# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1695 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1696 --- ## [Granting a newly created badge with no default badge group causes errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/granting-a-newly-created-badge-with-no-default-badge-group-causes-errors/60346)
**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 6:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/granting-a-newly-created-badge-with-no-default-badge-group-causes-errors/60346 "2017-04-03T06:15:11Z")
--- ## [Granting badge via admin gives false positive err](https://meta.discourse.org/t/granting-badge-via-admin-gives-false-positive-err/60345)
**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/granting-badge-via-admin-gives-false-positive-err/60345 "2017-04-03T06:14:26Z")
Using the latest and greatest version: Nothing too unusual… “Imperium42 Staff” with a space, used a 32x32 png from a website. Shows fine. Just this err. --- ## [Sharing to Twitter](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-to-twitter/59716)
**Author:** [@arun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arun)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-to-twitter/59716 "2017-04-03T03:15:52Z")
Does Discourse have some kind of plugin or feature for users to automatically share topics to Twitter? This is purely to increase engagement and enable content discovery. Would be very helpful if people can add their Twi… --- ## [Can I see the original email from a non-member?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-see-the-original-email-from-a-non-member/44963)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-see-the-original-email-from-a-non-member/44963 "2017-04-03T02:28:00Z")
The discourse I manage are by invite only. When a non-member posts, we get them as a Pending member. In almost all cases, they got an email from the forum via Email Address A which is member address, but replied from E… --- ## [Error Log: "Job exception: undefined method \`closed' for nil:NilClass Did you mean? clone"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-log-job-exception-undefined-method-closed-for-nil-nilclass-did-you-mean-clone/60317)
**Author:** [@Lutz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lutz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-log-job-exception-undefined-method-closed-for-nil-nilclass-did-you-mean-clone/60317 "2017-04-03T01:07:58Z")
This is not exactly an error, because everything seems to work as it should. But I really have a lot (several hundred) of this error in the log files of the latest build: Job exception: undefined method \`closed' for nil… --- ## [Custom user fields: Required field asterisk missing for confirmation field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-required-field-asterisk-missing-for-confirmation-field/59794)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-required-field-asterisk-missing-for-confirmation-field/59794 "2017-04-02T20:51:19Z")
Maybe it’s a bit of an exaggeration to call this a bug, but I guess strictly speaking it is: If you set a confirmation type field as required at sign-up, there is no asterisk next to it like with the other field types wh… --- ## [Error installing with vagrant for developent](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-installing-with-vagrant-for-developent/60309)
**Author:** [@razaq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/razaq)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-installing-with-vagrant-for-developent/60309 "2017-04-02T06:09:35Z")
I installed according to Discourse as Your First Rails App | BlogDiscourse and after cloning the repository with Github for windows and running vagrant up I got this error I am using Virtualbox Version 5.1.18 r114002 … --- ## [How does Discourse cloaking store cloaked data?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-cloaking-store-cloaked-data/60296)
**Author:** [@Saurek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saurek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-cloaking-store-cloaked-data/60296 "2017-04-01T20:28:18Z")
Hello! I’ve been very interested in how Discourse uses cloaking to unload off screen content. After looking at the source I didn’t see any client-side DBs being used, is post data stored in a variable while off screen? … --- ## [Routing Error uninitialized constant TestController](https://meta.discourse.org/t/routing-error-uninitialized-constant-testcontroller/60294)
**Author:** [@Sudaraka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sudaraka)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/routing-error-uninitialized-constant-testcontroller/60294 "2017-04-01T18:58:18Z")
Hi i wrote a simple plugin just for education purpose. I need to get a json by calling http://localhost:4000/admin/plugins/test/list url. I wrote the plugin.rb as # name: test-plugin # about: This is intended to be a t… --- ## [Labels as markdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/labels-as-markdown/60287)
**Author:** [@trudat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trudat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/labels-as-markdown/60287 "2017-04-01T18:28:36Z")
Labels are a great general purpose UI element, also pure css: If there was a markdown extension for labels, they could be inserted into posts via the tool bar or markup: \[label style=default\]My cool label\[/label\] An… --- ## [Plugin support for creating groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-support-for-creating-groups/60285)
**Author:** [@wichall](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wichall)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-support-for-creating-groups/60285 "2017-04-01T16:26:13Z")
Hello, I’m totally new to discourse and have tried to get myself stuck in to making a plugin straight away. Starting to work my around, but can anyone tell me what the best method would be for creating a new group withi… --- ## [Material Design on Mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/material-design-on-mobile/60199)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 7:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/material-design-on-mobile/60199 "2017-04-01T07:01:04Z")
Currently attempting to add @rewphus’s excellent material design CSS to one of my sites. After some small modifications, everything is working great except one issue on mobile. Here’s a screenshot of the issue. Notice… --- ## [Send a quote to social media](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-a-quote-to-social-media/60234)
**Author:** [@David\_Baker1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Baker1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-a-quote-to-social-media/60234 "2017-04-01T05:06:47Z")
As a reader who finds a funny or interesting passage in a topic post I’d like to highlight it and (in addition to reply-to-quote) have a way to send that quote to a social media site to draw others into the topic and to … --- ## [Free hosting to test out Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosting-to-test-out-discourse/60250)
**Author:** [@lsaredux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lsaredux)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosting-to-test-out-discourse/60250 "2017-04-01T04:11:09Z")
I just want to be able to upload Discourse to a host temporarily so I can test out the software and admin panel. I have a forum project going on and we are thinking about using this software but many of my colleagues are… --- ## [Discobot timeout message broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-timeout-message-broken/60265)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-timeout-message-broken/60265 "2017-04-01T00:52:20Z")
I guess it’s because of some new variables that were recently added to the text. --- ## [User Profile Views - Extremely High Lately](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-views-extremely-high-lately/48487)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-views-extremely-high-lately/48487 "2017-03-31T20:01:16Z")
I’m getting a crazy high number of User Profile Views lately - and I’m wondering what it means. It used to be down in the low hundreds - but the past few weeks its been up around 10,000 per day. It seems like someone is… --- ## [Common event system for chatrooms - a specification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/common-event-system-for-chatrooms-a-specification/59245)
**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/common-event-system-for-chatrooms-a-specification/59245 "2017-03-31T17:58:44Z")
One of the GSOC ideas on GitHub is creating a “Common Event System for Chatrooms” I like the sound of this idea, so this is an attempt at a more comprehensive description of how it could be implemented. Hopefully this … --- ## [Inconsistency in code for watching first post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistency-in-code-for-watching-first-post/60223)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistency-in-code-for-watching-first-post/60223 "2017-03-31T17:21:13Z")
After submitting this PR I discovered an inconsistency with watching first post that I am not sure how to resolve. Watching first post exists in two primary locations: the notification level dropdown on category pages,… --- ## [Images in discourse mails not displaying in Outlook](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-in-discourse-mails-not-displaying-in-outlook/59811)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-in-discourse-mails-not-displaying-in-outlook/59811 "2017-03-31T17:03:22Z")
Ever since I have more or less been forced to use MS Outlook, I have noticed that it would display images in some HTML mails but not in others. To be more precise: I have turned off the display of web-images which means … --- ## [Discourse 1.7 Released!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-1-7-released/55295)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-1-7-released/55295 "2017-01-14T00:17:03Z")
Originally published at: Discourse 1.7 released! Today, after four months of work, we’re proud to release Discourse 1.7. Discourse 1.2 – Feb 2015 Discourse 1.3 – June 2015 Discourse 1.4 – September 2015 Discourse 1.5… --- ## [Data analytics by complex networks and text mining](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-analytics-by-complex-networks-and-text-mining/60089)
**Author:** [@Renato\_Fabbri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Renato_Fabbri)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-analytics-by-complex-networks-and-text-mining/60089 "2017-03-31T15:05:03Z")
Dear users and developers, by looking through Discourse site, it seems to me that an interface for further data analytics would enhance our experience. I can tackle this by using complex networks and text mining techn… --- ## [Setting input direction in UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-input-direction-in-ui/60203)
**Author:** [@mrphs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrphs)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-input-direction-in-ui/60203 "2017-03-31T14:12:52Z")
I noticed that there has been multiple long conversations about RTL support and each of them have gone many different directions. All and all have added great functionality of the website in RTL languages. To do a quick… --- ## [Finding out how many users are watching or tracking?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-out-how-many-users-are-watching-or-tracking/56900)
**Author:** [@Alavi1412](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alavi1412)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-out-how-many-users-are-watching-or-tracking/56900 "2017-03-31T14:05:59Z")
Where Can we find how many users are watching or tracking a topic or a category? Does it save any where in discourse? --- ## [Advice for bilingual communities](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advice-for-bilingual-communities/37148)
**Author:** [@Frez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frez)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2015, 9:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advice-for-bilingual-communities/37148 "2015-12-28T09:53:51Z")
First, thanks for creating Discourse. It’s absolutely awesome. I love it. It’s a blaze to install and a bliss to use. I’m creating a PokémonGo (about PKMGO) community and, since I speak two languages, I would love to pr… --- ## [Let's encrypt not renewing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-encrypt-not-renewing/59634)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 8:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-encrypt-not-renewing/59634 "2017-03-31T08:13:33Z")
I’ve got a site that’s gotten a couple of let’s encrypt warning emails. I ignored them, but now the expire date is 9 days away. I did a ./launcher rebuild app, but https://dtqr.literatecomputing.com/ still has the cert t… --- ## [Importers: What to do when missing email addresses](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importers-what-to-do-when-missing-email-addresses/60195)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importers-what-to-do-when-missing-email-addresses/60195 "2017-03-30T22:16:02Z")
I’m doing a phpBB import. There are a bunch of missing email addresses (apparently because Facebook and others authenticated, but didn’t supply an email address) and a bunch more invalid ones. The client doesn’t want to… --- ## [Optional "official reply" mode for "solved plugin"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optional-official-reply-mode-for-solved-plugin/59966)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optional-official-reply-mode-for-solved-plugin/59966 "2017-03-30T15:37:45Z")
At the moment there is not clean way of floating an “official response” to a topic on a topic. Take this topic for example: https://meta.discourse.org/t/jump-to-first-unread-post/3548 There are 34 replies, some from u… --- ## [Redirected to Wordpress dashboard after discourse login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirected-to-wordpress-dashboard-after-discourse-login/60116)
**Author:** [@Martin\_O](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Martin_O)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirected-to-wordpress-dashboard-after-discourse-login/60116 "2017-03-30T15:18:41Z")
We use discourse together with wordpress, which is the sso provider. After latest update of discourse docker container and the wp discourse plugin, I am not able to access discourse forums while logged in. It always red… --- ## [Give span.subcategory a specific Class or Id for CSS styling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/give-span-subcategory-a-specific-class-or-id-for-css-styling/59477)
**Author:** [@Lutz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lutz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 11:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/give-span-subcategory-a-specific-class-or-id-for-css-styling/59477 "2017-03-19T11:35:05Z")
I want to style a single subcategory box in the desktop view via CSS. To make this possible, we need a way to select it. "bla"is the category name. In the example, it could be \ --- ## [My "about me" information not showing on meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-about-me-information-not-showing-on-meta/60149)
**Author:** [@kraml](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kraml)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-about-me-information-not-showing-on-meta/60149 "2017-03-30T12:35:10Z")
It was there previously. Yesterday I’ve edited it and saved, since then it disappeared from my user card. It is still there in my profile settings, but not on my card. I’ve tried to remove the whole about me text, save,… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1694) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1696)