# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=689 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 690 --- ## [How can I import/export settings into a file?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-import-export-settings-into-a-file/51496)
**Author:** [@mrded](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrded)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-import-export-settings-into-a-file/51496 "2023-03-23T14:34:05Z")
Is it possible, after tuning Discourse on local computer, to export all settings into file and upload them into production? Thanks. --- ## [Threaded Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/threaded-topics/258895)
**Author:** [@PeakProsperity](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PeakProsperity)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/threaded-topics/258895 "2023-03-23T14:21:08Z")
We would like a solution that enables us to do the following: Always nest replies under their parent post (i.e. don’t have them appear under “view replies” AND later in the main chronology) Allow “view replies” to be e… --- ## [Getting error in launcher rebuild app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-error-in-launcher-rebuild-app/258600)
**Author:** [@apleschu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/apleschu)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-error-in-launcher-rebuild-app/258600 "2023-03-23T14:08:05Z")
today I am getting errors in trying to rebuild the app and nothing I try has any effect. In particular the error I am getting is: I, \[2023-03-18T16:41:52.325609 #1\] INFO -- : \> cd /var/www/discourse && gem install bund… --- ## [Feedback on my forum, BlackIron](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-on-my-forum-blackiron/232768)
**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-on-my-forum-blackiron/232768 "2023-03-23T12:51:47Z")
Hey! Me, @crcoli7307, @GamersInternational, @Laventino, and a few other people have been working to finish our forum for the past few days, and we think it’s ready for some community input now. Here it is: https://comm… --- ## [Unable to save invite when email address field is filled in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-save-invite-when-email-address-field-is-filled-in/254340)
**Author:** [@LoganMusic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LoganMusic)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-save-invite-when-email-address-field-is-filled-in/254340 "2023-03-23T11:54:09Z")
Version 3.1.0 Beta 1 Steps to reproduce: Go to Admin \> Users \> Send Invites \> Invite type in email address for restriction add topic Add to group Set expiry to 2 weeks Expected Result: Able to save invite. Can copy… --- ## [Modifying search results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifying-search-results/258897)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 11:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifying-search-results/258897 "2023-03-23T11:38:17Z")
I want to be able to tweak some of the styling in the search results (dropdown from the magnifying class in the top right). Now that seems to generate components on the fly (in app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/se… --- ## [Turn off the editor education messages for staff?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turn-off-the-editor-education-messages-for-staff/198036)
**Author:** [@pascal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pascal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turn-off-the-editor-education-messages-for-staff/198036 "2023-03-23T10:46:54Z")
Hello - I do not care for the pop-ups telling me to let others have a say, this topic has been solved, etc. etc. I spend all day answering our users’ questions and I know what I am doing, I do not want to hear from Disco… --- ## [No editor preview while editing after upgrading to 3.x](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-editor-preview-while-editing-after-upgrading-to-3-x/259126)
**Author:** [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 9:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-editor-preview-while-editing-after-upgrading-to-3-x/259126 "2023-03-23T09:42:59Z")
So the upgrade did not go entirely smoothly. I set the site to read-only, powered down, did a full machine snapshot, powered back up and then tried to upgrade. But the Click here to upgrade link did not do anything. So t… --- ## [Custom header and css](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-header-and-css/258920)
**Author:** [@per\_coh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/per_coh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 8:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-header-and-css/258920 "2023-03-23T08:44:21Z")
Hi folks, trying to add a custom header at the top. It’s mostly working but some of the CSS, I think, is being overwritten by Discourse. Is there a trick to block Discourse’s CSS from affecting my header? --- ## [Add Preference for sidebar vertical scroll](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-preference-for-sidebar-vertical-scroll/258997)
**Author:** [@DJ-VJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DJ-VJ)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-preference-for-sidebar-vertical-scroll/258997 "2023-03-23T08:41:23Z")
\[I do not know if this is the right place for it, but here it goes:\] Coming out from this answer given to me on forum of Audacity, I hereby kindly request addition of new option in Preferences: for giving users a choic… --- ## [Issues with chat day separator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-chat-day-separator/258412)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-chat-day-separator/258412 "2023-03-23T05:54:21Z")
Hello, I noticed some issue with day separators. 1. When I scrolling up and it loads the previous posts and if the previous day separator is the exact same top position it will load the previous messages infinite as lo… --- ## [Padding inconsistencies with images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/padding-inconsistencies-with-images/258682)
**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/padding-inconsistencies-with-images/258682 "2023-03-23T04:43:58Z")
Small annoyance here, there are small variations between what the post preview shows and to what the baked post shows, and it varies based on whether it’s an uploaded or hotlinked image. Hotlinked image, no empty line … --- ## [Are you able to still see TL3 topics that you created when demoted to TL2?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-you-able-to-still-see-tl3-topics-that-you-created-when-demoted-to-tl2/259105)
**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-you-able-to-still-see-tl3-topics-that-you-created-when-demoted-to-tl2/259105 "2023-03-23T04:28:11Z")
Hello. I would like to know if you can still see longue topics (TL3) when being demoted to TL2 in any shape or way, just to keep your data? (Just wondering) --- ## [Social links/icons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/social-links-icons/258786)
**Author:** [@papyrophilia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/papyrophilia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/social-links-icons/258786 "2023-03-23T01:56:02Z")
For the communities that have a social media presence, how/where do you post your social media links/icons? Is there a plugin I’m overlooking? Thanks! --- ## [Not using volumes (or automatically using S3) when hosting with Docker](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-using-volumes-or-automatically-using-s3-when-hosting-with-docker/258952)
**Author:** [@milo123459](https://meta.discourse.org/u/milo123459)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-using-volumes-or-automatically-using-s3-when-hosting-with-docker/258952 "2023-03-23T00:41:04Z")
Hello! Is there a way to host Discourse via a Docker image and not use volumes? I was wondering if there was any way I could hook up the volume through the compose file/docker command line to automatically link the volum… --- ## [Trying everything, no luck with smtp working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-everything-no-luck-with-smtp-working/257085)
**Author:** [@4734](https://meta.discourse.org/u/4734)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-everything-no-luck-with-smtp-working/257085 "2023-03-22T22:48:23Z")
I have spent approximately 18 hours searching now. I tried Google SMTP Swismail SMTP Poste.io SMTP I have gotten TCP error, error 500, must start starttls Tried ports 465, 587, 2525 I Did so much i don’t even know … --- ## [I deleted my old forum and made a new one from scratch, but I still get errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-deleted-my-old-forum-and-made-a-new-one-from-scratch-but-i-still-get-errors/259068)
**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-deleted-my-old-forum-and-made-a-new-one-from-scratch-but-i-still-get-errors/259068 "2023-03-22T22:27:00Z")
Because of errors that I couldn’t solve, I ended up deleting my forum and making it from scratch, since I don’t have the money to pay someone to help solve the problem, something that made me very sad and frustrated but… --- ## [Caniuse-lite is outdated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/caniuse-lite-is-outdated/258995)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/caniuse-lite-is-outdated/258995 "2023-03-22T21:36:43Z")
When I’m upgrading I get this: This is just another informatic tip, but I’m still curious: should I do what is asked or shall it just disapper at some point? Sure, there is third option too: stop reading the stream … --- ## [How can I manually verify via the CLI and bypass the Congratulations, you installed Discourse! screen?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-manually-verify-via-the-cli-and-bypass-the-congratulations-you-installed-discourse-screen/259081)
**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-manually-verify-via-the-cli-and-bypass-the-congratulations-you-installed-discourse-screen/259081 "2023-03-22T20:45:01Z")
Hello, Recently, we had to shut down the self-hosted instance of our site and move it to Linode. The only issue is that they require manual verification to use SMTP services. I’ve submitted a request to them to unblock… --- ## [The 'admins' and 'moderators' groups name are hardcoded?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-admins-and-moderators-groups-name-are-hardcoded/258601)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-admins-and-moderators-groups-name-are-hardcoded/258601 "2023-03-22T12:52:05Z")
Hello, I’ve noticed the admins and moderators group name are not translatable. Is there something I missed? I remember as if these could have been translated in the past. But I’m not sure about that. I changed these st… --- ## [Error of Discourse OpenID Connect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-of-discourse-openid-connect/245465)
**Author:** [@Ken95](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ken95)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-of-discourse-openid-connect/245465 "2023-03-22T17:57:14Z")
I want to connect an external keycloak provider to my forum. so, I used Discourse OpenID Connect. https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-openid-connect/103632/1 but, I got an error message When setting options and con… --- ## [Group setting to nextcloud](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-setting-to-nextcloud/259064)
**Author:** [@albjeremias](https://meta.discourse.org/u/albjeremias)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-setting-to-nextcloud/259064 "2023-03-22T16:08:16Z")
I am doing this very customized setup with nextcloud and discourse. I’d like to study the possibility to connect discourse group (so all members of the group would have access). Is this possible? How hard is to make a se… --- ## [Improvements i want for my discourse for making it less overwhelming/noisy for newcomers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-i-want-for-my-discourse-for-making-it-less-overwhelming-noisy-for-newcomers/259030)
**Author:** [@albjeremias](https://meta.discourse.org/u/albjeremias)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-i-want-for-my-discourse-for-making-it-less-overwhelming-noisy-for-newcomers/259030 "2023-03-22T16:02:51Z")
Hi I need help on doing a theme-component, or a component? What I want: 1- that the Activity page of a topic/group/user is more easier and direct to access User: on the avatar menu (on top right) be able to customize… --- ## [How to disable the header button?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-the-header-button/279138)
**Author:** [@hoangphuctran93](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hoangphuctran93)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-the-header-button/279138 "2023-03-22T14:51:07Z")
I want to ask how to disable the header button? Tên gọi cộng đồng By Tên một số thành viên ban quản trị cộng đồng Link Link truy cập Giới thiệu ngắn về cộng đồng Một số chủ đề chính được thảo luận tron… --- ## [Docu-centric Discourse: Docs, Spreadsheets, Math Editor, Charts, Forms?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docu-centric-discourse-docs-spreadsheets-math-editor-charts-forms/45781)
**Author:** [@Muiran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muiran)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docu-centric-discourse-docs-spreadsheets-math-editor-charts-forms/45781 "2023-03-22T14:45:12Z")
Bernhard Fürst appears to have done a great job putting together an Etherpad Lite plugin. My problem is the Etherpad Lite is an evolutionary cul de sac. Nobody is planning on it becoming a word-processor. I found CODE w… --- ## [Having a sub + sub category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-a-sub-sub-category/258869)
**Author:** [@EchoBilisim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EchoBilisim)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-a-sub-sub-category/258869 "2023-03-22T13:22:37Z")
Hello, there is a sub-category. It would be good to have six features in the sub-category. It would be good to have the option to add sub-category sub-category in multiple categories. --- ## [Force users to select a sub-category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-users-to-select-a-sub-category/216648)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-users-to-select-a-sub-category/216648 "2023-03-22T13:07:54Z")
The users of the forum I’m importing would like to have a parent category that serves as a “label” (similar to what they had on phpBB). A category that contains nothing but subcategories. No topics in the parent category… --- ## [Email notifications turned on by default?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-turned-on-by-default/259009)
**Author:** [@SophieRice1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SophieRice1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-turned-on-by-default/259009 "2023-03-22T11:12:40Z")
Hi everyone, Hopefully a quick one to answer - are the summary/digest emails sent out to users by default (when they haven’t been active for a while), or do they have to be opted into? I can’t remember if I ever activel… --- ## [Can we host discourse community in a subdirectory for example: companyname.com/community under business plan?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-host-discourse-community-in-a-subdirectory-for-example-companyname-com-community-under-business-plan/259001)
**Author:** [@Vivek\_Choksi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vivek_Choksi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-host-discourse-community-in-a-subdirectory-for-example-companyname-com-community-under-business-plan/259001 "2023-03-22T09:25:32Z")
We want to host our community on companyname.com/community and NOT on subdomain community.companyname.com Is self-hosting is the only option available? Does Business/Standard plan support subdirectory hosting? --- ## [Users not receiving emails after a restore](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-not-receiving-emails-after-a-restore/258205)
**Author:** [@Hyan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hyan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-not-receiving-emails-after-a-restore/258205 "2023-03-22T08:53:00Z")
I use mailgun 587 port for my self-hosting site. And I can receive email when setting up admin account to complete installation. However, when sign up new users my site doesn’t send “Confirm your new account” email. Mai… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=688) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=690)