# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=303 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 304 --- ## [Locale settings of app.yml](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locale-settings-of-app-yml/350815)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 6:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locale-settings-of-app-yml/350815 "2025-02-06T06:26:39Z")
Just relax, my forum is up and running. But I would like to learn. Quite many is using something like this: LANGUAGE = "en\_US.UTF-8", LC\_ALL = "en\_US.UTF-8", LANG = "en\_US.UTF-8" Wouldn’t just LC\_ALL be enough? That i… --- ## [Customize Signup Form (add an intro sentence)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-signup-form-add-an-intro-sentence/350696)
**Author:** [@cogdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cogdog)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-signup-form-add-an-intro-sentence/350696 "2025-02-06T00:34:14Z")
I’m looking for the way to add say a short intro sentence to appear above our community’s signup form. I’ve managed to change the header and even swap the emoji from the standard hand wave I have seen in searching here … --- ## [All User public profiles are hidden?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-user-public-profiles-are-hidden/350766)
**Author:** [@ddsgad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ddsgad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-user-public-profiles-are-hidden/350766 "2025-02-05T23:47:15Z")
I have looked at every single other support topic for hidden public profiles, but cannot find the solution. Every user on our discourse form has the public profiles hidden. There is no option for the user to check anythi… --- ## [Activation Not send](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activation-not-send/349945)
**Author:** [@jannikjbi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jannikjbi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activation-not-send/349945 "2025-02-05T23:44:02Z")
Hi, I recently reinstalled my server with the forum on it and now I’m having problems sending emails to the admin account again, and I looked in the log and there’s nothing there except Processing by FinishInstallationC… --- ## [Happy 12th birthday Discourse and thank you all @team](https://meta.discourse.org/t/happy-12th-birthday-discourse-and-thank-you-all-team/350762)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/happy-12th-birthday-discourse-and-thank-you-all-team/350762 "2025-02-05T23:33:24Z")
Exactly twelve years ago, I was lying in bed, preparing to go to sleep, reading Hacker News on my iPad when I came across the announcement of Discourse on Jeff Atwood’s blog. I immediately got out of bed, visited Meta,… --- ## [Why Are Topics Getting Posted in Private Groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-topics-getting-posted-in-private-groups/350757)
**Author:** [@learningmore](https://meta.discourse.org/u/learningmore)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-topics-getting-posted-in-private-groups/350757 "2025-02-05T23:11:04Z")
Apologies - I did a search but didn’t see answer to this one. We have several private groups. Each group has a private category where they can post topics of interest to the group. We have the perms set up so only each … --- ## [Continuing from topic using standard hosting on another topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-from-topic-using-standard-hosting-on-another-topic/350621)
**Author:** [@kyle987](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kyle987)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-from-topic-using-standard-hosting-on-another-topic/350621 "2025-02-05T23:03:46Z")
Continuing the discussion from Trying discourse and plugins for github: particularly post 9 okay so @NateDhaliwal when I go to set up something on digital ocean it costs money you said you have a different way of doing… --- ## [Launcher upgrade failing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-upgrade-failing/350708)
**Author:** [@rlauriston](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rlauriston)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-upgrade-failing/350708 "2025-02-05T22:18:19Z")
The command that worked last time (Launcher rebuild app fails with "containers/app.yml does not exist" - #6 by pfaffman) is failing. root@sfofood:/var/discourse# ./launcher bootstrap web\_only && ./launcher destroy web\_o… --- ## [Sentiment table is not displaying](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sentiment-table-is-not-displaying/350233)
**Author:** [@Mark07](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark07)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sentiment-table-is-not-displaying/350233 "2025-02-05T21:13:52Z")
Hi everyone, I’m relatively new to the platform and this is my first time posting. I was wondering if anyone else has had any trouble viewing the Sentiment summary table in the analytics dashboard? This is what I’m se… --- ## [Some HTML tags are visible on the delete-user button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-html-tags-are-visible-on-the-delete-user-button/350606)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-html-tags-are-visible-on-the-delete-user-button/350606 "2025-02-05T21:04:01Z")
Running Discourse 3.4.0.beta4-dev (5bc7371192). When deleting a user some HTML tags are visible on the Delete and \block\ this email and IP address button: --- ## [Email sender does not match notification email and I can't figure out why](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-sender-does-not-match-notification-email-and-i-cant-figure-out-why/350667)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-sender-does-not-match-notification-email-and-i-cant-figure-out-why/350667 "2025-02-05T20:42:08Z")
I’m trying to use https://emailit.com/ on a forum that’s been up for 7 years or so (currently using mailgun). Email It is refusing to send because 530 From header does not match MAIL FROM address When I look at the em… --- ## [Set default for custom user-fields](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-default-for-custom-user-fields/350720)
**Author:** [@dubwoc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dubwoc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-default-for-custom-user-fields/350720 "2025-02-05T20:36:11Z")
Is there a way to set a default for a user-field? Effectively I want certain questions to default a certain way, allowing me to make a field required so both new and old users are prompted for it but that is pre-populate… --- ## [My community has been deleted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-community-has-been-deleted/350705)
**Author:** [@pedro.vasconcelos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pedro.vasconcelos)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-community-has-been-deleted/350705 "2025-02-05T19:43:46Z")
Its possible to recover a community? --- ## [Avatar Proxy and CDN Hot-Link Protection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-proxy-and-cdn-hot-link-protection/350525)
**Author:** [@LotusJeff](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LotusJeff)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-proxy-and-cdn-hot-link-protection/350525 "2025-02-05T19:17:27Z")
My Discourse site is image-heavy. Due to the many images, I use a S3/CDN combination to store and serve images. Within the CDN, I use various measures to prevent image hijacking. One of the measures is to stop all direct… --- ## [Handling of attached .log or .txt files](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-of-attached-log-or-txt-files/350697)
**Author:** [@Monk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Monk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-of-attached-log-or-txt-files/350697 "2025-02-05T19:09:12Z")
Since a few weeks, the behavior of our site has changed: Previously, post attachments with a .log or .txt extension would be downloaded or handled as defined in the browser. Now it has changed to opening the files in th… --- ## [User Notification For Unread PM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-notification-for-unread-pm/350535)
**Author:** [@Danny\_Dainton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Danny_Dainton)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-notification-for-unread-pm/350535 "2025-02-05T18:49:43Z")
Hey Folks, I’ve searched around meta and as of yet (I’m still searching) I haven’t found an answer or solution for this - Is there a process or plugin for sending a user a nudge or prompt if they haven’t read a PM in X … --- ## [Failed web Discourse upgrade. Web docker upgrade worked](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-web-discourse-upgrade-web-docker-upgrade-worked/350613)
**Author:** [@GetReadyMan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GetReadyMan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-web-discourse-upgrade-web-docker-upgrade-worked/350613 "2025-02-05T18:47:24Z")
The web version of the Docker update worked, The web version of the Discourse update failed. I reset the failed update, but the web application said the update was in progress. Went to try to update Discourse manually … --- ## [Ratelimit Exceeded when migrating threads and posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ratelimit-exceeded-when-migrating-threads-and-posts/350588)
**Author:** [@Klaas\_Tammling](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Klaas_Tammling)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ratelimit-exceeded-when-migrating-threads-and-posts/350588 "2025-02-05T18:35:08Z")
Hi all, I am currently writing something to migrate a Woltlab (Wbb) Forum to Discourse and I am willing to share it once it is somewhat done. Right now I am more or less successfully migrating categories, forums, users… --- ## [Rebuild fails: Data directory /shared/postgres\_data must not be owned by root](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-fails-data-directory-shared-postgres-data-must-not-be-owned-by-root/350658)
**Author:** [@JamesChevalier](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JamesChevalier)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-fails-data-directory-shared-postgres-data-must-not-be-owned-by-root/350658 "2025-02-05T17:28:20Z")
Apologies ahead of time for some lack of details… I really got myself into it here… If you know a lot about the file permission requirements in /var/discourse/shared/standalone you might be able to skip down to the bott… --- ## ['Mark as read' needed within categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-read-needed-within-categories/94743)
**Author:** [@Beckfield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Beckfield)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-read-needed-within-categories/94743 "2025-02-05T15:48:29Z")
I have read the threads regarding the need for a “Mark as read” button in Discourse, and I vehemently disagree with the stance of the Discourse staff that this function signifies a “cop-out” or “giving up.” It is a conv… --- ## [List of Topics in Slow Mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-topics-in-slow-mode/350650)
**Author:** [@Carleas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Carleas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-topics-in-slow-mode/350650 "2025-02-05T15:45:11Z")
Is there a way to see a list of topics currently in ‘slow mode’? Alternatively, is there a way to see a log of all moderator actions? The ‘Moderator Activity’ report only shows a summary of certain activities group by … --- ## [Error only on my profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-only-on-my-profile/350616)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Sandler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Michael_Sandler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-only-on-my-profile/350616 "2025-02-05T14:49:53Z")
I upgraded my Discourse version today and now I get an 500 error whenever I (Admin) try to go to /u/myusername. The error log trace follows. Can anyone tell me what I have done wrong? app/serializers/user\_serializer.rb:… --- ## [3.4.0.beta4: Redesigned emojis, exporting user data, flagging illegal content and more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-4-0-beta4-redesigned-emojis-exporting-user-data-flagging-illegal-content-and-more/349299)
**Author:** [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-4-0-beta4-redesigned-emojis-exporting-user-data-flagging-illegal-content-and-more/349299 "2025-02-05T14:26:56Z")
New features in 3.4.0.beta4 Redesigned emojis The emoji picker now uses :slightly\_smiling\_face: icon within the composer. When typing out an emoji, selecting one will replace any partially written text. Additionally, the… --- ## [3.3.4: Security and maintenance release](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-3-4-security-and-maintenance-release/349301)
**Author:** [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-3-4-security-and-maintenance-release/349301 "2025-02-05T14:26:22Z")
Discourse 3.3.4 Stable Release Discourse strongly recommends that all sites follow the default tests-passed branch of Discourse. The “stable” branch is more focused on lack of change than lack of bugs - all releases, inc… --- ## [Auto silence regex](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-silence-regex/350609)
**Author:** [@kyle987](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kyle987)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-silence-regex/350609 "2025-02-05T14:24:25Z")
So I have decided to try out discourse’s standard plan on a free trial and I did so in a new window I added some random words to the watched words section and put some as silence then I went and made a second account VIA… --- ## [Trying discourse and plugins for github](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-discourse-and-plugins-for-github/350342)
**Author:** [@kyle987](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kyle987)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-discourse-and-plugins-for-github/350342 "2025-02-05T13:24:49Z")
Hey there I want to try out discourse forum being a moderator not admin I don’t want to be admin on it just mod any ideas on how I can do it. and secondly on GitHub I want to add some plugins but I don’t really underst… --- ## [Site Offline Since Update - pg15 upgrade failed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-offline-since-update-pg15-upgrade-failed/350573)
**Author:** [@Markus\_Moenig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Markus_Moenig)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-offline-since-update-pg15-upgrade-failed/350573 "2025-02-05T12:16:58Z")
Hi, I am doing a self hosted Discourse (a contractor installed it) and updating to the latest beta (via the auto-update) today it said there was an error during update and it all stopped working. Site is offline. What … --- ## [Unpacking Discourse 3.4](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unpacking-discourse-3-4/350472)
**Author:** [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unpacking-discourse-3-4/350472 "2025-02-05T11:54:48Z")
Here at Discourse, we’re always striving to make community management easier. That’s why Discourse 3.4 has introduced a more consistent admin experience, a simplified signup and login flow, mobile app improvements, and A… --- ## [Permanent unread chat Thread indication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permanent-unread-chat-thread-indication/334030)
**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permanent-unread-chat-thread-indication/334030 "2025-02-05T10:54:39Z")
After the latest update (2caf5d79ba), my chat bubble and “My Thread” menu item show a unread indicator, it does this in the top bar, sidebar, and the chat modal itself. There is no unread thread, I’ve clicked them all, … --- ## [Delete user modal shows HTML for delete and block button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-user-modal-shows-html-for-delete-and-block-button/350593)
**Author:** [@fhe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fhe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-user-modal-shows-html-for-delete-and-block-button/350593 "2025-02-05T08:41:22Z")
I’m using 3.5.0.beta1-dev and noticed that the delete user modal shows HTML \block\ for the delete and block button. [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=302) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=304)