# Hot

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## [Enable Dev Tools Button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-dev-tools-button/350803)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-dev-tools-button/350803 "2026-01-03T03:56:01Z")

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:information\_source: Summary Adds a button to the site header to enable Dev Tools :eyeglasses: Preview https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/NateDhaliwal/enable-dev-tools-button :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repo…

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## [Why doesn’t a change to the category description display immediately?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-doesn-t-a-change-to-the-category-description-display-immediately/324379)

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**Author:** [@nwnuyhs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nwnuyhs)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-doesn-t-a-change-to-the-category-description-display-immediately/324379 "2024-09-02T02:41:05Z")

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I edit the about categoriey ，but the discription dosen’t display immediately.I must reboot VPS，and then the discription will display.

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## [Regularly rebuilding HTML](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regularly-rebuilding-html/324532)

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**Author:** [@j127](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j127)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regularly-rebuilding-html/324532 "2024-09-02T16:39:51Z")

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Is there a way to get Discourse to regularly re-cook HTML in posts? I’ve noticed that a lot of thumbnail previews become broken after a while. Many sites use hashes in image URLs, so when remote sites rebuild the sites …

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## [Handlebars template override all in the same html file?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handlebars-template-override-all-in-the-same-html-file/335359)

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**Author:** [@Pieces](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pieces)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handlebars-template-override-all-in-the-same-html-file/335359 "2024-11-09T18:10:32Z")

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Hello, I am following the Beginners Guide to Discourse themes guide (this one: Developing Discourse Themes & Theme Components) but I am getting stuck and have some questions about the Handlebars section. The guide stat…

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## [SSO integration no longer honoring admin permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-integration-no-longer-honoring-admin-permissions/314871)

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**Author:** [@JesseB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JesseB)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-integration-no-longer-honoring-admin-permissions/314871 "2024-07-03T21:25:53Z")

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Hello, I exclusively use the SSO integration on my Discourse platform. I noticed today that, when I sign in to my Admin account using SSO, I no longer see the Admin related menus, and the /admin endpoint does not work. …

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## [Mobile Keyboard covers interface, and does not allow the user to scroll](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-keyboard-covers-interface-and-does-not-allow-the-user-to-scroll/363505)

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**Author:** [@bitmage](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bitmage)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 8:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-keyboard-covers-interface-and-does-not-allow-the-user-to-scroll/363505 "2025-05-13T08:14:46Z")

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This is still quite broken, and impacting my users on signup, login, and when creating/editing posts. I have watched this happen on both phones and tablets. I think at least one of the tablets was an iOS device, but …

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## [Can we hide # My threads?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-hide-my-threads/288620)

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**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-hide-my-threads/288620 "2024-01-30T20:36:07Z")

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I have # My threads under chat channels on the sidebar. What is it for? For threaded chats I would guess. And if my guessing is right it raises next question :smirking\_face: how the heck can I get rid of it? On my fo…

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## [Limited Time Emoji Reactions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limited-time-emoji-reactions/337692)

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**Author:** [@Zomb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zomb)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 7:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limited-time-emoji-reactions/337692 "2024-11-22T07:54:53Z")

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I wondered what happens to the emojis on a post if you change out the emoji options. Would it remove those emojis, or would they still appear on the post – without the option for anyone else to add one? My idea is to ha…

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## [Trust Levels vs "Everyone"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-levels-vs-everyone/357560)

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**Author:** [@danabrig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danabrig)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-levels-vs-everyone/357560 "2025-03-26T09:54:25Z")

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I do apologize if this is something I should have found in search, but I’m not sure what I’m searching for :slight\_smile: My goal is to require “everyone” to have an account in order to view any content at all on my dis…

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## [Increased spam on forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increased-spam-on-forums/326929)

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**Author:** [@user46](https://meta.discourse.org/u/user46)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increased-spam-on-forums/326929 "2024-09-18T23:42:27Z")

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We’ve had an increase in spam as of late. We are currently using Akismet and watchword but are hoping you can provide us with some guidance on best practices to better filter and reduce the amount of spam.

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## [Dashes not removed from sidebar tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashes-not-removed-from-sidebar-tags/313193)

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**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashes-not-removed-from-sidebar-tags/313193 "2024-06-22T10:58:06Z")

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Thank you so much your Component. It installed successfully on my entire website, but there is one area where the display dash cannot be hidden, it is here. Can you check again? one more time thank you very much!

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## [/upcoming-events intermittent drop on 2GB vRAM server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upcoming-events-intermittent-drop-on-2gb-vram-server/399931)

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**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upcoming-events-intermittent-drop-on-2gb-vram-server/399931 "2026-04-15T20:29:17Z")

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Hello, I’m experiencing user-facing rate limiting on the Safari Progressive Web Application for Discourse in Production. I have caught a screen recording of this occurrence, followed by my exact Discourse versions’. …

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## [Hide category from latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-category-from-latest/347117)

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**Author:** [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-category-from-latest/347117 "2025-01-15T01:53:14Z")

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I would like to learn, if How to hide topics of multi categories and their all sub-categories from latest page is still not possible? Context: I would like to try to talk about machines / tools in one category, which sh…

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## [Setting to manually close AI Helper's popup modal](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-manually-close-ai-helpers-popup-modal/358300)

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**Author:** [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-manually-close-ai-helpers-popup-modal/358300 "2025-03-26T20:20:02Z")

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My users have noticed that the AI Helper’s popup box is a bit finicky when it comes to trying to select text within it. Sometimes they only want to select a portion of it (as opposed to using the copy button) yet it seem…

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## [Can I simply add directories to my Discourse install?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-simply-add-directories-to-my-discourse-install/302708)

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**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-simply-add-directories-to-my-discourse-install/302708 "2024-04-06T22:00:59Z")

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So, I was adding a local font to my site. In a theme’s CSS file, I put: @font-face { font-display: swap; /\* Check https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@font-face/font-display for other options. \*/ font-f…

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## [Docker not found](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-not-found/288799)

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**Author:** [@dooooove](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dooooove)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-not-found/288799 "2023-12-15T14:12:12Z")

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I prepared the rebuild app after installing the plugin, but strangely, it failed. Here is the code: (Sorry, this issue may be foolish, I am a complete beginner) ubuntu@VM-4-2-ubuntu:/var/discourse$ ./launcher rebuild ap…

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## [Don't see the sign up button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-see-the-sign-up-button/293745)

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**Author:** [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 8:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-see-the-sign-up-button/293745 "2024-02-04T08:14:04Z")

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Here we are, landing on a whole new site where we do not have an account. Well we see a login button. We see a friendly introductory message at the top of the screen and we read it all the way through it and we still…

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## [Help me find that banner message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-me-find-that-banner-message/363693)

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**Author:** [@pyc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pyc)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-me-find-that-banner-message/363693 "2025-04-28T06:11:55Z")

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By this time, I’m “chopping my hair off” :)) So I can’t find where that banner message is edited? I know I edited it once, made it to be in the form of banner, but I just cannot find it in settings right now. Thank you…

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## [Installed a theme, enabled it, but I cannot find where it can be changed to in user preferences?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-a-theme-enabled-it-but-i-cannot-find-where-it-can-be-changed-to-in-user-preferences/362641)

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**Author:** [@pyc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pyc)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-a-theme-enabled-it-but-i-cannot-find-where-it-can-be-changed-to-in-user-preferences/362641 "2025-04-19T20:45:59Z")

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Looking for it for about an hour now. I have two active themes but I don’t know how to switch between them. Maybe it’s some general setting that Users cannot change themes, but I can’t find that either.

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## [Customize Topic Details Page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-topic-details-page/315100)

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**Author:** [@Harshit\_Dave](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Harshit_Dave)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-topic-details-page/315100 "2024-07-10T03:42:55Z")

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Hello Discourse, How can I customize the topic details page using customized theme or theme component? Can anyone guide me how can I do customization in discourse? Thanks in advance!

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## [Discourse-translator and discourse-topic-tooltips plugin cloning error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-translator-and-discourse-topic-tooltips-plugin-cloning-error/314795)

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**Author:** [@Jaskaran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jaskaran)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-translator-and-discourse-topic-tooltips-plugin-cloning-error/314795 "2024-07-03T13:11:36Z")

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While clonning below two plugin git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-translator.git git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-topic-tooltips.git I am getting this error I, \[2024-07-03T11:57:19.3722…

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## [I cannot save Theme settings in theme creator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cannot-save-theme-settings-in-theme-creator/313121)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2024, 8:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cannot-save-theme-settings-in-theme-creator/313121 "2024-08-20T08:47:36Z")

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When I click the :white\_check\_mark: button an error appears: This are the errors in the console.

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## [Clickable Social Icon Links on Profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clickable-social-icon-links-on-profile/158136)

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**Author:** [@weallwegot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/weallwegot)\
**Replies:** 104\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clickable-social-icon-links-on-profile/158136 "2026-08-10T18:07:20Z")

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A Theme Component that includes social icons as clickable within User Profile & User Cards if you are using the User Cards Directory Theme Component It’s 99% copied from the discussion & code samples provided by @Leo…

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## [Help with Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-discourse-ai/352947)

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**Author:** [@hmmmnotsure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hmmmnotsure)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-discourse-ai/352947 "2025-02-19T14:06:50Z")

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I want to use Discourse AI. I have some questions regarding this. What data is being utilized by Discourse AI (and any LLM like OpenAI or Google LLM)? Does it include any sensitive data? Is any of this data being used …

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## [Reply Quotes No Longer Appearing Automatically](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-quotes-no-longer-appearing-automatically/358269)

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**Author:** [@NoseBuzz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NoseBuzz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-quotes-no-longer-appearing-automatically/358269 "2025-03-21T04:40:48Z")

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Hi, I’ve noticed that when replying to a specific post, Discourse no longer automatically includes a quote of that post above my reply. Previously, the original post would appear as a quoted section in the reply, but no…

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## [Meta tag cleanup: delete unused ones, delete misspelled ones, add icons and move to correct tag groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-tag-cleanup-delete-unused-ones-delete-misspelled-ones-add-icons-and-move-to-correct-tag-groups/364105)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 9:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-tag-cleanup-delete-unused-ones-delete-misspelled-ones-add-icons-and-move-to-correct-tag-groups/364105 "2026-04-23T09:28:24Z")

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Can some tags be deleted, if the last time it was used was 2 years ago? For example, size-s, size-m, (not even used) size-l, and (also never used) size-xl. Then, there are some tags which are misspelled. An example is #…

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## [How are \`system\_messages.welcome\_user.\*\` values used?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-system-messages-welcome-user-values-used/295659)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-system-messages-welcome-user-values-used/295659 "2024-03-06T17:23:44Z")

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I thought the system\_messages.welcome\_user.\* fields formed an email, but I signed up with my personal account and never received this welcome. (I’ve checked spam.) Is this vestigial? If not, where should I be looking?

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## [Can't rename custom data explorer queries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-rename-custom-data-explorer-queries/369563)

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**Author:** [@T\_Disco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/T_Disco)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2025, 6:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-rename-custom-data-explorer-queries/369563 "2025-06-11T06:12:34Z")

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On the /admin/plugins/explorer page, I click on a custom query, click on the pencil icon, the editable name and description fields are briefly displayed and the page then refreshes so am unable to edit those fields. Log…

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## [Another domain doesn't work, and installation ended](https://meta.discourse.org/t/another-domain-doesnt-work-and-installation-ended/329451)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/another-domain-doesnt-work-and-installation-ended/329451 "2024-10-06T10:30:39Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Installation ended, what do I do now?: So I’ve tried again with ndforum.mooo.com. @David\_Ghost crt.sh says no certs found, yet I have added my IP as the value of an A record. I have tried…

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## [Community Flagged Topic - Not specific time showing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-flagged-topic-not-specific-time-showing/288766)

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**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-flagged-topic-not-specific-time-showing/288766 "2023-12-15T05:59:14Z")

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“This topic is temporarily closed for at least 4 hours due to a large number of community flags.” I feel as though there is a better way to word this. Also, not every topic closed by community flags is for 4 hours. T…

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