# Latest

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=275

[Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md)

**Page:** 276

---

## [How to run code after page has rendered](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-run-code-after-page-has-rendered/358393)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-run-code-after-page-has-rendered/358393 "2025-03-21T22:46:04Z")

</div>

I want to remove the parenthesis from span.category-topics--posts-count (rendered by GitHub - discourse/discourse-right-sidebar-blocks · GitHub). I’m trying this api.onPageChange() call, but it’s not getting any countSpa…

---

## [Add groups to the /about page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-groups-to-the-about-page/334492)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-groups-to-the-about-page/334492 "2025-03-21T22:12:02Z")

</div>

:information\_source: Summary Add more groups to your Discourse /about page :eyeglasses: Preview Theme Creator :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository https://github.com/discourse/discourse-add-groups-to-about-compo…

---

## [Getting all posts in a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-all-posts-in-a-topic/358385)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@tyler.lamparter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyler.lamparter)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-all-posts-in-a-topic/358385 "2025-03-21T20:26:09Z")

</div>

In case anyone else is wondering, the get a single topic API supports pagination by using a page parameter. It starts at 1 and returns a 404 when there are no more pages. I needed this to get all posts for a given topic,…

---

## [Top traffic sources by topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-traffic-sources-by-topic/237436)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@balboah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/balboah)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-traffic-sources-by-topic/237436 "2025-03-21T19:09:09Z")

</div>

I tried to find stats for which are the top traffic source a.k.a. referral traffic for a particular topic which got more attention than other topics. I could only find generic top source for all topics as a whole. Is th…

---

## [Referencing Discourse theme color variables in custom theme component?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/referencing-discourse-theme-color-variables-in-custom-theme-component/358352)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/referencing-discourse-theme-color-variables-in-custom-theme-component/358352 "2025-03-21T17:50:05Z")

</div>

Is it possible to access Discourse theme color variables in my own theme component? I’m trying to use variables like --secondary in my CSS and it doesn’t seem to be working.

---

## [Invitation Links are Only Working for Non-existing Users & Breaking Our Current Implementation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-links-are-only-working-for-non-existing-users-breaking-our-current-implementation/357108)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@gassim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gassim)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-links-are-only-working-for-non-existing-users-breaking-our-current-implementation/357108 "2025-03-21T17:28:32Z")

</div>

Hi Previously, this bug issue was reported (Logged in users have no way to navigate back after using a redeemed invitation link) and the problem was that existing users would no longer be able to access the ‘Arrive at t…

---

## [Looking for a Developer to set up new community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-developer-to-set-up-new-community/356978)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Author](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Author)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-developer-to-set-up-new-community/356978 "2025-03-21T17:10:43Z")

</div>

What would you like done? Need developer help to set up a new community of investors who can share (via pdf attachment) investment opportunities amongst themselves. When do you need it done? I am ready to get get going …

---

## [Configuring group notifications for a private category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-group-notifications-for-a-private-category/96424)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-group-notifications-for-a-private-category/96424 "2025-03-21T16:57:21Z")

</div>

:bookmark: This guide explains how to set up a group to receive notifications and emails for a private category in Discourse. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Administrator This guide will walk you through …

---

## [Template Overrides Removal - Can someone explain?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/template-overrides-removal-can-someone-explain/356714)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Damian\_Boon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Damian_Boon)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/template-overrides-removal-can-someone-explain/356714 "2025-03-21T16:50:21Z")

</div>

We have started receiving this error for the Reddit-ish theme Basically we have saved the theme from the backend and re-uploaded with the same name so we can edit the CSS. Does this mean we won’t be able to do that …

---

## [Multisite DiscourseConnect provider avatar bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-discourseconnect-provider-avatar-bug/356599)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-discourseconnect-provider-avatar-bug/356599 "2025-03-21T14:54:28Z")

</div>

Issue DiscourseConnect Provider returns incorrect URL for user\_avatar in payload in multisite environment. When DiscourseConnect is acting as a provider, it returns the avatar\_url in a form that is missing the ‘upload…

---

## [Discourse for non-tech communities?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-non-tech-communities/356352)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Mira\_Iranpour](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mira_Iranpour)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-non-tech-communities/356352 "2025-03-18T08:02:22Z")

</div>

Hi I was wondering if anyone is using discourse for a non-tech audience? most of discourse case uses I’ve seen were tech related and the ones i have seen were most in the form of support and problem solving. i was also …

---

## [How to follow a user and get notifications for this specific user?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-follow-a-user-and-get-notifications-for-this-specific-user/69928)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-follow-a-user-and-get-notifications-for-this-specific-user/69928 "2025-03-21T13:32:30Z")

</div>

I searched but couldn’t find an answer to this specifically… Is there a way to get a notification (email, desktop) for a specific user? I know you can suppress specific users…

---

## [Breaking translation in ‘capybara’ step in Discobot (Simplified Chinese)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/breaking-translation-in-capybara-step-in-discobot-simplified-chinese/312252)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@th21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/th21)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/breaking-translation-in-capybara-step-in-discobot-simplified-chinese/312252 "2025-03-21T12:53:24Z")

</div>

A user called scavin on crowdin add wrong translation to the discourse bot tutorial (here) Which prevent every new user from finish the tutorial :dizzy\_face: I already report it on crowdin. Is there anyway we can do t…

---

## [Mark post as read on email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-post-as-read-on-email/90947)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@LeoMcA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LeoMcA)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-post-as-read-on-email/90947 "2025-03-21T11:20:48Z")

</div>

https://github.com/mozilla/discourse-post-read-email Once installed, when users head to the email section of their preferences, they should see a new preference: Enabling this means that whenever they’re emailed abou…

---

## [Notifications for a message we don't have access anymore are empty](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-for-a-message-we-dont-have-access-anymore-are-empty/358301)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-for-a-message-we-dont-have-access-anymore-are-empty/358301 "2025-03-21T10:13:19Z")

</div>

Well, I can’t verify the reason for which the notification is empty because it’s… Empty, but I think it’s the reason. From /my/notifications: The icon doesn’t show up and there’s a missing title attribute. HTML …

---

## [Sub-subcategory issues?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sub-subcategory-issues/358291)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sub-subcategory-issues/358291 "2025-03-21T08:20:07Z")

</div>

My forum really benefits from sub-subcategories (and sometimes deeper than that, but sub-subcategories would already be good enough). I saw that it can be done here: https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-subcategories…

---

## [Reply Quotes No Longer Appearing Automatically](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-quotes-no-longer-appearing-automatically/358269)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@NoseBuzz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NoseBuzz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-quotes-no-longer-appearing-automatically/358269 "2025-03-21T04:40:48Z")

</div>

Hi, I’ve noticed that when replying to a specific post, Discourse no longer automatically includes a quote of that post above my reply. Previously, the original post would appear as a quoted section in the reply, but no…

---

## [Masking User Emails/Contact Info](https://meta.discourse.org/t/masking-user-emails-contact-info/358172)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Justin\_Gonzalez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justin_Gonzalez)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/masking-user-emails-contact-info/358172 "2025-03-21T03:26:20Z")

</div>

Does Discourse have the ability to mask a user’s contact information when they make it public? In other words, if a user shares their email address or phone number in a public topic, what are the best practices to ensure…

---

## [Issues with restoring backup to discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-restoring-backup-to-discourse/357885)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Struggling\_User](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Struggling_User)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-restoring-backup-to-discourse/357885 "2025-03-21T02:48:33Z")

</div>

Hi all. I’m having issues with restoring a backup to my discourse server. I attempted to post the log file but it won’t allow new users to upload files and when K attempt to post the code in this thread it says it’s 4…

---

## [Unable to restore from S3 backup - Fails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-restore-from-s3-backup-fails/358243)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@TehLeo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TehLeo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-restore-from-s3-backup-fails/358243 "2025-03-20T23:49:27Z")

</div>

I’m unable to restore from a S3 Backup of Discourse. Steps to reproduce: Have a Backup of Discourse on S3. Setup a fresh install of Discourse. Create admin account. Connect Discourse to S3 Locate the Discourse backup …

---

## [Promoting a User to Admin or Moderator Status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/promoting-a-user-to-admin-or-moderator-status/284754)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/promoting-a-user-to-admin-or-moderator-status/284754 "2025-03-20T22:14:32Z")

</div>

:discourse: This is a how-to guide intended to help existing site admins understand how to promote a user to admin or moderator status through Discourse. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Administrator Admin…

---

## [Add Text In Header Beside Logo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-text-in-header-beside-logo/162670)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@dfuentes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfuentes)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-text-in-header-beside-logo/162670 "2025-03-20T21:04:24Z")

</div>

I’m new to discourse, so I apologize if this is something that is easily done, however, I can’t seem to find where I can define the text that I want to appear beside our logo in the header of our discourse page. Within …

---

## [Create users through API using explicit user ids](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-users-through-api-using-explicit-user-ids/182078)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@vagosduke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vagosduke)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-users-through-api-using-explicit-user-ids/182078 "2021-03-04T21:24:08Z")

</div>

Hello, I’ve been using Discourse API and OAuth2 plugin to migrate and log-in users from my own SSO service to a private Discourse installation. So far, I’ve managed to programmatically migrate all SSO users to discourse …

---

## [Add date range filter to staff action log export](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-date-range-filter-to-staff-action-log-export/358195)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-date-range-filter-to-staff-action-log-export/358195 "2025-03-20T19:22:36Z")

</div>

I have a feature request! I’d like to be able to export the staff action log and only need entries from the last year. Currently the export includes the entire staff action log going back to the beginning of the site’s …

---

## [Category or tag autocompletion lacks a trailing space](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-or-tag-autocompletion-lacks-a-trailing-space/358209)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-or-tag-autocompletion-lacks-a-trailing-space/358209 "2025-03-20T19:08:15Z")

</div>

A gif is better than a long explanation :slight\_smile:

---

## [A recaptcha plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-recaptcha-plugin/358118)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@trusktr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trusktr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-recaptcha-plugin/358118 "2025-03-20T18:31:51Z")

</div>

I keep getting a bunch of signups, and they post jibberish posts (often meaningly random junk) that go to my review queue taking my time and DB space. Is there something we can do? Maybe recaptcha will help? For example…

---

## [Switching between chat channels very cumbersome, is it just me?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-between-chat-channels-very-cumbersome-is-it-just-me/358141)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@cultiv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cultiv)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-between-chat-channels-very-cumbersome-is-it-just-me/358141 "2025-03-20T18:21:35Z")

</div>

I have searched high and low here and I can’t figure out if it’s just me who has this problem: I created 2 chat channels for private categories on my forum In the small chat (bottom-right) I can choose between the chan…

---

## [Looking for help posting automating data explorer reports to my forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-help-posting-automating-data-explorer-reports-to-my-forum/355265)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@hmmmnotsure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hmmmnotsure)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-help-posting-automating-data-explorer-reports-to-my-forum/355265 "2025-03-20T18:09:42Z")

</div>

I am looking for a way to schedule some of the existing reports i.e. pageviews, posts, signups, visits etc, so the data gets PM’d to a group as a csv every week. But I’m not sure how to do that. Besides, when i tried to…

---

## [Topic List Excerpts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-excerpts/151520)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-excerpts/151520 "2025-03-20T17:12:48Z")

</div>

:discourse2: Summary Topic List Excerpts allows you to enable excerpts for unpinned topics (by default, Discourse only displays topic excerpts for pinned topics). :eyeglasses: Preview Preview on Discourse T…

---

## [FYI: Cloudflare AI Labyrinth](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fyi-cloudflare-ai-labyrinth/358181)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fyi-cloudflare-ai-labyrinth/358181 "2025-03-20T16:27:39Z")

</div>

FYI Saw this noted on Hacker News Trapping misbehaving bots in an AI Labyrinth A new mitigation approach that uses AI-generated content to slow down, confuse, and waste the resources of AI Crawlers and other bots tha…

[Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=274)

[Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=276)
