# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1144 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1145 --- ## [Akismet: Use for existing posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-use-for-existing-posts/163910)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-use-for-existing-posts/163910 "2020-09-15T14:25:39Z")
Hi, a quick question. Do you think Discourse Akismet can somehow be used to detect spam in the existing posts? I’m importing a forum with a lot of spam and I can’t clean it up all before importing to Discourse. --- ## [2.5.0 -\> 2.5.1 upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-5-0-2-5-1-upgrade/164046)
**Author:** [@Phil\_Goodwin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Phil_Goodwin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-5-0-2-5-1-upgrade/164046 "2020-09-15T13:22:35Z")
Hi, I inherited a Discourse install that I am trying to just keep running. I got an email recently saying that I should upgrade to 2.5.1. There was a link advertising an easy one-click upgrade, but when I translate that… --- ## [API can pull only 20 posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-can-pull-only-20-posts/163406)
**Author:** [@sdiscourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sdiscourse)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-can-pull-only-20-posts/163406 "2020-09-15T13:17:28Z")
With Admin privilege’s. When I use /t/{}.json API call I see only 20 posts. is there any setting which can show me all my posts on that particular topic? --- ## [Remove redis dependency for db creation and migration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-redis-dependency-for-db-creation-and-migration/164084)
**Author:** [@Vijay\_Vantipalli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vijay_Vantipalli)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-redis-dependency-for-db-creation-and-migration/164084 "2020-09-15T13:09:35Z")
Hi Team Can we remove redis dependency before the application starts while using the below commands? rails db:create and rails db:migrate Thank you Vijay --- ## [Sending trackbacks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-trackbacks/164080)
**Author:** [@akvadrako](https://meta.discourse.org/u/akvadrako)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-trackbacks/164080 "2020-09-15T11:19:56Z")
Does anyone know of a plugin or other method of Discourse to send trackbacks? I’m specifically interested in sending trackbacks to arXiv when papers are mentioned: Article Trackbacks. --- ## [Starting an external bot and trigger a certain flow in an iframe](https://meta.discourse.org/t/starting-an-external-bot-and-trigger-a-certain-flow-in-an-iframe/164064)
**Author:** [@Krischan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Krischan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/starting-an-external-bot-and-trigger-a-certain-flow-in-an-iframe/164064 "2020-09-15T07:36:16Z")
We’d like to include a 3rd party bot in our Discourse site to help new users understand what our community is all about before they join it and pay a membership fee (via the subscription plugin). We’d like to trigger thi… --- ## [There are no visible groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-are-no-visible-groups/163604)
**Author:** [@k4rtik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/k4rtik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-are-no-visible-groups/163604 "2020-09-15T07:35:06Z")
After I upgraded/rebuilt less than an hour ago. I am seeing the message in the title on visiting the group index page at /g. I also can’t visit individual group pages as admin (they work okay in a private window without… --- ## [Discourse admin login throws 403 \["BAD CSRF"\] error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-admin-login-throws-403-bad-csrf-error/86028)
**Author:** [@lzhang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lzhang)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-admin-login-throws-403-bad-csrf-error/86028 "2018-04-24T15:32:19Z")
We had a discourse build on AWS with CentOS 7 operation system, we followed the document and used docker to build discourse with almost default settings. It was working well at first, but since last Friday suddenly we co… --- ## [Chrome / Chromium bug: SSL certificates show incorrect (expired) dates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-chromium-bug-ssl-certificates-show-incorrect-expired-dates/163394)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-chromium-bug-ssl-certificates-show-incorrect-expired-dates/163394 "2020-09-15T04:27:53Z")
We have identified a bug in Chrome / Chromium that multiple hosted customers of ours have asked us about where viewing the certificate shows an incorrect expiry date: If I open a normal Chromium window and Incognito sid… --- ## [How to connect to an external database running on localhost](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-connect-to-an-external-database-running-on-localhost/163683)
**Author:** [@isaac1104](https://meta.discourse.org/u/isaac1104)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-connect-to-an-external-database-running-on-localhost/163683 "2020-09-14T18:18:01Z")
Hello, I have installed discourse on macbook for development using the “beginners-guide-to-install-discourse-for-development-using-docker” instruction. Now, I have a separate postgreSQL database with users table that c… --- ## [Improve BAD CSRF error message when making API calls with content-type application/json](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-bad-csrf-error-message-when-making-api-calls-with-content-type-application-json/117136)
**Author:** [@blake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blake)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-bad-csrf-error-message-when-making-api-calls-with-content-type-application-json/117136 "2020-09-14T19:13:10Z")
API requests with the Content-Type as “application/json” often receive an unhelpful message like “BAD CSRF”, so we should improve the error messaging so that it provides more details as to why they are receiving this err… --- ## [Thumbnails for iframe oneboxes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thumbnails-for-iframe-oneboxes/153449)
**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thumbnails-for-iframe-oneboxes/153449 "2020-09-14T18:42:31Z")
Continuing the discussion from Problems with thumbnails from Soundcloud and YouTube oneboxes: When oneboxes are created with an iframe, we have no image to pull as a thumbnail. It would be cool if Onebox could supply an… --- ## [How to make an imported site not accessible for existing users, but only staff and services like CDN that need to be configured?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-an-imported-site-not-accessible-for-existing-users-but-only-staff-and-services-like-cdn-that-need-to-be-configured/163901)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-an-imported-site-not-accessible-for-existing-users-but-only-staff-and-services-like-cdn-that-need-to-be-configured/163901 "2020-09-14T18:42:20Z")
Context: I’m importing a vBulletin forum to Discourse. I’d like to configure stuff like CDN, remote backups, etc before letting existing users access the forum content. I’d prefer not to set the forum as a read-only mo… --- ## [Keep the navigation or sidebar when reading a direct message?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-the-navigation-or-sidebar-when-reading-a-direct-message/163884)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-the-navigation-or-sidebar-when-reading-a-direct-message/163884 "2020-09-14T17:51:33Z")
Hey guys, Is there an easy way to keep this navigation bar or the sidebar (or both…): When reading a private message? --- ## [Find users with highest number of flags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-users-with-highest-number-of-flags/163931)
**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-users-with-highest-number-of-flags/163931 "2020-09-14T17:20:23Z")
Hello everyone :grinning\_face: I’m not really an expert at queries. What I need is a list of usernames of the users with the most (highest number) of flagged posts (flags that have been approved by a moderator) and disp… --- ## [Help with setting up private categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-setting-up-private-categories/163695)
**Author:** [@nicolecolter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nicolecolter)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-setting-up-private-categories/163695 "2020-09-14T17:02:20Z")
I just launched my first Discourse forum at community.createyourownschool.com and I would love to have a category that is publicly available to read for our blog. My friend @craigconstantine was trying to help me. He ha… --- ## [Upload XLSM document](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-xlsm-document/163962)
**Author:** [@Elena1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Elena1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-xlsm-document/163962 "2020-09-14T16:00:39Z")
Hi, Is there a way to upload a XLSM document in Discourse? I do need the makros, so converting to XLSX is no option. Could anyone please help me. Thank you so much in advance! Kind regards --- ## [Discourse Linkify Google Sheets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-linkify-google-sheets/163985)
**Author:** [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-linkify-google-sheets/163985 "2020-09-14T15:52:17Z")
The plugin allows fetching the linkify Theme Component’s data from a google sheet. For now, you’ll have to install this fork of the theme component but there might be a solution in the future so you’ll be able to use the… --- ## [Where's the like statistics gone?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wheres-the-like-statistics-gone/163892)
**Author:** [@wire](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wire)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wheres-the-like-statistics-gone/163892 "2020-09-14T15:05:44Z")
Just a quick question: Before we’ve had a table list with the users statistics for replies, likes given and received, and some other stuff. We can’t seem to find this anymore. Any clues? Removed? URL hidden? Cheers. --- ## [Can I have a public-facing forum where membership is behind a Patreon paywall?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-have-a-public-facing-forum-where-membership-is-behind-a-patreon-paywall/86011)
**Author:** [@MisterMiyagi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MisterMiyagi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-have-a-public-facing-forum-where-membership-is-behind-a-patreon-paywall/86011 "2018-04-23T23:36:09Z")
Hello! This is my first post, so please be kind if I’m asking stupid questions. It’s my understanding one can set-up Discourse so that only Patreon users can post questions. That’s exactly what I want. However, I would … --- ## [Can I expose a route with no authentication?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-expose-a-route-with-no-authentication/162156)
**Author:** [@Stefan\_Brighiu\_M](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stefan_Brighiu_M)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-expose-a-route-with-no-authentication/162156 "2020-09-14T14:38:20Z")
Is there any way I can create a route that bypasses authentication. This is used to integrate with 3rd party services. The requirement is providing the service an URL (headers or payloads of any type are not supported)… --- ## [\[PAID\] Plugin that redirects after email confirmation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-plugin-that-redirects-after-email-confirmation/163849)
**Author:** [@IvanNS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IvanNS)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-plugin-that-redirects-after-email-confirmation/163849 "2020-09-14T14:03:49Z")
What would you like done? I need a plugin that does the following: A new configuration input field in the admin are, where I can define a URL After users confirm their email address, I need them to be redirected to th… --- ## [Policy Plugin: Monthly policy recurrence](https://meta.discourse.org/t/policy-plugin-monthly-policy-recurrence/163631)
**Author:** [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 11:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/policy-plugin-monthly-policy-recurrence/163631 "2020-09-14T11:35:07Z")
Any chance we could get a monthly renewal on the same day? I’m looking for a reminder to file expense reports. --- ## [How to track events and send them to GTM, Facebook or others?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-track-events-and-send-them-to-gtm-facebook-or-others/143227)
**Author:** [@agmontpetit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agmontpetit)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 11:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-track-events-and-send-them-to-gtm-facebook-or-others/143227 "2020-09-14T11:13:53Z")
I’m wondering what would be the best way to track events happening on the (front-end) site such as user registration or engagement (for example, post creation or liked post). Tracking such events is fundamental for analy… --- ## [Your connection to this site is not fully secure](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-connection-to-this-site-is-not-fully-secure/163934)
**Author:** [@steelmaiden](https://meta.discourse.org/u/steelmaiden)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 10:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-connection-to-this-site-is-not-fully-secure/163934 "2020-09-14T10:49:00Z")
Any ideas how to fix this? I see that the schema.org urls are going through http protocol, could this be the problem? URL of my forum is wmforum.geek.hr --- ## [Ability to feature groups on the About page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-feature-groups-on-the-about-page/96126)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-feature-groups-on-the-about-page/96126 "2020-09-14T08:42:48Z")
I think it would be nice to be able to feature certain groups on the about page. It could be used to include groups associated with the forum, for instance a ‘Mentors’ (or Forum Helpers) group. Other groups such as memb… --- ## [After rebuild, site won't load](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-rebuild-site-wont-load/84315)
**Author:** [@internet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/internet)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-rebuild-site-wont-load/84315 "2018-04-23T22:37:50Z")
Because my Discourse gave me notice to git pull and rebuild the app to get the most recent updates, I’ve been attempting to do so, but rebuilding seems to take my site offline. I’m not sure why, because I don’t see any o… --- ## [Can I view private messages as an Admin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-view-private-messages-as-an-admin/135699)
**Author:** [@snow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/snow)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-view-private-messages-as-an-admin/135699 "2020-09-14T03:12:04Z")
I’m considering using Discourse for my group and I was wondering if I can view private messages between users. Can I view deleted private messages between users? Reason. It’s a discussion forum for a kids sports team a… --- ## [I can't login to admin after backup due to Cloudflare](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-login-to-admin-after-backup-due-to-cloudflare/162996)
**Author:** [@cmdntd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cmdntd)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-login-to-admin-after-backup-due-to-cloudflare/162996 "2020-09-14T02:53:32Z")
I can’t login to admin user after backup I delete all of forum, keep backup Create new one, and use this backup After login successfullly, forum just keep “sign up” and “sign in” button, and nothing happened rebuild… --- ## [Have badges been used to give perks?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-badges-been-used-to-give-perks/163831)
**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-badges-been-used-to-give-perks/163831 "2020-09-14T01:27:11Z")
In trying to seek a way to solve a problem on our site I am thinking that we can grant users a badge and that a badge via a plugin grants perks such as your content will not be moved off to a side category or transformed… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1143) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1145)