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**Author:** [@maltfield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maltfield)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-iptables-inside-discourse-docker-container/136305 "2019-12-17T14:32:56Z")
How can I configure iptables in the Discourse docker container? I specifically need the firewall controls inside the docker container because I want to be able to add conditional rules based on user id. I was first jus… --- ## [How can I use multiple hostnames](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-use-multiple-hostnames/136306)
**Author:** [@Callum\_OKane](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Callum_OKane)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-use-multiple-hostnames/136306 "2019-12-17T14:06:10Z")
So I setup my discourse just fine, for support.maniabots.xyz, but after Google adsense kept declining maniabots.xyz, I changed the discourse host name to www.maniabots.xyz but I want the support subdomain to still work w… --- ## [Automatic message: your topic is bumped and found the chance to get new answers!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-message-your-topic-is-bumped-and-found-the-chance-to-get-new-answers/136310)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-message-your-topic-is-bumped-and-found-the-chance-to-get-new-answers/136310 "2019-12-17T13:16:13Z")
it’d be great if the user get informed about his topic being bumped with a message with the Bumper Robot :robot: , this way he can: update about the status of the topic (whether he found the solution himself or not), e… --- ## [Custom CSS for date slider bar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-for-date-slider-bar/136286)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Schmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Schmucker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-for-date-slider-bar/136286 "2019-12-17T12:50:05Z")
What would you like done? In many cases, we have an information wiki as the first post of a topic. In those cases, replace the contents of the “widget-link start-date” class with a background image, as a reminder to vis… --- ## [How to fix "container is marked for removal and cannot be started" without reboot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-fix-container-is-marked-for-removal-and-cannot-be-started-without-reboot/136301)
**Author:** [@maltfield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maltfield)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 11:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-fix-container-is-marked-for-removal-and-cannot-be-started-without-reboot/136301 "2019-12-17T11:05:16Z")
My ./launcher rebuild app step is failing with the following error \[root@osestaging1 discourse\]# time ./launcher rebuild app ... + /bin/docker start app Error response from daemon: container is marked for removal and ca… --- ## [How to temporarily turn off email notifications of all kinds?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-temporarily-turn-off-email-notifications-of-all-kinds/136052)
**Author:** [@mreach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mreach)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-temporarily-turn-off-email-notifications-of-all-kinds/136052 "2019-12-16T05:12:03Z")
I’m about to import several tens of thousands of old posts into a system and would like to be sure that no email notifications are not sent out during this process. Is there a way to turn off all email notifications tem… --- ## [SSO with overlapping usernames](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-with-overlapping-usernames/136273)
**Author:** [@hollyw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hollyw)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 6:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-with-overlapping-usernames/136273 "2019-12-17T06:12:25Z")
I’m on a team that’s currently working to setup our own Discourse forum. We’re using SSO, so people’s usernames are based on an external value and are not editable to users. In our case there’s the possibility of two or … --- ## [How can I stop onebox redirection?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-stop-onebox-redirection/81515)
**Author:** [@Gulshan\_Kumar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gulshan_Kumar)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 1:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-stop-onebox-redirection/81515 "2019-12-17T01:13:56Z")
Hello, Consider a situation for an affiliate marketer.. where path http://x.com/go/discourse/ is HTTP 301 to https://discourse.org/ref=1 again HTTP 301 to https://discourse.org/ Problem is when I type first link, in o… --- ## [Sending a PM with the following title causes an error!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-a-pm-with-the-following-title-causes-an-error/135654)
**Author:** [@WorldIsMine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WorldIsMine)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-a-pm-with-the-following-title-causes-an-error/135654 "2019-12-17T00:51:28Z")
I was typing out a new message to one of my users, didn’t have time to write a normal title so I basically punched the keyboard and typed the following string as the title: =213=-!(@#+@)(!\*\_(@#&(!)# The intended user… --- ## [Restrict user to access only one topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-user-to-access-only-one-topic/135588)
**Author:** [@diptych](https://meta.discourse.org/u/diptych)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-user-to-access-only-one-topic/135588 "2019-12-16T23:31:38Z")
I know that you can restrict users by user level (default or manually locking them) but I’m wondering if there is a way that I could restrict an individual user to just be able to access one individual thread? And I assu… --- ## [How does anonymous posting work?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-anonymous-posting-work/73073)
**Author:** [@doctorbracero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/doctorbracero)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-anonymous-posting-work/73073 "2017-10-31T02:39:42Z")
Hello, I’m looking for forum software that will allow users to post anonymously to a specific section/topic of a forum. The user should be able to track the responses to the anonymous post, contribute to other posts as … --- ## [A few mods to our hosted forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-few-mods-to-our-hosted-forum/136035)
**Author:** [@DonMonty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DonMonty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-few-mods-to-our-hosted-forum/136035 "2019-12-16T22:23:01Z")
What would you like done? Adsense plugin installed and configured. Adsense is already set up and code is in our forum. Top navigation to a few external pages. When do you need it done? 1 - 2 weeks What is your budge… --- ## [\[Graceful theme\] Mobile images not responsive](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graceful-theme-mobile-images-not-responsive/122153)
**Author:** [@calebs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/calebs)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graceful-theme-mobile-images-not-responsive/122153 "2019-12-16T20:27:29Z")
Users have reported this issue. When uploaded, images won’t show up responsive on mobile. Any way to fix it? --- ## [Using PostCreator for anonymous user requests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-postcreator-for-anonymous-user-requests/136042)
**Author:** [@nobodyfrm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nobodyfrm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-postcreator-for-anonymous-user-requests/136042 "2019-12-16T19:02:15Z")
Hi, I wanna send a POST-Request via Ajax to my rails (Discourse) backend to create a post. It works fine for logged-in users but doesn’t for anonymous ones. What do I have to change to make it work for the letter? --- ## [502: Bad Gateway after web update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-bad-gateway-after-web-update/136221)
**Author:** [@chuckh\_nnyln](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chuckh_nnyln)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-bad-gateway-after-web-update/136221 "2019-12-16T18:15:30Z")
So ran updates this morning from the web interface and during the update of Discourse (not docker) it said that the update failed. I look at the log display but it really doesn’t mean much to me. I then ssh in and ran ‘… --- ## [Unicode (Russian) username validation fails randomly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unicode-russian-username-validation-fails-randomly/135637)
**Author:** [@Alex\_P](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alex_P)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unicode-russian-username-validation-fails-randomly/135637 "2019-12-16T16:07:30Z")
Usernames with Russian characters, e.g. фыв (not sure if depends on specific characters) sometimes fail validation. Tested in latest Chrome and Firefox on Ubuntu 19.10, Discourse version is 2.4.0.beta8 (16de46f8d4). … --- ## [Non-square Emojis within spoiler tags have fixed size](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-square-emojis-within-spoiler-tags-have-fixed-size/50740)
**Author:** [@gkln](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gkln)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-square-emojis-within-spoiler-tags-have-fixed-size/50740 "2019-12-16T15:35:15Z")
Hi, We added a set of non-square custom Emojis to our Discourse instance. To prevent them to be resized to 20x20 by the clients, we prefixed all of them with \_ and added the following CSS rule: body img.emoji\[title^=":… --- ## [\[PAID\] Mentorship needed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-mentorship-needed/136199)
**Author:** [@ramjke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ramjke)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-mentorship-needed/136199 "2019-12-16T14:10:29Z")
Hi, my name is Alexander. Most recently, I installed Discourse through the WSL and began to learn it. Two weeks later, I discovered a big problem. Discourse has no good plugin development guides, just a couple of articl… --- ## [Cannot download/view category image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-download-view-category-image/135815)
**Author:** [@koltl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/koltl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-download-view-category-image/135815 "2019-12-13T23:28:33Z")
When I edit the category image, you can click the stretch icon to view it and optionally download it. However, I am unable to to do this as it is covered by the edit category box and once closed out of the box, it close… --- ## [Plugin development workflow w/ remote dev server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-development-workflow-w-remote-dev-server/80267)
**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-development-workflow-w-remote-dev-server/80267 "2019-12-16T11:25:49Z")
Thanks for the guides, I think I have the basics to get me started with Plugin dev. Wanted to ask about whether its worth having an IDE for plugin development? Secondly, I’m hosting my dev server on a remote cloud VPS … --- ## [Restore from old version to a new version of discourse failed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-from-old-version-to-a-new-version-of-discourse-failed/135545)
**Author:** [@dazuimao1990](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dazuimao1990)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-from-old-version-to-a-new-version-of-discourse-failed/135545 "2019-12-16T10:19:08Z")
I want to upgrade my discourse from a very old version to the latest version A backup package from the original discourse contains a meta.json file： {"source":"discourse","version":20160405172827} When I restore the b… --- ## [Website Location](https://meta.discourse.org/t/website-location/136051)
**Author:** [@Nathan\_Humbert](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nathan_Humbert)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/website-location/136051 "2019-12-16T01:47:52Z")
Hello, I installed Discourse on a brand new Ubuntu server and I know it uses Nginx, but I cannot figure out where the location of the site is. Basically what I am trying to do is validate a domain and to do that I need to... --- ## [Embedding 5-star rating system widgets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-5-star-rating-system-widgets/136032)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Schmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Schmucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-5-star-rating-system-widgets/136032 "2019-12-15T22:11:23Z")
Does anyone have recommendations for integrating commercial rating widgets with Discourse? I am aware of the Topic Ratings Plugin, but am looking for something more like this screenshot. There are products like https://r… --- ## [Forum breaks when using Windows-1251 Cyrillic/Russian encoding](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-breaks-when-using-windows-1251-cyrillic-russian-encoding/135970)
**Author:** [@j127](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j127)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-breaks-when-using-windows-1251-cyrillic-russian-encoding/135970 "2019-12-15T20:38:09Z")
It looks like Discourse forums don’t load if the character encoding is set to Windows-1251 for Russian. To reproduce, set the character encoding to “Cyrillic (Windows-1251)” and visit the homepage of a forum. It will ju… --- ## [Question About Forum Software](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-forum-software/135975)
**Author:** [@RCOfficial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RCOfficial)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-forum-software/135975 "2019-12-15T16:42:50Z")
Hello, I was wondering if I could use the Discourse forums software on my own host as the hosting is not in my budget. --- ## [Can I add/change the links at the bottom of the menu?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-add-change-the-links-at-the-bottom-of-the-menu/136001)
**Author:** [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-add-change-the-links-at-the-bottom-of-the-menu/136001 "2019-12-15T13:51:51Z")
I’m guessing this is a FAQ, but I couldn’t find an obvious how-to… Can I add/change the links that appear in the lowest section of the Menu? --- ## [Search for/merge duplicate topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-for-merge-duplicate-topics/135999)
**Author:** [@danb35](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danb35)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-for-merge-duplicate-topics/135999 "2019-12-15T13:15:55Z")
My import from Yahoo groups has resulted in many topics being fragmented (whether because the users weren’t replying properly in the past, because Yahoo didn’t keep the topic together properly, or because the import scri… --- ## [Excluding/negating words in search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excluding-negating-words-in-search/135992)
**Author:** [@hannes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hannes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2019, 9:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excluding-negating-words-in-search/135992 "2019-12-15T09:31:09Z")
While negating searches for tags is supported (-tag:thistag), there is no way to exclude certain words from a generic search. The “-” character is often used to allow search users to explicitly list words that the resul… --- ## [Spoiler content only visible for registered users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spoiler-content-only-visible-for-registered-users/135940)
**Author:** [@testuser2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/testuser2)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2019, 7:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spoiler-content-only-visible-for-registered-users/135940 "2019-12-15T07:37:52Z")
Hi there, is it possible to make content with spoiler tag only visible for registered users? --- ## [Links broken after move](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-broken-after-move/135913)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Schmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Schmucker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2019, 6:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-broken-after-move/135913 "2019-12-15T06:38:45Z")
Many of our intra-forum links are broken after moving to a new server. I had created the new server at a temporary url staging.example.com to help with the transition, but now that the transition is complete, many links … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1300) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1302)