# Contribute

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=513

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## [Is it possible to sync Discourse responses with Medium blog comments?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-sync-discourse-responses-with-medium-blog-comments/64492)

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**Author:** [@OscarNicholas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OscarNicholas)\
**תשובות:** 4\
**עדכון אחרון:** [14 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 10:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-sync-discourse-responses-with-medium-blog-comments/64492 "2017-06-14T22:07:06Z")

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Recently released our company’s first Discourse project, forum.dice.fm. Was curious if 1) Is it possible to sync the forum so blogs automatically post within a category? 2) Is it possible to sync Forum & Medium comments …

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## [זמן קריאה מדויק](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exact-read-time/64507)

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**Author:** [@Conor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Conor)\
**תשובות:** 1\
**עדכון אחרון:** [14 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exact-read-time/64507 "2017-06-14T20:15:41Z")

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לא נראה שניתן לבדוק את זמן הקריאה המדויק של משתמש? כרגע זה מציג רק דקות, ימים, חודשים וכו'. ומה אם, כשהעוברים עם העכבר מעל זמן הקריאה בפרופיל של משתמש, זה יראה את זמן הקריאה המדויק שלהם…

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## [Searching for strings with @ returns 0 results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-for-strings-with-returns-0-results/64427)

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**Author:** [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)\
**תשובות:** 2\
**עדכון אחרון:** [14 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-for-strings-with-returns-0-results/64427 "2017-06-14T17:40:19Z")

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Example: vs. For programming related content it would be nice if this worked as e.g. npm adopted @ in package names.

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## [🇪🇸 "Onebox" y sus derivados](https://meta.discourse.org/t/es-onebox-y-sus-derivados/64486)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**תשובות:** 2\
**עדכון אחרון:** [14 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/es-onebox-y-sus-derivados/64486 "2017-06-14T15:10:20Z")

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Para la traducción de site\_settings.whitelist\_internal\_hosts por ejemplo, en ingles dice: A list of internal hosts that discourse can safely crawl for oneboxing and other purposes ¿Cómo podríamos traducir “oneboxing”…

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## [Discourse health check function](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-health-check-function/64474)

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**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\
**תשובות:** 3\
**עדכון אחרון:** [14 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-health-check-function/64474 "2017-06-14T14:50:13Z")

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Further to this it might be worth considering a built in health check which runs at some configurable interval. It would be enough if it posted a message to admins indicating: Your instance is at release X The source…

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## [Activity All - doesn't show Likes Given](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activity-all-doesnt-show-likes-given/64420)

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**Author:** [@Ahsan\_Parwez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ahsan_Parwez)\
**תשובות:** 1\
**עדכון אחרון:** [14 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 9:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activity-all-doesnt-show-likes-given/64420 "2017-06-14T09:21:32Z")

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Hi, Is it default behavior of discourse that Likes Given doesn’t show under Activity - All ? I want likes given to appear under All section, is there any way to do that? Ahsan

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## [If automatic backup fails, there should be a warning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-automatic-backup-fails-there-should-be-a-warning/64461)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**תשובות:** 6\
**עדכון אחרון:** [14 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 7:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-automatic-backup-fails-there-should-be-a-warning/64461 "2017-06-14T07:44:45Z")

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I’ve had a site’s auto backups fail because there was not enough disk space, but I didn’t realize it. Running out of disk space is something that I would like to know about. Could the backup job notify the admin(s) if it…

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## [Flood of new topics from Embedded Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flood-of-new-topics-from-embedded-discourse/64341)

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**Author:** [@Heather\_Miller](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heather_Miller)\
**תשובות:** 20\
**עדכון אחרון:** [13 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flood-of-new-topics-from-embedded-discourse/64341 "2017-06-13T22:34:14Z")

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We’re an open source software project with a lot of documentation pages. On each of our documentation pages, we decided to replace Disqus for commenting with (embedded) Discourse. After all, we already have a community o…

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## [API Inviting an email from blacklisted domains returns HTTP 402 but no json](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-inviting-an-email-from-blacklisted-domains-returns-http-402-but-no-json/64316)

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**Author:** [@nogthree](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nogthree)\
**תשובות:** 8\
**עדכון אחרון:** [13 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-inviting-an-email-from-blacklisted-domains-returns-http-402-but-no-json/64316 "2017-06-13T17:17:46Z")

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Hi folks, I’m currently writing some simple PHP using CURL to invite users to our discourse forum from another system. Whenever the /invites endpoint is POSTed the expected data, I get a JSON encoded response of succes…

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## [Show latest PMs when searching in:private @usermention](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-latest-pms-when-searching-in-private-usermention/64381)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**תשובות:** 6\
**עדכון אחרון:** [13 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-latest-pms-when-searching-in-private-usermention/64381 "2017-06-13T14:56:44Z")

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I used to be able to type in something like the following, and it would show the most recent PMs between me and that person: Maybe this was never an intentional feature, but this no longer works. I now need to type i…

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## [New members can't request to join a group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-members-cant-request-to-join-a-group/63626)

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**Author:** [@Martin\_Cash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Martin_Cash)\
**תשובות:** 15\
**עדכון אחרון:** [13 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-members-cant-request-to-join-a-group/63626 "2017-06-13T08:54:38Z")

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Hi, all. What is the reason why a new member would see this message when they request to join a group? The only thing I can think of is that user level 0 can’t send PMs? I tested this out with a new user that I created… …

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## [Search bar disappears on iPad in long topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-bar-disappears-on-ipad-in-long-topics/55583)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**תשובות:** 4\
**עדכון אחרון:** [13 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 6:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-bar-disappears-on-ipad-in-long-topics/55583 "2017-06-13T06:55:59Z")

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Let me know if you can also reproduce this. So far I’ve tested on iPad Air 2, Safari and Chrome: Go to a topic long enough that you need to load a new batch of posts Scroll to the bottom of the topic Click the search b…

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## [Saving edits on user preferences page with required custom fields is unclear](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saving-edits-on-user-preferences-page-with-required-custom-fields-is-unclear/51090)

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**Author:** [@shadowbrush](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shadowbrush)\
**תשובות:** 8\
**עדכון אחרון:** [12 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saving-edits-on-user-preferences-page-with-required-custom-fields-is-unclear/51090 "2017-06-12T15:49:38Z")

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I added a “Reason for joining” custom field, and put a checkmark on “Required at signup?”. That works well for those that sign up for an account without an invitation. With an invitation, the account is created and the c…

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## [Offering a Mailman-like sign-up process](https://meta.discourse.org/t/offering-a-mailman-like-sign-up-process/63014)

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**Author:** [@pocock](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pocock)\
**תשובות:** 13\
**עדכון אחרון:** [12 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/offering-a-mailman-like-sign-up-process/63014 "2017-06-12T21:33:33Z")

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The sign-up process for Discourse is more complicated than the sign-up process for a Mailman list. It has been said many times that for every extra field or step people must take completing a form, half the people who s…

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## [Bug when discobot assigns the name in the certificate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-when-discobot-assigns-the-name-in-the-certificate/64220)

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**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**תשובות:** 22\
**עדכון אחרון:** [12 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 6:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-when-discobot-assigns-the-name-in-the-certificate/64220 "2017-06-12T18:53:51Z")

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For obvious reasons I can not repro the bug here on Meta. I asked my team to test discobot after seeing that in the certificate I was assigned with the name of a group that was deleted months ago (SupportTeam) Anoth…

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## [Dealing with iOS 8 Mobile Safari bugs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-ios-8-mobile-safari-bugs/24101)

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**Author:** [@BerryBlue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BerryBlue)\
**תשובות:** 63\
**עדכון אחרון:** [12 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-ios-8-mobile-safari-bugs/24101 "2017-06-12T18:20:29Z")

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I switched to Discourse from Vanilla. Discourse has been wonderful but I’ve been hearing complaints from users that the forums do not function as well on iPad when writing posts especially for writing very long posts. …

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## [Onebox in preview keeps forgetting oneboxes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-in-preview-keeps-forgetting-oneboxes/64266)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**תשובות:** 1\
**עדכון אחרון:** [12 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-in-preview-keeps-forgetting-oneboxes/64266 "2017-06-12T16:14:31Z")

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Add a onebox eg: https://discuss.samsaffron.com Preview shows onebox Keep typing, preview hides onebox (yet onebox class is still there) :frowning: :frowning: Assigning to @eviltrout for next week.

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## [Reset password URL: password-reset or admin-login?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-password-url-password-reset-or-admin-login/64331)

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**Author:** [@snakeninny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/snakeninny)\
**תשובות:** 3\
**עדכון אחרון:** [12 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 6:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-password-url-password-reset-or-admin-login/64331 "2017-06-12T06:16:29Z")

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Hi, When a user of my site iosre.com tried to reset his password this morning, he received an email containing a resetting URL, in the form of http://bbs.iosre.com/u/admin-login/randomNumber, and when he clicked it, it …

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## [Create new topic link available on topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-new-topic-link-available-on-topic/64326)

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**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\
**תשובות:** 3\
**עדכון אחרון:** [11 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 10:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-new-topic-link-available-on-topic/64326 "2017-06-11T22:35:54Z")

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I feel this has come up before, but I’d like to start a discussion on whether others think this should be a community level option We get tons of people landing from search engines on our topics. And it seems difficult …

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## [Allow welcome email in addition to the bot welcome message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-welcome-email-in-addition-to-the-bot-welcome-message/63603)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**תשובות:** 14\
**עדכון אחרון:** [11 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-welcome-email-in-addition-to-the-bot-welcome-message/63603 "2017-06-11T21:41:10Z")

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I understand why the original welcome PM has been deprecated in favour of discobot’s welcome message. Nevertheless, I think it would be good to allow for an additional welcome message sent to new users via email (only). …

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## [Discourse for a faculty. Nested categories required - perhaps not?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-a-faculty-nested-categories-required-perhaps-not/64296)

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**Author:** [@Moter8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moter8)\
**תשובות:** 7\
**עדכון אחרון:** [10 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 11:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-a-faculty-nested-categories-required-perhaps-not/64296 "2017-06-10T23:14:52Z")

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Hello, I’ll keep it short. My sister wanted to revamp an old, ugly forum that not many people use because the UX was pretty bad. Now they have changed the forum’s styles but well, it still looks like one of those 2005 b…

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## [Unlimited amount of replies in a private message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlimited-amount-of-replies-in-a-private-message/64277)

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**Author:** [@Aussie\_Wombat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aussie_Wombat)\
**תשובות:** 6\
**עדכון אחרון:** [10 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlimited-amount-of-replies-in-a-private-message/64277 "2017-06-10T11:26:21Z")

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Hey there! I was wondering would there be a possibility of adding an “unlimited reply” for private messages? Because over in the Infinite Flight Community (which runs through discourse) all us Aussies have a private cha…

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## [Poll feature request](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-feature-request/64191)

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**Author:** [@billdooreilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/billdooreilly)\
**תשובות:** 2\
**עדכון אחרון:** [8 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-feature-request/64191 "2017-06-08T20:49:31Z")

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I haven’t used the poll feature much but I would like… The option to enable users to vote multiple times or even infinitely on the same poll. What I wanted to do was use the poll feature to create a post “Virtual Trump…

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## [Subfolder install using certain keyboard shortcuts results in Page Not Found until you refresh the page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subfolder-install-using-certain-keyboard-shortcuts-results-in-page-not-found-until-you-refresh-the-page/64096)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**תשובות:** 3\
**עדכון אחרון:** [8 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subfolder-install-using-certain-keyboard-shortcuts-results-in-page-not-found-until-you-refresh-the-page/64096 "2017-06-08T20:22:53Z")

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I’m looking for another subfolder install to verify this is not specific to our instance, but here are the repro steps Visit a Subfolder install instance of Discourse Login to your account (you must have an account) Us…

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## [Embedded topic split bug (500's) - 1.8.0 beta 4](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedded-topic-split-bug-500s-1-8-0-beta-4/56808)

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**Author:** [@haikuos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haikuos)\
**תשובות:** 2\
**עדכון אחרון:** [8 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedded-topic-split-bug-500s-1-8-0-beta-4/56808 "2017-06-08T20:08:23Z")

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It seems like if you’re using embedding, if someone splits the topic the embedded comments start returning 500 errors? Log of embed error: ActionView::Template::Error (undefined method \`id' for nil:NilClass)/home/disc …

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## [Out of Office user indicator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/out-of-office-user-indicator/64102)

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**Author:** [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig)\
**תשובות:** 4\
**עדכון אחרון:** [8 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 12:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/out-of-office-user-indicator/64102 "2017-06-08T12:28:09Z")

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This may be better suited for a plugin but I have an instance where I’d like to have some form of an indicator on my username/avatar that tells users I’m out of the office. It would help set expectations on when to expec…

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## [Banner updates in real time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-updates-in-real-time/64138)

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**Author:** [@sulliops](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sulliops)\
**תשובות:** 1\
**עדכון אחרון:** [8 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-updates-in-real-time/64138 "2017-06-08T10:36:55Z")

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When I choose a banner topic and pin it as the site-wide banner, any revisions or changes I make to the first post in that topic will change in the banner after refreshing the page. The issue is the part where I have to …

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## ["500 error" on username edit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-on-username-edit/64064)

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**Author:** [@chrisgalpin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chrisgalpin)\
**תשובות:** 12\
**עדכון אחרון:** [8 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 7:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-on-username-edit/64064 "2017-06-08T07:41:10Z")

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Version v1.9.0.beta1 +63 /var/www/discourse/app/controllers/users\_controller.rb:132:in \`username' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.4.0/gems/actionpack-4.2.8/lib/action\_controller/metal/implicit\_render.rb:4:in \`se…

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## [Difficult to select subcategory "none" when show\_subcategory\_list is enabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difficult-to-select-subcategory-none-when-show-subcategory-list-is-enabled/58004)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**תשובות:** 8\
**עדכון אחרון:** [8 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difficult-to-select-subcategory-none-when-show-subcategory-list-is-enabled/58004 "2017-06-08T02:12:06Z")

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If a category has subcategories, loading yoursite.com/c/category\_name displays a list of topics from the category, as well as any and all subcategories. If show\_subcategory\_list is disabled, (for example on Stonehearth,…

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## [Ellipsising long names: don't replace a single character](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ellipsising-long-names-dont-replace-a-single-character/64141)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**תשובות:** 2\
**עדכון אחרון:** [8 ביוני,‏ 2017,‏ 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ellipsising-long-names-dont-replace-a-single-character/64141 "2017-06-08T00:42:50Z")

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I just noticed this when reporting a separate issue: The ellipsis has replaced a single “n” from the end of my name. Can the algorithm be changed such that it will only ellipsise strings to shorten them? In other wor…

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