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## [Need to resolve my database problem by hand error with tags not being unique after upgrade forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-resolve-my-database-problem-by-hand-error-with-tags-not-being-unique-after-upgrade-forum/316027)

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**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-resolve-my-database-problem-by-hand-error-with-tags-not-being-unique-after-upgrade-forum/316027 "2024-07-12T03:18:08Z")

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What would you like done? I want to resolve my database problem by hand error with tags not being unique @pfaffman after upgrade forum Follow this topic Get Error Oops The software powering this discussion forum encount…

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## [How to make the gem installation in discourse-ai use the gem image source modified in web.china.template.yml?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-the-gem-installation-in-discourse-ai-use-the-gem-image-source-modified-in-web-china-template-yml/288645)

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**Author:** [@sober](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sober)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-the-gem-installation-in-discourse-ai-use-the-gem-image-source-modified-in-web-china-template-yml/288645 "2023-12-14T02:35:47Z")

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problem When I was in China, I wanted to change the gem mirror source. At discourse-ai of fork, I modified the gem mirror source information in Gemfile and gemfile. lock, but the log display was still downloaded from htt…

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## [Why can't i chat with @moderators on meta?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-i-chat-with-moderators-on-meta/349716)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-i-chat-with-moderators-on-meta/349716 "2025-01-30T22:36:11Z")

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It’s a little confusing that sending a chat message to @moderators isn’t possible. The group page says the group has 8 members, but the chat says it has 22. I think the other users are related to the AI plugin. At le…

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## [I updated the forum today, but some of the updates feel a bit uncomfortable for me](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-updated-the-forum-today-but-some-of-the-updates-feel-a-bit-uncomfortable-for-me/344272)

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**Author:** [@wenqin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wenqin)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-updated-the-forum-today-but-some-of-the-updates-feel-a-bit-uncomfortable-for-me/344272 "2024-12-26T02:49:07Z")

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I updated the forum today, but some of the updates feel a bit uncomfortable for me. Previously, the posts I had clicked on would appear in gray, indicating that I had already viewed them. Now, all the posts seem to hav…

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## [NameError: uninitialized constant ReactionsSerializerHelpers when loading topic posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nameerror-uninitialized-constant-reactionsserializerhelpers-when-loading-topic-posts/403692)

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**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nameerror-uninitialized-constant-reactionsserializerhelpers-when-loading-topic-posts/403692 "2026-05-26T13:07:42Z")

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my Discourse version is 2026.5.0-latest.1 (fbcbdc46d8) I am seeing repeated /logs errors when loading topic posts. The error appears to come from the bundled discourse-reactions plugin while serializing the post stream…

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## [User disables translations, but they keep coming back](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-disables-translations-but-they-keep-coming-back/400096)

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**Author:** [@MiikkaLaitila](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MiikkaLaitila)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 5:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-disables-translations-but-they-keep-coming-back/400096 "2026-04-21T05:46:17Z")

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Hi, it seems that for some of our forum.inderes.com users the translation disabling doesn’t stay off forever. Some users prefer to always see the original message instead of translation, but they’re getting irritated as…

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## [Add more advanced options for the AI in the composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-more-advanced-options-for-the-ai-in-the-composer/288643)

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**Author:** [@Aizada\_M](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aizada_M)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-more-advanced-options-for-the-ai-in-the-composer/288643 "2023-09-30T21:35:07Z")

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Greetings, I apologize in advance if this message is inappropriate :pray: I understand very well that the team working on this plugin is doing a lot of work and probably already has a roadmap for developing the function…

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## [User API access not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-api-access-not-working/391574)

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**Author:** [@Mine\_Zcash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mine_Zcash)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-api-access-not-working/391574 "2025-12-17T16:44:47Z")

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Users are unable to access the site via API : Not sure what the issue is, all user API settings are default:

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## [Do all deleted posts get logged to users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-all-deleted-posts-get-logged-to-users/361356)

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**Author:** [@one1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/one1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-all-deleted-posts-get-logged-to-users/361356 "2025-04-15T20:18:30Z")

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I need to delete all posts in a category and was going to follow the instructions in Bulk delete all topics in a category. I’m wondering if those deleted posts will be tallied under each user’s delete count on their pro…

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## [Outdated translation replacement causing missing translation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/outdated-translation-replacement-causing-missing-translation/314352)

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**Author:** [@Kumandan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kumandan)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2024, 6:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/outdated-translation-replacement-causing-missing-translation/314352 "2024-08-02T06:48:01Z")

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Hi all. With the update I made about 1 week ago, a button display problem appeared on the user profile page as follows. I thought it could be fixed with the update to be made in the following days, and although I made t…

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## [AI Helper Proofread not showing diffs on selection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-helper-proofread-not-showing-diffs-on-selection/327894)

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**Author:** [@Nacho\_Caballero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nacho_Caballero)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-helper-proofread-not-showing-diffs-on-selection/327894 "2024-11-04T23:42:01Z")

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Instead of seeing the AI icon in my composer window, I see it on the gear icon (not sure why): When I choose Proofread (Corregir el texto), I can see the diff between the original and the new version. However, when I…

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## [Add a "Contact information" on topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-contact-information-on-topics/313749)

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**Author:** [@IKab](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IKab)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-contact-information-on-topics/313749 "2024-06-26T14:55:53Z")

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Hello everyone :wave: I have a rather open question for a rather specific problem I’m building a disourse for a team of several establishment and each establishmentwill have a topic to present the institution. I’d lik…

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## [Changing "send-from" e-mail address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-send-from-e-mail-address/299666)

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**Author:** [@AndyBr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AndyBr)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-send-from-e-mail-address/299666 "2024-03-22T21:36:21Z")

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I have run ./discourse-setup to change my smtp settings. I’m not completely clear on which setting will set my “send-from” or “reply-to” address. I have one e-mail address for the smtp login, but I’d like the e-mails t…

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## [Get admin notification from logs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-admin-notification-from-logs/363729)

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**Author:** [@piffy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/piffy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-admin-notification-from-logs/363729 "2025-05-07T12:05:42Z")

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Question: Is there a way for admins/moderator to get some kind of push notification from the “Logs & screening” section? Like a message from the Automation plugin or something? Context: We have had a couple incidents wh…

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## [CQtoDiscourse - Migration Tool for Confluence Questions to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cqtodiscourse-migration-tool-for-confluence-questions-to-discourse/335441)

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**Author:** [@francis\_exalate](https://meta.discourse.org/u/francis_exalate)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cqtodiscourse-migration-tool-for-confluence-questions-to-discourse/335441 "2024-11-10T12:37:35Z")

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I’m excited to share CQtoDiscourse, a migration tool for migrating content from Confluence Questions to Discourse. We were using Confluence Questions which didn’t matched our requirements anymore. Key Features: • Auto…

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## [Change the interface language for many users via a database query?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-interface-language-for-many-users-via-a-database-query/391635)

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**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 9:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-interface-language-for-many-users-via-a-database-query/391635 "2025-12-18T09:04:38Z")

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I’m wondering if someone could help me with a support request please. I need to update the preferences of all our users who currently have an interface language of English (US) and change them over to use English (UK) i…

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## [How do i turn of unpin/pin option for my forum users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-turn-of-unpin-pin-option-for-my-forum-users/321312)

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**Author:** [@hmmmnotsure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hmmmnotsure)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-turn-of-unpin-pin-option-for-my-forum-users/321312 "2024-08-12T21:29:05Z")

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i have started a small, new forums. i would like to turn off unpin/pin option for users. i want only admins to have access to that. is there a way to make it happen? thank you in advance.

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## [User Interface Preferences: include setting to disable AI nudges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-interface-preferences-include-setting-to-disable-ai-nudges/393818)

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**Author:** [@conartist6](https://meta.discourse.org/u/conartist6)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-interface-preferences-include-setting-to-disable-ai-nudges/393818 "2026-04-02T15:05:44Z")

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I would really appreciate if the Discourse user interface wasn’t trying to sell me AI. I’m not buying, now or ever. Could there be a preference that disables suggestions to summarize every single post with AI?

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## [How to Prohibit Users from Using Certain Words as Names?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prohibit-users-from-using-certain-words-as-names/324408)

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**Author:** [@nwnuyhs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nwnuyhs)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prohibit-users-from-using-certain-words-as-names/324408 "2024-09-01T19:43:48Z")

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I have noticed that some users are using prohibited words as their name. However, I couldn’t find an option in the backend to restrict user name. Can someone tell me how to do this?

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## [How to move the FAQ to a more prominent place?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-the-faq-to-a-more-prominent-place/352743)

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**Author:** [@Yt.w](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yt.w)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-the-faq-to-a-more-prominent-place/352743 "2025-02-17T18:28:04Z")

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## [Localisation bug for anonymous users with ?tl=\[lang\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localisation-bug-for-anonymous-users-with-tl-lang/400090)

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**Author:** [@MiikkaLaitila](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MiikkaLaitila)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 10:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localisation-bug-for-anonymous-users-with-tl-lang/400090 "2026-04-21T10:07:06Z")

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Hi, this is partly similar to an issue that was fixed last year. I think things worked fine after the fix in November, but was broken in January :thinking: Issue: We have all following fields enabled on our forum: S…

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## [403 error for /discourse-ai/credits/status?features%5B%5D=topic\_summaries when visiting topics while being logged out](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-error-for-discourse-ai-credits-status-features-5b-5d-topic-summaries-when-visiting-topics-while-being-logged-out/393261)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-error-for-discourse-ai-credits-status-features-5b-5d-topic-summaries-when-visiting-topics-while-being-logged-out/393261 "2026-01-12T23:05:27Z")

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I just wanted to mention that when I view topics on Meta while I’m not logged in, I see an error in the browser console each time. Is this intentional, or is there a check for currentUser or something like that missing s…

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## [Remove 'Categories' from top and side navigation?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-categories-from-top-and-side-navigation/317539)

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**Author:** [@CaptainJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CaptainJ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-categories-from-top-and-side-navigation/317539 "2024-08-08T15:30:06Z")

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‘Categories’ currently appears in three places and I’m really trying to simplify the navigation for my audience who generally aren’t that tech-savvy. I’d like the homepage to be categories boxes containing topics (so th…

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## [DB corrupted after Linode outage?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/db-corrupted-after-linode-outage/376350)

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**Author:** [@Dannii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dannii)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/db-corrupted-after-linode-outage/376350 "2025-07-29T18:36:53Z")

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I think my forum’s DB is now corrupted after the recent Linode outage, I’m seeing this in its postgres log: LOG: database system was interrupted; last known up at 2025-07-27 10:46:10 UTC LOG: invalid primary checkpoi…

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## [Group name should be case insensitive in /my route](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-name-should-be-case-insensitive-in-my-route/373995)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2025, 6:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-name-should-be-case-insensitive-in-my-route/373995 "2025-07-15T06:04:43Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Make "/my" work for all possible links to current user: I was really confused why this didn’t work for me, as this was what I tried first when I read that topic. After some testing I thi…

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## [Add introductory text on signup page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-introductory-text-on-signup-page/385858)

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**Author:** [@T\_Disco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/T_Disco)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-introductory-text-on-signup-page/385858 "2025-10-25T18:47:44Z")

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On the /signup page, how can I add a short introductory paragraph of text between the title and the form? (Ideally including some HTML (to make certain text elements bold) and links). Thanks.

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## [Gemini API Embedding Configuration Clarification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gemini-api-embedding-configuration-clarification/385719)

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**Author:** [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gemini-api-embedding-configuration-clarification/385719 "2025-10-16T03:05:40Z")

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@Falco 2 clarification regarding embeddings: What does Sequence length refer to in the embedding configuration? Is that related to the Input token limit as described here: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/embeddin…

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## [Search results hidden under topic list with Horizon theme on Firefox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-results-hidden-under-topic-list-with-horizon-theme-on-firefox/379293)

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**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-results-hidden-under-topic-list-with-horizon-theme-on-firefox/379293 "2025-10-01T18:10:33Z")

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Hi there, with the new Horizon theme the search results are hidden under the main topic list, using Firefox 128.13.0esr on Debian 13 Stable.

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## [Seeking dummy forum data for testing purposes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-dummy-forum-data-for-testing-purposes/360720)

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**Author:** [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-dummy-forum-data-for-testing-purposes/360720 "2025-04-07T12:19:42Z")

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I’m sure I’ve seen a post here where someone shared a way to populate a fresh installation with dummy content - users, posts, replies, maybe uploads, badges, etc - for testing. This is not for pre-seeding a new forum to…

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## [Why 2 pages for the logo images instead of 1?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-2-pages-for-the-logo-images-instead-of-1/357742)

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**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-2-pages-for-the-logo-images-instead-of-1/357742 "2025-03-18T14:26:01Z")

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I’m working on the images for my forum and I noticed that there are 2 pages for this, each with some unique settings and descriptions. For example in Branding there’s a place for X/Twitter, but in Site Logo, there isn’t. …

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