# Contribute

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## [Specific sort style per category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specific-sort-style-per-category/44738)

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**Author:** [@thorbenegberts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thorbenegberts)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specific-sort-style-per-category/44738 "2017-01-23T16:04:25Z")

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To say it before: I read the discussions and I’m fine with the default sort style of discourse :slight\_smile: Our use case is a little special. We want to use a category of our forum as changelog for our own software. T…

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## [Chinese (Taiwan) Translations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chinese-taiwan-translations/55411)

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**Author:** [@clkao](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clkao)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chinese-taiwan-translations/55411 "2017-01-23T10:00:53Z")

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Lately @dfpoon completed the zh\_TW translations mostly single-handed! :tada: However I found a few strings that were marked reviewed a long time ago to be incorrect. Specifically regarding “user’s title in profile” bein…

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## [Red notification on hamburger is misleading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/red-notification-on-hamburger-is-misleading/56171)

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**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/red-notification-on-hamburger-is-misleading/56171 "2017-01-22T21:25:50Z")

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2nd time I’ve seen this. A red notification appears at the hamburger, when I hover on it, it indicates “total flagged posts”, when I click on it it takes me to /admin/flags/active, but there aren’t any active flags. Whe…

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## [Oneboxing media.ccc.de videos](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-media-ccc-de-videos/56154)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-media-ccc-de-videos/56154 "2017-01-22T19:42:08Z")

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I’d love to be able to onebox videos like this one on ccc.de. Doesn’t currently work or I haven’t figured out how. \<iframe width="1024" height="576" src="https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8349-hacking\_the\_world/oembed" frameb…

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## [Sort topics within category by topic title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-topics-within-category-by-topic-title/56139)

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**Author:** [@scombs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scombs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-topics-within-category-by-topic-title/56139 "2017-01-21T21:08:56Z")

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Each category now has a sort order setting with ascending / descending. However, there is no option to sort for Original Post Title. Besides Created, seems like that would be a key u…

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## [Any Community Managers (or Discourse Devs) in the San Francisco area?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-community-managers-or-discourse-devs-in-the-san-francisco-area/56107)

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**Author:** [@Justin\_Veenema](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justin_Veenema)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-community-managers-or-discourse-devs-in-the-san-francisco-area/56107 "2017-01-21T13:09:03Z")

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Hey all! As the title says, I’m looking for fellow Community peeps in the SF area. I help run the Unbounce Community and I’ll be in the bay area next week for some work related stuff. I would love to connect with other…

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## [Improvements for posts awaiting approval](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-for-posts-awaiting-approval/51001)

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**Author:** [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-for-posts-awaiting-approval/51001 "2017-01-20T19:38:21Z")

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When using the “approve unless TLx” setting, I find that the /queued-posts and the approval process in general are a little basic. I would like to propose a few improvements: allow moderators to PM the poster from the /…

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## [YouTube posts no longer working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-posts-no-longer-working/56030)

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**Author:** [@Slowhand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Slowhand)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-posts-no-longer-working/56030 "2017-01-20T12:27:26Z")

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This morning (January 19), I attempted to post some YouTube videos and, while they look ok in the Preview Pane, error when the post is added. Here’s a link to a post from last week that works and right underneath it is …

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## [User visit stats are not correct?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-visit-stats-are-not-correct/44015)

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**Author:** [@pdx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pdx)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-visit-stats-are-not-correct/44015 "2017-01-20T05:39:42Z")

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If I go into Discourse Meta, and select “Today” in the dropdown, I expect to see stats for today in the list below. If I then sort the list by Visits, I’ll see some visitors with 1 visit and some with 2 (I assume that i…

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## [Search keyboard shortcuts hijacked?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-keyboard-shortcuts-hijacked/55859)

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**Author:** [@ntadej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ntadej)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-keyboard-shortcuts-hijacked/55859 "2017-01-20T00:50:26Z")

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Not sure if this is a bug or a feature (it looks new to me anyhow, move accordingly if wrong): I usually search for content inside posts (e.g. today I wanted to search something about development on macOS inside the fir…

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## [Default subject exposes email address of sender](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-subject-exposes-email-address-of-sender/50700)

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**Author:** [@scombs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scombs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-subject-exposes-email-address-of-sender/50700 "2017-01-19T20:56:58Z")

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If a user posts a new topic via email but forgets to include a subject, the default subject posted on the site and in email notifications is Incoming email from %{email} This exposes a user’s email to everyone. Proposed…

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## [A little extra explanation for "Download my posts"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-little-extra-explanation-for-download-my-posts/55556)

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**Author:** [@sujato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sujato)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-little-extra-explanation-for-download-my-posts/55556 "2017-01-19T20:47:51Z")

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One of our users just got frustrated trying to download their posts. The feature works well, but they didn’t know what a .gz file extension meant and tried to open it in Notepad. Perhaps a little explanation in the notif…

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## [GitHub onebox wrongly adds extra empty lines after each code line in the emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-onebox-wrongly-adds-extra-empty-lines-after-each-code-line-in-the-emails/43240)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-onebox-wrongly-adds-extra-empty-lines-after-each-code-line-in-the-emails/43240 "2017-01-19T08:42:20Z")

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An original code (correct rendering): A email with the code (wrong rendering: extra empty lines are added, the screenshot is taken in the GMail web interface):

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## [Have mailing list mode respect monitoring level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-mailing-list-mode-respect-monitoring-level/55996)

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**Author:** [@awlogan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awlogan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-mailing-list-mode-respect-monitoring-level/55996 "2017-01-19T00:55:48Z")

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Hello, We’re setting up Discourse for our product forums, and want to make sure that certain people monitor certain sub-forums in their product area. We really like mailing list mode, but it requires us to filter on the…

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## [National flags indicating home country of each user?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/national-flags-indicating-home-country-of-each-user/53555)

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**Author:** [@Gunnar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gunnar)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/national-flags-indicating-home-country-of-each-user/53555 "2017-01-18T15:16:32Z")

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One thing we had on our old (home made) forum was little flags showing where each user is from. We have members from all over the world, so that is now our #1 most requested feature on Discourse. Would this be hard to i…

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## [Icons before Activity and Summary tabs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icons-before-activity-and-summary-tabs/55721)

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**Author:** [@Vladimir\_Gotfrid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vladimir_Gotfrid)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icons-before-activity-and-summary-tabs/55721 "2017-01-18T09:56:21Z")

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There is no icons before Activity and Summary tabs at the users’ profile page. I’d would like to add them using Font Awesome in order to have things well-ordered, is there a way to make it happen?

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## [Add column on the left with custom html](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-column-on-the-left-with-custom-html/55951)

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**Author:** [@norandom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/norandom)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 9:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-column-on-the-left-with-custom-html/55951 "2017-01-18T09:52:55Z")

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Hi, would someone be kind enough to share a custom CSS / HTML that adds a column on the left? I have found some examples with header links. I’d like a column on the left to be present everywhere, so that the navigation…

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## [Create a complete color scheme based on one seed color](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-complete-color-scheme-based-on-one-seed-color/15673)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 9:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-complete-color-scheme-based-on-one-seed-color/15673 "2017-01-18T09:51:37Z")

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Continuing the discussion from What about an easier styling/theming system?: I recently discovered this very handy Bootstrap utility: It lets you set a single “seed color” and from that it makes you a complete color s…

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## [Overall badge count on users page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overall-badge-count-on-users-page/55756)

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**Author:** [@lrossouw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lrossouw)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overall-badge-count-on-users-page/55756 "2017-01-18T09:44:18Z")

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“Micro” feature but would be possible to create a badge count column on the users page? Some of the more stats chasing types are keen to see how they rank on my site. Plus if badges are a way to encourage and measure e…

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## [SSO login and Jobs::EnsureDbConsistency both fail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-login-and-jobs-ensuredbconsistency-both-fail/55515)

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**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-login-and-jobs-ensuredbconsistency-both-fail/55515 "2017-01-18T05:53:53Z")

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I have two sites having SSO enabled. After the latest update, both of them started failing SSO logons for moderators and admins (but not for normal users), with a localized error message that is similar to “name is alrea…

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## [Onebox Click-Count is not autorefreshed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-click-count-is-not-autorefreshed/55925)

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**Author:** [@Lutz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lutz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-click-count-is-not-autorefreshed/55925 "2017-01-18T02:24:49Z")

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Only a small bug: The Onebox Click counter is not updated automatically. You need to reload to see the clicks that you or others have done.

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## [Is it possible to permanently ban someone?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-permanently-ban-someone/55239)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-permanently-ban-someone/55239 "2017-01-17T21:59:46Z")

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Is it possible to permanently ban someone? I see a the option to “suspend” someone for a fixed number of days, but no way to make a ban permanent. I think the answer is “no, but you can just suspend them for 99999 days …

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## [Reducing white space and increasing main content column width](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reducing-white-space-and-increasing-main-content-column-width/50929)

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**Author:** [@ron\_jeremy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ron_jeremy)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reducing-white-space-and-increasing-main-content-column-width/50929 "2017-01-17T20:04:47Z")

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I’m not sure if this is even possible or even a good idea, but wanted to ask, nonetheless.

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## [Accessibility concerns re email, Lynx, JAWS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-concerns-re-email-lynx-jaws/35675)

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**Author:** [@MikeBattaglia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MikeBattaglia)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-concerns-re-email-lynx-jaws/35675 "2017-01-17T19:07:03Z")

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I’m considering migrating a large forum of around 2000 people from FB to Discourse. Some of my users are visually impaired. What is the recommended way for visually impaired people to use Discourse? I understand Lynx i…

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## [Left-clicking same-domain links to URLs not on the whitelist is broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/left-clicking-same-domain-links-to-urls-not-on-the-whitelist-is-broken/54722)

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**Author:** [@DavidEGrayson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DavidEGrayson)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/left-clicking-same-domain-links-to-urls-not-on-the-whitelist-is-broken/54722 "2017-01-17T17:59:24Z")

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This is a continuation of the discussion from https://meta.discourse.org/t/left-clicking-raw-links-return-404-errors/31314, which was closed. I just noticed that if I upload an attachment and then I left-click on a link…

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## [Improvement: Avatars should not be used as post thumbnails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvement-avatars-should-not-be-used-as-post-thumbnails/55909)

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**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvement-avatars-should-not-be-used-as-post-thumbnails/55909 "2017-01-17T17:25:23Z")

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Not sure if I formulated the title quite correctly - sorry, not my native language. I dislike the fact that user avatars are used as post thumbnails: Avatars are often quite “creative” Hardly ever related to the topic…

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## [Changed font, letters with longer descender cropped](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changed-font-letters-with-longer-descender-cropped/55817)

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**Author:** [@eglinski](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eglinski)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changed-font-letters-with-longer-descender-cropped/55817 "2017-01-17T17:14:00Z")

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The only thing I have changed is the font used, but not sure where I could adjust subject height. For future use, might be useful to make this adaptive to the font chosen, but I know that isn’t always simple.

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## [Discourse Logo Request](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-logo-request/55869)

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**Author:** [@Blackglade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Blackglade)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-logo-request/55869 "2017-01-17T00:19:16Z")

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Hi! I was wondering if you guys would happen to have an SVG copy of your logo? I have a small page on my main site of technologies we use and would like to credit discourse

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## [Live-updating of polls no longer works](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-updating-of-polls-no-longer-works/55664)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2017, 9:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-updating-of-polls-no-longer-works/55664 "2017-01-16T09:07:25Z")

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I used to enjoy watching a poll live-update with responses (the totals on the poll view used to be live, and also the whole contents of the results view). Since a few weeks ago, this appears to have stopped working, and…

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## [Can't sign up with email domain that is automatically matched to group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-sign-up-with-email-domain-that-is-automatically-matched-to-group/54554)

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**Author:** [@imrehg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/imrehg)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2017, 8:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-sign-up-with-email-domain-that-is-automatically-matched-to-group/54554 "2017-01-16T08:43:47Z")

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Hi, I’m administering a Discourse install hosted by Discourse. Just migrated here from another hosting. I have a group, which also has the automatic email domain matching (Users who register with an email domain that ex…

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