# Contribute

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## [Login history says "Linux Computer", not "GNU/Linux Computer"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-history-says-linux-computer-not-gnu-linux-computer/100178)

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**Author:** [@sudoman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sudoman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-history-says-linux-computer-not-gnu-linux-computer/100178 "2018-10-22T17:57:14Z")

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When looking at login history for my account, I see that it says “Linux Computer” instead of “GNU/Linux Computer”. Would it be possible to change that string to the latter? GNU/Linux is more than just a kernel, so callin…

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## [Option(s) to opt out of all third party requests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-s-to-opt-out-of-all-third-party-requests/100175)

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**Author:** [@sudoman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sudoman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-s-to-opt-out-of-all-third-party-requests/100175 "2018-10-22T15:50:28Z")

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Linking to third party JavaScript to embed YouTube videos, and fetching Gravatar images both share information to third parties about who is viewing the sites that link to these resources. Some sites administrators may w…

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## [Tags and spaces](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-and-spaces/99198)

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**Author:** [@chipet92s](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chipet92s)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2018, 10:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-and-spaces/99198 "2018-10-22T10:12:27Z")

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Here in meta I can search by tag using spaces and it gives me results. However, in my Discourse installation (v2.2.0.beta2 +5) this would give me no results. Instead, i would have to write ‘pr-welcome’. Also, when a…

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## [Hide the solved icon behind the ... even for OP?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-the-solved-icon-behind-the-even-for-op/81442)

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**Author:** [@wolftune](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wolftune)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2018, 9:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-the-solved-icon-behind-the-even-for-op/81442 "2018-10-22T09:18:45Z")

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In our case, we aren’t wanting the solved thing to be prominent, but it’s used in places all over. Can we make it so that all users, including the one who started a topic, only see the “solution” icon behind the “show mo…

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## [Max emojis in title set to 0 - conflicting with emoji shortcuts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/max-emojis-in-title-set-to-0-conflicting-with-emoji-shortcuts/98368)

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**Author:** [@bts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bts)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/max-emojis-in-title-set-to-0-conflicting-with-emoji-shortcuts/98368 "2018-10-22T09:00:13Z")

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Not sure if this qualifies as a bug, pretty minor issue, but something to take a look at: On our forum we have max emojis in title set to 0 — but I noticed one still displaying on a new post. Looking at the actual title…

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## [Advanced Search Before and after](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-before-and-after/100121)

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**Author:** [@DNSTARS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DNSTARS)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-before-and-after/100121 "2018-10-22T03:55:08Z")

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Hi guys, I routinely look for “best of” content for the month gone by, for a variety of reasons the easy way of sorting “top liked in this cat past month” isn’t always available (might be doing this 10 days after the ne…

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## [Topic Scrolling Sections](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-scrolling-sections/100053)

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**Author:** [@rhrmn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rhrmn)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-scrolling-sections/100053 "2018-10-22T01:58:35Z")

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After using Discourse forums as a moderator on the official Age of Empires forums for several months now one of the features I would like to see tweaked with the platform is scrolling topics. It is much easier for me to…

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## [Capping number of replies in topics, whats the experience in your community?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/capping-number-of-replies-in-topics-whats-the-experience-in-your-community/63911)

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**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/capping-number-of-replies-in-topics-whats-the-experience-in-your-community/63911 "2018-10-21T11:43:43Z")

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Curious to hear other admin perspectives on reply caps in your communities? i have found that entering a long topic for the first time can be overwhelming, at the same time I dont want to interfere with the discussion th…

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## [Passwordless/QR code login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passwordless-qr-code-login/99786)

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**Author:** [@Soni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Soni)\
**Replies:** 32\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passwordless-qr-code-login/99786 "2018-10-20T01:08:13Z")

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If a device has a screen, and another device has a camera, it should be trivial to login using a QR code between the two. This avoids the use of passwords, and could even allow passwords to be disabled completely! You c…

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## [Duplicate tags after capitalizing a tag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-tags-after-capitalizing-a-tag/99217)

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**Author:** [@Tommy\_Trojan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tommy_Trojan)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-tags-after-capitalizing-a-tag/99217 "2018-10-19T23:29:46Z")

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I have a tag, let’s say utk, and then I rename it to UTK. When I want to tag a post to this tag, I found duplicate choices in the filter. Both version exist. But on the tags page, there is only one version, which is UTK.…

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## [Can a Discourse theme/template be customised to have this format?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-a-discourse-theme-template-be-customised-to-have-this-format/100007)

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**Author:** [@dolanator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dolanator)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-a-discourse-theme-template-be-customised-to-have-this-format/100007 "2018-10-19T17:01:15Z")

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Can a Discourse theme/template be customised to have this format? I need each forum category to have subforums listed like that and to be able to see a link to the latest post in each subforum on the right. You shoul…

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## [Using @ breaks adding groups to message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-breaks-adding-groups-to-message/99721)

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**Author:** [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-breaks-adding-groups-to-message/99721 "2018-10-19T09:44:25Z")

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When adding users to a new message, using the @ symbol searches only usernames, not groups. Is this intentional? Looking back at previous instructions, it seems that we were encouraged to use the @ When trying to send…

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## [Automated draft hints](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-draft-hints/99556)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-draft-hints/99556 "2018-10-18T19:34:34Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Thoughts from the Elm community on Intentional Communication and “The Hard Parts of Open Source”: This suggestion reminds me a lot of the Hemingway Editor, an app that tries to make you…

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## [Using discourse as a company-wide email platform](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-company-wide-email-platform/99850)

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**Author:** [@craisp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craisp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-company-wide-email-platform/99850 "2018-10-18T16:21:05Z")

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Hi I would like to use discourse as the only mailing-platform for a small company (including the personal mailboxes of the employees). There are a few general mail addresses like hello@company.com or shop@company.com an…

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## [Deals type website UX](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deals-type-website-ux/99879)

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**Author:** [@Scoobie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Scoobie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deals-type-website-ux/99879 "2018-10-18T15:16:51Z")

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Do you think Discourse with the voting plugin could be used to power a deals type website? (like slickdeals in the USA) The functionality seems very similar. Except perhaps: - voting is more easy to access in those we…

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## [MiniProfiler initialization on Login Action forces guardian to be memoized with AnonymousUser for duration of request](https://meta.discourse.org/t/miniprofiler-initialization-on-login-action-forces-guardian-to-be-memoized-with-anonymoususer-for-duration-of-request/99851)

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**Author:** [@ptrippett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ptrippett)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/miniprofiler-initialization-on-login-action-forces-guardian-to-be-memoized-with-anonymoususer-for-duration-of-request/99851 "2018-10-18T11:04:09Z")

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The above code is called on all page requests to discourse. The problem arises that guardian is a lazy-loaded memoized variable which at this point during login in the call is just a representation of an Anonymous us…

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## [Supporting multiple SSO secrets with Discourse as provider](https://meta.discourse.org/t/supporting-multiple-sso-secrets-with-discourse-as-provider/96693)

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**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 7:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/supporting-multiple-sso-secrets-with-discourse-as-provider/96693 "2018-10-18T07:30:24Z")

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It would be nice to allow the Discourse SSO provider to allow multiple secrets. Use cases (yeah, I know the first two are kind of the same): allow use of a testing setup of an auth-proxy against a production Discourse…

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## [Rate-limit first-responders in specific categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rate-limit-first-responders-in-specific-categories/99555)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rate-limit-first-responders-in-specific-categories/99555 "2018-10-17T23:15:45Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Thoughts from the Elm community on Intentional Communication and “The Hard Parts of Open Source”: Very interested to hear similar stories from other communities and how you did or coul…

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## [Links in comments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-in-comments/99671)

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**Author:** [@Yu\_Gong1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yu_Gong1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-in-comments/99671 "2018-10-17T14:08:47Z")

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Hi! Is it possible to set links in comments to open in new tab as default? :slight\_smile: Thanks!

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## [Full Screen Composer continues to hide overflow after closing empty composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-screen-composer-continues-to-hide-overflow-after-closing-empty-composer/99703)

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**Author:** [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 5:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-screen-composer-continues-to-hide-overflow-after-closing-empty-composer/99703 "2018-10-17T05:56:33Z")

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Just a minor bug here. Closing an empty composer that is in full screen mode does not remove .fullscreen-composer from \<html\>. This results in scrolling being disabled until hard refresh. To repro: Open a composer f…

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## [Make the Permalinks page usable and responsive on mobile devices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-permalinks-page-usable-and-responsive-on-mobile-devices/98798)

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**Author:** [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-permalinks-page-usable-and-responsive-on-mobile-devices/98798 "2018-10-16T16:42:42Z")

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All of the Admin section is pretty usable on mobile except for the Permalinks page at admin/customize/permalinks. It shouldn’t be very difficult to see how the existing CSS works for the other admin/customize/ pages and …

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## [Null Login Bug? Last Couple Betas](https://meta.discourse.org/t/null-login-bug-last-couple-betas/99428)

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**Author:** [@yyhmsg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yyhmsg)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/null-login-bug-last-couple-betas/99428 "2018-10-16T01:49:23Z")

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I believe this started the last couple beta downloads, but now after logging in “null” is added to the login which takes you to a 404. To reproduce: Login via any mechanism (I’ve tried both facebook and regular user lo…

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## [Education message for editing wiki topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/education-message-for-editing-wiki-topic/66682)

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**Author:** [@youwiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/youwiki)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/education-message-for-editing-wiki-topic/66682 "2018-10-15T20:52:59Z")

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Hello! If we edit first post of topic (and we are new user), then system send to us education message “how to create reply”, not about topic and not about how to edit post. So, need to add this condition @details\[:comp…

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## [User reporting unable to hide presence](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-reporting-unable-to-hide-presence/99536)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 10:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-reporting-unable-to-hide-presence/99536 "2018-10-15T10:53:13Z")

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The below user has indeed disabled presence features in his profile, but he still sees the online dot (and I do too):

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## [Custom emoji are shown in wrong size when quoted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-emoji-are-shown-in-wrong-size-when-quoted/98572)

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**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-emoji-are-shown-in-wrong-size-when-quoted/98572 "2018-10-15T08:37:29Z")

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If one quotes a custom emoji, it is enlarged to a very big size. The root cause is that… class="emoji emoji-custom" …is dropped when quoted. Reproed on 2.1 stable using a number of devices of various OS platforms. Can…

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## [Membership area paid members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/membership-area-paid-members/27991)

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**Author:** [@rnovino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rnovino)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/membership-area-paid-members/27991 "2015-07-12T17:09:37Z")

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can the discourse manage a paid members lets say of we will implement memberships on the site? then on the certain level they can access a certain area on the discussion of they are paid already?

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## [User-defined theme switcher disappears on admin pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-defined-theme-switcher-disappears-on-admin-pages/98230)

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**Author:** [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-defined-theme-switcher-disappears-on-admin-pages/98230 "2018-10-15T06:31:03Z")

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The user-defined option selector disappears from the hamburger menu if you switch while you are in Admin pages - and stays missing if you navigate back to the main site - until you hard refresh. BEFORE AFTER rep…

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## [Translation to Azerbaijani (AZ)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-to-azerbaijani-az/99498)

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**Author:** [@Ziyad\_Mammadov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ziyad_Mammadov)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-to-azerbaijani-az/99498 "2018-10-15T03:33:28Z")

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How to add the Azerbaijani language to Discourse settings? My team and I are ready to translate and review client-side strings from EN to AZ or from TR to AZ. When will it be available to set up the Azerbaijani language?

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## [WordPress in a Discourse iFrame?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-in-a-discourse-iframe/99164)

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**Author:** [@Muiren](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muiren)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-in-a-discourse-iframe/99164 "2018-10-15T01:23:10Z")

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Maybe I’m not forming the question well because I got nothing useful using search for some reason. Sorry if this is common knowledge that I’m not aware of. I don’t wish to multiply menus or menu types. I want the blog se…

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## [Local time of each user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/local-time-of-each-user/99505)

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**Author:** [@ramonamorea](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ramonamorea)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/local-time-of-each-user/99505 "2018-10-15T01:22:47Z")

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Hi, I am a moderator on a Discourse forum. It would be a great feature to see the local time of a user (at the right side of their username on each post, maybe?) Visibility: not only for admins/moderators, but for any…

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