# Hot

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## [Mobile Category List Adjustments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-category-list-adjustments/124106)

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**Author:** [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-category-list-adjustments/124106 "2023-05-13T03:26:28Z")

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This is a very simple theme component that will allow you to adjust a few aspects of the category list layout on mobile. Preview on your phone with the hide\_featured\_topics setting enabled at Theme Creator If any…

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## [I need to remove a topic list column in my forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-to-remove-a-topic-list-column-in-my-forum/124109)

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**Author:** [@PaulinaMX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PaulinaMX)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-to-remove-a-topic-list-column-in-my-forum/124109 "2019-07-28T02:45:37Z")

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¡Hello! I have been trying to make my own theme, based on other themes that I have looked in this forum, everything is going as I want, just something I want to remove and I don’t know how to do it. This is what I am u…

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## [Change notification apperiance in closed group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-notification-apperiance-in-closed-group/124115)

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**Author:** [@bck055](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bck055)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-notification-apperiance-in-closed-group/124115 "2019-07-27T12:01:33Z")

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Hello, This photo display in the closed group if user no logn-in. So, would I change this notification by another topic add-in below letter “Access denied” or direct to another links required sign in/sign up to see the …

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## [Displaying Discourse Variables on Other Pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-discourse-variables-on-other-pages/124116)

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**Author:** [@Gnisha](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gnisha)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2019, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-discourse-variables-on-other-pages/124116 "2019-07-29T08:27:49Z")

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Hello. I am wanting to display some site statistics from the /about page on the front page in combination with another plugin. For example, I’ve added Members: {{number model.stats.user\_count}} to the .hbs file of a pl…

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## ["Your Docker installation is not using a supported storage driver."](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-docker-installation-is-not-using-a-supported-storage-driver/124131)

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**Author:** [@Maynard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maynard)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-docker-installation-is-not-using-a-supported-storage-driver/124131 "2019-08-01T01:55:38Z")

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Hi, first-time Discourse user with not much tech knowledge. I have installed Discourse on Lightsail Ubuntu 18.04.2 using the official instructions. Forum up and running no problem. Now tried to install a plugin: Instal…

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## [Admin Login blocked!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-login-blocked/124142)

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**Author:** [@Cybi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cybi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-login-blocked/124142 "2019-07-27T18:47:08Z")

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I am using discourse forum, and i’ve setup social login for my discourse forum. But the problem is, my admin account has a business email and not a social login. Now i cant login back because there is no normal login e…

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## [Cant see emojis in topic, insead getting text!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-see-emojis-in-topic-insead-getting-text/124143)

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**Author:** [@Cybi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cybi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-see-emojis-in-topic-insead-getting-text/124143 "2019-07-28T13:11:01Z")

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What I want is emoji to display but im getting the text, Hit Like:heart: Help

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## [Downloads System Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloads-system-plugin/124149)

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**Author:** [@Ovro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ovro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2019, 9:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloads-system-plugin/124149 "2019-08-01T09:38:58Z")

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Hello! I’m looking for a downloads system plugin similar to files on Invision and resources on Xenforo. Has anyone seen anything like this for Discourse? I wish I had the skills to make one but alas, I do not. If anyon…

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## [\[Paid\] Migrate Vbulletin 3.8.3 \> Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-migrate-vbulletin-3-8-3-discourse/124162)

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**Author:** [@KartikRaichura](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KartikRaichura)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-migrate-vbulletin-3-8-3-discourse/124162 "2019-07-28T13:51:41Z")

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What would you like done? I am needing expert assistance in moving a forum from VBulletin 3.8 to Discourse. What would you like done? The scope of the job would be: Install Discourse on our server Migrate VBulltin f…

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## [Category name after category image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-name-after-category-image/124172)

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**Author:** [@GamerBank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GamerBank)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-name-after-category-image/124172 "2019-07-29T03:40:25Z")

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Hello guys, Before come here to ask for help i’ve tried everything but without sucess until now :sweat\_smile: I’m trying to put category name after category image like the FiveM Forum (https://forum.fivem.net) Alre…

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## [Can I filter a topic list by category AND user?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-filter-a-topic-list-by-category-and-user/124173)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2019, 10:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-filter-a-topic-list-by-category-and-user/124173 "2019-07-28T10:32:14Z")

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Hi, Is there a way I can filter a topic list by category and the user who started a topic? I’d like to combine this with Topic List Previews to generate a personal portfolio for my users. Similar to how categories+tags…

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## [Force non-www to www redirect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-non-www-to-www-redirect/124181)

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**Author:** [@Matheeus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matheeus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-non-www-to-www-redirect/124181 "2019-07-28T16:35:47Z")

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Hello, I have a site with only a Discourse installation on it (don’t plan to have anything more than the forum). Now I want to redirect the non-www domain to www.domain.it but also if I reconfigured Discourse via ./dis…

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## [Watch out for double url encoding of SSO payload](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-out-for-double-url-encoding-of-sso-payload/124185)

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**Author:** [@TheOctopus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheOctopus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-out-for-double-url-encoding-of-sso-payload/124185 "2019-07-28T13:34:42Z")

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We’ve been having a ton of problems with our SSO implementation recently and after a lot of debug work found the issue. Some of our issues included: New users being unable to sign into the forums Existing users having…

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## [Blue post notices ... really necessary?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blue-post-notices-really-necessary/124192)

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**Author:** [@Tracey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tracey)\
**Replies:** 47\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blue-post-notices-really-necessary/124192 "2019-09-02T12:06:41Z")

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Anyone else find these blue banners announcing ones activity, very condescending, immature and annoying? Maybe even embarassing for the OP concerned! :woman\_shrugging:t3: The Discourse forum does not need such childis…

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## [Cannot see adsense ads - using official discourse ad plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-see-adsense-ads-using-official-discourse-ad-plugin/124194)

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**Author:** [@Cybi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cybi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-see-adsense-ads-using-official-discourse-ad-plugin/124194 "2023-01-27T05:08:09Z")

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There were previous topics relating to this issue, but none of them helped!! I have copy/pasted the code from google adsense for account activation. Every time google says code is not pasted in the format needed and acc…

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## [The topic timeline doesn't open in certain browser widths if you have less than 3 posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-topic-timeline-doesnt-open-in-certain-browser-widths-if-you-have-less-than-3-posts/124201)

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**Author:** [@jack2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jack2)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-topic-timeline-doesnt-open-in-certain-browser-widths-if-you-have-less-than-3-posts/124201 "2020-03-29T09:47:15Z")

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How to reproduce: Go to this page. Reduce your browser width until the topic-progress gauge appears: Click on the topic-progress gauge =\> The topic timeline doesn’t open I believe the issue is caused by this code.

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## [Why doesn't the icon change everywhere?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-doesnt-the-icon-change-everywhere/124213)

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**Author:** [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-doesnt-the-icon-change-everywhere/124213 "2019-08-30T19:10:36Z")

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I use this script to change icons throughout my site successfully, and this changes the solved-check icon for the Solved plugin to a thumbs-up. However, it doesn’t change in all instances of the site, such as within …

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## [Block enforce second factor if enable local logins is disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-enforce-second-factor-if-enable-local-logins-is-disabled/124216)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-enforce-second-factor-if-enable-local-logins-is-disabled/124216 "2019-11-15T19:02:01Z")

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A user can put the forum into a very broken state if the settings are: enable local logins = false enforce second factor = staff (or all)

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## [Mixed content due to hotlinked images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mixed-content-due-to-hotlinked-images/124227)

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**Author:** [@JimPas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimPas)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 8:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mixed-content-due-to-hotlinked-images/124227 "2019-12-14T08:10:21Z")

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Suddenly this morning I noticed the “Your Connection is Insecure” warning icon for our forum in my brower’s address bar. I fairly quickly traced it to the offending images through using “Latest” and then simply checking …

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## [Db:migrate fails on discourse-calendar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/db-migrate-fails-on-discourse-calendar/124229)

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**Author:** [@alh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/db-migrate-fails-on-discourse-calendar/124229 "2019-08-01T14:21:01Z")

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I tried to install the Discourse Calendar plugin on my server on the latest version of Discourse ( 2.4.0.beta2). However, db:migrate fails with: rake aborted! NoMethodError: undefined method \`register\_user\_custom\_fiel…

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## [Support secure mail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-secure-mail/124244)

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**Author:** [@finn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/finn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2019, 5:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-secure-mail/124244 "2019-07-29T05:13:49Z")

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I would be nice if Discourse will support secure mail using PGP/GPG keys or SMIME certificate for both reply as well as post.

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## [I want to use the discourse-rating plugin with old discourse version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-use-the-discourse-rating-plugin-with-old-discourse-version/124249)

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**Author:** [@영광\_임](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%EC%98%81%EA%B4%91_%EC%9E%84)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2019, 6:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-use-the-discourse-rating-plugin-with-old-discourse-version/124249 "2019-07-29T06:20:25Z")

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I am currently using version 1.8.0 of the discourse. I want to use the discourse-rating plugin. Where can I get a discourse-rating plugin compatible with discourse 1.8.0?

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## [Email notifications only for users with answer permission](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-only-for-users-with-answer-permission/124257)

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**Author:** [@sebhu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sebhu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-only-for-users-with-answer-permission/124257 "2019-07-30T17:06:07Z")

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Hi all, is it possible to change the settings, so only users that are allowed to answer into a category are receiving email updates for this category, but can still read it on the Discourse plattform? Use case: I have…

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## [Google notification to remove "noindex" statements from robots.txt](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-notification-to-remove-noindex-statements-from-robots-txt/124265)

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**Author:** [@Arta\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arta_S)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 6:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-notification-to-remove-noindex-statements-from-robots-txt/124265 "2019-07-30T06:02:30Z")

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hi, I just got this email from google Remove “noindex” statements from the robots.txt of Is this something known to the community? Do I need to take any action? Thank you

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## [How to distinguish new topic and reply](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-distinguish-new-topic-and-reply/124278)

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**Author:** [@livc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/livc)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-distinguish-new-topic-and-reply/124278 "2019-07-29T13:42:01Z")

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Hi, I want to add a checkbox in the reply area when replying but not in creating a new topic, but I found the html id both are reply-control and reply-area. So how can I add in replying but not affect creating a topic. …

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## [Date dropdown broken when date spans multiple lines](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-dropdown-broken-when-date-spans-multiple-lines/124279)

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**Author:** [@LeoMcA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LeoMcA)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 6:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-dropdown-broken-when-date-spans-multiple-lines/124279 "2019-07-30T06:05:32Z")

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The date dropdown appears broken when a date spans multiple lines: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed faucibus eget lorem id volutpat. 2019-07-01T11:00:00Z (UTC). If this isn’t appearing for y…

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## [Hidden user profiles are not completely hidden, shows with "this user's public profile is hidden"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-user-profiles-are-not-completely-hidden-shows-with-this-users-public-profile-is-hidden/124298)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 4:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-user-profiles-are-not-completely-hidden-shows-with-this-users-public-profile-is-hidden/124298 "2019-07-31T04:47:09Z")

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I just came across the “This user’s public profile is hidden” feature, which I see discussed elsewhere: This user’s public profile is hidden? I like the feature, but I am finding that it is not entirely working as adve…

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## [Login Screen/Design](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-screen-design/124309)

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**Author:** [@AJTx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AJTx)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 7:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-screen-design/124309 "2019-07-30T07:09:31Z")

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How would one go about editing the login style for Discourse? i.e. If you have enabled Discord → Discourse OAuth, and would now like to bypass the signup/login screen or edit it to be more in alignment visually with a D…

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## [Backup is stuck at "reading policies" and "reading row security"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-is-stuck-at-reading-policies-and-reading-row-security/124329)

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**Author:** [@trav27](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trav27)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 5:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-is-stuck-at-reading-policies-and-reading-row-security/124329 "2019-07-31T05:09:50Z")

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Hi, I’m having issues when creating a backup on the admin’s interface. It seems the backup just stalls and won’t terminate. When I try to cancel the process by hitting the cancel button things seem to stop, but once i …

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## ["Password can't be blank" after Google login setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/password-cant-be-blank-after-google-login-setup/124332)

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**Author:** [@Timelord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timelord)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/password-cant-be-blank-after-google-login-setup/124332 "2022-04-18T15:33:04Z")

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Hey gang. Tonight I tried my hand at turning up Google OAuth to my site. I followed the instructions here, however when attempting to login to the site, it is telling me that the password cannot be blank. Weird, as I …

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