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**Author:** [@hosna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hosna)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/min-password-length/129518 "2019-10-15T19:21:39Z")
Why I cant reduce min password length to less than 8? :thinking: --- ## [Is there a way to make the main page category layout different for different themes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-the-main-page-category-layout-different-for-different-themes/130960)
**Author:** [@Jennifer\_Abrams](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jennifer_Abrams)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-the-main-page-category-layout-different-for-different-themes/130960 "2019-10-15T18:51:59Z")
In discourse users can pick their own themes in Preferences obviously But many settings seem to be site-wide instead of theme specific. Is there a way in CSS to set a particular category layout for each theme’s default… --- ## [Handling cancelled memberships](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-cancelled-memberships/131058)
**Author:** [@markwill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markwill)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-cancelled-memberships/131058 "2019-10-15T18:37:21Z")
I am using WordPress SSO to authorize folks who have purchased a membership (I implemented custom logic in WordPress to determine whether they are members). All is working well but I am wondering how to handle cancelled … --- ## [Phantom link in Brand Header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phantom-link-in-brand-header/312645)
**Author:** [@MarkTuff](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarkTuff)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phantom-link-in-brand-header/312645 "2019-10-15T17:09:30Z")
Hi @vinothkannans, not sure why but I have a phantom link hover here. It doesn’t actually click through to anything. I don’t believe I have anything strange in the settings. Any ideas? --- ## [Disable link preview feature?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-link-preview-feature/118808)
**Author:** [@Laurent](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Laurent)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-link-preview-feature/118808 "2019-10-15T16:08:32Z")
Link previews are more often wrong than right, often showing content unrelated to the URL (not Discourse fault, I know it’s very hard to sum up the content of a web page). Also I think it gives too much weight to the UR… --- ## [Add profile picture with drag and drop](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-profile-picture-with-drag-and-drop/131050)
**Author:** [@fdsa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fdsa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-profile-picture-with-drag-and-drop/131050 "2019-10-15T15:37:35Z")
I would like to be able to add a profile picture by dragging and dropping from another website. If this is not feasible, how about adding a profile picture from a URL (there has already been a little discussion about th… --- ## [Adding classes to links in post body for styling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-classes-to-links-in-post-body-for-styling/131027)
**Author:** [@alank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alank)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-classes-to-links-in-post-body-for-styling/131027 "2019-10-15T15:06:55Z")
Is there a way to get around Discourse reformatting an Anchor as we would like it displayed as a button and therefore would like a specific style. the post is posted with the .raw property (I’ve tried to use ‘.cooked’ b… --- ## [Do we have a channel plugin already?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-have-a-channel-plugin-already/130730)
**Author:** [@zgzud8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zgzud8)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-have-a-channel-plugin-already/130730 "2019-10-13T12:34:25Z")
I need a channel plugin. Features like youtube’s channel, each user can open their own channel and post a lot of related topics on the channel. This is different from the tags. I want to know if there is such a plugin. I… --- ## [How to undelete posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-undelete-posts/131018)
**Author:** [@Laurent](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Laurent)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-undelete-posts/131018 "2019-10-15T08:37:46Z")
We’ve accidentally deleted all the posts inside a topic and we’d like to restore them. I can see the post in red but somehow can’t find any action that would undelete them. Can this currently be done and how? --- ## [No option to create groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-option-to-create-groups/107831)
**Author:** [@mescortes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mescortes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 7:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-option-to-create-groups/107831 "2019-10-15T07:51:46Z")
I don’t see the setting page to create groups. Am I missing something obvious? --- ## [Missing "enable s3 uploads" setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-enable-s3-uploads-setting/131013)
**Author:** [@AJRT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AJRT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 5:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-enable-s3-uploads-setting/131013 "2019-10-15T05:50:58Z")
Hello, I am using 2.4.0.beta6 (0de7e4339c) and I need to configure S3 upload ( Step 2: Configuring Discourse, (Superseded) Set up backup and image uploads to DigitalOcean Spaces ), but I do not have “enable s3 uploads” … --- ## [Password validation for variations on username](https://meta.discourse.org/t/password-validation-for-variations-on-username/130880)
**Author:** [@nylen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nylen)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 5:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/password-validation-for-variations-on-username/130880 "2019-10-15T05:47:48Z")
Not directly related but prompted by Pwned Passwords Validator since we have been looking into stronger password validation lately. Discourse does not appear to block a password like myusername123 or 4myusername for the… --- ## [Watched Word Filtered Post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-word-filtered-post/130519)
**Author:** [@ked](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ked)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-word-filtered-post/130519 "2019-10-15T02:39:37Z")
Upon the Watched Words feature catching a particular post and holding it for review (as shown here), when I hit Reject Post, a. does the User get any sort of notification message? b. does the post get tagged as Delet… --- ## [Discourse not using brotli or gzip compression?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-using-brotli-or-gzip-compression/130874)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-using-brotli-or-gzip-compression/130874 "2019-10-14T22:50:19Z")
Hi. I installed Discourse on a CentOS server. I also use Centos web panel. It appears that the files aren’t compressed on Discourse though it is supposed to use brotli by default and fallback to gzip. Example for this … --- ## [Registration modal/popup not showing up for private instance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/registration-modal-popup-not-showing-up-for-private-instance/130959)
**Author:** [@fkohrt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fkohrt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/registration-modal-popup-not-showing-up-for-private-instance/130959 "2019-10-14T21:43:22Z")
Hi! Somewhere while upgrading from 2.4.0.beta1 to 2.4.0.beta2 to 2.4.0.beta4 (not sure on which upgrade exactly) the registration modal stopped showing up for new users. We use the OpenID Connect plugin to authenticate… --- ## [Pwned Passwords Validator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pwned-passwords-validator/90074)
**Author:** [@featheredtoast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/featheredtoast)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pwned-passwords-validator/90074 "2019-10-14T19:20:19Z")
Discourse Pwned Passwords Validator Adds a password validator that calls to Troy Hunt’s Pwned Passwords API. How do you use it? Install it. And… that’s it! Password changes will be blocked if a password match is found v… --- ## [Progressive Web Application (PWA)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/progressive-web-application-pwa/79217)
**Author:** [@rugk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rugk)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/progressive-web-application-pwa/79217 "2019-10-14T17:14:32Z")
Firefox 58 just added support for PWAs for Android: See them in action here: Here some more (developer) information about how they work: This already works with a lot of websites like Twitter or Faceb… --- ## [Must reply to see the hidden link / Content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/must-reply-to-see-the-hidden-link-content/71382)
**Author:** [@dimu001](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dimu001)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/must-reply-to-see-the-hidden-link-content/71382 "2019-10-14T16:37:57Z")
Any feature or plugins that require to reply need for the thread to see the relevant link or content ? --- ## [Looking to switch from Vanilla, and have a few questions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-to-switch-from-vanilla-and-have-a-few-questions/130431)
**Author:** [@lliddell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lliddell)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-to-switch-from-vanilla-and-have-a-few-questions/130431 "2019-10-14T16:35:05Z")
So I work for an elearning company that has already built out a version on Vanilla. My issue is how out dated and minimal a lot of the features are. Even when viewing plugins and testing them, I was having issues and tho… --- ## [Moderator move post, get 500 internal error, how to troubleshoot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-move-post-get-500-internal-error-how-to-troubleshoot/128328)
**Author:** [@rldml](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rldml)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-move-post-get-500-internal-error-how-to-troubleshoot/128328 "2019-10-14T15:56:17Z")
Hello everyone, if we try to move a post from one thread to another, we sometimes get a ‘500 internal server error’ Is there some tutorial how to troubleshoot issues like this? Where i can find the log files to get det… --- ## [Can the users see other's registering email?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-the-users-see-others-registering-email/130947)
**Author:** [@zgzud8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zgzud8)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-the-users-see-others-registering-email/130947 "2019-10-14T13:08:31Z")
Can the users of the forum view each other’s information? For example, registering an email? Thank you! --- ## [Setting up s3: what happens to previous uploads?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-s3-what-happens-to-previous-uploads/130928)
**Author:** [@hosna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hosna)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-s3-what-happens-to-previous-uploads/130928 "2019-10-14T09:05:00Z")
If I enable s3 for uploads and backups according to the following how to: what happens to previously uploaded files? --- ## [Endless loop in digest emailing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/endless-loop-in-digest-emailing/130361)
**Author:** [@doom369](https://meta.discourse.org/u/doom369)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/endless-loop-in-digest-emailing/130361 "2019-10-14T08:09:17Z")
Hello all. Our discourse server went into endless loop sending emails non stop. Here is shared/standalone/log/rails/production.log output: Delivered mail 7db8eecd-c36a-419c-ae34-0561b08bae25@community.xx.cc (1322.2ms) … --- ## [Title of the login page does not include the short site description](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-of-the-login-page-does-not-include-the-short-site-description/130379)
**Author:** [@Lumi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lumi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 6:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-of-the-login-page-does-not-include-the-short-site-description/130379 "2019-10-14T06:58:33Z")
When login\_required is enabled, the title of the login page doesn’t include the short\_site\_description. After logging in the title of the home page is of the form: title - short\_site\_description. I would expect the same … --- ## [I can't easily delete spammers due to my site configuration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-easily-delete-spammers-due-to-my-site-configuration/127309)
**Author:** [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-easily-delete-spammers-due-to-my-site-configuration/127309 "2019-10-14T05:08:44Z")
So right now I have a bottleneck deleting spam users and their posts. I need to manually delete all the posts of a user before deleting them, wait for that to process while the browser is open, then delete the user. I … --- ## [Quoted text should be scrubbed of formatting when translated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoted-text-should-be-scrubbed-of-formatting-when-translated/122823)
**Author:** [@dschaper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dschaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoted-text-should-be-scrubbed-of-formatting-when-translated/122823 "2019-10-14T01:29:42Z")
discourse-translator 0.2.0 discourse v2.4.0.beta1 +234 Microsoft API When the posts to be translated contains quotes it looks like the raw text including formatting is sent to the API. This breaks the functionality of… --- ## [Unread/read messages not stored correctly on Android Chrome](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unread-read-messages-not-stored-correctly-on-android-chrome/130435)
**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unread-read-messages-not-stored-correctly-on-android-chrome/130435 "2019-10-13T21:26:04Z")
Continuing discussion from an older topic where a number of issues were mixed up. DISCLAIMER: As an iPhone user I rely on 2nd hand reports from users that are not professional SW testers. Several user have raised an … --- ## [Add CTA for users who don't post in a while](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-cta-for-users-who-dont-post-in-a-while/130805)
**Author:** [@DNSTARS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DNSTARS)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-cta-for-users-who-dont-post-in-a-while/130805 "2019-10-13T19:20:11Z")
What are the chances of expanding the utility of the native CTA a little do you think? Specifically looking to use it as a one off (or once a week etc) nudge for users who regularly use the platform but haven’t posted in… --- ## [Negative filtering: Excluding tags from search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/negative-filtering-excluding-tags-from-search/125040)
**Author:** [@Heather\_Dudley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heather_Dudley)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/negative-filtering-excluding-tags-from-search/125040 "2019-10-13T17:02:04Z")
Is it possible to filter out search results based on tags? For example, to do a search, but exclude the tag “trigger-warning”? We have a community that frequently discusses sensitive information that we don’t want to dis… --- ## [Cannot use 2FA to reset password](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-use-2fa-to-reset-password/130875)
**Author:** [@koltl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/koltl)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-use-2fa-to-reset-password/130875 "2019-10-13T16:31:52Z")
I just installed Discourse on a VPS and recovered from a backup. I have 2FA on my account and when I sign on using the email (and link it sends me) w/o using password, it will ask for 2FA code which does work. But when… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1327) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1329)