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**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,… --- ## [How many views are counted per IP?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-many-views-are-counted-per-ip/19221)
**Author:** [@anon80392659](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon80392659)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-many-views-are-counted-per-ip/19221 "2017-03-30T11:38:03Z")
Except in our popular threads where the views are substantially lower than the posts, due to your “view” only counting 1 time per day per IP. Sorry about that - for the pedants out there: --- ## [Reverse Single-Sign-On: Possible to use Discourse accounts on my other site?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reverse-single-sign-on-possible-to-use-discourse-accounts-on-my-other-site/60170)
**Author:** [@pv0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pv0)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 10:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reverse-single-sign-on-possible-to-use-discourse-accounts-on-my-other-site/60170 "2017-03-30T10:47:04Z")
Hello, I am new here so please be patient if I am not following all your forum rules. I would like my users to sign in using Discourse so that I don’t have to build my own account management for the main site (for whic… --- ## [Importing Data from Excel to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-data-from-excel-to-discourse/60144)
**Author:** [@vas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-data-from-excel-to-discourse/60144 "2017-03-30T08:02:04Z")
What would you like done? I want to populate excel with username, email id, content(thread title and main question), replies along with respective usernames. Can someone develop this? When do you need it done? ASAP W… --- ## [Letsencrypt setup does not seem to be able to find its files on first rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letsencrypt-setup-does-not-seem-to-be-able-to-find-its-files-on-first-rebuild/59901)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 7:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letsencrypt-setup-does-not-seem-to-be-able-to-find-its-files-on-first-rebuild/59901 "2017-03-27T07:06:13Z")
I’ve seen this twice about a month ago, and just had it again when I was setting up a brand new forum using the guided discourse-setup wizard. I started a new digital ocean droplet running ubuntu 16 I ran the git + doc… --- ## [Ansible-discourse: Install Discourse with Ansible (without Docker)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ansible-discourse-install-discourse-with-ansible-without-docker/31215)
**Author:** [@jamielinux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamielinux)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ansible-discourse-install-discourse-with-ansible-without-docker/31215 "2016-07-30T09:41:25Z")
ansible-discourse is an Ansible playbook I created to easily deploy Discourse without Docker. It supports several distributions, including CentOS, Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu. This installation method is completely unsuppo… --- ## [Site maintenance mode during rebuilds?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-maintenance-mode-during-rebuilds/29697)
**Author:** [@mlinksva](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mlinksva)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-maintenance-mode-during-rebuilds/29697 "2016-10-17T12:52:24Z")
Continuing the discussion from How do I update my Docker image to latest?: Only took 7 minutes just now for me on a $20/month DigitalOcean instance, site down (refusing connections) for about 6 minutes, 502 from nginx … --- ## [Email footer support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-footer-support/27381)
**Author:** [@ajo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ajo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-footer-support/27381 "2015-12-07T14:27:16Z")
I’m considering to add an option to include an email footer into any email sent from discourse (legal compliance with my local regulations EU/es). I’m supposed to indicate the user email is registered in the database, … --- ## [Minor issue with custom emoji](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-issue-with-custom-emoji/59906)
**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 6:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-issue-with-custom-emoji/59906 "2017-03-30T06:08:24Z")
Custom emoji are always been displayed in alphabetical order. For this reason I used to rename all the emoji with a prefix as :old\_ , :meme\_ etc…, in this way I create groups of emoji so it’s very easy find what you are … --- ## [Embed tags on Forum Index](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-tags-on-forum-index/43671)
**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-tags-on-forum-index/43671 "2017-03-30T05:19:13Z")
A topic has the embed tags, but the index (usually /latest page) doesn’t. I think it would be good, so the link expand where people use this, like: Whatsapp Telegram Discord Facebook What you guys think? --- ## [/admin/users/list does not indicate which columns are sortable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-users-list-does-not-indicate-which-columns-are-sortable/59268)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-users-list-does-not-indicate-which-columns-are-sortable/59268 "2017-03-30T04:58:12Z")
Very excited to see @blake and @designbygio’s work in making the user lists in Admin sortable. One small critique is that there is no indication that the columns are clickable. On a similar table that can be sorted (li… --- ## [Need RSS feeds for the Top rated topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-rss-feeds-for-the-top-rated-topics/16186)
**Author:** [@flowjzh1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/flowjzh1)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-rss-feeds-for-the-top-rated-topics/16186 "2017-03-30T02:19:35Z")
Hi, I’m running a WordPress site http://mini4wd.org. Currently I’m using the latest.rss feed to generate a short list for what’s happening in the forum on our WordPress based homepage. It would also be nice to to have R… --- ## [Allow to order search results by the topic creation date](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-order-search-results-by-the-topic-creation-date/38544)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-order-search-results-by-the-topic-creation-date/38544 "2017-03-29T17:26:37Z")
Currently, we can only order by: order:views order:latest order:likes I propose to add: order:created --- ## [Why do all shared links include the username (u=username)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-all-shared-links-include-the-username-u-username/60126)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-all-shared-links-include-the-username-u-username/60126 "2017-03-29T18:57:01Z")
What exactly is the reason that every link to a discourse post has a u=username at the end? Since the links are functional without, I suppose the idea is some sort of tracking. But for what purpose and where/how does the… --- ## [Upgrading to 1.8.0.beta9 breaks Azure SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-to-1-8-0-beta9-breaks-azure-sso/60125)
**Author:** [@sberkovitz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sberkovitz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-to-1-8-0-beta9-breaks-azure-sso/60125 "2017-03-29T18:33:04Z")
After upgrading our instance from 1.8.0.beta8 to beta9, our SSO via Azure Active Directory stopped working. Any user attempting to authenticate would receive the message “Sorry, there was an error authorizing your accoun… --- ## [.../login link force redirect to "latest" view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-link-force-redirect-to-latest-view/59780)
**Author:** [@Steven\_Tib](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven_Tib)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-link-force-redirect-to-latest-view/59780 "2017-03-29T18:03:04Z")
Hi all, I’ve just successfully setup SSO between our main app and our new discourse forum, however I’m having a small (but annoying) behavior. From my main app, I’ve set up a link to the forum that forces the user to l… --- ## [Problems with Digital Ocean DNS lookups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-digital-ocean-dns-lookups/60025)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-digital-ocean-dns-lookups/60025 "2017-03-29T16:41:16Z")
This is the first time I remember seeing any problems with Digital Ocean in the couple years I’ve been dealing with them. They use Google’s DNS servers by default, and Google is rate-limiting them. I don’t know whether t… --- ## [Major woes upgrading from 1.6.0 to 1.8.0 -- broken site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/major-woes-upgrading-from-1-6-0-to-1-8-0-broken-site/60014)
**Author:** [@AgustinCordes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AgustinCordes)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/major-woes-upgrading-from-1-6-0-to-1-8-0-broken-site/60014 "2017-03-29T15:24:45Z")
This is the first major problem I’ve ran into while maintaining two Discourse sites. The (currently) broken forum had two particularities but installation was done by the book. One of these special settings is Spanish lo… --- ## [Why are some WordPress links Oneboxed, and others are not?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-some-wordpress-links-oneboxed-and-others-are-not/28778)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-some-wordpress-links-oneboxed-and-others-are-not/28778 "2017-03-29T15:04:34Z")
I really can’t understand why wordpress oneboxing isn’t a higher priority than it seems to be. I mean my impression was that Discourse wanted to be the “Wordpress” of forums - … and everyone knows how prevalent wordpres… --- ## [A big "hug" and thanks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-big-hug-and-thanks/60107)
**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-big-hug-and-thanks/60107 "2017-03-29T14:33:39Z")
I have not opened any “thank you” topic and I think the time has come. I want to thank the whole discourse team for such a “system” you have created, you take all my admiration and even though I am dying to learn Ruby, … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1695&state=watching) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1697&state=watching)