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Talkyard v0.2021.23

New Talkyard version, new features and fixes: Idea tracking / Feature upvoting categories, check out: the Ideas category here in the forum — when you switch to that category, the topics get sorted by popular-first, and you see how many Likes the Orig...

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2021-08-25 19:47:12.682Z

Google Analytics Tracking code not working as expected (workaround fix)

Google analytics only started tracking the page once I put the code into: [look and feel] -> [html] -> [Styles HTML] It did not work in: [look and feel] -> [html] -> [Header HTML] and also not in : [settings]->[site]->[google universal analytics trac...

Topics, recently active first	Category	Users	Replies	Activity
Talkyard v0.2021.23 New Talkyard version, new features and fixes: Idea tracking / Feature upvoting categories, check out: the Ideas category here in the forum — when you switch to that category, the topics get sorted by popular-first, and you see how many Likes the Orig...	Releases	C	2	2021-08-25 19:47:12.682Z
Google Analytics Tracking code not working as expected (workaround fix) Google analytics only started tracking the page once I put the code into: [look and feel] -> [html] -> [Styles HTML] It did not work in: [look and feel] -> [html] -> [Header HTML] and also not in : [settings]->[site]->[google universal analytics trac...	Support		1	2021-08-24 16:48:39.532Z
[Forum main view: categories] is ignored by the [home] button When clicking on the [home] link at the top-left of a topic, it goes back to the url/latest view, even if the default view has been set to url/categories in the admin settings -> [Look and feel] -> [Basic] -> [Forum main view].	Issues		2	2021-08-22 18:21:41.952Z
HD space smaller then expected. Wrong number of total members and posts I am using the "almost free" trial to test out Talkyard, and the system displays wrong number of members and posts in the dashboard (/-/admin/dashboard) Should be 2 users and 5 topics EDIT: just noticed that the storage space is also wrong, should be...	Issues		2	2021-08-19 18:46:57.420Z
How to manage the posted attachments in my own talkyard server? I have a talkyard environment in my own server. Now, the Disk usage is too high , so i need to delete some attachments to free the disk space, but I dont konw how to do that. Anyone can help me ? priority: 3.5	Issues	L	14	2021-08-19 14:37:25.731Z
Integrating static site and institution SSO (which runs on Apache) Here's what I'm trying to accomplish: I have a static website on a subdomain of my institute. I currently use Rmarkdown and hugo to build that content. I'd prefer not to use an iframe for talkyard since it makes the user experience pretty terrible. I...	Support	E	5	2021-08-17 18:17:27.893Z
Request to fix the email problem Hi @KajMagnus As you know, lots of users end up responding to forum emails because they believe their response will end up with us. You've been manually forwarding this to us. As our user base grows, that's unsustainable for you - and for us. Those f...	Support	C	12	2021-08-12 15:07:30.426Z
Talkyard v0.2021.22 (For almost two years we (well, I) haven't posted any release announcements, although there's been many releases during that time. — Now seems like a good time to start announcing new releases again.) New Talkyard version, new features: (which took a...	Releases	C	4	2021-08-10 11:04:17.129Z
Which security features are provided by Talkyard? Hello, I hope every one doing well. I just want to know that which types of securities are used in Talkyard at both frontend and backend level. Thanks in advance. Thanks and Regards Gaurav Sen	Support	G R	4	2021-08-02 05:26:08.681Z
Site export runs out of memory Hi @KajMagnus We're relying on the site export endpoint to be able to export forum data for syncing up with our ClickUp backend. Unfortunately, it looks like it's implemented in a way where it instead of streaming the data out tries to build the enti...	Support	C C	7	2021-07-28 20:34:07.428Z
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How to add more Talkyard server RAM If you're self hosted, some day you might need to add more server memory (RAM), typically to the Talkyard application server. How to add application server memory Do this: Increase the amount of memory available to the server (e.g. a Virtual Private ...	How To		0	2021-07-26 20:03:48.884Z
Single-Sign-On for embedded comments, v1 Update year 2021: This has now been implemented, using PASETO tokens instead of HMAC etc. See: How to add Blog Comments Single Sign-On (SSO) You can add Single Sign-On to your blog or website in two ways, but only the authn token way is currently sup...	Ideas	N S C	15	2021-07-16 13:30:33.030Z
Deleting one's own posts How come non-admin users can't delete their posts? Is there a way I (the admin) can change that?	Issues	M M	5	2021-06-21 16:14:38.897Z
How to add Mermaid to Talkyard Mermaid, https://mermaid-js.github.io, is a Javascript diagramming and charting tool, where you can create diagrams by typing plain text. Here's one way to add Mermaid to Talkyard: As admin, go to the admin area, the Look and feel \| CSS and JS tab, a...	How To	D	2	2021-06-17 09:46:03.674Z
Hugo SaaS Integration I'm adding Talkyard to a Hugo site and haven't been able to display comments. At the bottom of this entry: https://wellys.com/posts/arduino_hal/ you can see the Comments powered by... however, there isn't anything else, such as a comment box. I've no...	Support	L	6	2021-06-17 03:04:15.390Z
SSL setup - talkyard one auto config not working Hi. I'm setting up my 2nd talkyard box, trying to use SSL. On my first setup, I didn't have port 80 open, which might have thrown it off for the automatic cert generation. Port 80 is now open too. It still doesn't seem to generate the https cert. In ...	Support	D D	5	2021-06-07 18:51:12.239Z
Self hosted bug: Auto cert renewal Lua problem (Certbot is fine) For self hosted Talkyard installations installed after 2021-03-20, HTTPS certs don't currently get renewed — they just get automatically generated once. There's some problem with a Lua Nginx LetsEncrypt module Talkyard uses. So, when there's less tha...	Issues		0	2021-06-07 17:43:35.996Z
Is there any API documentation? I have successfully created an API key, but I can't find any documentation of the API, even a list of what endpoints are available. Where should I be looking?	Support	T B S	11	2021-06-02 04:05:54.957Z
How to add Talkyard comments to a SquareSpace blog (This not yet tested — please leave a comment below if you try this out?) Squarespace has a built-in commenting system — however if for some reason you want to use Talkyard instead, you could try this: Go to Squarespace's "custom code injection" sett...	How To	B	8	2021-05-30 17:04:33.814Z
Does talkyard handles abusive comments ? Does talkyard handles abusive comments and stop users from posting it?	Support	P	1	2021-05-26 08:58:07.014Z
API shorthand syntax Shorthand In the API docs, this: POST /-/v0/something { field: 'value', oneTwoMany: 123, } means sending a HTTP POST request to /-/v0/something with a header Content-Type: application/json and a JSON payload: { "field": "value", "oneTwoMany": 1...	API		0	2021-05-22 19:32:17.601Z
Talkyard API authentication To use non-public parts of the API, you need to generate an API secret: Go to https:// your talkyard site /-/admin/settings/features and click Enable API and save the settings. Now, the API tab appears — go there and generate an API secret. Note that...	API	J	2	2021-05-22 19:29:26.640Z
Multi tenant / multi site support Hi. Is it possible to configure a muilti-site multi-tenant installation? I read somewhere in the forum that the database supports multi-tenant but can find no other information.	Support	F	4	2021-05-16 04:11:51.723Z
User management Hi - is it possible to limit user permissions o that only Admins can add new topics. We are investigating using Talkyard for our running club and would like to contain the list of topics.	Support	R	1	2021-05-14 09:05:00.650Z
Is there a way to delete/hide users? Hi @KajMagnus We often end up creating test accounts in our internal team, and due to our SSO, they end up being created as users on the forum too. Sometimes our customers think those test accounts are our real accounts and so start tagging them. Is ...	Support	C C	4	2021-05-10 15:31:36.557Z
Is it possible to put multiple threads on the same page? I'm interested in whether it is possible to put multiple threads onto the same page simultaneously. The use case I am exploring for Talkyard involves attempting to achieve something not quite as sophisticated as commenting in a Google doc, but is alo... api docs-missing embedded-comments	Ideas	T	2	2021-05-08 21:30:54.144Z
Migration from phpbb Hi guys, I currently have a forum with phpbb and I want to transfer it to the talkyard. How can I do this ? Is there any easy way to do this?	Development	J2	1	2021-05-05 06:45:55.490Z
Search finds only exact words It seems like the search function only finds exact words, e.g., when I search for "search" I won't find articles containing "searching". Is there a way to change this behavior so that substring matching would work? Update: The title and the paragraph...	Support	S	7	2021-04-30 08:56:14.114Z
How to reorder categories When I create a new category, is it possible to choose its order? And could I reorder all categories?	Support	S	1	2021-04-28 18:45:08.057Z
Can you disable the "Some disagree with this" feature? I've used forums like Reddit for ages.. before that, Digg. The hivemind effect is cancer. The "some disagree with this" feature is not a feature I want, because I feel that it hinders discussion and influences perception more than it should. Can this...	Support	L	2	2021-04-28 18:35:06.396Z
TalkYard is incorrectly scrolling all blog posts to comments A bad bug seems to have slipped through to TalkYard's production servers. My blog uses TalkYard for blog comments, but every page the user visits, TalkYard immediately scrolls down to the comments, even if there is no comment ID in the URL bar. If I ...	Support		4	2021-04-24 18:29:16.876Z
Why does TalkYard's robot.txt exclude user profile pages? I got an email from Google Search warning me that they're indexing pages that are disallowed by robots.txt (weird that they're ignoring the robots.txt, but anyway...). I checked it out, and it looks like they're user profile pages: I can see that my ...	Support		4	2021-04-22 11:32:45.376Z
What is considered a "topic" in the pricing plans? In the baby plan there are 25 topics included. Would this question for example be considered a "topic". Thanks for clarifying.	Support	F	1	2021-04-16 05:00:20.964Z
Feature request for "unread" indicator Hi, I would like if there was an indication, next to each topic title on the main page, of new topics which I haven't read, or topics containing replies that I haven't read. This "indication" could be something as simple as a red dot next to the topi...	Ideas	H	1	2021-04-15 12:02:05.409Z
Problems starting rdb container - could not open configuration file "/var/lib/postgresql/conf/postgresql.conf" So I was following https://github.com/debiki/talkyard-prod-one and when starting my rdb container dies with: rdb_1 \| 2021-03-11 18:56:34.606 GMT [1] LOG: could not open configuration file "/var/lib/postgresql/conf/postgresql.conf": No such file ...	Issues	M Z	4	2021-04-10 05:20:08.594Z
Error in the personal data export JSON When exporting personal data from the Preferences page, the downloaded JSON begins with a spurious line containing: )]}',	Issues		2	2021-04-09 12:03:58.856Z
Using firewalld instead of ufw I think that docker doesn't play well with ufw. It supports firewalld instead. https://github.com/debiki/talkyard-prod-one/blob/master/scripts/start-firewall.sh#L15	Issues		3	2021-04-04 15:36:07.789Z
Talkyard hosted comments and GDPR, CCPA I singed up for the Almost Free plan for hosting comments a new programming blog. I am not using Google Analytics and wondered if the Talkyard hosting in is GDPR compliant and hopefull if also compliant with CCPA laws in the state of California. Any ...	Support	G	1	2021-04-04 06:35:44.240Z
How to load comments dynamically on a JS app? I have an app whose content is updated with JS (AJAX). I would like the comments to be updated too when the content is updated. First of all, I can use a data-discussion-id to specify the comments that should be loaded. But I don't see how to refresh...	Support		1	2021-04-04 00:06:13.418Z