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## [What is RateLimiter::LimitExceeded for incoming email?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-ratelimiter-limitexceeded-for-incoming-email/39737)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-ratelimiter-limitexceeded-for-incoming-email/39737 "2016-04-06T16:18:11Z")

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Today I got an item in my “Rejected” emails log with the error: RateLimiter::LimitExceeded However, there’s no description about why this occurred. Can anyone shed some light? It’s the only such instance of the error…

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## [Include rejected email error messages in logs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-rejected-email-error-messages-in-logs/39739)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-rejected-email-error-messages-in-logs/39739 "2016-03-07T17:41:16Z")

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Discourse now has some great email logs for rejections, and includes the “offending” message, but it doesn’t confirm that the user got an email notification of that failure. Would it be a good idea to somehow include th…

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## [Editing a topic with an invalid title will still push it to the top](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-topic-with-an-invalid-title-will-still-push-it-to-the-top/39742)

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**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-topic-with-an-invalid-title-will-still-push-it-to-the-top/39742 "2016-04-26T18:27:38Z")

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Case: Create a topic with a valid title Wait til other topics appear (by other users, whatever) Go edit the title to something invalid, you’ll get an error that’s it’s not accepted Press the X to cancel the edit The to…

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## [Margins on background admin pages bit off](https://meta.discourse.org/t/margins-on-background-admin-pages-bit-off/39743)

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**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/margins-on-background-admin-pages-bit-off/39743 "2016-02-17T16:59:50Z")

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Not a bug per se, but because of a background picture I use I noticed the whitespace of some tables isn’t far enough to the right. Watch the background picture bleed in behind the word topics.

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## [Update welcome message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-welcome-message/39744)

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**Author:** [@kebdarge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kebdarge)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-welcome-message/39744 "2016-02-17T16:58:34Z")

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I have an old welcome message on my forum. Is there a way to copy/paste the ‘text-only’ version of the meta.discourse welcome message for use on my own forum?

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## [Double number of clicks notification badge](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-number-of-clicks-notification-badge/39745)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-number-of-clicks-notification-badge/39745 "2016-02-18T17:42:51Z")

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What does it mean when a link has two “number of clicks” badges, such as in this post? They both have the same tooltip (“N clicks”) and link to the same post.

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## [Like notifications in private messages should be green not blue 😄](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-notifications-in-private-messages-should-be-green-not-blue-smile/39751)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-notifications-in-private-messages-should-be-green-not-blue-smile/39751 "2016-03-22T03:42:21Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Like notifications in private messages: It seems to me that if someone :heart: my message, the notification should be a message notification, not a topic notification. So it should be gree…

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## [CategoryTitleLinkComponent is undefined](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categorytitlelinkcomponent-is-undefined/39757)

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**Author:** [@stevenpslade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stevenpslade)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categorytitlelinkcomponent-is-undefined/39757 "2016-02-17T23:02:07Z")

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I just upgraded my Discourse from 1.4 to the current tests-passed. An error that I am having trouble with after the upgrade is: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'reopen' of undefined in regards to Discourse.Cat…

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## [Blocking email addresses using profanity filter?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocking-email-addresses-using-profanity-filter/39759)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocking-email-addresses-using-profanity-filter/39759 "2019-09-24T14:40:47Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Inappropriate / Obscenity / Profanity Language Filter: So the profanity filter works well … not that we see it used often. But is there a way to add regex/patterns so it could block peopl…

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## [Specifying language of fenced code blocks using info string](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specifying-language-of-fenced-code-blocks-using-info-string/39760)

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**Author:** [@FichteFoll](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FichteFoll)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specifying-language-of-fenced-code-blocks-using-info-string/39760 "2016-02-18T00:42:22Z")

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From Github I am used to specifying the language of the code block in the “info string” (name from commonmark spec), but it seems that Discourse does not do this. At least not this and the other Discoruse instance I am u…

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## [Getting through Akismet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-through-akismet/39765)

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**Author:** [@BuildASnowman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BuildASnowman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-through-akismet/39765 "2016-02-18T13:20:04Z")

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Users on our forum (Hopscotch forum) have recently found a way to bypass the profanity filter by putting invisible by putting an invalid html tag between two parts of the word. For example, the word gmail is by default …

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## [Stop making it so easy for suspended users to create puppet accounts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-making-it-so-easy-for-suspended-users-to-create-puppet-accounts/39780)

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**Author:** [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-making-it-so-easy-for-suspended-users-to-create-puppet-accounts/39780 "2016-02-22T07:29:22Z")

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I don’t know if many sites have a problem with multiple accounts. Nor do I know if this would be desirable to do or an easy fix It seems to me having “create new account” on a suspended users login modal is kind of “as…

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## [Pastebin onebox escapes page width](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pastebin-onebox-escapes-page-width/39782)

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**Author:** [@calmh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/calmh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 11:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pastebin-onebox-escapes-page-width/39782 "2016-02-22T11:02:12Z")

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Makes the viewport annoying on mobile. Seen here: Can't install Discourse with only 10 GB disk, run out of space

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## [When inputting emoji by typing \`:)\` and choosing “more...”, the result includes the parenthesis](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-inputting-emoji-by-typing-and-choosing-more-the-result-includes-the-parenthesis/39785)

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**Author:** [@jooize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jooize)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 9:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-inputting-emoji-by-typing-and-choosing-more-the-result-includes-the-parenthesis/39785 "2016-03-01T09:09:54Z")

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Procedure Type colon parenthesis (:)). Choose “more…”. Pick an emoji. Observe broken emoji. :)smiley:

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## [Will changing time-zone of the server have side effects?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/will-changing-time-zone-of-the-server-have-side-effects/39786)

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**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 11:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/will-changing-time-zone-of-the-server-have-side-effects/39786 "2016-03-01T11:44:55Z")

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I just realised my Digital Ocean VPS is using an American time-zone, EEST or something that is quite impractical for me. Will there be side effects if I change the server time-zone to UTC or local?

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## ["Suspect users" not behaving as expected?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspect-users-not-behaving-as-expected/39791)

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**Author:** [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspect-users-not-behaving-as-expected/39791 "2016-02-18T17:38:39Z")

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So we’re currently running another competition, giving away keys for a game beta, and though that it would be a great idea to make our community the focal point. Abuse is expected, in the past it has been pretty easy to …

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## [Email sending failed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-sending-failed/39801)

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**Author:** [@javenfang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/javenfang)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-sending-failed/39801 "2016-04-29T15:47:55Z")

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For installing discourse with official guideline and env, with many days I encountered email failure. Latest version upgraded, and failure logs now is shown. The commit - FIX: don’t create an EmailLog when we can’t sen…

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## [Preformatted text should show what I pasted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preformatted-text-should-show-what-i-pasted/39806)

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**Author:** [@tito](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tito)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preformatted-text-should-show-what-i-pasted/39806 "2017-06-26T19:53:14Z")

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this is original text https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9303546/SublimeText/bugs/SpacesToTabs.py this is what this forums shows: import re, sublime, sublime\_plugin class SpaceToTabsListener(sublime\_plugin.EventListe…

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## [How to set global font size in Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-global-font-size-in-discourse/39807)

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**Author:** [@SMT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SMT)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-global-font-size-in-discourse/39807 "2021-11-14T05:00:18Z")

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I changed the font of my forum to proxima nova. But now the default font size is very small. If I change by this way - body { font-size: 16px; } The font size gets increased automatically for example - topic title …

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## [Webhook for Discourse events](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-for-discourse-events/39808)

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**Author:** [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-for-discourse-events/39808 "2016-10-22T11:48:35Z")

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I’m writing up the specs for this in order to facilitate GSoC 2016 application Specs A single page at “/admin/webhook” for admins to manage their webhooks Admins will need to provide a Payload URL which the webhook ser…

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## [Clicking on the post links is broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-the-post-links-is-broken/39814)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-the-post-links-is-broken/39814 "2016-02-18T18:28:46Z")

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I’ve just noticed that if I click on the link icon of a post, or on its date, the popup menu no longer appears, and there an error in the console: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘site’ of undefined

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## [Queries for inactive and active users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/queries-for-inactive-and-active-users/39819)

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**Author:** [@will\_io](https://meta.discourse.org/u/will_io)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/queries-for-inactive-and-active-users/39819 "2018-12-28T06:51:34Z")

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I intend to do some house cleaning on my discourse install. I want to identify two similar types of users: Inactive users without posts (pre-Discourse signups) Active users without posts and excessive read times (lurk…

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## [Username must end with a letter or number or an underscore](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-must-end-with-a-letter-or-number-or-an-underscore/39823)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-must-end-with-a-letter-or-number-or-an-underscore/39823 "2016-02-18T22:19:25Z")

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So, the issue is simple. When I try to save user preferences with nickname vitalino4ka\_ an error is thrown: Username must end with a letter or number or an underscore The username doesn’t look wrong, does it?

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## [iPhone Notifications via Pushover.net](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iphone-notifications-via-pushover-net/39827)

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**Author:** [@leejoramo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leejoramo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iphone-notifications-via-pushover-net/39827 "2019-06-13T02:57:35Z")

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I am want to received notifications on my iPhone of activity on my Discourse forum. I have used pushover.net to create notifications for other services that I run. Pushover has a very simple API to trigger notifications…

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## [Install Docker with AUFS on Linode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-docker-with-aufs-on-linode/39831)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-docker-with-aufs-on-linode/39831 "2017-02-13T05:17:31Z")

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The 30-minute Discourse installation guide assumes you’ll be using Digital Ocean and makes no mention of an important requirement for Docker: If you use another hosting provider, you should really make sure that a Linu…

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## [Pending members are emailed about posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pending-members-are-emailed-about-posts/39832)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pending-members-are-emailed-about-posts/39832 "2016-06-16T17:10:32Z")

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As of v1.5.0.beta10 +105 users who have applied for an account, but are still pending review are getting emailed about user posts. The users show as Approved? No Active? No but still have ‘user posted’ emails in the…

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## [Update quotes and mentions when username is changed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-quotes-and-mentions-when-username-is-changed/39836)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-quotes-and-mentions-when-username-is-changed/39836 "2021-02-19T03:02:39Z")

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A user recently asked me whether he could change his username on our 2 month old site. He had been lurking for a while and then recently started posting. When I tried to update it through the admin UI, the big scary wa…

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## [min\_age / max\_age filter not working correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/min-age-max-age-filter-not-working-correctly/39841)

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**Author:** [@Rene](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rene)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2016, 10:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/min-age-max-age-filter-not-working-correctly/39841 "2016-03-15T10:03:55Z")

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Hey there, in our forum ( http://discuss.gradle.org ) we’d like to filter for all topics with no replies older than a day or two. It seems that min\_age:1 is not respected when configured in a query. sample query: Am …

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## [Custom CSS updates - NICE!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-updates-nice/39847)

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**Author:** [@ccdw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ccdw)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 12:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-updates-nice/39847 "2016-02-19T12:06:27Z")

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Not sure what you guys have done with core, but I love the fact that I can now update custom CSS on a live site without the live site temporary reverting to the default CSS - and in turn needing the user to refresh befor…

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## [Benefits of Discourse - have I missed anything?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/benefits-of-discourse-have-i-missed-anything/39849)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/benefits-of-discourse-have-i-missed-anything/39849 "2017-03-21T14:56:15Z")

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I’ve jotted down some thoughts on the benefits of running a Discourse forum - can anyone think of anything I have missed?

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