# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1382 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1383 --- ## [Per user word censor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-user-word-censor/120003)
**Author:** [@Ellibereth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ellibereth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2019, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-user-word-censor/120003 "2019-06-11T10:22:15Z")
Is there a way to have a per-user setting for them to censor certain words they’re uncomfortable with that are allowed on the site as a whole? Right now I think its site-wide or nothing. Another option would be to have … --- ## [Dev guideslines for making translation easier](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dev-guideslines-for-making-translation-easier/84104)
**Author:** [@Benjol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjol)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2019, 8:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dev-guideslines-for-making-translation-easier/84104 "2019-06-11T08:30:40Z")
I’m aware of topics and guidelines for translators, but are there guidelines anywhere for devs so that they can make translation easier? If not, I have a few ideas :slight\_smile: Avoid ‘walls of text’. tos\_topic.body … --- ## [Out of Memory, Kill process, sacrifice child](https://meta.discourse.org/t/out-of-memory-kill-process-sacrifice-child/119998)
**Author:** [@WaitroseCarpark](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WaitroseCarpark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/out-of-memory-kill-process-sacrifice-child/119998 "2019-06-11T08:22:33Z")
Hi there, I ran an upgrade on my DigitalOcean droplet for Discourse and have this error, it appears to have hung in the console. Anyone know what I should do? Bounce machine? --- ## [Make quoting other posts work offline](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-quoting-other-posts-work-offline/95628)
**Author:** [@RalfJung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RalfJung)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2019, 7:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-quoting-other-posts-work-offline/95628 "2019-06-11T07:03:00Z")
Currently, writing a post generally works very well even with bad or no connectivity, because the markdown preview is computed locally. There is one exception though: When I select some text in the thread and click “Quot… --- ## [Set a banner for Uncategorized and /categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-a-banner-for-uncategorized-and-categories/298499)
**Author:** [@Tim\_Jefferies](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tim_Jefferies)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-a-banner-for-uncategorized-and-categories/298499 "2019-06-11T01:12:01Z")
Is it possible to set a banner for the uncategorized category? Is it possible to set a banner for the categories page? I want there to be a banner on these pages that displays a description (like the others do). Any i… --- ## [User types, registration, and category access](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-types-registration-and-category-access/119600)
**Author:** [@Joshua\_Kogan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joshua_Kogan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-types-registration-and-category-access/119600 "2019-06-11T00:50:19Z")
Hello everyone, Question 1: Is there a way to require a user to select a group during their registration? Can manipulating the “custom wizard plugin” work for this? @angus or anyone else, thought? Question 2: Is ther… --- ## [Discourse Vulnerability \[False Positive\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vulnerability-false-positive/119958)
**Author:** [@arcreigh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arcreigh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vulnerability-false-positive/119958 "2019-06-10T21:28:59Z")
It appears there is a CVE out for the discourse admin page. 100005 DotNetNuke - File Inclusion - CVE:CVE-2018-9126, CVE:CVE-2011-1892. Cloudflare was triggered while trying to update my discourse installation it 403’d t… --- ## [Parent categories restricted, but child categories unrestricted?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/parent-categories-restricted-but-child-categories-unrestricted/119863)
**Author:** [@Profamii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Profamii)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/parent-categories-restricted-but-child-categories-unrestricted/119863 "2019-06-10T21:09:20Z")
Hi, If anyone’s familiar with PHPBB, MyBB, XenForo, etc these forum software have their category setup differently. You would create a category and then create child forums, and in these forums is where posts can be mad… --- ## [Error connecting to Redis on localhost:6379](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-connecting-to-redis-on-localhost-6379/119882)
**Author:** [@willMac997](https://meta.discourse.org/u/willMac997)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-connecting-to-redis-on-localhost-6379/119882 "2019-06-10T20:52:05Z")
So unlike all the other topics regarding this same exact error I’m not sure I’m getting this error for the same reason as many other posters. I get to the point where I can make an admin account but nothing happens after… --- ## [How do I display the Create a New Account form instead of the Log In form?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-display-the-create-a-new-account-form-instead-of-the-log-in-form/119948)
**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-display-the-create-a-new-account-form-instead-of-the-log-in-form/119948 "2019-06-10T20:43:07Z")
I’d like users to encounter the Create a New Account form by default instead of the Log In form when they do things like try to Reply to a topic when they’re not signed in. I’d also like to be able to create interaction… --- ## [Trying to make a post.json a wiki](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-make-a-post-json-a-wiki/119757)
**Author:** [@Seb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Seb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-make-a-post-json-a-wiki/119757 "2019-06-10T19:45:17Z")
Hi i am using Bash to make post in specific topics. I was wondering if there was a way to use the api to allow anyone to edit the post? Here is the bash command: #!/bin/bash curl -k -X POST https://discourse.org/po… --- ## [Api to fetch topic by page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-to-fetch-topic-by-page/63342)
**Author:** [@gchiu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gchiu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-to-fetch-topic-by-page/63342 "2017-05-25T19:49:55Z")
I can see there is an api to retrieve a topic, and there is a chunk\_size of 20 I see in the response. How do I get the next page? highest\_post\_number 33 deleted\_by \_ actions\_summary \[ make map! \[ id 4 … --- ## [Admin wrench stays with the topic post count above when scrolling to the bottom](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-wrench-stays-with-the-topic-post-count-above-when-scrolling-to-the-bottom/119839)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-wrench-stays-with-the-topic-post-count-above-when-scrolling-to-the-bottom/119839 "2019-06-10T18:21:46Z")
I spotted this minor issue some days ago and still haven’t find a solution. I attached a video below: The difference with this community is that the topic scroll/jump to bar (post count) stays at the end … --- ## [Discourse 2.3.0.beta11 Release Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-3-0-beta11-release-notes/119924)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-3-0-beta11-release-notes/119924 "2019-06-10T15:35:16Z")
New features in 2.3.0.beta11 Staff Action logs support infinite loading Need to figure out which admin created a backup in 2018? What about the color of the staff category back in 2015? Staff Action logs now support infi… --- ## [How to fix email addresses when using SSO?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-fix-email-addresses-when-using-sso/119929)
**Author:** [@Amethi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Amethi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-fix-email-addresses-when-using-sso/119929 "2019-06-10T15:34:53Z")
We use a separate IDP for authentication. Sometimes we nee to change people’s email addresses in the IDP and on Discourse for old users who haven’t logged in for a while. We do this using this: ./launcher enter app rai… --- ## [Default trust level not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-trust-level-not-working/119894)
**Author:** [@mischkl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mischkl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-trust-level-not-working/119894 "2019-06-10T15:29:10Z")
I have set the settings “default trust level” as well as “default invitee trust level” to 3, yet new users I invite still get automatically assigned to trust level 2. :frowning: --- ## [Yet another Python Flask SSO implementation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yet-another-python-flask-sso-implementation/119873)
**Author:** [@russ.au](https://meta.discourse.org/u/russ.au)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yet-another-python-flask-sso-implementation/119873 "2019-06-09T23:20:00Z")
Hello all, I’m in the process of using discourse for a project at work. I’ve started by getting a “do nothing” implementation together. It’s pretty cool that it can be integrated so nicely. https://github.com/russau/… --- ## [On Admin/User, Should "flags received" include Rejected?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-admin-user-should-flags-received-include-rejected/119885)
**Author:** [@ryanerwin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryanerwin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 9:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-admin-user-should-flags-received-include-rejected/119885 "2019-06-10T09:03:02Z")
Unfortunately our site has had a rash of trolling lately… Note that our community is more free form, a much different type of community than here on meta. I was updating the FAQ to include a note about when we would ba… --- ## [How to establish a successful forum based on discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-establish-a-successful-forum-based-on-discourse/78562)
**Author:** [@Ja008](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ja008)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-establish-a-successful-forum-based-on-discourse/78562 "2019-06-10T08:28:20Z")
Continuing the discussion from 1,000,000 pageviews in 2 weeks...! Why? Because Discourse. 🚀 : I establish a bitcoin forum based on discourse https://coinyard.org, but still get no visitors. So your pageviews may be rela… --- ## [Smtp credentials on digitalocean](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-credentials-on-digitalocean/119870)
**Author:** [@genekogan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/genekogan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-credentials-on-digitalocean/119870 "2019-06-09T23:54:34Z")
I am trying to install a discourse on my website for the first time, hosted on digitalocean with mail service Mailgun. I have setup mailgun and verified it’s working, and all my DNS records are verified. I am following … --- ## [Read-only flag gets reset during backup and restore to new server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-flag-gets-reset-during-backup-and-restore-to-new-server/63266)
**Author:** [@Henti\_Smith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Henti_Smith)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-flag-gets-reset-during-backup-and-restore-to-new-server/63266 "2017-05-24T16:56:45Z")
I’m busy working out the process to backup our existing production site and restoring on a secondary site and then pointing our proxy to the correct back-end to allow graceful upgrading of our site without downtime. The… --- ## [Topics scrollbar not updating due to CSS customizations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-scrollbar-not-updating-due-to-css-customizations/119862)
**Author:** [@jhf2442](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jhf2442)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-scrollbar-not-updating-due-to-css-customizations/119862 "2019-06-09T22:22:46Z")
I think I’ve broken something on my discourse installation - scrollbar is no longer updating when scrolling. i.e. the indicator 1/25 changes to 2/25 and then remains at 2/25 for the remaining 23 posts. Also the URL of t… --- ## [Hide first topic/reply composer pop up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-first-topic-reply-composer-pop-up/63248)
**Author:** [@David\_James\_Ball](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_James_Ball)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-first-topic-reply-composer-pop-up/63248 "2017-05-24T01:10:28Z")
A pop up appears for users creating their first topic or writing their first two replies. Is there a way to hide the composer pop up entirely? --- ## [Setting an incoming e-mail address for the staff group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-an-incoming-e-mail-address-for-the-staff-group/62724)
**Author:** [@totte](https://meta.discourse.org/u/totte)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-an-incoming-e-mail-address-for-the-staff-group/62724 "2019-06-09T16:06:42Z")
I’d like for people to be able to reach the staff group of my Discourse installation via e-mail without the need to sign up first. A helpdesk solution seems a bit excessive, but a shared inbox in the way that group messa… --- ## [Create new category button not appearing for moderator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-new-category-button-not-appearing-for-moderator/63188)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Bettels](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Bettels)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-new-category-button-not-appearing-for-moderator/63188 "2017-05-23T12:51:48Z")
Hi - I just noted that the create category button has been removed with a recent update. I was able to create categories before and I find the feature to be very helpful to organise our knowledge base. Can you please ad… --- ## [How to setup heroku ENV variable for sso secret?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-heroku-env-variable-for-sso-secret/63155)
**Author:** [@railsnoob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/railsnoob)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-heroku-env-variable-for-sso-secret/63155 "2017-05-22T19:01:46Z")
right now my code looks like: require 'single\_sign\_on' class DiscourseSsoController \< ApplicationController before\_action :logged\_in\_user def sso secret = "ilovetomcruise" sso = SingleSignOn.parse(request.… --- ## [Unable to get a Discourse User Name for a dynamic path](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-get-a-discourse-user-name-for-a-dynamic-path/63082)
**Author:** [@justme](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justme)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-get-a-discourse-user-name-for-a-dynamic-path/63082 "2017-05-21T13:44:04Z")
I just upgraded our Discourse install today and some of our custom menu items were broken. For example, we have a menu item that will take a person to their preferences page (yes, I know you can hit the preference icon … --- ## [Linkback link not generated under target post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linkback-link-not-generated-under-target-post/119793)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linkback-link-not-generated-under-target-post/119793 "2019-06-08T10:51:56Z")
Are there any conditions under which discourse does not generate a backward link under the a post linked by another post (I’ll call them linkback links)? I’m not aware of any such conditions and so I’m wondering why the… --- ## [Alert when you're in a topic that has been closed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alert-when-youre-in-a-topic-that-has-been-closed/119717)
**Author:** [@Ellibereth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ellibereth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2019, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alert-when-youre-in-a-topic-that-has-been-closed/119717 "2019-06-08T09:48:15Z")
I think it may be a good thing for there to be some sort of very obvious live alert/popup when a topic is closed. For tl4 and staff it’s super easy to miss that a topic got closed while they were in it and they can unin… --- ## [Icon out of place in “About Me” editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icon-out-of-place-in-about-me-editor/119727)
**Author:** [@Eduardo\_Braga](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eduardo_Braga)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2019, 4:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icon-out-of-place-in-about-me-editor/119727 "2019-06-08T04:58:25Z")
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