# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1302&state=tracking%EF%BC%89%EF%BC%8C%E5%A6%82%E6%9E%9C%E4%BD%A0%E8%BF%98%E6%83%B3%E5%85%B3%E6%B3%A8%E5%AE%83%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%9D%EF%BC%8C%E4%B9%9F%E5%80%BC%E5%BE%97%E6%9F%A5%E7%9C%8B%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%8B%E3%80%82 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1303 --- ## [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 … --- ## [Email Configuration Issues on Bitnami](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-configuration-issues-on-bitnami/135982)
**Author:** [@Nathan\_Humbert](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nathan_Humbert)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-configuration-issues-on-bitnami/135982 "2019-12-15T06:36:05Z")
Hello. I have been having issues with the email, mainly in that I dont know how to set it up. Basically I have configured Disourse completely, but it cant send emails. I installed it with bitnami and I followed their gui… --- ## [Every page on mydomainhere.com redirects to forum.mydomainhere.com?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/every-page-on-mydomainhere-com-redirects-to-forum-mydomainhere-com/135916)
**Author:** [@tommy87](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tommy87)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/every-page-on-mydomainhere-com-redirects-to-forum-mydomainhere-com/135916 "2019-12-14T04:42:46Z")
I just installed Discourse and it looks great. I set my Docker container to use port 8080 for now so I can run Apache along side of this Discourse installation and access my regular website I disabled temporarily. One i… --- ## [Discourse sites in Playstore](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sites-in-playstore/135040)
**Author:** [@Pravi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pravi)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sites-in-playstore/135040 "2019-12-14T18:44:55Z")
Hey guys! What’re your thoughts on converting a PWA to APK file? Is it possible to make every website made from discourse available via the play store? I was going through the link below. https://medium.com/@firt/googl… --- ## [Hide Origin IP in discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-origin-ip-in-discourse/135921)
**Author:** [@Jay91](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay91)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-origin-ip-in-discourse/135921 "2019-12-14T14:44:37Z")
We use cloudflare for managing the DNS and we can\`t turn on the orange cloud to proxy the forum because this will break it. is there any way ti turn around this and proxy thy IP to hide the origin ? --- ## [Bulk delete suspended users after import](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-delete-suspended-users-after-import/73011)
**Author:** [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-delete-suspended-users-after-import/73011 "2017-10-30T02:52:30Z")
After converting a phpBB forum, I have ~700 suspended users. I’d like to delete the ones that also have no posts or topics. Is there a rails command for that? --- ## [Why does this category display differently for these two users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-this-category-display-differently-for-these-two-users/135890)
**Author:** [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-this-category-display-differently-for-these-two-users/135890 "2019-12-14T12:19:55Z")
I have a “members only” category with three sub-categories. Here’s what I see, when I look at the category as an admin user. Note the summary boxes: Here’s a view from a user who is in a group. The group has “See” fo… --- ## [Make Reply button more prominent](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-reply-button-more-prominent/48057)
**Author:** [@BernardLunn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BernardLunn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 11:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-reply-button-more-prominent/48057 "2019-12-14T11:05:22Z")
Suggestion. Could we move REPLY button to the left hand side and make it bigger than the other buttons. Or even place it over the other buttons (probably better but some A/B testing would help). This is the most importan… --- ## [Mixed content due to hotlinked images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mixed-content-due-to-hotlinked-images/124227)
**Author:** [@JimPas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimPas)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 8:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mixed-content-due-to-hotlinked-images/124227 "2019-12-14T08:10:21Z")
Suddenly this morning I noticed the “Your Connection is Insecure” warning icon for our forum in my brower’s address bar. I fairly quickly traced it to the offending images through using “Latest” and then simply checking … --- ## [Letsencyrpt setup fails for host with internal IP address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letsencyrpt-setup-fails-for-host-with-internal-ip-address/135911)
**Author:** [@noodle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/noodle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letsencyrpt-setup-fails-for-host-with-internal-ip-address/135911 "2019-12-14T01:30:23Z")
Hi, I am attempting to set up discourse on an ubuntu machine for first time. The intent is that the platform will only be accessible from within our company network, hence the IP address for the hostname registered with… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1301&state=tracking%EF%BC%89%EF%BC%8C%E5%A6%82%E6%9E%9C%E4%BD%A0%E8%BF%98%E6%83%B3%E5%85%B3%E6%B3%A8%E5%AE%83%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%9D%EF%BC%8C%E4%B9%9F%E5%80%BC%E5%BE%97%E6%9F%A5%E7%9C%8B%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%8B%E3%80%82) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1303&state=tracking%EF%BC%89%EF%BC%8C%E5%A6%82%E6%9E%9C%E4%BD%A0%E8%BF%98%E6%83%B3%E5%85%B3%E6%B3%A8%E5%AE%83%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%9D%EF%BC%8C%E4%B9%9F%E5%80%BC%E5%BE%97%E6%9F%A5%E7%9C%8B%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%8B%E3%80%82)