# Hot

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## [\[Dynamic notifications\] Discourse suddenly stopped to show mentions in Dynamic notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dynamic-notifications-discourse-suddenly-stopped-to-show-mentions-in-dynamic-notifications/35577)

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**Author:** [@tradem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tradem)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dynamic-notifications-discourse-suddenly-stopped-to-show-mentions-in-dynamic-notifications/35577 "2015-12-15T23:28:43Z")

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Hi all, we are using discourse as our internal discussion platform for our civil rights citzen’s initiative since late 2013. Suddly all user report that dynamic notifications are not longer shown with the expection of …

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## [Wordpress Integration - mini forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-integration-mini-forums/35581)

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**Author:** [@carlhendy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlhendy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-integration-mini-forums/35581 "2015-11-15T23:04:00Z")

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Hi Team, New here and was recommend the software from an ex Google engineer. I have two questions. Is there a way to ensure URLs do not have a folder attached to end of URL? Currently URLs look like https://meta.dis…

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## [Topics by muted users should not appear in Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-by-muted-users-should-not-appear-in-latest/35584)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-by-muted-users-should-not-appear-in-latest/35584 "2015-11-16T05:32:05Z")

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Muted topics and categories will not appear in Latest, but topics started by muted users still show up in Latest. In the Discourse forum I’m using, we have a “Lounge” category where off-topic stuff can be posted. The com…

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## [With a server with 30GB of RAM How many users can I handle simultaneously](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-a-server-with-30gb-of-ram-how-many-users-can-i-handle-simultaneously/35585)

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**Author:** [@Aymane\_Shuichi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aymane_Shuichi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-a-server-with-30gb-of-ram-how-many-users-can-i-handle-simultaneously/35585 "2015-11-15T21:26:15Z")

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Hi, What is the average RAM consumed by a regular process ?

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## [Self Link previews not showing for private sites?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-link-previews-not-showing-for-private-sites/35591)

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**Author:** [@Joey\_Tuan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joey_Tuan)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-link-previews-not-showing-for-private-sites/35591 "2016-11-03T21:54:04Z")

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My link preview is just showing the URL and no link preview. Note: my website is a private instance. Any suggestions to get this working?

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## [Uploads:migrate\_to\_s3 crashes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-migrate-to-s3-crashes/35638)

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**Author:** [@uppfinnarn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uppfinnarn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 10:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-migrate-to-s3-crashes/35638 "2015-11-16T10:44:20Z")

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So, I’m trying to migrate a Discourse installation to use S3 storage, in preparation for a server move. Sounds easy enough, except the rake task meant to do it crashes. root@Jena-web:/var/www/discourse# rake uploads:mig…

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## [S3 buckets containing periods not allowed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-buckets-containing-periods-not-allowed/35645)

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**Author:** [@uppfinnarn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uppfinnarn)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-buckets-containing-periods-not-allowed/35645 "2022-02-07T08:26:56Z")

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So, with the introduction of the s3\_cdn\_url setting, you can set a custom URL to be used instead of the long S3 URL. Unfortunately, s3\_upload\_bucket doesn’t allow periods in the name… which means that if I, as per Amazo…

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## [Would be great to have labels next to topic titles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-be-great-to-have-labels-next-to-topic-titles/35646)

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**Author:** [@Aymane\_Shuichi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aymane_Shuichi)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-be-great-to-have-labels-next-to-topic-titles/35646 "2015-11-16T23:09:25Z")

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Not talking about tags I’m talking about something like Spoiler , theory etc .. that could help a user decide investing in reading the title or not. Thanks

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## [A transparent 16x16 favicon.ico file is always returned, regardless of site logos](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-transparent-16x16-favicon-ico-file-is-always-returned-regardless-of-site-logos/35648)

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**Author:** [@dictoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dictoon)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-transparent-16x16-favicon-ico-file-is-always-returned-regardless-of-site-logos/35648 "2015-11-18T23:00:48Z")

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Hi, The favicon doesn’t show up in my browser (Chrome 46.0.2490.80 m) on this forum when I’m logged in: https://forum.appleseedhq.net/ It does show up if I log out, then disappears when I log in again. Any idea?

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## [Vanilla2 Import - no avatars, no pdf attachments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vanilla2-import-no-avatars-no-pdf-attachments/35650)

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**Author:** [@buzzdev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/buzzdev)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vanilla2-import-no-avatars-no-pdf-attachments/35650 "2017-02-09T03:29:32Z")

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Hello Discourse, i’ve imported my existing Vanilla2 forum using the Vanilla2export.php and RAILS\_ENV=production ruby script/import\_scripts/vanilla.rb /shared/export.csv However user avatars and attachments were not …

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## [Does ./launcher rebuild keep all settings & posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-launcher-rebuild-keep-all-settings-posts/35654)

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**Author:** [@dylandamsma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylandamsma)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-launcher-rebuild-keep-all-settings-posts/35654 "2015-11-16T16:38:53Z")

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Hi there, I’ve just upgraded the DO server on which my Discourse forum is hosted from a 1GB instance to a 2GB instance. Then I changed the the app.yml file to use 3 unicorn\_workers instead of 2. (Anything else I should…

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## ["Your topic is similar to..." popup goes under the logo header!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-topic-is-similar-to-popup-goes-under-the-logo-header/35658)

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**Author:** [@kirupa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kirupa)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-topic-is-similar-to-popup-goes-under-the-logo-header/35658 "2015-12-28T02:07:33Z")

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See screenshot: Unless this is a “by design” issue, one fix might be to set the z-order value to something much lower than a 1000 on the .d-header style rule. Cheers, Kirupa

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## [Minor bug on loading /latest, aesthetic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-bug-on-loading-latest-aesthetic/35661)

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**Author:** [@Yuun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yuun)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-bug-on-loading-latest-aesthetic/35661 "2015-11-17T00:28:41Z")

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Category listing jerks to the right after load, as seen here: I don’t generally see this on the first load, but subsequent reloads of /latest will do the trick. I had trouble seeing this on Meta for a while (until lit…

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## [Published article stays in editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/published-article-stays-in-editor/35667)

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**Author:** [@john\_mardlin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/john_mardlin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/published-article-stays-in-editor/35667 "2015-11-19T17:47:32Z")

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I’ve noticed this here as well as our instance. To reproduce: Create a new topic (T1) Go to another page Create another new topic (T2) On step 3, the editor is still populated with the topic from step 1, but there is…

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## [Loading spinner spinning on a blank page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/loading-spinner-spinning-on-a-blank-page/35668)

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**Author:** [@abba](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abba)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/loading-spinner-spinning-on-a-blank-page/35668 "2015-11-17T23:19:29Z")

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Hi Guys I’m from China and found Discourse awesome. A huge thank to the community. Just a quick one,when I click on a topic there’s always a loading spinner spinning on a blank page prior to the content of the topic be…

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## [Mention group, do not do anything](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mention-group-do-not-do-anything/35669)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mention-group-do-not-do-anything/35669 "2015-12-03T13:32:44Z")

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Hello guru team. I’ve just updated to v1.5.0.beta4 +105 I’ve got some groups, and before update I call (or mention) the @group and it mentions all the members. Now, I mention the @group but nothing happens. Even no re…

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## [Moderator "wrench" partially covered by site header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-wrench-partially-covered-by-site-header/35672)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-wrench-partially-covered-by-site-header/35672 "2015-11-17T12:25:06Z")

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Not sure if this is a Discourse bug, or a site theme issue, but I have seen it discussed before (https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-admin-wrench-is-covered-by-customized-header-bar/16721). On a Discourse I moderate the …

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## [Accessibility concerns re email, Lynx, JAWS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-concerns-re-email-lynx-jaws/35675)

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**Author:** [@MikeBattaglia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MikeBattaglia)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-concerns-re-email-lynx-jaws/35675 "2017-01-17T19:07:03Z")

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I’m considering migrating a large forum of around 2000 people from FB to Discourse. Some of my users are visually impaired. What is the recommended way for visually impaired people to use Discourse? I understand Lynx i…

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## [A plea to allow all caps topics and subject bodies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-plea-to-allow-all-caps-topics-and-subject-bodies/35676)

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**Author:** [@featheredtoast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/featheredtoast)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-plea-to-allow-all-caps-topics-and-subject-bodies/35676 "2015-11-17T23:10:35Z")

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Hey Discourse gang, Firstly let me say that I love discourse. I really do. I pulled my community of 30 members over to discourse, imported the old PHPBB forums, reskinned the site, and found different plugins and enable…

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## [When inserting colon and pressing enter, a smiley is inserted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-inserting-colon-and-pressing-enter-a-smiley-is-inserted/35684)

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**Author:** [@mik01aj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mik01aj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 9:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-inserting-colon-and-pressing-enter-a-smiley-is-inserted/35684 "2015-11-17T09:53:04Z")

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I find this behaviour surprising in a bad way. If I didn’t focus any similey in the popup, I want enter to insert a newline as usual, so I can just type without interruptions. EDIT: I see this doesn’t happen when the ch…

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## [Custom Emoji does not use Amazon S3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-emoji-does-not-use-amazon-s3/35690)

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**Author:** [@uppfinnarn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uppfinnarn)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2016, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-emoji-does-not-use-amazon-s3/35690 "2016-03-16T09:44:54Z")

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Even if the setting to push uploads to S3 is enabled, custom emoji will upload locally to the server.

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## [New option: auto-select language by HTTP header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-option-auto-select-language-by-http-header/35697)

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**Author:** [@fbender](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbender)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-option-auto-select-language-by-http-header/35697 "2020-04-04T23:08:04Z")

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I’m running a private, international forum for a club where most content is German and some is mixed. Users can choose their preferred language in their user settings, but this is non-obvious for visitors (and doubly so …

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## [Docker installation vulnerable to CVE-2015-8126?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-installation-vulnerable-to-cve-2015-8126/35706)

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**Author:** [@matt\_mcneil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/matt_mcneil)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 10:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-installation-vulnerable-to-cve-2015-8126/35706 "2015-11-18T10:01:49Z")

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I’ve been reading about an apparently somewhat serious vulnerability in libpng which was reported on Nov. 12. Can anyone confirm whether the standard Docker-based installation of Discourse is vulnerable? If so, what is t…

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## [Best set up for multilingual forums?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-set-up-for-multilingual-forums/35708)

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**Author:** [@AltanticGold](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AltanticGold)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-set-up-for-multilingual-forums/35708 "2018-11-30T05:42:33Z")

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I’m trialling a English language forum - and if successful, I’d like to roll that out to more languages. My company has some 30+ domains (eg mysite.com, mysite.fr, mysite.es etc etc) each of which are localised to that c…

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## [Sub Categories are listed in Parent Category dropdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sub-categories-are-listed-in-parent-category-dropdown/35709)

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**Author:** [@blake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blake)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 10:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sub-categories-are-listed-in-parent-category-dropdown/35709 "2015-11-18T10:25:06Z")

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When you go to create a new category inside of the Parent Category dropdown it is including the Sub Categories. Sub Categories shouldn’t be in this list because you can’t have a Sub Category be a Parent Category. Good ne…

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## [User avatar still appearing after topic split](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-avatar-still-appearing-after-topic-split/35710)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-avatar-still-appearing-after-topic-split/35710 "2015-11-18T02:40:03Z")

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Did a quick search, not seeing anything similar here. After splitting some posts off of a thread, one of the users whose posts were moved is still appearing (the avatar) on the topic list (in latest and category view). …

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## [Earning Editor Badge twice](https://meta.discourse.org/t/earning-editor-badge-twice/35715)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2016, 7:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/earning-editor-badge-twice/35715 "2016-02-03T07:05:31Z")

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So I just completed my second edit on the Discourse Meta. I seemed to have received the editor badge (notification) twice… However, reviewing the Badge list (https://meta.discourse.org/badges/10/editor) I only see m…

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## [Basic Product Documentation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/basic-product-documentation/35719)

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**Author:** [@Rob\_Waters](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Waters)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/basic-product-documentation/35719 "2019-11-08T13:12:17Z")

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Hi, I’m new to Discourse and I’m just looking for basic documentation about features. Searching these forums so far hasn’t yielded the kind of information I’m looking for. I particularly want to know about what badges, g…

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## [CLI command to migrate a single category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cli-command-to-migrate-a-single-category/35728)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cli-command-to-migrate-a-single-category/35728 "2016-02-02T22:14:08Z")

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We need to build a general purpose tool for moving a category from one Discourse instance to another. This has come up on one of our customers and is also useful for a variety of use cases: Use cases for category impor…

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## [Feature request: searchable emojis](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-searchable-emojis/35730)

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**Author:** [@orangepeel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/orangepeel)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-searchable-emojis/35730 "2015-11-18T11:08:49Z")

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One beautiful feature in Slack is the ability to type the name of an emoji rather than flip through page after page scanning each row of icons. That would be wonderful on Discourse too!

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