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**Author:** [@supra2020](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supra2020)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maximum-no-of-account/144297 "2020-03-14T09:24:48Z")
Hi, Could you please help on the following? May I know if there is any maximum no. of registered accounts in discourse? Is there any way to limit a moderator to a specific group? That means User X is a moderator of Gr… --- ## [How to backup database only (without uploads) from console?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-backup-database-only-without-uploads-from-console/142504)
**Author:** [@md-misko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/md-misko)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 7:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-backup-database-only-without-uploads-from-console/142504 "2020-03-14T07:20:54Z")
Is there a way to backup database only from console? ./launcher enter app discourse backup fails while trying to include uploads: ... Unpausing sidekiq... Finalizing backup... Creating archive: mysite-2020-02-24-18350… --- ## [New users not receiving notification e-mail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-not-receiving-notification-e-mail/144260)
**Author:** [@OPR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OPR)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 5:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-not-receiving-notification-e-mail/144260 "2020-03-14T05:35:21Z")
Hello, Some users are not receiving notification e-mails when signing up. On Discourse it shows that the account is created but it’s greyed out, and it shows that the e-mail was sent. Is the issue on the Discourse side… --- ## [Removing links from older active user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-links-from-older-active-user/77123)
**Author:** [@nomnom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nomnom)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-links-from-older-active-user/77123 "2018-01-04T14:08:53Z")
We had a very active user post a lot of links in our forum under some “informational” posts over a long time period. Then when I looked closer at the posts/links he made I found some of them were malware links according… --- ## [Modifications to existing sidebar theme component required](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifications-to-existing-sidebar-theme-component-required/144283)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifications-to-existing-sidebar-theme-component-required/144283 "2020-03-14T03:49:35Z")
I’ve just discovered @awesomerobot’s awesome Topic List Sidebars add-on! Unfortunately I don’t have time to modify it myself as I am meant to be launching a new forum on Monday :scream: Here’s what I need as a mvp (som… --- ## [Is a Discourse forum with \>100,000 people feasible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-a-discourse-forum-with-100-000-people-feasible/144199)
**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-a-discourse-forum-with-100-000-people-feasible/144199 "2020-03-14T02:09:14Z")
How many users can Discourse handle? Yes, I clearly have a crazy idea. And yes, the admin burden would be bananas. And any structure would need to be very carefully built. But is it possible? --- ## [Custom Ads - Help!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-ads-help/144263)
**Author:** [@BritishRoyal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BritishRoyal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-ads-help/144263 "2020-03-14T00:52:47Z")
Hey everyone, I’m wondering if anyone could help me. I’m wanting to place custom adverts on top of my forum. But, I don’t want to use google ads etc. I want them to be personal and custom ads, that I choose. Is there … --- ## [Recreate the Discourse user’s directory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recreate-the-discourse-user-s-directory/275011)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recreate-the-discourse-user-s-directory/275011 "2020-03-13T23:30:49Z")
Recreate the Discourse user’s directory OK, here is the query to recreate the user’s directory. -- \[params\] -- null int :period SELECT users.username AS "Username", directory\_items.likes\_received AS "Likes Received", d… --- ## [Imported MyBB database MyCode issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imported-mybb-database-mycode-issue/144173)
**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imported-mybb-database-mycode-issue/144173 "2020-03-13T22:53:26Z")
I am in the process of migrating a MyBB forum to Discourse I see with imported posts a lot, but not all, contain visible MyCode formatting tags. example (there are also apparent UTF-8 character encoding issues, which i… --- ## [How to get accurate reply count through API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-accurate-reply-count-through-api/144267)
**Author:** [@nedbat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nedbat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-accurate-reply-count-through-api/144267 "2020-03-13T22:10:57Z")
I pulled the topics from a specific category in my forum. Each topic has a reply\_count, but it often seems to have no relationship to the user-experienced replies. For example, this topic: Error 404 after installing a … --- ## [Question concerning time settings and auto-publish](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-concerning-time-settings-and-auto-publish/143549)
**Author:** [@Kat\_F](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kat_F)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-concerning-time-settings-and-auto-publish/143549 "2020-03-13T21:06:21Z")
We have threads set to auto-publish once a week in several categories. Right now, we have people in different time zones who are responsible to publish in several of those categories. When they set a thread to publish on… --- ## [Files/Download Manager For Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/files-download-manager-for-discourse/26887)
**Author:** [@Qasem\_h](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Qasem_h)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/files-download-manager-for-discourse/26887 "2020-03-13T20:55:12Z")
Hello If possible, a media library system design for dc like wp To better manage files and the Media thank you The Media Library Screen allows you to edit, view, and delete Media previously uploaded to your blog. Mu… --- ## [Issue with Group Avatar Flair Image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-group-avatar-flair-image/144229)
**Author:** [@OPR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OPR)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-group-avatar-flair-image/144229 "2020-03-13T20:42:34Z")
Hello, I run a Discourse forum here: http://forum.onepagerules.com/ However I’ve run into an issue, even though I believe I’ve set up the Avatar Flair Image correctly for my groups, they’re not displayed anywhere on th… --- ## [Active users per day](https://meta.discourse.org/t/active-users-per-day/143724)
**Author:** [@Gaurav\_Sardana](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gaurav_Sardana)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/active-users-per-day/143724 "2020-03-13T20:10:16Z")
Hey, Is there is any way to find the active users per day and to find the unique users per day ? --- ## [Help! New install - SMTP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-new-install-smtp/143194)
**Author:** [@BritishRoyal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BritishRoyal)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-new-install-smtp/143194 "2020-03-13T19:57:10Z")
Hey everyone, So for a while I’ve always installed discourse onto a VPS which is hosted by ovh and my domains (which come with web hosting for the emails) have been hosted by one.com (herein referred to as ONE) In rece… --- ## [Should an edit to any wiki post bump the entire topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-an-edit-to-any-wiki-post-bump-the-entire-topic/104228)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-an-edit-to-any-wiki-post-bump-the-entire-topic/104228 "2020-03-13T19:08:43Z")
Maybe this has been discussed before, but I just noticed that an Edit to a wiki post does not boost the topic to the top of the topic list similar to how a regular edit does this, so the edit can easily go by unnoticed. … --- ## [User staged into topic received notifications of responses to that topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-staged-into-topic-received-notifications-of-responses-to-that-topic/144078)
**Author:** [@k4rtik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/k4rtik)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-staged-into-topic-received-notifications-of-responses-to-that-topic/144078 "2020-03-13T18:12:58Z")
Here are the steps that happened in sequence that led me to discover this issue: A user in a group forwarded an email to a private category (whose access is controlled by that group) from someone who is not on our disc… --- ## [Guest Account without account](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guest-account-without-account/144243)
**Author:** [@Jay91](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay91)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guest-account-without-account/144243 "2020-03-13T17:39:39Z")
Is there any way we can enable guest account at our website that way people can post without having accounts? at the same time, all the posts must be sent to moderation for approval. --- ## [Create subdomain on VM gcloud](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-subdomain-on-vm-gcloud/144058)
**Author:** [@longpos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/longpos)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-subdomain-on-vm-gcloud/144058 "2020-03-13T17:19:22Z")
Hello all. Nice to meet you all. If my question is not clear or stupid, please correct me. Many thanks. I have student account github so I have free domain from name.com and free 300$ from Google cloud. And free Mailgu… --- ## [Hide full name if not logged in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-full-name-if-not-logged-in/114789)
**Author:** [@DubZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DubZ)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-full-name-if-not-logged-in/114789 "2020-03-13T17:16:47Z")
Hi, my current configuration is, that discourse is readable if you are not logged in. Also I set “enable names” to see the full name right near the nick name. But what I DONT want is, that not logged in users can see t… --- ## [Tag as both parent and in the tag group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-as-both-parent-and-in-the-tag-group/143793)
**Author:** [@tpetrov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpetrov)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-as-both-parent-and-in-the-tag-group/143793 "2020-03-13T16:28:02Z")
Seems there’s a bug with tag groups. When I try to create a new topic and add a tag, I can only see the tags that are not in a tag group. I even cannot see parent tags to select one. --- ## [Avatar flair not showing in two-column view of main page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-not-showing-in-two-column-view-of-main-page/143456)
**Author:** [@Perry\_Eising](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Perry_Eising)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-not-showing-in-two-column-view-of-main-page/143456 "2020-03-13T14:35:27Z")
Hi all, We have avatar flar set up for members of a staff group working on our forum, it’s great: That said, we can’t see the avatar flair on the two-column view of our main page: (the person where I’ve drawn a … --- ## [Perform backend customisations with themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/perform-backend-customisations-with-themes/144212)
**Author:** [@duranmla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/duranmla)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/perform-backend-customisations-with-themes/144212 "2020-03-13T13:35:47Z")
Hi community, I just wanted to know if someone have information about possibility of doing customisations like this ones https://github.com/discourse/discourse-tooltips/blob/master/app/controllers/discourse\_tooltips/too… --- ## [Use MetaData to indicate image download filename](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-metadata-to-indicate-image-download-filename/21141)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-metadata-to-indicate-image-download-filename/21141 "2020-03-13T13:32:40Z")
So we’ve had a couple of internal complaints about the fact that the image download name is the sha1 representation and not the actual name of the image (which is available, because you see it in the lightbox). It seems … --- ## [Backup/Migrate/Cdn/no-Images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-migrate-cdn-no-images/143957)
**Author:** [@eextra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eextra)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-migrate-cdn-no-images/143957 "2020-03-13T12:58:46Z")
I’ve already read the threads that there’s often a problem with moving. I’m just testing it, actually. And now I don’t know if maybe I’m doing something in a bad order? the rake rebake post command returns 0 - so all p… --- ## [Install on macOS – Failure: Scheduler::Defer can pause and resume](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-on-macos-failure-scheduler-defer-can-pause-and-resume/144130)
**Author:** [@Jeremias\_Volker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeremias_Volker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-on-macos-failure-scheduler-defer-can-pause-and-resume/144130 "2020-03-13T12:23:02Z")
I’ve been following the Install Discourse on macOS for development. Unfortunately, I run into a failure running the specs using: bundle exec rake autospec Failures: 1) Scheduler::Defer can pause and resume Fail… --- ## [Imported MyBB database character encoding issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imported-mybb-database-character-encoding-issue/144156)
**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imported-mybb-database-character-encoding-issue/144156 "2020-03-13T09:56:25Z")
Hi, I have a bunch of posts and even usernames imported from a MyBB forum that are displaying random characters like ’ and  From what I can glean from reports of similar behavior in WordPress, this may be a Latin1 v… --- ## [Launcher rebuild app does nothing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-rebuild-app-does-nothing/144179)
**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-rebuild-app-does-nothing/144179 "2020-03-13T09:15:02Z")
Using PuTTy, and logging in to my Digital Ocean Droplet as root to add a Discourse plugin, following the standard directions here, then typing ./launcher rebuild app results in cursor dropping down to next line in Pu… --- ## [\`rake uploads:migrate\_to\_s3\` fails with \`Aws::S3::Errors::SignatureDoesNotMatch\`](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rake-uploads-migrate-to-s3-fails-with-aws-signaturedoesnotmatch/141518)
**Author:** [@md-misko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/md-misko)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rake-uploads-migrate-to-s3-fails-with-aws-signaturedoesnotmatch/141518 "2020-03-13T08:26:03Z")
Uploading local files to DigitalOcean Spaces (S3) with rake uploads:migrate\_to\_s3 starts and migrates some files, then suddenly fails for one file with error Aws::S3::Errors::SignatureDoesNotMatch. When this file is man… --- ## [Handling old accounts that have changed emails?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-old-accounts-that-have-changed-emails/64649)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 8:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-old-accounts-that-have-changed-emails/64649 "2020-03-13T08:24:03Z")
If you visited a Discourse a long time ago, and no longer control the email address your account was originally created under – how can we get that user back into their account? I guess there are two options here: Yo… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1260) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1262)