# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=970 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 971 --- ## [Create a new topic button with category and topic template](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-new-topic-button-with-category-and-topic-template/85775)
**Author:** [@bombledmonk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bombledmonk)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-new-topic-button-with-category-and-topic-template/85775 "2021-09-03T17:00:23Z")
I’m looking at the following theme as a reference. My goal is to find a way to put up a secondary new topic button that shows up for members of a specific group. This group has access to a private area in the forum an… --- ## [Quote reply / Share popup breaks "Open all external links in a new tab" setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-reply-share-popup-breaks-open-all-external-links-in-a-new-tab-setting/202539)
**Author:** [@jesus2099](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesus2099)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-reply-share-popup-breaks-open-all-external-links-in-a-new-tab-setting/202539 "2021-09-03T16:26:54Z")
Hello and sorry for posting yet another “Open all external links in a new tab” related topic! :sweat\_smile: Setup Go to My Preferences: Interface Make sure “Open all external links in a new tab” option is enabled Conf… --- ## [Discourse setup on aws ec2 doesn't work with default IPv4 DNS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-on-aws-ec2-doesnt-work-with-default-ipv4-dns/196789)
**Author:** [@ys2843](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ys2843)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-on-aws-ec2-doesnt-work-with-default-ipv4-dns/196789 "2021-09-03T14:44:08Z")
Hi discourse community, I am new to discourse and just testing the setup of discourse on an AWS ec2 instance following discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub. However, I wasn’t able to sp… --- ## [Simple local install of Discourse (not for development)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simple-local-install-of-discourse-not-for-development/202531)
**Author:** [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simple-local-install-of-discourse-not-for-development/202531 "2021-09-03T14:13:15Z")
I’d like to install Discourse on a local machine to troubleshoot some issues with SSO between Discourse and our PHP-based website. I don’t need to develop Discourse itself and so the guide for setting up How do I set up … --- ## [Recursive Impersonation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recursive-impersonation/202522)
**Author:** [@bloomingcrystals](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bloomingcrystals)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recursive-impersonation/202522 "2021-09-03T12:30:20Z")
Hello everyone, I set up a discourse server for a client and let them create test accounts, which I knew will ultimately become obsolete once the SSO was in place. I set everything up, customised my theme and wrote cate… --- ## [Discourse app on my mobile phone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-on-my-mobile-phone/202524)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Bawady](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muhammed_Bawady)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-on-my-mobile-phone/202524 "2021-09-03T11:27:09Z")
Why I get now notifications on here while I get them on my computer Community page? --- ## [Category View Like this?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-view-like-this/202509)
**Author:** [@Reaxgrim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Reaxgrim)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-view-like-this/202509 "2021-09-03T09:39:53Z")
Anyone able to tell me how you get this look for the category page? not the colours but the way it has categorys then in same line the latest 3 topics from that category. cant seem to find anything that does it. the… --- ## [Thank You from Gavin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thank-you-from-gavin/202512)
**Author:** [@IAmGav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IAmGav)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thank-you-from-gavin/202512 "2021-09-03T08:29:13Z")
Good day Discourse, Yesterday i launched a Coffee Community Forum powered by Discouse. I just want to again Thank everyone that has put in some effort into discourse. The install was easy, the setup was easy. the only… --- ## [How to get a feed from a password protected Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-a-feed-from-a-password-protected-discourse/29602)
**Author:** [@strategeek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/strategeek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-a-feed-from-a-password-protected-discourse/29602 "2021-09-03T04:08:35Z")
Hello. I need to display password protected Discourse feed on the external site. How to do that? Other sites suggest using this structure http://\[username\]:\[password\]@\[domain\]/\[path\] But for Discourse it doesn’t work. … --- ## [Tags restricted to a category are not available to plugins or components](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-restricted-to-a-category-are-not-available-to-plugins-or-components/150992)
**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-restricted-to-a-category-are-not-available-to-plugins-or-components/150992 "2021-09-03T01:43:19Z")
I have noticed that plugins or theme components that are using the field type: list list\_type: tag do not allow the use of tags that are restricted to a category. On my site I have everything in tag groups and assign tho… --- ## [Reduce upgrade to fewer steps](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-upgrade-to-fewer-steps/202501)
**Author:** [@anon23840344](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon23840344)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-upgrade-to-fewer-steps/202501 "2021-09-03T01:20:35Z")
I fall for this trap repeatedly. Steps to upgrade Discourse: Visit the admin page. Click the “click here to upgrade” link. Now on the admin/upgrade page, click the button for the desired item to upgrade, or click the … --- ## [Getting extreme load warning while server resources are not being used](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-extreme-load-warning-while-server-resources-are-not-being-used/202490)
**Author:** [@Caliph](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Caliph)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-extreme-load-warning-while-server-resources-are-not-being-used/202490 "2021-09-02T21:54:42Z")
We are a game company and use discourse for our community forum. Each time we release a patch to our game and patch notes on the forum we get a spike in traffic. We are using DigitalOcean to host and recently increased… --- ## [2.8.0.beta6: Bug fix](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-8-0-beta6-bug-fix/202470)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-8-0-beta6-bug-fix/202470 "2021-09-02T18:28:56Z")
New features in 2.8.0.beta6 beta6 is a bug fix update to beta5 released yesterday, September 1 Downgrade dependency causing memory issues One of the open source dependencies Discourse relies on appears to have memory is… --- ## [Official support for Microsoft Azure AD?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/official-support-for-microsoft-azure-ad/94626)
**Author:** [@cgambino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cgambino)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/official-support-for-microsoft-azure-ad/94626 "2021-09-02T17:59:18Z")
Hi everyone, I am looking for information on if Azure AD is supported through an Official plugin. We have been attempting to use the OAuth2\_Basic plugin, and it’s connecting and coming back, but we get an “unauthorized… --- ## [Can non-admin user issue their own API key?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-non-admin-user-issue-their-own-api-key/173226)
**Author:** [@KengoTODA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KengoTODA)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-non-admin-user-issue-their-own-api-key/173226 "2021-09-02T16:27:21Z")
Hello :waving\_hand:, I’m making a GitHub action posting to the Discourse forum. I found the post API, however, the document says Discourse users need to create an API Key from the admin panel, even though non-admin use… --- ## [Per User API Keys Not Working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-user-api-keys-not-working/201415)
**Author:** [@JQ331](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JQ331)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-user-api-keys-not-working/201415 "2021-09-02T15:47:32Z")
I’m following the guidance for getting per user api keys: User API keys specification. I’ve gone through the steps: client generates a public/private key pair and return url, goes to a discourse route, user gives approv… --- ## [How to know the followers of a specific topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-know-the-followers-of-a-specific-topic/202448)
**Author:** [@wlandgraf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wlandgraf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-know-the-followers-of-a-specific-topic/202448 "2021-09-02T15:59:16Z")
I wonder if it’s possible for an admin to list the followers (watchers) of a specific topic, or at least know how many are watching it? --- ## [Search Logs functionality improvements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-logs-functionality-improvements/79666)
**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-logs-functionality-improvements/79666 "2021-09-02T15:17:24Z")
Ways I believe the search logs page could be improved: Display how many total searches took place in the time period selected Display what the overall and line-by-line click through percentage was Change “Unique” to “U… --- ## [Users can block private messages from forum staff](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-block-private-messages-from-forum-staff/202412)
**Author:** [@metalspork](https://meta.discourse.org/u/metalspork)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 6:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-block-private-messages-from-forum-staff/202412 "2021-09-02T06:52:56Z")
During some routine flag handling, our staff encountered a situation where a user had his PMs set to a whitelist that did not include moderators. As such, we were not able to privately address the flag with the user wit… --- ## [More granular Discourse metrics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-granular-discourse-metrics/202321)
**Author:** [@LKinora](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LKinora)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-granular-discourse-metrics/202321 "2021-09-02T02:41:25Z")
Hi all, just wondering, we’ve got a few moderators working on different parts of our community - divided by group. Is it possible to isolate the Discourse dashboard metrics by group? Anyone seen anything like that at a… --- ## [Letsencrypt issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letsencrypt-issues/202398)
**Author:** [@srwsol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/srwsol)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 12:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letsencrypt-issues/202398 "2021-09-02T00:02:47Z")
Apparently some changes have occurred with the letsencrypt service as of August 1st. My certificate didn’t expire until today, so I was only affected by the changes today. The scripts that discourse uses to manage th… --- ## [More specific Webhook events?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-specific-webhook-events/202284)
**Author:** [@decryption](https://meta.discourse.org/u/decryption)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-specific-webhook-events/202284 "2021-09-01T18:57:24Z")
Loving the webhooks available in Discourse, but is there a way to be more specific with the webhooks sent than what’s currently in Discourse? The reason I ask is that I use Discourse webhooks with Integromat/Zapier and … --- ## [Discourse installation timed out](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-installation-timed-out/202324)
**Author:** [@tom-richter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tom-richter)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-installation-timed-out/202324 "2021-09-01T18:48:09Z")
Hi, I want to install discourse. My logs look like this: redis.1 | 410:M 31 Aug 2021 07:34:15.596 # Server initialized redis.1 | 410:M 31 Aug 2021 07:34:15.871 \* DB loaded from append only file: 0.275 seconds redis.1 … --- ## [Can I move discourse out of the default docker bridge network?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-move-discourse-out-of-the-default-docker-bridge-network/202014)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-move-discourse-out-of-the-default-docker-bridge-network/202014 "2021-09-01T18:18:39Z")
When following the default discourse install process, discourse will run on the default docker bridge network. Is it safe to move it into a custom network without any problems and if so, how do I do it so that it persist… --- ## [2.8.0.beta5: PM Improvements, Unseen View, Allow Uploaded Avatar by Trust Level, and more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-8-0-beta5-pm-improvements-unseen-view-allow-uploaded-avatar-by-trust-level-and-more/202357)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-8-0-beta5-pm-improvements-unseen-view-allow-uploaded-avatar-by-trust-level-and-more/202357 "2021-09-01T17:34:13Z")
New features in 2.8.0.beta5 Personal/Group messaging improvements We’ve added a number of improvements to the Messages interface. Easily switch between personal and group inboxes. all inboxes view to see messages fro… --- ## [2.7.8: Security Release](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-7-8-security-release/202366)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-7-8-security-release/202366 "2021-09-01T17:21:21Z")
Discourse 2.7.8 Stable Release Discourse strongly recommends that all sites follow the default tests-passed branch of Discourse. The “stable” branch is more focused on lack of change than lack of bugs - all releases, inc… --- ## [Discourse Security](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-security/202361)
**Author:** [@cristy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cristy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-security/202361 "2021-09-01T16:50:53Z")
Is there an architectural or network diagram available for Discourse? Or are there documents that discuss Discourse security? Which ports are in use? Which services? Anything to convince a security review team that D… --- ## [View Summary Digest as a Web Page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-summary-digest-as-a-web-page/202365)
**Author:** [@ked](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ked)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-summary-digest-as-a-web-page/202365 "2021-09-01T16:27:22Z")
Might it be a nice addition to the Summary Digest to have a link at the top with the anchor text of: “View this email as a web page”? --- ## [Topic excerpt html issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-excerpt-html-issue/202246)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-excerpt-html-issue/202246 "2021-09-01T16:12:11Z")
Hello, I am not sure but it seems to this commit break the html in topic excerpts. For example the emojis not appear only the html code of them… Thank you! :slightly\_smiling\_face: https://github.com/discourse/disco… --- ## [iOS App “admins (#)” Notice Not Updating](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-app-admins-notice-not-updating/202350)
**Author:** [@DavidO](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DavidO)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-app-admins-notice-not-updating/202350 "2021-09-01T15:07:01Z")
I’ve waited a week after clearing the counts, but it’s still showing that it has unread admin notices… They’re all cleared out on both… App is updated. Forums are updated. Waited for caching. No dice. Assume i… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=969) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=971)