# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=910 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 911 --- ## [Column bookmarks.topic\_id does not exist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/column-bookmarks-topic-id-does-not-exist/214128)
**Author:** [@Nacho\_Caballero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nacho_Caballero)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/column-bookmarks-topic-id-does-not-exist/214128 "2022-01-14T21:59:58Z")
I’m getting “The software powering this discussion forum encountered an unexpected problem” on topics with bookmarks. Reloading each topic after the error makes it go away. I’m on the latest build: 2.8.0.beta10 (6b6c… --- ## [Can I use some of the help content from the meta site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-some-of-the-help-content-from-the-meta-site/211998)
**Author:** [@RichWilkie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RichWilkie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-some-of-the-help-content-from-the-meta-site/211998 "2022-01-14T21:49:07Z")
Hi all, I’m starting a new community and want to use some of the “how to” docs and help content that is available on the discourse site to pre-populate some of the things that people will definitely ask about. I’m think… --- ## [Latest topics on homepage with only members to read in detail?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-topics-on-homepage-with-only-members-to-read-in-detail/214780)
**Author:** [@Im\_Caffeine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Im_Caffeine)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-topics-on-homepage-with-only-members-to-read-in-detail/214780 "2022-01-14T21:18:04Z")
We have a forum that’s currently set up as member-only, and therefore, the homepage is a simple log in page. Is it possible to make the home page like the Discourse home page, but only members can read the content of th… --- ## [Insert Video stopped working?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-video-stopped-working/283546)
**Author:** [@PaulinaMX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PaulinaMX)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-video-stopped-working/283546 "2022-01-14T20:18:50Z")
Hi, I have used this component for a long time and it has always worked great, but since yesterday it no longer allows me to upload videos on my forum. --- ## [View API requests per user/API key](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-api-requests-per-user-api-key/214584)
**Author:** [@IdentityDan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IdentityDan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-api-requests-per-user-api-key/214584 "2022-01-14T20:03:24Z")
Hi team, I am trying to make ad hoc requests against our Discourse API and I regularly run into rate limit errors. We have some integrations that use the API on a regular basis and I would like to monitor the requests. … --- ## [Show all users in a PM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-all-users-in-a-pm/214817)
**Author:** [@JimPas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimPas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-all-users-in-a-pm/214817 "2022-01-14T19:42:28Z")
On another forum (Discourse of course) a question came up as to whether the number of users’ avatars shown in the PM can be increased from the default of 10 users. As it is now, it shows the avatars of the first 10 and t… --- ## [Staff member didn't get notification when task assigned](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-member-didnt-get-notification-when-task-assigned/214784)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-member-didnt-get-notification-when-task-assigned/214784 "2022-01-14T19:40:11Z")
Earlier today a staff member was assigned a task & didn’t get a notification because he’s not subscribed to those notifications. I would like to see how common that is but I can’t figure out where / how that user prefere… --- ## [How do I stop a runaway data explorer query?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-stop-a-runaway-data-explorer-query/214772)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-stop-a-runaway-data-explorer-query/214772 "2022-01-14T18:36:36Z")
Hi, I’m just starting to explore Data Explorer. I plopped in this query: View Count of a specific tag - #2 by SidV and hit ‘Save Changes and Run’, expecting to be prompted for the parameter value. After waiting a coupl… --- ## [Help with permalinks after forum migration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-permalinks-after-forum-migration/214616)
**Author:** [@mstm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mstm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-permalinks-after-forum-migration/214616 "2022-01-14T18:53:28Z")
Hi, after the conversion from phpBB Google indexing has collapsed and even after months has never recovered. I believe the problem is due to the many 404 mistakes due to the permalinks not working. They are the predefi… --- ## [How to change the homepage from hot to latest?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-homepage-from-hot-to-latest/214604)
**Author:** [@mapengfei-nwpu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mapengfei-nwpu)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-homepage-from-hot-to-latest/214604 "2022-01-14T18:47:58Z")
Hello everyone! I have established my own discourse forum and the default homepage is hot topics page. I want to show latest topics or categories on homepage. It might be a naive questions but I have searched a lot and … --- ## [Soften "Account temporarily blocked" message?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512 "2022-01-14T18:35:43Z")
I use auto block first post regex with a value of https?:// in order to prevent paid spammers from posting links - the idea is that moderators would approve or reject the message from the queue, per the description of th… --- ## [Should always receive email notification of PMs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-always-receive-email-notification-of-pms/51291)
**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-always-receive-email-notification-of-pms/51291 "2022-01-14T18:34:47Z")
Users have complained that they’ve not received email notifications for all of their PMs. I found this was due to the setting which suppresses email notifications for active users. It makes sense to suppress email noti… --- ## [Can't restore backup from business 7 to fresh install due to version error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-restore-backup-from-business-7-to-fresh-install-due-to-version-error/214876)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-restore-backup-from-business-7-to-fresh-install-due-to-version-error/214876 "2022-01-14T17:52:09Z")
I have a freshly rebuilt container that is refusing to restore a backup taken hours ago from Your branch is up to date with 'origin/tests-passed'. nothing to commit, working tree clean root@meshack-five:/var/www/discou… --- ## [Python API Send posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/python-api-send-posts/205161)
**Author:** [@FunnySmile](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FunnySmile)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/python-api-send-posts/205161 "2022-01-14T17:46:58Z")
If you need to use Python to post to your forum, I’m sure this code will definitely help. First of all, please get the tool post, tools. Or get the package directly: pip install fluent-discourse For more interfaces… --- ## [Theme is dark for public and doesn't change](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-is-dark-for-public-and-doesnt-change/214856)
**Author:** [@ano](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ano)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-is-dark-for-public-and-doesnt-change/214856 "2022-01-14T16:27:31Z")
Hi, it’s a brand new installation. I’m logged in as admin, changed theme to Elemental, tried a few different color palettes to see how it looks. But when I view the site in different browsers it’s in dark mode and changi… --- ## [PM sends email without having to tag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-sends-email-without-having-to-tag/106988)
**Author:** [@sjmscott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sjmscott)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-sends-email-without-having-to-tag/106988 "2019-01-20T00:50:33Z")
Continuing the discussion from Should always receive email notification of PMs: Is this correct– An email of a PM will only be sent if a user is tagged in the body of the message? If so, is there a way to change it? … --- ## [Add yet another property to hide/show the field on the account creation page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-yet-another-property-to-hide-show-the-field-on-the-account-creation-page/214862)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-yet-another-property-to-hide-show-the-field-on-the-account-creation-page/214862 "2022-01-14T15:18:30Z")
Continuing the discussion from Custom user field is visible on signup page: When you create a custom user field, the only way to have it not show on the account creation page is hide it with CSS. This comes up with som… --- ## [There are 2 IDs when I try to get API, in case of lack documentation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-are-2-ids-when-i-try-to-get-api-in-case-of-lack-documentation/214844)
**Author:** [@cmdntd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cmdntd)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-are-2-ids-when-i-try-to-get-api-in-case-of-lack-documentation/214844 "2022-01-14T14:37:27Z")
I try to do like Sam’s instruction at How to reverse engineer the Discourse API But it display 2 IDs, and it makes me do not know how to do next When I tried to update private message, it has different 2 IDs: ID of… --- ## [Run function after dom has loaded (didRender, didInsertElement, and decorateCooked are not working)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/run-function-after-dom-has-loaded-didrender-didinsertelement-and-decoratecooked-are-not-working/214802)
**Author:** [@JQ331](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JQ331)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/run-function-after-dom-has-loaded-didrender-didinsertelement-and-decoratecooked-are-not-working/214802 "2022-01-14T12:52:31Z")
Hi. I am trying to evaluate a div on the topic show page. In order to do so, I need to run a function after the dom on the topic show page is done loading. In normal javascript, i’d run “window.onload = function()…” for… --- ## [Voting box does not appear](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-box-does-not-appear/214846)
**Author:** [@wlandgraf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wlandgraf)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-box-does-not-appear/214846 "2022-01-14T12:08:49Z")
I’m using the voting plugin and I wonder why the “voting box” doesn’t appear at the left of the topics? See the screenshot below. I only see a very small “47 votes” below the topic subject, but I can’t find how to make … --- ## [How to hide category from Homepage but not in parent category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-hide-category-from-homepage-but-not-in-parent-category/214332)
**Author:** [@Tee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-hide-category-from-homepage-but-not-in-parent-category/214332 "2022-01-14T11:04:41Z")
I use default categories muted for now. It can hide the specific category in Homepage. But it also hide in parent category. If i want to see what’s in specific category. I need to click the the subcategory. How can i o… --- ## [Custom user field is visible on signup page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-field-is-visible-on-signup-page/214843)
**Author:** [@Krischan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Krischan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-field-is-visible-on-signup-page/214843 "2022-01-14T11:02:55Z")
Every new user field I create with these properties are now visible and editable on the signup page: Older fields with the same properties are not. Can you help, please? I need the fields to stay invisble to the user… --- ## [How to update a private message by API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-update-a-private-message-by-api/214290)
**Author:** [@cmdntd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cmdntd)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-update-a-private-message-by-api/214290 "2022-01-09T12:06:31Z")
It seems not have API to update private message I want to update a private message Could I use PUT topic to do it? Do you have any idea to update private message? --- ## [Should Discourse convert GIFs to mp4 video files?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-discourse-convert-gifs-to-mp4-video-files/16739)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-discourse-convert-gifs-to-mp4-video-files/16739 "2022-01-14T09:33:13Z")
Just read about this neat trick that Twitter is doing with GIFs: http://blog.embed.ly/post/89265229166/what-twitter-isnt-telling-you-about-gifs Perhaps this is something Discourse would like to mimic in the future. An… --- ## [IOS 12 issue with latest version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-12-issue-with-latest-version/212637)
**Author:** [@the-user](https://meta.discourse.org/u/the-user)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 5:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-12-issue-with-latest-version/212637 "2022-01-14T05:43:36Z")
I discovered that using IOS v12 on Discourse forums it have a bug with the last version of this forum. Before it was working perfectly, now with the last version, not anymore. The bug: In threads that have many posts i… --- ## [Odd stacking of tags in mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-stacking-of-tags-in-mobile/214820)
**Author:** [@ncaming215](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ncaming215)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-stacking-of-tags-in-mobile/214820 "2022-08-08T14:56:26Z")
This is happening on topics with multiple tags …. Maybe there’s a quick CSS fix but not sure why it’s rendering this way. I disabled all components and the problem remains. --- ## [Customizing look of comments on WP site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-look-of-comments-on-wp-site/214815)
**Author:** [@mallorycs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mallorycs)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-look-of-comments-on-wp-site/214815 "2022-01-14T01:33:31Z")
Hi, super newbie here! The Discourse comments are showing up on my WP site (Elementor builder) looking like (first pic). However, they are too big and there is way too much white space; I would like them to be a bit more… --- ## [How to bulk update user's category notification level?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bulk-update-users-category-notification-level/214603)
**Author:** [@th21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/th21)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 10:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bulk-update-users-category-notification-level/214603 "2022-01-13T10:07:06Z")
I used to mute a category for all users by default but then find none of them looks at the category list and unmute the category. After I remove the default setting, new users start contribute to the category, the old us… --- ## [Timed automatic messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timed-automatic-messages/214751)
**Author:** [@Neildb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Neildb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timed-automatic-messages/214751 "2022-01-14T00:02:21Z")
Hi Everyone :ocean: I’m looking to send a message new members at fixed intervals after sign up with a view to increase repeat visits. Examples Day 1 - Hi, check out discobot who will guide you through everything Day … --- ## [In your experience, what is the maximum effective length of a topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-your-experience-what-is-the-maximum-effective-length-of-a-topic/207890)
**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-your-experience-what-is-the-maximum-effective-length-of-a-topic/207890 "2022-01-13T23:54:40Z")
Continuing the discussion from Threaded discussion is ultimately too complex to survive on the public Internet?: Okay, so, we have two Discourse sites for the Fedora Project. One, Ask Fedora is for end-user troubleshoo… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=909) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=911)