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## [Word censoring does not respect word boundaries in topic titles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/word-censoring-does-not-respect-word-boundaries-in-topic-titles/65197)

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**Author:** [@Fredo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fredo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/word-censoring-does-not-respect-word-boundaries-in-topic-titles/65197 "2017-06-28T17:14:25Z")

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It seems the censoring parser bug was not completely fixed. In post content, the word censorer replaces characters of censored words by ■, and for topic titles the censorer blocks posting until you change the title. The…

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## ["Invites are rate limited." What does this mean?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202)

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**Author:** [@Ernie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ernie)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202 "2019-09-20T09:26:19Z")

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Help? New Discourse user here. Was experimenting with re-sending an invitation from a post to a few people I’d already invited but did not respond. The original invite list was uploaded. The re-invite is being done fr…

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## [Changing direction of invitation email templates for rtl languages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-direction-of-invitation-email-templates-for-rtl-languages/65203)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 7:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-direction-of-invitation-email-templates-for-rtl-languages/65203 "2017-06-28T07:04:44Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Emails for rtl languages have ltr direction: I think invitation emails are an important touch point as they are somehow like your suits for a party! I know the name of the invitation emai…

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## ['remove all invitations' button for the admin panel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-all-invitations-button-for-the-admin-panel/65207)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-all-invitations-button-for-the-admin-panel/65207 "2017-06-29T17:16:33Z")

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for old invitations which hasn’t been accepted, it’d be good to have a remove all button, next to ‘resend all’ button.

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## [\[PAID\] Plugin needed. 800 USD budget, need it quick](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-plugin-needed-800-usd-budget-need-it-quick/65208)

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**Author:** [@WorldIsMine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WorldIsMine)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-plugin-needed-800-usd-budget-need-it-quick/65208 "2017-07-13T09:24:31Z")

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Before I state what needs to be done, let me explain what my site does, it will (hopefully) make my plugin requirements easier to understand. I own a small community marketplace forum. Users post their listings (virtual …

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## [Digest preview appears to include topics user does not have access to](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-preview-appears-to-include-topics-user-does-not-have-access-to/65212)

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**Author:** [@wildrobo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wildrobo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-preview-appears-to-include-topics-user-does-not-have-access-to/65212 "2017-06-28T01:13:19Z")

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Version 1.7.7. It appears the preview of the digest for a user shows topics the user should not have access to. I have read a few threads and it appears the digest should respect permissions. It may be a problem with …

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## [Starting discourse fails with bootstrap error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/starting-discourse-fails-with-bootstrap-error/65213)

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**Author:** [@manishramteke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manishramteke)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/starting-discourse-fails-with-bootstrap-error/65213 "2018-05-11T02:59:29Z")

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Hi Team, Facing below error when tried running rails server /var/lib/gems/2.3.0/gems/bootsnap-1.0.0/lib/bootsnap/compile\_cache/iseq.rb:73:in \`compile\_option\_crc32=': wrong argument type Bignum (expected Fixnum) (TypeEr…

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## [Exception on certain Maps URLs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exception-on-certain-maps-urls/65218)

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**Author:** [@glebm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/glebm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exception-on-certain-maps-urls/65218 "2017-06-27T20:06:09Z")

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Example: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&sugexp=eqn,fixedpos%3Dfalse,boost\_normal%3D40,boost\_high%3D40,cconf%3D0.95,min\_length%3D2,rate\_low%3D0.015,rate\_high%3D0.015&cp=12&gs\_id=aa&xhr=t&bav=on.2,or.r\_gc.r\_pw.r\_qf.,cf…

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## [Educate users about paragraphs - avoid "walls of text"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/educate-users-about-paragraphs-avoid-walls-of-text/65220)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/educate-users-about-paragraphs-avoid-walls-of-text/65220 "2019-04-26T13:11:11Z")

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If we agree that avoiding walls of text is good forum practice, it would make sense to educate/help users achieve that. A common “mistake” is that users press enter only once to start a new paragraph. How about an educat…

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## [Broken functionality on mobile in suggested topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-functionality-on-mobile-in-suggested-topics/65221)

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**Author:** [@Hector](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hector)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-functionality-on-mobile-in-suggested-topics/65221 "2017-06-28T21:38:55Z")

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I think this is a regression of a bug I posted a while ago. The problem is in the suggested topics that appear at the bottom of the posts. On desktop, clicking the number (the count of replies) beside the topic shows a s…

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## [Trying to run docker container in aws. Having these errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-run-docker-container-in-aws-having-these-errors/65223)

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**Author:** [@golden\_eagle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/golden_eagle)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-run-docker-container-in-aws-having-these-errors/65223 "2017-06-27T19:39:46Z")

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ERROR 1 on one task: Already up-to-date. I, \[2017-06-27T18:26:47.304367 #13\] INFO -- : Loading --stdin /pups/lib/pups/config.rb:23:in \`initialize': undefined method \`\[\]' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError) from /pups/lib/…

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## [Not confirming username autocomplete leads to confusing behavior](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-confirming-username-autocomplete-leads-to-confusing-behavior/65228)

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**Author:** [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-confirming-username-autocomplete-leads-to-confusing-behavior/65228 "2017-06-28T19:39:43Z")

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This is not really a bug, but it is undesirable and counter-intuitive behavior. We just had a customer that was pretty much panicking because it looked like users were seeing topics in the email digest that they shouldn…

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## [Download and restore of site settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/download-and-restore-of-site-settings/65230)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/download-and-restore-of-site-settings/65230 "2020-01-05T06:49:01Z")

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For sites interested in moving to Discourse from another forum or trying out Discourse before an import, it’s tedious to see that settings get moved from a test site to the live one, or that settings done on a live insta…

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## [Creating Discourse accounts during user import](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-discourse-accounts-during-user-import/65234)

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**Author:** [@epiphron](https://meta.discourse.org/u/epiphron)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-discourse-accounts-during-user-import/65234 "2017-06-27T22:18:04Z")

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Hi, all. I’ve just launched a new WordPress website using the excellent WP Discourse plugin for SSO and discussion. Everything is working smoothly, but I’ve had to import a lot of user accounts from the client’s previou…

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## [Notify user when certain words appear in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-user-when-certain-words-appear-in-posts/65236)

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**Author:** [@ked](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ked)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-user-when-certain-words-appear-in-posts/65236 "2018-01-08T19:14:42Z")

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Use Case: simply saying thank you to someone who has posted on a topic that was missing or lacking within a forum. As in, “hey, thanks for your insightful post on Mars. We’ve been hoping someone would shed some light …

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## [Discourse Azure AD Plugin not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-azure-ad-plugin-not-working/65249)

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**Author:** [@Chanka\_Dod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chanka_Dod)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-azure-ad-plugin-not-working/65249 "2017-09-21T20:15:40Z")

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I couldn’t make the Azure AD plugin configured. https://github.com/discourse/discourse-azure-ad After adding to app.yml, rebuilding doesn’t work. Is the plugin obsolete?

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## [Install mini\_racer gem on kali linux](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-mini-racer-gem-on-kali-linux/65250)

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**Author:** [@Alavi1412](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alavi1412)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2019, 8:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-mini-racer-gem-on-kali-linux/65250 "2019-02-26T08:55:38Z")

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When I ran the bundle install I got the following error: Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. current directory: /tmp/bundler20170628-4322-ghx9vzmini\_racer-0.1.9/gems/mini\_racer-0.1.9/ext/…

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## [Poll problem when i use "-d --binding"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-problem-when-i-use-d-binding/65257)

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**Author:** [@Yohan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yohan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-problem-when-i-use-d-binding/65257 "2017-07-06T12:13:53Z")

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Hi, I have a problem with the polls. When i use Discourse in my localhost, the polls works very well (i can choose my answer). But when i launch my server with the command “bundle exec rails server -d --binding=0.0.0.0”…

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## [Discourse session variables](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-session-variables/65260)

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**Author:** [@Sergiodev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sergiodev)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 6:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-session-variables/65260 "2017-06-29T06:51:48Z")

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Hi everyone. I want to know if i can retrieve a login session variable from the Discourse login, to use it in another route with NodeJS installed, so they can only acccess to the content of this page if they are logged…

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## [Making a user's primary group non-visible (eventually) leads to a missing page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-a-users-primary-group-non-visible-eventually-leads-to-a-missing-page/65261)

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**Author:** [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-a-users-primary-group-non-visible-eventually-leads-to-a-missing-page/65261 "2018-03-24T16:13:25Z")

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I’m guilty of trying something weird. But the system does allow it :blush: All the users in our Discourse are automatically members of groups based on their institutional affiliation (@myuni.edu or whatever). I’ve made …

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## [Unable to move topic OP into another existing topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-move-topic-op-into-another-existing-topic/65264)

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**Author:** [@Freso](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Freso)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-move-topic-op-into-another-existing-topic/65264 "2017-07-03T21:09:52Z")

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I’m trying to move this topic: Into this topic: And I keep getting «There was an error moving posts into that topic.» which is not very helpful in determining why it won’t move it. Is there some kind of restriction i…

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## [Unbump topics if new post was split?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unbump-topics-if-new-post-was-split/65281)

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**Author:** [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unbump-topics-if-new-post-was-split/65281 "2019-06-23T20:57:34Z")

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Is there a way to automatically “unbump” topics (meaning: not show them at the top of the list any more) when a moderator removed or split into its own topic the newest post that bumped the topic in the first place? So …

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## [WP Discourse 1.4.0 Release](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-1-4-0-release/65283)

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**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-1-4-0-release/65283 "2017-11-01T17:39:55Z")

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Version 1.4.0 of the WP Discourse is now available in the WordPress plugin repository. The code is also on GitHub. The big changes in this release are adding an option to sync Discourse topics to their associated WordPr…

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## [Discourse to Slack (one-way) integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-to-slack-one-way-integration/65287)

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**Author:** [@Martin\_Cash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Martin_Cash)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-to-slack-one-way-integration/65287 "2017-06-28T20:19:46Z")

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If I only want a one-way Discourse \> Slack setup, could I just leave the “slack incoming webhook token” blank? This is how I have my settings and it doesn’t seem to be working

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## [Can themes include logos?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-themes-include-logos/65301)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-themes-include-logos/65301 "2020-02-09T22:20:23Z")

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I’m working on theming a new site. I was thinking that I could include logos (e.g., logo url, logo small url and so on) as part of the theme and then link to those in SystemSettings, but that seems to be wrong. Am I mis…

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## [SparkPost experience (superb support)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sparkpost-experience-superb-support/65302)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sparkpost-experience-superb-support/65302 "2017-07-22T23:35:55Z")

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I just want to share my experience with SparkPost support here because O am simply blown away by their service (I’m still on their free plan). I contacted them because I had a couple of bounces where the reason was that…

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## [Looking for a Theming/Design Expert](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-theming-design-expert/65303)

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**Author:** [@ked](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ked)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-theming-design-expert/65303 "2017-08-02T23:05:20Z")

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What would you like done? Matching - as reasonably possible - the “look and feel” of a current site with a new Discourse site. When do you need it done? I’d like to identify someone to do this work as soon as practica…

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## [Migrating S3 images to local; or from one S3 bucket to another](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-s3-images-to-local-or-from-one-s3-bucket-to-another/65313)

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**Author:** [@modius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/modius)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 9:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-s3-images-to-local-or-from-one-s3-bucket-to-another/65313 "2017-06-29T09:59:30Z")

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We have an old Discourse instance (running latest version but initially installed a while back). It’s running under HTTP with all its images stored on an AWS S3 bucket with . (dots) in the name. We want to move to HTTP…

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## [If I want to change font in the emails, is it related to discourse or the mail service?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-i-want-to-change-font-in-the-emails-is-it-related-to-discourse-or-the-mail-service/65323)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2019, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-i-want-to-change-font-in-the-emails-is-it-related-to-discourse-or-the-mail-service/65323 "2019-06-24T09:25:32Z")

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we have a Persian forum, all the emails are sent in an Arabic font. to change the font to a Persian one, which is much more beautiful, can I use some html-css styling for mailgun (our email service)? like this one: http…

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## [Customize Text Content Search results missing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-text-content-search-results-missing/65327)

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**Author:** [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-text-content-search-results-missing/65327 "2019-03-08T17:09:58Z")

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I’ve tried, at various stages, to review and customise the text in the Narrative Bot process. Each time I failed to find the relevant files and became frustrated. I have now realised that when you do a search in the ‘Te…

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