# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=476 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 477 --- ## [Can I "fix" the mapping of -- to en dash with "Watched Words" (or in some other way)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-fix-the-mapping-of-to-en-dash-with-watched-words-or-in-some-other-way/208118)
**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-fix-the-mapping-of-to-en-dash-with-watched-words-or-in-some-other-way/208118 "2024-04-12T02:05:05Z")
For probably perfectly-well intended reasons, Discourse replaces -- with –, an en dash, and --- with —, an em dash. I find this a minor irritation, because when people use -- in writing in email (or on the olden days in… --- ## [Discourse Connect/Squarespace (SSO)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-connect-squarespace-sso/277527)
**Author:** [@jholmertz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jholmertz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-connect-squarespace-sso/277527 "2024-04-12T00:59:08Z")
Hello, I’m supporting a nonprofit in setting up a new website on Squarespace. They are already set up on Discourse. We are planning to link from Squarespace to their Discourse instance. Since we are using the Squarespace… --- ## [Script indications?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/script-indications/303342)
**Author:** [@WolfTech\_Gimkit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WolfTech_Gimkit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/script-indications/303342 "2024-04-11T23:29:17Z")
I tried searching for a guide on all the Script indications, or at least that’s what i think they are called, but i can’t find one. So what i mean by a script tag is any for of indications that use \<\>, \ shift 6 \[-\], e… --- ## [Request timed out. ERR\_QUIC\_PROTOCOL\_ERROR](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-timed-out-err-quic-protocol-error/303453)
**Author:** [@Danyal\_Assi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Danyal_Assi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-timed-out-err-quic-protocol-error/303453 "2024-04-11T19:34:57Z")
I have an issue accessing the site, I am sure I am in the correct subdomain so like devforum.mywebsite.com I’m using digital ocean, IP is correct, I did everything in setup and I use cloudflare with the proxy turned off … --- ## ["Guard-rails" for categories which should have only scheduled posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guard-rails-for-categories-which-should-have-only-scheduled-posts/303387)
**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guard-rails-for-categories-which-should-have-only-scheduled-posts/303387 "2024-04-11T17:51:39Z")
Situation an “Announcements” category which people should not post in accidentally a “Draft Announcements” category which anyone signed in can post to some set of people who can choose to Schedule Publishing for those p… --- ## [Is it a community? A forum? Both? Neither?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-a-community-a-forum-both-neither/303289)
**Author:** [@jimkleiber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jimkleiber)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-a-community-a-forum-both-neither/303289 "2024-04-11T18:05:46Z")
Continuing the discussion from Maybe just remove the "Community" header in the sidebar? (A plea!): I saw this quote as I’ve just switched to have community as the subdomain of my forum and also been debating how to ref… --- ## [Mention of site settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mention-of-site-settings/299582)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mention-of-site-settings/299582 "2024-04-11T18:00:32Z")
There are a lot of different ways site settings are mentioned. Sometimes you use underscores, sometimes not. Sometimes a setting is surrounded by ’ or \`, sometimes there is nothing. That leads to the problem that those s… --- ## [Invalid user timezone jams up their mail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-user-timezone-jams-up-their-mail/303306)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-user-timezone-jams-up-their-mail/303306 "2024-04-11T17:01:14Z")
If a user’s timezone is invalid, at least one sidekiq job throws an exception rather than falling back to a reasonable default: In this case the user’s timezone was set to "" (empty string). We shouldn’t allow this … --- ## [About topic tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-topic-tags/303411)
**Author:** [@romano97002](https://meta.discourse.org/u/romano97002)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-topic-tags/303411 "2024-04-11T14:28:32Z")
Hi all, I would have liked to know more about topic tags: 1 – How to create topic tags and restrict their use to certain groups only (moderators and administrators). 2 – How to create specific labels for a specific fo… --- ## [Edit forum presentation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-forum-presentation/303399)
**Author:** [@romano97002](https://meta.discourse.org/u/romano97002)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-forum-presentation/303399 "2024-04-11T13:51:29Z")
Hello everyone, I’m currently testing Discourse free hosting for 14 days and would like to know how to change the forum layout I chose when creating the forum. I would like to choose another view of my forum. Is this … --- ## [When logging out individual devices, a full refresh doesn't seem necessary](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-logging-out-individual-devices-a-full-refresh-doesnt-seem-necessary/303400)
**Author:** [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-logging-out-individual-devices-a-full-refresh-doesnt-seem-necessary/303400 "2024-04-11T13:12:08Z")
(Perhaps should be Contribute \> Bug, not sure if this is an intentional design or not) I periodically clear out some of the older/unused devices on my account, but doing them 1 by 1 is annoying because every one I sign … --- ## [Some system messages keeps in english](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-system-messages-keeps-in-english/145847)
**Author:** [@jenni\_alencar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenni_alencar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-system-messages-keeps-in-english/145847 "2020-03-29T10:43:36Z")
Hello, I’ve changed some messages of system, translating of english to portuguese, but one of them, keeps sending notification in english, even thought I already changed to portuguese. Does anyone knows why this is happ… --- ## [Author-only Topic (take 2)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/author-only-topic-take-2/303254)
**Author:** [@mbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbauman)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/author-only-topic-take-2/303254 "2024-04-11T12:26:29Z")
Folks in our community are also asking for something like this very old (and closed) feature request for author-only topics. Specifically, this is in the context of our community “package announcements” category, where … --- ## [Discourse SSO via a SimpleSAMLphp authentication module (IdP)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sso-via-a-simplesamlphp-authentication-module-idp/165810)
**Author:** [@paulrbr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paulrbr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sso-via-a-simplesamlphp-authentication-module-idp/165810 "2024-04-11T11:41:08Z")
Hi :wave:, I wrote this SimpleSAMLphp authentication module to be able to use Discourse as an SSO provider within a SimpleSAMLphp installation. I.e. you can use Discourse as an SSO provider for any services that supports… --- ## [API scope for customized texts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-scope-for-customized-texts/303299)
**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-scope-for-customized-texts/303299 "2024-04-10T20:38:02Z")
The use case is syncing with translation – see I’d like to provision an API key which can read and write customized texts, but without the power to do anything else. Although reading all of the overridden strings is … --- ## [Getting Started with Discourse - Part 2: Discussions and Trust Levels | Blog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-started-with-discourse-part-2-discussions-and-trust-levels-blog/219196)
**Author:** [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 8:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-started-with-discourse-part-2-discussions-and-trust-levels-blog/219196 "2024-04-11T08:44:48Z")
In this post, we’re continuing our video series on Getting Started with Discourse. If you missed it, check out part one first! This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.discourse.org/2… --- ## [How do you change the color of Text?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-change-the-color-of-text/303167)
**Author:** [@WolfTech\_Gimkit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WolfTech_Gimkit)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-change-the-color-of-text/303167 "2024-04-11T01:57:14Z")
So i saw that there was a way to change the highlight around the text, but that doesn’t work. But is there a way to change the actual color of just the text, not the background? --- ## [Contextual user notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contextual-user-notifications/303286)
**Author:** [@lmiq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lmiq)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contextual-user-notifications/303286 "2024-04-10T23:56:49Z")
It would be nice if we could get contextual user notifications in Discourse forums. That is, suppose I’m one of the developers of a package named “my\_package”. I would like to receive notifications whenever a post mentio… --- ## [When to update the data container of a two container setup?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-to-update-the-data-container-of-a-two-container-setup/310242)
**Author:** [@dmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-to-update-the-data-container-of-a-two-container-setup/310242 "2024-04-10T22:44:57Z")
Thanks for this how-to :slight\_smile: If we’re using discourse with 2 containers (web + data), when should we need to rebuild the data one? --- ## [Need help installing Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-installing-discourse/303280)
**Author:** [@Sathish\_Voddepally](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sathish_Voddepally)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-installing-discourse/303280 "2024-04-10T22:25:25Z")
Is it easy now to install Discourse? I am looking for someone to help me with the installation. --- ## [Seeking Feedback On My New Site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-feedback-on-my-new-site/302518)
**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-feedback-on-my-new-site/302518 "2024-04-10T21:41:35Z")
Not sure how to post this without it coming off as an advertisement, but I am looking for brutally-honest feedback/critiques on the site that I have been working on 18hrs/day for the past 11 days. I want it to be the be… --- ## [Add a \ to discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-noscript-to-discourse/145958)
**Author:** [@nadermx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nadermx)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-noscript-to-discourse/145958 "2020-03-29T01:13:34Z")
I’m currently trying to do two things. The first is view discourse without javascript. I saw that there use to be a feature with escaped\_fragments but unsure why adding ?noscript or anything of the sort at the end of a… --- ## [Discourse not respecting the number of S3 backups to keep](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-respecting-the-number-of-s3-backups-to-keep/135994)
**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-respecting-the-number-of-s3-backups-to-keep/135994 "2024-04-10T20:03:48Z")
Similar issue has re-occurred for us. Just noticed I have dozens of local backups (1.6GB each), while the setting is restricted to value 3. This has worked for years, but I do recall one incident a long time ago when a… --- ## [What changed in the Meta TOS (April 8, 2024)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-changed-in-the-meta-tos-april-8-2024/303258)
**Author:** [@mbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbauman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-changed-in-the-meta-tos-april-8-2024/303258 "2024-04-10T17:51:34Z")
I see there’s a banner announcement that the TOS have changed. What was the change? I’ve not seen updates or emails regarding this. The company last updated these terms on 2024-04-08T07:00:00Z (UTC), and may update t… --- ## [Threads do not move when original message was moved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/threads-do-not-move-when-original-message-was-moved/271923)
**Author:** [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/threads-do-not-move-when-original-message-was-moved/271923 "2024-04-10T17:38:05Z")
When moving all messages from a channel with threads enabled to a private channel with threads enabled (for security reasons), the threads from the original channel did not get moved with their original message, and got … --- ## [In the composer, moving links with/out text strips most of the link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-the-composer-moving-links-with-out-text-strips-most-of-the-link/298831)
**Author:** [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-the-composer-moving-links-with-out-text-strips-most-of-the-link/298831 "2024-04-10T17:24:06Z")
I just noticed earlier white typing a message here. Select a link with/out following text (the selection must start with a link) Try moving it in another place Result: Most of the link is gone. --- ## [How to access Discourse forum Database to use for PowerBI reporting?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-access-discourse-forum-database-to-use-for-powerbi-reporting/303217)
**Author:** [@Rocky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rocky)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-access-discourse-forum-database-to-use-for-powerbi-reporting/303217 "2024-04-10T16:31:12Z")
Do we need Data Explore Plugin to integrate Discourse Database into PowerBI? And If Yes, What are the steps to need to perform so that we can create report using discourse data into PowerBI --- ## [Exploring the Limits of AI in Recognizing AI Generated Content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exploring-the-limits-of-ai-in-recognizing-ai-generated-content/303244)
**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exploring-the-limits-of-ai-in-recognizing-ai-generated-content/303244 "2024-04-03T14:00:23Z")
Really? Not even Open AI claims this can be done. --- ## [Nil dereference in PostGuardian can\_delete\_post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nil-dereference-in-postguardian-can-delete-post/303223)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nil-dereference-in-postguardian-can-delete-post/303223 "2024-04-10T14:12:33Z")
PostGuardian.can\_delete\_post contains a user dereference which crashes when called when there is no user logged in. Calling it from a plugin so maybe this doesn’t happen in core at the moment. It’s happening here: retu… --- ## [\[object Object\] appear instead of the banners](https://meta.discourse.org/t/object-object-appear-instead-of-the-banners/303211)
**Author:** [@Jeremie\_Leroy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeremie_Leroy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/object-object-appear-instead-of-the-banners/303211 "2024-04-10T13:02:02Z")
Hi All, I hope you are well, i usually have banners displaying on top and bottom of articles but since i did the last update, i know have :“\[object Object\]” Do you guys know why ? [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=475) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=477)