# Hot

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## [Recovery codes for 2FA?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recovery-codes-for-2fa/89175)

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**Author:** [@imrehg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/imrehg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recovery-codes-for-2fa/89175 "2018-06-05T18:48:38Z")

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Hey! The 2FA feature of Discourse is great to have, we are enabling it for all our admins to keep the forums safer. On the other hand, it seems to be missing one commonly used feature, recovery codes (that is a handful o…

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## [Remove contact email hyperlink/url](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198)

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**Author:** [@Sami\_Syed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sami_Syed)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198 "2018-06-06T20:29:29Z")

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on my forum, when people click the email they are redirected to the following link: https:// forum.theprojectvanlife .com/contact@theprojectvanlife.com How do I prevent that from happening?

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## [Impossible to change Patreon user in iOS app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-change-patreon-user-in-ios-app/89199)

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**Author:** [@mpj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpj)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 6:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-change-patreon-user-in-ios-app/89199 "2018-06-06T06:48:29Z")

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Use case: a user signs in to a forum using a Patreon account. The user realizes that they signed in with the wrong Patreon account, and hits log out. However, when hitting login, one is redirected to the patreon permissi…

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## [Reopen an auto-closed topic with many outstanding community flags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reopen-an-auto-closed-topic-with-many-outstanding-community-flags/89200)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reopen-an-auto-closed-topic-with-many-outstanding-community-flags/89200 "2018-06-05T19:03:22Z")

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A topic on our forum was closed after several people flagged several topics. We handled these and I went in to re-open the topic (wrench icon-\>open topic), only to have see it being re-locked by the system within minutes…

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## [Using Discourse as SSO - control logout?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-sso-control-logout/89209)

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**Author:** [@Vaping\_Community](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vaping_Community)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-sso-control-logout/89209 "2018-06-06T13:01:11Z")

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I’m using Discourse as SSO for my subdomain site but I get logged out every hour?? How can I take control of this, is it a session, cookie, timer? Searched a lot but couldn’t find any mention of how this works Thanks …

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## [iOS App Crash Reports](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-app-crash-reports/89211)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-app-crash-reports/89211 "2018-07-27T05:02:47Z")

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I’m an iOS app developer; while investigating issues on my own app, I noticed that my phone had accumulated a rather alarming number of Discourse crash reports in the last few days; easily two dozen crashes since June 1s…

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## [Codenames for post-2.0 Discourse releases](https://meta.discourse.org/t/codenames-for-post-2-0-discourse-releases/89212)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 6:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/codenames-for-post-2-0-discourse-releases/89212 "2022-01-07T06:29:56Z")

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Well, it’s finally happened. We’ve worked on Discourse long enough to have ten official releases in slightly under four years! :tada: Discourse 1.0 – Aug 26, 2014 Discourse 2.0 – May 31, 2018 Harkening to classic ro…

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## [Fix for terminal window columns and rows mismatch inside the container](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fix-for-terminal-window-columns-and-rows-mismatch-inside-the-container/89222)

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**Author:** [@cmwebdev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cmwebdev)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fix-for-terminal-window-columns-and-rows-mismatch-inside-the-container/89222 "2018-06-06T23:45:46Z")

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I have figured out a simple workaround to a problem that was driving me CRAZY with the Docker container. Whenever I run ./launcher enter app, the columns and rows of the shell session from inside the container never matc…

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## [Upgrade from v2.0.0.beta10 +37 to 2.1.0.beta1 does fail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-from-v2-0-0-beta10-37-to-2-1-0-beta1-does-fail/89225)

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**Author:** [@GuidoD](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GuidoD)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2018, 5:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-from-v2-0-0-beta10-37-to-2-1-0-beta1-does-fail/89225 "2018-06-09T05:11:27Z")

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I just tried on the console the upgrade from v2.0.0.beta10 +37 to the current 2.1.0.beta1 but it fails to upgrade: FAILED -------------------- Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake …

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## [Doubt about category and sub-category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/doubt-about-category-and-sub-category/89243)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/doubt-about-category-and-sub-category/89243 "2018-06-06T14:20:14Z")

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Hello I have a question related to the edition of categories. In my community, we start with a category, and a sub-category. We have: forum.com/c/category-main → slug: #category-main forum.com/c/category-main/second…

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## [Reminder function for pre-defined trust levels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reminder-function-for-pre-defined-trust-levels/89249)

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**Author:** [@Roman\_Gomilsek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roman_Gomilsek)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reminder-function-for-pre-defined-trust-levels/89249 "2018-06-07T20:45:25Z")

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Hey friends! At the moment the follow-up functionality is only available for users in trust level 4, right? Would it be possible to unlock it for other trust levels – e.g. trust level 2 (member)? Thanks! Roman

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## [How to view by latest topic instead of category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-view-by-latest-topic-instead-of-category/89250)

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**Author:** [@chloecan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chloecan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-view-by-latest-topic-instead-of-category/89250 "2019-12-09T08:38:52Z")

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Hi, After an update our forum switched to the view which displays all categories by default. We want to be able to view latest topics by default. How can we change this setting? Thanks

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## [Mailto links in Discourse emails are botched](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailto-links-in-discourse-emails-are-botched/89253)

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**Author:** [@lkramer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lkramer)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailto-links-in-discourse-emails-are-botched/89253 "2018-06-13T14:28:27Z")

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Hello. A user of ours recently pointed this bug out out. It wouldn’t be too big of a deal except that his web host (Lunar Pages) actually flags his Discourse emails as suspicious because of this and perhaps other email/h…

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## [Is SSO needed for this install?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-sso-needed-for-this-install/89254)

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**Author:** [@anon29908737](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon29908737)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-sso-needed-for-this-install/89254 "2018-06-06T16:48:30Z")

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I’m simply changing the way my customers access discourse from a closed community (clubknit.knittingtoday.com) to my primary website (knittingtoday.com). I’ll use discourse to manage comments on the wp blog, but I also w…

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## [Installing Discourse problems Digital Ocean](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-problems-digital-ocean/89263)

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**Author:** [@bbparis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bbparis)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-problems-digital-ocean/89263 "2018-06-07T07:56:03Z")

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Hi, I’m installing Discourse with the minimum on Digital Ocean, this is mean 1G Ram / 25G space / One Click install. Everything was fine until the moment I use SSH to enter my email, SMTP information,… each time I ente…

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## [Error opening certificate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-opening-certificate/89269)

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**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2018, 9:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-opening-certificate/89269 "2018-06-18T09:13:30Z")

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The error only appears on the extended certificate because it can be clicked. Google Chrome and Firefox

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## [We have tickets to 2018 CMX Summit and Swarm](https://meta.discourse.org/t/we-have-tickets-to-2018-cmx-summit-and-swarm/89276)

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**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/we-have-tickets-to-2018-cmx-summit-and-swarm/89276 "2018-06-06T22:12:04Z")

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We are sponsoring a couple of awesome community management conferences later this year and have a few free tickets to give away. We’ve decided to gift them to Meta members on a first in first served basis. We have a cou…

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## [Blogger posts have no snippet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blogger-posts-have-no-snippet/89290)

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**Author:** [@joao\_pimentel\_ferrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joao_pimentel_ferrei)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blogger-posts-have-no-snippet/89290 "2019-02-18T22:00:19Z")

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Any reason why the blogger posts do not generate a snippet? For example, on this blogger post, I paste a URL, and merely the URL appears: But on Wordpress, normally, a snippet appears. Which meta-info or HTML tags D…

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## [Customization? Scaling?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customization-scaling/89300)

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**Author:** [@tyraniczar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyraniczar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customization-scaling/89300 "2018-06-07T01:30:06Z")

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Hey all, i’m new to Discourse, just read about it yesterday. The community around this project is great. Now, from what I’ve read/seen I understand that Discourse is farther ahead in development than a substitute like Fl…

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## [SMF2 to discourse - Troubles importing attachments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smf2-to-discourse-troubles-importing-attachments/89302)

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**Author:** [@marcozambi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marcozambi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 6:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smf2-to-discourse-troubles-importing-attachments/89302 "2018-06-08T06:15:47Z")

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Dear all, since a few days I’m working on importing an SMF2 forum content into a brand new install of discourse. I’ve configured my host following this guide Use an import script that requires MySQL, with a few tweaks …

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## [Customize wording i.e. change "Category", "Topic" etc](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-wording-i-e-change-category-topic-etc/89307)

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**Author:** [@tyraniczar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyraniczar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-wording-i-e-change-category-topic-etc/89307 "2018-06-07T01:49:16Z")

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Disclaimer: I am new to Discourse, just read about it for the first time yesterday. I’ve noticed that every forum I’ve viewed that utilized Discourse uses the same terminology like “category” and “topic”. Is that becaus…

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## [Digital Ocean Installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-installation/89338)

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**Author:** [@chrismalone](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chrismalone)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-installation/89338 "2018-06-08T15:51:28Z")

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I have three installs of discourse on Digital Ocean. They are all either $15 or $20 droplets. I want to start working on a new project and have read that discourse can be installed on a $5 droplet. CAN be and SHOULD be…

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## [Discourse Install Clarification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-install-clarification/89341)

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**Author:** [@Kristyn\_Ws](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kristyn_Ws)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 10:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-install-clarification/89341 "2018-06-08T10:48:09Z")

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Hi! I’m trying to install discourse. I don’t have much knowledge of programming. I have 1 problem I can’t figure out. 1 When I search the subdomain that I set up for my forum - I get directed to an index page. What I’…

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## [404 rendering at custom route without redirection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-rendering-at-custom-route-without-redirection/89349)

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**Author:** [@arjen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arjen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-rendering-at-custom-route-without-redirection/89349 "2018-06-14T11:21:35Z")

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Dear Discourse community, I have an issue I’m trying to resolve, but having little problems with it. The behaviour I’m trying to achieve with a custom route, is basically the behaviour you see when linking in a topic t…

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## [Updating topic count in categories after bulk delete & missing topics/posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-topic-count-in-categories-after-bulk-delete-missing-topics-posts/89355)

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**Author:** [@Bryan\_Underwood\_CA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bryan_Underwood_CA)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-topic-count-in-categories-after-bulk-delete-missing-topics-posts/89355 "2018-06-11T16:04:39Z")

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Thanks @pfaffman for the bulk deletion snippet you wrote using the Rails find\_each method. Great work. After bulk back-end deletion, is there a way to update the topic count in categories? Right now, I have an empty top…

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## [Strange problem with single User (LDAP-Plugin)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-problem-with-single-user-ldap-plugin/89358)

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**Author:** [@igot2b](https://meta.discourse.org/u/igot2b)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-problem-with-single-user-ldap-plugin/89358 "2018-11-19T22:35:49Z")

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Hello Community! I’m running a discourse setup for the company I work for. Everything is working nice and smooth and also the LDAP plugin is working as I expect it. https://github.com/jonmbake/discourse-ldap-auth Howe…

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## [Markdown appears in topic lists for pinned topics with image at top](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-appears-in-topic-lists-for-pinned-topics-with-image-at-top/89359)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-appears-in-topic-lists-for-pinned-topics-with-image-at-top/89359 "2018-06-12T23:30:58Z")

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See screenshot - when I pin a topic to the top of topic lists that has an image at the top, it features the markdown for the image. Not sure what the intended behavior is here but I have been having trouble educating my …

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## [Uninitialized constant when uploading JPG](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uninitialized-constant-when-uploading-jpg/89362)

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**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uninitialized-constant-when-uploading-jpg/89362 "2018-06-07T16:05:19Z")

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uninitialized constant EXIFR::JPEG jpeg v2.1.0.beta1 +115 I tried to upload a photo above in jpg, and it does not work on this forum.

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## [Can I access foundation sass variables in a plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-access-foundation-sass-variables-in-a-plugin/89368)

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**Author:** [@coderberry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/coderberry)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-access-foundation-sass-variables-in-a-plugin/89368 "2018-06-07T15:43:45Z")

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I would like to be able to access the foundation sass variables to support themes in the plugin I am working on. Is this possible? For example, if I choose the ‘dark’ theme, I want my content to follow the same color sc…

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## [Automatic Group vs Dashboard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-group-vs-dashboard/89372)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-group-vs-dashboard/89372 "2018-06-07T18:50:04Z")

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Hi, On my Discourse installation, there is a large gap between the number of users in the various trust\_level groups in the Groups section and the Users Per Trust Level numbers in the new dashboard. I’m wondering if thi…

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