# Contribute

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## [Show pinned posts as title only?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-pinned-posts-as-title-only/37144)

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**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-pinned-posts-as-title-only/37144 "2015-12-26T14:23:06Z")

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The pinned topics eat too much vertical space. On my mobile devices all I can see without scrolling in a category is 1-2 pinned topics, as the first paragraph is shown on the topic list. Is there a way to reduce the pin…

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## [Should audio and video tags be allowed?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-audio-and-video-tags-be-allowed/12709)

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**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-audio-and-video-tags-be-allowed/12709 "2015-12-24T20:24:24Z")

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I was just going over the html sanitizer whitelist and wasn’t sure what to do about \<audio\> and \<video\>. It seems that they do, in fact, work, but only if you specify src= in the audio tag, not in source tags. This wor…

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## [Search box gets stuck on Android Tablets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-box-gets-stuck-on-android-tablets/36804)

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**Author:** [@Sailsman63](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sailsman63)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-box-gets-stuck-on-android-tablets/36804 "2015-12-23T20:59:13Z")

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When accessing the search box on chrome 47.0.2526.83, android 5.1.0 (nexus 10) there is no way to dismiss the box in normal workflow. taping outside the search has no effect browser back dismisses he search, but also t…

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## [Emoji-dropdown is broken and default smiley doesn't display](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-dropdown-is-broken-and-default-smiley-doesnt-display/37066)

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**Author:** [@daath](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daath)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-dropdown-is-broken-and-default-smiley-doesnt-display/37066 "2015-12-23T13:38:40Z")

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I just commented on a github commit, but I’m putting it here as well… Emoji auto-complete seems broken now - it just says “more…” and :slight\_smile: translates to :slightly\_smiling: which doesn’t turn into an actual emo…

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## [Make TL3 100 days a changeable Setting?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-tl3-100-days-a-changeable-setting/36923)

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**Author:** [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-tl3-100-days-a-changeable-setting/36923 "2015-12-23T01:53:07Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Agreeing/Deferring/Disagreeing with Flags: I’m just thinking out loud here, but I’m wondering if it could be done fairly easily if the hard coded “100 days” that the Trust Level 3 require…

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## [See who marked post as solved?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-who-marked-post-as-solved/37013)

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**Author:** [@AlexBCodecademy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexBCodecademy)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-who-marked-post-as-solved/37013 "2015-12-22T19:12:54Z")

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Is there a way to see who exactly marked the post as “solved”? Thanks!

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## [Setting up with MSSQL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-with-mssql/37034)

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**Author:** [@Jared\_Needell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jared_Needell)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-with-mssql/37034 "2015-12-22T02:09:41Z")

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Is it possible to setup Discourse using MS SQL Enterprise?

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## [Make the view topic email option more visible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-view-topic-email-option-more-visible/36972)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 7:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-view-topic-email-option-more-visible/36972 "2015-12-21T07:39:53Z")

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Ever since the %{respond\_instructions} footer got the topic URL wrapped in text, it’s been harder to use. Just now I ended up trying to unsubscribe from a topic because I found the Click here words first. some ideas… …

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## [Style is lost if javascript is disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/style-is-lost-if-javascript-is-disabled/36778)

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**Author:** [@cebe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cebe)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/style-is-lost-if-javascript-is-disabled/36778 "2015-12-21T03:06:54Z")

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Hi! We are evaluating discourse for replacing an existing forum and we found that the styling of page elements gets completely lost when javascript is disabled. I know that there is no point in actively using the forum …

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## [Animation regression on iOS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/animation-regression-on-ios/36988)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/animation-regression-on-ios/36988 "2015-12-20T21:45:21Z")

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I’ve noticed that button animations for Watch Topic, Search, Profile, All Categories, Hamburger menu etc. have a solid 0.20 second delay on iOS. I’m testing on an iPad 2 Air 2, iOS v 9.2, Safari and Firefox. I compared …

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## [Invite failure could be more informative when email domain is not whitelisted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-failure-could-be-more-informative-when-email-domain-is-not-whitelisted/36524)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-failure-could-be-more-informative-when-email-domain-is-not-whitelisted/36524 "2015-12-20T17:10:52Z")

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When a site is configured to only allow login from email addresses with a particular domain, and a user attempts to invite someone to a topic with an email outside of that domain, the failure message could be more inform…

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## [Profile, messages, bookmarks window: Include Full Name?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/profile-messages-bookmarks-window-include-full-name/36813)

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**Author:** [@ckamps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckamps)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2015, 6:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/profile-messages-bookmarks-window-include-full-name/36813 "2015-12-20T06:16:57Z")

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I received feedback from one of our forum users that she was confused about whether or not she was logged in properly because when she clicked on the avatar: as a new user, the automatically assigned “M” didn’t mean an…

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## ["Join messages" button for admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/join-messages-button-for-admin/36960)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/join-messages-button-for-admin/36960 "2015-12-19T13:27:26Z")

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I noticed some users put a lot of small messages in a row in the same topic. I suspect different possible reasons: Some don’t understand that there might be multiple “quoted replies” in a single message Others just wr…

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## [Changes in Admin \> Customize \> Text Content are not logged](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-in-admin-customize-text-content-are-not-logged/36614)

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**Author:** [@roarkely](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roarkely)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-in-admin-customize-text-content-are-not-logged/36614 "2015-12-18T14:12:53Z")

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Changes to ‘Site Settings’ and ‘CSS/HTML’ are logged as staff actions, but changes to the ‘Text Content’ are not.

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## [Topic progress indicator moves beyond last post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-progress-indicator-moves-beyond-last-post/36754)

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**Author:** [@Hector](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hector)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-progress-indicator-moves-beyond-last-post/36754 "2015-12-18T12:45:16Z")

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For anonymous users (when the popup reminder to register is present), the topic progress indicator moves beyond the last post when scrolling to the bottom.

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## [Changing user settings results in 422 Unprocessable Entity / ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-user-settings-results-in-422-unprocessable-entity-activerecord-recordinvalid/36722)

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**Author:** [@ckamps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckamps)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-user-settings-results-in-422-unprocessable-entity-activerecord-recordinvalid/36722 "2015-12-17T22:20:49Z")

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When we have: And attempt to perform certain operations on users such as Grant Moderation: We encounter this error: And the logs show: ###Workaround Temporarily set min and max user name to 1 and 30 res…

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## [Non admin has access to closed category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-admin-has-access-to-closed-category/36851)

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**Author:** [@AlexBCodecademy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexBCodecademy)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-admin-has-access-to-closed-category/36851 "2015-12-17T21:25:33Z")

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So I have a closed category for our forum moderators. A non moderator was able to comment on a thread in our category that’s locked. I looked at the category permissions and confirmed he does not meet any of those, chec…

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## [Can't Manually Block/Whitelist an IP Address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-manually-block-whitelist-an-ip-address/36792)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-manually-block-whitelist-an-ip-address/36792 "2015-12-17T18:41:50Z")

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A moderator at our instance tried to add an IP address to the blocked list, but nothing happens. It isn’t added (as far as I can tell) and there is no feedback. And the drop-down which I’m sure used to give options for…

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## [Object object when replying in linked topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/object-object-when-replying-in-linked-topic/36834)

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**Author:** [@omfg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omfg)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/object-object-when-replying-in-linked-topic/36834 "2015-12-17T17:19:20Z")

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On a site hosted by Discourse I tried to reply to a comment in a linked topic. But when I clicked on the link I got my editor pre populated with: \[object Object\] I am using Safari on current iPad Air.

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## [Read-only account for sales prospects please?!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-account-for-sales-prospects-please/36837)

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**Author:** [@mjarvis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mjarvis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-account-for-sales-prospects-please/36837 "2015-12-17T15:56:59Z")

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Our discourse forum is only for customers who buy our software. All categories are closed to the public. But we want to entice prospects (close to buying but not yet customers) by giving them a read only account. They wo…

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## [Page jumps after clicking N Likes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-jumps-after-clicking-n-likes/33238)

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**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-jumps-after-clicking-n-likes/33238 "2015-12-17T06:41:14Z")

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Repro steps: Click here: Add new metrics in the administration interface - #15 by riking Click on 3 Likes Press the back button Click the link again Click 3 Likes again Viewport should jump either up or down, causing m…

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## [Avatar generation with protocol independent URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-generation-with-protocol-independent-url/36793)

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**Author:** [@Daniel\_Pett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daniel_Pett)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-generation-with-protocol-independent-url/36793 "2015-12-17T03:16:37Z")

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Hi all, Not sure if anyone else is getting this at the moment. I upgraded my forum to v1.5.0.beta6 +188 and all the avatars coming from gravatar are broken. Error log is below. Have rebuilt the app and run rails console…

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## [Composer lets you edit someone else's post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-lets-you-edit-someone-elses-post/36758)

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**Author:** [@jieshuang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jieshuang)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-lets-you-edit-someone-elses-post/36758 "2015-12-16T13:59:59Z")

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You can’t save an edit, which is good! But I’d suggest you shouldn’t even be able to open the composer. Simple repro: Go to bottom of a topic, hit J and/or K up to a few times to select a post. Then hit E and the com…

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## [Slowness in loading Avatars on \`meta.discourse.org\`](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slowness-in-loading-avatars-on-meta-discourse-org/34698)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slowness-in-loading-avatars-on-meta-discourse-org/34698 "2015-12-16T02:38:41Z")

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You probably already know about this but I thought I would mention that during a quick test with http://www.webpagetest.org/… I can see there is a lot of time and requests being spent redirecting (302) from one CDN to a…

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## [Copy selected text to new post, even on a locked topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-selected-text-to-new-post-even-on-a-locked-topic/36622)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-selected-text-to-new-post-even-on-a-locked-topic/36622 "2015-12-15T23:29:07Z")

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I feel I used to be able to do the following, but can’t anymore… When selecting text in a topic I’m not allowed to post to, I can click Reply, and a new topic is going to be created. It would be nice if the selected te…

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## [Per-category default reply when emailing in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-default-reply-when-emailing-in/36731)

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**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-default-reply-when-emailing-in/36731 "2015-12-15T22:28:06Z")

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While the category email-in support is maturing, are there plans for a feature where the user would get a reply from discourse when they email to a category incoming email address? this would make it possible for the us…

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## [Subfolder install User blocked due to community flags message has wrong URL to Profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subfolder-install-user-blocked-due-to-community-flags-message-has-wrong-url-to-profile/36685)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subfolder-install-user-blocked-due-to-community-flags-message-has-wrong-url-to-profile/36685 "2015-12-15T20:08:08Z")

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In the below message, the first and last link has /community/community/ referencing the subfolder name twice creating a broken link. The last link should be going to /community/admin/users/meghaf, and the first to /commu…

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## [View Latest Topic overlaps with Category Name in Browse Other Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-latest-topic-overlaps-with-category-name-in-browse-other-topics/36695)

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**Author:** [@mwahnish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mwahnish)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-latest-topic-overlaps-with-category-name-in-browse-other-topics/36695 "2015-12-15T13:16:17Z")

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If the Category Name is longer than two words, the “or View Latest Topics” link overlaps with the category name. I think this can be solved by removing “overflow: inherit” from the class. I’m on Ubuntu using Fire…

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## [Cannot get latest posts via json (/posts.json returns 500 error)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-get-latest-posts-via-json-posts-json-returns-500-error/36682)

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**Author:** [@ks\_smilik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ks_smilik)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 9:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-get-latest-posts-via-json-posts-json-returns-500-error/36682 "2015-12-15T09:40:23Z")

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Hey guys. I’m trying to get latest posts with help of Discourse Api gem. I’ve added next lines to my initializer: module DiscourseApi module API module Posts def latest\_posts(params = {}) response =…

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## [UI breaks when letter avatar images don't load](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-breaks-when-letter-avatar-images-dont-load/36674)

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**Author:** [@rxc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rxc)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-breaks-when-letter-avatar-images-dont-load/36674 "2015-12-15T08:56:09Z")

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When a user’s own letter avatar doesn’t load, discourse doesn’t show any placeholder for it. That means the user’s “profile/messages/preferences” menu at the top-right completely disappears, preventing them access to ma…

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