# Support

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## [Email invites, can't click send invite button on certain categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-invites-cant-click-send-invite-button-on-certain-categories/47168)

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**Author:** [@tkiblin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tkiblin)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-invites-cant-click-send-invite-button-on-certain-categories/47168 "2016-07-13T22:19:02Z")

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Pretty sure I have something setup wrong, but can’t figure it out… If I try and invite a user, and type in name@gmail.com, as soon as I try and type in the com, net, etc, the send invite button becomes non-clickable. I…

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## [Facebook thumbnail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-thumbnail/47207)

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**Author:** [@Scott\_Grigor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Scott_Grigor)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-thumbnail/47207 "2016-07-13T21:24:52Z")

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How do you change the thumbnail on facebook when sharing a post? At the moment a smiley face is shown, even though there is a image on the post

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## [Safari - blank page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/safari-blank-page/47237)

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**Author:** [@georgekaplan59](https://meta.discourse.org/u/georgekaplan59)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/safari-blank-page/47237 "2016-07-13T19:45:18Z")

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Works perfect in Chrome and FF. But on Safari I get a blank page. Not related to cache etc. Tried various phones/macs. I get this error in the logs: SyntaxError: Strict mode does not allow function declarations in a le…

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## [Need help getting SSO to function correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-getting-sso-to-function-correctly/47161)

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**Author:** [@jgmac1106](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jgmac1106)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-getting-sso-to-function-correctly/47161 "2016-07-13T17:38:11Z")

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I can not get the single sign on to work correctly and just wanted t run through my steps. I am using: Wordpress 4.5.3. Theme Guru 2.3 Have Sensei LMS plug-in installed Have buddypress installed. Have jetpack insta…

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## [What is "Mailing List mode"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-mailing-list-mode/46008)

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**Author:** [@kuba-orlik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuba-orlik)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-mailing-list-mode/46008 "2016-07-13T16:51:39Z")

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What does the “Mailing List mode” do? How does it affect my notifications? The only information given to me in the UI is: This setting overrides the activity summary. Muted topics and categories are not included in t…

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## ["allow uppercase posts" does not support Chinese](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-uppercase-posts-does-not-support-chinese/47212)

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**Author:** [@saluzi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saluzi)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-uppercase-posts-does-not-support-chinese/47212 "2016-07-13T16:09:21Z")

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The"allow uppercase posts" does not support Chinese, after copying a Chinese input, tip No content, Chinese seem to default to all uppercase

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## [Console - Invalid response after removing Push notifications plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/console-invalid-response-after-removing-push-notifications-plugin/47183)

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**Author:** [@Alankrit\_Choudh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alankrit_Choudh)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/console-invalid-response-after-removing-push-notifications-plugin/47183 "2016-07-13T15:41:34Z")

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I am getting console errors on chrome stable latest. (PS - Not sure if it is related to the plugin) I did try push notifications but i removed it as of late, because it was alpha. I am getting this after uninstallin…

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## [Whats' that extra image on Jeff's avatar?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-that-extra-image-on-jeffs-avatar/47215)

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**Author:** [@uwe\_keim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uwe_keim)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-that-extra-image-on-jeffs-avatar/47215 "2016-07-13T14:47:50Z")

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Just being curious, what’s the meaning of the extra small overlay image on Jeff’s avatar?

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## [A strange information - "Let's get this discussion started!"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-strange-information-lets-get-this-discussion-started/47058)

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**Author:** [@alphaman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alphaman)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-strange-information-lets-get-this-discussion-started/47058 "2016-07-13T12:55:23Z")

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Hey, I have setup an discourse site and i don’t know why i get this information message on top of my screen. It says Let’s get this discussion started! There are currently 2 / 5 topics and 5 / 30 posts. New visitors …

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## [Vagrant: changing ownership of ‘/shared/postgres\_run’: Operation not permitted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vagrant-changing-ownership-of-shared-postgres-run-operation-not-permitted/37197)

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**Author:** [@aventurella](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aventurella)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 10:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vagrant-changing-ownership-of-shared-postgres-run-operation-not-permitted/37197 "2016-07-13T10:54:30Z")

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I am running my install from vagrant under the vmware fusion provider. Only have altered the cloned Vagrant file as follows: config.vm.provider "vmware\_fusion" do |v| v.vmx\["memsize"\] = "2048" v.vmx\["numvcpus"\] …

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## [Change user's displayed name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-users-displayed-name/47193)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-users-displayed-name/47193 "2016-07-13T04:50:16Z")

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Is it possible to change a user’s displayed name? I can, as administrator, change their username, but I can’t seem to find a way (short of jumping into the database) of changing the displayed name. I’m wanting to ensure …

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## [Consider increasing the configuration parameter "max\_wal\_size"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consider-increasing-the-configuration-parameter-max-wal-size/47049)

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**Author:** [@diegoeis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/diegoeis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consider-increasing-the-configuration-parameter-max-wal-size/47049 "2016-07-12T21:08:50Z")

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Hi, I’m trying change the smtp address of my smtp email server. I edit my app.yml, change the address, :wq to save, and try rebuild the app. In a specific point, the system warn me this error. Using spork-rails 4.0.0 0:…

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## [Header layout with broke with last discourse (9fdea6c)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-layout-with-broke-with-last-discourse-9fdea6c/43330)

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**Author:** [@babyfooter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/babyfooter)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-layout-with-broke-with-last-discourse-9fdea6c/43330 "2016-07-12T12:35:35Z")

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Hello guys, We encoured 2 pbs upgrading to last Discourse version, probably linked… header icons layout (panel clearfix) broke, move on left clicking on icons (Safari version) babble icon has been removed from div, n…

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## [CentOS 6.6, no docker upgrade supported, hence no discourse rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/centos-6-6-no-docker-upgrade-supported-hence-no-discourse-rebuild/47070)

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**Author:** [@Himanshu\_Chhangani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Himanshu_Chhangani)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 7:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/centos-6-6-no-docker-upgrade-supported-hence-no-discourse-rebuild/47070 "2016-07-12T07:51:48Z")

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I tried to update my discourse community, via UI. up gradation failed, so I got to know that i can rebuild app and that will restore the discourse.! but, my base OS is centos 6.6 (EC2 instance), and there docker versi…

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## [JS error after upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/js-error-after-upgrade/46523)

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**Author:** [@shadowhand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shadowhand)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 7:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/js-error-after-upgrade/46523 "2016-07-11T07:44:05Z")

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After upgrading to latest discourse this morning, I see the following error in the JS console and my forum does not load: Uncaught SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list Here’s a screenshot of the issue, you can se…

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## [Avatars in topic list are not refreshing due to giant Sidekiq backlog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatars-in-topic-list-are-not-refreshing-due-to-giant-sidekiq-backlog/46948)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatars-in-topic-list-are-not-refreshing-due-to-giant-sidekiq-backlog/46948 "2016-07-11T00:09:59Z")

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I don’t know how to “title” this strange :bug: In my forum, when a user opened a new topic, and others replayed to it, the avatars do not show (or appear) in the users’ column. Check this capture (is in spanish, but sim…

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## [How to setup both development and production environment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-both-development-and-production-environment/47040)

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**Author:** [@Bowen\_Zheng](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bowen_Zheng)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-both-development-and-production-environment/47040 "2016-07-10T16:14:35Z")

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Hi, I’m new to Discourse and Ruby, so forgive me for asking such simple question. But I have a production website with Docker running on my DigitalOcean server and a development version with Vagrant running on my Mac. I…

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## [Which users liked topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-users-liked-topic/46985)

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**Author:** [@adam\_beers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adam_beers)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2016, 7:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-users-liked-topic/46985 "2016-07-10T07:41:00Z")

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How do I tell which users liked a topic? In particular, if I grab a topic with /t/120.json (to get topic id 120), how can I tell if the currently logged in user has liked this topic? In the returned json, it just lists…

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## [Cannot change discourse files once it is deployed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-change-discourse-files-once-it-is-deployed/47025)

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**Author:** [@swarnava](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swarnava)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-change-discourse-files-once-it-is-deployed/47025 "2016-07-09T19:45:48Z")

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I am hosting discourse currently on AWS. I was trying to enter ./launcher enter app and made few changes. but once i exit and do ./launcher rebuild app. the changes are not appearing to the website. also when i check tho…

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## [SSO with an AngularJS App/ Javascript](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-with-an-angularjs-app-javascript/46996)

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**Author:** [@BenRoe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BenRoe)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-with-an-angularjs-app-javascript/46996 "2016-07-08T17:22:05Z")

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Hello, i have a running AngularJS App and use Stamplay as the backend. Discourse is running in a Subfolder. If the user login on the main App (Javascript) and it’s approved by the Stamplay backend i redirect him to the…

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## [Confirming - it's OK to set default watch for categories a user can't see](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirming-its-ok-to-set-default-watch-for-categories-a-user-cant-see/32420)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirming-its-ok-to-set-default-watch-for-categories-a-user-cant-see/32420 "2016-07-08T07:15:44Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Default email settings for a new user: So, now that this feature is in place, I want to make sure new users are watching all the right categories. The concern is that they won’t all have …

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## [Disabling all emails except those registration related?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-all-emails-except-those-registration-related/46971)

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**Author:** [@clay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clay)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-all-emails-except-those-registration-related/46971 "2016-07-08T02:41:07Z")

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I have a client that wants to use Discourse on a project but cannot have Discourse emails coming through their email system for legal reasons. The instance of Discourse is going to be very heavily moderated/administered …

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## [How can i add subcategory from discourse admin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-subcategory-from-discourse-admin/46959)

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**Author:** [@Zeeshan\_Imran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zeeshan_Imran)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-subcategory-from-discourse-admin/46959 "2016-07-07T18:54:02Z")

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Hi, I guys i know i can add a category in from /categories link but i want to add a child category in a new category where can i do that ?

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## [Need to refresh in order to get logged into discourse. Anyone else experiencing this?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-refresh-in-order-to-get-logged-into-discourse-anyone-else-experiencing-this/46911)

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**Author:** [@lkramer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lkramer)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-refresh-in-order-to-get-logged-into-discourse-anyone-else-experiencing-this/46911 "2016-07-07T14:48:55Z")

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Howdy again. We’re using all the latest versions of wordpress + discourse + wp-discourse plugin with the sso settings filled out. Single sign-on seems to be working for the most part but I every time I find that initial…

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## [Adjust browser client polling interval](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adjust-browser-client-polling-interval/46925)

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**Author:** [@donsgood](https://meta.discourse.org/u/donsgood)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adjust-browser-client-polling-interval/46925 "2016-07-07T03:47:29Z")

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Is it possible to adjust the client polling interval? I’m talking about changing the frequency by which client’s invoke https://meta.discourse.org/message-bus/6afe1d6e98a9414ea410e1f27b846927/poll. Sorry if this has be…

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## [How to handle user email changes in wordpress / sso / wp-discourse plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-handle-user-email-changes-in-wordpress-sso-wp-discourse-plugin/46909)

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**Author:** [@lkramer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lkramer)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-handle-user-email-changes-in-wordpress-sso-wp-discourse-plugin/46909 "2016-07-06T23:13:41Z")

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Hello all. We’re experimenting with wordpress + discourse + wp-discourse plugin with all the sso settings set. We’re aiming to have all account creation happen only in wordpress and to have users login to wordpress and …

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## [Some Problems have been found](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-problems-have-been-found/46898)

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**Author:** [@db9979](https://meta.discourse.org/u/db9979)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-problems-have-been-found/46898 "2016-07-06T15:32:32Z")

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In my installation always appears: But i setup all the logos dor my site

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## [Installation on v-server as a subfolder with other services in subfolders using apache](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-on-v-server-as-a-subfolder-with-other-services-in-subfolders-using-apache/39731)

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**Author:** [@JohnDoe1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnDoe1)\
**Replies:** 39\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-on-v-server-as-a-subfolder-with-other-services-in-subfolders-using-apache/39731 "2016-07-06T15:22:46Z")

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Hi there, before posing configs and logs, just a basic question: I am understanding, that it should be possible to host discourse on any server that provides docker? I did not use docker before, but after installing I w…

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## [Website crashed while updating](https://meta.discourse.org/t/website-crashed-while-updating/46876)

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**Author:** [@prateekvarma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/prateekvarma)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/website-crashed-while-updating/46876 "2016-07-06T02:23:25Z")

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Hi, I just tried to update my discourse forum, and it did not succeed. Following is the screenshot i took before my website messed up (and still is down) :expressionless:

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## [Username change wipes post history in user profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-change-wipes-post-history-in-user-profile/45063)

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**Author:** [@eriko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eriko)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-change-wipes-post-history-in-user-profile/45063 "2016-07-05T17:18:14Z")

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For various annoying reasons we keep our name change window open much much longer than default. This has led people to make use of it in an interesting manner. Changing your username seems to also clear the post histor…

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