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## [Import GitHub image as profile image when authenticating with GitHub](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-github-image-as-profile-image-when-authenticating-with-github/49132)

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**Author:** [@ossia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ossia)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-github-image-as-profile-image-when-authenticating-with-github/49132 "2017-08-23T14:25:14Z")

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User story: As a new user, when I authenticate with GitHub, my profile image should automatically become whatever my GitHub profile image is. According to @codinghorror this is not currently on the roadmap. I am not 100…

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## [Lock username to GitHub username when authenticating using GitHub](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-username-to-github-username-when-authenticating-using-github/49133)

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**Author:** [@ossia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ossia)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-username-to-github-username-when-authenticating-using-github/49133 "2016-08-30T20:53:41Z")

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User story: As a new user, when I authenticate with GitHub, my username is automatically set to whatever my GitHub username is, and I cannot change it unless I change my username on GitHub. The reason this would be help…

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## [Unable to customize invalid email domain message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-customize-invalid-email-domain-message/49134)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 11:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-customize-invalid-email-domain-message/49134 "2016-08-24T11:59:26Z")

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Attempting to customize the text of invalid email domain message. I’ve tried changing every other text block on both the login page and popup, and everything else works. Not sure if this is a bug, or somehow possibly r…

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## [Sorting topics in tag intersection pages are not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorting-topics-in-tag-intersection-pages-are-not-working/49141)

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**Author:** [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorting-topics-in-tag-intersection-pages-are-not-working/49141 "2020-01-23T23:18:51Z")

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Also I can see weird urls like /tags/intersection/pr-welcome/undefined?order=views

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## [Overrule translations for certain words only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overrule-translations-for-certain-words-only/49143)

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**Author:** [@kgish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgish)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overrule-translations-for-certain-words-only/49143 "2016-08-26T14:29:34Z")

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I would like to use different translations for certain words only. Rather than having to edit the default yaml file, is it possible to provide another list which overrules only those words that I include in this list?

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## [Oddly high RAM usage with Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oddly-high-ram-usage-with-discourse/49147)

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**Author:** [@Cosmopath](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cosmopath)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oddly-high-ram-usage-with-discourse/49147 "2016-08-24T16:00:09Z")

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Hi, I’m running a virtual private server with Discourse installed through Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Right now there’s no traffic (there’s probably two or three people on the site right now for beta testing) and the RAM usage for…

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## [Install on machine with existing Nginx and SSL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-on-machine-with-existing-nginx-and-ssl/49153)

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**Author:** [@helmi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helmi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-on-machine-with-existing-nginx-and-ssl/49153 "2016-08-24T17:40:00Z")

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Hey there, I have an existing machine with nginx and SSL running (also for the domain that is supposed to use discourse later). I found quite some hints about how to proxy to discourse through nginx but none of the app…

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## [PRs and granularity](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prs-and-granularity/49162)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prs-and-granularity/49162 "2016-09-07T02:08:46Z")

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Say, hypothetically, after several days of ugly hacking, I’ve made a bunch of elegant changes to mbox.rb . Things like BUG: make topic post be the first message in thread rather than the last FEATURE: replace email add…

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## [How to reliably identify a troll with suspected multiple user accounts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reliably-identify-a-troll-with-suspected-multiple-user-accounts/49163)

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**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reliably-identify-a-troll-with-suspected-multiple-user-accounts/49163 "2016-08-30T03:15:44Z")

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Surprise, surprise, our community has a troll. Our troll is using a mobile connection, instead of a land line, and thus his IP-address is ever changing, constrained only by the operators IP pool. We have already suspend…

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## [Access-Control-Allow-Origin is there, but isn't working!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-control-allow-origin-is-there-but-isnt-working/49164)

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**Author:** [@Olivier\_Lambert](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Olivier_Lambert)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-control-allow-origin-is-there-but-isnt-working/49164 "2016-08-24T22:20:58Z")

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Hey, I’ve submited my post too soon. Here’s the full post Hey guys! I’m working on a discourse project where I have a discourse install alongside a wordpress install. So I’ve got “forum.latranchee.com” and “www.latra…

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## [What drives the "trending posts" list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-drives-the-trending-posts-list/49166)

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**Author:** [@kitchengirlkate](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kitchengirlkate)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-drives-the-trending-posts-list/49166 "2016-08-24T20:51:20Z")

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Question on the “Trending Topics” list – the same posts have appeared in the list since our initial implementation of Discourse. There doesn’t appear, to the naked eye anyway, to be any correlation with the number of vi…

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## [Better Documentation of tabs in Admin \> Customize \> CSS/HTML?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-documentation-of-tabs-in-admin-customize-css-html/49171)

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**Author:** [@mackk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mackk)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-documentation-of-tabs-in-admin-customize-css-html/49171 "2016-08-26T07:29:38Z")

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Hi all – I’m curious if someone can clarify for me the tabs in Admin \> Customize \> CSS/HTML? Here’s a screen shot of them: So there’s: CSS Header Top Footer \< /head\> \< /body\> Embedded CSS Can someone clarify for…

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## [What version of Postgres should I be using on 1.6+](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-version-of-postgres-should-i-be-using-on-1-6/49177)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-version-of-postgres-should-i-be-using-on-1-6/49177 "2016-08-25T02:39:44Z")

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There was a major docker upgrade about 1-2 months ago, and I think it upgraded to postgres 9.5? I just did a ./launcher rebuild app today and saw that postgres 9.3 is in use… :/var/discourse# ./launcher rebuild app Ens…

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## [Discourse stopped working after installing Plesk](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-stopped-working-after-installing-plesk/49180)

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**Author:** [@IbnAdam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IbnAdam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2019, 10:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-stopped-working-after-installing-plesk/49180 "2019-02-27T10:53:05Z")

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Hello I created a new droplet on DigitalOcean using available Discourse one-click app, and then installed Plesk Onyx on it. Now I am unable to access discourse, neither using IP nor using domain name. I am trying to fo…

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## [Where is the background task list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-is-the-background-task-list/49190)

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**Author:** [@Chopper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chopper)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 10:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-is-the-background-task-list/49190 "2016-08-25T10:02:37Z")

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I remember few months ago going on a dashboard that show me the task pending, done, in queue etc. Very usefull when you import phpbb forum. I can’ t remember the link, can someone let me know how can i access it again (…

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## [Period switcher dropdown too thin for top topics list in mobile view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/period-switcher-dropdown-too-thin-for-top-topics-list-in-mobile-view/49193)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/period-switcher-dropdown-too-thin-for-top-topics-list-in-mobile-view/49193 "2016-08-26T16:56:10Z")

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This dropdown box needs some improvement: It is a period switcher control found found on the “top” topics list. We should make it take full screen width.

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## [Custom section - Call to ember-template-compiler.map](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-section-call-to-ember-template-compiler-map/49195)

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**Author:** [@Overgrow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overgrow)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-section-call-to-ember-template-compiler-map/49195 "2016-08-25T15:33:01Z")

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Hello, I have added few custom routes and wonder why some bug in my code have introduced this error. When loading this custom section following is shown (javascript tries to GET this file)… ActionController::RoutingErr…

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## [Confirmation before resending all the pending invites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirmation-before-resending-all-the-pending-invites/49202)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirmation-before-resending-all-the-pending-invites/49202 "2017-05-11T12:38:57Z")

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I just resend all the waiting invitations accidentally! I pushed the button instead of pushing the send an invitation button. :frowning: is it possible to confirm some of the admin actions like this one, before executi…

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## [Topic metadata alignment problem in the topics list on home page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-metadata-alignment-problem-in-the-topics-list-on-home-page/49204)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 8:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-metadata-alignment-problem-in-the-topics-list-on-home-page/49204 "2016-08-29T08:52:44Z")

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For some reason, not all topic metadata is aligned to the right, please see an example below:

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## [Read-Only mode doesn't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-mode-doesnt-work/49205)

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**Author:** [@dorianamouroux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dorianamouroux)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-mode-doesnt-work/49205 "2016-08-25T15:33:14Z")

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Hi, I’m using discourse, and I want to back-up my data and reupload it onto another server with Discourse. The Read-Only mode would be perfect for it, I can do it with no down-time. The feature doesn’t work though, wh…

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## [Trouble upgrading PostgreSQL from 9.3 to current](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-upgrading-postgresql-from-9-3-to-current/49207)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-upgrading-postgresql-from-9-3-to-current/49207 "2016-08-29T00:52:27Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Discourse Docker Image version 1.3.3, released: So, I have been using postgres 9.3 since the new docker image came out.. and just replacing templates/postgres.9.3.template.yml with templa…

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## [Help with the email prefix](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-the-email-prefix/49208)

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**Author:** [@alankeny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alankeny)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-the-email-prefix/49208 "2017-03-22T08:50:46Z")

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The description of the variable email prefix says: The \[label\] used in the subject of emails. It will default to ‘title’ if not set. We’ve found that setting email prefix replaces the variable site title throughout the…

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## [Backup Restore Error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-restore-error/49209)

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**Author:** [@ivanrlio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ivanrlio)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-restore-error/49209 "2022-09-20T16:14:09Z")

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Hi there, I’m trying to backup our staging site with data from our production site. The log after the numerous CREATE INDEX is as follows: Enabling readonly mode... \[2016-08-25 17:18:08\] Pausing sidekiq... \[2016-08-25…

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## [Locale fallback to English doesn't work for pluralized strings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locale-fallback-to-english-doesnt-work-for-pluralized-strings/49211)

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**Author:** [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2017, 9:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locale-fallback-to-english-doesnt-work-for-pluralized-strings/49211 "2017-02-28T09:03:44Z")

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The fallback to English doesn’t work for pluralized strings when the language uses different pluralization rules than English. https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-v1-7-0-beta2-5-bug-in-user-cards/48676/6

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## [Force Discourse to use SSL/HTTPS through CloudFlare](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-discourse-to-use-ssl-https-through-cloudflare/49212)

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**Author:** [@kuyashi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuyashi)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-discourse-to-use-ssl-https-through-cloudflare/49212 "2017-07-21T20:15:05Z")

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How to use CloudFlare’s platform to force all traffic over HTTPS connection using page rules. This is an up to date and user-friendly (fool-proof) way that I use each time and it works perfectly. Sign up to CloudFlare h…

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## [Topics count on new categories view from v1.7.0.beta3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-count-on-new-categories-view-from-v1-7-0-beta3/49215)

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**Author:** [@ryantm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryantm)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 8:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-count-on-new-categories-view-from-v1-7-0-beta3/49215 "2016-08-29T08:26:09Z")

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Hi. We upgraded to v1.7.0.beta3 and the topics count for categories that contain subcategories only shows the count for the posts that are not in a sub-category. We don’t really use the top-level category, so it looks k…

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## [Site Logo does not respect subfolder setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-logo-does-not-respect-subfolder-setup/49216)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-logo-does-not-respect-subfolder-setup/49216 "2016-08-25T21:44:45Z")

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The logo in the top left of every page uses the site domain as its link. It does not add the subfolder to the URL, meaning that if you right click the link to open it, or open in a new tab or window it leads to the root…

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## [New Categories View](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-categories-view/49218)

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**Author:** [@Rob\_Waters](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Waters)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-categories-view/49218 "2016-08-29T17:00:13Z")

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We changed our homepage to default to the Categories view from the beginning. Today, out of the blue, that view changed to a vertically-bisected screen with categories on the left and Latest on the right. Was this a deli…

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## [Does category ordering by activity include subcategories activity?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-category-ordering-by-activity-include-subcategories-activity/49259)

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**Author:** [@gkln](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gkln)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-category-ordering-by-activity-include-subcategories-activity/49259 "2018-04-24T17:34:45Z")

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When the setting fixed category positions is unchecked, categories are automatically sorted by activity. But does the activity of a category include the activity of its subcategories? If not, should not it be the case or…

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## [Issues with filters on admin graphs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-filters-on-admin-graphs/49260)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-filters-on-admin-graphs/49260 "2017-05-22T16:49:38Z")

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Category filter doesn’t work on “User visits” graph Steps to reproduce: Head to your admin dashboard, then click on “User visits” to bring up the graph. Change the category from the drop-down and click “Refresh report”…

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