# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1841&period=day [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1842 --- ## [Exception during restore: EXCEPTION: undefined method \`\[\]' for nil:NilClass](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exception-during-restore-exception-undefined-method-for-nil-nilclass/34019)
**Author:** [@ckamps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckamps)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exception-during-restore-exception-undefined-method-for-nil-nilclass/34019 "2015-10-02T19:02:35Z")
Although I saw a topic with the same symptom, the resulting posts didn’t appear to align with our circumstances. When restoring a backup tar.gz from one Discourse instance to another, we received this error: As part… --- ## [Is it necessarry to rebuild discourse docker image for developer mail ID correction?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-necessarry-to-rebuild-discourse-docker-image-for-developer-mail-id-correction/34009)
**Author:** [@shijil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shijil)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-necessarry-to-rebuild-discourse-docker-image-for-developer-mail-id-correction/34009 "2015-10-01T22:10:24Z")
Part of implementing discourse I have configured app.yml file as per the instruction from github page. Discourse is working fine. However Later I realized that there was spelling mistake in mail id that I provided and I … --- ## [Daily graph of user time online](https://meta.discourse.org/t/daily-graph-of-user-time-online/33965)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/daily-graph-of-user-time-online/33965 "2015-10-01T19:19:05Z")
I’m using Discourse as a platform for online instruction. It would be helpful if I could get data that showed the activity stats available at /admin/users/list/active for the last X days. Is there an easy way to get that… --- ## [Adding Canonical Redirects for SEO Optimization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-canonical-redirects-for-seo-optimization/25547)
**Author:** [@adrian2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adrian2)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-canonical-redirects-for-seo-optimization/25547 "2015-10-01T12:46:33Z")
I apologize if there is an easy solution to this problem but I have searched this forum to no avail. I am trying to optimize our new Discourse forum for SEO, and it seems that multiple pages containing duplicate content … --- ## [Best way to link to an 'in-category' search?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-link-to-an-in-category-search/33983)
**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-link-to-an-in-category-search/33983 "2015-10-01T12:30:52Z")
Hi, We’d like to help our users search in our support forum by including a link or search field in a sticky message. I’ve tried using a link that contains the ‘category:’ filter, like: http://forum.sketchfab.com/search… --- ## [Wordpress integration issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-integration-issue/33897)
**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-integration-issue/33897 "2015-09-30T21:30:46Z")
Hello, I’ve got the following error: Warning: First parameter must either be an object or the name of an existing class in /www/htdocs/w011e2a4/webdata/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/wp-discourse-0.6.6/lib/discourse.php… --- ## [Old domain stealing google ranking](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-domain-stealing-google-ranking/33971)
**Author:** [@Erik\_Manger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Erik_Manger)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-domain-stealing-google-ranking/33971 "2015-09-30T20:43:13Z")
Hi, My Digital Ocean server was previously owned by a hockey team and their domain is still pointing to the DNS. Basically, Google is ranking their domain as my site and my site isn’t getting as good of ranking. How c… --- ## [Phpbb import: no users imported](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-import-no-users-imported/33873)
**Author:** [@ntadej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ntadej)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-import-no-users-imported/33873 "2015-09-30T16:02:22Z")
I’m trying to import phpbb forum to discourse. I followed instructions here running development version on mac and stable branch. No users were imported (without any warnings or errors on import users step). --- ## [Are only views from registered users counted?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-only-views-from-registered-users-counted/33947)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-only-views-from-registered-users-counted/33947 "2015-09-30T14:37:18Z")
I tried opening a newly created topic from my mobile phone that is not connected through wifi used by the topic creator. I then waited for a few minutes and updated the topics list, but the counter did not increase. Now… --- ## [Issues with sending initial verification email on DigitalOcean](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-sending-initial-verification-email-on-digitalocean/33896)
**Author:** [@jennjenn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jennjenn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2015, 8:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-sending-initial-verification-email-on-digitalocean/33896 "2015-09-30T08:48:27Z")
This is less of an issue and more of a summary of what I just spent the last 2 hours trying to debug - hopefully it’ll save you some time! I followed the instructions to a T for installing Discourse on DO. Booted it up … --- ## [How to connect two independently written topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-connect-two-independently-written-topics/33874)
**Author:** [@Mohit\_Gupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mohit_Gupta)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-connect-two-independently-written-topics/33874 "2015-09-30T05:15:08Z")
I want to connect two independently written topics so that the link for each topic appear in the list of reply as linked topic list for the other topic.But the link for the other topic must must not appear in the body of… --- ## [Per-Category email footers?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-email-footers/33886)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-email-footers/33886 "2015-09-29T21:15:54Z")
I’m trying to encourage more usage of the forum, and am running into an age-old problem.. people don’t know where to send an email to start a thread. We’re able to put a custom email address for a given Category, I’d re… --- ## [Missing preview and toolbar when messaging a user via Admin Preferences](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-preview-and-toolbar-when-messaging-a-user-via-admin-preferences/33858)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-preview-and-toolbar-when-messaging-a-user-via-admin-preferences/33858 "2015-09-29T18:22:09Z")
Continuing the discussion from Composing a message while on a user's preference page does not work: Repro steps: Be logged in as admin In a user’s profile, click Preferences, then Message The toolbar will be empty, … --- ## [Edit of rebaked post doesn't show in HTML; only in raw](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-of-rebaked-post-doesnt-show-in-html-only-in-raw/33815)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-of-rebaked-post-doesnt-show-in-html-only-in-raw/33815 "2015-09-29T16:51:58Z")
I’ve just run into a very odd issue. I’ve edited this post as an admin, and after saving, none of my changes show up in the HTML! The HTML diff doesn’t show any difference. The markdown/raw diff correctly shows the c… --- ## [Email security/obscurity for moderators is inconsistent](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-security-obscurity-for-moderators-is-inconsistent/33837)
**Author:** [@calmh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/calmh)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-security-obscurity-for-moderators-is-inconsistent/33837 "2015-09-29T16:38:33Z")
The user list hides emails (except for self, obscured), has a button to show them, and pressing that logs a “viewed email” event for each user on the page (I think - I didn’t actually try this on my instance). Howeve… --- ## [MyBB importer script failing at creating users stage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-importer-script-failing-at-creating-users-stage/33828)
**Author:** [@SentinelX101](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SentinelX101)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2015, 6:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mybb-importer-script-failing-at-creating-users-stage/33828 "2015-09-29T06:54:07Z")
When running the mybb.rb importer script I get the following error. loading existing groups... loading existing users... loading existing categories... loading existing posts... loading existing topics... creating user… --- ## [Upgrade failed due to process terminating](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failed-due-to-process-terminating/33646)
**Author:** [@shadowhand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shadowhand)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failed-due-to-process-terminating/33646 "2015-09-29T00:18:37Z")
Today after several months of not upgrading, I upgraded docker manager successfully and then tried to upgrade docker, which failed during bundling. I tried to rebuild the container using ./launcher rebuild app but it fai… --- ## [Google Chrome PC displays mobile view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-chrome-pc-displays-mobile-view/33805)
**Author:** [@evansakanno](https://meta.discourse.org/u/evansakanno)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-chrome-pc-displays-mobile-view/33805 "2015-09-28T23:59:29Z")
Hello, please my pc browser - Google Chrome forces Discourse into displaying the mobile view? Like http://chat.zegist.com?mobile=1 --- ## [Unable to set show\_logout\_in\_header in app.yml](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-set-show-logout-in-header-in-app-yml/33814)
**Author:** [@ckamps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckamps)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-set-show-logout-in-header-in-app-yml/33814 "2015-09-28T23:58:01Z")
I have been able to set quite a few site settings in the app.yml using the following approach: # "Basic Setup" section - exec: rails r "SiteSetting.fixed\_category\_positions='true'" - exec: rails r "SiteSetting.enable\_wh… --- ## [Emoji in topic names 😛💜🍦](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-in-topic-names/33852)
**Author:** [@gmanjapan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gmanjapan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-in-topic-names/33852 "2015-09-28T20:55:35Z")
\#UPDATE Turns out this a bug in Chrome not in Discourse. It works in Firefox and Safari Relevant chrome bug I see similar topics but I’m not sure this is the same thing. I put real unicode emoji in the topic name (n… --- ## [Implementation wrong for min first post length?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/implementation-wrong-for-min-first-post-length/33760)
**Author:** [@rlauriston](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rlauriston)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/implementation-wrong-for-min-first-post-length/33760 "2015-09-28T16:28:21Z")
I expected that min first post length would affect only the first post in a topic and min post length would affect all the replies. Instead, min first post length affects the first post and any replies to that post. Th… --- ## [Welcome / About Message on a Category Page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-about-message-on-a-category-page/33447)
**Author:** [@JeffreyKeefer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JeffreyKeefer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-about-message-on-a-category-page/33447 "2015-09-28T15:58:13Z")
We are starting our forum discussions in October though want people to be able to see the 5 we have scheduled. Right now we are sending people to our Category page, as that seems to be the only place where people can see… --- ## [Backups link on dashboard should not be accessible to moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-link-on-dashboard-should-not-be-accessible-to-moderators/33839)
**Author:** [@calmh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/calmh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-link-on-dashboard-should-not-be-accessible-to-moderators/33839 "2015-09-28T14:51:34Z")
Continuing the discussion from Plugins admin section shows actions not available for moderators: The backups link on the dashboard suffers from the same fate. (Yep, I’m clicking through the interface after having de… --- ## [Plugins admin section shows actions not available for moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugins-admin-section-shows-actions-not-available-for-moderators/33836)
**Author:** [@calmh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/calmh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugins-admin-section-shows-actions-not-available-for-moderators/33836 "2015-09-28T14:24:19Z")
Continuing the discussion from Plugins admin section is shown to moderators: I’m not sure if this is a regression since the fixes mentioned in that thread or something separate, but: The circled controls all lead to… --- ## [Defaulting to discourse.org CDN for avatars is a privacy and security risk](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defaulting-to-discourse-org-cdn-for-avatars-is-a-privacy-and-security-risk/33731)
**Author:** [@konklone](https://meta.discourse.org/u/konklone)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defaulting-to-discourse-org-cdn-for-avatars-is-a-privacy-and-security-risk/33731 "2015-09-28T12:39:22Z")
Discourse 1.4 defaults to serving “letter” avatars from avatars.discourse.org, to speed things up by default and take advantage of global caching. Unfortunately, this also means that Discourse’s servers learn about the … --- ## [Error when importing from Vanilla](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-importing-from-vanilla/33716)
**Author:** [@huulbaek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/huulbaek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 10:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-importing-from-vanilla/33716 "2015-09-28T10:06:05Z")
So, I am trying my very best to import a ExpressionEngine forum to Discourse. I rewrote some of the Vanilla Porter to make it work with our version of ExpressionEngine (1.6.9) and got the 1.3gb CSV file. But, when finall… --- ## ["\[en.topic\_count\_all\] Click to show" being shown as-is instead of actual counter in category top list (v1.5.0.beta1)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/en-topic-count-all-click-to-show-being-shown-as-is-instead-of-actual-counter-in-category-top-list-v1-5-0-beta1/33793)
**Author:** [@Fabio\_Machado\_de\_Oli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fabio_Machado_de_Oli)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 10:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/en-topic-count-all-click-to-show-being-shown-as-is-instead-of-actual-counter-in-category-top-list-v1-5-0-beta1/33793 "2015-09-28T10:04:04Z")
--- ## [Minor UX suggestion: don't display "Profile" tooltip when hovering over "Profile"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-ux-suggestion-dont-display-profile-tooltip-when-hovering-over-profile/33816)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 6:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-ux-suggestion-dont-display-profile-tooltip-when-hovering-over-profile/33816 "2015-09-28T06:40:23Z")
It would still be useful to have the tooltip for the profile icon. --- ## [Moving a Whisper Post as a New Topic produces unviewable/unclearable topic for users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-whisper-post-as-a-new-topic-produces-unviewable-unclearable-topic-for-users/33809)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-whisper-post-as-a-new-topic-produces-unviewable-unclearable-topic-for-users/33809 "2015-09-27T22:10:58Z")
Okay, so I’m torn on this being a bug report, as it is just odd steps to take, so I leave the classification up to you. Repo Steps: Create a regular topic as a staff member Reply using a Whisper Post Use the wrench to… --- ## [Replacing shortened URLs by original](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replacing-shortened-urls-by-original/33797)
**Author:** [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replacing-shortened-urls-by-original/33797 "2015-09-27T21:27:19Z")
Hi, On my forum, members are frequently using short URLs in their posts (t.co, bit.ly…). I think it’s a problem for some reasons: Readers can’t see the real URL The clicks counter is reseted when an admin replace the … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1840&period=day) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1842&period=day)