# Hot

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## [Can "Latest" posts be removed from Categories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-latest-posts-be-removed-from-categories/23050)

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**Author:** [@strager](https://meta.discourse.org/u/strager)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-latest-posts-be-removed-from-categories/23050 "2021-10-24T18:47:25Z")

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Is there an easy easy to remove the “Latest” section from the Categories page? Since we heavily use sub-boards, we prefer a simple list with just the Category names here with the Latest listed under the sub-boards.

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## [Removing the break tag between Category Images and Category Name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-the-break-tag-between-category-images-and-category-name/23051)

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**Author:** [@strager](https://meta.discourse.org/u/strager)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-the-break-tag-between-category-images-and-category-name/23051 "2014-12-15T14:40:18Z")

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This looks like something that needs to be done in code, but I figured I’d post here and see if anyone has a solution we aren’t considering. We have a Category page with images assigned to them. We would like to remove …

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## [Personal message to admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-message-to-admin/23052)

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**Author:** [@gingerman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerman)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-message-to-admin/23052 "2015-02-28T20:04:04Z")

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@sam @eviltrout @codinghorror Really need your help here I have a private discourse instance where the private message option is disabled to avoid bullying / trolling among students College needs an urgent requirement …

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## [Support for auto generating English language url in non-English topics in topic titles like t/how-to-update-to-discourse-1-0](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-auto-generating-english-language-url-in-non-english-topics-in-topic-titles-like-t-how-to-update-to-discourse-1-0/23088)

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**Author:** [@Denis\_Didkovsky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denis_Didkovsky)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-auto-generating-english-language-url-in-non-english-topics-in-topic-titles-like-t-how-to-update-to-discourse-1-0/23088 "2014-12-12T19:00:22Z")

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For non-English forums support for auto generating English language url like t/how-to-update-to-discourse-1-0 isneeded via plugin or core func.

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## [Can't run the launcher to install Discourse on CentOS 7](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-run-the-launcher-to-install-discourse-on-centos-7/23095)

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**Author:** [@IceCubeCat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IceCubeCat)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2017, 12:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-run-the-launcher-to-install-discourse-on-centos-7/23095 "2017-08-23T12:31:30Z")

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I followed this guide. (I’m on CentOS 7.): http://www.howtoinstalldiscourse.com/how-to-install-discourse-on-centos/ When I try and run the command /var/docker/launcher start app I get this error: which: no docker.io …

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## ["Shadow" link for moved topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shadow-link-for-moved-topics/23121)

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**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shadow-link-for-moved-topics/23121 "2015-01-15T21:52:54Z")

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Hi, on my other non-Discourse forum there is an option to leave a “shadow” link in the first category when moving a thread to a different category. This is useful to prevent situations where the user goes back to the cat…

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## [Can i install this to server via ftp manager, just like wordpress?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-install-this-to-server-via-ftp-manager-just-like-wordpress/23133)

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**Author:** [@Jarppi01](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jarppi01)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-install-this-to-server-via-ftp-manager-just-like-wordpress/23133 "2014-12-15T02:24:55Z")

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pls help im noob at websites :frowning:

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## [Discourse and Vultr? Where to start on new instance for multi?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-vultr-where-to-start-on-new-instance-for-multi/23134)

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**Author:** [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-vultr-where-to-start-on-new-instance-for-multi/23134 "2016-03-04T22:37:36Z")

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Hey there! I have been ‘shopping’ for different forum solutions that have nothing to do with PHP and really innovate the entire ‘thing’ of forums. I’ve checked out NodeBB but it is lacking in community-related aspects …

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## [New Posts - Pending Approval](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-posts-pending-approval/23139)

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**Author:** [@gingerman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 5:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-posts-pending-approval/23139 "2014-12-15T05:13:12Z")

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There is a need in our college instance to approve the posts / moderate from students Is this feature already present ? I could see the below conversations but I am not able to find in the application. Any idea when it…

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## [Poll: Who needs "create only" category type](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-who-needs-create-only-category-type/23140)

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**Author:** [@gingerman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-who-needs-create-only-category-type/23140 "2014-12-17T04:38:39Z")

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Yes I need. No. I dont need. If you think about it, it solves lot many usecases like to contact list of moderators / admins without private message helpdesk for customers in SAAS / any organization talk to your CEO /…

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## [Play store onebox issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/play-store-onebox-issue/23146)

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**Author:** [@ForgotPants](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ForgotPants)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2014, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/play-store-onebox-issue/23146 "2014-12-30T07:16:20Z")

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Oneboxing links from the Play store generally end with a ‘0’ for some reason, This seems to be happening on Meta as well. Also, is there a way to set a maximum character limit for oneboxing from third party sites?

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## [Text of forwarded emails don't show up in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-of-forwarded-emails-dont-show-up-in-posts/23155)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2019, 8:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-of-forwarded-emails-dont-show-up-in-posts/23155 "2019-11-09T08:34:33Z")

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We’re using discourse as a mailing list, and it appears that forwarded emails do not show up in the posts. If you look at the source of the email you can see there is alot of content that is not included. Ive tried a few…

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## [Storing how often users share posts & topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/storing-how-often-users-share-posts-topics/23160)

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**Author:** [@nikdavis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nikdavis)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/storing-how-often-users-share-posts-topics/23160 "2014-12-17T01:47:19Z")

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I think it would be valuable to store how often posts are shared, as well as how often users share overall. It would also be interesting to see through what medium they shared (e.g. twitter, etc). So far as I could tell …

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## [Discourse as a front end for existing ASF mailing lists](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-a-front-end-for-existing-asf-mailing-lists/23167)

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**Author:** [@NicholasChammas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NicholasChammas)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 8:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-a-front-end-for-existing-asf-mailing-lists/23167 "2017-10-25T08:28:27Z")

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I am interested in introducing Discourse as an alternative interface to the existing user list for the Apache Spark project. Apache Spark, like many other ASF projects, has a few associated mailing lists that are managed…

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## [Unable to access meta topics on android](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-access-meta-topics-on-android/23178)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2014, 5:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-access-meta-topics-on-android/23178 "2014-12-18T05:30:09Z")

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For the last few days I’ve been unable to access topics on meta using my android 4.2.2 device. Standard chrome browser. I can visit the home page and browse categories, but once I click through to a topic I just get a wh…

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## [Cannot make text bold in the middle of a word with asterisks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-make-text-bold-in-the-middle-of-a-word-with-asterisks/23183)

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**Author:** [@JazzyJosh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JazzyJosh)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-make-text-bold-in-the-middle-of-a-word-with-asterisks/23183 "2014-12-17T02:40:33Z")

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That’s Numberwang

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## [Beta phase of French cloud provider: free discourse (2GB, 4@1.3GHz)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beta-phase-of-french-cloud-provider-free-discourse-2gb-4-1-3ghz/23188)

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**Author:** [@rriemann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rriemann)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beta-phase-of-french-cloud-provider-free-discourse-2gb-4-1-3ghz/23188 "2015-09-07T18:26:45Z")

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I asked on Twitter online\_net to participate in their beta phase and got a discourse instance running (very performant) without paying so far (or even giving them credit card details). Thanks to http://online.net Stat…

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## [New convert to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-convert-to-discourse/23204)

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**Author:** [@Jeremy\_Kossen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeremy_Kossen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-convert-to-discourse/23204 "2014-12-17T03:28:44Z")

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Just wanted to give props to @codinghorror for taking discussion from 1999 to 2014! Great work!!! We’re using Discourse to build out our consumer-facing community for http://divorcebuddy.co (trello meets rocket lawyer fo…

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## [Context mismatch - private messages vs topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/context-mismatch-private-messages-vs-topic/23215)

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**Author:** [@swader](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swader)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/context-mismatch-private-messages-vs-topic/23215 "2014-12-24T18:51:06Z")

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This one is plain confusing. Someone posted a question on our forums: I am getting a 500 Internal Server Error after I restored my public html folder - PHP - SitePoint Forums | Web Development & Design Community I aske…

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## [Allow TL4 users to see raw email source](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-tl4-users-to-see-raw-email-source/23223)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-tl4-users-to-see-raw-email-source/23223 "2015-05-11T17:50:59Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Forwarded emails and email-in topic creation: Would it be possible to also allow TL4 trusted users to access the raw email source? I miss this on a regular basis. On our system we are us…

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## [Logging upgrades as a Staff Action](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logging-upgrades-as-a-staff-action/23229)

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**Author:** [@strager](https://meta.discourse.org/u/strager)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logging-upgrades-as-a-staff-action/23229 "2018-01-04T02:44:26Z")

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Would it be possible to update the staff action logs so that they indicate when (and by what Admin) an upgrade (either to discourse or a plugin) is made through /admin/upgrade? I noticed when updating that there is no in…

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## [Improve performance on Digital Ocean](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-performance-on-digital-ocean/23294)

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**Author:** [@doctorwho](https://meta.discourse.org/u/doctorwho)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-performance-on-digital-ocean/23294 "2014-12-20T22:32:35Z")

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Hi, I’m using the digital ocean plan for 4GB Memory 2 Core Processor 60GB SSD Disk 4TB Transfer It’s for my Discourse production made for local authorities to exchange about land use managment. I found it quite slow…

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## [I would like a site setting that allows TL0 to PM staff](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-site-setting-that-allows-tl0-to-pm-staff/23296)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 89\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-site-setting-that-allows-tl0-to-pm-staff/23296 "2015-01-04T21:47:38Z")

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So I’ve been struggling with posting this for the past 3 days and finally decided it still bothers me and thus I want to know if I’m alone or not on this. I don’t mind that TL 0 can’t PM other members, but what does bot…

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## [Launcher fails with cannot connect to the docker daemon on Azure](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-fails-with-cannot-connect-to-the-docker-daemon-on-azure/23300)

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**Author:** [@bill\_delaney\_wi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bill_delaney_wi)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-fails-with-cannot-connect-to-the-docker-daemon-on-azure/23300 "2016-04-10T15:20:58Z")

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New to Discourse. Had a VM from Bitnami almost completely running and then found out about your new Docker recommendation. I’ve now got a new VM running, and the docker installation is running and tested. But I installed…

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## [Getting Discourse installed on OVH VPS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-discourse-installed-on-ovh-vps/23308)

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**Author:** [@pl3bs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pl3bs)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-discourse-installed-on-ovh-vps/23308 "2015-01-13T23:57:46Z")

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I’ve been trying to get Discourse properly installed for the last few days. Finally caving in on figuring it out on my own (with the help of google). Started off with ServerMania. Server host kernel was 2.6x, would not i…

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## [Variable width using the Youtube Onebox, which is currently fixed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/variable-width-using-the-youtube-onebox-which-is-currently-fixed/23319)

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**Author:** [@Moter8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moter8)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/variable-width-using-the-youtube-onebox-which-is-currently-fixed/23319 "2017-12-20T20:31:05Z")

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Continuing the discussion from How to embed youtube (and other) videos?: Would be great to be able to set it per video or automatically-wide as the post. I could not find another Plugin that lets me do this. Example po…

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## [Getting https on my hosted forum trial](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-https-on-my-hosted-forum-trial/23322)

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**Author:** [@christianjohnsen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/christianjohnsen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-https-on-my-hosted-forum-trial/23322 "2014-12-22T00:44:20Z")

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Hey guys! I hope someone can help me. I want to add https to my forum, but can’t really figure out how to do it? I can see on buy.discourse.org that it can be added for an extra $20 /month. The forum is hosted at Disc…

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## [Milestones / Status as subcategories added for features and bugs categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/milestones-status-as-subcategories-added-for-features-and-bugs-categories/23328)

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**Author:** [@gingerman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/milestones-status-as-subcategories-added-for-features-and-bugs-categories/23328 "2014-12-22T16:55:54Z")

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As a newbie joining the discourse community, it is extremely difficult to understand the status of features and bugs reported. If the topic is closed, may be we can assume it is implemented. Why can’t we add sub-categor…

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## [Rename text in the UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rename-text-in-the-ui/23330)

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**Author:** [@sjana4ever](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sjana4ever)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 8:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rename-text-in-the-ui/23330 "2014-12-22T08:47:05Z")

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i want to rename ‘all categories’ to ‘all forum’ and ‘categories’ to ’ forum’ in the nav menu . any idea ? thanks

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## [Working RSS feeds for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/working-rss-feeds-for-discourse/23345)

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**Author:** [@Avram](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Avram)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/working-rss-feeds-for-discourse/23345 "2014-12-22T20:33:56Z")

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I really needed an RSS feed for my Discourse instance because it is not so active but when someone is posting I wanna know and I often forget to check it. Then I remembered I already used Yahoo! Pipes to create RSS feed…

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