# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=198 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 199 --- ## [An admin API for AI web artifact creation and editing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-admin-api-for-ai-web-artifact-creation-and-editing/371297)
**Author:** [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-admin-api-for-ai-web-artifact-creation-and-editing/371297 "2025-08-14T01:15:36Z")
As per this discussion, it seems like many admins would be ecstatic to have an interface or an admin API which allows them to manually create and edit artifacts. Currently the only way to create/edit any artifacts is … --- ## [How can I minimize the discourse Docker image size?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-minimize-the-discourse-docker-image-size/378249)
**Author:** [@harishg33](https://meta.discourse.org/u/harishg33)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-minimize-the-discourse-docker-image-size/378249 "2025-08-14T00:06:08Z")
Hi All, We had to build a discourse image for deployment in our K8s cluster, which has some restrictions like no open internet access etc. The forum is meant to be internal, so no issues there. To acheive this, I follow… --- ## [How to hide just names and usernames for anonymous users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-hide-just-names-and-usernames-for-anonymous-users/331542)
**Author:** [@wisedesk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wisedesk)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-hide-just-names-and-usernames-for-anonymous-users/331542 "2025-08-13T23:37:05Z")
We have a new forum from migrated content (with several years of conversations) and are struggling with how to balance public visibility with privacy. Can we hide all user names / usernames unless people are logged in? … --- ## [New header dropdown / notification menu styles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-header-dropdown-notification-menu-styles/369574)
**Author:** [@jordan.vidrine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan.vidrine)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-header-dropdown-notification-menu-styles/369574 "2025-08-13T23:36:18Z")
This is merged → UX: Notification panel update by jordanvidrine · Pull Request #33795 · discourse/discourse · GitHub UPDATE: This is now active on meta for all users Summary Experiment for a new look & style for head… --- ## [Confusing spam threshold host error message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusing-spam-threshold-host-error-message/178332)
**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusing-spam-threshold-host-error-message/178332 "2025-08-13T23:20:17Z")
I’m posting this here because it’s something that had me puzzled for a while. When a new user creates multiple posts that contain links to the same domain, all of their posts may be hidden due to the newuser spam host th… --- ## [AI-bot header button title doesn't always match its action](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-bot-header-button-title-doesnt-always-match-its-action/377402)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-bot-header-button-title-doesnt-always-match-its-action/377402 "2025-08-13T23:05:32Z")
When you click on the bot icon in the header to start a new conversation, the icon is changed because then the button takes you back to the forum. But the text on hover still says “Start a PM with an AI bot”. --- ## [Change AI Bot Icon to Link Element](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-ai-bot-icon-to-link-element/377435)
**Author:** [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-ai-bot-icon-to-link-element/377435 "2025-08-13T23:01:12Z")
The AI bot icon in the header is implemented as a button element. Since the AI bot now navigates to a dedicated page rather than opening a modal, please convert the AI bot icon to a standard link (\ element) like the c… --- ## [Just published some how-to videos to help users get started with two-factor (2FA) authentication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/just-published-some-how-to-videos-to-help-users-get-started-with-two-factor-2fa-authentication/312763)
**Author:** [@flickeringbytes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/flickeringbytes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/just-published-some-how-to-videos-to-help-users-get-started-with-two-factor-2fa-authentication/312763 "2025-08-13T21:37:58Z")
Hi! I’m hosting a private Discourse for a small community. Security is important so I opted to enforce 2FA login on the site. Naturally, 2FA can be unfamiliar to people and onboarding people have been a bit tricky. I r… --- ## [Seeking Advice: making a discourse forum hyper local](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-advice-making-a-discourse-forum-hyper-local/372838)
**Author:** [@Quinirynilin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quinirynilin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-advice-making-a-discourse-forum-hyper-local/372838 "2025-08-13T20:12:43Z")
Hello there. I’m very new here, and new to sysadmin and all back end stuff in general. I’m basically here because i’m trying to create a Forum, centered around the theme of building a “Solidarity Economy” &/or a “co-op… --- ## [Can't type a specific color in the category text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-type-a-specific-color-in-the-category-text/375839)
**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-type-a-specific-color-in-the-category-text/375839 "2025-08-13T15:20:31Z")
I was trying to type f2f2f2, but I can only type f2. The moment I try to type the second f (like f2f) it reverts to ff22ff automatically. This happens on both the Color and Text Color when trying to create a new catego… --- ## [Event Participation Buttons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-participation-buttons/374240)
**Author:** [@comintel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/comintel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-participation-buttons/374240 "2025-08-13T14:45:04Z")
It would be wonderful if people RSVPing for Events could be given some way to indicate whether they are going in person or attending via Zoom. Our meetings attract up to 40 people in person, and people can also attend v… --- ## [Graceful Theme (Mobile): Missing vertical category color bars](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graceful-theme-mobile-missing-vertical-category-color-bars/364737)
**Author:** [@danvanmoll](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danvanmoll)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/graceful-theme-mobile-missing-vertical-category-color-bars/364737 "2025-08-13T14:16:15Z")
Hello! The vertical colored bars that show next to a category are missing in the mobile version of this template. I’ve added a screenshot of a forum that actually has them in this thread: Some user pointed to part of… --- ## [Discord Login Configuration Issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discord-login-configuration-issues/376268)
**Author:** [@kcahtoor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kcahtoor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discord-login-configuration-issues/376268 "2025-08-13T12:33:22Z")
I’m currently configuring Discord login for my platform. I followed the \[configuration guide\](Configure Discord Login for Discourse), but I’m encountering two errors. These occur regardless of whether the user clicks sig… --- ## [Customize User Cards](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-user-cards/239819)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-user-cards/239819 "2025-08-13T11:05:47Z")
:bookmark: This guide describes how to customize whether and how user cards are displayed on Discourse, including adding custom fields and hiding user profiles. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Administrator … --- ## [Password settings: "changing this may have far-reaching or unintended consequences for your site"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/password-settings-changing-this-may-have-far-reaching-or-unintended-consequences-for-your-site/378412)
**Author:** [@BernardPaulus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BernardPaulus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 10:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/password-settings-changing-this-may-have-far-reaching-or-unintended-consequences-for-your-site/378412 "2025-08-13T10:33:00Z")
Dear Discourse Community, On our self-hosted instance of Discourse, we’d like to increase the minimal count of unique characters, but we are faced with this scary warning: Does this warning imply anything else than: … --- ## [What is the best way to deal with recurrent email-in spam?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-deal-with-recurrent-email-in-spam/378380)
**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-deal-with-recurrent-email-in-spam/378380 "2025-08-13T10:08:59Z")
On one of my sites, we’ve got persistent spam/phishing coming in from a single source which I’m struggling to prevent. It gets in via an email-in to a group inbox. It uses a different email and IP address each time, but… --- ## [Where to give feedback about ask.discourse.org?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-give-feedback-about-ask-discourse-org/378395)
**Author:** [@one1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/one1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-give-feedback-about-ask-discourse-org/378395 "2025-08-13T09:00:55Z")
Is there a thread or category where we can offer feeback on the results given by ask.discourse.com? For example, I asked it, “when a moderator rejects a flag, does the post get unhidden” and it gave me general informati… --- ## [Custom javascript gets only applied after refresh, creating categories for location plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-javascript-gets-only-applied-after-refresh-creating-categories-for-location-plugin/378365)
**Author:** [@opcourdis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/opcourdis)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 3:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-javascript-gets-only-applied-after-refresh-creating-categories-for-location-plugin/378365 "2025-08-13T03:20:47Z")
Hi, The below script shows in the location plugin the tooltip permanently and give them colors to sort them according to their type(events, venues, etc), I’m working on a legend and maybe a filter. The situation is tha… --- ## [Building a practitioner directory or category in a community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-a-practitioner-directory-or-category-in-a-community/378314)
**Author:** [@cezzitall\_oasis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cezzitall_oasis)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-a-practitioner-directory-or-category-in-a-community/378314 "2025-08-13T02:33:09Z")
I searched and did not find an answer it may be my vocabulary is limiting my results. For the community I am helping build we would like a category of SMEs or providers. to facilitate intake we would like to use a fo… --- ## [User Group Posts/Reply Activity Report](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-group-posts-reply-activity-report/378312)
**Author:** [@megandy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/megandy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-group-posts-reply-activity-report/378312 "2025-08-13T02:28:37Z")
Hi! Is there a way to generate a report based on the number of replies/posts created by a user group? I did try looking for answers and exploring the native reports to no avail. I do not have a Data Explorer , so I’m not… --- ## [Rich text editor breaks Text Replacement feature on Apple platforms](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-text-editor-breaks-text-replacement-feature-on-apple-platforms/378316)
**Author:** [@rjmccall](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rjmccall)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-text-editor-breaks-text-replacement-feature-on-apple-platforms/378316 "2025-08-13T00:24:50Z")
The forums I moderate recently switched to using the new rich text editor, and I immediately noticed that it seems to (somewhat) break OS text replacement features, such as General \> Keyboards \> Text Replacement on iOS. … --- ## [Unexpected error in Discourse Plugin CI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-error-in-discourse-plugin-ci/378165)
**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-error-in-discourse-plugin-ci/378165 "2025-08-13T00:07:32Z")
UPDATE: @NateDhaliwal rightfully points out my accessing the DB in after\_initializer may break the rules - I was just lucky for a long time. I’m going to make some changes. I’m getting: ActiveRecord::NoDatabaseError: … --- ## [Bad inline onebox title for Spotify album shares](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bad-inline-onebox-title-for-spotify-album-shares/377753)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bad-inline-onebox-title-for-spotify-album-shares/377753 "2025-08-12T22:04:59Z")
The title for an inline onebox is bad (not that I’m saying it’s our fault): Inline: Spotify source: https://open.spotify.com/album/1nrWysWdrgPR0kBJ45z2aS?si=FurcwGpfSrWJBPGwKeCvDQ Inline: https://open.spotify.com/a… --- ## [Front End Route](https://meta.discourse.org/t/front-end-route/378346)
**Author:** [@itd-john](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itd-john)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/front-end-route/378346 "2025-08-12T22:04:49Z")
jb-test.zip (526.6 KB) Hi All! I’ve got the back end route working in this example but, I’m not able to figure out the pattern for connecting the front-end. If someone has an extra second, I would appreciate a set of ey… --- ## [Site setting "view change history" button and touch devices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-view-change-history-button-and-touch-devices/377399)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-view-change-history-button-and-touch-devices/377399 "2025-08-12T21:46:11Z")
Where I just mentioned the view history button on site settings in another topic. It is very difficult to discover on the tablet (and phone), but all the easier to accidentally click while trying to select the text for c… --- ## [AI Citations - Does Discourse allow AI bot crawling?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-citations-does-discourse-allow-ai-bot-crawling/377819)
**Author:** [@abrambailey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abrambailey)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-citations-does-discourse-allow-ai-bot-crawling/377819 "2025-08-12T19:44:55Z")
I was looking at our forum in ahrefs which reports on “AI Citations” and saw this: I checked in my settings and found this: Does anyone in here have experience with this? Does throttling the bots mean they don’t … --- ## [Plugin for Avatar Decorations?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-avatar-decorations/378300)
**Author:** [@Headless](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Headless)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-for-avatar-decorations/378300 "2025-08-12T17:30:02Z")
Is there any plugin or feature that gives Avatar Decorations similar to how Discord does it, where a GIF can be overlayed or behind the profile picture? It does not need to even be a GIF; just something that puts some ty… --- ## [How can I hide all subcategories from homepage?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-hide-all-subcategories-from-homepage/254527)
**Author:** [@boospy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/boospy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-hide-all-subcategories-from-homepage/254527 "2025-08-12T17:00:30Z")
Hello all, i’am search for “how can i hide all subcategories from homepage”. I would like this to do because we have now over 50 subcategories, and it becomes very long to scroll down. Is there a way to hide this subcat… --- ## [New User Tutorial](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-tutorial/378269)
**Author:** [@Salama](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Salama)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-tutorial/378269 "2025-08-12T11:19:08Z")
Before I ask, did you search first? Press :magnifying\_glass\_tilted\_left: at the upper right to search. Hi All, I need guidance on how to start my first tutorial with Discobot. I got my first trust level 1. I do repl… --- ## [Certain Youtube videos aren't embeddable on my site but they are here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/certain-youtube-videos-arent-embeddable-on-my-site-but-they-are-here/378088)
**Author:** [@Kartoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kartoon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/certain-youtube-videos-arent-embeddable-on-my-site-but-they-are-here/378088 "2025-08-12T10:31:22Z")
Ok I just made a topic where I thought it was a Reddit vs. Discourse thing and I was trying to understand, however when I posted the video that wasn’t embedding on my site on this site It embedded complete… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=197) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=199)