# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1054 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1055 --- ## [How might we better structure #howto?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-might-we-better-structure-howto/180687)
**Author:** [@osioke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osioke)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-might-we-better-structure-howto/180687 "2021-02-25T22:46:58Z")
We have a whole lot of guides, sometimes @dax or @jomaxro shares a howto guide I didn’t know existed and I am wowed! I have also found this to be the case for a lot of new users and community managers on Discourse here … --- ## [Tips for tagging a freshly imported discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-for-tagging-a-freshly-imported-discourse/181350)
**Author:** [@dmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-for-tagging-a-freshly-imported-discourse/181350 "2021-02-28T14:48:49Z")
Hi! I’m currently testing out the migration of an old Drupal forum to Discourse and everything is looking great so far. Now that I’m thinking about the new organization (categories and tags), I was wondering if there a… --- ## [Maximum age for auto-bumped topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maximum-age-for-auto-bumped-topics/107599)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maximum-age-for-auto-bumped-topics/107599 "2021-02-28T10:28:06Z")
Continuing the discussion from Automatically bumping old topics on a category: Any chance that you might add an option to limit this to posts not older than x days? That would allow us to use it in such a way that we … --- ## [Envisioning an ultra minimal theme for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/envisioning-an-ultra-minimal-theme-for-discourse/180844)
**Author:** [@meghna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meghna)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/envisioning-an-ultra-minimal-theme-for-discourse/180844 "2021-02-28T01:56:55Z")
My next theme will be an ultra minimal theme which will remove/hide all the advanced (power user) features from Discourse and will be a sort of beginner theme. I wanted to collect some feedback/suggestions before startin… --- ## [Plugin for ignoring auto-track settings if topic is in muted category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-ignoring-auto-track-settings-if-topic-is-in-muted-category/181326)
**Author:** [@renato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renato)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-ignoring-auto-track-settings-if-topic-is-in-muted-category/181326 "2021-02-27T17:20:27Z")
Continuing the discussion from Ignore auto-track settings if topic is in muted category: I understand this won’t be changed in core, but I’d like to disable auto-tracking when reading or replying to topics in a specific… --- ## [Hide "Revive this topic?" alert when you "Reply as linked topic"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-revive-this-topic-alert-when-you-reply-as-linked-topic/181320)
**Author:** [@renato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renato)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-revive-this-topic-alert-when-you-reply-as-linked-topic/181320 "2021-02-27T13:40:55Z")
When you are Reply’ing to an old topic the alert fills the preview panel as expected, but if you select “Reply as linked topic” (or “New message”) the alert is still visible. Just a suggestion, but it’d be nice if it wa… --- ## [A discourse for Technology Mutual Aid](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-discourse-for-technology-mutual-aid/180568)
**Author:** [@TimeDoctor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TimeDoctor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-discourse-for-technology-mutual-aid/180568 "2021-02-27T13:12:28Z")
Apple’s devkit situation made me think about a way for open source/free software developers to get or share the Apple store credits in a show of mutual aid. Thinking about that made me realize it’d be better to just mak… --- ## [How to Add Google AdSense anchor ad on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-google-adsense-anchor-ad-on-mobile/181316)
**Author:** [@PoojaPatel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PoojaPatel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-google-adsense-anchor-ad-on-mobile/181316 "2021-02-27T12:32:11Z")
Can anyone help for where I can turn on setting for Add Google AdSense anchor ad on mobile? I have found below topic for remove google anchor ad on mobile but could not find topic for how to add. --- ## [Multiple oneboxes performance problems](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-oneboxes-performance-problems/181295)
**Author:** [@Matias\_Carpintini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matias_Carpintini)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-oneboxes-performance-problems/181295 "2021-02-27T11:35:53Z")
Hello everyone. I just meet the onebox gem for rails, i’m making a Linktree clone so, i have a lot of links previews but, currently, the page takes 20-30 seconds to load 11 previews (videos, twitter status, etc). Any ide… --- ## [Adding users to groups by their email addresses](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-users-to-groups-by-their-email-addresses/148271)
**Author:** [@tkearsley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tkearsley)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-users-to-groups-by-their-email-addresses/148271 "2021-02-26T21:19:34Z")
Hi team, I need an easy way to add users to groups based on their email address. It takes a lot of my time having to search the member list for the person’s user name. Is this feature on your radar? I could really use… --- ## [Configure insert date timezones](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-insert-date-timezones/180529)
**Author:** [@elopio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elopio)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-insert-date-timezones/180529 "2021-02-26T18:24:49Z")
I have started using this nice component from the post editor that lets me choose a date and time, and then does pretty formatting of it. Thanks \<3 It shows three timezones, mine, Paris and Los Angeles. That makes no se… --- ## [Convenient way to paste URLs directly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convenient-way-to-paste-urls-directly/181197)
**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convenient-way-to-paste-urls-directly/181197 "2021-02-26T17:26:02Z")
The current default behavior for Discourse is to automagically replace URLs with hyperlinks containing their title tags, e.g. when I paste https://github.com/discourse it shows up here as Discourse · GitHub (“Discourse ·… --- ## [Wrong route after selecting a Category and a tag using the drop downs on a subfolder setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-route-after-selecting-a-category-and-a-tag-using-the-drop-downs-on-a-subfolder-setup/180755)
**Author:** [@renato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renato)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-route-after-selecting-a-category-and-a-tag-using-the-drop-downs-on-a-subfolder-setup/180755 "2021-02-26T17:16:27Z")
Using a subfolder setup, when the user selects a tag after a category or a category after a tag, Discourse is using the route /\[subfolder\]/tags/\[subfolder\]/c/\[category slug\]/\[category id\]/\[tag\] instead of /\[subfolder\]… --- ## [New user unable to send a message to discobot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-unable-to-send-a-message-to-discobot/175329)
**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-unable-to-send-a-message-to-discobot/175329 "2021-02-26T17:09:56Z")
Hello, I’m testing out our new user onboarding and have encountered a problem. As a new user I’m not able to send a message to our discobot (renamed hubbot) Users used to be able to click on the following link and star… --- ## [Email not working at all](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-not-working-at-all/165117)
**Author:** [@Batman212369](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Batman212369)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-not-working-at-all/165117 "2021-02-26T15:38:38Z")
Hello there. For the past couple of days, I’ve been struggling to setup a Discourse forum, and all the struggle came from the email. I was able to get the forum up by skipping email signup, but I still need it to be func… --- ## [Mentioning all newly registered users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-all-newly-registered-users/181093)
**Author:** [@Matze](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matze)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-all-newly-registered-users/181093 "2021-02-26T14:12:48Z")
Hello everybody. I’m just wondering if there is some kind of "meta mentions": I mean a possibility not only to name specific users but also, for example, all newly registered users from the last month: @new-users(m) Is… --- ## [Updating and container rebuild fails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-and-container-rebuild-fails/181226)
**Author:** [@DerEnderKeks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DerEnderKeks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-and-container-rebuild-fails/181226 "2021-02-26T13:11:38Z")
I was trying to update my Discourse instance but it failed at some point. ▶ Log When I try to rebuild the container manually using ./launcher rebuild app it also fails while trying to update gems: ▶ Log The error suggest t… --- ## [How to Lazyload Discourse comments on Ghost theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-lazyload-discourse-comments-on-ghost-theme/181216)
**Author:** [@Georgi\_Pehlivanov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Georgi_Pehlivanov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-lazyload-discourse-comments-on-ghost-theme/181216 "2021-02-26T11:38:33Z")
I use Discourse for comments on my blog, but current theme I use ( Zvikov) only loads comments if I directly open individual post (you can see how this theme load posts to understand me better). I want to load Discourse… --- ## [The category setting for tags is not respected](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-category-setting-for-tags-is-not-respected/181214)
**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-category-setting-for-tags-is-not-respected/181214 "2021-02-26T10:15:56Z")
The category setting Minimum number of tags required in a topic is no longer applied. It is possible to create new topics without inserting the number of tags configured. As example see our Customization \> Theme catego… --- ## [Change unicorn port from 3000 in development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-unicorn-port-from-3000-in-development/94737)
**Author:** [@typeoneerror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/typeoneerror)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 8:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-unicorn-port-from-3000-in-development/94737 "2021-02-26T08:52:08Z")
A recent commit changed the “unicorn port” from 9292 to 3000. I don’t see any way to change the port now and this is confliciting with another rails site I have running on 3000. Previously, I’ve been running discourse as… --- ## [Topic\_link table contains wrong urls when using s3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-link-table-contains-wrong-urls-when-using-s3/178729)
**Author:** [@caiiiycuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/caiiiycuk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-link-table-contains-wrong-urls-when-using-s3/178729 "2021-02-26T04:32:37Z")
Hi. I faced problem that external link clicks not counted for url that contains uploaded files hosted on s3 + cdn. Look this topic to understand the problem: https://talks.dos.zone/t/collections/44653 Open a “Racing” c… --- ## [Forum crawls links in email-in messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-crawls-links-in-email-in-messages/180978)
**Author:** [@Dannii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dannii)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-crawls-links-in-email-in-messages/180978 "2021-02-26T02:17:52Z")
So we’ve discovered that the forum is crawling all the links in email-in messages. (Or possibly it crawls all posted links?) Are there any settings to change this, either entirely, or to blacklist particular URLs? --- ## [Granting permissions to recategorize posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/granting-permissions-to-recategorize-posts/181175)
**Author:** [@ravenzachary](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ravenzachary)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/granting-permissions-to-recategorize-posts/181175 "2021-02-26T01:23:15Z")
Hello. What’s the best way to give a user the ability to recategorize posts but no other administration or editing powers? I need help to recategorize posts and one of the forums users has offered to help, but they are n… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1053) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1055)