# Contribute

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## [Onebox-embedded thumbnails don't get resized sometimes for emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-embedded-thumbnails-dont-get-resized-sometimes-for-emails/27448)

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**Author:** [@Moter8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moter8)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-embedded-thumbnails-dont-get-resized-sometimes-for-emails/27448 "2016-01-01T15:53:34Z")

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As you can see, this is kinda large. It’s supposed to be like this: The movie image is 509x755 in size. (Thread here) (Also just noticed that avatars aren’t circles in emails yet)

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## [Oneboxing: Wikipedia links are broken with umlauts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-wikipedia-links-are-broken-with-umlauts/27025)

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**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-wikipedia-links-are-broken-with-umlauts/27025 "2016-01-01T15:44:25Z")

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I didn’t found any complaints / solutions regarding to this issue. It’s interesting: In the moment you’re initially copy such a link with umlaut onboxing seems to create a preview. After adding a new line or by posting t…

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## [Google Maps onebox issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-maps-onebox-issues/27989)

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**Author:** [@RaceProUK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RaceProUK)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-maps-onebox-issues/27989 "2016-01-01T15:33:59Z")

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.be link: .co.uk link: Both oneboxes show in preview, but not when cooked. @boomzilla was able to uncover some extra info: Job exception: undefined method 'split' for nil:NilClass Env: current\_db: default current\_h…

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## [Onebox not embedding locally uploaded media files](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-not-embedding-locally-uploaded-media-files/26238)

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**Author:** [@optimus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/optimus)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-not-embedding-locally-uploaded-media-files/26238 "2016-01-01T15:31:32Z")

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Hi all, One of the uses of my Discourse will be a video “library” where I want to allow moderators to post video tutorials to help users. I enabled the “Enable embedding of swf and flv (Adobe Flash) links in oneboxes…”…

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## [Moderators cannot view bookmarks on other user's activity pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-cannot-view-bookmarks-on-other-users-activity-pages/37349)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-cannot-view-bookmarks-on-other-users-activity-pages/37349 "2016-01-01T04:46:13Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Responses, Likes Received, Mentions, and Edits have gone missing from other users Activity pages (viewing as moderator): Didn’t mention it in the last post (sorry), but as a moderator I a…

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## [What's my score in the global Discource instances database maintained by Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-my-score-in-the-global-discource-instances-database-maintained-by-discourse/37308)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-my-score-in-the-global-discource-instances-database-maintained-by-discourse/37308 "2016-01-01T01:16:34Z")

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I know such a database is a piece of private information. However, as the owner of my own Instance, I would be very interested in finding out my position in the global database that you, the Discourse, receive and colle…

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## [Translation data errors (pending users template, other)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-data-errors-pending-users-template-other/37321)

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**Author:** [@Yuun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yuun)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-data-errors-pending-users-template-other/37321 "2015-12-31T15:56:51Z")

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I’m combining these two as they seem to be related. Running latest version of Discourse. All this is from /logs, not seeing anything in sidekiq This first error is preventing the system user from sending out the pending…

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## [Integrate the "About this Category" post into a category header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-the-about-this-category-post-into-a-category-header/37284)

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**Author:** [@Shannon\_Rogers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shannon_Rogers)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-the-about-this-category-post-into-a-category-header/37284 "2015-12-31T14:51:43Z")

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I like the ability to create “about the category” posts and most importantly that the initial 200 character text of that post shows up in the category page. But I wonder if it would be cleaner to integrate that post in…

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## [Search: no "Did you mean" feature?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-no-did-you-mean-feature/37319)

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**Author:** [@danieln](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danieln)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-no-did-you-mean-feature/37319 "2015-12-31T13:20:32Z")

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Am I missing something or is there no spell checking for search queries? For example, when I search for “pustgres” here, I get no matches instead of a helpful “Did you mean ‘postgres’”. Such a feature seems easy to imple…

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## [Inactive users can reply by email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inactive-users-can-reply-by-email/36544)

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**Author:** [@roarkely](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roarkely)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 6:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inactive-users-can-reply-by-email/36544 "2015-12-31T06:43:52Z")

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Users that are inactive do not get email notifications, which is the behavior I would expect. However, if an inactive user replies by email to an email notification they received prior to their deactivation, the message …

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## [New Topic: 500 Internal Server Error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-500-internal-server-error/37186)

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**Author:** [@Juri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Juri)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-500-internal-server-error/37186 "2015-12-31T04:57:04Z")

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Same problem with Chrome in incognito mode. Don’t know what to do now. Any idea? Continuing the discussion from 500 Internal Server Error when trying to write a new topic:

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## [Unable to set notification type for group message inbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-set-notification-type-for-group-message-inbox/37298)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 4:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-set-notification-type-for-group-message-inbox/37298 "2015-12-31T04:50:06Z")

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Summary: Attempted to set notification type for “moderators” group, and was unable to change it from normal Steps to reproduce: Open messages view Switch to group message page Click notification type switcher, and se…

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## [Responses, Likes Received, Mentions, and Edits have gone missing from other users Activity pages (viewing as moderator)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/responses-likes-received-mentions-and-edits-have-gone-missing-from-other-users-activity-pages-viewing-as-moderator/37247)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/responses-likes-received-mentions-and-edits-have-gone-missing-from-other-users-activity-pages-viewing-as-moderator/37247 "2015-12-31T04:08:54Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Counts have gone missing from Activty pages: With the recent redesign of the User Profile page, as a moderator looking at other users public profiles I no longer have access to the catego…

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## [New custom field types: forum topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-custom-field-types-forum-topic/37293)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-custom-field-types-forum-topic/37293 "2015-12-31T02:03:37Z")

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New custom field type: forum topic To enter value in such a field, let users choose a forum topic, then display a clickable topic title on the user profile page. Use-cases: personal topic page with company / organiza…

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## [Support \`🙂\` emoji from Unicode 7?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959)

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**Author:** [@waldyrious](https://meta.discourse.org/u/waldyrious)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959 "2015-12-31T00:38:19Z")

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Are there plans to support the slight\_smile emoji? It kinda irks me that :) gets translated to :smile:. Here’s what would be ideal, IMO: :) → :slight\_smile: (rendered from the .ai assets added to Twemoji in #67) ;) → …

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## ["Something Else" Flag text missing on Admin Page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/something-else-flag-text-missing-on-admin-page/37259)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/something-else-flag-text-missing-on-admin-page/37259 "2015-12-30T17:15:18Z")

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Since my update from 1.4 to latest I can’t see the text my users sent when they flag and fill the something else field. I’m afraid that the text isn’t even being saved :sadpanda:

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## [Mark as Read button missing from profile notifications page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-read-button-missing-from-profile-notifications-page/37164)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-read-button-missing-from-profile-notifications-page/37164 "2015-12-30T03:51:02Z")

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After the redesign of the profile page navigation, the mark as read button has disappeared. There are still a few notifications that can’t be cleared (look at my profile for an example) so the button is still of use.

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## [Emoji Plugin Irregularity](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-plugin-irregularity/37218)

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**Author:** [@ColdSun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ColdSun)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-plugin-irregularity/37218 "2015-12-30T02:32:31Z")

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Background I’ve created a test plugin to familiarize myself with adding custom emoji. During the process, I decided to add quite a few emoji (most everything from fontawesome) as an exercise. The plugin can be located a…

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## [Category Logo image is not clickable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-logo-image-is-not-clickable/37003)

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**Author:** [@Mytee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mytee)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-logo-image-is-not-clickable/37003 "2015-12-30T02:37:47Z")

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When you add an image for a certain category, regular users would expect that its clickable, which is not. A simple bug, that i believe could be fixed easily. How to fix? Make category logos clickable

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## [Vicious flagging/editing cycle](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vicious-flagging-editing-cycle/36572)

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**Author:** [@rxc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rxc)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vicious-flagging-editing-cycle/36572 "2015-12-29T22:13:38Z")

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A problem with the way community flagging works as previously described… While a moderator isn’t around, watching like a hawk, this causes a two-part problem: A user can do the bare minimum of editing by adding/remov…

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## [Cannot split topic - see error logs in the topic body](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-split-topic-see-error-logs-in-the-topic-body/36962)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-split-topic-see-error-logs-in-the-topic-body/36962 "2015-12-29T20:55:15Z")

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In the latest version (v1.5.0.beta7 +3), when I try to split topic, a server error occurs. Here are a few logs: Error #1 NameError (uninitialized constant UserAvatarsController::DOT) /var/www/discourse/app/controllers…

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## [Incorrect title on group mention desktop notification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-title-on-group-mention-desktop-notification/37137)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-title-on-group-mention-desktop-notification/37137 "2015-12-29T16:58:31Z")

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Summary: Upon receiving a notification for a group mention, the title of the desktop notification does not work. Steps to reproduce: Enable desktop notifications in your browser. Be part of a group that has group men…

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## [Posts on-save processing with regex/replace configurable in admin panel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-on-save-processing-with-regex-replace-configurable-in-admin-panel/37202)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 5:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-on-save-processing-with-regex-replace-configurable-in-admin-panel/37202 "2015-12-29T05:56:43Z")

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If often fix minor issues in posts manually going through all of the posts on my forum on a daily basis. It turns out that most of the issues are typical and I could write a regex/rewrite rule to force the fix as soon as…

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## [Better unfurling of Discourse topics on Slack](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-unfurling-of-discourse-topics-on-slack/37188)

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**Author:** [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-unfurling-of-discourse-topics-on-slack/37188 "2015-12-29T02:32:23Z")

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Your Discourse topic embeds on Slack just got better! I just pushed a commit that adds label1/data1 and label2/data2 properties (found in Twitter Product card) in Discourse topics. This improves the Discourse topic unf…

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## [Crowdsourcing Ideas Feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/crowdsourcing-ideas-feature/37010)

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**Author:** [@Tia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tia)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/crowdsourcing-ideas-feature/37010 "2015-12-28T13:32:06Z")

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Howdy, I’m looking for a feature of idea crowdsourcing Something like this: Is it possible to do something similar with Discourse?

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## [Double entry in default watch list @ user preferences -\> registration impossible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-entry-in-default-watch-list-user-preferences-registration-impossible/37181)

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**Author:** [@rriemann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rriemann)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2015, 8:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-entry-in-default-watch-list-user-preferences-registration-impossible/37181 "2015-12-28T08:53:46Z")

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I run into the following issue: By accident, I entered two times the same category into the default user preference field for the default watched categories. Result: Accounts could not be created anymore PG::UniqueVio…

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## ["Your topic is similar to..." popup goes under the logo header!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-topic-is-similar-to-popup-goes-under-the-logo-header/35658)

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**Author:** [@kirupa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kirupa)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-topic-is-similar-to-popup-goes-under-the-logo-header/35658 "2015-12-28T02:07:33Z")

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See screenshot: Unless this is a “by design” issue, one fix might be to set the z-order value to something much lower than a 1000 on the .d-header style rule. Cheers, Kirupa

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## [Fulltext should ignore accents](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fulltext-should-ignore-accents/37178)

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**Author:** [@johno](https://meta.discourse.org/u/johno)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fulltext-should-ignore-accents/37178 "2015-12-27T20:45:02Z")

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Hi there, it is pretty common for search engines (e.g. google) to ignore accents on characters when doing fulltext search. Example: word kôprová omáčka should be matched by query koprova omacka and vice versa. With Post…

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## [Unsubscribe from emails without login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unsubscribe-from-emails-without-login/35389)

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**Author:** [@thomaspurchas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thomaspurchas)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unsubscribe-from-emails-without-login/35389 "2015-12-27T18:01:57Z")

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This has come up before here and here and both threads have been closed. However there is no answer on whether or not unsubscribing from emails without login will be added (unsubbing from email topics is possible, but r…

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## [Can we use parse.com login feature along with Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-use-parse-com-login-feature-along-with-discourse/37161)

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**Author:** [@helloravi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helloravi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-use-parse-com-login-feature-along-with-discourse/37161 "2015-12-27T00:55:57Z")

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I know that Discouse has Signle-Sign-on. I am wondering if we can use the authentication on parse.com as the login system for discourse? Does anybody have experience with that? Here is the documentation of parse authent…

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