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Configurable Github User's Email API to support Github Enterprise

I've tried to configure the authentication for Github Enterprise using Github OpenAuth. However, it failed where it calls to the /user/emails api from the Github server. Can you please make it be configurable like other endpoints? (e.g. github.author...

Ideas

2019-06-09 12:54:48.709Z

Make up failing on 'ed-logging' dependency

Hello! When I run the "make up" command, it gets stuck on an error: [error] (update) sbt.librarymanagement.ResolveException: unresolved dependency: community.ed#ed-logging_2.12;0.0.2: not found Is this a known issue?

Issues

2019-06-09 12:43:02.074Z

Facebook icon missing, on copy link

The Facebook icon on the "copy link" dialog is missing. It's pointing back to my domain, which does not have this image. https://uctrl.thomasjsn.now.sh/-/media/brands/facebook/flogo-HexRBG-Wht-58.png should probably be https://tyw-49f8.kxcdn.com/-/m...

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2019-06-09 12:31:59.992Z

Some resources loaded twice, warnings and error in console

Six resources seems to be loaded twice; Warnings in console: onmozfullscreenchange is deprecated. talkyard-comments.min.js:10:9788 onmozfullscreenerror is deprecated. talkyard-comments.min.js:10:9788 Error in console: uncaught exception: ok

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2019-06-09 11:59:25.842Z

Bug: If adding a 2nd Gmail email, the verification email gets sent to one's 1st address

To reproduce: Create an account with a Gmail address. Then go to https://talkyard-server/-/users/the-username/preferences/account and connect a 2nd Gmail address. The verification email, to check that this addr works, gets sent to the first and prima...

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2019-06-09 11:39:22.399Z

Embedding in iframe: possibility to retain navigation and scrolling?

Hi @KajMagnus We're upgrading SoundFlow to newest Electron version, and there the webview support is now deprecated. Long story short, we need to now embed the Talkyard forum as an iframe. However, the forum detects we're embedding in an iframe and t...

Topics, recently active first	Category	Users	Replies	Activity
Configurable Github User's Email API to support Github Enterprise I've tried to configure the authentication for Github Enterprise using Github OpenAuth. However, it failed where it calls to the /user/emails api from the Github server. Can you please make it be configurable like other endpoints? (e.g. github.author...	Ideas	D	16	2019-06-09 12:54:48.709Z
Make up failing on 'ed-logging' dependency Hello! When I run the "make up" command, it gets stuck on an error: [error] (update) sbt.librarymanagement.ResolveException: unresolved dependency: community.ed#ed-logging_2.12;0.0.2: not found Is this a known issue?	Issues	T	8	2019-06-09 12:43:02.074Z
Facebook icon missing, on copy link The Facebook icon on the "copy link" dialog is missing. It's pointing back to my domain, which does not have this image. https://uctrl.thomasjsn.now.sh/-/media/brands/facebook/flogo-HexRBG-Wht-58.png should probably be https://tyw-49f8.kxcdn.com/-/m...	Issues		2	2019-06-09 12:31:59.992Z
Some resources loaded twice, warnings and error in console Six resources seems to be loaded twice; Warnings in console: onmozfullscreenchange is deprecated. talkyard-comments.min.js:10:9788 onmozfullscreenerror is deprecated. talkyard-comments.min.js:10:9788 Error in console: uncaught exception: ok	Issues		5	2019-06-09 11:59:25.842Z
Bug: If adding a 2nd Gmail email, the verification email gets sent to one's 1st address To reproduce: Create an account with a Gmail address. Then go to https://talkyard-server/-/users/the-username/preferences/account and connect a 2nd Gmail address. The verification email, to check that this addr works, gets sent to the first and prima...	Issues		1	2019-06-09 11:39:22.399Z
Embedding in iframe: possibility to retain navigation and scrolling? Hi @KajMagnus We're upgrading SoundFlow to newest Electron version, and there the webview support is now deprecated. Long story short, we need to now embed the Talkyard forum as an iframe. However, the forum detects we're embedding in an iframe and t...	Support	C C	11	2019-06-07 17:33:38.311Z
Suggestions for Hugo integration I am experimenting with Talkyard in my Hugo-based site, and I have a couple of suggestions for the Hugo templates integration, in the comments.html template file. Mine now looks like this: <script>talkyardServerUrl={{ .Site.Params.talkyardServerUrl }...	Ideas		2	2019-06-07 15:55:30.615Z
Broken profile When the username begins with a number, the user profile will not load. Example, check my profile.	Issues	0	4	2019-06-07 13:16:09.269Z
"Reply" vs "Comment" label on button in the comments UI The original concern turned out to be a misunderstanding of the meaning of the main "Reply" button in the page comments UI. Original posting: I am trying out Talkyard with my Hugo site, and testing locally. I have added http://localhost:1313 to the l...	Support		9	2019-05-29 22:29:02.218Z
Floating action button for new topics Here another idea: instead of the 'new topic' button on the top of the frontpage I would like to see a floating button for new the new topic action. This is practical and mor modern. Twitter has it as Google plus and a lot of other aplications https:...	Ideas	I	3	2019-05-29 03:55:08.098Z
Explain icons...
Slow server @talkyard It's getting increasingly frustrating that we're being met with "Server is slow right now" messages on a regular basis. Is there any fix for this coming up or will this continue to happen as often as it does now? Customers are complaining about it, i...	Issues	C	18	2019-05-26 11:19:29.780Z
Popups flicker All modal popups tend to flicker the screen. This could be made to feel more intuitive. The rest of the GUI seems very nice and smooth so this is something that makes any UI interaction that involves the popups seem unfinished. Lmk if you need more i...	Support	C	10	2019-05-26 11:08:02.523Z
Help section on "Comments Demo" using name "EfectiveDiscussions" This is a bit confusing if one does not know the naming history of Talkyard :)	Issues		1	2019-05-23 04:34:40.534Z
Topic priorities? A Pritority tab, sort by priority? To me, it'd be nice if topics could be assigned priorities. There's a bunch of ideas and problems here in this forum, and currently they're sorted "randomly" based on latest-activity, or creation-date. Would it be nice to have, in addition to Activit...	Ideas	C	1	2019-05-18 11:17:38.085Z
Getting a `No XSRF cookie` response when modifying user name and full name on google signup Steps to reproduce: Signup with a fresh Gmail account Once redirected to the form where a username and fill name can be updated, make updates and submit the form See the response 403 Forbidden No XSRF cookie [DwE7GCV0] The token is actually sent in ...	Support	S	3	2019-05-18 10:32:29.750Z
HTML document title doesn't reflect title changes or navigation The title displayed in Google Chrome's tab titles on my Mac don't reflect when I navigate around the site. They stay at the original location I navigated to (the first url or thread). The title should update to reflect what thread you're on (and also...	Support	C C	5	2019-05-18 10:26:50.061Z
New problem append/insert split commenting is confusing I'm not sure the split of the way problem commenting is an improvement. It feels very confusing to me the way the buttons are laid out. Is there a chance you could make this feature opt in? I'm aware it may just need some getting used to it, but that...	Support	C	29	2019-05-10 11:15:49.982Z
Disabling 3rd party cookies in one's browser breaks blog comments login If you disables 3rd party cookies, then you cannot login to an embedded blog comments discussion. Because then no user id cookie is sent to the Talkyard server, and then the server doesn't know you're logged in. In fact, the server replies null to a ...	Support		3	2019-05-09 14:28:42.596Z
Migrating Talkyard to new platform? I currently have a Jekyll based site. If I mover to another platform such as Gatsby or Hugo, can I migrate the comments/forum?	Support	S	2	2019-05-08 10:36:40.170Z
Talkyard API? What API endpoints could be useful to you? What are your higher level goals, with calling them / what do you want to accomplish?	Ideas	J ?	22	2019-05-01 04:53:16.678Z
Single-Sign-On and API Here is how Talkyard's API and Single-Sign-On via API can look and work. Would you like to post feedback? Endpoints and Single-Sign-On Call the API like so, from your backend application servers: POST /-/v0/login-or-signup + json payload, see below ...	Ideas	?C	29	2019-04-16 14:44:07.687Z
gravatar support I'm curious if gravatar support can be incorporated, so I'm not uploading my image over and over?	Ideas	T	1	2019-04-08 17:21:05.982Z
Private channels / topics? Hi, maybe that's been answered somewhere but I couldn't find it. Is it possible for admins and other users to create private channels and / or topics which are invite only? Like in Slack or Rocket.Chat for example? If not, is this feature planned? I ...	Ideas	N	1	2019-03-30 05:12:14.551Z
Creating new topics in forum when Hugo blog is updated As the title says, any way to do that?	Support	O	1	2019-03-21 18:12:13.428Z
HTTPS SSL Certificate has expired Hi guys, I've added your CNAME to my DNS. Now when a user goes to https://forum.mywebsite.com they see the discussion forum that's hosted on your server. The problem is, your SSL cert is out of date. Do I need to provide my own certificate? I presume...	Support		5	2019-03-12 13:11:40.980Z
$\LaTeX$ demo (works inside this topic only) Update, May 2018: If you have created a Talkyard community, you can make LaTeX work, over there, by adding this script: <script type="text/javascript" async src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.4/MathJax.js?config=TeX-MML-AM_CHTM...	Support	U I U A W	12	2019-03-09 11:42:35.568Z
question(pricing): Blog Comments free plan 1. Summary I would like to clarify the limits for Blog Comments free plan. 2. Details Documentation: €0 if your blog gets less than 24 comments and 24 000 page views per year. 24 comments — year limit for all blog or for blog page? 24 000 views — yea...	Support	K	2	2019-03-05 11:55:44.533Z
A seperate page for New Thread submission Having a dedicated page for posting a new thread would help the integration on my website, where I have a sidebar featuring the recently created topic titles, and a "New Thread" submit button, to encourage thread creation. This separate page to direc...	Ideas		1	2019-02-25 16:59:45.681Z
Thumbnails? Is it possible to have thumbnails for talkyard? I think that would help users to process information not just through text but also through images and give an idea what the thread may be about. I kinda tried it by just uploading an image in the post ...	Ideas	S S	2	2019-02-22 21:16:58.103Z
Cleaner Code Todo List Post comments here, about how to improve the Talkyard source code. Then I or someone will look into doing those things. Example: A React.js component makes you confused, by mixing presentation things and application logic. Or there's a Scala class wi...	Development		1	2019-02-07 19:05:11.003Z
Real-time notification stops working Hello! I've deployed a talkyard for my community but after a few seconds the real-time notification stops working and I need to refresh the page. I've check the logs and I have a "client prematurely closed connection while sending to client" right al...	Issues	T2	8	2019-02-07 18:40:57.006Z
Allow email domains be black/whitelisted? Perhaps to a single domain? Locking down registration to a single domain would be greatly appreciated; that is, denying registration approval if the email is not someone@somewhere.com where the domain somewhere.com is configurable?	Ideas	Z	2	2019-02-07 18:32:54.822Z
How can i add languages? I wanted to translate from English to Portuguese from Portugal, is it possible? Or do i have to translate and send .ts to the developers?	Support	P	1	2019-01-29 12:03:37.003Z
Showcase board Is a good idea to have a showcase board here, so we can see Talkyard forums in action.	Ideas	I C	2	2018-12-30 10:34:21.161Z
How to setup multiple instances on one server? I’ll like to setup forums for three different communities but want to do so using just one server. Did not find this in the installation instructions. Will like to know where to start. I’ll do a pull request to the installation instructions when I ge...	Support	G I	6	2018-12-13 15:17:45.505Z
Making Talkyard contributor friendly Talkyard is open source, and it'd be good if it was simpler to contribute, without running into confusion e.g. when building images, or reading the source code. This is a roadmap for making it simpler, to contribute. A simpler build system. Assuming ...	Development		0	2018-12-02 14:06:50.795Z
Embedded forum categories Right now, one can embed Talkyard discussion pages, to use as embedded blog comments, like Disqus comments. (Here's a landing page for such embedded comments: /blog-comments/. ) It'd be nice if one could also embed whole forum categories, and have em...	Ideas	A	4	2018-11-27 15:18:04.083Z
Using / installing talkyard as the comment system for a wordpress site Hello, just like discuss, how would we use talkyard as the comment system for our wordpress website? I get that we would need a separate talkyard server, but then how do we integrate the comments to show up / be part of the wordpress comment system?	Support	E	3	2018-11-21 04:21:28.491Z
How do you want to build and upgrade, yourself? For now, to build your own Talkyard images, you can do as described in: docs/testing-images-in-vagrant.md, however, the build script is nowadays called s/build-and-release.sh (not just s/release.sh). The testing-images-in-vagrant.md doc doesn't, howe...	Support	T A	4	2018-11-07 14:56:48.693Z