# Hot

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## [Need to target topics & author for CSS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-target-topics-author-for-css/33027)

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**Author:** [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-target-topics-author-for-css/33027 "2015-09-08T20:29:53Z")

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We have a need to target individual topics by CSS to highlight authors in specific ways for individual threads. The ultimate goal here is to make specific authors more visible in topics with many replies - but only in t…

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## [Can't view users as admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-view-users-as-admin/33032)

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**Author:** [@mKoeppelmann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mKoeppelmann)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-view-users-as-admin/33032 "2015-09-08T22:04:34Z")

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If I click on a user from: Gnosis Kripto Cuzdan - Kripto cüzdanları I always get an: " Error while trying to load Something went wrong." Even when I click on my own user or the system user. I used the digital ocean…

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## [Some keyboard shortcuts for anon users result in error pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-keyboard-shortcuts-for-anon-users-result-in-error-pages/33042)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-keyboard-shortcuts-for-anon-users-result-in-error-pages/33042 "2015-09-09T17:46:03Z")

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Recreating steps: Just open https://meta.discourse.org in “incognito” web-browser session. And press “G” then “N” from your keyboard. (goes to /new). Result: Checked here, and at sandbox site (http://try.discourse…

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## [Sending a Message fails with 500 error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-a-message-fails-with-500-error/33047)

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**Author:** [@mc0e](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mc0e)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-a-message-fails-with-500-error/33047 "2015-09-09T15:30:57Z")

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When trying to send a message to a particular user (or at least not all users) I’m seeing a 500 error. In the production log I see: production.log: Started POST "/posts" for 168.1.6.43 at 2015-09-09 07:35:10 +0000 Proc…

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## [Content of Digests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-of-digests/33052)

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**Author:** [@Mischief](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mischief)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-of-digests/33052 "2018-11-07T12:25:51Z")

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We are reliant on the email digests to bring people back to our small forum. Digests however are going out without any mention of new posts in existing topics (which may only be one post). It is clear that people are mis…

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## [Using Discourse as you do for the Blog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-you-do-for-the-blog/33054)

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**Author:** [@tojulius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tojulius)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-you-do-for-the-blog/33054 "2015-09-09T14:47:51Z")

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Hi guys, I tried to find the best category to post this, I could not find one for pre-purchase/install questions. I hope I am not mis-posting (please point me in the right direction if so). I would like to use Discours…

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## [Onebox GitHub line highlight](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-github-line-highlight/33055)

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**Author:** [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-github-line-highlight/33055 "2016-04-07T21:43:07Z")

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The line is not being highlighted fully.

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## [Disable email summary and reply by email for private categories only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-email-summary-and-reply-by-email-for-private-categories-only/33056)

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**Author:** [@karussell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/karussell)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2018, 8:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-email-summary-and-reply-by-email-for-private-categories-only/33056 "2018-11-06T08:11:19Z")

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We would like to discuss company internal topics in private categories in our discourse setup, and due to https it would securely work IF we completely disable email stuff. But as we develop and discuss open source soft…

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## [PAID: enforced user preferences by group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-enforced-user-preferences-by-group/33068)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-enforced-user-preferences-by-group/33068 "2015-09-10T20:46:25Z")

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We’re looking for a developer to write up a scheduled task that runs daily to enforce the following user preferences, based on group. Ideally this would be contributed as an admin-customizable plugin to the community so …

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## [\<kbd\> doesn't render nicely when used in a list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/kbd-doesnt-render-nicely-when-used-in-a-list/33071)

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**Author:** [@swisspol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swisspol)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/kbd-doesnt-render-nicely-when-used-in-a-list/33071 "2015-09-09T15:50:26Z")

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For instance - \<kbd\>hello\</kbd\> - \<kbd\>world\</kbd\> The bubbles are touching each other:

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## [VULTR-Chicago is the best VPS location / SoftLayer is the best CDN?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vultr-chicago-is-the-best-vps-location-softlayer-is-the-best-cdn/33072)

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**Author:** [@bdl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bdl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vultr-chicago-is-the-best-vps-location-softlayer-is-the-best-cdn/33072 "2015-09-09T22:03:04Z")

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I’ve used three VPS providers primarily and they are, by far, the three largest in the U.S.: Amazon EC2, Digitalocean, and VULTR. They are all on what I consider top networks with dozens of backbone peers and the best th…

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## [Show user selection in poll results?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-user-selection-in-poll-results/33078)

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**Author:** [@David\_Moffett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Moffett)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-user-selection-in-poll-results/33078 "2016-04-18T06:15:38Z")

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Hey guys, I spent some time doing some searching and couldn’t find an answer to the following question: With the poll plugin is there any way to enable the display of which users have selected which options? Specificall…

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## [The Likes column stays visible after visiting a category with "order=op\_likes" in the URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-likes-column-stays-visible-after-visiting-a-category-with-order-op-likes-in-the-url/33080)

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**Author:** [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-likes-column-stays-visible-after-visiting-a-category-with-order-op-likes-in-the-url/33080 "2015-09-11T04:21:40Z")

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I guess this is a low priority bug… Steps to reproduce: Visit the sorted bug list by entering https://meta.discourse.org/category/bug?order=op\_likes&status=open in the browser’s address bar Click on the Discourse logo…

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## [Slideshare can't be oneboxed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slideshare-cant-be-oneboxed/33083)

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**Author:** [@Jong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jong)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slideshare-cant-be-oneboxed/33083 "2015-09-10T07:55:20Z")

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When I attache a url, I got a error on console. How can I fix this? What’s the problem? Thanks for helping. \[Error\] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (onebox, line 0) http:…

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## [PAID: Add Tags notification settings on user preferences](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-add-tags-notification-settings-on-user-preferences/33088)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-add-tags-notification-settings-on-user-preferences/33088 "2015-09-10T05:02:18Z")

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This. We’re willing to pay to make it happen sooner rather than later. PM me if interested. Continuing the discussion from Add Tags notification settings on user preferences:

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## [Discourse.PRO plugins are GPL now](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-pro-plugins-are-gpl-now/33093)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-pro-plugins-are-gpl-now/33093 "2015-09-23T00:44:28Z")

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As we agreed with Jeff Atwood all the Discourse.PRO plugins are GPL now. Jeff said I can trust that the Discourse Meta community will not share my software without paying for it, so I will try to trust. Please note tha…

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## [Latest discourse-akismet breaks Discourse stable (1.3.x)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-discourse-akismet-breaks-discourse-stable-1-3-x/33100)

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**Author:** [@pjv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pjv)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-discourse-akismet-breaks-discourse-stable-1-3-x/33100 "2015-09-10T17:17:47Z")

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Help; I just upgraded my forum from 1.3.4 to 1.3.5 and it seems to have killed it. I’m using the docker install. I tried going to /var/discourse and doing git pull and ./launcher rebuild app and it’s the same. I can se…

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## [PAID: fix Facebook sharing so featured image formatted correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-fix-facebook-sharing-so-featured-image-formatted-correctly/33104)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-fix-facebook-sharing-so-featured-image-formatted-correctly/33104 "2015-09-10T20:43:01Z")

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This. PM me if interested. https://meta.discourse.org/t/difficulties-with-facebook-sharing-and-opengraph-tags-wrong-images-excerpt-contains-image-text/22744/45?u=tobiaseigen

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## [How to format the contact\_url on /about](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-format-the-contact-url-on-about/33108)

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**Author:** [@johnmuhl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/johnmuhl)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-format-the-contact-url-on-about/33108 "2015-09-11T02:09:29Z")

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Here on meta the about page has (note how the email address is plain text): Contact Us In the event of a critical issue or urgent matter affecting this site, please contact us at team@discourse.org. I’d like to hav…

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## [Sharing / inviting to a category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-inviting-to-a-category/33109)

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**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-inviting-to-a-category/33109 "2015-09-11T23:17:05Z")

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Tried to find a topic on this, but didn’t see anything easily. While there are share and invite buttons for topics, what if I want to invite users to create topics in a category? This could be particularly helpful for ne…

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## [Can't see who liked things on meta today](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-see-who-liked-things-on-meta-today/33110)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-see-who-liked-things-on-meta-today/33110 "2015-09-11T06:09:28Z")

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I tried a few posts in a few topics just now, and clicking the word “like” to see who liked a post doesn’t function today. https://meta.discourse.org/post\_actions/users?id=141167&post\_action\_type\_id=2&\_=1441944276740 Fa…

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## [Sync User Record with Username Case Changes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sync-user-record-with-username-case-changes/33114)

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**Author:** [@FrankG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FrankG)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sync-user-record-with-username-case-changes/33114 "2021-10-07T16:12:30Z")

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Hello, I’m having trouble getting SSO records to sync properly when the user changes only the case of their username. If the target user is named Sam, and a sync record comes in changing the username to SaM (using Sam’s…

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## [Can't edit a specific wiki topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-edit-a-specific-wiki-topic/33121)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-edit-a-specific-wiki-topic/33121 "2015-09-11T19:08:43Z")

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For some reason when I try to edit the wikified “Support for Piwik Analytics”, I get stopped by the “Sorry, an error occurred” when I hit save. Are others encountering this? Curious to hear from other trust levels.

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## [When focus returns to search box, auto highlight all text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-focus-returns-to-search-box-auto-highlight-all-text/33125)

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**Author:** [@wesochuck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wesochuck)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2016, 6:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-focus-returns-to-search-box-auto-highlight-all-text/33125 "2016-07-08T06:18:31Z")

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If you perform a search and then click on the search icon or use the keyboard shortcut, the cursor will be placed at the end of the previous search term. To search for a new term, you must highlight the existing text vi…

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## [How to make my forum view wider?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-my-forum-view-wider/33126)

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**Author:** [@hashOK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hashOK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-my-forum-view-wider/33126 "2015-09-12T04:49:17Z")

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Excuse me if this has been discussed before.I haven’t been able to find any similar topic. The present view of my forum is I want the view to be browser full view no extra spaces on the left and right.Is it possibl…

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## [Email addresses duplicated in inbound processing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-addresses-duplicated-in-inbound-processing/33127)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-addresses-duplicated-in-inbound-processing/33127 "2015-09-11T15:14:09Z")

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I’m seeing this a lot: emails which are in posts which get posted via inbound email get duplicated. it looks like: user@domain.comuser@domain.com the one in brackets is clickable, the first isn’t. Can we get just t…

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## [Isn't it weird that you can't build docker image without Redis and Postgres connection?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/isnt-it-weird-that-you-cant-build-docker-image-without-redis-and-postgres-connection/33129)

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**Author:** [@pachkovsky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pachkovsky)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/isnt-it-weird-that-you-cant-build-docker-image-without-redis-and-postgres-connection/33129 "2015-09-11T22:10:43Z")

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I’ve been building my own Docker image and encountered the problem that I have to have connection to Redis and Postgres to compile assets otherwise compilation fails. This happens because of Emoji cache stored in Redis …

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## [Creating Active Users via the API gem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-active-users-via-the-api-gem/33133)

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**Author:** [@jmatsuba](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmatsuba)\
**Replies:** 39\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-active-users-via-the-api-gem/33133 "2020-08-05T13:57:50Z")

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I have the API gem up and running and I am trying to create a active user on our discourse site via the api. I am creating accounts using information that I have already verified, so a email confirmation is no required. …

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## [Oneboxing Discourse links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-discourse-links/33136)

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**Author:** [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-discourse-links/33136 "2015-09-11T21:41:28Z")

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We’ve recently lost the ability to onebox links to other threads and posts within our installation. I can see this working on meta, so am assuming this isn’t a regression. Are there any gotchas/known issues that can lea…

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## [Can't dismiss post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-dismiss-post/33137)

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**Author:** [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 10:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-dismiss-post/33137 "2015-09-17T10:35:30Z")

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Posts aren’t abandoned from the abandon post prompt. Clicking cancel in the draft successfully abandons it though. Reproduced here on meta.

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