# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1190 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1191 --- ## [Recurrent Notifications from User Post due to Follow User plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recurrent-notifications-from-user-post-due-to-follow-user-plugin/156073)
**Author:** [@Iceman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Iceman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recurrent-notifications-from-user-post-due-to-follow-user-plugin/156073 "2020-07-04T19:27:17Z")
Hi Guys, One quick doubt, since I recovered my site from a backup, any time this one specific user replies to a topic, it generates constant “Edit” notifications to the user that created the Topic or that was being repl… --- ## [Restore fails - could not create unique index](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-fails-could-not-create-unique-index/151380)
**Author:** [@Chandra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chandra)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-fails-could-not-create-unique-index/151380 "2020-07-04T15:55:07Z")
Hi, restore of backup fails with error: CREATE INDEX ERROR: could not create unique index "index\_incoming\_referers\_on\_path\_and\_incoming\_domain\_id" DETAIL: Key (path, incoming\_domain\_id)=(/m/search, 25) is duplicated. … --- ## [Forum crashes after upgrading from 2.4.0](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-crashes-after-upgrading-from-2-4-0/156712)
**Author:** [@skozz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/skozz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-crashes-after-upgrading-from-2-4-0/156712 "2020-07-04T13:45:11Z")
Hi! today I upgraded the forum in a regular way (admin \> dashboard \> upgrade) from 2.4.0. After that, back to the upgrades view to keep upgrading the rest of the plunging this message came up You are running an old ve… --- ## [Don't displayed topic excerpt. Reset settings site\_settings.yml](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-displayed-topic-excerpt-reset-settings-site-settings-yml/156776)
**Author:** [@Varhall](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Varhall)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-displayed-topic-excerpt-reset-settings-site-settings-yml/156776 "2020-07-04T13:33:56Z")
Hey. I made changes to the site\_settings.yml file and now the excerpt is not displayed. How can I reset settings to default for a this file? --- ## [Why I'm getting lots of searches from Chinese websites?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-im-getting-lots-of-searches-from-chinese-websites/156524)
**Author:** [@Yassine\_Yousfi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yassine_Yousfi)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-im-getting-lots-of-searches-from-chinese-websites/156524 "2020-07-03T22:22:48Z")
there are way more than that in the list, any ideas? --- ## [Topic list sorting bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-sorting-bug/154236)
**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-sorting-bug/154236 "2020-07-04T10:10:23Z")
@j.jaffeux I’ve uncovered a new bug which is likely related to this fix The previous fix did fix the sorting problem, but now when you visit a topic and then go back to the category, the sorting goes back to latest ra… --- ## [How to show that banner with a dismiss (X) button to non logged in users only?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-that-banner-with-a-dismiss-x-button-to-non-logged-in-users-only/66055)
**Author:** [@ckhawand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckhawand)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 7:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-that-banner-with-a-dismiss-x-button-to-non-logged-in-users-only/66055 "2020-07-04T07:48:40Z")
Is there any way to show that banner with a dismiss (X) button to non logged in users only. The top banner is shown always, I would like to make it visible only if you are not logged in. --- ## [Static page publishing CSS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/static-page-publishing-css/156746)
**Author:** [@Andro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/static-page-publishing-css/156746 "2020-07-04T07:43:09Z")
Is it possible to apply styling with CSS to static published pages that the new functionality provides for? And remove the user avatar? --- ## [Restore fails with function "post\_replies\_sync\_reply\_id" already exists with same argument types](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-fails-with-function-post-replies-sync-reply-id-already-exists-with-same-argument-types/156761)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 7:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-fails-with-function-post-replies-sync-reply-id-already-exists-with-same-argument-types/156761 "2020-07-04T07:14:48Z")
This has not been a good day. This is a site that I had earlier problems with that were due to my screwing up an attempt to replicate the database to another server. These problems later resulted in filling the disk and … --- ## [After restore avatars and some photos missing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-restore-avatars-and-some-photos-missing/156702)
**Author:** [@Garrick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Garrick)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-restore-avatars-and-some-photos-missing/156702 "2020-07-04T07:18:21Z")
I was having issues with the restore. If finally took it then seemed to be hung up for hours while I could view avatars on mobile but not desktop. And was showing default theme instead of current theme chosen. I tried /s… --- ## [Notification to admins in User Field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-to-admins-in-user-field/156749)
**Author:** [@Thamer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thamer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-to-admins-in-user-field/156749 "2020-07-04T04:24:08Z")
Hi, How can I create a notification for my Admins when a user fills a specific text in User Field while signing up? I am trying to differ two groups os users in my forum and to be easier I want to separate them from th… --- ## [Lost ability to delete or edit my old posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lost-ability-to-delete-or-edit-my-old-posts/156737)
**Author:** [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lost-ability-to-delete-or-edit-my-old-posts/156737 "2020-07-03T23:26:57Z")
I am a member of a club that uses Discourse I have lost the ability to delete or edit some of my old posts. Also I have lost the ability to edit some of my old topics. Yet I am assured that my access rights have not c… --- ## [How to enable a banner topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-a-banner-topic/63734)
**Author:** [@Ingrid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ingrid)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-a-banner-topic/63734 "2020-07-03T20:07:30Z")
I was just reading this article about adding a banner topic, but in the Admin settings I do not have the setting ‘banner topic’ as described in the article. Is there a setting I have to activate first? --- ## [How to insert \ HTML tag to the post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-insert-select-html-tag-to-the-post/156421)
**Author:** [@sharkdeng](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sharkdeng)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-insert-select-html-tag-to-the-post/156421 "2020-07-03T19:58:31Z")
Hello, I wonder how to insert following HTML code to the post? I found whitelist HTML but don’t know how to do this. Thank you!! \The Premier said genomic sequencing revealed a number of coronavirus cases can be l… --- ## [How To Link To A User's Tabs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-link-to-a-users-tabs/156725)
**Author:** [@Ariel\_Bissett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ariel_Bissett)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-link-to-a-users-tabs/156725 "2020-07-03T19:46:43Z")
Hey! I have a plugin on my discourse that is for a reading event that allows people to track their reading. I want to have a button in our header or on our website that says “Track Reading” and sends people to this tab … --- ## [How to port GitHub issues to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-port-github-issues-to-discourse/156720)
**Author:** [@mrjn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrjn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-port-github-issues-to-discourse/156720 "2020-07-03T19:33:18Z")
At Dgraph, we’d like to switch a bunch of our GitHub public repository issues over to Discourse. Before shutting them down, we need to copy over all the existing open (or even closed) issues – so we don’t lose those. I s… --- ## [Changing logo image fails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-logo-image-fails/156564)
**Author:** [@Nacho\_Caballero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nacho_Caballero)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-logo-image-fails/156564 "2020-07-03T18:49:24Z")
I’m on the latest version (v2.6.0.beta1 +53 6bab2acc9f ) and I can no longer update the logo image: I upload a new file and I click the green checkmark, but then the image disappears and no logo is shown (just the ti… --- ## [Cannot upgrade from 2.5.0beta2 to 2.6.0beta1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-upgrade-from-2-5-0beta2-to-2-6-0beta1/156644)
**Author:** [@jtbayly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jtbayly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-upgrade-from-2-5-0beta2-to-2-6-0beta1/156644 "2020-07-03T17:47:44Z")
I first click via the admin UI to upgrade docker\_manager, and it runs for a while before I see this: Done compressing docker-manager-vendor-91af87077979e715f4d5034ea05c612f734c3aece05878051e901d07e84878ee.js : 0.17 secs… --- ## [Category Slug api](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-slug-api/156693)
**Author:** [@Gaurav\_Sardana](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gaurav_Sardana)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-slug-api/156693 "2020-07-03T16:59:30Z")
Hey, I have to change the category slug for all the category in our forum. Is there is any API for that ? --- ## [How to reach localization team](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reach-localization-team/156616)
**Author:** [@fenio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fenio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reach-localization-team/156616 "2020-07-03T16:43:48Z")
I’d like to discuss some decisions that were made about localization - mainly glossary - with Polish translation team. Is there some easy way to reach people that made these decisions? In transifex I’m able to find rev… --- ## [Award Badges Immediately](https://meta.discourse.org/t/award-badges-immediately/156708)
**Author:** [@abgeter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abgeter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/award-badges-immediately/156708 "2020-07-03T16:25:46Z")
Hi there, I’m using badges as a system of challenges that we run yearly. I have it set up to where the badge awards if you go on a topic and say that you completed the challenge. I ran a beta test group as we have a lar… --- ## [Help me understand: the post cooking process](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-me-understand-the-post-cooking-process/153206)
**Author:** [@spirobel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spirobel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-me-understand-the-post-cooking-process/153206 "2020-07-03T15:18:12Z")
Hi, I would be very glad if someone could help me understand how the post cooking process works. Especially I am interested in this part: why does post processing happen after the post got cooked already? Maybe we ca… --- ## [Droplet install not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/droplet-install-not-working/156465)
**Author:** [@playford](https://meta.discourse.org/u/playford)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/droplet-install-not-working/156465 "2020-07-02T13:42:26Z")
Hi, I have created a discourse droplet. I have followed the instructions in the console screen and at the end it say the open the browser to go to the admin page. If i go to the domain I created, i get connection was re… --- ## [Can't delete topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-delete-topics/156680)
**Author:** [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-delete-topics/156680 "2020-07-03T14:15:42Z")
Hi there, I’ve installed Discourse for the first time using Docker on a VM via Google Cloud’s compute engine. Everything is running smoothly (as far as I can see) and I’ve managed to set up the email too and it works f… --- ## [Removal of bio and suspension reason for staff](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removal-of-bio-and-suspension-reason-for-staff/155435)
**Author:** [@Hopscotch\_forum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hopscotch_forum)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removal-of-bio-and-suspension-reason-for-staff/155435 "2020-07-02T20:30:54Z")
Hey there, I noticed that suspended users have their bio removed when clicking on their full summary, but it’s still available in the preview usercard. I think this is a feature, but I’m not sure why part of the b… --- ## [Arabic comments in code block don't work in Opera](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arabic-comments-in-code-block-dont-work-in-opera/155503)
**Author:** [@AHMED\_ALRIFAI](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AHMED_ALRIFAI)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arabic-comments-in-code-block-dont-work-in-opera/155503 "2020-07-03T13:14:39Z")
Hey guys :waving\_hand: Like what the title says when I write arabic words in code comments they are not dispayed correctly in opera browser after i post the topic. But it’s working fine in preview mode and in other bro… --- ## [Unable to do restore. Error undefined method \`to\_i' for \["1", "1"\]:Array](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-do-restore-error-undefined-method-to-i-for-1-1-array/156474)
**Author:** [@Garrick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Garrick)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-do-restore-error-undefined-method-to-i-for-1-1-array/156474 "2020-07-03T13:06:17Z")
Logs Below. I was having trouble with a creating a backup. Got it going. Then moved to new server and this issue hits. How can I fix this? \[2020-07-01 13:11:28\] Marking restore as running... \[2020-07-01 13:11:28\] Making… --- ## [New Bookmarks are a mini assistant and a moderator's best friend!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-bookmarks-are-a-mini-assistant-and-a-moderators-best-friend/156684)
**Author:** [@Ubik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ubik)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-bookmarks-are-a-mini-assistant-and-a-moderators-best-friend/156684 "2020-07-03T10:45:44Z")
WOW, I haven’t been on here in ages due to some changes in my offline world, but I just had to jump back in and say a massive heartfelt THANK YOU Discourse team for the new Bookmarks, they’re a literal answer to a busy m… --- ## [Generate funding through CodeFund - now integrated into the discourse-adplugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generate-funding-through-codefund-now-integrated-into-the-discourse-adplugin/90406)
**Author:** [@coderberry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/coderberry)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 8:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generate-funding-through-codefund-now-integrated-into-the-discourse-adplugin/90406 "2020-07-03T08:57:04Z")
When you install or update the discourse-adplugin, you will see a new advertising option. CodeFund (formerly Code Sponsor) is an ethical advertising platform for the developer community. What does this mean? Releva… --- ## [\[en.groups.notification.Select....title\] when trying to select notifications on groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/en-groups-notification-select-title-when-trying-to-select-notifications-on-groups/156673)
**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 7:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/en-groups-notification-select-title-when-trying-to-select-notifications-on-groups/156673 "2020-07-03T07:47:36Z")
Hi Wasn’t sure if to put this as a bug or not since it isn’t stopping anything from working. So the issue here is that when you manage a group and then press interaction then scroll down to here Thanks [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1189) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1191)