# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=694 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 695 --- ## [FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP, even on a fresh installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-even-on-a-fresh-installation/257942)
**Author:** [@johnlth93](https://meta.discourse.org/u/johnlth93)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-even-on-a-fresh-installation/257942 "2023-03-15T16:45:38Z")
Hi, I had been using Discourse for quite many years but I wanted to migrate to a different server. Already did the backup and now trying to install a new copy on the new server in order to make restoration. But when I… --- ## [Anyone in Portland, OR, USA need some Discourse help?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-in-portland-or-usa-need-some-discourse-help/258247)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-in-portland-or-usa-need-some-discourse-help/258247 "2023-03-15T16:18:29Z")
I’ll be in Portland, OR next week and would be happy to meet up with any Discourse folks in the area. --- ## [Suggestions for best practices?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestions-for-best-practices/254259)
**Author:** [@mangcat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mangcat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestions-for-best-practices/254259 "2023-03-15T15:41:24Z")
Hello, We have a forum set up for our support community and we were wondering if you have any suggestions or recommendations for best practices around making sure that we are not missing any posts/replies? Thank you, … --- ## [Category Ban is not supported but would it be possible with a plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-ban-is-not-supported-but-would-it-be-possible-with-a-plugin/258025)
**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-ban-is-not-supported-but-would-it-be-possible-with-a-plugin/258025 "2023-03-15T13:43:57Z")
I’ve read this topic which basically state that it’s not a feature seen as needed so I’m not going to ask for it again. However, there are use cases for large communities like mine in which we have literally smaller for… --- ## [WP Discourse 2.4.8: possible bug with excerpt function](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-2-4-8-possible-bug-with-excerpt-function/256793)
**Author:** [@OrkoGrayskull](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OrkoGrayskull)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-2-4-8-possible-bug-with-excerpt-function/256793 "2023-03-15T12:53:04Z")
Hi there, I’m using WP Discourse (2.4.8). Under the “Publihsing” tab, I unchecked Publish the full post to Discourse, rather than an excerpt. Publishing posts works and an abbreviated representation is displayed in Disc… --- ## [Is it possible to change the background color of (only) the home page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-the-background-color-of-only-the-home-page/257222)
**Author:** [@Tin\_Tin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tin_Tin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-the-background-color-of-only-the-home-page/257222 "2023-03-15T09:39:44Z")
We’d like to change the background color of only our home page to black (white font) while leaving all other pages “white” (with back font)–the standard style setting. Is there an easy CSS-way to do this? Many thank… --- ## [Digest inside a group, limit moderator to group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-inside-a-group-limit-moderator-to-group/180199)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_Rother](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Rother)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 7:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-inside-a-group-limit-moderator-to-group/180199 "2023-03-15T07:52:57Z")
We have a discourse 2.7.0.beta3 instance for closed user groups. It hosts different communities, each of them has its own social focus (e.g. one is a maker space, the other one a pressure group for local bike traffic). E… --- ## [How customizable is the hint that appears when creating a new post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-customizable-is-the-hint-that-appears-when-creating-a-new-post/127259)
**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-customizable-is-the-hint-that-appears-when-creating-a-new-post/127259 "2023-03-15T07:22:14Z")
When you start typing the title for a new topic, sometimes the “your topic is similar to” message appears. Is it possible to have other messages show up there? For example, if the title (or body for that matter) included… --- ## [Discouse takes up a lot of disk space, mainly the redis\_data folder](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discouse-takes-up-a-lot-of-disk-space-mainly-the-redis-data-folder/255331)
**Author:** [@Alienazk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alienazk)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 4:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discouse-takes-up-a-lot-of-disk-space-mainly-the-redis-data-folder/255331 "2023-03-15T04:25:54Z")
Hello! I’ve been running the community on discouse for almost a year now and my backup files are now up to 2.5G. But we are running out of disk space (120G). After investigation, the folder redis\_data is taking up 59G… --- ## [Import Database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-database/258144)
**Author:** [@Timelord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timelord)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-database/258144 "2023-03-15T02:33:31Z")
Team, have taken a backup of my site, extracted the contents to my local disk, and drilled down until I have gotten the dump.sql file. Should it be possible to import this is into a local install of PostgrSQL on my wor… --- ## [What value to use as poll name when running report manually](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-value-to-use-as-poll-name-when-running-report-manually/249456)
**Author:** [@Phylo\_IF](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Phylo_IF)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 7:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-value-to-use-as-poll-name-when-running-report-manually/249456 "2022-12-20T07:23:25Z")
Hey, i got a question in regard to the implemented “Poll results report” which is one of the standard queries. It asks me to put in a “Poll\_name” and a “Post\_ID”. While i can imagine the post id, i do not know where to… --- ## [Mirrored topic: same topic in two categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mirrored-topic-same-topic-in-two-categories/187032)
**Author:** [@jmeler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmeler)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mirrored-topic-same-topic-in-two-categories/187032 "2023-03-14T18:56:55Z")
Sorry if I am redundant, but I have not found any similar topic … Recently, Workflowy, my second favorite web platform (Discourse is the first!) has implemented mirrors, which allow to have an element in more than one l… --- ## [Discourse splash not removed after boot because of browser extension](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-splash-not-removed-after-boot-because-of-browser-extension/258137)
**Author:** [@Stew\_Pid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stew_Pid)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-splash-not-removed-after-boot-because-of-browser-extension/258137 "2023-03-14T17:54:26Z")
I have a user that is having some problems on a Chromebook. I suspect, but don’t know, that this may be the problem. Is there a way to disable this? --- ## [Community Health statistics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-health-statistics/258043)
**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-health-statistics/258043 "2023-03-14T17:56:56Z")
Is it possible to include email-list users under community health statistics? Currently, it looks like only logged in users per day are counted. In particular can the ‘Consolidated Pageviews’ graph be renamed/upgraded … --- ## [Stripping Outlook Safe Link URLs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stripping-outlook-safe-link-urls/258114)
**Author:** [@ethang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ethang)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stripping-outlook-safe-link-urls/258114 "2023-03-14T17:05:47Z")
Good morning - I’m an admin on a hosted (Business tier) forum for a software service, and I am trying to gently encourage more of our users to post to our Discourse rather than emailing me directly by forwarding messages… --- ## [Welcome topic can't be created if General category is deleted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-topic-cant-be-created-if-general-category-is-deleted/253773)
**Author:** [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-topic-cant-be-created-if-general-category-is-deleted/253773 "2023-03-14T16:40:37Z")
Building a new test instance I removed all of the unwanted categories before I realized I hadn’t created a welcome topic (to dismiss the banner). Browser console shows a 403 error and the follow: \[Error\] Unhandled P… --- ## [Discourse Hub app crashing on open after being closed for a while](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hub-app-crashing-on-open-after-being-closed-for-a-while/257907)
**Author:** [@trs80](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trs80)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hub-app-crashing-on-open-after-being-closed-for-a-while/257907 "2023-03-14T16:16:05Z")
Since I think 1.8.7, and still in 1.8.9, Discourse Hub crashes when I open it after being closed for a while. Immediately reopening it works fine. --- ## [Which Discourse version in discourse\_base image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-discourse-version-in-discourse-base-image/258096)
**Author:** [@qngo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/qngo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-discourse-version-in-discourse-base-image/258096 "2023-03-14T16:09:08Z")
Hello, We’re currently using the base image from here to build and deploy Discourse. However, I have tried to find the information of the relation between the version of base image to Discourse version and so far not y… --- ## ["Only visible to members of groups" message when sharing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-visible-to-members-of-groups-message-when-sharing/257973)
**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-visible-to-members-of-groups-message-when-sharing/257973 "2023-03-14T16:05:54Z")
We want a particular category to not be visible to TL0, in other words, only TL1+. For that, we have set it like this: And this works fine and only TL1+ can see/reply/create. However, one of members noticed that if … --- ## [Timeline timestamp not updating](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-timestamp-not-updating/256447)
**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-timestamp-not-updating/256447 "2023-03-14T15:48:44Z")
Couldn’t help but notice: After a refresh it’s updated. But it should be more logical if it matches the post timestamp, which is updated w/o refresh. --- ## [Emoji issue when rendering on webkit - Issue with how HTML is rendered](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-issue-when-rendering-on-webkit-issue-with-how-html-is-rendered/257850)
**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-issue-when-rendering-on-webkit-issue-with-how-html-is-rendered/257850 "2023-03-14T14:48:07Z")
We have lots of users that uses Apple devices and/or webkit based browser report issue when scrolling the topics to the point of the forum being unusable. An example, taken on video here. After doing quite some digging… --- ## [Users directory is limited and doesn't load more than one section](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-directory-is-limited-and-doesnt-load-more-than-one-section/258065)
**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-directory-is-limited-and-doesnt-load-more-than-one-section/258065 "2023-03-14T15:11:24Z")
This bug makes the users page hard to use. Reproduction: Go to Discourse Meta Then, scroll down. You will notice that it does not load very much content. It does not even try to load anything. This applies to every f… --- ## [Manually override password](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manually-override-password/258051)
**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manually-override-password/258051 "2023-03-14T15:06:05Z")
I have a user who has supplied a valid email address, and who is (according to the logs) being sent forum mailing list messages with no bounces, but who is not seeing any of these messages directly, or in his junk mail. … --- ## [How to check what prevents rake migrate?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-check-what-prevents-rake-migrate/258047)
**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-check-what-prevents-rake-migrate/258047 "2023-03-14T14:15:28Z")
I’m trying multisite, I have installed the second instance and it works like a charm. But now I just can’t rebuild. The logs shows: warning " \> babel-plugin-debug-macros@0.4.0-pre1" has unmet peer dependency "@babel/co… --- ## [Search filter - only topics / only posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-filter-only-topics-only-posts/257994)
**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-filter-only-topics-only-posts/257994 "2023-03-14T13:47:52Z")
While I understand that the regular search for topics/posts might be good enough for most use cases, I’ve had some requests from users to have a way to filter the results in case they are searching for that, to only show… --- ## [Install discourse on localhost in ubuntu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-localhost-in-ubuntu/258102)
**Author:** [@VNS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/VNS)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-localhost-in-ubuntu/258102 "2023-03-14T13:31:20Z")
Hello Team, I want to install discourse on my local system for my testing, could you please help me, with how to install it on localhost without using any domain? --- ## [Translate Wordpress roles to Discourse groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translate-wordpress-roles-to-discourse-groups/258073)
**Author:** [@Golaxo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Golaxo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translate-wordpress-roles-to-discourse-groups/258073 "2023-03-14T13:18:18Z")
Thanks for the great plugin, guys! I was wondering that you would add a “roles” functionality to it. I saw that I am not alone with the struggle and maybe it wouldn’t be too much of a development either. It would be gr… --- ## [How to split the categories into sections with titles?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-split-the-categories-into-sections-with-titles/199494)
**Author:** [@Drew-ART](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew-ART)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-split-the-categories-into-sections-with-titles/199494 "2023-03-14T13:03:38Z")
I feel someone must have done this previously but i can’t find it mentioned anywhere here. I felt we needed three sub-categories so i made that fix, but honestly its not worth it with the bugs caused to other plugins. W… --- ## [Need help connecting nextcloud with discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-connecting-nextcloud-with-discourse/258100)
**Author:** [@albjeremias](https://meta.discourse.org/u/albjeremias)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-connecting-nextcloud-with-discourse/258100 "2023-03-14T12:27:26Z")
I’ve been trying this for the last couple years.. was never succesful.. can someone please guide me on how-to make this work? I’ve read all the threads and everything.. and it’s really extra confusing. you can see more d… --- ## [Safe-mode failed with a plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/safe-mode-failed-with-a-plugin/258097)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/safe-mode-failed-with-a-plugin/258097 "2023-03-14T12:21:28Z")
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