Is there a way to remove the pop-ups when making a new topic?

[45thj5ej]

These are God-awful annoying and I’d like to remove them on my own site

[bryce (Bryce Huhtala)]

It sounds like the recommendation is to set min body similar length to a very high number.

Edit: This setting doesn’t exist any more–see Lilly’s solution.

Can I disable the "topic similar to" pop-up entirely?

This works for me [image]

[Lilly (Lillian)]

Hi @45thj5ej welcome to Discourse Meta

I believe the setting you want is max similar results:

[Lilly (Lillian)]

Can I disable the "topic similar to" pop-up entirely?

The min body similar length Site Setting doesn’t exist any more. There is a max similar results setting that can be used to accomplish the same thing. To prevent the ‘topic similar to’ popup from showing, set max similar results to 0.

[bryce (Bryce Huhtala)]

Ahh, I was wondering since that post was pretty old! Thanks.

[45thj5ej]

I must be blind. Where can I find that setting? Sorry, new to all this and have been staring at my screen for a good 15hrs today

[Lilly (Lillian)]

it is in admin-settings. Go to all site settings and type “max similar” in the settings filter field:

[45thj5ej]

Will this also get rid of the other messages like these?

[Lilly (Lillian)]

No, as the setting’s name suggests, it only applies to the pop ups for similar topic results.

[45thj5ej]

Ah, darn. So, there’s no way to disable those?

Another related question…is it possible to by default, make the new topic box smaller without having to click it?

[Lilly (Lillian)]

You could probably just do it with css.

[45thj5ej]

Oooo, that’d be nice. I’m listening

[Lilly (Lillian)]

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[45thj5ej]

So, is CSS the reason why “Home” and “Register” look fine on Desktop, but on mobile, it looks whack?

Or how do I make it all look uniform no matter the device? Using that Reddit-ish theme atm

[Lilly (Lillian)]

is that in mobile view? or desktop view on mobile?

could be the theme and some of your components conflicting. does safe mode look normal?

[45thj5ej]

I included both on the screenshot. Top one is Desktop, the big bloated one was a screenshot from mobile. Checking safe mode now…Desktop mode on mobile looks fine. Just mobile in general it looks messed up.

Ok, on mobile and checking out safe-mode, as soon as I enable the default 3 options, I get “[“BAD CSRF”]” error

[Lilly (Lillian)]

no i mean are you viewing the forum in desktop mode on your mobile?

[45thj5ej]

Desktop mode on mobile looks fine. Just mobile in general it looks messed up.

Ok, on mobile and checking out safe-mode, as soon as I enable the default 3 options, I get “[“BAD CSRF”]” error.

Ok, got it randomly working with safe-mode on mobile. Yeah, it disables the plugin anyway, so I can’t see the “Home Page” wackiness anyway with safe-mode.

[HAWK]

Yeah it’s an issue with your theme then. If you want to keep using that one you’ll need someone with CSS skills to help you iron out the bugs.

[45thj5ej]

Yeah, it appears to be the same with other themes as well. Just a sizing issue I guess with maybe just how the plugin works? Is there no better/baked in way to add header links?