# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1670 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1671 --- ## [Saving edits on user preferences page with required custom fields is unclear](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saving-edits-on-user-preferences-page-with-required-custom-fields-is-unclear/51090)
**Author:** [@shadowbrush](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shadowbrush)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saving-edits-on-user-preferences-page-with-required-custom-fields-is-unclear/51090 "2017-06-12T15:49:38Z")
I added a “Reason for joining” custom field, and put a checkmark on “Required at signup?”. That works well for those that sign up for an account without an invitation. With an invitation, the account is created and the c… --- ## [Change discobot's commands](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-discobots-commands/64351)
**Author:** [@precessor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/precessor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-discobots-commands/64351 "2017-06-12T13:04:46Z")
I encouraged my existing users to check out discobot. They see the suggested command discobot start new user. Some of them tell me that they thought “I don’t want to create a new user” and they stop there. Can I change… --- ## [Offering a Mailman-like sign-up process](https://meta.discourse.org/t/offering-a-mailman-like-sign-up-process/63014)
**Author:** [@pocock](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pocock)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/offering-a-mailman-like-sign-up-process/63014 "2017-06-12T21:33:33Z")
The sign-up process for Discourse is more complicated than the sign-up process for a Mailman list. It has been said many times that for every extra field or step people must take completing a form, half the people who s… --- ## [Internal URL no longer oneboxing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/internal-url-no-longer-oneboxing/64208)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/internal-url-no-longer-oneboxing/64208 "2017-06-12T19:19:12Z")
At some point in the last 2 days internal URLs stopped oneboxing on my instance. I’m up to date with tests-passed as of 1:15 AM EST 6/9/17. There are the errors I’m seeing in the console when a post with an internal UR… --- ## [Cross referencing a post doesn't create onebox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cross-referencing-a-post-doesnt-create-onebox/64327)
**Author:** [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cross-referencing-a-post-doesnt-create-onebox/64327 "2017-06-12T19:01:04Z")
I’m trying to cross reference another post while replying to a post, it only posts the link and doesn’t create a OneBox embedded post. Is there any setting to enable this feature? I just see it a circle briefly as I pos… --- ## [Bug when discobot assigns the name in the certificate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-when-discobot-assigns-the-name-in-the-certificate/64220)
**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-when-discobot-assigns-the-name-in-the-certificate/64220 "2017-06-12T18:53:51Z")
For obvious reasons I can not repro the bug here on Meta. I asked my team to test discobot after seeing that in the certificate I was assigned with the name of a group that was deleted months ago (SupportTeam) Anoth… --- ## [Dealing with iOS 8 Mobile Safari bugs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-ios-8-mobile-safari-bugs/24101)
**Author:** [@BerryBlue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BerryBlue)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-ios-8-mobile-safari-bugs/24101 "2017-06-12T18:20:29Z")
I switched to Discourse from Vanilla. Discourse has been wonderful but I’ve been hearing complaints from users that the forums do not function as well on iPad when writing posts especially for writing very long posts. … --- ## [Onebox no longer works for my wordpress site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-no-longer-works-for-my-wordpress-site/64202)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-no-longer-works-for-my-wordpress-site/64202 "2017-06-12T16:16:52Z")
Continuing the discussion from Did onebox change? They're not showing for my main site any longer: Not sure what’s going on here or if it’s related to this topic, but my site used to onebox beautifully in discourse - it… --- ## [Onebox in preview keeps forgetting oneboxes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-in-preview-keeps-forgetting-oneboxes/64266)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-in-preview-keeps-forgetting-oneboxes/64266 "2017-06-12T16:14:31Z")
Add a onebox eg: https://discuss.samsaffron.com Preview shows onebox Keep typing, preview hides onebox (yet onebox class is still there) :frowning: :frowning: Assigning to @eviltrout for next week. --- ## [How to open hyperlinks in a new tab](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-open-hyperlinks-in-a-new-tab/64328)
**Author:** [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-open-hyperlinks-in-a-new-tab/64328 "2017-06-12T09:14:20Z")
This thread spoke about directly links embedded: I’m referring to links using hyperlink button: \[Google Test\](http://www.google.com) Google Test How do I get this to open in a new tab? --- ## [Reset password URL: password-reset or admin-login?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-password-url-password-reset-or-admin-login/64331)
**Author:** [@snakeninny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/snakeninny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-password-url-password-reset-or-admin-login/64331 "2017-06-12T06:16:29Z")
Hi, When a user of my site iosre.com tried to reset his password this morning, he received an email containing a resetting URL, in the form of http://bbs.iosre.com/u/admin-login/randomNumber, and when he clicked it, it … --- ## [Create new topic link available on topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-new-topic-link-available-on-topic/64326)
**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-new-topic-link-available-on-topic/64326 "2017-06-11T22:35:54Z")
I feel this has come up before, but I’d like to start a discussion on whether others think this should be a community level option We get tons of people landing from search engines on our topics. And it seems difficult … --- ## [Error response on port 443](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-response-on-port-443/64325)
**Author:** [@danielK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielK)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-response-on-port-443/64325 "2017-06-11T23:13:53Z")
Hey, I’m fairly new to discourse but trying to get it running. However, I was able to install a fresh discourse and it worked perfect. After that I imported existing data from an old phpbb platform. This also worked pre… --- ## [Not getting registration email with sparkpost](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-getting-registration-email-with-sparkpost/57555)
**Author:** [@Gina\_Patterson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gina_Patterson)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-getting-registration-email-with-sparkpost/57555 "2017-06-11T23:08:21Z")
Hi there - I have run through everything in the troubleshooting guide and still cannot get that registration email to send. In Sparkpost mail, it shows that an email was blocked last night when I tried to register, but… --- ## [Allow welcome email in addition to the bot welcome message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-welcome-email-in-addition-to-the-bot-welcome-message/63603)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-welcome-email-in-addition-to-the-bot-welcome-message/63603 "2017-06-11T21:41:10Z")
I understand why the original welcome PM has been deprecated in favour of discobot’s welcome message. Nevertheless, I think it would be good to allow for an additional welcome message sent to new users via email (only). … --- ## [Using HTTPS, TLSV1 fatal handshake](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-https-tlsv1-fatal-handshake/63592)
**Author:** [@gchiu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gchiu)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-https-tlsv1-fatal-handshake/63592 "2017-06-11T18:00:43Z")
I implemented https using this walkthrough, and browser clients get https. There are no errors in the logs as above But at least one person says that they can’t login anymore. And my scripting agent can no longer read… --- ## [Error after restarting the discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-after-restarting-the-discourse/64149)
**Author:** [@11145](https://meta.discourse.org/u/11145)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 5:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-after-restarting-the-discourse/64149 "2017-06-11T05:49:38Z")
Tell me, what could be the error? After the restart, the discourse stopped running. Logs can be seen by reference https://pastebin.com/DzUPNhAT --- ## [Can categories be viewed by others who don't have the access authority?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-categories-be-viewed-by-others-who-dont-have-the-access-authority/64169)
**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-categories-be-viewed-by-others-who-dont-have-the-access-authority/64169 "2017-06-11T03:17:25Z")
I really like the discourse system. So I made a small discourse forum only for my own use. And it has only one user (Me) and forbiddens any viewing without an account. I write my personal notes there so I’m really don’t … --- ## [Discourse for a faculty. Nested categories required - perhaps not?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-a-faculty-nested-categories-required-perhaps-not/64296)
**Author:** [@Moter8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moter8)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-a-faculty-nested-categories-required-perhaps-not/64296 "2017-06-10T23:14:52Z")
Hello, I’ll keep it short. My sister wanted to revamp an old, ugly forum that not many people use because the UX was pretty bad. Now they have changed the forum’s styles but well, it still looks like one of those 2005 b… --- ## [Help Guidance for New Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-guidance-for-new-users/34403)
**Author:** [@JeffreyKeefer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JeffreyKeefer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-guidance-for-new-users/34403 "2017-06-10T19:42:25Z")
Has anybody found new participants get overwhelmed when they use Discourse for the first couple times? I know there is a welcome email they get, though wonder if anybody has found a need to simplify them or otherwise pos… --- ## [Automated backups not being triggered because cannot allocate memory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-backups-not-being-triggered-because-cannot-allocate-memory/64265)
**Author:** [@yanokwa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yanokwa)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-backups-not-being-triggered-because-cannot-allocate-memory/64265 "2017-06-10T14:01:53Z")
Manual backups (local and to S3) work great, but automated backups don’t seem to work. Any ideas why? Settings Errors ~ 6 minutes after trigger Job exception: Cannot allocate memory - fork(2) /var/www/discourse/li… --- ## [Unlimited amount of replies in a private message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlimited-amount-of-replies-in-a-private-message/64277)
**Author:** [@Aussie\_Wombat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aussie_Wombat)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlimited-amount-of-replies-in-a-private-message/64277 "2017-06-10T11:26:21Z")
Hey there! I was wondering would there be a possibility of adding an “unlimited reply” for private messages? Because over in the Infinite Flight Community (which runs through discourse) all us Aussies have a private cha… --- ## [How to use api.addHeaderPanel?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-api-addheaderpanel/64065)
**Author:** [@kara-todd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kara-todd)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-api-addheaderpanel/64065 "2017-06-09T19:40:40Z")
I’ve been trying to add an interactive nav icon to our top menu bar. So far I have: created a widget found the addHeaderPanel and called api.addHeaderPanel('custom-menu-button', 'customMenu') However, this is where I… --- ## [Discourse 1.8 released!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-1-8-released/63691)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-1-8-released/63691 "2017-06-02T16:36:10Z")
Originally published at: Discourse 1.8 released! We’re thrilled to release Discourse 1.8 today, building on Discourse 1.7 from January. Narrative Welcome Bot Perhaps the biggest new feature in this release is our nar… --- ## [Upgrade Failure - Unable to verify certificate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failure-unable-to-verify-certificate/64058)
**Author:** [@Rob\_Burkman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Burkman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failure-unable-to-verify-certificate/64058 "2017-06-08T23:20:12Z")
A few months ago, I inherited a discourse site that we use internally, so I am pretty new to all of this. In the past, I’ve been able to upgrade smoothly via the one-click browser upgrade feature, but today it failed wit… --- ## [\[Paid\] Widgets for the custom layouts plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-widgets-for-the-custom-layouts-plugin/64193)
**Author:** [@Ham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-widgets-for-the-custom-layouts-plugin/64193 "2017-06-08T21:48:50Z")
I need 2 widgets working for the Custom Layouts Plugin found here Layouts Plugin Pinned Topics Widget- I need a widget that allows ALL pinned topics on the site to appear in the sidebar. With a feature of how many top… --- ## [How to do Fixed width of discourse theme, No mobile view? \[paid\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-do-fixed-width-of-discourse-theme-no-mobile-view-paid/63232)
**Author:** [@veer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/veer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-do-fixed-width-of-discourse-theme-no-mobile-view-paid/63232 "2017-06-08T21:41:46Z")
Problem is we use adsense for long time to finance our work. After moving to discourse The CPC and click rate is almost 5 times less. In old site we have a single theme which always opens a Desktop view, eigther in mobil… --- ## [Discourse Avatar name\_first\_letter](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-avatar-name-first-letter/64180)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-avatar-name-first-letter/64180 "2017-06-08T21:06:32Z")
This plugin adds the ability to use name\_first\_letter in site setting external system avatars url. The default value for external system avatars url is /letter\_avatar\_proxy/v2/letter/{first\_letter}/{color}/{size}.png. … --- ## [Poll feature request](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-feature-request/64191)
**Author:** [@billdooreilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/billdooreilly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-feature-request/64191 "2017-06-08T20:49:31Z")
I haven’t used the poll feature much but I would like… The option to enable users to vote multiple times or even infinitely on the same poll. What I wanted to do was use the poll feature to create a post “Virtual Trump… --- ## [Subfolder install using certain keyboard shortcuts results in Page Not Found until you refresh the page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subfolder-install-using-certain-keyboard-shortcuts-results-in-page-not-found-until-you-refresh-the-page/64096)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subfolder-install-using-certain-keyboard-shortcuts-results-in-page-not-found-until-you-refresh-the-page/64096 "2017-06-08T20:22:53Z")
I’m looking for another subfolder install to verify this is not specific to our instance, but here are the repro steps Visit a Subfolder install instance of Discourse Login to your account (you must have an account) Us… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1669) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1671)