# Contribute

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## [Support cross domain tracking with Google analytics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-cross-domain-tracking-with-google-analytics/21741)

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**Author:** [@TopherTheGeek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TopherTheGeek)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-cross-domain-tracking-with-google-analytics/21741 "2015-01-10T16:23:24Z")

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We have multiple sites (for example, forum.treode.com, treode.github.io and www.treode.com), which I’m sure is not uncommon. Currently we track each one as a separate “property” in Google Analytics. However, when a user …

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## [Google Analytics Tracking Myself](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-analytics-tracking-myself/18124)

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**Author:** [@brianpurkiss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brianpurkiss)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 9:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-analytics-tracking-myself/18124 "2015-01-10T09:04:38Z")

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I just noticed that Google Analytics tracks my admin account. That is going to really mess with my Analytics data. Is there any way I can have Google Analytics not show up on admin accounts or certain accounts?

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## [Redirect after login one like logout redirect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-after-login-one-like-logout-redirect/23804)

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**Author:** [@naggar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/naggar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 7:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-after-login-one-like-logout-redirect/23804 "2015-01-10T07:05:15Z")

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How about feature like redirect after login the one like logout redirect. Is there any way when i use URL https://meta.discourse.org/login?redirect\_url=www.something.com for user login and as soon as user login he wil…

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## [First post on user page after button display issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-post-on-user-page-after-button-display-issue/23766)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2015, 6:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-post-on-user-page-after-button-display-issue/23766 "2015-01-09T06:26:40Z")

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Note the position of the first post after the download button Can be seen on badges and other pages too:

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## [Keep category name in Non-English, but change the URL with what I want to use in English](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-category-name-in-non-english-but-change-the-url-with-what-i-want-to-use-in-english/22255)

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**Author:** [@winterbox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/winterbox)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-category-name-in-non-english-but-change-the-url-with-what-i-want-to-use-in-english/22255 "2015-01-08T03:03:28Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Making Non-English Category URL Understandable. Not like /c/13-category: If you are using the default locale(en), it will not be a problem. However, like me, not using Latin Alphabet (I …

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## [Alternative to POP3 -\> Mandrill?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-to-pop3-mandrill/23727)

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**Author:** [@helmi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helmi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 10:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-to-pop3-mandrill/23727 "2015-01-07T10:02:39Z")

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Hi, is it possible to use services like Mandrill or Sendgrid for incoming mail, too (for email replies or post by email)? For example Mandrill offers to handle incoming mail and you can define rules what happens with th…

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## [Issue with category links in no JS mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-category-links-in-no-js-mode/23716)

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**Author:** [@Mooash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mooash)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-category-links-in-no-js-mode/23716 "2015-01-07T20:31:39Z")

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If you view a Discourse instance with the Googlebot Useragent so that Discourse prints the instance without JS at the top of a topic it gives a link back to the category in the format http://example.com/category/category…

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## [Changing emoji set doesn't rebuild HTML](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-emoji-set-doesnt-rebuild-html/23742)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-emoji-set-doesnt-rebuild-html/23742 "2015-01-07T16:55:40Z")

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So it’s great that we can now change our emoji sets. However, it looks like this is only for new content, is that correct? Is there no way to rebuild the HTML when changing emoji so they all look consistent site-wide?

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## [Remove stars and bookmarks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-stars-and-bookmarks/13926)

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**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-stars-and-bookmarks/13926 "2015-01-07T11:27:18Z")

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I want to request fewer features. I know that most discourse forums so far are probably engineer / technically focused (at least as far as the admins and I suspect many of the users - if the early beta sites are any ind…

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## [Trying to un-delete a deleted topic doesn't work, found error in logs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-un-delete-a-deleted-topic-doesnt-work-found-error-in-logs/23712)

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**Author:** [@chapel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapel)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 9:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-un-delete-a-deleted-topic-doesnt-work-found-error-in-logs/23712 "2015-01-07T09:54:09Z")

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I accidentally deleted a topic that I didn’t intend to, when I went back to un-delete it through the mod panel, it didn’t appear to do anything. Subsequent clicks of un-delete did nothing as well. Looking at the admin e…

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## [Clicking Emoji button results in faded screen and no selector pop-up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-emoji-button-results-in-faded-screen-and-no-selector-pop-up/23689)

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**Author:** [@Chili](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chili)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-emoji-button-results-in-faded-screen-and-no-selector-pop-up/23689 "2015-01-07T09:48:09Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Emoji selector and custom Emoji: Continuing the discussion from Emoji selector and custom Emoji: This pops up in the logs each time: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'icons' of…

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## [Keyboard shortcut and link to go straight to next new topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcut-and-link-to-go-straight-to-next-new-topic/23717)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcut-and-link-to-go-straight-to-next-new-topic/23717 "2015-01-07T04:32:03Z")

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On my forum, we have categories in which everyone is required to read every topic. I’ve been exploring the NEW and “Consider topics new when you haven’t viewed them yet” setting which seems to meet this requirement. How…

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## [Can no longer deactivate user account](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-no-longer-deactivate-user-account/23683)

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**Author:** [@Barbie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Barbie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-no-longer-deactivate-user-account/23683 "2015-01-06T21:14:01Z")

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I used to be able to do this and now I can’t. I’m a moderator Was this a software change?

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## [New user cards and user profile page design deployed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-cards-and-user-profile-page-design-deployed/21660)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 62\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-cards-and-user-profile-page-design-deployed/21660 "2014-11-06T22:44:24Z")

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Looking great, thanks to the hard work of @awesomerobot. Check it out and see what you think – both the full user profile, and the pop up cards. Note that you can put a badge image or glyph on your card, if you hold a …

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## [Ability to "sync" post content between instances without overwriting settings/users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-sync-post-content-between-instances-without-overwriting-settings-users/23677)

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**Author:** [@kalleth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kalleth)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-sync-post-content-between-instances-without-overwriting-settings-users/23677 "2015-01-05T13:53:27Z")

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Hi there, Not sure this is support although it could be – here’s my use case: For my clients’ discourse installation I have two environments; staging and production. I have a synchronisation script for the website whic…

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## [I would like a site setting that allows TL0 to PM staff](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-site-setting-that-allows-tl0-to-pm-staff/23296)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 89\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-site-setting-that-allows-tl0-to-pm-staff/23296 "2015-01-04T21:47:38Z")

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So I’ve been struggling with posting this for the past 3 days and finally decided it still bothers me and thus I want to know if I’m alone or not on this. I don’t mind that TL 0 can’t PM other members, but what does bot…

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## [Tab order: select category after title when creating topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-order-select-category-after-title-when-creating-topic/15945)

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**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-order-select-category-after-title-when-creating-topic/15945 "2015-01-04T13:22:17Z")

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The natural way is to press TAB after entering the title and then to choose the category, I’d say. Now you enter the editor and you’ll never get to the category selection.

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## [Emacs Keybindings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emacs-keybindings/23620)

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**Author:** [@bitboxer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bitboxer)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2015, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emacs-keybindings/23620 "2015-01-03T11:28:20Z")

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I really love using Discourse. It is really awesome to read a discussion on it. Sadly I have a little problem when joining a discussion. The editor overwrites the default emacs keybindings on my mac with own functionalit…

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## [Logging checked\_for\_custom\_avatar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logging-checked-for-custom-avatar/23580)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logging-checked-for-custom-avatar/23580 "2015-01-02T11:39:00Z")

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I just exported all my logs, and found something interesting. checked\_for\_custom\_avatar accounted for 42,525 lines, check\_email accounted for 364 (maybe that gets purged?) the other 880 items were all quite varied. I…

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## [Incorrect column header on category view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-column-header-on-category-view/23584)

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**Author:** [@loopback0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/loopback0)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-column-header-on-category-view/23584 "2015-01-02T03:20:59Z")

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Title says it all really. Header has an extra column that’s not in the table so they don’t match up.

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## [Bug? You can avoid the character restriction](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-you-can-avoid-the-character-restriction/23421)

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**Author:** [@FHTzoob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FHTzoob)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-you-can-avoid-the-character-restriction/23421 "2015-01-01T14:24:51Z")

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You know that thing that says “Post must be at least 20 characters”? Well you can easily avoid that using html tags. In your invalid post, simply put hi \<html html html html html\> and then you can post it.

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## [Play store onebox issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/play-store-onebox-issue/23146)

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**Author:** [@ForgotPants](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ForgotPants)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2014, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/play-store-onebox-issue/23146 "2014-12-30T07:16:20Z")

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Oneboxing links from the Play store generally end with a ‘0’ for some reason, This seems to be happening on Meta as well. Also, is there a way to set a maximum character limit for oneboxing from third party sites?

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## [Sub-Category Topic Count?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sub-category-topic-count/23386)

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**Author:** [@strager](https://meta.discourse.org/u/strager)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sub-category-topic-count/23386 "2014-12-30T01:44:53Z")

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Is there an easy way to show a sub-boards topic count on the front page? For example lets say I have a category “Main” and a sub-category of “child1” and “child2” - I want to see the topic counts (combined) of child1 and…

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## [Open Badges Integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-badges-integration/23515)

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**Author:** [@awrelll](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awrelll)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-badges-integration/23515 "2014-12-30T01:40:47Z")

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Hello , Is there any chance i could use OpenBadges on my discourse instance?

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## [Context mismatch - private messages vs topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/context-mismatch-private-messages-vs-topic/23215)

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**Author:** [@swader](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swader)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/context-mismatch-private-messages-vs-topic/23215 "2014-12-24T18:51:06Z")

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This one is plain confusing. Someone posted a question on our forums: I am getting a 500 Internal Server Error after I restored my public html folder - PHP - SitePoint Forums | Web Development & Design Community I aske…

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## [Vbulletin to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vbulletin-to-discourse/23349)

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**Author:** [@Chadi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chadi)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vbulletin-to-discourse/23349 "2014-12-23T16:29:00Z")

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Hi folks, Looking to migrate over from the antiquated vBulletin 4 platform to Discourse possibly and had a few questions: Important features that I need: censoring (word filters) WordPress SSO (if a WP user is logged…

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## [Custom emoticons/emoji list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-emoticons-emoji-list/19479)

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**Author:** [@ashledombos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ashledombos)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-emoticons-emoji-list/19479 "2014-12-23T01:08:43Z")

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Continuing the discussion from \[Paid\] Need a Vanilla 2 Import tool: Just by curiosity, is it potentially easilly doable to have a custom list of emoticons/emoji?

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## [Working RSS feeds for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/working-rss-feeds-for-discourse/23345)

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**Author:** [@Avram](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Avram)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/working-rss-feeds-for-discourse/23345 "2014-12-22T20:33:56Z")

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I really needed an RSS feed for my Discourse instance because it is not so active but when someone is posting I wanna know and I often forget to check it. Then I remembered I already used Yahoo! Pipes to create RSS feed…

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## [Milestones / Status as subcategories added for features and bugs categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/milestones-status-as-subcategories-added-for-features-and-bugs-categories/23328)

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**Author:** [@gingerman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/milestones-status-as-subcategories-added-for-features-and-bugs-categories/23328 "2014-12-22T16:55:54Z")

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As a newbie joining the discourse community, it is extremely difficult to understand the status of features and bugs reported. If the topic is closed, may be we can assume it is implemented. Why can’t we add sub-categor…

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## [Rename text in the UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rename-text-in-the-ui/23330)

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**Author:** [@sjana4ever](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sjana4ever)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 8:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rename-text-in-the-ui/23330 "2014-12-22T08:47:05Z")

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i want to rename ‘all categories’ to ‘all forum’ and ‘categories’ to ’ forum’ in the nav menu . any idea ? thanks

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