# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1710 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1711 --- ## [How to update user\_id of post using api?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-update-user-id-of-post-using-api/57413)
**Author:** [@mrrao](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrrao)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 11:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-update-user-id-of-post-using-api/57413 "2017-02-16T11:20:54Z")
I’m using ruby api to integrate discourse in my website. I’m successfully posting comments for a topic using api, but posted\_by is showing as admin user. How can i replace it by logged in user. Thanks --- ## [Can't import view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-import-view/50402)
**Author:** [@sevenmaxis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sevenmaxis)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-import-view/50402 "2017-02-16T10:52:39Z")
Something weird happening with importing modules. Here’s a snippet from my plugin import PostModel from 'discourse/models/post'; import { withPluginApi } from 'discourse/lib/plugin-api'; import { slot, loadGoogle } from… --- ## [Expanding on location field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-on-location-field/50501)
**Author:** [@mikechristopher](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikechristopher)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-on-location-field/50501 "2017-02-16T09:25:49Z")
I know this is probably plugin territory but was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on expanding the location function. We would like to make it easier for users to be able to interact with others in a close physical l… --- ## [Promotion over Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/promotion-over-discourse/57367)
**Author:** [@zbor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zbor)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 8:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/promotion-over-discourse/57367 "2017-02-16T08:59:53Z")
I’ve started with mine Forum last week. I’m happy how everything works but there are still no users. I know that Building communities is hard. It takes months if not years. But I was wondering is there some clan of Di… --- ## [Box category display in Latest section of Categories is large](https://meta.discourse.org/t/box-category-display-in-latest-section-of-categories-is-large/57466)
**Author:** [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/box-category-display-in-latest-section-of-categories-is-large/57466 "2017-02-16T05:38:31Z")
The display of the Categories names in Box style in the Latest section of the Categories page seems unnecessarily large (a user complained it was “noisy” which is why I am reporting it. In bar or bullet style, the di… --- ## [Discourse allows to create uncategorized topics even when "allow uncategorized topics" is unchecked](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-allows-to-create-uncategorized-topics-even-when-allow-uncategorized-topics-is-unchecked/57454)
**Author:** [@kuba-orlik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuba-orlik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-allows-to-create-uncategorized-topics-even-when-allow-uncategorized-topics-is-unchecked/57454 "2017-02-15T23:02:43Z")
I think the title is self-explanatory :slight\_smile: I did uncheck “allow uncategorized topics” in the hopes that it would prevent users from accidentally making confidential content public by omitting the “category fie… --- ## [About the howto:moderators category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-howto-moderators-category/57435)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-howto-moderators-category/57435 "2017-02-15T20:15:04Z")
Per discussion here - is #howto:moderators intended to be limited to tasks that a moderator can complete, without admin/shell access? If so, what do we want to do when a task that a moderator might want to do requires a… --- ## [Discord Integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discord-integration/57341)
**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discord-integration/57341 "2017-02-15T16:19:20Z")
Discord has a very simple JSON-based API. They also have “login with Discord” integrations. It would be cool to see some integrations with this. Connect account to display your Discord name, link a related server to the… --- ## [What is the exact Meaning of The Community Spirit?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-exact-meaning-of-the-community-spirit/56882)
**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-exact-meaning-of-the-community-spirit/56882 "2017-02-15T13:40:15Z")
Hi, I always hear about the Community Spirit, while I searched the community, I didn’t find a good post talking about such “Community Spirit” and its development. Rather, I’ve read something about the chinese discourse … --- ## [/users/by-external/ not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-by-external-not-working/57401)
**Author:** [@Biarity](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biarity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-by-external-not-working/57401 "2017-02-15T08:18:36Z")
This route doesn’t seem to be working: /users/by-external/:external-id It’s essential when using Disocurse as an SSO provider since you need to know the usernames of a user, given their external\_id. (And since usernam… --- ## [Can Discourse handle classified ads succesully or is there a better way?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-handle-classified-ads-succesully-or-is-there-a-better-way/47141)
**Author:** [@James\_Higginson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/James_Higginson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-handle-classified-ads-succesully-or-is-there-a-better-way/47141 "2017-02-14T21:28:57Z")
Has anyone seen or deployed a successful classified ads system or plugin for Discourse. Is this something that could work well or is there a better approach, a third party solution that would play nicely with DIscourse p… --- ## [Forbid words in title but not in body text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forbid-words-in-title-but-not-in-body-text/57370)
**Author:** [@zbor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zbor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forbid-words-in-title-but-not-in-body-text/57370 "2017-02-14T21:17:34Z")
Is it possible to forbid word only in title? I could set it to censored words and it’s fine. But same word in text body is overwritten with \* --- ## [Able to use the 'extraNavItem' custom html outlet?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/able-to-use-the-extranavitem-custom-html-outlet/51928)
**Author:** [@gdpelican](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gdpelican)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/able-to-use-the-extranavitem-custom-html-outlet/51928 "2017-02-14T21:01:35Z")
I’m attempting to add a custom link to the navbar (Ideally something where I’d be able to specify a name and a relative URL for that pill to go to). It’s similar functionality to the ‘bugs’ or ‘features’ links on meta, b… --- ## [How to implement Discourse with an already built Rails project](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-implement-discourse-with-an-already-built-rails-project/57353)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Pogi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Winston_Pogi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-implement-discourse-with-an-already-built-rails-project/57353 "2017-02-14T20:23:50Z")
I want to use Discourse as a private messaging as well as forum. How can I use it when I already created my rails project and it only lacks the messaging and forum feature. I have read a lot of articles but I can’t find … --- ## [Incorporating Discourse into Existing Rails/Heroku Project](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorporating-discourse-into-existing-rails-heroku-project/57384)
**Author:** [@Jackson\_Cunningham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jackson_Cunningham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorporating-discourse-into-existing-rails-heroku-project/57384 "2017-02-14T20:06:37Z")
We have an existing rails app on Heroku and we’re looking to incorporate a community component. We were going to build this from scratch but then discovered Discourse and it has all the features we need. The ideal setup… --- ## [Adding Adsense to header/footer as custom html](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-adsense-to-header-footer-as-custom-html/57334)
**Author:** [@lt100](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lt100)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-adsense-to-header-footer-as-custom-html/57334 "2017-02-14T20:01:29Z")
I’m trying to add Adsense code to both the header and the footer in Admin panel - CSS/HTML, but ads won’t show, and I have no idea why (the code works by itself when not embedded). Maybe it has something to do with the … --- ## [One Click Upgrade - What a Treat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/one-click-upgrade-what-a-treat/57348)
**Author:** [@mitchellk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mitchellk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 10:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/one-click-upgrade-what-a-treat/57348 "2017-02-14T10:41:47Z")
Just started testing Discourse and building my own D site a little over 2 weeks ago. Got notified by email this morning from my own site telling me of the new version available. Did the simple one click upgrade on Discou… --- ## [Creating user guides for your community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-user-guides-for-your-community/57343)
**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 7:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-user-guides-for-your-community/57343 "2017-02-14T07:43:15Z")
:loudspeaker: Discouse has a knowledge management plugin called the Documentation Management Plugin that may be a much better alternative than the user guides described in this topic. You can see how the plugin work her… --- ## [Acceptance test content is present on page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/acceptance-test-content-is-present-on-page/57292)
**Author:** [@rimian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rimian)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/acceptance-test-content-is-present-on-page/57292 "2017-02-14T05:55:31Z")
What’s the best way to (QUnit) assert an element on the page has some content in it? This passes: ok($.trim($('.foo').text()) == 'bar', 'content bar renders on page'); But isn’t very practical. Is there a better way? --- ## [Embedding with logins. Iframe too small?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-with-logins-iframe-too-small/57327)
**Author:** [@Michael321](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Michael321)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-with-logins-iframe-too-small/57327 "2017-02-14T02:55:02Z")
I’m having an issue with embedded comments. The iframe embeds ok and connects to the discourse site. Discourse forward to my app for login, but the iframe is too small to show the login form. Is this something I need … --- ## [How about an easier way to determine version of Discourse by end user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-about-an-easier-way-to-determine-version-of-discourse-by-end-user/52428)
**Author:** [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-about-an-easier-way-to-determine-version-of-discourse-by-end-user/52428 "2017-02-13T17:07:49Z")
Aside - how do you determine what version of Discourse you’re using from the front-end? --- ## [Tagging a topic from email in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tagging-a-topic-from-email-in/57275)
**Author:** [@sizeof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sizeof)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tagging-a-topic-from-email-in/57275 "2017-02-13T16:47:33Z")
Hello again, Apologies for posting again I didn’t provide enough information and I wasn’t clear enough in the previous topic. I followed this tutorial here Set up structured tagging with tag groups and category tag res… --- ## [\[solved\] Error Embedding](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-error-embedding/57276)
**Author:** [@Michael321](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Michael321)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-error-embedding/57276 "2017-02-13T16:37:04Z")
Hi, similar to this post, I’m getting errors embedding comments in a static site: https://bigsmall.io/articles/action-brands-are-important-urgent-credible/ In the browser console, I it says “Loading Discussion”, then “… --- ## [Empty class values in hamburger menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/empty-class-values-in-hamburger-menu/56953)
**Author:** [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/empty-class-values-in-hamburger-menu/56953 "2017-02-13T16:28:58Z")
While experimenting with decorateWidget, I discovered that the li tags in the hamburger menu have a class attribute with an empty string as the value. The hamburger menu widget does add classes to the links within the l… --- ## [No longer seeing .../finish-installation/register](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-longer-seeing-finish-installation-register/56951)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-longer-seeing-finish-installation-register/56951 "2017-02-13T15:55:42Z")
I installed discourse yesterday but stopped the process at the …/finish-installation/register screen because I wanted to go ahead and install wordpress first. Today I wanted to come back to disourse and finish the instal… --- ## [Use new AWS S3 endpoints with IPv6 support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-new-aws-s3-endpoints-with-ipv6-support/57315)
**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-new-aws-s3-endpoints-with-ipv6-support/57315 "2017-02-13T15:05:32Z")
Just adding this to the backlog: If we change our current S3 endpoint from: https://$BUCKET.s3-$REGION.amazonaws.com to: https://$BUCKET.dualstack.$REGION.amazonaws.com we get IPv6 support. Example: IPv4 only image… --- ## ["Autobiographer" badge query and empty bio\_raw](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autobiographer-badge-query-and-empty-bio-raw/57242)
**Author:** [@youwiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/youwiki)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autobiographer-badge-query-and-empty-bio-raw/57242 "2017-02-13T11:03:46Z")
Hello! I just been found that after saving user profile with an empty “About” field, it will be empty in the database, but not null. At the same time in a badge query “Autobiographer” are checked for null value for bio\_… --- ## [Installed without error but site wont come up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-without-error-but-site-wont-come-up/57277)
**Author:** [@rhotimee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rhotimee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-without-error-but-site-wont-come-up/57277 "2017-02-13T09:27:08Z")
Discourse was installed without error, but the browser displays : This site can’t provide a secure connection. I think its Lets Encrypt thats causing this. How can i rectify this issue ? --- ## [IP ban button within a profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ip-ban-button-within-a-profile/57301)
**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ip-ban-button-within-a-profile/57301 "2017-02-13T08:51:20Z")
Everything’s so convenient within Discourse, however IP banning is a pain. I have to copy their IP, find the logs and screened IP’s to add their IP for a ban. Can’t there just be a “IP Ban” button beside their name when… --- ## [Install Docker with AUFS on Linode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-docker-with-aufs-on-linode/39831)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-docker-with-aufs-on-linode/39831 "2017-02-13T05:17:31Z")
The 30-minute Discourse installation guide assumes you’ll be using Digital Ocean and makes no mention of an important requirement for Docker: If you use another hosting provider, you should really make sure that a Linu… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1709) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1711)