# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1818 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1819 --- ## [Revoking admin doesn't enable all eligible admin buttons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revoking-admin-doesnt-enable-all-eligible-admin-buttons/30060)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revoking-admin-doesnt-enable-all-eligible-admin-buttons/30060 "2016-01-18T14:58:50Z")
When revoking an admin, the Suspend button lights up right away, however the Admins and moderators can't be deleted. words don’t go away until a page refresh. Low priority to be sure but I’d run into it on three forums… --- ## [Ability for a user to post (images, updates) on their profile?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-for-a-user-to-post-images-updates-on-their-profile/38075)
**Author:** [@arrancscott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arrancscott)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-for-a-user-to-post-images-updates-on-their-profile/38075 "2016-01-18T10:31:12Z")
Is there currently any way that a logged in user can create, edit and update posts on their profile? Kind of like the Twitter feed, where a post can be made and people can view it etc? --- ## [Unable to make Mandrill work with my website, any help please?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-make-mandrill-work-with-my-website-any-help-please/37882)
**Author:** [@bankerrahul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bankerrahul)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-make-mandrill-work-with-my-website-any-help-please/37882 "2016-01-17T19:48:12Z")
I’m installing Discourse on http;//witiby.com and not able to make mandrill work with my site. Any help? --- ## [Onebox for WordPress 4.4 sites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-for-wordpress-4-4-sites/36765)
**Author:** [@AdamCapriola](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamCapriola)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-for-wordpress-4-4-sites/36765 "2016-01-17T19:45:38Z")
Onebox used to work great for my site, but last week (I’m pretty sure after I upgraded to 4.4) it stopped working so nicely: The Iframely previews look ok except for the oEmbed HTML — it looks weird. This seems relev… --- ## [PAID: Migrating existing PhpBB forum to discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-migrating-existing-phpbb-forum-to-discourse/38076)
**Author:** [@moshe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/moshe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-migrating-existing-phpbb-forum-to-discourse/38076 "2016-01-17T16:02:42Z")
I have an existing (11 year old) site, which I want to port/migrate to Discourse. It is based on a combination of PhpBB 3, Drupal 5 and Gallery 2 (inactive, but has content). Site has 4000 users, 50K posts, 12K images … --- ## [Link replies without replying](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-replies-without-replying/38009)
**Author:** [@Aarskin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aarskin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-replies-without-replying/38009 "2016-01-17T13:25:30Z")
There are situations where it would be beneficial to link an existing topic to a new one without replying, however, I don’t know how to do this.The result is that people are linking topics together by replying with a lin… --- ## [User name not displayed everywhere when using SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-name-not-displayed-everywhere-when-using-sso/35770)
**Author:** [@fbender](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbender)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2016, 11:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-name-not-displayed-everywhere-when-using-sso/35770 "2016-01-17T11:12:18Z")
I setup a Discourse install using SSO auth with an existing website (replacing an in-CMS private forum). The payload contains an external\_id, email, name, and moderator == false but not username (this is generated on fir… --- ## [User can (attempt to) change mail address to non-whitelisted domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-can-attempt-to-change-mail-address-to-non-whitelisted-domain/37952)
**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-can-attempt-to-change-mail-address-to-non-whitelisted-domain/37952 "2016-01-16T05:33:11Z")
Case: user changes mail address to a domain that is not whitelisted user gets mail to confirm that address clicking that link results in error There was an error changing your email address. Perhaps the address is alre… --- ## [Category / topic subscription stats as means to identify the most valuable, attractive or non-interesting content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-topic-subscription-stats-as-means-to-identify-the-most-valuable-attractive-or-non-interesting-content/37350)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-topic-subscription-stats-as-means-to-identify-the-most-valuable-attractive-or-non-interesting-content/37350 "2016-01-16T02:34:21Z")
May I propose the following: add category / topic subscription stats for admins. This would help to identify which content attracts the most on your Discourse instance. The proposed spect is to let admin: view the c… --- ## [First link in post footer - very distracting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-link-in-post-footer-very-distracting/37726)
**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-link-in-post-footer-very-distracting/37726 "2016-01-15T23:51:31Z")
I’m finding the new styling introduced into the emails for the first footer link very distracting, too distracting from reading the actual post content. In GMail it’s the 2nd most prominent thing on screen, after the bi… --- ## [SendGrid needs root cert installed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sendgrid-needs-root-cert-installed/38022)
**Author:** [@rockylhotka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rockylhotka)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sendgrid-needs-root-cert-installed/38022 "2016-01-15T23:51:30Z")
I am trying to set up my first discourse server, using docker and hosted in azure. I have it running, but can’t get email to send from discourse. Looking at the production.log file in the container it appears that the p… --- ## [Background of selected from category dropdown extends past menu on iOS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/background-of-selected-from-category-dropdown-extends-past-menu-on-ios/38017)
**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/background-of-selected-from-category-dropdown-extends-past-menu-on-ios/38017 "2016-01-15T20:41:16Z")
It’s hard to get a screenshot of this. On an ipad, when the ‘bullet’ category style is being used, after selecting a category from the category drop-down, the selected category’s background extends 10px past the edge of … --- ## [Following on from Adding Unique Class Names](https://meta.discourse.org/t/following-on-from-adding-unique-class-names/37881)
**Author:** [@ccdw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ccdw)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/following-on-from-adding-unique-class-names/37881 "2016-01-15T18:34:26Z")
Echoing much of the sentiment below, it would be very useful if user editable classes could be added to principle client side elements - categories being a prime example. I appreciate that almost every element can be ta… --- ## [Does DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_ADDRESS do MX lookup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-smtp-address-do-mx-lookup/37839)
**Author:** [@Blaisorblade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Blaisorblade)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-smtp-address-do-mx-lookup/37839 "2016-01-15T12:29:00Z")
What’s the content of DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_ADDRESS? Is it the actual hostname of the SMTP server, or can Discourse perform an MX lookup? I do need Discourse to do the MX lookup, and couldn’t find any actual info in docs, even … --- ## [Censored words not being censored while under \[code\] tag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/censored-words-not-being-censored-while-under-code-tag/37997)
**Author:** [@Alankrit\_Choudh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alankrit_Choudh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/censored-words-not-being-censored-while-under-code-tag/37997 "2016-01-15T10:49:35Z")
The censored words i added to my community are not being censored inside a \[code\] tag. If i type the censored word outside like a normal post it works fine. Any one else getting this as well? --- ## [Can't select some categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-select-some-categories/37980)
**Author:** [@john\_mardlin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/john_mardlin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 10:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-select-some-categories/37980 "2016-01-15T10:05:34Z")
Continuing the discussion from Bitcoin Tipping Plugin: @erlend\_sh: Thanks for fixing the category. I for some reason am not able to select the “plugin” category. edit: @sam thanks for fixing that. :wrench: --- ## [Unchanged category definition topic shows up as new](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unchanged-category-definition-topic-shows-up-as-new/37493)
**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unchanged-category-definition-topic-shows-up-as-new/37493 "2016-01-15T03:43:48Z")
Categories are hidden in Discourse while the category definition topic is not modified. Indeed, I cannot see the chat category here. While the category definition topic for chat also was filtered out from the suggestion… --- ## [Is the discourse-tagging plugin fit for my use case?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-discourse-tagging-plugin-fit-for-my-use-case/37942)
**Author:** [@wil93](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wil93)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-discourse-tagging-plugin-fit-for-my-use-case/37942 "2016-01-14T22:11:10Z")
My use case is this: In the main site there are a number of programming tasks which can be solved by users. A user can decide to open a topic (the possible categories are: “Help”, “Clarifications”, “Languages”, …), and… --- ## [Insert internal link like Wordpress](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-internal-link-like-wordpress/37956)
**Author:** [@sebastianh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sebastianh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-internal-link-like-wordpress/37956 "2016-01-14T19:16:44Z")
Hope this hasn’t come up yet and I just haven’t figured out where. I would absolutely love to see the linking functionality in Discourse work to some extent like Wordpress’, so it would let me do a find-as-I-type search… --- ## [Is it possible to auto-complete links to existing topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-auto-complete-links-to-existing-topics/29740)
**Author:** [@norbauer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/norbauer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-auto-complete-links-to-existing-topics/29740 "2016-01-14T19:15:58Z")
I’m curious whether there is a feature to allow one to quickly link to an article within one’s Discourse forum by just typing part of it’s title–something like the “at mention” system, but for existing articles by title … --- ## [Discourse is a beautiful software](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-a-beautiful-software/37694)
**Author:** [@che2on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/che2on)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-a-beautiful-software/37694 "2016-01-14T17:04:17Z")
I really like the interface of discourse. It is so simple, easy to use and is definitely a modern day discussion app… I was trying to evaluate different forum softwares across different platforms … Php based forum softw… --- ## [Keyboard shortcut scrolling does not consider fixed header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcut-scrolling-does-not-consider-fixed-header/37947)
**Author:** [@FichteFoll](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FichteFoll)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcut-scrolling-does-not-consider-fixed-header/37947 "2016-01-14T14:46:45Z")
When scrolling to a long post, that does not fit on my screen, using j keyboard shortcut, I get to see the following: This can also reproduced by scrolling upward with k on any post. Sample post: https://meta.disco… --- ## [How to install discourse at namecheap shared hosting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-at-namecheap-shared-hosting/37944)
**Author:** [@shahidlaashary](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shahidlaashary)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-at-namecheap-shared-hosting/37944 "2016-01-14T14:19:44Z")
How to install discourse at namecheap shared hosting. anyone can help me? --- ## [Discourse vs others such as NodeBB](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-others-such-as-nodebb/37265)
**Author:** [@JohnEhRedding](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnEhRedding)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-others-such-as-nodebb/37265 "2016-01-14T08:27:35Z")
We create Alliances. Each Alliance would have its own sub-forum. These Alliances, when we Enjoin them, can do all the things needed to rapidly grow their Endeavor(s). Each such forum(s) would have content (mainly downl… --- ## [Include avatar or username in digest email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-avatar-or-username-in-digest-email/37874)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 6:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-avatar-or-username-in-digest-email/37874 "2016-01-14T06:04:16Z")
I’m currently piloting a discourse instance with a number of users who are new to discourse. It’s a private instance internal to an organization. Many of the members have signed up, a handful are engaging and starting … --- ## [Non-wrapping topic titles extend beyond page width](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-wrapping-topic-titles-extend-beyond-page-width/37875)
**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-wrapping-topic-titles-extend-beyond-page-width/37875 "2016-01-13T22:30:19Z")
When a topic title contains a long word, it cannot wrap around and extends beyond the expected width: Here is the original topic: --- ## [Enterprise use case: @ mention and invite to topic lookups via LDAP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enterprise-use-case-mention-and-invite-to-topic-lookups-via-ldap/37908)
**Author:** [@ckamps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckamps)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enterprise-use-case-mention-and-invite-to-topic-lookups-via-ldap/37908 "2016-01-13T19:56:01Z")
\###Problem We have an enterprise pilot deployment of Discourse with a handful of sites. A significant challenge is that the current Discourse user base of several hundred people doesn’t have an easy means to draw peopl… --- ## [Scripting to trigger "Welcome" email to new users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scripting-to-trigger-welcome-email-to-new-users/37900)
**Author:** [@optimus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/optimus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scripting-to-trigger-welcome-email-to-new-users/37900 "2016-01-13T20:44:43Z")
I’ll be deploying Discourse across a fairly large user base across different departments soon. I will also set up groups in Discourse corresponding to the departments (i.e. IT, Business, etc.) What I’d like to be able to… --- ## [Links without sub-folder path in embedded comments (Continue Discussion and user links)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-without-sub-folder-path-in-embedded-comments-continue-discussion-and-user-links/37836)
**Author:** [@Strikki\_Strik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Strikki_Strik)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-without-sub-folder-path-in-embedded-comments-continue-discussion-and-user-links/37836 "2016-01-13T15:23:15Z")
I’ve just found a bug with combination of embedded comments and sub-folder installation: ‘Continue Discussion’ button and user links does not respect subfolder path. But ‘Start Discussion’ button does respect subfolder… --- ## [Invite notification email is from topic OP author, not inviter](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-notification-email-is-from-topic-op-author-not-inviter/37883)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-notification-email-is-from-topic-op-author-not-inviter/37883 "2016-01-13T14:08:12Z")
When I invite someone to a topic, I expect the notification email to be from me or the forum system user. This appears to not be happening now. The email is sent from the topic OP author. [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1817) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1819)