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## [Google auth error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-auth-error/166510)

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**Author:** [@Kostya\_Vasilyev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kostya_Vasilyev)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-auth-error/166510 "2020-10-07T13:05:32Z")

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Hello, I’m new to Discourse. Recently created a forum and now in the process of moving the site and the forum to a new domain name. The forum’s old domain: https://forum.skymail.app (not active, redirects to new site) …

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## [Error on too short OPs: "Have you tried the %{heart} button?"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-on-too-short-ops-have-you-tried-the-heart-button/166511)

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**Author:** [@Terrapop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Terrapop)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-on-too-short-ops-have-you-tried-the-heart-button/166511 "2020-10-07T08:44:15Z")

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I can follow the logic of showing “Have you tried the %{heart} button?” on too short replies, but it is confusing to show this error message along too short opening posts IMHO. What should I like instead of opening a ne…

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## [Replies in thread showing out of order](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-in-thread-showing-out-of-order/166512)

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**Author:** [@AJDurant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AJDurant)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-in-thread-showing-out-of-order/166512 "2020-12-02T21:30:08Z")

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After recently updating to 2.6.0.beta3 some replies in various threads are showing in the wrong order. The time stamps show correctly, but the affected replies are always at the bottom of the thread. I have tried updati…

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## [How do I display the subcategories inside of the parent by default?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-display-the-subcategories-inside-of-the-parent-by-default/166514)

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**Author:** [@pkundr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pkundr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 9:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-display-the-subcategories-inside-of-the-parent-by-default/166514 "2020-10-07T09:53:46Z")

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If you look at this community, it has some top level categories such as “how-to”, which have child categories such as “faq” or “admin”. How can I make it like it is here that if I go into “how-to”, it will display cards …

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## [Polls are Broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-are-broken/166525)

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**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-are-broken/166525 "2020-10-07T16:58:13Z")

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I’ve noticed something strange going on with polls recently. It seems like clicking show results glitches the poll into something crazy like this: I tried using safe-mode, and it just didn’t show the poll at all: …

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## [Notification after recategorisation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-after-recategorisation/166529)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-after-recategorisation/166529 "2020-10-07T14:58:08Z")

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If someone is tracking category A, will a notification be sent of a message which is initially posted to category B but is then moved to category A? Thanks.

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## [Table of Contents not working on Published Pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/table-of-contents-not-working-on-published-pages/166532)

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**Author:** [@IAmGav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IAmGav)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/table-of-contents-not-working-on-published-pages/166532 "2020-10-07T15:09:33Z")

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It seems like the ToC does not work on Published Pages. It only shows the following: is this ment to be?

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## [Progress bar reference as part of the tutorial](https://meta.discourse.org/t/progress-bar-reference-as-part-of-the-tutorial/166535)

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**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/progress-bar-reference-as-part-of-the-tutorial/166535 "2020-10-07T12:17:35Z")

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We are noticing that many of our users don’t figure out by themselves how to use the progress bar at first, in particular, how it enables to jump directly to the top/bottom. I think it isn’t immediately obvious to many t…

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## [Update group membership using external database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-group-membership-using-external-database/166541)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-group-membership-using-external-database/166541 "2020-10-07T21:29:00Z")

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Would it be possible to create a private category usable only by a custom group and synchronise membership of that group with an external database? I’m considering creating a category on a public forum for a mirror of a…

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## [Suggestions on Improving Topics Viewed, Posts Read & Read Time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestions-on-improving-topics-viewed-posts-read-read-time/166546)

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**Author:** [@giovanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/giovanni)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestions-on-improving-topics-viewed-posts-read-read-time/166546 "2020-11-24T17:51:27Z")

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Hello team, We’ve been inviting users to our Community and have been getting regular stream of new users. However, it’s been surprising to see how little people stick around. Some metrics: There is quite a bit of c…

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## [Links with "mailto" broken by prepended "http://"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-with-mailto-broken-by-prepended-http/166564)

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**Author:** [@bts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bts)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-with-mailto-broken-by-prepended-http/166564 "2020-10-08T11:16:35Z")

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When I insert link (via cmd-K) and add a mailto link, it prepends http:// which breaks the link. Example: email me here I entered: mailto:email@example.com But the generated url in the markdown is: http://mailto:email…

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## [Received Welcome badge multiple times](https://meta.discourse.org/t/received-welcome-badge-multiple-times/166567)

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**Author:** [@regibus361](https://meta.discourse.org/u/regibus361)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/received-welcome-badge-multiple-times/166567 "2020-10-07T19:20:14Z")

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Hiya, I received a badge (the Welcome badge) three times on the Roblox Developer Forum (developer.roblox.com). Here’s a screenshot from when I had it twice: I have since received it a third time. One person in the or…

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## [Monthly or weekly engaged users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/monthly-or-weekly-engaged-users/166568)

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**Author:** [@alefattorini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alefattorini)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/monthly-or-weekly-engaged-users/166568 "2020-10-09T08:49:49Z")

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I love the daily engaged users graph but I think that a monthly or weekly graph would show better community health and increasing participation. I’d like to show how participation changed over the last year How can I o…

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## [How to customise Twitter image size](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customise-twitter-image-size/166579)

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**Author:** [@likable24](https://meta.discourse.org/u/likable24)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customise-twitter-image-size/166579 "2020-10-07T20:30:53Z")

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When l post on Twitter, my website Logo looks large as like below Photo. How can l fix or what must be Logo size for Twitter. My website logo normally Twitter logo size issue

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## [Add member to custom group - Jumpy Screen / Multiple Requests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-member-to-custom-group-jumpy-screen-multiple-requests/166580)

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**Author:** [@Vaping\_Community](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vaping_Community)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-member-to-custom-group-jumpy-screen-multiple-requests/166580 "2020-10-07T21:05:35Z")

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Discourse version: 2.6.0.beta3 Problem Found in: /g/(groupname) when trying to add a member to a custom group I see this (see gif below), which eventually hits me with a white screen saying “slow down too many requests …

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## [Anything else on same Digital Ocean droplet as Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anything-else-on-same-digital-ocean-droplet-as-discourse/166585)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anything-else-on-same-digital-ocean-droplet-as-discourse/166585 "2020-10-07T22:01:44Z")

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I followed the official guidance on installing Discourse and now wonder what the official Discourse position is on having other parts of a website (whether a small PHP website or 10GB of HTML/documents or anything else) …

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## [Gamification leaderboard question](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gamification-leaderboard-question/166587)

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**Author:** [@likable24](https://meta.discourse.org/u/likable24)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gamification-leaderboard-question/166587 "2020-10-07T06:11:26Z")

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How can we do Gamification point system to mu Web site as like photo

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## [Beta version on production site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beta-version-on-production-site/166592)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beta-version-on-production-site/166592 "2020-10-07T22:32:08Z")

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I’ve got 2.6.0.beta3 installed. Is this ok to use, or should I downgrade somehow to the latest release version? Thanks.

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## [Discourse Version 2.7](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-2-7/166607)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-2-7/166607 "2021-05-18T18:06:28Z")

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Focus :white\_check\_mark: Improve “Markdown Typographer” so it is easier to modify and add -\> to → rule(s). @Roman :white\_check\_mark: Switch inline oneboxing from default off to default on :white\_check\_mark: Optio…

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## [What determines the default email contact in TOS?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-determines-the-default-email-contact-in-tos/166608)

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**Author:** [@paulrudy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paulrudy)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-determines-the-default-email-contact-in-tos/166608 "2020-10-08T02:55:48Z")

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I noticed in my Discourse-generated TOS, the contact email given is admin@\[example.com\], where \[example.com\] is the domain of my Discourse install. What is that default email is based on? I can’t seem to find a setting …

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## [Automate sending Discourse Topic to Facebook Fanpage with Zapier](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automate-sending-discourse-topic-to-facebook-fanpage-with-zapier/166611)

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**Author:** [@Bcat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bcat)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automate-sending-discourse-topic-to-facebook-fanpage-with-zapier/166611 "2020-10-09T01:32:24Z")

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There are many topics about this that you can see at: Search results for 'zapier' - Discourse Meta But I want a little discussion about it. Here I have up a script on zapier to post new posts to the Facebook Fanpage. …

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## [Pop3 polling delete from server not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pop3-polling-delete-from-server-not-working/166618)

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**Author:** [@Fledge\_Xu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fledge_Xu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 5:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pop3-polling-delete-from-server-not-working/166618 "2020-10-08T05:32:16Z")

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Info Discourse version: 2.6.0.beta3 Mail Server: Yandex description I’m setting reply by email. I found that my discourse can receive email by pop3, but it can not delete the email even though I have enabled pop3 polli…

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## [How can I align text to the center a link it?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-align-text-to-the-center-a-link-it/166619)

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**Author:** [@Aiden12114](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aiden12114)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-align-text-to-the-center-a-link-it/166619 "2020-10-08T12:45:26Z")

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So, I was on the Roblox DevForum and I saw on a topic there that somehow someone has centered some text and linked it. I was wondering if there’s anyway for me to be able to do that. Also is there any discourse post…

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## [Sidekiq Jobs getting in the busy queue and are lost](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-jobs-getting-in-the-busy-queue-and-are-lost/166622)

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**Author:** [@Harsha1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Harsha1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-jobs-getting-in-the-busy-queue-and-are-lost/166622 "2020-10-08T07:16:12Z")

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When I trigger an email using sidekiq job scheduler, the mail is getting in to the busy queue, and getting failed from there without any logs of it. Any idea in fixing this issue?

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## [Discourse tooltips - Could not find module \`discourse-common/lib/object\`](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-tooltips-could-not-find-module-discourse-common-lib-object/166624)

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**Author:** [@saddam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saddam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-tooltips-could-not-find-module-discourse-common-lib-object/166624 "2020-10-08T07:36:22Z")

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Hi, We are getting an error after installing Discourse tooltips plugin Uncaught Error: Could not find module discourse-common/lib/object imported from \`discourse/plugins/discourse-tooltips/mixins/topic-hover-extension …

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## [Preserve user sessions when migrating to a new host](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preserve-user-sessions-when-migrating-to-a-new-host/166630)

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**Author:** [@TallTrees](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TallTrees)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preserve-user-sessions-when-migrating-to-a-new-host/166630 "2020-10-07T21:18:58Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Move your Discourse Instance to a Different Server: One issue in migrating a Discourse instance to a new server, or even restoring a backup to a newly built instance, is that all logged in…

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## [Using Tags vs Categories for a Q/A forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-tags-vs-categories-for-a-q-a-forum/166637)

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**Author:** [@Muhammad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muhammad)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-tags-vs-categories-for-a-q-a-forum/166637 "2020-10-08T11:49:31Z")

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We have just setup a Discourse forum for Q/A at our company. We have a bit confusion about using Tags vs Categories to organize the questions. Getting design inspiration from Stack Overflow, we see that there are only …

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## [Activation email sent after account was deactivated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activation-email-sent-after-account-was-deactivated/166642)

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**Author:** [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activation-email-sent-after-account-was-deactivated/166642 "2020-10-09T22:55:17Z")

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Hi there, A few users in my forum wanted to be removed. So that I messages wouldn’t be deleted from the forum and in private messaging (for example, their message requesting to be removed) I went ahead and deactivated …

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## [Discobot's certificate and hijack.rb are in a bar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobots-certificate-and-hijack-rb-are-in-a-bar/166648)

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**Author:** [@Benjamin\_D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjamin_D)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobots-certificate-and-hijack-rb-are-in-a-bar/166648 "2020-10-08T11:25:02Z")

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…and web.socketed.template enters :grin: This one puzzles me… I have a seemingly perfectly fine https discourse, except for the certificate.svg which doesn’t load. (error 500, it’s not a bug, it’s my setup for sure …

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## [Odd "data-preloaded" element in HTML](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-data-preloaded-element-in-html/166658)

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**Author:** [@ChrisGammell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisGammell)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-data-preloaded-element-in-html/166658 "2020-10-08T13:24:57Z")

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I had been troubleshooting a subdomain remapping problem, which was resolved by this post (thank you!). But in the midst of sniffing out bad links, I came upon a very odd feature hidden in the HTML of one of my pages: …

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