Z")
Continuing the discussion from Text of forwarded emails don't show up in posts: I have rules set up in outlook to forward into per sub-category inbound email address on discourse. I have auto-create staged users disabl… --- ## [Are you experiencing AI based spam?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-you-experiencing-ai-based-spam/292707)
**Author:** [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-you-experiencing-ai-based-spam/292707 "2025-01-19T00:30:48Z")
Im curious to hear from community members whether they are experiencing any or an uptake in AI powered spam This would be specifically seeing answers to questions that look like they are ChatGPT based and seem either no… --- ## [Block RSS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-rss/347751)
**Author:** [@David\_Ghost](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Ghost)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-rss/347751 "2025-01-19T00:17:06Z")
Hey, Is there a way to block RSS? I know its can be done with nginx. But how? I tried to search through the search tool but I couldn’t find it. --- ## [Titles on graphs in community health dashboard are not localized](https://meta.discourse.org/t/titles-on-graphs-in-community-health-dashboard-are-not-localized/302776)
**Author:** [@schneeland](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schneeland)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/titles-on-graphs-in-community-health-dashboard-are-not-localized/302776 "2025-01-18T16:25:29Z")
As the title already says: it seems that the strings for the titles on graphs in the community health dashboard are not localized: When switching to the reports tab, the localized titles are shown: However, when … --- ## [Twilio - for SMS notifications to users - Anyone Else Interested?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twilio-for-sms-notifications-to-users-anyone-else-interested/44132)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twilio-for-sms-notifications-to-users-anyone-else-interested/44132 "2024-02-08T18:11:21Z")
Continuing the discussion from Plugin to send 'private' SMS or Instant Messages from Categories: Has anyone tried this yet? I’m really interested in this as a way to improve user engagement in our forums. I am very co… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=313) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=315)