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## [500 error on post/edit \[Procourse Static Pages\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-on-post-edit-procourse-static-pages/289957)

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**Author:** [@dylanb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanb)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-on-post-edit-procourse-static-pages/289957 "2023-12-28T18:08:22Z")

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Had an issue updating, built a new instance, restored backup to new instance. Everything seems to be working except for posting. Whenever I post or edit a post, I am getting a 500 error in the client, with this in the l…

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## [Lessons learned from Stacker.news](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lessons-learned-from-stacker-news/309434)

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**Author:** [@lisandro\_iaffar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisandro_iaffar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lessons-learned-from-stacker-news/309434 "2024-05-26T17:46:43Z")

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I would like to share with the community some things I learned from Stacker.news lately, which I think that have a place on Discourse. It all boils down to their economic scheme, regarding how they reward users and how …

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## [Broken mobile styling of Header Categories Navbar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-mobile-styling-of-header-categories-navbar/290036)

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**Author:** [@BeefofAges](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BeefofAges)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-mobile-styling-of-header-categories-navbar/290036 "2023-12-29T18:48:10Z")

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It appears that something (perhaps a change in the core?) has broken this component’s UX in mobile. Specifically, when in the mobile breakpoint and a users clicks the chat icon to open the chat modal, the router sends t…

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## [API is not returning post Name value](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-is-not-returning-post-name-value/360327)

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**Author:** [@Jeremy\_D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeremy_D)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-is-not-returning-post-name-value/360327 "2025-04-04T02:15:59Z")

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I’m trying to fetch post details via the api, but it appears the response has null on the name field for all posts I query. Example trimmed response: { "id": 15, "name": null, "username": "Jeremy", "ava…

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## [Pining topics hides the original author](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pining-topics-hides-the-original-author/335367)

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**Author:** [@elopio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elopio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pining-topics-hides-the-original-author/335367 "2024-11-09T18:47:45Z")

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These days I’m actively curating the topics on our discourse to help with discoverability, so I’m marking the main content written by my team as pinned globally. When I do that, my head appears on all the topics in the f…

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## [Rake uploads:migrate\_to\_s3 runs forever](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rake-uploads-migrate-to-s3-runs-forever/147245)

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**Author:** [@pnoeric](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pnoeric)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rake-uploads-migrate-to-s3-runs-forever/147245 "2020-04-20T09:33:26Z")

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When I run that command, I get: Migrating uploads to S3 for 'default'... Uploading files to S3... - Listing local files =\> 23 files - Listing S3 files . =\> 94 files - Syncing files to S3 ....................... Upda…

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## [Math formula in post not display after save](https://meta.discourse.org/t/math-formula-in-post-not-display-after-save/360312)

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**Author:** [@dryitdry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dryitdry)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/math-formula-in-post-not-display-after-save/360312 "2025-04-03T22:50:42Z")

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I am running discourse(3.4.1) in the cosmos cloud When editing the post the preview can show the formula properly. But after I saved the post it shows text only. Actually sometimes it shows the formula briefly and reve…

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## [Exporting all Forum Posts for Manual Upload into External LLMs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exporting-all-forum-posts-for-manual-upload-into-external-llms/348975)

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**Author:** [@denvergeeks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/denvergeeks)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exporting-all-forum-posts-for-manual-upload-into-external-llms/348975 "2025-01-27T23:33:56Z")

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I need to prepare an export or backup which I can then manually upload into a Perplexity.ai Workspace. I want to include all of the posts on the whole site. The allowed filetypes are: .json .md .txt .pdf .csv .xlsx …

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## [AppEvents Triggers Reference](https://meta.discourse.org/t/appevents-triggers-reference/338465)

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**Author:** [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/appevents-triggers-reference/338465 "2024-11-26T10:20:08Z")

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AppEvents The AppEvent system in Discourse provides a pub/sub mechanism for handling UI updates and component interactions - and these events are triggered via calls of AppEvent.trigger. This topic consolidates a list…

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## [Where is the 'post unread' circle on mobile?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-is-the-post-unread-circle-on-mobile/292374)

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**Author:** [@Zeemah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zeemah)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-is-the-post-unread-circle-on-mobile/292374 "2024-02-07T23:32:47Z")

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Hi! Really weird anomaly I’ve noticed, probably because I’m the only person who actually uses the ‘unread circle’ on post, as I find it helpful to know that it’s been registered as ‘read’ and I can move on in the topic. …

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## [Differences between the two AI summaries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/differences-between-the-two-ai-summaries/309142)

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**Author:** [@Truest](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Truest)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 10:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/differences-between-the-two-ai-summaries/309142 "2024-05-23T10:19:44Z")

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https://ibb.co/4YbTDHM https://ibb.co/HXmszVc is the ‘AI summary button’ in the last comment. activates the ‘AI Summary button’ right above the bottom comment in the topic. \*And the names of the two summary…

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## [Oauth2 Basic doesn't support avatars that just have id](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oauth2-basic-doesnt-support-avatars-that-just-have-id/348870)

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**Author:** [@AEW745](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AEW745)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oauth2-basic-doesnt-support-avatars-that-just-have-id/348870 "2025-01-24T19:45:21Z")

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I need help with modifying Oauth2 basic to support avatars that just have an id and not url in the JSON object. For example discord only provides the discord avatar id and not a full url. Therefore, I would like to modif…

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## [Discourse Hub on iOS bug when clicking on a thread in chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hub-on-ios-bug-when-clicking-on-a-thread-in-chat/309020)

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**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hub-on-ios-bug-when-clicking-on-a-thread-in-chat/309020 "2024-05-22T22:05:41Z")

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The mobile app for iOS has a bug where clicking on a thread in chat produces an error page. If you click “Try Again” it will work fine. If you click “Go Back”, then chat is broken. Anytime you click on a chat channel…

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## [SSO and Auth0](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-and-auth0/325340)

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**Author:** [@Claire\_C](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Claire_C)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-and-auth0/325340 "2024-09-20T17:16:09Z")

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Hi all! Our team is looking to move our community to Discourse and I was wondering if anyone could tell me about integrating Auth0 with Discourse? I’m currently data gathering, so was there help from Discourse for integ…

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## [Structure of themes and theme components](https://meta.discourse.org/t/structure-of-themes-and-theme-components/60848)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/structure-of-themes-and-theme-components/60848 "2017-04-12T15:41:30Z")

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Discourse supports native themes that can be sourced from a .tar.gz archive or from a remote git repository including private repositories. An example theme is at: GitHub - discourse/discourse-simple-theme: Sam's sim…

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## [Show extra invasive warning when replying to an old topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-extra-invasive-warning-when-replying-to-an-old-topic/140565)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-extra-invasive-warning-when-replying-to-an-old-topic/140565 "2020-02-04T15:46:26Z")

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We’ve been discussing auto-closing older topics in our community, but for now the consensus is that it’s better to leave them open than to force people to create new topics on the same subject. Having said that, it might…

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## [How to adjust gamification points without retroactively updating point values for old score-able actions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-adjust-gamification-points-without-retroactively-updating-point-values-for-old-score-able-actions/308447)

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**Author:** [@colin.mckibben](https://meta.discourse.org/u/colin.mckibben)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-adjust-gamification-points-without-retroactively-updating-point-values-for-old-score-able-actions/308447 "2024-05-17T15:36:09Z")

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Problem statement If you use the Discourse Gamification Plugin to award users points for contributing to your community, you may have come across a need to adjust point values based on emerging trends. In the SailPoint…

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## [Add localizable strings to themes and theme components](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-localizable-strings-to-themes-and-theme-components/109867)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-localizable-strings-to-themes-and-theme-components/109867 "2024-08-09T19:58:55Z")

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For those looking to add custom languages and translations to a Discourse theme or theme component, they can now include localised strings, which are made available for use in UI components. Translations are stored in th…

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## [Prefilled composer link generator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prefilled-composer-link-generator/326460)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2026, 4:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prefilled-composer-link-generator/326460 "2026-03-26T04:49:43Z")

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:information\_source: Summary Adds a button at the bottom of the editor that generates a link to a prefilled composer based on the current content :eyeglasses: Preview Theme Creator :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repo…

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## [Posting without signup?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-without-signup/299644)

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**Author:** [@bolt100](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bolt100)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-without-signup/299644 "2024-03-16T23:58:53Z")

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Can we create forums that allow users to post without any signup/login?

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## [Faster disk space calculation for upload heavy instances](https://meta.discourse.org/t/faster-disk-space-calculation-for-upload-heavy-instances/318997)

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**Author:** [@Overgrow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overgrow)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2024, 10:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/faster-disk-space-calculation-for-upload-heavy-instances/318997 "2024-08-10T10:05:49Z")

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The ‘du’ command, which is used to retrieve disk space used by uploads, was causing performance issues for my admin dashboard. Yes, we have a LOT of image uploads. Rather than disabling it altogether (we have grafana/pro…

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## [Discourse Category Lockdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-category-lockdown/70649)

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**Author:** [@jumagura](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jumagura)\
**Replies:** 115\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-category-lockdown/70649 "2026-06-17T16:47:52Z")

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This plugin allows you to restrict access to topic pages in a category. Topic titles will still show up in topic lists, search, user activity & digest emails. This is a great way to advertise the activity in a “members-o…

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## [Compact Navigation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compact-navigation/172034)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compact-navigation/172034 "2020-12-02T19:19:29Z")

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:discourse2: Summary Compact Navigation allows you to display the “Mobile” navigation pills drop-down layout on desktop. :eyeglasses: Preview Preview on Discourse Theme Creator :hammer\_and\_wrench: Reposi…

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## [Show cached posts when loading instead of splash](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-cached-posts-when-loading-instead-of-splash/299765)

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**Author:** [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-cached-posts-when-loading-instead-of-splash/299765 "2024-03-18T02:57:43Z")

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I would show a few cached pinned posts during loading by default; much more interesting than watching those balls. Certainly most sites have a few pinned posts lying around.

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## [What is going on when the site is loading?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-going-on-when-the-site-is-loading/299500)

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**Author:** [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-going-on-when-the-site-is-loading/299500 "2024-03-15T10:31:20Z")

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Try this experiment. After a couple weeks of not using this site, suddenly decide you want to have a look. While watching those dots, the user is curious, what in the world is going on? Other sites are in a hurry to …

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## [Post Created / Edited Trigger for Send PMs Automation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-created-edited-trigger-for-send-pms-automation/308749)

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**Author:** [@Master](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Master)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-created-edited-trigger-for-send-pms-automation/308749 "2024-05-21T18:01:03Z")

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I want a private message to be sent, as long as the user types a keyword in a specific category. That is, I have the category “contests” and if the user writes a keyword that he left in the topic, for example “win5”, th…

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## [Profile website hyperlink not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/profile-website-hyperlink-not-working/292346)

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**Author:** [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2024, 5:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/profile-website-hyperlink-not-working/292346 "2024-01-21T05:24:55Z")

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Here we see a hyperlink to the user’s website. It even has a globe logo next to it. However no matter how many times we pound on it nothing happens. Perhaps have a message saying, “You don’t have enough karma to make th…

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## [National Flags (fork)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/national-flags-fork/384423)

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**Author:** [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/national-flags-fork/384423 "2026-08-17T12:28:07Z")

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:information\_source: This is a fork of National Flags (which no longer seems to be maintained) and is mainly an updated version to make it work with the latest glimmer/ember/discourse demands. It’s therefor almost funct…

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## [Dark overlay covers the entire site page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dark-overlay-covers-the-entire-site-page/291409)

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**Author:** [@digitaldominica](https://meta.discourse.org/u/digitaldominica)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dark-overlay-covers-the-entire-site-page/291409 "2024-01-09T03:33:51Z")

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Hi when I use my mobile phone and click in the search field a dark overlay comes over the entire site page and i’m unable to navigate the site as there is no way to close it unless i hard reload the webpage. Is there any…

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## [Discourse FontAwesome Pro](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-fontawesome-pro/150871)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-fontawesome-pro/150871 "2026-04-14T12:10:34Z")

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:discourse2: Summary Discourse FontAwesome Pro allows the use of Font Awesome Pro icons in Discourse with a FontAwesome license by using your account’s NPM package token. :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository Link …

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