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## [Discourse Assign - bug taking site down](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assign-bug-taking-site-down/128049)

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**Author:** [@jerry0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jerry0)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assign-bug-taking-site-down/128049 "2019-09-26T13:20:31Z")

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I recently changed the site setting for the group(s) that are able to use Discourse Assign. Something went awfully wrong when I hit the update button, it took the whole site down. I have since disabled Discourse Assign…

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## [AdButler in the official ad plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adbutler-in-the-official-ad-plugin/128050)

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**Author:** [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adbutler-in-the-official-ad-plugin/128050 "2021-03-01T15:52:57Z")

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A new ad server options has been added to the Official Ad Plugin. Thanks to @michaeld for contributing it! Until now, Google Ad Manager was the only supported ad server (which is different from an ad network), so it’s go…

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## [Is there a way to manually confirm a user?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-manually-confirm-a-user/128058)

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**Author:** [@meatnordrink](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meatnordrink)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-manually-confirm-a-user/128058 "2019-09-09T18:25:30Z")

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I have a reasonable proportion of users, largely hotmail or aol-mail users, who are unable to receive the Discourse confirmation email. For users who don’t have multiple emails, this can make successfully log in a burde…

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## [Put a banner that rotates the ad](https://meta.discourse.org/t/put-a-banner-that-rotates-the-ad/128063)

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**Author:** [@rehe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rehe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/put-a-banner-that-rotates-the-ad/128063 "2019-09-09T16:52:25Z")

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I would like to put a banner on my site as it appears in this community. I can’t find a way to do it, does anyone help me? Thanks!!

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## [Switching to another Redis instance?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-to-another-redis-instance/128065)

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**Author:** [@Vencent](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vencent)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 5:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-to-another-redis-instance/128065 "2019-09-10T05:38:29Z")

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My Discourse instance formerly used a shared Redis instance with other applications. Now I want to make Discourse use its own Redis instance. Can I just edit YML configuration, bootstrap new image, restart the container …

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## [./launcher rebuild app command not found](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-rebuild-app-command-not-found/128066)

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**Author:** [@bobdude](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bobdude)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-rebuild-app-command-not-found/128066 "2019-09-10T00:17:45Z")

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Upgrades via the web UI are disabled until you run the latest image. To do so log in to your server using SSH and run: cd /var/discourse git pull ./launcher rebuild app I get the above screen when lookin…

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## [Job exception: JavaScript was terminated (either by timeout or explicitly)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/job-exception-javascript-was-terminated-either-by-timeout-or-explicitly/128069)

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**Author:** [@ky\_metro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ky_metro)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/job-exception-javascript-was-terminated-either-by-timeout-or-explicitly/128069 "2019-09-14T04:12:56Z")

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I’ve just transitioned an older Discourse install (1.9.0.beta5) to a fresh droplet on Digital Ocean with latest everything. Given how old it was, I wasn’t sure everything would come over correctly but it seems to work fi…

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## [How to hide the "views" column?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-hide-the-views-column/128072)

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**Author:** [@chi\_noti\_info](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chi_noti_info)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-hide-the-views-column/128072 "2021-02-03T11:08:03Z")

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My forum is rather new and it is somewhat embarrassing to show the low amount of views in the “views” column. Is it possible to hide it (also hide from little information panel at the end of each OP? Thanks in advance,

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## [Ability to censor user's email address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-censor-users-email-address/128075)

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**Author:** [@InceptionTime](https://meta.discourse.org/u/InceptionTime)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-censor-users-email-address/128075 "2019-09-09T18:41:19Z")

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Our instance of Discourse uses SSO to allow users to sign in to our forum and we do not allow our users to change their email on the forum, this is all done on our main site. With this being said, if an account is compr…

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## [Alternative names for trust levels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-names-for-trust-levels/128087)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-names-for-trust-levels/128087 "2019-09-10T14:59:39Z")

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I’m looking at trust levels in my community. I hope you don’t mind if I think out loud here - please jump in if you have suggestions based on your experience. If you changed the names for trust levels on your discourse, …

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## [Broken wizard\_builder\_spec and application\_controller\_spec on local machine](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-wizard-builder-spec-and-application-controller-spec-on-local-machine/128093)

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**Author:** [@kris.kotlarek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kris.kotlarek)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-wizard-builder-spec-and-application-controller-spec-on-local-machine/128093 "2019-09-26T22:20:56Z")

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I would like to ask you for help with broken specs on my local machine. This morning I cloned latest master and 4 specs are failing on my local machine: 1) Wizard::Builder colors step when the default them hass been ove…

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## [Change the email settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-email-settings/128099)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-email-settings/128099 "2019-09-11T02:17:53Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Goodbye Sparkpost; how can I change the email settings from admin panel? Is there a way? :thinking: I checked: /admin/email No editable. /admin/site\_settings/category/email No config …

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## [Is there a way for staged users to watch a category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-for-staged-users-to-watch-a-category/128103)

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**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-for-staged-users-to-watch-a-category/128103 "2019-09-13T17:29:09Z")

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Is there a way for staged users to watch a category? I have people who are not tech savvy. Asking them to signup for a forum would be a little too much, but they do want to get regular updates via email. Is there a way …

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## [Rebake fails when changing the subdomain name only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebake-fails-when-changing-the-subdomain-name-only/128104)

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**Author:** [@YaserAlnajjar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/YaserAlnajjar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebake-fails-when-changing-the-subdomain-name-only/128104 "2019-09-10T00:30:49Z")

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Hi I recently copied the /shared database folder from our production to staging server (to make both environments match). I realized the links are pointing to the previous domain, so I followed this guide When running…

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## [Discourse Event Bus Question](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-event-bus-question/128107)

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**Author:** [@Marcy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Marcy)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-event-bus-question/128107 "2019-09-09T23:52:06Z")

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I’m sorry if this is wrong area but does Discourse fire an event when the profile JSON file is requested over HTTP? https://meta.discourse.org/u/Marcy.json for example.

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## [\[PAID\] Custom user fields in post title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-custom-user-fields-in-post-title/128109)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan\_C](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan_C)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-custom-user-fields-in-post-title/128109 "2019-09-09T23:42:26Z")

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What would you like done? Currently doing a trial of the hosted STANDARD edition. I need the post title in this format FIRSTNAME LASTNAME POSITION COMPANY I have added 2 custom fields to hold this data but can’t figure…

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## [Embed category posts and subcategories in another website](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-category-posts-and-subcategories-in-another-website/128110)

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**Author:** [@GamerBank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GamerBank)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-category-posts-and-subcategories-in-another-website/128110 "2019-09-10T20:55:07Z")

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Hello guys, Im trying to list posts from a specific category in wordpress, i already tried a workarround with latest.json files but does not include the link of the posts, the embed option avaible on discourse just crea…

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## [Connection refused error after rebuilding app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connection-refused-error-after-rebuilding-app/128112)

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**Author:** [@Dannii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dannii)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connection-refused-error-after-rebuilding-app/128112 "2019-09-10T01:57:24Z")

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I’ve just done a console rebuild of my forum, like I have many times before. I’ve done it several times now in fact. No errors are reported in the console, but the forum will not load. Rebuild log: https://gist.githu…

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## [Sync Trello and Discourse category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sync-trello-and-discourse-category/128122)

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**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sync-trello-and-discourse-category/128122 "2019-09-10T12:09:25Z")

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What would you like done? I wanna Sync Trello and Discourse category When do you need it done? As soon as possible What is your budget, in $ USD that you can offer for this task? My Budget: 500USD

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## [Discourse support for AMP for email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-support-for-amp-for-email/128158)

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**Author:** [@Tgr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tgr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-support-for-amp-for-email/128158 "2019-09-10T14:03:48Z")

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AMP for email is, AIUI, a way to embed a dynamic webpage in an email, and have GMail display it. (You can see it in Google Docs comment notifications for example, which update as the document changes, and allow you to re…

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## [Old Discourse database to import fresh install problems](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-discourse-database-to-import-fresh-install-problems/128163)

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**Author:** [@MuhYal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MuhYal)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-discourse-database-to-import-fresh-install-problems/128163 "2019-09-10T13:18:06Z")

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I have a discourse site and I downloaded the backup without updating Discourse to the latest version. Then I made a new installation and tried to import it backup. But I see errors. I try everything. Eg. Deploy differen…

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## [Mailings do not work anymore due to SSL errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailings-do-not-work-anymore-due-to-ssl-errors/128165)

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**Author:** [@ducherimont](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ducherimont)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailings-do-not-work-anymore-due-to-ssl-errors/128165 "2019-09-11T13:36:44Z")

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Since a few days, mailings do not work anymore and I have a lot of error messages: Jobs::HandledExceptionWrapper: Wrapped OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError: SSL\_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=error: dh key too small help would …

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## [Advice for when a developer project goes bad?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advice-for-when-a-developer-project-goes-bad/128171)

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**Author:** [@laurawinegirl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/laurawinegirl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advice-for-when-a-developer-project-goes-bad/128171 "2019-09-10T23:02:46Z")

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Hi all, Apologies if this isn’t in the right place, but I’m looking for some difficult advice. Unfortunately, a developer from this forum who was highly recommended to me has gone AWOL, taking payment but not completin…

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## [Changes to color scheme are not logged](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-to-color-scheme-are-not-logged/128177)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-to-color-scheme-are-not-logged/128177 "2019-09-10T15:05:00Z")

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Making changes to the color scheme from /admin/customize/colors are not listed in admin logs. Is that intended? I would expect color changes to be in the logs as any other theme or setting change is. I returned to a sit…

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## [Users can hide specific revisions in edit history?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-hide-specific-revisions-in-edit-history/128178)

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**Author:** [@ralph1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ralph1)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-hide-specific-revisions-in-edit-history/128178 "2019-09-14T21:40:17Z")

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We recently upgraded to the latest beta and noticed that users can now hide their revisions in the post edit history. I recall this used to be a staff-only feature. Is this new or some sort of bug? I would prefer all rev…

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## [Whisper Toggle?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whisper-toggle/128181)

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**Author:** [@simonzo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simonzo)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2023, 9:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whisper-toggle/128181 "2023-02-15T09:51:39Z")

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Hey all. Whisper Toggle appears to have been removed from the cog menu on our forum, was this intentional? As in, I can create a whisper post but I cannot then “un-whisper” it.

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## [Accepting arguments for method defined by add\_to\_class](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accepting-arguments-for-method-defined-by-add-to-class/128184)

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**Author:** [@markvanlan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markvanlan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accepting-arguments-for-method-defined-by-add-to-class/128184 "2019-09-10T15:31:07Z")

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Instance methods can be added to classes by plugins using add\_to\_class, defined as: def add\_to\_class(class\_name, attr, &block) reloadable\_patch do |plugin| klass = class\_name.to\_s.classify.constantize rescue class…

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## [Discourse Setup for KDE](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-for-kde/128193)

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**Author:** [@jriddell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jriddell)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-for-kde/128193 "2023-02-20T01:54:54Z")

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KDE is the original and best Linux on the desktop project and we are meeting this week in Milan. There is plenty of support for moving our forums and mailing lists to Discourse and I’ve set up a testing site to give it …

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## [Integrate another RoR Application into Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-another-ror-application-into-discourse/128207)

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**Author:** [@Mario32](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mario32)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-another-ror-application-into-discourse/128207 "2019-09-10T21:24:11Z")

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Hi, i wanted to know if its possible to integrate the Features from the Sharetribe Marketplace into Discourse ? Has anyone experience to integrate another RoR Application into Discourse ? The Goal should be one Applica…

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## [Editor for Light/Dark theme does not clear between fields. (Still)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-for-light-dark-theme-does-not-clear-between-fields-still/128223)

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**Author:** [@Cardinalflyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cardinalflyer)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-for-light-dark-theme-does-not-clear-between-fields-still/128223 "2019-09-11T20:45:32Z")

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My instance was updated 4 days ago (September 6th 2019, it would appear) and this issue still remains. @tshenry, you asked me to let you know how things turned once I was updated. I had to start a new topic as the ol…

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