# Hot

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## [Post counter on Frequent Posters only if \>2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-counter-on-frequent-posters-only-if-2/216078)

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**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-counter-on-frequent-posters-only-if-2/216078 "2022-02-18T02:26:41Z")

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Minor detail, but I don’t think this is intended: on a topic Frequent Posters list, the bubble with the counter only shows for more than 2 posts. With only 2 posts, there’s no counter. As reported to us by the community…

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## [How to scale further (2+MM posts, +80k per month)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-scale-further-2-mm-posts-80k-per-month/216082)

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**Author:** [@helmi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helmi)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-scale-further-2-mm-posts-80k-per-month/216082 "2022-01-31T21:59:05Z")

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I’d like to tap from your experience on how to continue scaling our hardware. Here’s our corner stone data: 2.2 Million posts currently growing ~80k per month 35k users, growing ~1.5k per month We’re now running on a…

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## [Focused sidebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/focused-sidebar/216085)

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**Author:** [@Joshua\_Kogan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joshua_Kogan)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/focused-sidebar/216085 "2022-08-22T14:37:23Z")

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Hi everyone, how can I add the “Focused Sidebar” theme to my community? Currently this theme is an option here on meta.

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## [Is there a theme component or plugin to allow admins access to img src content?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-theme-component-or-plugin-to-allow-admins-access-to-img-src-content/216096)

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**Author:** [@michellefs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michellefs)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-theme-component-or-plugin-to-allow-admins-access-to-img-src-content/216096 "2022-01-26T16:49:02Z")

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Whenever I upload an image in a topic, is there a way to see (and potentially manage) where that image is stored? \<img src="https://global.discourse-cdn.com/… For example, various admins may want to use the same image…

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## [Trust level freeze](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-freeze/216104)

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**Author:** [@anon40545810](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon40545810)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-freeze/216104 "2022-01-30T22:44:38Z")

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Feature name Trust level freeze Feature description Occurs when the user does not want their trust level to increase. Because he knows that as the level of trust increases, he will have more and more responsibilities. …

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## [Discourse installation successful, but still nothing on the domain and IP of the server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-installation-successful-but-still-nothing-on-the-domain-and-ip-of-the-server/216106)

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**Author:** [@khikhan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/khikhan)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-installation-successful-but-still-nothing-on-the-domain-and-ip-of-the-server/216106 "2022-01-29T16:32:47Z")

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I have a domain pointng to my DIgitalOcean droplet, the installation completed successfully using the repo cloned from git. But i can’t find the forum on my domain, neither on the IP address. While the server ports 80 an…

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## [Tag synonyms are fabulous](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-synonyms-are-fabulous/216110)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-synonyms-are-fabulous/216110 "2022-01-26T19:11:21Z")

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We’re just getting around to looking at & cleaning up tags. I had one tag with 100 topics that I wanted to merge into an analog with 400+. Obviously too many to do by hand. My first attempt was to try a bulk change but …

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## [Emoji picker shows emojis gifs uploaded under "gifs" group under "\[en.emoji\_picker.gifs\]"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-picker-shows-emojis-gifs-uploaded-under-gifs-group-under-en-emoji-picker-gifs/216116)

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**Author:** [@Hifihedgehog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hifihedgehog)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-picker-shows-emojis-gifs-uploaded-under-gifs-group-under-en-emoji-picker-gifs/216116 "2022-01-26T19:38:23Z")

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I uploaded some fun little gifs under a “gifs” group in the Customize-\>Emoji section of the admin panel. When I go to the emoji picker, I see this ugly codified name, \[en.emoji\_picker.gifs\]. Is there some setting or addi…

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## [How do I get subcategory details by Slug using Discourse API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-subcategory-details-by-slug-using-discourse-api/216117)

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**Author:** [@yilin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yilin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-subcategory-details-by-slug-using-discourse-api/216117 "2022-01-27T00:10:15Z")

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Hi, I created a parent category with slug “testparent” and a sub category with slug “testsub”. When I use /c/testparent/show.json, it could get the detail of the parent category properly. But when I use /c/testsub/show.…

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## [How would I best split the category select-kit into two dropdowns?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-would-i-best-split-the-category-select-kit-into-two-dropdowns/216125)

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**Author:** [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-would-i-best-split-the-category-select-kit-into-two-dropdowns/216125 "2022-01-31T10:58:10Z")

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I’m re-designing the community forum of a volunteer project. We currently have public discussion categories and a few workgroups that are also set up as categories, but access is limited to certain groups. So right now t…

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## [Is discourse-plugin-linkedin-auth now incompatible with Discourse v2.7.0.beta7 and below?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-plugin-linkedin-auth-now-incompatible-with-discourse-v2-7-0-beta7-and-below/216127)

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**Author:** [@frank.manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frank.manuel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-plugin-linkedin-auth-now-incompatible-with-discourse-v2-7-0-beta7-and-below/216127 "2022-01-26T21:31:40Z")

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Discourse uses ActiveRecord 6.1.3.1 starting from version 2.7.0.beta8, and before that, it used ActiveRecord 6.0.3.5. Which is all good, except that a migration was added to Discourse Plugin Linkedin Auth (20211203171247…

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## [Json Import Fails with undefined method \`token='](https://meta.discourse.org/t/json-import-fails-with-undefined-method-token/216132)

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**Author:** [@marcwie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marcwie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/json-import-fails-with-undefined-method-token/216132 "2022-02-03T22:46:31Z")

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Importing data via json\_generic.rb currently fails with: /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/activemodel-6.1.3.2/lib/active\_model/attribute\_methods.rb:469:in \`method\_missing': undefined method \`token=' for …

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## [Special logic in first post of topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/special-logic-in-first-post-of-topic/216136)

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**Author:** [@Yu\_Gong1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yu_Gong1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/special-logic-in-first-post-of-topic/216136 "2022-01-26T23:44:25Z")

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Is there some special logic for the first post of the topic? i can only find these 2 settings and they are for time ranges for edting, but there is a user reporting that edit is not available for his topic the user open…

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## [Firefox on FreeBSD gives me the mobile site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/firefox-on-freebsd-gives-me-the-mobile-site/216140)

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**Author:** [@leres](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leres)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/firefox-on-freebsd-gives-me-the-mobile-site/216140 "2022-02-03T00:49:17Z")

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I have a FreeBSD desktop. When I visit https://community.letsencrypt.org/ (or https://meta.discourse.org/) with firefox, it gives me the mobile site. If I use chrome I get the desktop site. Looks like my user agent is: …

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## [Why did my plugin stop working after months?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-did-my-plugin-stop-working-after-months/216149)

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**Author:** [@wilson29thid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wilson29thid)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-did-my-plugin-stop-working-after-months/216149 "2022-03-18T01:41:20Z")

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Hello, I wrote a very basic plugin that adds a JWT token after a user logs in, and it’s been working fine for nearly a year. Today our forum went down because somehow the cert expired (which is curious in itself), so I t…

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## [Has Discourse thought about the financial data initiative?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/has-discourse-thought-about-the-financial-data-initiative/216153)

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**Author:** [@anon40545810](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon40545810)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/has-discourse-thought-about-the-financial-data-initiative/216153 "2022-01-27T02:46:41Z")

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Hi, all! 1- Reasons for question Many open source companies have the financial data initiative with the aim of having greater corporate transparency. An example of this that we can cite is Redhat New partners and even …

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## [Does this Linux vulnerability put Discourse at risk?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-this-linux-vulnerability-put-discourse-at-risk/216154)

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**Author:** [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-this-linux-vulnerability-put-discourse-at-risk/216154 "2022-02-01T16:48:09Z")

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I just wanted to make sure that I don’t have to worry about my Discourse instance right now due to this recently discovered vulnerability in Linux (from twelve years ago! :exploding\_head:).

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## [Exclude Bot and crawler interface when inserting code in header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-bot-and-crawler-interface-when-inserting-code-in-header/216158)

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**Author:** [@Bcat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bcat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-bot-and-crawler-interface-when-inserting-code-in-header/216158 "2022-01-27T07:50:53Z")

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I have inserted some js script in the header discourse. And it shows up in the source code both on BOT and crawler visibility. How to exclude for crawler interface and BOT.

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## [Paid - Pass Google Core Web Vitals and Speed Up My Discourse site to Recover SEO Rankings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-pass-google-core-web-vitals-and-speed-up-my-discourse-site-to-recover-seo-rankings/216160)

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**Author:** [@Faizan\_Zahid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Faizan_Zahid)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-pass-google-core-web-vitals-and-speed-up-my-discourse-site-to-recover-seo-rankings/216160 "2022-01-27T05:29:02Z")

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Hi, Site which needs to pass on Core Web Vitals is https://howtodiscuss.com We must use Google adsense and Google ad exchange ads and put them in between content, paragraphs, sticky ads on top, bottom and sidebars etc.…

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## [Add print CSS for front page and category page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-print-css-for-front-page-and-category-page/216161)

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**Author:** [@adrelanos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adrelanos)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-print-css-for-front-page-and-category-page/216161 "2020-05-25T23:42:52Z")

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Idea for archival purposes… Could you please consider also implementing /print also for forum front page https://meta.discourse.org/print forum category page https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/print And then when s…

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## [Can an admin change his email address?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-admin-change-his-email-address/216174)

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**Author:** [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-admin-change-his-email-address/216174 "2022-01-28T04:50:17Z")

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It seems that I as an admin cannot change my email address (primary mail address) registered in the following page. https://///preferences/account Is there any way to change it?

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## [AWS EC2 vs DigitalOcean ADM Premium Droplets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aws-ec2-vs-digitalocean-adm-premium-droplets/216198)

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**Author:** [@yhh9xdq7d](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yhh9xdq7d)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aws-ec2-vs-digitalocean-adm-premium-droplets/216198 "2022-01-27T20:39:51Z")

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Can anyone test or tell me what difference would there be in performance between these two services? Thanks in advance!

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## [Logo in docked header bar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logo-in-docked-header-bar/216199)

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**Author:** [@helmi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helmi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logo-in-docked-header-bar/216199 "2022-01-27T16:11:38Z")

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On our forums we use an additional header above the discord header bar. So far we used some css to hide the logo from this header bar as we used an additional Logo in our own (additional) header. That’s the code we used…

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## [Deleting posted content (discourse forum member)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posted-content-discourse-forum-member/216200)

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**Author:** [@Pizzaguy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pizzaguy)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posted-content-discourse-forum-member/216200 "2022-03-31T13:30:55Z")

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Hello everyone, Regarding a topic recently created here about users being able to delete accounts, I had another issue on this. I’ve created an account on a discourse forum some time ago. And created alot of posts, wit…

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## [Expose Data Explorer query as Report](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expose-data-explorer-query-as-report/216208)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expose-data-explorer-query-as-report/216208 "2022-01-27T17:52:40Z")

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We’d like to begin mining our instance for intelligence on our community. I just had a product manager ask me for topic count per (specific subset of) tag over time. I’m sure I can (eventually) pull that SQL together, b…

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## [Discourse 2.8 Released! | Blog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-8-released-blog/216210)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-8-released-blog/216210 "2022-02-01T16:21:48Z")

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Today we release Discourse 2.8, building on Discourse 2.7 from May 2021. For post 2.0 releases we’ve chosen a new set of codenames based on the history of human communication; this release is Audion and represents the in…

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## [Jump to main address automatically?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jump-to-main-address-automatically/216221)

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**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jump-to-main-address-automatically/216221 "2022-01-27T20:37:41Z")

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I have a server with a discourse instance. It has a domain name1. While I want to change it to name2. I found that: If both “name1” and “name2” are simply set by godaddy DNS address, with the same ip address, if yo…

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## [A few small design opinions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-few-small-design-opinions/216222)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-few-small-design-opinions/216222 "2022-11-10T16:22:42Z")

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I’m testing the chat feature on another forum. I find the action bar a little bit too invasive. Maybe I would get rid of 2 of the 3 most used reactions… :thinking:: Since the window is tiny, when reading you’re…

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## [How do I set administrator account on Openshift?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-set-administrator-account-on-openshift/216226)

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**Author:** [@rodolphe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rodolphe)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-set-administrator-account-on-openshift/216226 "2022-01-27T17:04:01Z")

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Hi, I just installed discourse on a open shift project so I didn’t use a terminal but set environnement variable through an interface. The application is working but I don’t know how to connect as an admin. I created an…

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## [After changing category, elements of page disappear, or full page is hidden temporality](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-changing-category-elements-of-page-disappear-or-full-page-is-hidden-temporality/216230)

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**Author:** [@Curtis\_Kephart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Curtis_Kephart)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-changing-category-elements-of-page-disappear-or-full-page-is-hidden-temporality/216230 "2022-01-27T17:18:03Z")

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A moderator on our discourse site shared an issue I’ve not been able to replicate. I am curious if you have experienced the issue? I’m looking for a pattern to diagnose the problem, as I haven’t been able to replicate it…

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