# Contribute

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## [HTML diffs and images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-diffs-and-images/84173)

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**Author:** [@notriddle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/notriddle)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 7:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-diffs-and-images/84173 "2018-07-17T07:40:53Z")

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How come the most recent change in https://forum.bors.tech/t/adding-new-reviewers-to-a-repository/73 shows the images as being changed, when the raw diff shows that they aren’t being changed?

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## ["Which topic do you want to reply to" popup gets confused](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-topic-do-you-want-to-reply-to-popup-gets-confused/75056)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-topic-do-you-want-to-reply-to-popup-gets-confused/75056 "2018-07-17T07:25:48Z")

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Steps I took to make this happen: Start replying to a topic. Go home. Switch to the “categories” view. Load a category. Load a topic in that category. Use the back button twice to return to “categories”. Hit the “re…

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## [JavaScript not loading on certain pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/javascript-not-loading-on-certain-pages/92297)

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**Author:** [@davisonio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davisonio)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 7:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/javascript-not-loading-on-certain-pages/92297 "2018-07-17T07:07:37Z")

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An example is when I visit a 404 page and the custom brand header child theme is installed. The theme component works on most pages but on this page it fails with references errors After closer inspection it seems t…

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## [Color Scheme Contest (with Prizes!)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-scheme-contest-with-prizes/89432)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 5:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-scheme-contest-with-prizes/89432 "2018-07-17T05:48:51Z")

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Color Scheme Contest Discourse has had support for custom themes for almost a year now, though we’ve been iteratively rolling out many improvements since then. There’s now a solid collection of themes documentation to di…

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## [Wiki by default category should take you to first post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wiki-by-default-category-should-take-you-to-first-post/91529)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wiki-by-default-category-should-take-you-to-first-post/91529 "2018-07-17T05:13:59Z")

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There is one very small (yet powerful) refinement I would like to make to the Make new topics wikis by default category setting: If a topic is in a “make wiki by default” category. AND, you read the ENTIRE TOPIC …

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## [Markdown css styles not shown when RTL is enable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-css-styles-not-shown-when-rtl-is-enable/92356)

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**Author:** [@YaserAlnajjar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/YaserAlnajjar)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-css-styles-not-shown-when-rtl-is-enable/92356 "2018-07-16T21:26:58Z")

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Hi I noticed that if I am using an RTL language in discourse, like Arabic or Hebrew, the LTR language markdown styles won’t show properly, sample:

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## [Box shadow based row highlighting for keyboard navigation not working on Edge](https://meta.discourse.org/t/box-shadow-based-row-highlighting-for-keyboard-navigation-not-working-on-edge/87964)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/box-shadow-based-row-highlighting-for-keyboard-navigation-not-working-on-edge/87964 "2018-07-16T18:54:07Z")

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Our j k based row highlighting in not working in Microsoft Edge. This appears to be happening due to this problem: @awesomerobot can you add this to your list? I don’t want to break Chrome/Firefox to fix Edge here…

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## [Custom footer disappears on some profile pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-footer-disappears-on-some-profile-pages/87900)

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**Author:** [@sarahann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sarahann)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-footer-disappears-on-some-profile-pages/87900 "2018-07-16T12:30:44Z")

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Hey, @zogstrip I noticed a few more pages missing the custom footer that weren’t in the Groups section. (related to: Custom footer disappears in group -\> activity -\> topics) Prerequisites: Have a custom footer in your…

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## [TL4 users can see Delete Selected option when selecting all posts from admin wrench](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl4-users-can-see-delete-selected-option-when-selecting-all-posts-from-admin-wrench/59982)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl4-users-can-see-delete-selected-option-when-selecting-all-posts-from-admin-wrench/59982 "2018-07-16T12:27:45Z")

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TL4 users do not have the ability to delete posts/topics, but do have access to the “admin wrench” as they can split/merge topics. However, when they choose Select Posts... followed by select all they do see delete sele…

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## [Suggestion regarding the keyboard shortcut behavior of the navigation menus](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-regarding-the-keyboard-shortcut-behavior-of-the-navigation-menus/92444)

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**Author:** [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-regarding-the-keyboard-shortcut-behavior-of-the-navigation-menus/92444 "2018-07-16T09:43:43Z")

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There are three keyboard shortcuts for the navigations menus: / to open the Search Menu = to open Hamburger Menu p to open User Profile Menu What I’d like to suggest is that triggering the opening of one menu also tri…

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## [Is there any way to remove subcategories from the hamburger menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-remove-subcategories-from-the-hamburger-menu/57799)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-remove-subcategories-from-the-hamburger-menu/57799 "2018-07-16T07:57:25Z")

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in the meta drop down menu next to user avatar, only categories are shown . This keeps the menu clean . I couldn’t find any option in the setting searching for subcategory, how can I remove subcategories from the menu?

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## [Limit group owners for addition of everyone to their group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-group-owners-for-addition-of-everyone-to-their-group/84966)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-group-owners-for-addition-of-everyone-to-their-group/84966 "2018-07-16T05:46:00Z")

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currently group owners can add anyone to their group. isn’t it better to keep some limits or some privacy for users? suggestions: a setting in the user profile, which limit others from adding him to a group. or a …

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## [Suggestion: ‘Likes received’ and ‘Posts’ in User Card](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-likes-received-and-posts-in-user-card/73010)

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**Author:** [@IFD](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IFD)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-likes-received-and-posts-in-user-card/73010 "2017-11-20T20:14:54Z")

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I’m on another website which uses Discourse and I very much like it. I’ve also discussed with the owner of the website and he gave me the okay to ask about this here. The issue is that, especially for newcomers, and sinc…

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## [Auto-clear flags older than 90 days](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-clear-flags-older-than-90-days/68665)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-clear-flags-older-than-90-days/68665 "2018-07-14T15:05:34Z")

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Discourse is designed to be self-managing, insofar as communities are empowered to.. flag and auto-hide problematic / offensive / against ToS content flag and auto-hide spam flag and auto-block new problem users enough…

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## [Category setting: unhide topic from latest when there is a reply](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-unhide-topic-from-latest-when-there-is-a-reply/71397)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-unhide-topic-from-latest-when-there-is-a-reply/71397 "2018-07-14T12:36:22Z")

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I’m interested in creating some categories where people are encouraged to create new topics liberally (for example, sharing links or “TIL” type posts). I’m concerned about this cluttering up the front page and I’m aware…

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## [Is there CSS code to put HTML banner beside post topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-css-code-to-put-html-banner-beside-post-topic/92345)

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**Author:** [@Tungki\_Reza\_Prasakti](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tungki_Reza_Prasakti)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2018, 10:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-css-code-to-put-html-banner-beside-post-topic/92345 "2018-07-14T10:48:15Z")

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As the title say is there any way to put banner beside the whole Discourse interface like this , i tried some plugins but its warped with the topic

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## ["Suppress category from latest topics" Unless it has comments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-category-from-latest-topics-unless-it-has-comments/92307)

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**Author:** [@gerald](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerald)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-category-from-latest-topics-unless-it-has-comments/92307 "2018-07-14T10:27:49Z")

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Hi, I suppress from the homepage a category that has many many posts that will otherwise flood the homepage. 99% of them are uninteresting posts, so no big loss… but a few of them are interesting, and because of that t…

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## [Create topic in the future](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-topic-in-the-future/11997)

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**Author:** [@sil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sil)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-topic-in-the-future/11997 "2018-07-13T21:05:56Z")

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I’d like to be able to, via the API, create a Discourse topic but not have it show up until a defined time in the future. This is really handy for things like announcement posts, so I can create a new topic to announce a…

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## [All topics in a category should be confirmed before publication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-topics-in-a-category-should-be-confirmed-before-publication/66800)

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**Author:** [@mbajur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbajur)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-topics-in-a-category-should-be-confirmed-before-publication/66800 "2018-07-13T15:53:02Z")

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Hello! I’m pretty new to discourse, i’ve spent half of my life using phpBB and really common thing/extension for it was to make it able to force all new topics in given category to be confirmed by moderator before the p…

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## ['Your post contains words that aren't allowed' ... but which ones?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-post-contains-words-that-arent-allowed-but-which-ones/81691)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 32\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-post-contains-words-that-arent-allowed-but-which-ones/81691 "2018-07-13T04:35:44Z")

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Hi, I just tried editing a message here on Meta but kept getting the ‘Your post contains words that aren’t allowed’ warning. As it doesn’t show WHICH words, I couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong and had to ask a …

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## [Moderators can IP ban Admins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-can-ip-ban-admins/92204)

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**Author:** [@Karl\_Romanowski](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Karl_Romanowski)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-can-ip-ban-admins/92204 "2018-07-13T03:34:24Z")

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Moderators have access to the Screened IPs admin area and can block the IP address of an Admin, preventing admin login. The admin sees “There is a problem with your account. …” Expected: Moderators should either not hav…

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## [Private message without seeing other targeted users using API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-without-seeing-other-targeted-users-using-api/92212)

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**Author:** [@Martyr2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Martyr2)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-without-seeing-other-targeted-users-using-api/92212 "2018-07-12T23:58:05Z")

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I did a search and looked around a bit but didn’t quite see quite like what I am looking for. I know you can private message users through the API and you can specify several target usernames as part of that which works …

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## [Request: per-post pin/unpin behavior](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-per-post-pin-unpin-behavior/91734)

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**Author:** [@wolftune](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wolftune)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-per-post-pin-unpin-behavior/91734 "2018-07-12T18:35:47Z")

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It would be ideal if we could have posts set for two distinct behaviors: stay pinned unless a user chooses to unpin automatically unpin after viewing The setting available now treats all pins the same globally based o…

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## [Deleted posts from Akismet do not notify user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-posts-from-akismet-do-not-notify-user/28589)

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**Author:** [@kjain](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kjain)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-posts-from-akismet-do-not-notify-user/28589 "2015-05-26T15:26:35Z")

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We have a discourse hosting at the following domain: discuss.analyticsvidhya.com and we have been using Discourse for about 4 months now. Here is a problem our users have faced, which is leaving a bad experience: If a …

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## [Warning on @mentions and security permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-on-mentions-and-security-permissions/74592)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-on-mentions-and-security-permissions/74592 "2018-07-12T15:07:08Z")

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Hi, today I was demoing Discourse for a colleague. I was @mentioning her in a test Category where she didn’t have access. We were quite confused why she wasn’t seeing them. Then I fixed the permissions and then all was f…

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## [What is the meaning of the green check marks on the upgrade page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-green-check-marks-on-the-upgrade-page/86736)

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**Author:** [@uwe\_keim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uwe_keim)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2018, 9:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-green-check-marks-on-the-upgrade-page/86736 "2018-07-12T09:49:55Z")

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I’ve noticed in my own Discourse installation that some weeks ago green checkmarks started to appear on the left of most of the entries on the upgrade page: I did a search here and also tried to hover over the icons.…

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## [Markdown table missing from edit history](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-table-missing-from-edit-history/90243)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-table-missing-from-edit-history/90243 "2018-07-12T07:11:07Z")

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Markdown tables are not appearing when viewing edit history for a post. The screenshot below should show a table with the first 11 elements of the periodic table: Actual topic: It should be noted that the HTML it…

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## [Emoji typing menu half out the screen on smartphone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-typing-menu-half-out-the-screen-on-smartphone/91662)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2018, 7:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-typing-menu-half-out-the-screen-on-smartphone/91662 "2018-07-12T07:09:51Z")

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Hi, Here’s the issue: I’m on a Galaxy S7.

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## [Uploading favicon.ico](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-favicon-ico/88899)

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**Author:** [@Samuel\_Walker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Samuel_Walker)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-favicon-ico/88899 "2018-07-12T06:51:52Z")

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Attempting to upload an icon.ico hangs the setup page button to “uploading…” without any indication that it isn’t supported. Replicate with https://thebobsgamingnetwork.net/favicon.ico and a fresh install of discours…

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## [Add "watched items" to the description of js.user.email\_direct](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-watched-items-to-the-description-of-js-user-email-direct/92126)

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**Author:** [@wolftune](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wolftune)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-watched-items-to-the-description-of-js-user-email-direct/92126 "2018-07-11T21:51:42Z")

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In the prefs, js.user.email\_direct is currently described as: Send me an email when someone quotes me, replies to my post, mentions my @username, or invites me to a topic While it would be nice to simplify to just,…

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