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## [MacOS Firefox image upload error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/macos-firefox-image-upload-error/212936)

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**Author:** [@jimkleiber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jimkleiber)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/macos-firefox-image-upload-error/212936 "2021-12-23T02:21:20Z")

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I’ve tried to upload images through Firefox on MacOS both through screenshot/paste and image upload, and both show me that the image is uploading: But then show me that the image has failed: (I’ve posted this thr…

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## [Redis Problems? (Forum broken after upgrade)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redis-problems-forum-broken-after-upgrade/212938)

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**Author:** [@L30110](https://meta.discourse.org/u/L30110)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redis-problems-forum-broken-after-upgrade/212938 "2021-12-24T18:13:05Z")

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I was prompted to upgrade today, and then required to do the build through launcher. Since then Discourse has been basically broken. Already logged in users can see the home page and select messages from there to display…

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## [Difference Primary and Custom Group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difference-primary-and-custom-group/212950)

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**Author:** [@warri0r](https://meta.discourse.org/u/warri0r)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difference-primary-and-custom-group/212950 "2021-12-23T12:41:12Z")

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Hello everybody, could someone explain to me the difference between a primary and a custom group, please? What do they do? Thanks! :slight\_smile:

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## [Discourse update doesn't wait for Postgress DB to shut down](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-update-doesnt-wait-for-postgress-db-to-shut-down/212961)

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**Author:** [@kinetiksoft](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kinetiksoft)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-update-doesnt-wait-for-postgress-db-to-shut-down/212961 "2021-12-29T19:20:15Z")

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Yesterday we tried rebuilding the forum several times with the same result - it failed, and log shows it is related to how Discourse shuts the database down. It looks like it doesn’t match the speed expectations set by r…

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## [Allowing more than 3 messages in a row, case by case](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-more-than-3-messages-in-a-row-case-by-case/212964)

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**Author:** [@desrocchi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/desrocchi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-more-than-3-messages-in-a-row-case-by-case/212964 "2021-12-23T15:21:28Z")

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I have a peculiar situation in which the curator of a software posts updates about what he’s been working on in a thread dedicated to that topic. I would like for him to be able to post as many messages in a row as he w…

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## [Onebox not set up?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-not-set-up/212972)

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**Author:** [@Chris27](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chris27)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-not-set-up/212972 "2021-12-23T15:23:34Z")

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Hi everyone, Whenever we post a video link in our community it does not display the video in the post as it does here. Could someone please confirm if this is simply something we may have not turned on in our admin set…

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## [Incorrect topic list showing since 2.8.0.beta9](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-topic-list-showing-since-2-8-0-beta9/212979)

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**Author:** [@tachibanalolo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tachibanalolo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2021, 12:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-topic-list-showing-since-2-8-0-beta9/212979 "2021-12-24T12:18:24Z")

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Left part of the screenshot is 2.8.0.beta8, it works fine, topic have space between top and bottom. However since beta9 and also beta10 (right part of the screenshot), there is no space at top and bottom. Is this a f…

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## [Unable To Log In - Maybe b/c Created Acct & Separately Invited?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-log-in-maybe-b-c-created-acct-separately-invited/212983)

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**Author:** [@Chauncey\_St\_John](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chauncey_St_John)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-log-in-maybe-b-c-created-acct-separately-invited/212983 "2021-12-24T13:20:41Z")

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I’m unable to log in. I’ll get an unknown error message using the correct password (different from the incorrect password error I get otherwise). My email was invited by someone as well as created by myself, so perhaps t…

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## [Can I be notified of new upgrades required of Discourse when using Docker Install?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-be-notified-of-new-upgrades-required-of-discourse-when-using-docker-install/212994)

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**Author:** [@Julian\_Robbins1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Julian_Robbins1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-be-notified-of-new-upgrades-required-of-discourse-when-using-docker-install/212994 "2021-12-23T20:26:05Z")

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Hi all When I occasionally login to my Discourse forum as Admin I can sometimes see there are new upgrades required. But I cannot find any way in which I could be automatically notified by say an email, that there are u…

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## ['Confirm new Admin Account' doesn't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-new-admin-account-doesnt-work/212998)

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**Author:** [@arthuroff](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arthuroff)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-new-admin-account-doesnt-work/212998 "2021-12-23T19:42:56Z")

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Upon clicking the link I get: ‘Oops! That page doesn’t exist or is private.’

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## [Assign/allow user to join group upon sign-up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-allow-user-to-join-group-upon-sign-up/213007)

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**Author:** [@ncaming215](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ncaming215)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-allow-user-to-join-group-upon-sign-up/213007 "2021-12-24T16:45:35Z")

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What would you like done? Assign a user to a group(s) upon sign-up, based on information asked within custom fields. When do you need it done? 4-6 weeks What is your budget, in $ USD that you can offer for this task? …

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## [New "Has your question been answered" popup can't be permanently dismissed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-has-your-question-been-answered-popup-cant-be-permanently-dismissed/213025)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-has-your-question-been-answered-popup-cant-be-permanently-dismissed/213025 "2022-01-17T14:28:52Z")

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The new “Has your question been answered” popup (pictured below) is too aggressive and can’t actually be dismissed. You can dismiss it temporarily by clicking the x, but if you come back to the topic later it prompts you…

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## [Read topics stays black in category topic list page on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-topics-stays-black-in-category-topic-list-page-on-mobile/213030)

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**Author:** [@littleviolette](https://meta.discourse.org/u/littleviolette)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-topics-stays-black-in-category-topic-list-page-on-mobile/213030 "2022-01-25T00:44:06Z")

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We noticed that the topic title stays black instead of grey after the topic has been read. This happens in category topic list on mobile. Here are more details of the bug from our community: I believe it’s a recent b…

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## [User Email preferences being overriden](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-email-preferences-being-overriden/213031)

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**Author:** [@rkda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rkda)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 8:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-email-preferences-being-overriden/213031 "2022-06-29T08:53:25Z")

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I’ve been setting my Email notification preferences to Never but it seems to be reset after a few hours. Is this expected behavior or is there something wrong with my installation? I’m on Discourse 2.8.0.beta7 if tha…

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## [Set points setting + redemption](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-points-setting-redemption/213035)

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**Author:** [@zj\_cloudray](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zj_cloudray)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-points-setting-redemption/213035 "2024-09-05T09:37:41Z")

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I want to set up a function for accumulative points redemption in the forum. Users accumulate points through posting.

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## [Azure OpenID Connect Authentication Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/azure-openid-connect-authentication-plugin/213037)

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**Author:** [@Kumar\_Karuppaiah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kumar_Karuppaiah)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/azure-openid-connect-authentication-plugin/213037 "2021-12-24T10:47:21Z")

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Hi, I want to integrate the Azure AD login in my application. So I have added a plugin “Azure OpenID Connect Authentication Plugin” in my application. Plugin URL: Discourse OpenID Connect (OIDC) It is not working …

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## [Importing blog post which are in draft mode in ghost](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-blog-post-which-are-in-draft-mode-in-ghost/213048)

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**Author:** [@ajfriesen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ajfriesen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-blog-post-which-are-in-draft-mode-in-ghost/213048 "2022-01-05T16:12:57Z")

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Hey folks, first of all happy holiday to all of you! I do run a blog with ghost and have set up discourse with the official docker setup. Then I used the ghost discourse integration in order to have comments on my blo…

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## [Close the topics based on the belonging to groups criteria](https://meta.discourse.org/t/close-the-topics-based-on-the-belonging-to-groups-criteria/213052)

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**Author:** [@Ed\_Bobkov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_Bobkov)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/close-the-topics-based-on-the-belonging-to-groups-criteria/213052 "2021-12-24T11:37:21Z")

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Is it possible to close the topics that were created by users excluded from some groups? For example, I know that the author of the topic will not answer the comments given to his topic, and that’s why I want to close a…

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## [Different CSS id/class for tables in theme vs posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-css-id-class-for-tables-in-theme-vs-posts/213068)

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**Author:** [@AtlasGames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AtlasGames)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-css-id-class-for-tables-in-theme-vs-posts/213068 "2021-12-24T15:58:04Z")

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TLDR: Give us a CSS hook (id or class) for the main theme’s tables, which are used for displaying categories, and a different one for tables in posts. I had a user ask that I change our CSS to put “spreadsheet”-type lin…

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## [Let's Encrypt cert renewals (suddenly) failing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-encrypt-cert-renewals-suddenly-failing/213071)

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**Author:** [@L30110](https://meta.discourse.org/u/L30110)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-encrypt-cert-renewals-suddenly-failing/213071 "2021-12-28T01:14:16Z")

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Sometime back – it’s not clear how long but at least several months – Let’s Encrypt renewals started failing on my Discourse forum, after running fine for years. When I initially noted this some days ago, the cert had ex…

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## [Updating total # of posts /wk -\> total?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-total-of-posts-wk-total/213103)

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**Author:** [@ykcorner](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ykcorner)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-total-of-posts-wk-total/213103 "2021-12-26T08:54:37Z")

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Hey all. Just wondering how to change the “X / week” label for categories and have it only show the total posts/topics number “X” all time in that category? Did some research and unfortunately could not find anything in…

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## [AWS S3 Object Ownership](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aws-s3-object-ownership/213112)

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**Author:** [@shawnngtq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shawnngtq)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aws-s3-object-ownership/213112 "2021-12-26T14:01:23Z")

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Hi, I followed these guides My backup works fine but not for others. To make it work, I have to enabled ACLs, which is not recommended by AWS. Was wondering how can we make S3 work using ACLs disabled (recom…

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## [Export staff logs action omits some details](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-staff-logs-action-omits-some-details/213114)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-staff-logs-action-omits-some-details/213114 "2021-12-26T11:28:22Z")

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Hi. Here’s a sample of the logs: Details are filled in. But when I export the logs, some of the details fields are often absent from the CSV file: Is that on purpose? Is it possible to export these logs with al…

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## [Transactional Email Service (Open Source)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transactional-email-service-open-source/213122)

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**Author:** [@yhh9xdq7d](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yhh9xdq7d)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 9:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transactional-email-service-open-source/213122 "2023-07-09T09:19:51Z")

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Hi, I’ve seen that everyone suggests dedicated email services. Do any of you use or have tried open source alternatives? For example, postal or cuttlefish. Certainly, using your own server at least to handle outgoing em…

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## [Bulk tagged topics, then moved topics into another category, but the category tag selector doesn't show tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-tagged-topics-then-moved-topics-into-another-category-but-the-category-tag-selector-doesnt-show-tags/213136)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-tagged-topics-then-moved-topics-into-another-category-but-the-category-tag-selector-doesnt-show-tags/213136 "2022-01-05T21:59:18Z")

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It worked, but in this category, the tag selector is empty: The tag does appear with the search: But I would like the tag to appear by default among others in this list, like here on meta: Here’s exactly the …

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## [Customize Tag Search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-tag-search/213154)

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**Author:** [@Kumar\_Karuppaiah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kumar_Karuppaiah)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 7:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-tag-search/213154 "2021-12-27T07:56:35Z")

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Hi, As per the requirements, I have to display the tags similar to the attached screenshot below instead of showing it in the drop-down control. Existing Design: Proposed Design: Can someone please help me on t…

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## [Theme & Components](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-components/213158)

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**Author:** [@Kumar\_Karuppaiah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kumar_Karuppaiah)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 9:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-components/213158 "2021-12-27T09:13:51Z")

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Hi, Can we keep the themes and components source code in the same repo? If yes, how can I add / invoke the component to the theme? Please give me the suggestions. Thanks Kumar

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## [How to change which stats are shown within the digest email header?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-which-stats-are-shown-within-the-digest-email-header/213169)

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**Author:** [@Maynard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maynard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-which-stats-are-shown-within-the-digest-email-header/213169 "2021-12-27T11:03:24Z")

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Anybody know how to change which stats are shown within the digest email header? My digest has ‘New Users’: While this meta.discourse site has ‘Likes Received’: How can I switch from New Users to Likes Received? …

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## [Not able to place "Tag List" Component at the right position](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-place-tag-list-component-at-the-right-position/213170)

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**Author:** [@Kumar\_Karuppaiah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kumar_Karuppaiah)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-place-tag-list-component-at-the-right-position/213170 "2021-12-27T10:40:03Z")

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Hi, I have created a new component for displaying the tag list. It is working fine. But I want to display if after the header. Currently, it is coming on the right side. I am not sure how to position the component at t…

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## [Subscription banner subscribers count reset](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-banner-subscribers-count-reset/213173)

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**Author:** [@Hana\_Kanjaa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hana_Kanjaa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-banner-subscribers-count-reset/213173 "2021-12-27T14:00:12Z")

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Hello, I have started using the subscription banner and everything works fine except the count of new subscribers. It says that there are 41 subscribers but there are only 29 and it always keeps this difference interval …

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