# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1425 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1426 --- ## [Managing "Voting" Roadmap Features](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-voting-roadmap-features/111232)
**Author:** [@mtan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mtan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-voting-roadmap-features/111232 "2019-03-26T07:36:33Z")
When you have a “Voting” feature in your forum and you deliver the feature: How do you handle the topic, do you archive, close, move to a new category? How do you manage follow-up requests? How do you preserve the vote… --- ## [Invite multiple people to a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-multiple-people-to-a-topic/69025)
**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 4:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-multiple-people-to-a-topic/69025 "2019-03-26T04:26:45Z")
I often find myself wanting to invite multiple people to a topic – for example, to alert our support team and the relevant relationship manager to a post. As it stands, I have to invite each person individually, closing … --- ## [Bulk add to group does not increment group membership counts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-add-to-group-does-not-increment-group-membership-counts/52631)
**Author:** [@bbendick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bbendick)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-add-to-group-does-not-increment-group-membership-counts/52631 "2016-11-07T20:28:36Z")
When using the “Bulk add” feature, the group count on admin/groups/custom is not incremented. Only after adding a single user from the normal admin screen does that counter get properly updated. --- ## [Banner for Community Homepage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-for-community-homepage/112555)
**Author:** [@Casie.MasterClass](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Casie.MasterClass)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-for-community-homepage/112555 "2019-03-26T00:16:22Z")
What would you like done? I’d like to create a banner for my community homepage. I’d like the banner to be similar in style to this one: https://community.smartthings.com/ When do you need it done? ASAP What is your … --- ## [Plugin: Monthly automated community report](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-monthly-automated-community-report/60742)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-monthly-automated-community-report/60742 "2019-03-26T00:00:54Z")
What if every month, we could all be reminded of what we did as a community over the last 30 days. :heart\_exclamation: This type of content has historically been curated manually by community managers: Monthly update … --- ## [Massive anonymous user spike?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/massive-anonymous-user-spike/112502)
**Author:** [@rlaliberty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rlaliberty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/massive-anonymous-user-spike/112502 "2019-03-25T23:58:13Z")
Anyone know what could cause a massive spike in anonymous users (other than the obvious “more people going to the site”)? It’s the biggest spike we’ve ever had, in our 2 year existence. See: --- ## [Having problems sending via Mailgun to Gmail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-problems-sending-via-mailgun-to-gmail/111224)
**Author:** [@BlackBelt35](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackBelt35)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-problems-sending-via-mailgun-to-gmail/111224 "2019-03-25T23:50:39Z")
Hello everyone. :slight\_smile: I’ve recently installed a Discourse instance to serve the community purposes of my website. And used Mailgun’s SMTP credentials for emailing. Setup goes fine, and I received the setup emai… --- ## [Create a tag with a period](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-tag-with-a-period/112503)
**Author:** [@drazisil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/drazisil)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-tag-with-a-period/112503 "2019-03-25T19:56:44Z")
Hello, I’m trying to create a tag that has a period in it (such as 1.0), but no matter what I try it ends up as 10. Any advice on what I’m doing wrong? --- ## [No unique index on site\_settings name column](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-unique-index-on-site-settings-name-column/112047)
**Author:** [@LeoMcA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LeoMcA)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-unique-index-on-site-settings-name-column/112047 "2019-03-25T16:33:02Z")
When updating today, this migration failed: PG::CardinalityViolation: ERROR: more than one row returned by a subquery used as an expression : INSERT INTO site\_settings(name, data\_type, value, created\_at, updated\_at) SE… --- ## [Extracting 'last visit' info by using the API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extracting-last-visit-info-by-using-the-api/52618)
**Author:** [@David\_Scharf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Scharf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extracting-last-visit-info-by-using-the-api/52618 "2016-11-07T14:00:41Z")
Is there currently a way to extract the ‘last visit’ marker location (as in, which is the newest post after the last visit) via the API? I have had a look at what I get from hitting the ‘latest.json’ endpoint, and was as… --- ## [System File Override](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-file-override/112513)
**Author:** [@Yauheni33](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yauheni33)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-file-override/112513 "2019-03-25T16:28:11Z")
Hello. Climbed the entire forum, but did not find the answer to your question. Essence: I am writing a plugin on the Ruby, I need to override the file from the root Discourse app/ controllers/search.rb, how is all this … --- ## [ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: PG::UndefinedColumn: ERROR: column categories.search\_priority does not exist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activerecord-pg-error-column-categories-search-priority-does-not-exist/111982)
**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activerecord-pg-error-column-categories-search-priority-does-not-exist/111982 "2019-03-25T15:51:45Z")
Currently trying to rebuild and seeing the following error: ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: PG::UndefinedColumn: ERROR: column categories.search\_priority does not exist ▶ Detail I am running a multi-site install. I no… --- ## [I can’t enable voting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-can-t-enable-voting/112456)
**Author:** [@MrMoins](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MrMoins)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-can-t-enable-voting/112456 "2019-03-25T14:49:21Z")
Hi! I’ve install the voting plugin, I see the checkbox to enable voting in the category parameters but when I check it to enable voting it doesn’t save correctly. Re-opening category settings show me the setting unchec… --- ## [On mobile, the preferences page dropdowns can be a little confusing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-mobile-the-preferences-page-dropdowns-can-be-a-little-confusing/112484)
**Author:** [@Ellibereth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ellibereth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-mobile-the-preferences-page-dropdowns-can-be-a-little-confusing/112484 "2019-03-25T14:39:10Z")
When you go to /preferences/account on mobile you see two dropdowns, one called “Preferences” and one called “Account”. It’s not clear which one of these has priority. (The right one is dependent on the left one). Ther… --- ## [External SSO activated, can't revert it :-(](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-activated-cant-revert-it/112419)
**Author:** [@jhf2442](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jhf2442)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-activated-cant-revert-it/112419 "2019-03-25T14:25:09Z")
Hi, I wanted to activate SSO to use discourse as an SSO provider for Mediawiki, but it looks like I’ve activated external SSO for discourse itself :frowning: I’ve read oother threads describing workarounds, but they do… --- ## [Mousetrap.js doesn’t properly stop callbacks for events originating from a shadow DOM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mousetrap-js-doesn-t-properly-stop-callbacks-for-events-originating-from-a-shadow-dom/102757)
**Author:** [@kleinfreund](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kleinfreund)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mousetrap-js-doesn-t-properly-stop-callbacks-for-events-originating-from-a-shadow-dom/102757 "2019-03-25T14:13:47Z")
I’m experimenting with shadow DOM in a Discourse plugin I’m writing and noticed that mousetrap.js is not stopping callbacks for events that originate in the shadow DOM. For example, pressing u in an input element trigger… --- ## [Team avatar broken?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/team-avatar-broken/112237)
**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/team-avatar-broken/112237 "2019-03-25T14:13:39Z")
Was looking at the team user-card and saw this: Is this intended? I checked the URL of the image and got this: --- ## [Help text and tool tips in user preferences](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-text-and-tool-tips-in-user-preferences/112490)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-text-and-tool-tips-in-user-preferences/112490 "2019-03-25T11:13:36Z")
As as the discourse user base grows, the number of “non-technical users” is growing. Here is a suggestion for how the user-preference area could be made more accessible. The mock-up screenshot below illustrates both of t… --- ## [Posting in the same language as forum's language](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-in-the-same-language-as-forums-language/52540)
**Author:** [@azaleas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/azaleas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-in-the-same-language-as-forums-language/52540 "2019-03-25T08:17:03Z")
Hi all, My question is regarding this scenario: If the forum is in English and all the discussions are made in that particular language, is there a way to automatically block posts in other languages? Like, if a user c… --- ## [Toggling shared draft causes encoding issue when title has quotes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggling-shared-draft-causes-encoding-issue-when-title-has-quotes/111798)
**Author:** [@bts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bts)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggling-shared-draft-causes-encoding-issue-when-title-has-quotes/111798 "2019-03-25T07:46:00Z")
See video below! --- ## [Users full name are shown in preview even with "enable names" off](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-full-name-are-shown-in-preview-even-with-enable-names-off/112386)
**Author:** [@wire](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wire)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 7:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-full-name-are-shown-in-preview-even-with-enable-names-off/112386 "2019-03-25T07:24:17Z")
Is this a bug? When doing a post or a new thread, just in an ordinary manner and pasting in a user profile URL like this: http://www.FORUMURL.com/u/NICKNAME/summary The users real name will show up in the preview pane… --- ## [Multiple instances. Visiting the second instance signs out the logged in account on the running instance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-instances-visiting-the-second-instance-signs-out-the-logged-in-account-on-the-running-instance/112393)
**Author:** [@Young\_Nam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Young_Nam)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-instances-visiting-the-second-instance-signs-out-the-logged-in-account-on-the-running-instance/112393 "2019-03-25T07:11:33Z")
EDIT after resolved: This happened when I open the second Discourse instance, not when I start the server. I have two Discourse directories. I followed the following guide to install it.: So, the first one, say, cd… --- ## [How to make scrollable container](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-scrollable-container/108493)
**Author:** [@Dani1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dani1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 6:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-scrollable-container/108493 "2019-03-25T06:54:21Z")
Hi! Anyone know how I can make a scrollable container in a Discourse Post? Here’s an example of what I mean: https://www.consulting.com/channel/why-your-mind-is-full-of-weeds This blog post consists of video blog po… --- ## [MathJax Not Working Inside HTML Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mathjax-not-working-inside-html-tags/112330)
**Author:** [@Alfarhan\_Zahedi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alfarhan_Zahedi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 6:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mathjax-not-working-inside-html-tags/112330 "2019-03-25T06:35:25Z")
I have imported my data from OSQA to Discourse, enabled MathJax and rebaked all the posts. Still, the math elements are not ben rendered when used inside HTML tags. (Math element are rendered perfectly when used normally… --- ## [10,000 post limit too low](https://meta.discourse.org/t/10-000-post-limit-too-low/51575)
**Author:** [@ossia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ossia)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/10-000-post-limit-too-low/51575 "2019-03-25T03:13:05Z")
We have a thread that has reached 10,000 posts and became locked. How do we unlock this or raise the limit? --- ## [Fullscreen composer keyboard shortcut works only once](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fullscreen-composer-keyboard-shortcut-works-only-once/101920)
**Author:** [@TheBestPessimist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBestPessimist)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fullscreen-composer-keyboard-shortcut-works-only-once/101920 "2019-03-25T00:50:56Z")
It seems i cannot go to fullscreen by pressing shift+f11 but only exit the fullscreen. (i have to press the fullscreen button first). It’s also weird that when the editor is in fullscreen if i keep shift pressed then qu… --- ## [How to recover a deleted topic using the rails console](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-recover-a-deleted-topic-using-the-rails-console/112421)
**Author:** [@will\_io](https://meta.discourse.org/u/will_io)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-recover-a-deleted-topic-using-the-rails-console/112421 "2019-03-24T23:32:20Z")
This is how the accidental deletion occurred: cd /var/discourse ./launcher enter app rails c Topic.where(:id=\>\).destroy\_all The \ I deleted was the wrong one and of course it just so happened to be a topic that … --- ## [How can I save a topic for offline access/archive purpose?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-save-a-topic-for-offline-access-archive-purpose/112436)
**Author:** [@discourse-lover](https://meta.discourse.org/u/discourse-lover)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-save-a-topic-for-offline-access-archive-purpose/112436 "2019-03-24T22:14:03Z")
I’m using other forums which based on Discourse and some of them have great discussion that I want to save/archive for future reference. I can think of 1 way: start at the first discussion, scroll all the way back to th… --- ## [Replace user emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-user-emails/112441)
**Author:** [@Lure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lure)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-user-emails/112441 "2019-03-24T13:05:23Z")
Is there a way to replace user’s email address as admin? I have a user with Primary email, that is not working anymore (but it seems he still uses it for linked Facebook account login), while he has Secondary email that… --- ## [Can Discourse Integrate with Free Slack?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-integrate-with-free-slack/112429)
**Author:** [@ArtAtomic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArtAtomic)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-integrate-with-free-slack/112429 "2019-03-23T23:44:46Z")
I’m part of a large community that is looking to supplement the existing free Slack. Is it possible to integrate with a free Slack, or is that only possible with paid ones? I’m thinking a Discourse+Slack combination wi… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1424) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1426)