# Hot

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## [Issue with iOS 16.7 photo upload?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-ios-16-7-photo-upload/408404)

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**Author:** [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-ios-16-7-photo-upload/408404 "2026-08-20T23:18:13Z")

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After updating to the latest versions, users are reporting that devices running iOS 16.7 cannot upload photos. Is anyone else experiencing it?

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## [Take the New Carousel Mode for a Spin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/take-the-new-carousel-mode-for-a-spin/392955)

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**Author:** [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/take-the-new-carousel-mode-for-a-spin/392955 "2026-03-25T08:19:31Z")

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Do your pictures get lost within the gridded photo patchwork? Are they awkwardly cutting off crucial bits? Would you like them to be center stage? Despair no more – the feature you didn’t know you wanted has landed! …

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## [Localize category topic templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localize-category-topic-templates/412279)

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**Author:** [@SilentNewt95](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SilentNewt95)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localize-category-topic-templates/412279 "2026-09-13T13:03:56Z")

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Problem Discourse’s Content Localization (manual and automatic via Discourse AI) does a great job localizing topic titles, posts, category names and category descriptions. However, category topic templates(categories.top…

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## [New client side image optimizations for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-client-side-image-optimizations-for-discourse/402705)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-client-side-image-optimizations-for-discourse/402705 "2026-08-30T19:20:06Z")

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Almost 5 years ago, we introduced Client side image optimization to enable users to upload pictures which were larger than the site limits, save user upload bandwidth, save community storage space, and make the user expe…

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## [Emojis update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emojis-update/355624)

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**Author:** [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)\
**Replies:** 58\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emojis-update/355624 "2025-11-30T15:22:40Z")

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For licensing reasons, we had to change the emoji sets. The following existing sets have been migrated automatically to a new set: apple → twemoji facebook\_messenger → unicode google → noto google\_classic → noto win10 …

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## [Calendar subscription URLs for external calendar apps](https://meta.discourse.org/t/calendar-subscription-urls-for-external-calendar-apps/398902)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/calendar-subscription-urls-for-external-calendar-apps/398902 "2026-06-12T21:55:03Z")

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We’ve added a new Calendar tab to user preferences that lets you subscribe to Discourse feeds in external calendar apps like Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, and Microsoft Outlook. :down\_arrow: How it works Navig…

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## [Discourse MCP is here!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-mcp-is-here/386983)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-mcp-is-here/386983 "2026-04-17T16:34:04Z")

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As soon as Anthropic open sourced their Model Context Protocol (MCP) proposal for interfacing with AI agents almost a year ago, we started getting excited about how good of a match it was for Discourse. This is a comp…

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## [Recommended replacement for modifyClass("model:composer") when overriding save()](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommended-replacement-for-modifyclass-model-composer-when-overriding-save/410125)

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**Author:** [@jahan\_gagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jahan_gagan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommended-replacement-for-modifyclass-model-composer-when-overriding-save/410125 "2026-08-21T16:54:38Z")

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I’m migrating away from the deprecated api.modifyClass("model:composer", ...). My current override of Composer#save conditionally changes the save behavior, but otherwise needs to call super.save(opts). I see the new a…

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## [What do your users think of your Discourse interface?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/que-penses-vos-utilisateurs-sur-votre-interface-discourse/401141)

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**Author:** [@gilles](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gilles)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/que-penses-vos-utilisateurs-sur-votre-interface-discourse/401141 "2026-05-01T15:19:48Z")

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My Discourse instance is private and focuses on board games. I invited about ten people to test it and see if everything works, and some of them say: “Discourse still feels a bit old-fashioned, like something from 2010–2015…

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## [A praise for Discourse:](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-praise-for-discourse/397851)

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**Author:** [@ice.d](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ice.d)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-praise-for-discourse/397851 "2026-03-12T22:41:31Z")

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Discourse: A sort of free open source project where anyone can own their own community: Hello, Im here to praise discourse. I’ve utilizing discourse for a little over a year now and its extremely wonderful. It’s an …

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## [iOS 26 bugs with fixed position elements in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-26-bugs-with-fixed-position-elements-in-discourse/382831)

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**Author:** [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\
**Replies:** 67\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-26-bugs-with-fixed-position-elements-in-discourse/382831 "2025-11-07T20:41:15Z")

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:megaphone: Update: with the release of iOS 26.1, Apple has solved the most critical bugs discussed in this topic. If you or your members are experiencing layout issues with Discourse on iOS, be sure the affected device…

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## [Daily Summary Feedback](https://meta.discourse.org/t/daily-summary-feedback/291853)

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**Author:** [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Replies:** 264\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/daily-summary-feedback/291853 "2026-08-06T21:31:34Z")

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With the creation of our newly minted #site-feedback:forum-summaries category, we now have an AI-generated Daily Summary that you can all check out to get a snapshot of what’s been happening here on meta over the last 24…

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## [Why is it now always showing the logo when I post a reply or send a personal message here on meta?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-it-now-always-showing-the-logo-when-i-post-a-reply-or-send-a-personal-message-here-on-meta/410940)

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**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-it-now-always-showing-the-logo-when-i-post-a-reply-or-send-a-personal-message-here-on-meta/410940 "2026-08-25T21:11:07Z")

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I’ve been noticing this quite often here on the forum so I wonder if this is something that will be added as a feature to all versions? I gotta be honest, it’s a bit annoying. When I hit the button to send the reply/mess…

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## [Latest update this morning 08/3/2026 broke my discourse, is it just me?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-update-this-morning-08-3-2026-broke-my-discourse-is-it-just-me/409155)

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**Author:** [@sandra.mccollum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sandra.mccollum)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-update-this-morning-08-3-2026-broke-my-discourse-is-it-just-me/409155 "2026-08-03T18:22:56Z")

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After updating via the gui this morning, the site is down. Seems like it tried to update from Postgres V15 to V18, but failed. So I rebuilt from within the app via launcher, no help. Also a complaint about VIPS /usr/…

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## [Where do l create the banner topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-do-l-create-the-banner-topic/409896)

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**Author:** [@OS\_Corsair](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OS_Corsair)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-do-l-create-the-banner-topic/409896 "2026-08-12T13:44:31Z")

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I’m new to this idea of discourse as a platform. I’ve created my own community. Imagine it to be a pirates’ den. But here, it’s openly shown that it’s a pirates’ den and fellow pirates are always welcome. So where do I p…

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## [Multilingual user feedback on Automatic Translations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-user-feedback-on-automatic-translations/381120)

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**Author:** [@Tordanik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tordanik)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-user-feedback-on-automatic-translations/381120 "2026-01-31T20:52:10Z")

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Please take into account that billions of people speak more than one language. If I’m fluent in German, English and French, I would like to see the original, untranslated content if it is in any of those three languages…

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## [Configuring Discourse AI with internal OpenAI APIs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-discourse-ai-with-internal-openai-apis/410238)

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**Author:** [@Soumya\_Ranjan\_Mishra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Soumya_Ranjan_Mishra)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-discourse-ai-with-internal-openai-apis/410238 "2026-08-19T01:28:33Z")

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Hi everyone, We are exploring Discourse AI to provide a conversational assistant within our Discourse forum for helping users with navigation, features, categories, topics, and general forum-related questions. We have …

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## [Discourse was at Toronto Community Week - learn all about it!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-was-at-toronto-community-week-learn-all-about-it/386935)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-was-at-toronto-community-week-learn-all-about-it/386935 "2025-12-02T01:05:27Z")

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@Saif @Jenny and @ruben represented Discourse at Toronto Community Week, and rumor has it they had a terrific time talking about migrations, chatting with potential customers and learning about community building from wo…

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## [Invitation Links Nearly Impossible to Find](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-links-nearly-impossible-to-find/410006)

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**Author:** [@cogdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cogdog)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-links-nearly-impossible-to-find/410006 "2026-08-14T13:26:23Z")

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I rely much on invitation links to join our community and add new users to groups, etc. But I am befuddled at how hard it is to find the link I can copy, why cant it be directly available from the my/invited/pending vie…

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## [Our Elder Forums - How Old is Your Forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-elder-forums-how-old-is-your-forum/398335)

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**Author:** [@LotusJeff](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LotusJeff)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-elder-forums-how-old-is-your-forum/398335 "2026-03-18T13:02:47Z")

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Our Elder Forums Forum Years Old Magicball Network 25 Unicyclist 24 LotusElan.net 23 The Mineral Rights 16 tecnoblog 6 If you want to be listed as an Elder Forum, please provide the following informat…

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## [Admin Reporting & Analysis: Incremental Changes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-reporting-analysis-incremental-changes/395768)

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**Author:** [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-reporting-analysis-incremental-changes/395768 "2026-07-01T15:06:43Z")

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We’re beginning a broader rework of the admin dashboard. This first step focuses on making the Reporting & Analysis section clearer and easier to navigate. In this topic, we’ll review the first incremental changes and …

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## [It's easier than ever to create events in Discourse!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/its-easier-than-ever-to-create-events-in-discourse/404041)

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**Author:** [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 9:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/its-easier-than-ever-to-create-events-in-discourse/404041 "2026-06-02T09:54:06Z")

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If you update Discourse today, you’ll have access to a simplified event creation flow in the Calendar and Events plugin. Now when inserting an event from the additional options menu in the composer, you’ll get an intera…

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## [Previous/Next links for topics in Doc Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/previous-next-links-for-topics-in-doc-categories/409780)

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**Author:** [@one1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/one1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/previous-next-links-for-topics-in-doc-categories/409780 "2026-09-10T22:05:45Z")

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Many knowledge-base setups let you have a “Previous/Next concept” for pages. I’d love to see that as an option with this plugin. Preferably with the topic names as well. So at the bottom of the page there would be links…

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## [Improving accuracy of AI reporting through validation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-accuracy-of-ai-reporting-through-validation/408794)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 6:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-accuracy-of-ai-reporting-through-validation/408794 "2026-07-29T06:44:18Z")

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Discourse AI has shipped with AI reporting for 2 and half years! This extremely powerful feature allows you to compress large amounts of information on the forum into a more manageable report. You can see this in action…

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## [Introducing simple mode for Discourse Doc Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-simple-mode-for-discourse-doc-categories/403366)

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**Author:** [@saquetim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saquetim)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-simple-mode-for-discourse-doc-categories/403366 "2026-07-04T17:03:18Z")

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Doc categories are designed for a specific kind of content: reference material that readers come back to, scan quickly, and link to often. To support that, we’re introducing a new simple mode for the Discourse Doc Catego…

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## [AI bot keeps auto-adding me to a private chat channel even though disabled?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-bot-keeps-auto-adding-me-to-a-private-chat-channel-even-though-disabled/409914)

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**Author:** [@rinion](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rinion)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-bot-keeps-auto-adding-me-to-a-private-chat-channel-even-though-disabled/409914 "2026-08-13T17:31:36Z")

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I run a small forum for a few different things. Very recently (in the past few days), every time I load the site or refresh a page, the Discourse Helper Bot chat appears as an open DM chat, and it is impossible to get ri…

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## [Introducing releases.discourse.org](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-releases-discourse-org/392712)

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**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-releases-discourse-org/392712 "2026-01-10T21:29:15Z")

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As part of our ongoing project to overhaul our version numbering & release processes, we’re happy to announce releases.discourse.org. Going forward, this site will be the primary source of information for Discourse ve…

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## [Composer preview toggle now lives with the other window controls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-preview-toggle-now-lives-with-the-other-window-controls/408690)

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**Author:** [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 9:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-preview-toggle-now-lives-with-the-other-window-controls/408690 "2026-07-28T09:40:55Z")

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We’ve tidied up the composer’s top-right controls so the buttons that manage the composer window all live together. What changed The preview toggle moved up top, alongside the other window-controlling actions (fullscre…

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## [Fresh install/migrated!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fresh-install-migrated/409595)

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**Author:** [@aLinux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aLinux)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fresh-install-migrated/409595 "2026-08-12T19:33:59Z")

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Hello I migrated from phpbb 3 and all is working good ! Content/categories/users were imported with no problems! Since this is my first install and use i have a question about speed. I am using cloudflare as DNS and …

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## [How to handle changing organizational roles, re. past mentions on the forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-handle-changing-organizational-roles-re-past-mentions-on-the-forum/408418)

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**Author:** [@one1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/one1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 8:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-handle-changing-organizational-roles-re-past-mentions-on-the-forum/408418 "2026-07-24T08:29:38Z")

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We have a situation where a long term volunteer is stepping down. Over several years in countless conversations they are mentioned as the person to talk to about X. I realize now that we probably should have originally …

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