# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=654 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 655 --- ## [Gif icon not displaying and showing error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-icon-not-displaying-and-showing-error/266873)
**Author:** [@kodred](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kodred)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-icon-not-displaying-and-showing-error/266873 "2023-06-01T11:28:03Z")
Hi everyone. My GIF icon disappears anytime I set uploads to S3: enable s3 uploads. If I turn uploads to S3 off, the GIF icon reappears in the editor. I’d appreciate some help fixing this. --- ## [Job exception: DistributedMutex::MaximumAttemptsExceeded](https://meta.discourse.org/t/job-exception-distributedmutex-maximumattemptsexceeded/256817)
**Author:** [@kinetiksoft](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kinetiksoft)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/job-exception-distributedmutex-maximumattemptsexceeded/256817 "2023-06-01T11:09:30Z")
Hi, We keep seeing these error notices in our forum logs. Should we worry about it or/and adjust any settings? ▶ backtrace ▶ env --- ## [How do you navigate to the /tags list through the UI?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-navigate-to-the-tags-list-through-the-ui/246807)
**Author:** [@Kartoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kartoon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-navigate-to-the-tags-list-through-the-ui/246807 "2023-06-01T10:52:24Z")
Before the redesigned sidebar the hamburger menu on the right had the options for Users, Groups, Tags, etc but now for the life of me I absolutely can’t figure out how to navigate to it from anywhere the main forum, admi… --- ## [Filter posts with a specific tag on latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-posts-with-a-specific-tag-on-latest/256945)
**Author:** [@Lhc\_fl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lhc_fl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-posts-with-a-specific-tag-on-latest/256945 "2023-06-01T10:43:31Z")
Here’s the background: I have a participating forum that’s highly polarized in topics, about half of which are posts under a particular tag. I hope to use a method to filter out all the topics of a specific tag on the l… --- ## [The persistence of posts hidden by flags are a bane to our community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-persistence-of-posts-hidden-by-flags-are-a-bane-to-our-community/109969)
**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-persistence-of-posts-hidden-by-flags-are-a-bane-to-our-community/109969 "2023-06-01T03:41:18Z")
Community moderation is great – if enough people flag a post to hide it, moderators don’t need to get involved. What’s better is that the user who made the post is given an opportunity to improve the post so that it abid… --- ## [Cannot convert a public topic to a PM - says Incorrect Topic Allowed Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-convert-a-public-topic-to-a-pm-says-incorrect-topic-allowed-users/129913)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-convert-a-public-topic-to-a-pm-says-incorrect-topic-allowed-users/129913 "2019-10-02T20:45:18Z")
I can successfully convert some public topics to PM, but not all of them - because for some topics it says incorrect topic allowed users. What might be wrong and how to fix it? --- ## [Add a site setting to allow for self-hosted api models](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-site-setting-to-allow-for-self-hosted-api-models/278006)
**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-site-setting-to-allow-for-self-hosted-api-models/278006 "2023-06-01T01:29:15Z")
Can we change the api request from a setting? That could enable kind of OpenAI self-hosted api models as well. Related: integrations from n8n are working great (Discourse plus OpenAI, all customized and secure). That’s… --- ## [Add search synonyms](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-search-synonyms/142050)
**Author:** [@DaleKramer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DaleKramer)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-search-synonyms/142050 "2023-06-01T00:48:20Z")
I have been reading a lot here lately and see that ‘post’ and ‘reply’ seem to be used somewhat interchangeably. If this were done, it would result in fewer bothersome questions when someone uses the wrong one of the two… --- ## [Full reset: re-initializing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-reset-re-initializing/56554)
**Author:** [@David\_Collantes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Collantes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-reset-re-initializing/56554 "2023-05-31T22:03:02Z")
I have run a test install for a while. I am now ready to do it for good. Is there a way to reset everything, and run the initial setup (as a new install) without wiping the container? Thanks! --- ## [Is there any AI at the core of standard Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-ai-at-the-core-of-standard-discourse/266386)
**Author:** [@agemo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agemo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-ai-at-the-core-of-standard-discourse/266386 "2023-05-31T21:48:02Z")
The throwing of caution to the wind wild abandon integration into everything and anything of chatGPT is beyond a cause for immense concern. There is a question that as an admin it is important to know being is there an… --- ## [How to reserve full name like reserved username?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reserve-full-name-like-reserved-username/266407)
**Author:** [@th21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/th21)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reserve-full-name-like-reserved-username/266407 "2023-05-31T21:37:21Z")
I find the user can still set some names like admin as their full name (not username), is there a way that I can disallow this? --- ## [Email Notification Webhook or alternative to SMTP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notification-webhook-or-alternative-to-smtp/266787)
**Author:** [@NotAnonymous](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NotAnonymous)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notification-webhook-or-alternative-to-smtp/266787 "2023-05-31T20:37:29Z")
I’m wanting to change our Discourse email notifications to be sent via a service that only supports sending via an API rather than a standard SMTP relay. I’m not finding any current settings or plugins or obvious way of… --- ## [Avatar replacement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-replacement/266770)
**Author:** [@olivier\_beyler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/olivier_beyler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-replacement/266770 "2023-05-31T19:21:58Z")
When we add a smiley :smiley: on a new post on my own discourse forum : the image is replaced by :slight\_smile: Does I need to add some config to change the “127.0.0.1” to the real host name ? --- ## [How can I check in my website if the user is logged in to my Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-check-in-my-website-if-the-user-is-logged-in-to-my-discourse/266765)
**Author:** [@ygramoel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ygramoel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-check-in-my-website-if-the-user-is-logged-in-to-my-discourse/266765 "2023-05-31T18:55:05Z")
I am building a desktop application, with accompanying forum (running Discourse, of course) and website. On our website, I would like to show some extra information if the website visitor is also logged in to the foru… --- ## [Related to UI/UX improvements (Discourse not Flarum!)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/related-to-ui-ux-improvements-discourse-not-flarum/266449)
**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/related-to-ui-ux-improvements-discourse-not-flarum/266449 "2023-05-31T16:21:24Z")
Continuing the discussion from Which is Better? Discourse or Flarum?: I want to contribute and continue good discussing here (I learned that everything can be improved and that doesn’t mean that previous state was wron… --- ## [How to manually add contents to pluginOutlet after ajax call? And how to rerender or refresh a pluginOutlet?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-contents-to-pluginoutlet-after-ajax-call-and-how-to-rerender-or-refresh-a-pluginoutlet/266640)
**Author:** [@Pixl8\_Nick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pixl8_Nick)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-contents-to-pluginoutlet-after-ajax-call-and-how-to-rerender-or-refresh-a-pluginoutlet/266640 "2023-05-31T15:23:42Z")
Hi, :wave: I am new to Discourse theming and emberjs, and currently working on a theme that has navigation items from the main website. The nav items json is coming from an ajax request and I need to display it on 2 lo… --- ## [Require users to join at least one group at sign-up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-users-to-join-at-least-one-group-at-sign-up/57800)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-users-to-join-at-least-one-group-at-sign-up/57800 "2023-05-31T12:42:14Z")
Is there a way of requiring users to join at least one group when signing up for the forum? I was hoping that I would be able to create a required custom field that would then add the user to the selected group(s) but i… --- ## [Allow cross origin requests only for message bus](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-cross-origin-requests-only-for-message-bus/266324)
**Author:** [@AhmedLoud](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AhmedLoud)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-cross-origin-requests-only-for-message-bus/266324 "2023-05-31T12:00:45Z")
I am trying to implement a chat widget that can be embedded in any website and for that I decided to use MessageBus to communicate between the widget and my Rails backend. Since it can be embedded in any origin I needed … --- ## [Flag types appear in review filter even though the plugin defining them is disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flag-types-appear-in-review-filter-even-though-the-plugin-defining-them-is-disabled/266084)
**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flag-types-appear-in-review-filter-even-though-the-plugin-defining-them-is-disabled/266084 "2023-05-31T10:26:24Z")
We have never enabled chat, so it’s weird to see these: --- ## [How do I move the discourse installed server to another server without loss?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-move-the-discourse-installed-server-to-another-server-without-loss/266636)
**Author:** [@Wleksion](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wleksion)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-move-the-discourse-installed-server-to-another-server-without-loss/266636 "2023-05-31T09:33:50Z")
How do I move the discourse installed server to another server without loss? --- ## [Using "custom" ruby gems](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-custom-ruby-gems/225274)
**Author:** [@FerrariFlunker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FerrariFlunker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-custom-ruby-gems/225274 "2022-04-28T05:15:17Z")
Hello! I’ve been struggling with this for a few days, so any help is appreciated! I’m developing a fork of a plugin that requires the discordrb ruby gem. For whatever reason, the most up to date version on discordrb |… --- ## [How to make all signups TL3 by default?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-all-signups-tl3-by-default/266733)
**Author:** [@Kelvin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kelvin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-all-signups-tl3-by-default/266733 "2023-05-31T07:18:32Z")
Is there a way to grant all new users TL3 by default? Thanks in advance. --- ## [Staff having trouble accessing deleted posts via the counter link at the top of user profiles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-having-trouble-accessing-deleted-posts-via-the-counter-link-at-the-top-of-user-profiles/266624)
**Author:** [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 5:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-having-trouble-accessing-deleted-posts-via-the-counter-link-at-the-top-of-user-profiles/266624 "2023-05-31T05:16:36Z")
the counter link to the deleted posts from the top of user profiles appears to be broken on my site. it shows a blank page. same in safe mode. flagged posts and warnings counter links are working as expected. repro: … --- ## [Issue with mail-receiver and self-signed certificate?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-mail-receiver-and-self-signed-certificate/283814)
**Author:** [@sjjh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sjjh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-mail-receiver-and-self-signed-certificate/283814 "2023-05-31T01:22:23Z")
I’m trying to set up incoming email for a self-hosted discourse instance behind a reverse proxy (http(s), SMTP). Public domain: public.example.com, host behind reverse proxy: internal.example.com. I followed this manual … --- ## [User Titles with “special symbols” appear to be glitched](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-titles-with-special-symbols-appear-to-be-glitched/266287)
**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-titles-with-special-symbols-appear-to-be-glitched/266287 "2023-05-30T23:30:32Z")
So if your title has a special symbol like ’ or ", then they will display weird stuff in the settings menu. It will be quite glitched. “The title should say Owner’s Pet.” --- ## [Time window pulldown on meta start page, but not on local instance?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/time-window-pulldown-on-meta-start-page-but-not-on-local-instance/266577)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_Rother](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Rother)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/time-window-pulldown-on-meta-start-page-but-not-on-local-instance/266577 "2023-05-30T18:53:05Z")
I am looking for a way how to activate the pulldown which filters the displayed topics to those which appeared in the last week. I can see this on meta, but not on my own instance: Is this a feature which is exclusiv… --- ## [Staff access without being a moderator or an admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-access-without-being-a-moderator-or-an-admin/266635)
**Author:** [@MikeNolan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MikeNolan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-access-without-being-a-moderator-or-an-admin/266635 "2023-05-30T18:37:34Z")
Is there a way to admit people to the staff category without making them an admin or a moderator? We’d like our executive director (and possibly other employees) to have staff access, but she doesn’t need to deal with m… --- ## [Are there updated directions for moving posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-updated-directions-for-moving-posts/266631)
**Author:** [@C\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/C_S)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-updated-directions-for-moving-posts/266631 "2023-05-30T18:19:54Z")
Trying to find out how to move posts from one topic to another. The page on this site with that information is from 2019 and looks nothing like the page I’m working on. There is a testing topic set up. One person replied… --- ## [Running Reports on User Activities for Specific Time Periods](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-reports-on-user-activities-for-specific-time-periods/94915)
**Author:** [@ArMK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArMK)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-reports-on-user-activities-for-specific-time-periods/94915 "2019-10-01T23:13:24Z")
Admin can currently run report on user activity and download as CSV file… extremely useful for compiling and analyzing data. However, the current reports show data accumulated over all time. I’m wondering if there is a … --- ## [Login error while trying to use Discourse as an identity provider (SSO, DiscourseConnect)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-error-while-trying-to-use-discourse-as-an-identity-provider-sso-discourseconnect/266603)
**Author:** [@ygramoel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ygramoel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-error-while-trying-to-use-discourse-as-an-identity-provider-sso-discourseconnect/266603 "2023-05-30T15:50:23Z")
I am trying to follow this post: Use Discourse as an identity provider (SSO, DiscourseConnect) using Python code. The Python code below prints a URL that - as far as I can see - should me properly signed to access https:… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=653) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=655)