# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=440 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 441 --- ## [Is there an api to set the primary group for a user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-api-to-set-the-primary-group-for-a-user/309611)
**Author:** [@Onlyanegg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Onlyanegg)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-api-to-set-the-primary-group-for-a-user/309611 "2024-06-11T08:40:17Z")
Ideally I’d like to set the primary group when I invite a user to be the group I’m adding in the invite, but I don’t see a way to do that. Is there any way via the api to set the primary group for a user? Cheers --- ## [Insert code Bing search and Yandex search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-code-bing-search-and-yandex-search/311528)
**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 7:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-code-bing-search-and-yandex-search/311528 "2024-06-11T07:46:59Z")
I remember that discourse previously supported installing search codes for Google, Yandex and Bing search,… but today I no longer see it in the settings? How can I connect to Bing search? --- ## [Could someone help explain the bug severity chart and numbers?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-someone-help-explain-the-bug-severity-chart-and-numbers/311513)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 5:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-someone-help-explain-the-bug-severity-chart-and-numbers/311513 "2024-06-11T05:50:50Z")
Hi everyone, I was wondering, what are the numbers and arrows on this post? Could someone enlighten me on its meaning? Thanks! --- ## [Writing effective how-to documentation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/writing-effective-how-to-documentation/178575)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/writing-effective-how-to-documentation/178575 "2021-02-05T18:57:34Z")
:bookmark: This guide provides instructions on writing effective how-to documentation for Discourse. It covers essential elements such as structure and style, audience consideration, and maintenance. … --- ## [Should I be notified when someone links to my post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-i-be-notified-when-someone-links-to-my-post/149282)
**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-i-be-notified-when-someone-links-to-my-post/149282 "2020-04-25T19:31:21Z")
Hi, Am I supposed to receive a notification when someone links to one of my posts, but doesn’t mention me? I just received the message below for this post. There was no on-site notification for it either, so I’m a bit … --- ## [Unhandled PG::UniqueViolation for topic external\_id field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unhandled-pg-uniqueviolation-for-topic-external-id-field/311355)
**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unhandled-pg-uniqueviolation-for-topic-external-id-field/311355 "2024-06-11T03:49:21Z")
Making an API request to the /posts.json route with the external\_id property set to the external\_id of an existing topic triggers an error similar to this: ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique (PG::UniqueViolation: ERROR: dup… --- ## [Support for tag aliases?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-tag-aliases/70998)
**Author:** [@Flow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Flow)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-tag-aliases/70998 "2024-06-11T00:41:23Z")
I was surprised that discourse 1.8.7 apparently has no support for tag aliases (akin to stackexchange). I first though that I could achieve something similar with tag groups, but that is not the case. I would really lik… --- ## [About fediverse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-fediverse/311401)
**Author:** [@David\_Ghost](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Ghost)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-fediverse/311401 "2024-06-10T21:52:45Z")
Hey guys, I’m reading about fediverse. I don’t really understand the concept. I have a gamer forum. How can this help improve my community? I need to publish all my posts in the fediverse? I also saw that people use a… --- ## [Docker update to latest version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-update-to-latest-version/311251)
**Author:** [@forummaster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/forummaster)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-update-to-latest-version/311251 "2024-06-10T00:31:29Z")
I followed the recommended installation guide here: discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub These are the only commands required for docker install: sudo apt install docker.io sudo apt i… --- ## [Requesting Different Login Access](https://meta.discourse.org/t/requesting-different-login-access/311429)
**Author:** [@wendellverli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wendellverli)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/requesting-different-login-access/311429 "2024-06-10T20:19:18Z")
Currently my discourse forum is: discourse.fotografos.online However I’m having issues login in and / or reseting password since SendGrid blocked my email for some odd reason. My email (same as the admin account) work… --- ## [The road so far](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-so-far/311433)
**Author:** [@eisammy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisammy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-so-far/311433 "2024-06-10T18:35:07Z")
I’ve to thankful to Discourse to keep the open source and for fight for a free and respectfully discourses on internet I’ve my own instance did 2 months and 1 day and I’m so glad to help this community to grown around th… --- ## [Finding all groups of the poster in a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-all-groups-of-the-poster-in-a-topic/311377)
**Author:** [@Lumi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lumi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-all-groups-of-the-poster-in-a-topic/311377 "2024-06-10T17:56:41Z")
I would like to show small flair for all groups of a user on every post in a topic (under the username). I have the basic functionality working, but I hit the wall on finding the groups of the user that made the post. In… --- ## [Guidance on Discourse Hosting Infrastructure](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guidance-on-discourse-hosting-infrastructure/311345)
**Author:** [@Jaskaran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jaskaran)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guidance-on-discourse-hosting-infrastructure/311345 "2024-06-10T16:26:57Z")
I am hosting Discourse on an EC2 instance, and according to historical data from the CDN, the community size is anticipated to average around 20.03 million requests in a month. I would like suggestions on the number and … --- ## [Mailgun free account](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailgun-free-account/311316)
**Author:** [@Micah\_hoffmann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Micah_hoffmann)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailgun-free-account/311316 "2024-06-10T15:47:51Z")
Still trying to get mailgun to work. What do you guys think? Any other options for cheap smtp? --- ## [Is there a way to display an attached txt file rather than require it be downloaded?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-display-an-attached-txt-file-rather-than-require-it-be-downloaded/311201)
**Author:** [@MikeNolan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MikeNolan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-display-an-attached-txt-file-rather-than-require-it-be-downloaded/311201 "2024-06-08T09:44:33Z")
We have a category for reports that are sent via email to staff, board members and others. We’ve set it up so these are also posted to a category called Reports. However, the only option I’m seeing is to download the f… --- ## [Add 'not now' option when offering to enable AI image captions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-not-now-option-when-offering-to-enable-ai-image-captions/311198)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-not-now-option-when-offering-to-enable-ai-image-captions/311198 "2024-06-10T13:38:07Z")
These are the choices? Either conform immediately or it’s dead to me? Can we please have a third, “not now” option? --- ## [Unexpected identifier \`#...\` SyntaxError](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-identifier-syntaxerror/307411)
**Author:** [@Krystian\_Wojciechowski](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Krystian_Wojciechowski)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-identifier-syntaxerror/307411 "2024-06-10T13:25:19Z")
Im testing a Discourse as a community solution. After setting up simple theme - just colors + fonts and installed plugin GitHub - discourse/discourse-rss-polling · GitHub created some categories and topics - this erro… --- ## [Extreme Load Error After Upgrading to 3.3.0.beta3-dev Yesterday (on Prem)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extreme-load-error-after-upgrading-to-3-3-0-beta3-dev-yesterday-on-prem/310399)
**Author:** [@Jose\_C\_Gomez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jose_C_Gomez)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extreme-load-error-after-upgrading-to-3-3-0-beta3-dev-yesterday-on-prem/310399 "2024-06-10T13:22:52Z")
Upgraded to 3.3.0.beta3-dev yesterday and also Installed AI plugin. The plugin is currently only enabled to staff member (5 people) But the entire site is dog slow, I’m getting extreme load errors. I can’t seem to figur… --- ## [Bookmark behavior changed along with UI?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-behavior-changed-along-with-ui/311123)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-behavior-changed-along-with-ui/311123 "2024-06-10T12:13:45Z")
The bookmarks UI changed recently in a mostly good way. And… it seems that the behavior silently(!!!) changed as well. Previously, if I set a reminder on a bookmark, the bookmark was cleaned out after the notification … --- ## [Staging site: turn off emails all current non-admin users but allow new registrations?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staging-site-turn-off-emails-all-current-non-admin-users-but-allow-new-registrations/311134)
**Author:** [@lvictor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lvictor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staging-site-turn-off-emails-all-current-non-admin-users-but-allow-new-registrations/311134 "2024-06-10T11:20:24Z")
I have a staging Discourse site, with all the users from the live site, and I have all emails turned off for non-admins. BUT that means I can’t create new users on this staging site, since that requires confirmation emai… --- ## [Checking User Existence Rake](https://meta.discourse.org/t/checking-user-existence-rake/311065)
**Author:** [@codethulu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codethulu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/checking-user-existence-rake/311065 "2024-06-10T10:51:00Z")
Hello all, I am currently working on the discourse-k8s-operator, where I have developed an action that requires checking if the user exists. There does not seem to be an existing rake task for this, however (we also noti… --- ## [Names are missing from list when creating new chat channel webhooks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/names-are-missing-from-list-when-creating-new-chat-channel-webhooks/308481)
**Author:** [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/names-are-missing-from-list-when-creating-new-chat-channel-webhooks/308481 "2024-06-10T10:42:25Z")
When every single channel has no name, it becomes a bit difficult to figure out which one you wanted to send the Webhook to. Searching always has no results, so that doesn’t work around either. --- ## [New or unread topics banners cover text at /new & /unread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-or-unread-topics-banners-cover-text-at-new-unread/301669)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-or-unread-topics-banners-cover-text-at-new-unread/301669 "2024-06-10T08:13:50Z")
When you have no new or unread topics, there is just some text and no topic list. This text is covered when the new or unread topics banner appears. --- ## [Group Topics by Category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-topics-by-category/311271)
**Author:** [@bitmage](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bitmage)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-topics-by-category/311271 "2024-06-09T02:32:30Z")
When I open a Categories page I’d like to see Topics grouped by subcategory. I edited a screenshot to show what that might look like: I.E. just put the topics under each subcategory that they belong to. Note that I… --- ## [Tags confusing (to all or me only)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-confusing-to-all-or-me-only/311293)
**Author:** [@Bathinda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bathinda)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-confusing-to-all-or-me-only/311293 "2024-06-09T22:33:50Z")
Tagg1 has a synonym tag Tag1-S Then I create a topic while choosing Tag1-S from dropdown, which automatically converts to main tag Tagg1. But, just to see and record Tag1-S, I still write hash tag #Tag1-S in the end of… --- ## [Button to join group on post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/button-to-join-group-on-post/311306)
**Author:** [@anon82911141](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon82911141)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/button-to-join-group-on-post/311306 "2024-06-09T19:59:46Z")
Hi there, I remember this was a feature on Discourse Teams a while ago where you could have a modal on a post and users could join a group or agree or something similar, is this a feature? Essentially this post but I re… --- ## [Customizes the homepage to show topics based on user interests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizes-the-homepage-to-show-topics-based-on-user-interests/311283)
**Author:** [@kokoloman001](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kokoloman001)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizes-the-homepage-to-show-topics-based-on-user-interests/311283 "2024-06-09T18:33:51Z")
I want to hear what you think about this plugin. I’m working on a plugin that will let visitors choose a new topic to display on the homepage depending on their interests. I wrote down the idea and drew this step out, bu… --- ## [Visualize markdown with mindmaps in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visualize-markdown-with-mindmaps-in-discourse/216899)
**Author:** [@leopedrini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leopedrini)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visualize-markdown-with-mindmaps-in-discourse/216899 "2024-06-09T18:31:24Z")
Hello dears, Is there any plugin or intention to have something like this in Discourse? --- ## [Pros and cons of a multisite installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pros-and-cons-of-a-multisite-installation/90584)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pros-and-cons-of-a-multisite-installation/90584 "2024-06-09T18:31:10Z")
Given that a multisite installation of discourse uses about the same resources as an ordinary install with the same traffic , I wonder what exactly the downsides are, apart from a more complicated setup procedure. An ob… --- ## [Discourse Audio Message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-audio-message/270432)
**Author:** [@peter.be](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peter.be)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-audio-message/270432 "2024-06-09T18:14:30Z")
:information\_source: Summary Discourse Audio Message allows users to directly record and attach audio messages to their posts. :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository Link https://github.com/pbenkoe/discourse-audio-m… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=439) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=441)