# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1515 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1516 --- ## ["Latest view" infinite load](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-view-infinite-load/94990)
**Author:** [@DNSTARS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DNSTARS)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-view-infinite-load/94990 "2018-08-17T12:42:57Z")
Hi guys, We’re running build 2.1.0.beta4 +72 at the minute and users are reporting “infinite loading” on latest view across mixed browsers and devices. It loads the first 15/30 topics for mobile/desktop respectively an… --- ## [List of reports](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-reports/94989)
**Author:** [@testingsoftware](https://meta.discourse.org/u/testingsoftware)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-reports/94989 "2018-08-17T12:16:57Z")
Hi, I love the default for the reports showing the count instead of the graph, and the “All reports” tab. Unless I missed this from a previous release, it is now so much easier to get our monthly stats!, Thanks guys! … --- ## [Contributor Interviews - Bhanu Sharma](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contributor-interviews-bhanu-sharma/94982)
**Author:** [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contributor-interviews-bhanu-sharma/94982 "2018-08-17T09:48:53Z")
Meet the fascinating individuals behind the most recognised avatars here on Meta with our series of user-interviews. This week, we speak to: Bhanu Sharma @itsbhanusharma Location: New Delhi (India) Tell us a bit a… --- ## [Staff notes to a post add the note to the user instead of post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-notes-to-a-post-add-the-note-to-the-user-instead-of-post/94981)
**Author:** [@TheBestPessimist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBestPessimist)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-notes-to-a-post-add-the-note-to-the-user-instead-of-post/94981 "2018-08-17T09:33:03Z")
I added a staff note,via the moderator wrench to a post. Then to a second post. Now it seems that in all my posts (disregarding the topic) i see near my username the staff notes icon. I thought i added the note only to … --- ## ["Topics Viewed"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-viewed/86781)
**Author:** [@David\_Kwan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Kwan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 8:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-viewed/86781 "2018-08-17T08:36:11Z")
What counts as a topic being viewed (as shown in a user’s profile as “Topics Viewed”)? We are hoping to create a badge for users who have read a certain number of topics and are not sure how it’s currently been calculate… --- ## [Error when attempting install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-attempting-install/94850)
**Author:** [@Tango](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tango)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 6:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-attempting-install/94850 "2018-08-17T06:50:25Z")
Hi, Have installed Docker / Git Cloned Image Copied templates app.yml, redis.yml & data.yml Then modified the app.yml file to include my postgreSQL & Redis details along with host, notifications & so on. When I run … --- ## [Is installing Discourse for free impossible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-installing-discourse-for-free-impossible/94964)
**Author:** [@PortalPlayer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PortalPlayer)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-installing-discourse-for-free-impossible/94964 "2018-08-17T06:06:18Z")
I’d like to use Discourse but if the only way to use this is to fork over 100$ then I would just stick to something like myBB or phpBB --- ## [Disable specific Badges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-specific-badges/94957)
**Author:** [@samnazarko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/samnazarko)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-specific-badges/94957 "2018-08-17T04:25:32Z")
Hi I’d like to disable the User of the Month and Thanks for Spending Time With Us badges. It’s not clear how I can do this currently. Thanks Sam --- ## [Is this right for my community?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-right-for-my-community/94946)
**Author:** [@Smonge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Smonge)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-right-for-my-community/94946 "2018-08-17T04:07:00Z")
I like Discourse a lot. The installation on DO was super simple; only problem was setting up SMTP which worked flawlessly when I finally had the right settings. Here’s a little bit of background. I’ve been on a niche vi… --- ## [Image downloader should be more resilient to download failures](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-downloader-should-be-more-resilient-to-download-failures/94883)
**Author:** [@plcosta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/plcosta)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-downloader-should-be-more-resilient-to-download-failures/94883 "2018-08-16T23:16:23Z")
I have the same problem. The images contain in links are broken after 5 minutes and I received a system notification. My discourse version is v2.1.0.beta3. In 1.9 version this problem didn’t occur. @Canapin Did you… --- ## [Owners are not assignable when Group created via API call](https://meta.discourse.org/t/owners-are-not-assignable-when-group-created-via-api-call/94913)
**Author:** [@typeoneerror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/typeoneerror)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/owners-are-not-assignable-when-group-created-via-api-call/94913 "2018-08-16T20:26:33Z")
NOTE: please see my second post below for the real issue. I am attempting to programatically create groups via the DiscourseApi (ruby gem). The Groups module seems to indicate that owner\_usernames is an optional param: … --- ## [Allow more than one user to be invited to a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-more-than-one-user-to-be-invited-to-a-topic/94766)
**Author:** [@John\_Waltrip1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/John_Waltrip1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-more-than-one-user-to-be-invited-to-a-topic/94766 "2018-08-16T20:14:52Z")
Currently inviting users to topics is limited to just one, so any more than a handful is manually labor intensive. --- ## [How %{reply\_key} create?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-reply-key-create/93675)
**Author:** [@esepjav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/esepjav)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-reply-key-create/93675 "2018-08-16T19:24:47Z")
Hi, How %{reply\_key} is created by discourse, for my case when outlook send reply to topic to discourse, it is getting reject by discourse. outlook report shows it sent successfully. Server at (IP address) returned ‘… --- ## [Fake iPhone Review Day?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fake-iphone-review-day/94908)
**Author:** [@jameshahnii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jameshahnii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fake-iphone-review-day/94908 "2018-08-16T18:58:46Z")
What’s with the flood of fake reviews on the Discourse iPhone app today? Just started my trial and it ain’t a good look. --- ## ["unanswered" button no longer works](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unanswered-button-no-longer-works/53484)
**Author:** [@Jessica\_CockroachDB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jessica_CockroachDB)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unanswered-button-no-longer-works/53484 "2018-08-16T15:24:00Z")
Hi there, I use the “unanswered” button on my forum (), and it has stopped working. I noticed the glitch on November 18, which is when I switched the forum’s “home” view to “categories with featured topics”. “Latest” an… --- ## [Keeping rails/dev up to date](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keeping-rails-dev-up-to-date/94832)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keeping-rails-dev-up-to-date/94832 "2018-08-16T15:20:21Z")
TL;DR Perhaps: Should do git pull in .rbenv and ruby-build if they exist already and then this script can be used to update stuff? Or is there something more obvious that I should be doing? The long, sad story I jus… --- ## [User Fields to validate users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-fields-to-validate-users/94878)
**Author:** [@Kyle\_Risi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kyle_Risi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-fields-to-validate-users/94878 "2018-08-16T14:59:40Z")
Hi Guys, We are keen to ensure our users can begin engaging with content on our community as soon as possible after signup, however, we also need to ensure users are also validated. We are using a ‘user field’ on the s… --- ## [Staff group members to watch all topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-group-members-to-watch-all-topics/94787)
**Author:** [@stanislaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stanislaw)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-group-members-to-watch-all-topics/94787 "2018-08-16T14:27:50Z")
Hi, is it possible to set somewhere staff members to watch all topics so that any reply on existing topics or creating new topic email notification was sent to staff members? --- ## [Adding jsonb columns for custom fields](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-jsonb-columns-for-custom-fields/93418)
**Author:** [@gdpelican](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gdpelican)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-jsonb-columns-for-custom-fields/93418 "2018-08-16T14:07:30Z")
Often times when developing plugins, I’ve had to use the CustomField or PluginRowStore tables to store arbitrary data related to the plugin (for example, retort stores a string representation of reactions to a particular… --- ## [Notification menu - unnecessary white space](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-menu-unnecessary-white-space/94810)
**Author:** [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-menu-unnecessary-white-space/94810 "2018-08-16T12:46:12Z")
There is a UI bug in which there is unnecessary white space under the log out button/bottom of the notification menu. When you close it and open it again then it goes away, so it appears this happens on the inital reques… --- ## [Mobile: Tag field shown on top of editor preview](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-tag-field-shown-on-top-of-editor-preview/94847)
**Author:** [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-tag-field-shown-on-top-of-editor-preview/94847 "2018-08-16T05:18:29Z")
I discovered another visual bug on mobile where the tag field is displayed over the editor preview. I’m using Chrome (web app version of my site) on Samsung Galaxy S8+. I can also repro on Meta: --- ## [How to fix user avatar?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-fix-user-avatar/94675)
**Author:** [@Ivan\_Rapekas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ivan_Rapekas)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-fix-user-avatar/94675 "2018-08-16T01:53:52Z")
Hi, one forum member asked me what happened with her avatar based on gravatar. It became default: First we tried to apply new gravatar picture and clean browser cache - nothing changes, then upload custom picture - i… --- ## [Installation Error when rebuilding with Discourse Official Plugins (Discourse v2.0.3)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-error-when-rebuilding-with-discourse-official-plugins-discourse-v2-0-3/94739)
**Author:** [@john3](https://meta.discourse.org/u/john3)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-error-when-rebuilding-with-discourse-official-plugins-discourse-v2-0-3/94739 "2018-08-16T00:36:12Z")
Hi, I am having trouble installing discourse at the moment and because of plugins. If I install discourse with the only docker\_manager.git, it works fine. But if with plugins such as Discourse Solved then I get a blank … --- ## [How to install ImageMagick 7 in Ubuntu for Development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-imagemagick-7-in-ubuntu-for-development/94833)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-imagemagick-7-in-ubuntu-for-development/94833 "2018-08-15T23:05:14Z")
In case anyone is devloping in Ubuntu, you can not get the correct version of ImageMagick from an apt repo at the moment. This means a few integration tests will regularly fail on local. To get version 7 we have a very… --- ## [Sanity check on DiscourseApi error handling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sanity-check-on-discourseapi-error-handling/94753)
**Author:** [@typeoneerror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/typeoneerror)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sanity-check-on-discourseapi-error-handling/94753 "2018-08-15T18:34:38Z")
I was having a bit of a hard time getting “errors” responses out of the discourse\_api. I made a quick PR to address this. I’m hoping someone might put some eyeballs on this as a quick sanity check. Is there a way to do w… --- ## [Why is my dev server not showing me uploaded images in Topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-my-dev-server-not-showing-me-uploaded-images-in-topics/94491)
**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-my-dev-server-not-showing-me-uploaded-images-in-topics/94491 "2018-08-15T16:29:12Z")
I’ve just made up 2 dev servers in the cloud in 24 hours (don’t worry, wasn’t focusing the whole time :wink: ) I decided to see if a bigger server would improve performance with a dev install, so the current one is a 4 … --- ## [How to send PM to staff group members?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-send-pm-to-staff-group-members/94788)
**Author:** [@stanislaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stanislaw)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-send-pm-to-staff-group-members/94788 "2018-08-15T12:30:19Z")
I can’t find how simple user can send PM to staff members (alternative for private topics) --- ## [How would change the order of the username and Full Name, as in this forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-would-change-the-order-of-the-username-and-full-name-as-in-this-forum/94775)
**Author:** [@pat1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pat1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-would-change-the-order-of-the-username-and-full-name-as-in-this-forum/94775 "2018-08-15T11:36:27Z")
Hey all, I would like for the users first name to appear before the username when viewing a post, as it does here in on the … discourse discourse. Is there a setting somewhere to configure this? Thanks! --- ## [Reserved usernames wildcard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reserved-usernames-wildcard/41968)
**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 8:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reserved-usernames-wildcard/41968 "2018-08-15T08:47:22Z")
Hmm I did a search on Google and the forum before asking this, but I can’t find it – Moderators have a prefix before their name. So i42-StaffName. For reserved usernames, can I type i42-\* to block all instances of this … --- ## [Usernames suddenly have 1 appended to end](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-have-1-appended-to-end/94774)
**Author:** [@JamesNorth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JamesNorth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-suddenly-have-1-appended-to-end/94774 "2018-08-15T07:39:36Z")
Hi folks, I tried searching for this one … but can’t find anything explaining it. I’ve just done an update to one of my Discourse forums just now and almost everyone’s username now has a 1 appended to it. I can’t uneq… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1514) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1516)