# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1676&state=watching [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1677 --- ## [Hacking discourse to create sub-sub categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hacking-discourse-to-create-sub-sub-categories/63454)
**Author:** [@Mehal\_Shah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mehal_Shah)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hacking-discourse-to-create-sub-sub-categories/63454 "2017-05-27T22:11:22Z")
Hi folks, I need to create one additional level of categorization for our forum for Code.org. I’d like people to click a category (High School Computer Science), and see a list of our courses (Course 1, Course 2, Course… --- ## [How to change default Discourse theme?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-default-discourse-theme/63483)
**Author:** [@naupe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/naupe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-default-discourse-theme/63483 "2017-05-27T16:23:45Z")
I just recently installed Discourse. I’ve been looking through the menus. I know how to EDIT a Discourse theme (Admin page → Customize), but not how to actually set it in the Admin page (I want to change from Dark to the… --- ## [What's next for the Discourse team?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-next-for-the-discourse-team/63411)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-next-for-the-discourse-team/63411 "2017-05-26T23:49:36Z")
Rumours, speculation, wish lists and posts from the DC team welcome :smile: Personally I think a community orientated publishing platform is crying out for the DC Team touch! It’s also a natural progression and complem… --- ## [Is it possible to have custom Post types?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-custom-post-types/63441)
**Author:** [@marcusleemitchell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marcusleemitchell)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-custom-post-types/63441 "2017-05-26T22:52:57Z")
My company are considering using Discourse…we have one feature request… Is it possible to have very different looking Post types? One might be a video based post, another more like a blog article. A user might want to p… --- ## [Red notification always links to flag queue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/red-notification-always-links-to-flag-queue/50307)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/red-notification-always-links-to-flag-queue/50307 "2017-05-26T19:22:27Z")
Summary: Posts needing approval uses the same red notification as flags. Clicking on the red notification icon always leads to flag queue even when there are no pending flags. Steps to reproduce: Enable post approval… --- ## [Badges for gamification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-for-gamification/63387)
**Author:** [@Andrea\_Roberts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrea_Roberts)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-for-gamification/63387 "2017-05-26T18:22:53Z")
I’m new to Discourse and I’m curious why there are no badges for creating your first topic or answering your first question? Also, what are the +New badges all about? Thanks, --- ## [View exact date when badge was given?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-exact-date-when-badge-was-given/63423)
**Author:** [@Simsnet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Simsnet)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-exact-date-when-badge-was-given/63423 "2017-05-26T17:56:16Z")
Is it possible to view the exact date for when a badge was given to a user? --- ## [Watching group PMs by default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-group-pms-by-default/55285)
**Author:** [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-group-pms-by-default/55285 "2017-05-26T15:08:21Z")
I noticed there’s been some work around groups recently. But there’s a glaring omission still to make group PMs useful for my community: email notifications are turned off by default. Is there a way to make users watch … --- ## [Bootsnap not compiling on branch main ( FreeBSD 10.0 ) \[ fatal error: sys/xattr.h: No such file or directory #include \ \]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootsnap-not-compiling-on-branch-main-freebsd-10-0-fatal-error-sys-xattr-h-no-such-file-or-directory-include-sys-xattr-h/62723)
**Author:** [@HugeSpider](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HugeSpider)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootsnap-not-compiling-on-branch-main-freebsd-10-0-fatal-error-sys-xattr-h-no-such-file-or-directory-include-sys-xattr-h/62723 "2017-05-26T13:39:13Z")
branch: master OS: 10.3-STABLE FreeBSD since bootsnap was added on May 11 when i try to env GYP\_DEFINES="make\_clang\_dir=" CXX=/usr/bin/clang++ CC=/usr/bin/clang bundle install --without development test I get error (… --- ## [Directory of Discourse help topics from many forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/directory-of-discourse-help-topics-from-many-forums/63435)
**Author:** [@Remah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Remah)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/directory-of-discourse-help-topics-from-many-forums/63435 "2017-05-26T13:11:52Z")
https://experts.feverbee.com/t/directory-of-discourse-help-topics-from-many-forums/6063?u=remah The questions came up at Feverbee so I made this directory from Discourse sites publicised on this site. It may give some g… --- ## [Automatically close solved topics after N hours](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-close-solved-topics-after-n-hours/58383)
**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-close-solved-topics-after-n-hours/58383 "2017-05-26T12:27:34Z")
My apologies if it was mentioned already But it will be great if we could set autoclose after X hours for resolved topics. --- ## [Creating a closed community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-closed-community/63433)
**Author:** [@Namit\_Agarwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Namit_Agarwal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-closed-community/63433 "2017-05-26T11:56:09Z")
Hello! I am planning to use discourse to create a closed community where a moderator allows/ disallows people who can join the community, see and comment on topics. Is this possible? --- ## [Single signon and email change](https://meta.discourse.org/t/single-signon-and-email-change/63429)
**Author:** [@Massimo\_Redaelli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Massimo_Redaelli)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 10:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/single-signon-and-email-change/63429 "2017-05-26T10:21:28Z")
We have set up a Discourse installation with single signon though Drupal, and sso overrides email active. A user logged in the first time with his Drupal account, which was created with the correct email. He then chang… --- ## [Tag coloured white in white on custom theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-coloured-white-in-white-on-custom-theme/63426)
**Author:** [@philm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/philm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 8:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-coloured-white-in-white-on-custom-theme/63426 "2017-05-26T08:57:02Z")
Hi there, at manjaro.org we are using following colour scheme: "Manjaro Color Scheme": { "primary": "111111", "secondary": "f0f0f0", "tertiary": "035f1d", "quaternary": "035f1d", "header\_background": "373737"… --- ## [Direct anonymous users to "this page is private" when they click on users avatar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-anonymous-users-to-this-page-is-private-when-they-click-on-users-avatar/55025)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-anonymous-users-to-this-page-is-private-when-they-click-on-users-avatar/55025 "2017-05-26T06:16:39Z")
when hide user profiles from public option is active in admin panel, if an anonymous user click on a user avatar, he gets blank page. Is is possible to direct him to “Oops! That page doesn’t exist or is private” page? h… --- ## [Plugin for viral Quiz creation from Markdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-viral-quiz-creation-from-markdown/62271)
**Author:** [@veer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/veer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-viral-quiz-creation-from-markdown/62271 "2017-05-08T01:35:18Z")
What would you like done? See the quiz here, http://preview.codecanyon.net/item/quizzio-php-quiz-website-script-viral-social-quizzes/full\_screen\_preview/15319047 and here http://preview.codecanyon.net/item/wordpress-… --- ## [Badges for Certified and Licensed should say how to get them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-for-certified-and-licensed-should-say-how-to-get-them/63394)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-for-certified-and-licensed-should-say-how-to-get-them/63394 "2017-05-26T03:09:55Z")
I noticed that I hadn’t gotten my “Certified” badge and knew to PM @discobot to get it. New users will get a message, so they arguably don’t need to know that. I don’t know how to get the “licensed” badge, though. Disco… --- ## ["New User of the Month" badge doesn't appear to be monthly?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-of-the-month-badge-doesnt-appear-to-be-monthly/63264)
**Author:** [@GlitchMr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GlitchMr)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-of-the-month-badge-doesnt-appear-to-be-monthly/63264 "2017-05-26T02:37:57Z")
To explain, I was trying to get that badge on Rust users forum (which I believe is hosted on business Discourse hosting, considering it loads files from cdn-business). Here is a badge page: The Rust Programming Language… --- ## [Renaming discobot causes it to break](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-discobot-causes-it-to-break/63315)
**Author:** [@blake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blake)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-discobot-causes-it-to-break/63315 "2017-05-26T02:15:00Z")
I just tried renaming @discobot locally and on a live site and doing so causes it to not function properly. See the screen shot below to see what happens after I renamed it to @pizzabot: --- ## [Importing mbox files fails at creating topics with Chinese characters due to invalid byte sequence](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-mbox-files-fails-at-creating-topics-with-chinese-characters-due-to-invalid-byte-sequence/62889)
**Author:** [@yanokwa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yanokwa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-mbox-files-fails-at-creating-topics-with-chinese-characters-due-to-invalid-byte-sequence/62889 "2017-05-26T00:24:37Z")
I am using Discourse v1.8.0.beta12 +34 and I’ve used Icy’s Google Group Crawler to generate mboxes of the various Google Groups I’m importing into Discourse. I’ve successfully imported a couple of groups, but I’ve run in… --- ## [Odd symbol in Wikipedia Onebox titles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-symbol-in-wikipedia-onebox-titles/63055)
**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-symbol-in-wikipedia-onebox-titles/63055 "2017-05-26T00:00:33Z")
Seems to affect all Wikipedia Oneboxes --- ## [Can't restore to new site: "first\_unread\_topic\_for" already exists with same argument types](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-restore-to-new-site-first-unread-topic-for-already-exists-with-same-argument-types/63396)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-restore-to-new-site-first-unread-topic-for-already-exists-with-same-argument-types/63396 "2017-05-25T22:17:08Z")
I’m trying to restore a backup to a new site. It’s failed with this error: \[2017-05-25 21:35:33\] EXCEPTION: An error has occurred, this and all later migrations canceled: PG::DuplicateFunction: ERROR: function "first\_… --- ## [Illegal Character in Group Name?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/illegal-character-in-group-name/63398)
**Author:** [@Muiran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muiran)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/illegal-character-in-group-name/63398 "2017-05-25T21:53:31Z")
Is there a way to use the group name Zed-βίο-Μecha? I assume the Greek Beta is the problem. --- ## [How do I access SSO external\_id in widget?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-access-sso-external-id-in-widget/63378)
**Author:** [@rohmann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rohmann)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-access-sso-external-id-in-widget/63378 "2017-05-25T21:38:01Z")
I need to know my user’s ID from the our external user database to connect an integration. Some context: HBS {{mount-widget widget="my-custom-widget" args=(hash user=user)}} Widget export default createWidget('topic-… --- ## [Error connecting to redis using the DO guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-connecting-to-redis-using-the-do-guide/63037)
**Author:** [@d00137007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/d00137007)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-connecting-to-redis-using-the-do-guide/63037 "2017-05-25T20:54:24Z")
Hi, I followed Discourse | DigitalOcean Marketplace 1-Click App, but I never got the email at the end. I checked the logs and it says "Error connecting to redis on localhost :6379. Any idea? I can’t figure it out. Than… --- ## [Can we make custom oneboxes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-custom-oneboxes/51463)
**Author:** [@trusktr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trusktr)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-custom-oneboxes/51463 "2017-05-25T18:38:01Z")
I’d like to embed a jsfiddle in a conversation. How can we do that? The iframe embed code looks like: \