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## [Fail to upgrade discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fail-to-upgrade-discourse/53734)

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**Author:** [@trandatnh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trandatnh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fail-to-upgrade-discourse/53734 "2016-12-03T05:40:05Z")

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Hi, I’m using https://github.com/discourse/discourse/compare/28b7ef7...tests-passed any upgrade from web failed. This is one of the upgrade error HEAD is now at 5543727 Merge pull request #4583 from saiqulhaq/master \*…

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## [Running a month-long contest to develop selected categories share its topics on the wider internet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-a-month-long-contest-to-develop-selected-categories-share-its-topics-on-the-wider-internet/53738)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-a-month-long-contest-to-develop-selected-categories-share-its-topics-on-the-wider-internet/53738 "2017-12-01T04:10:15Z")

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This topic describes my experience and gives all you need to run a complex one-month long contest, which will give boost to your forum overall, and especially focus on developing a few selected categories. It is working…

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## [Migrate from MVCforum to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-from-mvcforum-to-discourse/53746)

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**Author:** [@Viir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viir)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-from-mvcforum-to-discourse/53746 "2016-12-11T16:23:48Z")

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I recently wrote some code to import from MVCforum: The import logic can be found at https://github.com/Viir/import-to-discourse, packaged as an easy to use commandline tool. It builds the SQL code needed to add the co…

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## [Sign Up/ Login Buttons replace with one icon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sign-up-login-buttons-replace-with-one-icon/53749)

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**Author:** [@madbox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/madbox)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sign-up-login-buttons-replace-with-one-icon/53749 "2017-05-18T14:20:34Z")

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Hello fellow Discourcers, I have just started a community forum with your wonderful software. I am some sort of addicted to simple design. My question is why we have 2 buttons for login and sign up, when only login but…

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## [Clicking link to profile twice disables browser "back/previous page" function](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-link-to-profile-twice-disables-browser-back-previous-page-function/53755)

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**Author:** [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-link-to-profile-twice-disables-browser-back-previous-page-function/53755 "2016-12-05T18:48:25Z")

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Go to any topic. Click on any user’s name (next to their avatar) twice, bypassing any sort of mouse activity to/upon the user card. Once on their profile, click the browser’s back button. Expected behavior: The browser…

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## [Translating only user facing strings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translating-only-user-facing-strings/53759)

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**Author:** [@ibnesayeed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibnesayeed)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translating-only-user-facing-strings/53759 "2016-12-04T14:13:24Z")

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What is the best way to identify the translation strings that are user facing. In our case, we would prefer to keep the admin interface in English, but public interface and inline moderation stuff translated. This will m…

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## [Export customized text from database into YML](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-customized-text-from-database-into-yml/53760)

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**Author:** [@ibnesayeed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibnesayeed)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-customized-text-from-database-into-yml/53760 "2023-06-13T20:52:08Z")

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Admin interface allows overwriting any stranslations which is very healful not just for utilizing community translation while updating them with custom phrases that suit a specific community, but at the same time it is a…

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## [Logins with Google and Facebook](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logins-with-google-and-facebook/53763)

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**Author:** [@adam\_beers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adam_beers)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logins-with-google-and-facebook/53763 "2016-12-09T18:46:37Z")

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If I allow Google and Facebook logins, how are those users created in the Discourse server using API calls?

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## [Permalinks not working for some URLs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permalinks-not-working-for-some-urls/53766)

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**Author:** [@Viir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viir)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permalinks-not-working-for-some-urls/53766 "2016-12-04T14:12:38Z")

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I am working on a tool to import from MVCForum and trying to figure out how I can make Discourse permalink from some old URLs. Some URLs worked with the discourse permalink feature but some did not (I got the “Oops! That…

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## [Ability to select separate locales for public and admin interfaces](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-select-separate-locales-for-public-and-admin-interfaces/53771)

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**Author:** [@ibnesayeed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibnesayeed)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-select-separate-locales-for-public-and-admin-interfaces/53771 "2019-07-02T12:06:44Z")

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In non-English communities it is often desired to keep the admin interface in English (as the admins are often technical people who know English), but the public interface is set to the languages related to the community…

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## [Inconsistent locale selection in admin and user settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistent-locale-selection-in-admin-and-user-settings/53773)

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**Author:** [@ibnesayeed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibnesayeed)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistent-locale-selection-in-admin-and-user-settings/53773 "2017-10-25T08:29:46Z")

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In the admin section, “default locale” selection combo-box shows names of languages such as “Deutsch” and “English”. However, if the “allow user locale” is enables, the “interface language” selection combo-box shows lang…

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## [Selecting text not working well on Mac Safari](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selecting-text-not-working-well-on-mac-safari/53774)

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**Author:** [@jesselperry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesselperry)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 10:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selecting-text-not-working-well-on-mac-safari/53774 "2016-12-05T10:09:20Z")

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Anyone noticed this behavior in the attached movie? I’ve seen it for a couple weeks on Meta. Using the latest Mac OS with Safari. Text randomly deselects. But always when I hit reply, the selected text appears in the box…

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## [After last update blank page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-last-update-blank-page/53776)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-last-update-blank-page/53776 "2016-12-05T01:05:17Z")

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I updated right now, and I got blank page (in admin section too). I only used adsense pluggin. I updated that too, but nothing change… blank page I rebuild via SHH, do not work. So now we are trying to disable the ads…

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## [Category picker for muting?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-picker-for-muting/53777)

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**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-picker-for-muting/53777 "2016-12-05T01:17:48Z")

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Our site contains a fair number of categories. Most of the users are only interested in a few of these. As the user preferences currently work the categories are all individual entries, so setting up the “mute list” is a…

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## ['Dimiss Unread' Button is broken on latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dimiss-unread-button-is-broken-on-latest/53792)

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**Author:** [@Yuun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yuun)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dimiss-unread-button-is-broken-on-latest/53792 "2016-12-05T21:50:14Z")

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On latest, pressing the Dismiss button for Unread topics does nothing (on both Meta and my site). On my site, this error is generated that looks pretty much like the issue: Message (21 copies reported) ArgumentError (…

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## [Discourse update to 9e8078 error due to original poll-ui plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-update-to-9e8078-error-due-to-original-poll-ui-plugin/53803)

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**Author:** [@Chopper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chopper)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-update-to-9e8078-error-due-to-original-poll-ui-plugin/53803 "2016-12-05T20:02:14Z")

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I just ran an update of Discourse to the lastest commit I get this error Sorry, there was an error upgrading Discourse. Please check the logs below. I, \[2016-12-05T19:41:14.643971 #16055\] INFO -- : Writing /var/www/di…

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## [Bluemix anyone?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bluemix-anyone/53804)

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**Author:** [@dsanchez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dsanchez)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bluemix-anyone/53804 "2016-12-05T20:32:48Z")

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Anyone has managed to deploy Discourse on Bluemix? If yes what was your experience?

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## [Discourse API Documentation Using RAML](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-api-documentation-using-raml/53816)

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**Author:** [@ibnesayeed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibnesayeed)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-api-documentation-using-raml/53816 "2016-12-06T00:09:39Z")

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I am proposing the Discourse API documentation using RESTful API Modeling Language (RAML). This would enable us to: programmatically interact with the API perform testing on various endpoints automatically generated in…

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## [Great forum update :)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/great-forum-update/53819)

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**Author:** [@Aztralita](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aztralita)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/great-forum-update/53819 "2016-12-06T00:01:36Z")

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nice forums update :slight\_smile: goodjob :slight\_smile:

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## [Indicator next to topic title to denote specific Group participation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indicator-next-to-topic-title-to-denote-specific-group-participation/53823)

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**Author:** [@LilTrashPanda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LilTrashPanda)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indicator-next-to-topic-title-to-denote-specific-group-participation/53823 "2016-12-10T01:33:56Z")

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Hi everyone! For the forums I’ve been setting up, the developers of the product are going to be active participants in topics; as such, I’d like to make an easy-to-notice callout next to the Topic title (in the topic ta…

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## [Looking for Google Analytics consultant (contract gig, limited scope)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-google-analytics-consultant-contract-gig-limited-scope/53825)

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**Author:** [@ChrisAnderson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisAnderson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-google-analytics-consultant-contract-gig-limited-scope/53825 "2016-12-06T01:09:04Z")

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What would you like done? Google Analytics consultant that can help with instrumenting GA to meet our KPI tracking and community data analysis needs (e.g. set up custom user segments pulling from Discourse/Salesforce da…

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## [Can 'download my posts' output have consistently useful inline images?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-download-my-posts-output-have-consistently-useful-inline-images/53828)

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**Author:** [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-download-my-posts-output-have-consistently-useful-inline-images/53828 "2017-06-07T19:42:06Z")

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Here on Meta, the “download my posts” files have a mostly complete URL in the src attribute of uploaded images, lacking only scheme, something like this: \<img src="//cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazo…

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## [Added route wants me to authenticate?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/added-route-wants-me-to-authenticate/53836)

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**Author:** [@aedensixty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aedensixty)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/added-route-wants-me-to-authenticate/53836 "2016-12-06T22:45:59Z")

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I added a route through a plugin in my plugin.rb post “/generate” =\> “discoursegen#generate” which is running fine however when I do an ajax call on it the route wants me to use an api key? How can I set the route to …

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## [Conditionally rendering a plugin outlet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/conditionally-rendering-a-plugin-outlet/53838)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/conditionally-rendering-a-plugin-outlet/53838 "2016-12-12T19:15:30Z")

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I would like to introduce a mechanism for conditionally rendering outlets, I think for the time being even an unbound solution will go a reasonable distance. The problem: I am looking at adding a “solutions” tab to the…

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## [Odd paste behaviour when composing a PM with user Preferences open in background](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-paste-behaviour-when-composing-a-pm-with-user-preferences-open-in-background/53842)

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**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-paste-behaviour-when-composing-a-pm-with-user-preferences-open-in-background/53842 "2017-05-11T22:00:01Z")

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Discourse: 1.7.0.beta8 +20, Client: Chrome on Win10. User: Trust Level 1 With composer open to compose a message (about changing profile preferences) I had my user prefs. open. I was using the snipping tool to add scr…

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## [Can Private Spaces be used to differentiate between users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-private-spaces-be-used-to-differentiate-between-users/53847)

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**Author:** [@Fool1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fool1)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-private-spaces-be-used-to-differentiate-between-users/53847 "2016-12-07T12:35:53Z")

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I’ve searched both the site and the forum, but can’t find the answer. A part of our forum visitors donate money every year, and in return we want to give them early acces to certain parts of the forum and certain blog-e…

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## [Adding username into generated emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-username-into-generated-emails/53849)

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**Author:** [@andykelly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andykelly)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-username-into-generated-emails/53849 "2017-08-02T00:00:57Z")

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I really feel like i’m missing something painfully simple here, and I couldn’t find it during a search, so apologies if I am missing something. When a user signs up with their Full Name (not the username they want to us…

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## [How to upgrade my swap size from 1 to 2 Go](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-upgrade-my-swap-size-from-1-to-2-go/53855)

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**Author:** [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-upgrade-my-swap-size-from-1-to-2-go/53855 "2016-12-06T14:33:01Z")

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Hi, I host Discourse on a Digital Ocean server with Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS. Do you know how to upgrade my swap from 1 to 2 Go? thanks

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## [Nofollow link is not working in oneboxes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nofollow-link-is-not-working-in-oneboxes/53856)

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**Author:** [@Nam\_Nguyen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nam_Nguyen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nofollow-link-is-not-working-in-oneboxes/53856 "2016-12-06T23:23:42Z")

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Hi, After updated Discourse, I check Nofollow of external links, some links are not work, I also check again in setting, (add rel nofollow to user content, tl3 links no follow), it not work too Then I access to host a…

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## [Urdu language support added](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urdu-language-support-added/53877)

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**Author:** [@ibnesayeed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibnesayeed)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urdu-language-support-added/53877 "2016-12-23T14:27:42Z")

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Last week I created a PR to add Urdu language support in Discourse. However, the build was failing due to the missing moment.js Urdu locale file in the repo. It turned out that Urdu locale was not present in the main mom…

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