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## [Split post in same topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-post-in-same-topic/229718)

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**Author:** [@nobodyfrm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nobodyfrm)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-post-in-same-topic/229718 "2022-06-12T15:02:58Z")

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Hi, is it possible to split a post in two posts? We use our forum to write stories. If authors respond to user comments directly in the same post as a new part of the story, the story posts can no longer be linked exter…

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## [Category in a specific language](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-in-a-specific-language/229720)

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**Author:** [@AriHoresh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AriHoresh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-in-a-specific-language/229720 "2022-06-13T10:36:51Z")

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Hello! I would like to create different categories in different languages. My forum is for international medical students who want to study medicine in Italy, I would like to create categories for each country, so thes…

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## [Support for running on Apple M1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-running-on-apple-m1/229724)

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**Author:** [@titusc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/titusc)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-running-on-apple-m1/229724 "2022-06-14T15:49:22Z")

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Hi I’m using the M1 for developing automation and tooling to get Discourse running. The discourse-setup script have an issue with recognizing ARM based CPUs and failing with the following error. This resulted in the co…

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## [Nombre de usuario con caracteres japoneses añadiendo un número](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-with-japanese-characters-appending-a-number/229728)

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**Author:** [@sweetbeems](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sweetbeems)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-with-japanese-characters-appending-a-number/229728 "2022-06-12T18:14:31Z")

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Hi Discourse! I recently started a site and I’ve encountered the issue described below. Issue Username ‘賢治’ always automatically changes to ‘賢治1’ whenever I send my single sign on payload. Strangely, the name is ok …

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## [How to: discourse-sitemap is deprecated and merged into Discourse's core. Please remove it from your app.yml file.?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-discourse-sitemap-is-deprecated-and-merged-into-discourses-core-please-remove-it-from-your-app-yml-file/229730)

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**Author:** [@Pandabear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pandabear)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-discourse-sitemap-is-deprecated-and-merged-into-discourses-core-please-remove-it-from-your-app-yml-file/229730 "2022-07-07T09:18:31Z")

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Hello everyone, is there any manual on how to remove discourse-sitemap? Thanks, or if someone can help me I would be very grateful. I get this message in the control panel

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## [I cannot set more than 1 cookie from controller](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cannot-set-more-than-1-cookie-from-controller/229736)

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**Author:** [@Devarsh\_Mavani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Devarsh_Mavani)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cannot-set-more-than-1-cookie-from-controller/229736 "2022-06-12T20:10:28Z")

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i am modifiying discourse and for that inside session\_controller.db file I am doing this cookies\[:sso\_payload\] = payload || request.query\_string cookies\[:sso\_destination\_url\] = data\[:return\_sso\_url\] However it does not…

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## [How i can manage roles for moderators and administrators?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-i-can-manage-roles-for-moderators-and-administrators/229737)

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**Author:** [@Bitweb\_Core](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bitweb_Core)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-i-can-manage-roles-for-moderators-and-administrators/229737 "2022-06-12T22:43:31Z")

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As exampe if neen give acces to administrator or moderator to themes function but as example dissable acces to see api secrects from socials logins. and separate moderators as example give moderator role to some peop…

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## [Custon button how "like" ? add custom post buttons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custon-button-how-like-add-custom-post-buttons/229741)

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**Author:** [@Bitweb\_Core](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bitweb_Core)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custon-button-how-like-add-custom-post-buttons/229741 "2022-06-14T08:31:49Z")

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Is at discourse possible do customization with non plugins , how make custom dissalike button ? what will decrease user reputtain . How example user have 100 likes , and have 10 disslikes so user reputation = 90 Or ano…

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## [Allow embedding in internationalized domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-embedding-in-internationalized-domain/229744)

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**Author:** [@VinodSingh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/VinodSingh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-embedding-in-internationalized-domain/229744 "2022-06-13T00:19:00Z")

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Currently Discourse does not allow to configure a host that has non-Latin letters in its name for embedding. Any attempt to add a internationalized domain name (IDN) host for embedding results in “Host is invalid” error. …

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## [Failed To Bootstrap Pups::ExecError 'bundle exec rake db:migrate' failed with return exec failed with the params 2.9.0.beta4 to 2.9.0.beta5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-pups-execerror-bundle-exec-rake-db-migrate-failed-with-return-exec-failed-with-the-params-2-9-0-beta4-to-2-9-0-beta5/229753)

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**Author:** [@iidbae](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iidbae)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-pups-execerror-bundle-exec-rake-db-migrate-failed-with-return-exec-failed-with-the-params-2-9-0-beta4-to-2-9-0-beta5/229753 "2022-06-20T03:32:59Z")

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I upgrade my discourse two months ago to 2.9.0.beta4 34fba417f1. Unfortunately, I forgot to recheck my Upgrade page for ./launcher rebuild app. When I try to rebuild in last two days ago, my disc space is insufficient. …

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## [SMTP Settings in app.yml reset?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-settings-in-app-yml-reset/229762)

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**Author:** [@keith1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/keith1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-settings-in-app-yml-reset/229762 "2022-06-13T19:34:23Z")

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I feel like I’m going a little crazy here, but I’ve left my site alone for a few months and finally went to grab some updates - my docker is outdated, so attempting to run ./launcher rebuild app However, I am getting a…

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## [Discourse email setup for notification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-email-setup-for-notification/229771)

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**Author:** [@sammrafi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sammrafi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-email-setup-for-notification/229771 "2022-06-13T09:50:53Z")

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I was setup in containers/app.yml my gmail with password for email notification After google privacy policy update. I update my gmail with app password for notification. but it’s doesn’t work for me. Can anyone please h…

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## [Privacy: option to disable link clicks counting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/privacy-option-to-disable-link-clicks-counting/229777)

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**Author:** [@relan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/relan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/privacy-option-to-disable-link-clicks-counting/229777 "2022-06-28T01:18:43Z")

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Currently link clicks trigger HTTP pings: a request to the Discourse instance is made every time a user clicks a link. This enables tracking of who clicks what. Would be nice to have an option to disable link clicks cou…

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## [New to Discourse, have some questions :)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-discourse-have-some-questions/229788)

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**Author:** [@vovata](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vovata)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-discourse-have-some-questions/229788 "2022-06-13T14:32:16Z")

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Hello guys! I want to migrate my current community to another platform because I have some serious performance problems. In order to migrate it, I need to make sure that some of the core features that are available at t…

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## [Forms on Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forms-on-discourse/229796)

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**Author:** [@Tulika\_Dasgupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tulika_Dasgupta)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forms-on-discourse/229796 "2022-06-13T14:22:12Z")

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Hi Is there a way we can create a form on discourse topic.

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## [Time interval and hidden post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/time-interval-and-hidden-post/229797)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/time-interval-and-hidden-post/229797 "2022-06-13T11:45:07Z")

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When a user you ignore posts and a time interval is added above their post. The ux indicates the hidden post was made before the time interval. I think it would be helpful if the line was above the time interval, l…

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## [Change colour of footnote background](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-colour-of-footnote-background/229809)

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**Author:** [@Cozdabuch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cozdabuch)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-colour-of-footnote-background/229809 "2022-05-18T10:34:43Z")

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Is there a snippet of CSS anyone can whip up that can change the background color of the inline footnote. If it’s used in a wiki (via a theme component) post, the background color of both the post and the online note ar…

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## ["like" button on first post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-button-on-first-post/229814)

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**Author:** [@Jason\_Harding](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jason_Harding)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-button-on-first-post/229814 "2022-06-13T15:30:50Z")

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I had a look through the forum and I am just not getting the answer back I am looking for. The first post in any thread does not have a “like” button on my forum. Subsequent posts all have the heart as they should. User…

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## [Translate button missing with libretranslate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translate-button-missing-with-libretranslate/229821)

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**Author:** [@henrylaxen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/henrylaxen)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translate-button-missing-with-libretranslate/229821 "2023-11-03T23:17:46Z")

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Dear Discourse Group, First, to the authors of this project, my profound thanks and respect. Being a programmer myself I can appreicate the many hours that have gone into creating this project. Over the last few day…

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## [Category missing (only showing posts per month) when not logged in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-missing-only-showing-posts-per-month-when-not-logged-in/229826)

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**Author:** [@JamesDb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JamesDb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-missing-only-showing-posts-per-month-when-not-logged-in/229826 "2022-06-13T17:40:32Z")

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Hi there, I’m an admin for this forum One of the main categories “Contribute” appears when I am logged in as normal But when I check on an incognito window, the category is missing except for the posts per month cou…

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## [Unable to restore/update discourse (PG::InvalidTextRepresentation: ERROR: invalid input syntax for type integer: "\[\]")](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-restore-update-discourse-pg-error-invalid-input-syntax-for-type-integer/229828)

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**Author:** [@Spitap](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Spitap)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-restore-update-discourse-pg-error-invalid-input-syntax-for-type-integer/229828 "2022-06-13T20:38:58Z")

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Hi ! I have an instance currently running on 2.9.0.beta4, and I needed to migrate it, so I did the basic backup/restore, but restore failed on the new instance. I decided then to try to update the original instance, but…

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## [Fixing or cleaning up broken links and assets after a restore](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fixing-or-cleaning-up-broken-links-and-assets-after-a-restore/229835)

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**Author:** [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fixing-or-cleaning-up-broken-links-and-assets-after-a-restore/229835 "2022-06-14T01:15:44Z")

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We had a server crash and had to create a new server and restore from a backup. It was a harrowing process, details for what happened and how we restored it here. Now after restoring (the key was to disable S3 uploads),…

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## [2.9.0.beta5: Security Fixes, Block Hotlinked Media, PM Tagging, Search Improvements and more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-9-0-beta5-security-fixes-block-hotlinked-media-pm-tagging-search-improvements-and-more/229845)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-9-0-beta5-security-fixes-block-hotlinked-media-pm-tagging-search-improvements-and-more/229845 "2022-06-14T04:33:54Z")

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New features in 2.9.0.beta5 Allow hotlinked media to be blocked block\_hotlinked\_media is a new site setting that, when enabled, causes all attempts to hotlink media (images, videos, and audio) to fail, and be replaced wi…

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## [Timeline with labelled step by step sections - how is this achieved?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-with-labelled-step-by-step-sections-how-is-this-achieved/229848)

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**Author:** [@agemo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agemo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-with-labelled-step-by-step-sections-how-is-this-achieved/229848 "2022-06-13T19:07:33Z")

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I have noticed the timeline in certain topics on meta has cleverly been reconfigured with labelled section-links (to I assume anchors points in the topic), typically in the how to’s; Example here: Beginner's guide to us…

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## [Custom CSS... how?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-how/229849)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-how/229849 "2022-06-14T11:43:31Z")

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I’d like to tweak the presentation of the poll banner with a different background color. From this: To this (or something like it): Getting the class name was easy enough. But I’m not seeing where I can tweak the…

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## [2.8.4: Security and Minor Patch Release](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-8-4-security-and-minor-patch-release/229852)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-8-4-security-and-minor-patch-release/229852 "2022-06-13T21:10:27Z")

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Discourse 2.8.4 Stable Release Discourse strongly recommends that all sites follow the default tests-passed branch of Discourse. The “stable” branch is more focused on lack of change than lack of bugs - all releases, inc…

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## [Attachment compression](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attachment-compression/229862)

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**Author:** [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attachment-compression/229862 "2022-06-14T13:50:05Z")

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I can see that images that are uploaded into posts are compressed and backups have a compression option. However I don’t see any option to compress attachments to posts. Is this possible or is possible to put this into a…

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## [Combining chat and topic messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/combining-chat-and-topic-messages/229866)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/combining-chat-and-topic-messages/229866 "2022-06-13T23:26:22Z")

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I note that in Discourse Chat, sequential posts are automatically merged if they are posted within 5 minutes of each other. I’m impressed by how likes / reactions (and I think reply-to) are preserved: Some chats / co…

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## [Empty update page？](https://meta.discourse.org/t/empty-update-page/229879)

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**Author:** [@Musicminion](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Musicminion)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/empty-update-page/229879 "2022-06-14T13:55:03Z")

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what happened?

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## [Need guidance for adding description bar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-guidance-for-adding-description-bar/229884)

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**Author:** [@Aravind\_Swamy\_Vinjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aravind_Swamy_Vinjam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 9:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-guidance-for-adding-description-bar/229884 "2022-06-14T09:28:30Z")

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How can I get that description box that shown over there, like Discourse is growing! can any one please suggest how can I add a description bar on the start page. Thanks in advance.

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