# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1089 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1090 --- ## [No filter by tag on mobile?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-filter-by-tag-on-mobile/125509)
**Author:** [@chi\_noti\_info](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chi_noti_info)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-filter-by-tag-on-mobile/125509 "2021-01-02T02:58:50Z")
I see no dropdown menu for filtering by tag in any theme on mobile. Is this normal? I have been experimenting with plugin topic list preview, if that helps. --- ## [Script URL Broken After Restore From Backup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/script-url-broken-after-restore-from-backup/174769)
**Author:** [@felixoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/felixoi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/script-url-broken-after-restore-from-backup/174769 "2021-01-01T23:29:30Z")
Hey there, we recently restored a backup on a new instance and now a link to an asset seems pretty broken. https://forums.spongepowered.org/t/looking-for-a-cutting-edge-spongeforge-server/https://forums-cdn.spongepower… --- ## [AdSense Blank (Errors)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adsense-blank-errors/174756)
**Author:** [@Jose\_C\_Gomez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jose_C_Gomez)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adsense-blank-errors/174756 "2021-01-01T21:24:30Z")
Lately I have been seeing a lot of errors in the adsense ads more often than not that console looks like this Sometimes the ads load, but a lot of times they don’t you just get a blank / empty spot like this And … --- ## [Post New Topics on Twitter](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-new-topics-on-twitter/24911)
**Author:** [@CharlesWil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CharlesWil)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-new-topics-on-twitter/24911 "2021-01-01T21:22:59Z")
Post New Topics on Twitter like same you can for faceboook fanpages to twitter! :blush: --- ## [How to upload a file via API and get it's URL?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-upload-a-file-via-api-and-get-its-url/123732)
**Author:** [@darkster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-upload-a-file-via-api-and-get-its-url/123732 "2021-01-01T17:33:42Z")
Hello, I want to upload a file(not an image) via the API and get the URL back. How can I accomplish this? I tried the solution provided here: https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-the-discourse-api-to-post-with-uploaded-fi… --- ## [Unable to access one of our categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-access-one-of-our-categories/170314)
**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-access-one-of-our-categories/170314 "2021-01-01T20:26:00Z")
https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-6-0-beta5-release-notes/168756 Wondering about no longer being able to access one of our categories as of updating to beta5. Let me know on any logs needed. I’m an admin, but w… --- ## [After initial setup of DigitalOcean droplet, get Refused to Connect error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-initial-setup-of-digitalocean-droplet-get-refused-to-connect-error/45002)
**Author:** [@bolemk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bolemk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-initial-setup-of-digitalocean-droplet-get-refused-to-connect-error/45002 "2021-01-01T19:46:21Z")
I have followed the tutorial found below to set up discourse on a DigitalOcean Droplet. discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub But when I go the the corresponding IP address, I get """T… --- ## [Add ellipsis to long group names in dropdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-ellipsis-to-long-group-names-in-dropdown/174250)
**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-ellipsis-to-long-group-names-in-dropdown/174250 "2021-01-01T16:26:27Z")
Continuing the discussion from Long group names in message dropdown should be shortened: Hello if you press the group in the dropdown on mobile this happens (image below) would it be possible to add an ellipsis to it as… --- ## [Bookmark-shortcut (G\>B)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-shortcut-g-b/160140)
**Author:** [@exetico](https://meta.discourse.org/u/exetico)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-shortcut-g-b/160140 "2021-01-01T15:37:55Z")
Hi all As a follow up to the following topic: I would like to hear, if there’s any reason why the G \> B shortcut are going to the /u/exetico/activity/bookmarks URI, instead of /bookmarks? Are there a reason for that?… --- ## [Cannot add a space before the exclamation mark](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-add-a-space-before-the-exclamation-mark/174741)
**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-add-a-space-before-the-exclamation-mark/174741 "2021-01-01T12:08:56Z")
So, I know this will not be a problem for many of us and this will not revolutionize our lives, but in French, the rule is to place a space before an exclamation mark, and in English, the rule is not to place one. But m… --- ## [Missing uploads, no tombstone recovery](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-uploads-no-tombstone-recovery/90025)
**Author:** [@Hewitt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hewitt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-uploads-no-tombstone-recovery/90025 "2018-06-19T16:56:58Z")
I’ve been having trouble with user uploads disappearing. After reading various posts like this one: I tried upgrading to the latest version of Discourse planning on then using the recover\_from\_tombstone script. Note … --- ## [Rebuild app without updating discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-app-without-updating-discourse/68019)
**Author:** [@Ham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-app-without-updating-discourse/68019 "2020-12-31T20:20:45Z")
Is it possible to ./launcher rebuild app without updating discourse? --- ## [Delete posts if topics are getting hard deleted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-posts-if-topics-are-getting-hard-deleted/174676)
**Author:** [@felixoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/felixoi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-posts-if-topics-are-getting-hard-deleted/174676 "2020-12-31T17:54:55Z")
Hey, due to an error with using the api we got spammed by moderation topics (~2000 new “was flagged as” topics). I want to hard delete them from the database. When I’m running Topic.find\_by(title: ‘Title’).destroy it de… --- ## [Humanetech category layout](https://meta.discourse.org/t/humanetech-category-layout/174617)
**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/humanetech-category-layout/174617 "2020-12-31T16:39:53Z")
Continuing the discussion from Community has no boundary: Discourse-as-a-Fabric - ideation & brainstorm: @aschrijver I really like how you’ve laid out the categories in such a consolidated list. I’d love to do the same… --- ## [I don't understand the "Send @username a message" setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-dont-understand-the-send-username-a-message-setting/174679)
**Author:** [@incapaz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/incapaz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-dont-understand-the-send-username-a-message-setting/174679 "2020-12-31T14:29:04Z")
I was exploring around my instance of Discourse, configuring it, and found this setting in /review/settings: However I don’t really understand what it means, can someone clarify it for me? Been searching around here,… --- ## [Google Suite and "Notification Email" return address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-suite-and-notification-email-return-address/90165)
**Author:** [@Zelakto](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zelakto)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-suite-and-notification-email-return-address/90165 "2018-06-19T00:35:44Z")
Hi there! I’ve just recently switched my SMTP settings for Discourse to use Google Suite (Gmail) for mail instead of my custom hosted mail server that I used before. One of the big reasons that I decided to do this is b… --- ## [Discourse server performance or load testing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-server-performance-or-load-testing/174666)
**Author:** [@Abdul\_Latheef\_PT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Abdul_Latheef_PT)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-server-performance-or-load-testing/174666 "2020-12-31T07:13:43Z")
Hi all, I want to know the best way people are doing for load testing the discourse API server. I started using Jmeter and currently working on it. But still if there is a best approach or already existing mechanism wil… --- ## [Trouble setting up smtp](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-setting-up-smtp/174646)
**Author:** [@Brecht\_Vermeersch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brecht_Vermeersch)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 7:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-setting-up-smtp/174646 "2020-12-31T07:24:18Z")
I just did a clean install on Digital Ocean but I can’t seem to get my SMTP configured correctly. Using curl I was able to send a mail. I tried adding DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_AUTHENTICATION: login and exec: rails r “SiteSett… --- ## [Bulk deleting / mass modifying users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-deleting-mass-modifying-users/64362)
**Author:** [@lead4good](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lead4good)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2018, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-deleting-mass-modifying-users/64362 "2018-02-10T13:06:04Z")
Recently we’ve been migrating our bbpress forums to discourse at purism (a company that builds security focused laptops by trying to free the hardware from binary blobs) . I’ve already wrote a tutorial on how to import a… --- ## [How to get the number of mentions groups have had over the past year, and number of members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-the-number-of-mentions-groups-have-had-over-the-past-year-and-number-of-members/174548)
**Author:** [@traceymoko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/traceymoko)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-the-number-of-mentions-groups-have-had-over-the-past-year-and-number-of-members/174548 "2020-12-31T00:43:09Z")
Hi, I’m a moderator on the Hopscotch forum, and I was wondering if we could ask for help with these Data Explorer queries: How many @mentions that groups have had in the past 365 days sorted from lowest to highest, an… --- ## [Why Discouse was written in Ruby and not Python?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-discouse-was-written-in-ruby-and-not-python/174649)
**Author:** [@ar\_et](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ar_et)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-discouse-was-written-in-ruby-and-not-python/174649 "2020-12-30T22:33:42Z")
I am just curious to know as to Why Discouse was written in Ruby and not Python? Thank you in advance --- ## [Html lang attribute wrong value when using "set locale from accept language header"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-lang-attribute-wrong-value-when-using-set-locale-from-accept-language-header/174603)
**Author:** [@guidoleenders](https://meta.discourse.org/u/guidoleenders)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-lang-attribute-wrong-value-when-using-set-locale-from-accept-language-header/174603 "2020-12-30T21:41:07Z")
We are trying to list some of our products on AppSource of Microsoft. They require an all English experience for listing. However, our forums are bilingual and I want to include a link to the English category on the AppS… --- ## [Restrict permission to see pictures & videos](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-permission-to-see-pictures-videos/174634)
**Author:** [@Yogo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yogo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-permission-to-see-pictures-videos/174634 "2020-12-30T21:05:34Z")
Hello, i am looking for a plugin that allows only a specific group of user to see pictures or videos. Other users ( probably non paying) would be able to see the conversation but not the pictures and the videos. is the… --- ## [Yandex smtp mail not send](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yandex-smtp-mail-not-send/174627)
**Author:** [@onecame](https://meta.discourse.org/u/onecame)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yandex-smtp-mail-not-send/174627 "2020-12-30T20:26:30Z")
DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_ADDRESS: smtp.yandex.com.tr DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_PORT: 587 DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_USER\_NAME: admin@form.gelcoz.tk DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_PASSWORD: "pass" DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_ENABLE\_START\_TLS: true # (optional, default true… --- ## [AWS S3 Backup high amount of POST requests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aws-s3-backup-high-amount-of-post-requests/174635)
**Author:** [@Drakon74](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drakon74)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aws-s3-backup-high-amount-of-post-requests/174635 "2020-12-30T19:51:49Z")
Hello, i recently configured the Backup in my discourse software to use AWS S3. It is only used for the backup process, File uploads are still stored server side. The backup process works and happens every night once. I… --- ## [What should I enter in the S3 CDN settings if I don't have a CDN?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-should-i-enter-in-the-s3-cdn-settings-if-i-dont-have-a-cdn/174610)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-should-i-enter-in-the-s3-cdn-settings-if-i-dont-have-a-cdn/174610 "2020-12-30T19:32:16Z")
Hi everyone. A new advice message has appeared on my Discourse admin page after a recent update to 2.7.0.beta1 ( e0c952290b ) It says: The server is configured to upload files to S3, but there is no S3 CDN configure… --- ## [None of the tags you selected can be used](https://meta.discourse.org/t/none-of-the-tags-you-selected-can-be-used/174577)
**Author:** [@Ranjan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ranjan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/none-of-the-tags-you-selected-can-be-used/174577 "2020-12-30T19:03:45Z")
Hi Team, Need help with an error. While editing posts to include/create new tags, i’m getting error “None of the tags you selected can be used” What is the solution for this error. I couldnt find many solutions. Th… --- ## [Backing up files in Object Storage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backing-up-files-in-object-storage/174630)
**Author:** [@TheDarkWizard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheDarkWizard)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backing-up-files-in-object-storage/174630 "2020-12-30T18:58:33Z")
So, I wanted to pick at the brains of any team members floating around or other community users about a use case I have: I want to use Object Storage on Discourse but I need the attachments to also be moved to a second o… --- ## [Create new category or subcategory? what's the diff?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-new-category-or-subcategory-whats-the-diff/174629)
**Author:** [@citizentools](https://meta.discourse.org/u/citizentools)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-new-category-or-subcategory-whats-the-diff/174629 "2020-12-30T18:40:57Z")
Say that I have one category in my instance, ParentC. I set up a second category, NewC, and a subcategory of ParentC called ChildC. What are the hardwired/built-in differences between NewC and ChildC in this case? All I… --- ## [Custom text has disappeared](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-text-has-disappeared/174616)
**Author:** [@REALITY](https://meta.discourse.org/u/REALITY)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-text-has-disappeared/174616 "2020-12-30T17:42:47Z")
Hi, after a few hours renaming various default Discourse terms (admin \> customisation \> text) I have updated our forum to the latest release…only to noticed all text has been returned to default. I have backups is there … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1088) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1090)