# Support

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## [Content divider + center text syntax + font color](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-divider-center-text-syntax-font-color/213327)

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**Author:** [@needhelp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/needhelp)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-divider-center-text-syntax-font-color/213327 "2021-12-29T02:00:29Z")

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Hi All, A few questions if I may: Is there a way to create a content divider on a post, eg: even just a line that divides a post into two sections? If not, then is there an easy way to center text on a post? I sup…

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## [Friendly user profile url](https://meta.discourse.org/t/friendly-user-profile-url/213174)

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**Author:** [@yhh9xdq7d](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yhh9xdq7d)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/friendly-user-profile-url/213174 "2021-12-29T01:27:44Z")

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Is there any community owner who uses aliases for user linka? For example: domain.com/username. Maybe in the same way that /rules leads to /faq. Is it a problem to create aliases for users? Does it have any problems wi…

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## [How do I add category banners?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-add-category-banners/136898)

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**Author:** [@Gronkhou](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gronkhou)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-add-category-banners/136898 "2021-12-28T23:43:12Z")

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How woud i achieve something like that? When i add pictures to my Category they are all shrunk and ugly. is there a custom plugin or something?

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## [Tracking who has downloaded their user data](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-who-has-downloaded-their-user-data/106540)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-who-has-downloaded-their-user-data/106540 "2019-01-15T01:35:17Z")

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A site owner wants to know who has downloaded their data. It seems that the data in the user\_exports is deleted after 2 days when the user archive is deleted. I don’t see that there is a separate message type in emails. …

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## [Set category background image based on user's selected theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-category-background-image-based-on-users-selected-theme/213324)

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**Author:** [@devl0f](https://meta.discourse.org/u/devl0f)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-category-background-image-based-on-users-selected-theme/213324 "2021-12-28T21:54:21Z")

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Our Discourse has a light theme and a dark theme. We have been experimenting with a category background image for a certain category but due to these two themes the image will always heavily degrade the reading experienc…

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## [Getting error trying to add new accounts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-error-trying-to-add-new-accounts/204877)

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**Author:** [@tjesi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tjesi)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-error-trying-to-add-new-accounts/204877 "2021-12-28T21:35:52Z")

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Error message: Sorry! This invitation is intended for new users, who do not already have an existing account. I have created dummy users so that I can test rights to make sure they work properly. The accounts are all…

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## [Discourse Docs Card Filter has no entry field in settings for categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docs-card-filter-has-no-entry-field-in-settings-for-categories/205398)

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**Author:** [@tjesi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tjesi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docs-card-filter-has-no-entry-field-in-settings-for-categories/205398 "2021-12-28T21:33:44Z")

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I have a new site that I’m setting up. I just added the modest theme, discourse-docs plugin, and the discourse docs card filter component. In the example on the component page there should be fields where I can add which…

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## [Unwanted Guidelines empty link in the about section](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unwanted-guidelines-empty-link-in-the-about-section/213277)

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**Author:** [@NotGael](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NotGael)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 10:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unwanted-guidelines-empty-link-in-the-about-section/213277 "2021-12-28T10:51:02Z")

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Hello everybody, I want to configure urls in the about section of my discourse forum. (Version 2.8.0.beta10-b75cbec4b6) I go to the admin section → Settings → Legal There is see 4 settings : tos url, privacy policy ur…

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## [Weird behaviour for sent emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behaviour-for-sent-emails/213189)

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**Author:** [@phntxx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/phntxx)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behaviour-for-sent-emails/213189 "2021-12-28T10:26:29Z")

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Hello! I’ve been having this issue where Discourse sends out emails for some replies, but not for others. I have mailing list mode enabled by default, so missing replies can be crucial. For example, when looking at the…

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## [Policy and permission issues with s3 buckets?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/policy-and-permission-issues-with-s3-buckets/104956)

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**Author:** [@Shane\_Liebling](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shane_Liebling)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/policy-and-permission-issues-with-s3-buckets/104956 "2019-01-14T23:29:22Z")

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I have two S3 buckets, one for backups one for uploads. I have one user/policy for both with full s3 access. I have both uploads and backups set to go to s3. Strangely, I can make a backup and it will end up on s3, but a…

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## [Let's Encrypt cert renewals (suddenly) failing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-encrypt-cert-renewals-suddenly-failing/213071)

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**Author:** [@L30110](https://meta.discourse.org/u/L30110)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-encrypt-cert-renewals-suddenly-failing/213071 "2021-12-28T01:14:16Z")

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Sometime back – it’s not clear how long but at least several months – Let’s Encrypt renewals started failing on my Discourse forum, after running fine for years. When I initially noted this some days ago, the cert had ex…

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## [Updating topic body via the API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-topic-body-via-the-api/61220)

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**Author:** [@kennym](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kennym)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-topic-body-via-the-api/61220 "2017-04-19T04:09:20Z")

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I’m trying to update a topic body via the API, but I’m not sure how to do it. I tried to use POST /posts/ and providing it with the topic\_id which only creates a new post for a topic. I also tried PUT /posts/:id but pr…

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## [How to upgrade Docker from SSH](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-upgrade-docker-from-ssh/213235)

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**Author:** [@Idan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Idan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-upgrade-docker-from-ssh/213235 "2021-12-27T23:13:26Z")

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My website suddenly have issue with connectivity. I think it’s docker related and I want to know what command I need to use to upgrade it. update: I updated discourse but get ssl issues. Tried renew letsencrypt, in the…

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## [Readonly mode for Google translate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/readonly-mode-for-google-translate/32056)

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**Author:** [@rubo77](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rubo77)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/readonly-mode-for-google-translate/32056 "2016-05-02T18:16:03Z")

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Is it possible to add a parameter to the url, so the online website google translator can translate a Discoure page? This doesn’t work: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=en&tl=de&u=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.disc…

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## [Subscription banner subscribers count reset](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-banner-subscribers-count-reset/213173)

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**Author:** [@Hana\_Kanjaa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hana_Kanjaa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-banner-subscribers-count-reset/213173 "2021-12-27T14:00:12Z")

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Hello, I have started using the subscription banner and everything works fine except the count of new subscribers. It says that there are 41 subscribers but there are only 29 and it always keeps this difference interval …

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## [How to bypass a suspension in discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bypass-a-suspension-in-discourse/213179)

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**Author:** [@S\_B\_2\_Go](https://meta.discourse.org/u/S_B_2_Go)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bypass-a-suspension-in-discourse/213179 "2021-12-27T12:34:27Z")

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A suspension occurred in a discourse-based community. The date of that is till 27th Dec 3021. Please how to do it?

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## [How to change which stats are shown within the digest email header?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-which-stats-are-shown-within-the-digest-email-header/213169)

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**Author:** [@Maynard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maynard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-which-stats-are-shown-within-the-digest-email-header/213169 "2021-12-27T11:03:24Z")

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Anybody know how to change which stats are shown within the digest email header? My digest has ‘New Users’: While this meta.discourse site has ‘Likes Received’: How can I switch from New Users to Likes Received? …

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## [Can't upload backup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-upload-backup/212520)

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**Author:** [@daemon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daemon)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 9:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-upload-backup/212520 "2021-12-27T09:26:17Z")

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Hi! I’ve just installed Discourse on a new server and now I’m trying to upload a backup with about 400MB. It stucks at 40% with the following error: Slow down, too many requests from this IP address. Please retry agai…

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## [Set custom docker network in container/app.yml](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-custom-docker-network-in-container-app-yml/200701)

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**Author:** [@BHamidpour](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BHamidpour)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-custom-docker-network-in-container-app-yml/200701 "2021-12-27T03:54:05Z")

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Hello There, How I can add a custom docker network block like the below sample to my discourse conf file (container/app.yml)? I want the discourse container to connect to “my-network” after ./launch rebuild and running…

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## [How to integrate Discourse with the Netlify platform](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-integrate-discourse-with-the-netlify-platform/128839)

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**Author:** [@vicmart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vicmart)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-integrate-discourse-with-the-netlify-platform/128839 "2021-12-26T21:54:08Z")

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Hello all! I’m a developer currently managing a “Hosted by Discourse” Standard site as well as a Netlify site using the Netlify Identity service for user authentication and tracking. Ideally I’m looking to unify the two…

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## [Embedding comments in old content creates "today" posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-comments-in-old-content-creates-today-posts/84828)

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**Author:** [@billgraziano](https://meta.discourse.org/u/billgraziano)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-comments-in-old-content-creates-today-posts/84828 "2021-12-26T19:42:56Z")

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I have Discourse hosting the comments for my blog. It mostly works OK except for old posts. Apparently many of those older posts don’t have topics created yet. Or haven’t been crawled. I’m unclear on the exact proces…

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## [Why does the system randomly bump 3-6 year old topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-system-randomly-bump-3-6-year-old-topics/192812)

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**Author:** [@Cookie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cookie)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-system-randomly-bump-3-6-year-old-topics/192812 "2021-12-26T19:01:55Z")

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I was exploring the topics here… and noticed that there were topics from 2015-2018 https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-auth-proxy/27703 :confused:

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## [Can Discourse be used as an OAuth provider?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-be-used-as-an-oauth-provider/43872)

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**Author:** [@sdpiowa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sdpiowa)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-be-used-as-an-oauth-provider/43872 "2021-12-26T17:58:22Z")

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Can Discourse function as an oAuth provider for a system like Rocket.Chat? I’m still trying to figure out what the difference is between oAuth, SSO, and what all the terminology means. Basically, we need Discourse to hos…

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## [Disable about topic for new categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-about-topic-for-new-categories/43533)

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**Author:** [@MZainDamlag](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MZainDamlag)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-about-topic-for-new-categories/43533 "2016-05-01T20:48:06Z")

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Hello All, I want to stop the auto created topic with each new category. How can this done ?

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## [AWS S3 Object Ownership](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aws-s3-object-ownership/213112)

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**Author:** [@shawnngtq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shawnngtq)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aws-s3-object-ownership/213112 "2021-12-26T14:01:23Z")

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Hi, I followed these guides My backup works fine but not for others. To make it work, I have to enabled ACLs, which is not recommended by AWS. Was wondering how can we make S3 work using ACLs disabled (recom…

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## [Forum topics are not indexed by Baidu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-topics-are-not-indexed-by-baidu/128135)

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**Author:** [@lavrenkov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lavrenkov)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-topics-are-not-indexed-by-baidu/128135 "2021-12-26T12:50:14Z")

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Hi. We have a Chinese version of our website, but unfortunately, topics of the forum are not indexed by Baidu. I noticed that this forum is indexed by Baidu without any problems. The question both for admins of this foru…

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## [Export staff logs action omits some details](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-staff-logs-action-omits-some-details/213114)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-staff-logs-action-omits-some-details/213114 "2021-12-26T11:28:22Z")

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Hi. Here’s a sample of the logs: Details are filled in. But when I export the logs, some of the details fields are often absent from the CSV file: Is that on purpose? Is it possible to export these logs with al…

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## [Updating total # of posts /wk -\> total?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-total-of-posts-wk-total/213103)

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**Author:** [@ykcorner](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ykcorner)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-total-of-posts-wk-total/213103 "2021-12-26T08:54:37Z")

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Hey all. Just wondering how to change the “X / week” label for categories and have it only show the total posts/topics number “X” all time in that category? Did some research and unfortunately could not find anything in…

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## [My discourse forum github login broken by setting ENV proxy in app.yml](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-discourse-forum-github-login-broken-by-setting-env-proxy-in-app-yml/212508)

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**Author:** [@zilongshanren](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zilongshanren)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-discourse-forum-github-login-broken-by-setting-env-proxy-in-app-yml/212508 "2021-12-26T06:31:25Z")

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Hi, everyone In order to run ./launcher rebuild app, I use a proxy to help me pull code from Github smoothly. env: LANG: en\_US.UTF-8 DISCOURSE\_DEFAULT\_LOCALE: zh\_CN HTTP\_PROXY: http://10.27.xxx.xxx:7890 HTTPS\_P…

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## [Center td.posters container](https://meta.discourse.org/t/center-td-posters-container/106428)

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**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/center-td-posters-container/106428 "2021-12-25T23:19:16Z")

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I could use a little css/flex assistance. I have been working on making the avatar of the original poster larger than the rest of the avatars and have figured everything out except how to center td.posters I have used t…

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