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## [Weird formatting error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-formatting-error/113264)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-formatting-error/113264 "2019-04-02T19:56:05Z")

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Hey all, Three of my sites now exhibit a strange problem when hitting the cog and navigating to: /u/myusername/preferences/account The following happens in Chrome 73 but not Firefox, nor Edge (which are fine): I’v…

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## [First Quote Badge awarded after a month](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-quote-badge-awarded-after-a-month/113269)

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**Author:** [@thegurjyot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thegurjyot)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-quote-badge-awarded-after-a-month/113269 "2019-04-03T05:43:18Z")

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Today I was awarded First Quote badge for a post which I wrote more than a month ago. Is there’s some issue with timings of the badge? See the badge awarded Now see the date of the post for which this badge is awarde…

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## [Don't get registration mail, but smtp server works fine](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-get-registration-mail-but-smtp-server-works-fine/113272)

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**Author:** [@IMSth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IMSth)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-get-registration-mail-but-smtp-server-works-fine/113272 "2019-04-03T21:37:19Z")

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Hi I would like to install Discource but I have one BIG problem. I didn’t receive a registration email. I use Elastic Email as an SMTP provider. I check connection (use node application) - credentials are ok and I can …

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## [How to make the avatars show in squares instead of circles?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-the-avatars-show-in-squares-instead-of-circles/113276)

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**Author:** [@Jay91](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay91)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 11:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-the-avatars-show-in-squares-instead-of-circles/113276 "2019-04-02T23:12:54Z")

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Our web site shows the avatars as below and we want to change the shape of the avatars like below:

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## [Refining Reply Chains](https://meta.discourse.org/t/refining-reply-chains/113278)

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**Author:** [@justinGP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justinGP)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/refining-reply-chains/113278 "2019-04-02T22:40:00Z")

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Hope you’re all doing well! Let me know if I can clarify on anything! What would you like done? Clicking “See Replies to this Post” will hide those replies further down in the Topic (preventing it from duplicating in a…

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## [Need help regarding SMTP and steam login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-regarding-smtp-and-steam-login/113282)

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**Author:** [@Rapadant\_Networks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rapadant_Networks)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-regarding-smtp-and-steam-login/113282 "2019-04-05T01:58:31Z")

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Trying to figure out how to setup a forum with discourse but having some trouble with SMTP stuff and gmail. essentually I’m trying to figure out how to disable the need for an SMTP server because I’m going to be using St…

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## [\[Paid\] Theme customisation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-theme-customisation/113287)

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**Author:** [@Genyus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Genyus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-theme-customisation/113287 "2019-04-03T14:08:52Z")

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What would you like done? Customisation of a theme based on brand style guide — mainly typography, colour scheme, brand header component markup/styling and some minor customisation of default header When do you need it…

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## [Blank out personal information in settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-out-personal-information-in-settings/113293)

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**Author:** [@Ree](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ree)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 2:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-out-personal-information-in-settings/113293 "2019-04-03T02:27:07Z")

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If someone happens to get hacked, what will happen to all of their personal information in their settings? Their email? The location of their computer? There should at least be an option to put asterisks or something on …

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## [Protocol agnostic CDN URLs are problematic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/protocol-agnostic-cdn-urls-are-problematic/113301)

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**Author:** [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 6:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/protocol-agnostic-cdn-urls-are-problematic/113301 "2019-04-03T06:02:33Z")

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So one potential issue I’ve found was that I was using //cdn-url.example.com in my app.yml – changing it to https://cdn-url.example.com made things better, there are no errors now.

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## [Strange approvals list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-approvals-list/113305)

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**Author:** [@schungx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schungx)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-approvals-list/113305 "2019-04-05T13:15:48Z")

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I’m not sure what I can do on this topic… There is no Accept or Reject button, but the topic is obviously empty… The hamburger menu shows one pending:

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## [Choose the user PUID and PGID inside the container](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choose-the-user-puid-and-pgid-inside-the-container/113309)

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**Author:** [@vitorl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vitorl)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choose-the-user-puid-and-pgid-inside-the-container/113309 "2019-04-05T11:48:20Z")

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Why isn’t there a way to choose the user PUID and PGID to avoid permission issues? Also discourse is a public facing software, with user uploaded content so are stuff running as root by default? There are many ways to …

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## [Can't grant badge in the topic page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-grant-badge-in-the-topic-page/113312)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-grant-badge-in-the-topic-page/113312 "2019-04-03T20:20:57Z")

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when I try to grant badge for a particular post from the topic wrench, I get the following error: External or invalid discourse link is not allowed in badge reason but if I go to the user page, admin view, and edit bad…

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## [Add filters to the badge page: received, waiting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-filters-to-the-badge-page-received-waiting/113313)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-filters-to-the-badge-page-received-waiting/113313 "2019-04-03T07:43:02Z")

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it’d be great (from a gamification point of view) if a user can see all the badges that he has gotten and all the badges that are still waiting for him in the badge page. currently discourse use a green tik mark to show…

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## [Be able not to show elementary badges in the badge page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/be-able-not-to-show-elementary-badges-in-the-badge-page/113314)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/be-able-not-to-show-elementary-badges-in-the-badge-page/113314 "2019-04-03T20:13:41Z")

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currently there are lots of badges shown in the badge page, and the order is also such that more important badges are shown later. I believe the badge page is a tool for some gamification. as a result if one can show on…

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## [Suspend all users apart from admin users for development copy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-all-users-apart-from-admin-users-for-development-copy/113317)

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**Author:** [@chrisc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chrisc)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-all-users-apart-from-admin-users-for-development-copy/113317 "2019-04-04T13:48:58Z")

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I’m looking at the steps to take to create a development copy of a busy Discourse site that can be used for training and testing by administrators but which won’t send any emails to non-administrators. Am I correct in u…

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## [Issues upgrading from 1.6.0.Beta10+9 to 2.3.0.beta6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-upgrading-from-1-6-0-beta10-9-to-2-3-0-beta6/113324)

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**Author:** [@Ashwani\_K\_Goel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ashwani_K_Goel)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-upgrading-from-1-6-0-beta10-9-to-2-3-0-beta6/113324 "2019-04-04T12:08:03Z")

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Hi I am trying to upgrade my discourse forum from 1.6.0.Beta10+9 to 2.3.0.beta6, using the “Click Here to Upgrade” option, inside the Admin panel See this screen shot: https://www.intecons.com/AMB%2067.png However, af…

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## [My Google site does not index](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-google-site-does-not-index/113327)

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**Author:** [@mrduran12](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrduran12)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-google-site-does-not-index/113327 "2019-04-03T13:04:14Z")

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My Google site does not index. I think there are reasons for this: The Sitemap file can be accessed from https://fitmaraton.com/sitemap.xml. However, it cannot be reached from https://www.fitmaraton.com/sitemap.xml. Al…

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## [How to install Discourse for Wordpress locally running on MAMP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-for-wordpress-locally-running-on-mamp/113328)

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**Author:** [@city17](https://meta.discourse.org/u/city17)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-for-wordpress-locally-running-on-mamp/113328 "2019-04-03T13:01:33Z")

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Hi, Discourse looks like a great solution for my website, and I would like to test the Discourse plugin for Wordpress (to replace the comment system). However, I’m not sure how to run/install it to work with my local MAM…

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## [Admin Flags page is a 404](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-flags-page-is-a-404/113333)

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**Author:** [@chrisc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chrisc)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-flags-page-is-a-404/113333 "2019-04-04T17:41:04Z")

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On one Discourse site I helped setup the links for admins that appear in the drop down menu below the users icon with text such as “@ system 6 flags waiting to be handled” takes you to a message page containing text like…

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## [KPI: Time from topic-opening to setting a tag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/kpi-time-from-topic-opening-to-setting-a-tag/113343)

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**Author:** [@micheldietz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/micheldietz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/kpi-time-from-topic-opening-to-setting-a-tag/113343 "2019-04-03T13:24:08Z")

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Hey there, I’m currently looking for solutions to measure support topics. We want to define the current state of work with tags. So, for example, we have tags for “answer needed”, “working-on-it” and “resolved”. Is th…

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## [Custom complex HTML code in the Discourse Header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-complex-html-code-in-the-discourse-header/113344)

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**Author:** [@B-iggy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/B-iggy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-complex-html-code-in-the-discourse-header/113344 "2019-04-04T13:22:07Z")

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Hey Discourse Community! Finally I have more time and working on a big revamp of my Dark Theme in combination with a Dark/Light Switcher, which become a bit popular. This time I wanted to utilize the Discourse Header a…

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## [Best free option to protect discourse from many requests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-free-option-to-protect-discourse-from-many-requests/113350)

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**Author:** [@Jay91](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay91)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-free-option-to-protect-discourse-from-many-requests/113350 "2019-12-18T05:46:45Z")

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I tried to get to our website an hour ago and found it down this looks like an attack to me, how we can stop, cloudflare is a good option for such a scenarios but that service is not suitable for discourse, please ad…

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## [SSO WordPress and Discourse Login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-wordpress-and-discourse-login/113354)

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**Author:** [@Denis\_Stetsenko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denis_Stetsenko)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-wordpress-and-discourse-login/113354 "2019-04-03T21:29:04Z")

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Hi there, I have WordPress as SSO Provider and want all registered users to automatically LOG IN into their Discourse account once they finish registration through WordPress. Currently when user LOG IN in the WordPress…

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## [Glitch with username link in profile card](https://meta.discourse.org/t/glitch-with-username-link-in-profile-card/113357)

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**Author:** [@bts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bts)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/glitch-with-username-link-in-profile-card/113357 "2019-04-03T17:17:43Z")

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Just noticed the following behavior: In any topic or PM, click username or avatar to open profile card Hover over username/avatar — URL destination preview (i.e. in lower left in Chrome) shows as current topic URL, not …

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## [Ordinal day of the month in Portuguese](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ordinal-day-of-month-in-portuguese/113359)

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**Author:** [@plipsqueek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/plipsqueek)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ordinal-day-of-month-in-portuguese/113359 "2019-04-15T02:14:05Z")

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Hello. I’d like to start by saying that I’m new to Discourse and I’ve been pushing the translation of Discourse into European Portuguese and it’s coming along great. It is truly a great piece of software that is very enj…

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## [Using SSO for Ontraport/Wordpress + Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-sso-for-ontraport-wordpress-discourse/113364)

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**Author:** [@waffleslop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/waffleslop)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-sso-for-ontraport-wordpress-discourse/113364 "2019-04-03T23:36:27Z")

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Summary: I want to continue to manage users inside Ontraport and grant them access to the courses they purchase. When they purchase one specific course, I want to grant them access to Discourse, using SSO via the wordpre…

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## [CSS quotes - general styling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-quotes-general-styling/113373)

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**Author:** [@agemo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agemo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2020, 10:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-quotes-general-styling/113373 "2020-01-16T10:03:52Z")

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The standard quote styling in Discourse, what are the exact CSS classes etc. that control this. I’ve played with .blockquote but what is creating the left circa 4/6 px line and the bg colour, well actually in the user q…

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## [Topic list like on wyzecam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-like-on-wyzecam/113377)

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**Author:** [@shaco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shaco)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-like-on-wyzecam/113377 "2019-04-03T19:26:08Z")

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Hello I noticed that https://forums.wyzecam.com/ have interesting topic list based on chosen tags ( Important Updates and Tips Tricks. Is it a plugin ?? how to do it ?

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## [Keyboard navigation doesn't work after landing on a status post at the end of a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-navigation-doesnt-work-after-landing-on-a-status-post-at-the-end-of-a-topic/113380)

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**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-navigation-doesnt-work-after-landing-on-a-status-post-at-the-end-of-a-topic/113380 "2019-04-12T20:54:26Z")

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When entering a topic at a point where the focus is on a status post (e.g. “Assigned to X”) keyboard navigation (j, k, etc) does not function until the page is scrolled. Note that for this to be the case you have to be …

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## [How does discourse count users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-count-users/113392)

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**Author:** [@Nina\_11](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nina_11)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-count-users/113392 "2019-04-03T22:32:27Z")

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Actually, I have some more follow ups after poking around a bit more: Is it fair to say that total users (provided in site statistics) = all new + basic + member + regular + leader? I’m looking at all ‘users’ to date. A…

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