# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1669 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1670 --- ## [Custom permalink for topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-permalink-for-topics/45128)
**Author:** [@SMT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SMT)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 6:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-permalink-for-topics/45128 "2017-06-15T06:01:25Z")
Hi, I want to edit permalinks of topics created by me. Is there any way to do it in discourse? Sometimes there is a need of setting up a different title for the topic and different permalink (short). I think the permal… --- ## [New about bot page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-about-bot-page/64503)
**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-about-bot-page/64503 "2017-06-15T02:25:55Z")
I was playing a bit with the bot, to debug it and get better translations in Spanish, and when the bot does not understand something, it gives us a message that sends us to speak with someone “real” but it directs us to /… --- ## [Suggestion: deeper post-installation customisation guide/recommendations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-deeper-post-installation-customisation-guide-recommendations/47073)
**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-deeper-post-installation-customisation-guide-recommendations/47073 "2017-06-15T01:31:09Z")
Getting Discourse up and running is really straightforward – you can have a forum up and running in next to no time. Problem is, your forum looks and feels like it’s “out of the box” – it needs to be customised and tweak… --- ## [Is it possible to make a picture as a clickable url link?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-make-a-picture-as-a-clickable-url-link/64512)
**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-make-a-picture-as-a-clickable-url-link/64512 "2017-06-15T00:14:32Z")
Hi, I want to present some wesites and I think the Name Link is not beautiful or not so reconizable. So I wonder if it is possible to make a logo a clickable link that if people click the logo, the server will link to t… --- ## [Resetting the bounce count doesn't remove people from the bounced list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resetting-the-bounce-count-doesnt-remove-people-from-the-bounced-list/64506)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resetting-the-bounce-count-doesnt-remove-people-from-the-bounced-list/64506 "2017-06-14T23:36:44Z")
While looking at this bounce issue, I see that clicking “reset bounce count” does reset the user, but they remain at /admin/users/list/bounced As a bonus bug, the title isn’t showing properly (I’m on latest tests-pas… --- ## [Add bounce count to the user export?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-bounce-count-to-the-user-export/64511)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-bounce-count-to-the-user-export/64511 "2017-06-14T23:35:52Z")
I’m trying to figure out which of the 100 users in our bounce list are actually marked as bouncing, but the value isn’t in the user export csv. If it were added, this job would be easier. I don’t know if it should be a … --- ## [Is it possible to sync Discourse responses with Medium blog comments?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-sync-discourse-responses-with-medium-blog-comments/64492)
**Author:** [@OscarNicholas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OscarNicholas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-sync-discourse-responses-with-medium-blog-comments/64492 "2017-06-14T22:07:06Z")
Recently released our company’s first Discourse project, forum.dice.fm. Was curious if 1) Is it possible to sync the forum so blogs automatically post within a category? 2) Is it possible to sync Forum & Medium comments … --- ## [Exact Read Time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exact-read-time/64507)
**Author:** [@Conor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Conor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exact-read-time/64507 "2017-06-14T20:15:41Z")
It doesn’t look like it’s possible to check a user’s exact read time? Currently it only shows minutes, days, months, etc. What about, when hovering over the read time on a user’s profile, it shows their exact read time,… --- ## [Searching for strings with @ returns 0 results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-for-strings-with-returns-0-results/64427)
**Author:** [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-for-strings-with-returns-0-results/64427 "2017-06-14T17:40:19Z")
Example: vs. For programming related content it would be nice if this worked as e.g. npm adopted @ in package names. --- ## [🇪🇸 "Onebox" y sus derivados](https://meta.discourse.org/t/es-onebox-y-sus-derivados/64486)
**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/es-onebox-y-sus-derivados/64486 "2017-06-14T15:10:20Z")
Para la traducción de site\_settings.whitelist\_internal\_hosts por ejemplo, en ingles dice: A list of internal hosts that discourse can safely crawl for oneboxing and other purposes ¿Cómo podríamos traducir “oneboxing”… --- ## [Discourse health check function](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-health-check-function/64474)
**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-health-check-function/64474 "2017-06-14T14:50:13Z")
Further to this it might be worth considering a built in health check which runs at some configurable interval. It would be enough if it posted a message to admins indicating: Your instance is at release X The source… --- ## [Can't send activation mail before approving user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-send-activation-mail-before-approving-user/63975)
**Author:** [@Horus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Horus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 10:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-send-activation-mail-before-approving-user/63975 "2017-06-14T10:30:25Z")
Hello, I just did a fresh setup of my discourse installation. The existing one was for testing and so on, now I’m going to production. Since I’m hit by https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-mail-validation-mail-never-sent… --- ## [Installing on Server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-on-server/25771)
**Author:** [@Spedwards](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Spedwards)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-on-server/25771 "2015-02-27T14:44:07Z")
Hi, Some time ago I was apart of a community that used Discourse for it’s forum and now I’ve got my own website up and I’d like a forum to go along with it, however I cannot find any download or guide to install Discour… --- ## [Managing trouble in v1.9.0.beta2 +22](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-trouble-in-v1-9-0-beta2-22/64479)
**Author:** [@Lorenzo\_Perone](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lorenzo_Perone)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 9:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-trouble-in-v1-9-0-beta2-22/64479 "2017-06-14T09:55:50Z")
Hi, we have a Docker istance of Discourse for our project Ricostruzione Trasparente at this URL, at the moment the version is v1.9.0.beta2 +22 but since the previous release we had some issues: I’ve an user registrati… --- ## [Activity All - doesn't show Likes Given](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activity-all-doesnt-show-likes-given/64420)
**Author:** [@Ahsan\_Parwez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ahsan_Parwez)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 9:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activity-all-doesnt-show-likes-given/64420 "2017-06-14T09:21:32Z")
Hi, Is it default behavior of discourse that Likes Given doesn’t show under Activity - All ? I want likes given to appear under All section, is there any way to do that? Ahsan --- ## [If automatic backup fails, there should be a warning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-automatic-backup-fails-there-should-be-a-warning/64461)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 7:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-automatic-backup-fails-there-should-be-a-warning/64461 "2017-06-14T07:44:45Z")
I’ve had a site’s auto backups fail because there was not enough disk space, but I didn’t realize it. Running out of disk space is something that I would like to know about. Could the backup job notify the admin(s) if it… --- ## [Mailing list features](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-features/59717)
**Author:** [@wakama](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wakama)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-features/59717 "2017-06-13T22:41:52Z")
Hello, I have got a hard time getting my head around the mailing list features of Discourse. I have read the FAQ, the Features list, a series of posts on the forum including this one and can’t figure out how it works. C… --- ## [Flood of new topics from Embedded Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flood-of-new-topics-from-embedded-discourse/64341)
**Author:** [@Heather\_Miller](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heather_Miller)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flood-of-new-topics-from-embedded-discourse/64341 "2017-06-13T22:34:14Z")
We’re an open source software project with a lot of documentation pages. On each of our documentation pages, we decided to replace Disqus for commenting with (embedded) Discourse. After all, we already have a community o… --- ## [Digital Ocean "High CPU" droplets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-high-cpu-droplets/64452)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-high-cpu-droplets/64452 "2017-06-13T20:29:48Z")
Digital Ocean is rolling out new droplets (not yet available to everyone). I did a rebuild on a $40/month droplet that completed in 5m10.854s (including Let’s Encrypt). --- ## [API Inviting an email from blacklisted domains returns HTTP 402 but no json](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-inviting-an-email-from-blacklisted-domains-returns-http-402-but-no-json/64316)
**Author:** [@nogthree](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nogthree)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-inviting-an-email-from-blacklisted-domains-returns-http-402-but-no-json/64316 "2017-06-13T17:17:46Z")
Hi folks, I’m currently writing some simple PHP using CURL to invite users to our discourse forum from another system. Whenever the /invites endpoint is POSTed the expected data, I get a JSON encoded response of succes… --- ## [Bringing over name from WordPress](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bringing-over-name-from-wordpress/63638)
**Author:** [@apautler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/apautler)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bringing-over-name-from-wordpress/63638 "2017-06-13T16:42:03Z")
Is it possible to bring over the first and last name from WordPress to the ‘Name’ field in Discourse when a user’s account is automatically created? Right now it appears to bring over the user’s email address into the na… --- ## [Hiding "toxic" messages using the Google Perspective API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-toxic-messages-using-the-google-perspective-api/57833)
**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-toxic-messages-using-the-google-perspective-api/57833 "2017-06-13T15:23:49Z")
What if technology could help improve conversations online? Interesting API to exclude “toxic” messages from the board: Perspective API Can you imagine this in discourse? :thinking: --- ## [\[PAID\] A plugin for showing some charts in user profile and topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-a-plugin-for-showing-some-charts-in-user-profile-and-topics/64242)
**Author:** [@hnaseri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hnaseri)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-a-plugin-for-showing-some-charts-in-user-profile-and-topics/64242 "2017-06-13T15:01:55Z")
I have an educational android application. In this application, I gather some user activity data, day by day, and show them in some charts to the user. So that they could know their daily progress and effort. I thought … --- ## [Show latest PMs when searching in:private @usermention](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-latest-pms-when-searching-in-private-usermention/64381)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-latest-pms-when-searching-in-private-usermention/64381 "2017-06-13T14:56:44Z")
I used to be able to type in something like the following, and it would show the most recent PMs between me and that person: Maybe this was never an intentional feature, but this no longer works. I now need to type i… --- ## [Forum not being indexed by Google](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-not-being-indexed-by-google/63805)
**Author:** [@Ahsan\_Parwez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ahsan_Parwez)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 11:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-not-being-indexed-by-google/63805 "2017-06-13T11:16:33Z")
Hi all, I have launched my forum a week ago, the forum has over 11 new threads and only the homepage has indexed by Google. What could be missing? I have check robots.txt and have also set google search console. Thank… --- ## [Why does discobot like certain posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discobot-like-certain-posts/64414)
**Author:** [@Rogue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rogue)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discobot-like-certain-posts/64414 "2017-06-13T09:41:10Z")
Every time I send a message with ‘Thanks’, this bot likes the post. Why is this? --- ## [New members can't request to join a group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-members-cant-request-to-join-a-group/63626)
**Author:** [@Martin\_Cash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Martin_Cash)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-members-cant-request-to-join-a-group/63626 "2017-06-13T08:54:38Z")
Hi, all. What is the reason why a new member would see this message when they request to join a group? The only thing I can think of is that user level 0 can’t send PMs? I tested this out with a new user that I created… … --- ## [Initial email failure. Job exception: getaddrinfo: Name or service not known](https://meta.discourse.org/t/initial-email-failure-job-exception-getaddrinfo-name-or-service-not-known/42301)
**Author:** [@Kevin\_McKinney](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kevin_McKinney)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/initial-email-failure-job-exception-getaddrinfo-name-or-service-not-known/42301 "2017-06-13T08:34:25Z")
I am trying to install Discourse using the basic Docker script on a new instance of an Ubuntu VM. I’m having an issue with emails not sending. I’ve followed the steps in the install instructions to the letter. I’ve also… --- ## [Search bar disappears on iPad in long topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-bar-disappears-on-ipad-in-long-topics/55583)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 6:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-bar-disappears-on-ipad-in-long-topics/55583 "2017-06-13T06:55:59Z")
Let me know if you can also reproduce this. So far I’ve tested on iPad Air 2, Safari and Chrome: Go to a topic long enough that you need to load a new batch of posts Scroll to the bottom of the topic Click the search b… --- ## [Bookmarklet to extract the contents of the topmost visible post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarklet-to-extract-the-contents-of-the-topmost-visible-post/64393)
**Author:** [@jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmsachs)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarklet-to-extract-the-contents-of-the-topmost-visible-post/64393 "2017-06-13T02:23:48Z")
Just wanted to share my solution to major frustration in copying a Discourse post into an Outlook 2007 message (cue numerous sad trombone noises). Perhaps it has other applications. This essentially does the following: … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1668) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1670)