# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=458 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 459 --- ## [My self host isn't as "fast" as other sites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-self-host-isnt-as-fast-as-other-sites/307717)
**Author:** [@Genisis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Genisis)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 8:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-self-host-isnt-as-fast-as-other-sites/307717 "2024-05-14T08:59:02Z")
my self host isn’t as “fast” as other sites, I notice other sites are near instant/really quick, mines quicker when not logged in I realized, its not unusable slow at all but for my specs I’d think it’d be quicker. 12 c… --- ## [Update Discourse Error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-discourse-error/307782)
**Author:** [@MAR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MAR)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 8:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-discourse-error/307782 "2024-05-14T08:44:34Z")
Hello, My clients received this error for their community after trying to update and cannot get back into the administrative panel or discourse commmunity: " Oops The software powering this discussion forum encounter… --- ## [Discourse Port](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-port/307836)
**Author:** [@AWilliams](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AWilliams)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-port/307836 "2024-05-14T08:43:06Z")
I purchased a server, and they use a shared IP so everyone gets 20 ports, but none of them are port 80 or 443. How do I install Discourse this way? I have full root SSH access to the server. --- ## [Discource is not loading on domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discource-is-not-loading-on-domain/307856)
**Author:** [@ronak01](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ronak01)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discource-is-not-loading-on-domain/307856 "2024-05-14T08:41:55Z")
I installed Discourse successfully on my ubuntu server. After that when I hit the URL, the app is not loading there. No error is even showing. What can be the issue? How do I debug this? --- ## [Categories more visible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-more-visible/307865)
**Author:** [@Maartje](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maartje)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 8:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-more-visible/307865 "2024-05-14T08:34:43Z")
Hey, I would like to have the categories more visible in the main menu like Gitlab has, which setting need I use? Now I have my topics visible there but I would like to have the categories. https://forum.tebi.com/ --- ## [Remove ‘We’re happy to have you here’ text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-we-re-happy-to-have-you-here-text/307867)
**Author:** [@Truest](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Truest)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-we-re-happy-to-have-you-here-text/307867 "2024-05-11T04:00:08Z")
“Welcome to our community We’re happy to have you here. If you need help, please search before you post.” I would also like to know how to delete the text that appears at the top. --- ## [Filtering home page result](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filtering-home-page-result/307753)
**Author:** [@peyrusse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peyrusse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filtering-home-page-result/307753 "2024-05-14T07:55:20Z")
Hello, I start to have many posts (more than 200). They all appear on the main page with a very long vertical scroll bar. Is there an option to filter and for example only display the 50 latest posts on the home page o… --- ## [How can I make sure only admins/mods are able to create featured posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-make-sure-only-admins-mods-are-able-to-create-featured-posts/307870)
**Author:** [@Simon\_B](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Simon_B)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 7:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-make-sure-only-admins-mods-are-able-to-create-featured-posts/307870 "2024-05-14T07:42:11Z")
i’ve installed Homepage Feature on a forum that i hope to launch next week, however I have encountered a problem. With my secondary test account (non-admin account) i was able to use the featured tag and make a post app… --- ## [Who-Is-Online works only if it is set to display for non-signed users or TL-1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-is-online-works-only-if-it-is-set-to-display-for-non-signed-users-or-tl-1/307681)
**Author:** [@Bathinda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bathinda)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-is-online-works-only-if-it-is-set-to-display-for-non-signed-users-or-tl-1/307681 "2024-05-14T05:23:51Z")
FOR ADMINS, the online users are being shown only if I select this option: “Show whos-online to the public (no sign in required)” or Whos Online display miniumum trust level is set to “0: New User” --- ## [How difficult would it be to make the Discourse UI more like Flarum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-difficult-would-it-be-to-make-the-discourse-ui-more-like-flarum/83430)
**Author:** [@subtenko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/subtenko)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-difficult-would-it-be-to-make-the-discourse-ui-more-like-flarum/83430 "2024-05-14T02:10:28Z")
Scale of 1-10 how difficult would it be? Hopefully this question doesn’t peeve anyone but Im torn between the two. Flarum has a really clean interface: Topic list is centered with no lines in between, yet its still eas… --- ## [Set Environmental Variables](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-environmental-variables/270832)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-environmental-variables/270832 "2024-05-14T02:04:53Z")
:notebook\_with\_decorative\_cover: This is a how-to guide for setting up environmental variables in a self-hosted Discourse installation. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Administrator Environmental variables… --- ## [Mandatory fields for group site setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mandatory-fields-for-group-site-setting/307219)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mandatory-fields-for-group-site-setting/307219 "2024-05-13T20:38:36Z")
In the commit FEATURE: mandatory fields for group site setting (#26612) · discourse/discourse@98fc614 · GitHub, the admins and moderators groups were added as mandatory to some settings. In addition to the effect that th… --- ## [Add bulk\_create to Gamification external event API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-bulk-create-to-gamification-external-event-api/307800)
**Author:** [@colin.mckibben](https://meta.discourse.org/u/colin.mckibben)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-bulk-create-to-gamification-external-event-api/307800 "2024-05-13T20:22:13Z")
Is the external gamification built into the SQL database? I have a need to assign external points to a large quantity of users and doing it through the API with its rate limiting will take too long and cause issues with … --- ## [Change 'user visits' description to make it clearer that it refers to signed-in users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-user-visits-description-to-make-it-clearer-that-it-refers-to-signed-in-users/307363)
**Author:** [@Bathinda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bathinda)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-user-visits-description-to-make-it-clearer-that-it-refers-to-signed-in-users/307363 "2024-05-13T18:24:32Z")
Are only ‘Signed-In’ user visits are counted in the ‘User-Visits’ report? I doubt this is the scene (ie. only signed in users show) because almost any single days’ report shows around 1k Page views (excluding 'Crawlers)… --- ## [User-posted code blocks in a category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-posted-code-blocks-in-a-category/307712)
**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-posted-code-blocks-in-a-category/307712 "2024-05-13T17:58:49Z")
We sometimes have requirements from other internal teams to search for certain information. This query came in handy for us to find what we needed. -- \[params\] -- user\_id :user -- int\_list :category\_ids = 0 SELECT … --- ## [Translation missing: en.skipped\_email\_log.user\_email\_topic\_nil](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-missing-en-skipped-email-log-user-email-topic-nil/307786)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-missing-en-skipped-email-log-user-email-topic-nil/307786 "2024-05-13T17:43:07Z")
My email logs told me that the translation for en.skipped\_email\_log.user\_email\_topic\_nil is missing. I think it is supposed to be there, but the names are not identical. --- ## [Force recount of topics in category after moving them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-recount-of-topics-in-category-after-moving-them/73026)
**Author:** [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-recount-of-topics-in-category-after-moving-them/73026 "2018-01-23T14:27:59Z")
Can the topic count for a category be forced to update after the topics have been moved to a different category? I used this method to move topics around after merging two forums, but the counts are still off after 1.5 … --- ## [When "closing" event it moves it to today's date & time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-closing-event-it-moves-it-to-todays-date-time/307292)
**Author:** [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-closing-event-it-moves-it-to-todays-date-time/307292 "2024-05-13T16:05:15Z")
When you click on the ellipses (…) and close the event, it moves to today’s date and time. My assumption is that closing the event should retain the original scheduled day and time. --- ## [My last problem before publishing the site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-last-problem-before-publishing-the-site/307767)
**Author:** [@ogulcan1787](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ogulcan1787)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-last-problem-before-publishing-the-site/307767 "2024-05-13T15:30:12Z")
Hi everyone, I’m starting to advertise my site. I want to solve the last problem I encountered. Please help me :pray: I am using these codes. I just removed some excess. From these codes, desktop tab and Mobile tab I … --- ## [Override user methods](https://meta.discourse.org/t/override-user-methods/307768)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/override-user-methods/307768 "2024-05-13T15:02:59Z")
I’m trying to not save user IP addresses because that’s what someone wants. I can’t use a callback because IP addresses are saved by directly modifying the database and not through Rails ActiveRecord. I’m trying to ove… --- ## [Issue with Signing up - primary email has already been taken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-signing-up-primary-email-has-already-been-taken/307750)
**Author:** [@damion\_lee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/damion_lee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-signing-up-primary-email-has-already-been-taken/307750 "2024-05-13T13:42:44Z")
I recently created a forum where I sent my friend email invites. He has more than 1 email registered to the same domain, named as follows: email+1@xyz.com email+2@xyz email+3@xyz . . . email+11@xyz.com When I sent … --- ## [Hide Avatar for trust level 0](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-avatar-for-trust-level-0/307746)
**Author:** [@anon48433008](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon48433008)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-avatar-for-trust-level-0/307746 "2024-05-13T13:14:01Z")
As the title reads I’d like to hide avatars for trust level 0 users, or turn off their ability to choose to add one in their profile page? I’m guessing there’s an easy way to display: none; ? Can anyone help? Thanks i… --- ## [Any recommendations on an optimal configuration for managing issues using Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-recommendations-on-an-optimal-configuration-for-managing-issues-using-discourse/307704)
**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-recommendations-on-an-optimal-configuration-for-managing-issues-using-discourse/307704 "2024-05-13T12:42:40Z")
Today, the most unkempt portion of our community is the way we manage issues in our community. For context, we run a product-led community of users of products built by our company. Issues of course could mean bugs, feat… --- ## [Colored loading dots because assets not uploaded](https://meta.discourse.org/t/colored-loading-dots-because-assets-not-uploaded/307701)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Vienneau](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeff_Vienneau)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/colored-loading-dots-because-assets-not-uploaded/307701 "2024-05-13T10:37:28Z")
Checking all of the boxes on Safe mode does not help. I removed all app.yml plugins except docker manager. Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot this? I don’t see anything obvious in the re-build app log either. --- ## [Private category does not follow settings for position in category list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-category-does-not-follow-settings-for-position-in-category-list/307737)
**Author:** [@Wall-E](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wall-E)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-category-does-not-follow-settings-for-position-in-category-list/307737 "2024-05-13T10:27:29Z")
I have noticed that when I set a private category at some position in the list of category, it only applies to me, but the other members of the group with access to that private category do not see that category position… --- ## [How to get this new topic map that shows 'likes' first of all others](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-this-new-topic-map-that-shows-likes-first-of-all-others/307731)
**Author:** [@Bathinda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bathinda)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 9:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-this-new-topic-map-that-shows-likes-first-of-all-others/307731 "2024-05-13T09:26:13Z")
I’ve seen above topic map on meta. Also, in this case, much of this type of user’s info is shown under last post of the same topic, also (last post of the topics on my forum doesn’t show this)::\> After a lot of sea… --- ## [Sidebar section headers bold when in admin area](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-section-headers-bold-when-in-admin-area/307354)
**Author:** [@AquaL1te](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AquaL1te)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-section-headers-bold-when-in-admin-area/307354 "2024-05-13T02:37:17Z")
After updating to the latest build (Commits · discourse/discourse · GitHub) I see some minor issues. When I’m in the Admin section, the side panel titles are in bold. But when I switch to the main page again, these … --- ## [How to keep the replies together?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-keep-the-replies-together/307676)
**Author:** [@0x22f1a6543a0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/0x22f1a6543a0)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-keep-the-replies-together/307676 "2024-05-12T21:13:16Z")
When topics are replied, the forum always create a new topics in the father-topics. I want to keep it together. for example current This is a example topics This is first example reples This is second example reple… --- ## [Encountered an error while restoring from a backup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encountered-an-error-while-restoring-from-a-backup/307400)
**Author:** [@Alienazk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alienazk)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encountered-an-error-while-restoring-from-a-backup/307400 "2024-05-12T20:06:37Z")
Hello everyone, I need help with a failure during restoration. I just installed Discourse and tried to restore from my backup. Unfortunately, I encountered an error during the restoration process. The output is as fol… --- ## [Error when clicking on the homepage logo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-clicking-on-the-homepage-logo/306644)
**Author:** [@ogulcan1787](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ogulcan1787)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-clicking-on-the-homepage-logo/306644 "2024-05-12T17:19:55Z")
Hi. I will show you with images. I was getting this error before the last update. After installing the update I keep getting this error. (Güncel - Current) And I removed all the code from the site and tried again,… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=457) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=459)