# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1300 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1301 --- ## [Giving a suspended user a second chance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/giving-a-suspended-user-a-second-chance/113412)
**Author:** [@Brian\_Clarkson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brian_Clarkson)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/giving-a-suspended-user-a-second-chance/113412 "2019-12-19T04:24:30Z")
I have a user that was repeatedly insulting other users (mainly using below-the-threshold passive-aggressive barbs). After about 2 years of practicing “respond to the content not the tone”, I decided to suspend him inde… --- ## [SMS secondary verification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sms-secondary-verification/136055)
**Author:** [@aksoforever](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aksoforever)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sms-secondary-verification/136055 "2019-12-19T02:12:33Z")
Dear I want to make a plugin for sms authentication login After user login with password requires SMS secondary verification Who can help me to do this, please give me a quote. Thank you very much!!! --- ## [Post admin actions menu hidden by header on short first posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-admin-actions-menu-hidden-by-header-on-short-first-posts/104855)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-admin-actions-menu-hidden-by-header-on-short-first-posts/104855 "2019-12-19T01:01:07Z")
Noticed this today on try, confirmed that it occurs here on Meta as well. With very short topics (especially those without categories/tags), the post admin actions menu can overlap the header and be partially unusable. c… --- ## [Question about anonymized usernames](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-anonymized-usernames/276047)
**Author:** [@acesoftheace](https://meta.discourse.org/u/acesoftheace)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-anonymized-usernames/276047 "2019-12-18T20:00:41Z")
Is this user also anonymized since he has the “anon” :roll\_eyes::roll\_eyes: --- ## [API feature request for additonal info about external accounts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-feature-request-for-additonal-info-about-external-accounts/136248)
**Author:** [@nekodroid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nekodroid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-feature-request-for-additonal-info-about-external-accounts/136248 "2019-12-18T19:01:40Z")
Hey ! I’ve looked into Discourse’s API, and was wondering if additional info about external accounts (from other social networks) could be get through it. In my case, it’d be for Discord : I’d like to sync people that … --- ## [Is there an easy way to set a discouse instance temporarly in read-only mode?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-set-a-discouse-instance-temporarly-in-read-only-mode/136380)
**Author:** [@GuidoD](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GuidoD)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-set-a-discouse-instance-temporarly-in-read-only-mode/136380 "2019-12-18T18:34:36Z")
is there an easy way to set a discourse instance temporarly in a read-only mode without changing all categories? We would like to give our moderators team a christmas/new years break, therefore we are looking for a poss… --- ## [Using Discourse as SSO for desktop app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-sso-for-desktop-app/136429)
**Author:** [@Marc\_Montecalvo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Marc_Montecalvo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-sso-for-desktop-app/136429 "2019-12-18T18:25:29Z")
So I’ve read over the Use Discourse as an identity provider (SSO, DiscourseConnect) article and it seemed to be what I needed. But I seem to have hit a roadblock and can’t get it actually working. Here is a little abou… --- ## [Adding SQRL (Secure Quick Reliable Login) http://sqrl.pl/blog/](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-sqrl-secure-quick-reliable-login-http-sqrl-pl-blog/33298)
**Author:** [@chamunks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chamunks)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-sqrl-secure-quick-reliable-login-http-sqrl-pl-blog/33298 "2019-12-18T16:56:05Z")
What I Believe I believe that Discourse is already throwing away many standardized conventions already in the name of evolution of communication and related technology. Moving to something where privacy, security reliab… --- ## [Tag manager implemetion error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-manager-implemetion-error/136411)
**Author:** [@ufukayyildiz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ufukayyildiz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-manager-implemetion-error/136411 "2019-12-18T16:51:17Z")
hello friends, when i trying to add below code in body from customize section i get unexpected start token error . How can i solve this ? Thanks. --- ## [Slack: '/discourse watch all' doesn't seem to work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-discourse-watch-all-doesnt-seem-to-work/135348)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Hendriks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arnold_Hendriks)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-discourse-watch-all-doesnt-seem-to-work/135348 "2019-12-18T14:42:56Z")
I’m trying to setup the chat integration plugin to watch and post about any topic to a channel. I’ve got it working before but I’m trying to set it up on a new channel, and no luck yet As far as I understood I should be… --- ## [How to prevent user deletion if it has posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-user-deletion-if-it-has-posts/136392)
**Author:** [@carlosjcabello](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlosjcabello)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-user-deletion-if-it-has-posts/136392 "2019-12-18T14:31:52Z")
Hi, I’ve created this topic because I don’t fully understand how the user deletion process works. I thought that it was not possible to delete a user if it had posts. It seems there is even an informative message for t… --- ## [Discourse-saml, choosing solution](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-saml-choosing-solution/136216)
**Author:** [@nahimov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nahimov)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-saml-choosing-solution/136216 "2019-12-18T12:40:27Z")
I read this article: This is good, but is the cloud service. Can you recommend a similar service, but self-hosted? Maybe there is software tested with Discourse? --- ## [Vote from outside the topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vote-from-outside-topic/132955)
**Author:** [@Pedro\_Henrique](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pedro_Henrique)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vote-from-outside-topic/132955 "2019-12-18T12:00:50Z")
I’d like to make it possible to vote from outside the topic. Is it possible to move the button to the side of the list of topics in a category? --- ## [Best free option to protect discourse from many requests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-free-option-to-protect-discourse-from-many-requests/113350)
**Author:** [@Jay91](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay91)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-free-option-to-protect-discourse-from-many-requests/113350 "2019-12-18T05:46:45Z")
I tried to get to our website an hour ago and found it down this looks like an attack to me, how we can stop, cloudflare is a good option for such a scenarios but that service is not suitable for discourse, please ad… --- ## [Inconsistent Signed-In State behind fastly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistent-signed-in-state-behind-fastly/136371)
**Author:** [@JackCA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JackCA)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistent-signed-in-state-behind-fastly/136371 "2019-12-18T05:43:50Z")
I’m having a bit of a strange issue but there are a lot of factors at play. Issue: when I am logged in and I navigate directly to my forum’s home page, it appears as if I’m not logged in, in the UI e.g. the navbar has … --- ## [Displaying code changes and comments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-code-changes-and-comments/136308)
**Author:** [@pgr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pgr)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 5:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-code-changes-and-comments/136308 "2019-12-18T05:36:52Z")
This is a question of whether a feature exists (possibly as a plugin) or a feature request in case it doesn’t… What I’m looking for is the ability to display something like this within Discourse Forum discussions: N… --- ## [Using the API to retrive the value of a custom user field from a user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-the-api-to-retrive-the-value-of-a-custom-user-field-from-a-user/84751)
**Author:** [@Jake\_Green](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jake_Green)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 5:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-the-api-to-retrive-the-value-of-a-custom-user-field-from-a-user/84751 "2019-12-18T05:29:55Z")
I’ve search the API documentation but I can’t find a way to get the value of a customer user field of a specified user. Is this possible? Thanks. --- ## [Getting information about usage that is not in reports on dashboard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-information-about-usage-that-is-not-in-reports-on-dashboard/136352)
**Author:** [@Viveka1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viveka1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-information-about-usage-that-is-not-in-reports-on-dashboard/136352 "2019-12-18T01:54:07Z")
Hi :smiley: Is there any way to get a count of total users signed up to discourse forum - ie not log ins, page views or active users, but the number of the membership? Also is there any flexibility to search for things… --- ## [1GB RAM vs 2GB vs better CPU - Is it really a big difference? How to check?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/1gb-ram-vs-2gb-vs-better-cpu-is-it-really-a-big-difference-how-to-check/136298)
**Author:** [@eextra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eextra)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/1gb-ram-vs-2gb-vs-better-cpu-is-it-really-a-big-difference-how-to-check/136298 "2019-12-18T00:11:55Z")
I don’t know if it’s a weak server or not, but I think 1GB Ram is a blur. But I’m not convinced. How can I find out if the server is too weak or not? I mean I know I can check the processes on Linux but I don’t think th… --- ## [Missing total numbers in admin stats view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-total-numbers-in-admin-stats-view/136283)
**Author:** [@wolftune](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wolftune)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-total-numbers-in-admin-stats-view/136283 "2019-12-17T23:31:24Z")
See this screenshot of a weekly stats: Signups and New Contributors have no numbers for the total where the other items have that. Even if the total is 0, it should be shown. --- ## [Adding a mixin to a class in a plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-mixin-to-a-class-in-a-plugin/83905)
**Author:** [@shoshber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shoshber)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-mixin-to-a-class-in-a-plugin/83905 "2019-12-17T22:03:14Z")
I need to modify a javascript controller (create-account). If I were writing it from scratch, I’d add a mixin called something like (FooValidation), the same way the mixins PasswordValidation and UsernameValidation are a… --- ## [Poll with staff only results creatable by non-staff members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-with-staff-only-results-creatable-by-non-staff-members/136046)
**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-with-staff-only-results-creatable-by-non-staff-members/136046 "2019-12-17T21:44:51Z")
Right now, as a non-staff member, I can create a poll where the results are only visible to staff members. What is the use case for that? As it is, I’m concerned someone will click that and lock themselves and everyone o… --- ## [Viewing unanswered topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-unanswered-topics/18744)
**Author:** [@ralphm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ralphm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-unanswered-topics/18744 "2019-12-17T17:16:23Z")
Continuing the discussion from Is there a better way to handle the “Up!”/“Bump!” usecase?: One thing I do like about vB is that it’s easy to view a list of unanswered threads. Is there a way to do it in Discourse? It’s… --- ## [The PM recipient input field doesn't utilize the max width of the text box](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-pm-recipient-input-field-doesnt-utilize-the-max-width-of-the-text-box/130946)
**Author:** [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-pm-recipient-input-field-doesnt-utilize-the-max-width-of-the-text-box/130946 "2019-12-17T19:59:42Z")
This is a tiny UX issue but it can get quite annoying when you want to send e-mails to moderately long e-mail addresses from Discourse. The full address doesn’t remain in view after 170px. --- ## [Add approved blue tick indicator to accounts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-approved-blue-tick-indicator-to-accounts/136327)
**Author:** [@AtakanYildirim1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AtakanYildirim1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-approved-blue-tick-indicator-to-accounts/136327 "2019-12-17T18:18:39Z")
Hi community! I need to make some accounts with an approved blue tick. How can I do it? --- ## [Default category not being assigned](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-not-being-assigned/134440)
**Author:** [@jtbayly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jtbayly)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-not-being-assigned/134440 "2019-12-17T18:14:45Z")
Using wp-discourse, we have a default category assigned in the settings, so that new posts go into our public section on Discourse. Recently I’ve noticed that I’m not getting notified of some of our new posts via Discou… --- ## [Changing breakpoint for vdo/vmo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-breakpoint-for-vdo-vmo/277625)
**Author:** [@pgr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pgr)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-breakpoint-for-vdo-vmo/277625 "2019-12-17T17:33:56Z")
Our designer is having some problems with the responsive aspect of this (very nice and useful) add-on and she asks if she can change the breakpoint where it currently switches from the vdo to vmo elements? Is this possi… --- ## [Mobile "Topic Controls" are too small for my fat fingers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-topic-controls-are-too-small-for-my-fat-fingers/117712)
**Author:** [@schleifer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schleifer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-topic-controls-are-too-small-for-my-fat-fingers/117712 "2019-12-17T16:47:11Z")
I have trouble hitting the individual menu items – They should be taller like the category menu – The Watching button is also nicely padded. --- ## [Can't access profile of new user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-access-profile-of-new-user/135893)
**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-access-profile-of-new-user/135893 "2019-12-17T13:49:07Z")
Hi, I’m trying to understand why we can’t access the profile of a user who was created earlier today. When looking in the logs, I see: Started GET "/u/blender.bender/" for xx.xx.xx.xx at 2019-12-13 20:15:18 +0000 Proce… --- ## [Submit a free plan](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690)
**Author:** [@romano97002](https://meta.discourse.org/u/romano97002)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690 "2017-10-31T14:23:13Z")
Hello, I would like to use Discourse to open my community. I can not afford to pay to use the standard plan. So I would like to have a Free Plan available so that we can benefit from a free community. What do you thin… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1299) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1301)