# Latest

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## [Missing forum title in summary email footer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-forum-title-in-summary-email-footer/61643)

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**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-forum-title-in-summary-email-footer/61643 "2017-04-28T16:52:44Z")

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At the bottom of all digest emails I get, from my own forum, and from others (e.g. Commonmark), the site title is missing from the footer Should be “…sent from \<site title\> when we…”

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## [Discourse app: just GREAT](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-just-great/61791)

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**Author:** [@InspektorCluzo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/InspektorCluzo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-just-great/61791 "2017-04-28T18:49:25Z")

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I want to point out how much of a difference the discourse app makes. I used to engage on Discourse mobile once a week or so, no more. I am now doing probably half of my interactions with Discourse on mobile, day in day …

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## [429 Too Many Requests on /admin/upgrade page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/429-too-many-requests-on-admin-upgrade-page/40509)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/429-too-many-requests-on-admin-upgrade-page/40509 "2017-04-28T19:35:06Z")

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So I’ve been seeing this for a few weeks now, but thought I’d see what configuration I may need to tweak to get this working again. Here is the admin/upgrade page It always hangs on docker\_manager with the following…

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## [Pages from Google search are not rendering](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pages-from-google-search-are-not-rendering/61786)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pages-from-google-search-are-not-rendering/61786 "2017-04-28T20:30:57Z")

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I was checking how Google indexed posts the middle of long topic. I selected a random string here on meta and searched, Google found it and returned this link with page=7 at the end. Clicking the link returns a blank pa…

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## [Advice on Intro topics (after 100s of "Hello, I'm ..." )](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advice-on-intro-topics-after-100s-of-hello-im/61789)

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**Author:** [@mozzadrella](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mozzadrella)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advice-on-intro-topics-after-100s-of-hello-im/61789 "2017-04-28T21:02:36Z")

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We’re lucky enough to have ~450 teachers introducing themselves on our forums. (It’s great!) What’s the best way to navigate an intro topic once your community is lively and happening? A few pieces we’d like to design …

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## [I just received two anniversary badge notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-just-received-two-anniversary-badge-notifications/61794)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-just-received-two-anniversary-badge-notifications/61794 "2017-04-28T21:15:42Z")

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See screenshot. I just got two identical notifications reminding me I am an old timer on meta. :older\_man: I wonder why that happened.

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## [Can you choose categories or latest view in your user preferences?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-choose-categories-or-latest-view-in-your-user-preferences/61802)

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**Author:** [@SammiLynn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SammiLynn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-choose-categories-or-latest-view-in-your-user-preferences/61802 "2017-04-28T21:34:53Z")

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Hi, So I use Hospcotch forum, which is powered by discourse obviously. But here’s the issue, I will be in a topic, and I will go out of it, which then takes me to catagories, and not latest. So my HSF friend pointed s…

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## [Ban members from specific topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ban-members-from-specific-topics/61800)

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**Author:** [@lsaredux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lsaredux)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ban-members-from-specific-topics/61800 "2017-04-28T21:50:01Z")

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I wonder if it’s possible at all to ban specific members from specific topics rather than banning them from whole categories or the general forum. A certain other forum software has the ability to do this (no idea if it…

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## [Specify custom purge interval for «scheduler\_stats» tables](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specify-custom-purge-interval-for-scheduler-stats-tables/61785)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specify-custom-purge-interval-for-scheduler-stats-tables/61785 "2017-04-28T21:32:36Z")

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These 2 useless for me tables take 99.9% of my database’s disk space:

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## [TinyTDS for import](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tinytds-for-import/42884)

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**Author:** [@Kevin\_McKinney](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kevin_McKinney)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tinytds-for-import/42884 "2017-04-28T22:05:19Z")

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I’m importing from a Snitz forum, which doesn’t have an existing import script. I’m not a Ruby developer, so I’m hacking things together as I go. Snitz uses an MS SQL Server backend, and when I look up “Ruby MS SQL Serv…

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## [Seeking Installer For Hire](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-installer-for-hire/61810)

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**Author:** [@SLIServers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SLIServers)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-installer-for-hire/61810 "2017-04-29T03:45:46Z")

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Hey there everyone! I’m looking for someone who can install Discourse on my VPS. I plan to run Wordpress alongside it. Can anyone provide me with some idea’s on the best way to accomplish this? I’d love to hire someone…

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## [Slower Dedicated Server vs Faster VPS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slower-dedicated-server-vs-faster-vps/61812)

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**Author:** [@ColdSun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ColdSun)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slower-dedicated-server-vs-faster-vps/61812 "2017-04-29T05:50:57Z")

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We currently host our external servers at a vpn provider and have 4 hyperthreaded cores (E5-2690 3.0Ghz) and 4gigs of ram. What do you feel would be the impact of switching to a Dual Xeon 5420 (total of 8cores/8threads) …

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## [Adding alt to img?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-alt-to-img/61814)

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**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2017, 6:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-alt-to-img/61814 "2017-04-29T06:27:42Z")

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I suggest adding an empty argument alt. + alt=""

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## [A brand new discourse.org](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-brand-new-discourse-org/60878)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-brand-new-discourse-org/60878 "2017-04-21T01:24:42Z")

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Originally published at: A brand new discourse.org This week we unveiled a completely revamped discourse.org! When our original website was first launched in 2013, Discourse’s features were quite novel. Concepts like…

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## [Adding multiple categories to a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-multiple-categories-to-a-topic/47213)

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**Author:** [@adamgpope](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adamgpope)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-multiple-categories-to-a-topic/47213 "2017-04-29T13:10:13Z")

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I love Discourse, every time I head in to evaluate it as a replacement for the discussion forums we’ve developed and are still actively using (a fork of the old Allaire Forums) I’m constantly impressed with great feature…

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## [Could you add the feature to "unmute" topics in bulk?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-you-add-the-feature-to-unmute-topics-in-bulk/60302)

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**Author:** [@MiNi\_hopscotch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MiNi_hopscotch)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-you-add-the-feature-to-unmute-topics-in-bulk/60302 "2017-04-29T15:20:57Z")

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Hello Discoure, I have a question related to this topic: Way To "Unmute" Many Topics At Once I created that topic around a month ago and I was wondering if you could add a feature to “unmute” topics in bulk. It would …

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## [Upgrading Discourse before upgrading plugins causes problems](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-discourse-before-upgrading-plugins-causes-problems/61781)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-discourse-before-upgrading-plugins-causes-problems/61781 "2017-04-30T13:11:31Z")

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Just attempted an upgrade from web interfacefrom 1.8beta10 to 1.8beta11 and plugin.rb:154 block in activate!. There was an "uninitialized constant warning and a wrong constant name warning up above. (Pardon the transcri…

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## [How to get current login username from onebox?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-current-login-username-from-onebox/57061)

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**Author:** [@suanfazu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/suanfazu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-current-login-username-from-onebox/57061 "2017-04-30T22:47:38Z")

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I’m developing a plugin to embed jupyter notebooks into discourse posts. It’s a private jupyter server and the user can only share his notebooks. So i need to verify the user. how to get the current user (and maybe th…

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## [Add Unicode 9 emoji](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-unicode-9-emoji/56610)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-unicode-9-emoji/56610 "2017-04-30T23:53:28Z")

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Unicode 9 added a :shrug: emoji which I’d love to use right about now. http://emojipedia.org/shrug/ indicates that it’s available in all five of the standard sets available from Discourse (Apple, Google, Twitter, Emojion…

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## [Troubleshooting Gmail 'Poll via POP3 for email replies'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-gmail-poll-via-pop3-for-email-replies/61839)

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**Author:** [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-gmail-poll-via-pop3-for-email-replies/61839 "2017-05-01T03:41:14Z")

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I’m getting an error when setting the Poll via POP3 for email replies to true: POP3 authentication failed. Please verify your pop3 credentials. This setup worked before - I had it running fine on a DO droplet that shar…

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## [Mobile – Android, iOS: if home defaults to categories (or latest), then a switch from year to week causes the higher menu selection to change from 'Top' to 'Categories' (or 'Latest')](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-android-ios-if-home-defaults-to-categories-or-latest-then-a-switch-from-year-to-week-causes-the-higher-menu-selection-to-change-from-top-to-categories-or-latest/61621)

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**Author:** [@grahamperrin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/grahamperrin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-android-ios-if-home-defaults-to-categories-or-latest-then-a-switch-from-year-to-week-causes-the-higher-menu-selection-to-change-from-top-to-categories-or-latest/61621 "2017-05-01T11:36:03Z")

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Top, defaulting to Year: After switching from Year to Week: Environment At /admin/site\_settings/category/basic desktop category page style is Categories and Latest Topics – I wonder whether the style that’s in…

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## [Please release FLOSS version of Android App on F-Droid](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-release-floss-version-of-android-app-on-f-droid/61899)

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**Author:** [@anon61128213](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon61128213)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-release-floss-version-of-android-app-on-f-droid/61899 "2017-05-01T12:04:41Z")

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I tried to test the official Discourse App for Android, but I don’t have any G%§$e Apps or Services on my Fairphone and never will. I downloaded it via Yalp, but the app doesn’t even work without chrome installed! Would…

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## [Tab-completion should automatically add a space after a username](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-completion-should-automatically-add-a-space-after-a-username/45155)

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**Author:** [@jancborchardt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jancborchardt)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-completion-should-automatically-add-a-space-after-a-username/45155 "2017-05-01T13:40:01Z")

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Currently I always find myself needing to manually insert a space after I mention a name and tab-complete it. Other platforms with @mentioning like Github and Twitter simply insert a space automatically which is very con…

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## [Discourse autospec and JavaScript tests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-autospec-and-javascript-tests/61908)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-autospec-and-javascript-tests/61908 "2017-05-01T15:59:27Z")

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I just did a little round of work on our JavaScript integration with bin/rake autospec https://asciinema.org/a/118485 In particular this takes care of: Rerunning current failing JS test on source code change Attempts…

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## [Discourse.org hosting, how is the support?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-org-hosting-how-is-the-support/61901)

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**Author:** [@WorldIsMine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WorldIsMine)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-org-hosting-how-is-the-support/61901 "2017-05-01T17:48:07Z")

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Since I am a total newb to Discourse and Ruby I need a managed setup. I am currently with Communiteq (formerly DiscourseHosting), and even though I am pretty happy with them, I am starting to worry that they’re not staff…

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## [Rerendering on widget keyUp / keyDown?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rerendering-on-widget-keyup-keydown/61461)

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**Author:** [@gdpelican](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gdpelican)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rerendering-on-widget-keyup-keydown/61461 "2017-05-01T23:32:18Z")

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Hey Discourse team, I’m currently investigating why Babble slows down user input so much while typing. I’ve traced it to the keyUp / keyDown hooks in my composer widget, which do things like listen for submit on enter, …

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## [Using unread as default page, guest visitor hit 404](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-unread-as-default-page-guest-visitor-hit-404/61927)

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**Author:** [@jiyinyiyong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jiyinyiyong)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-unread-as-default-page-guest-visitor-hit-404/61927 "2017-05-02T03:51:52Z")

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Reproduce: goto “Settings”, find “Top Menu”, drag “unread” or “new” to the first. Open “Incognito Window” visit site. Expected: Guest visitors should skip the missing pages and see pages like “Latest” or "Category’…

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## [Is there a way to see who changed topic category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-see-who-changed-topic-category/61915)

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**Author:** [@wildrobo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wildrobo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-see-who-changed-topic-category/61915 "2017-05-02T07:02:42Z")

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Is there a way to see which user changed the topic of a category? Several users may have permissions to do this, but which one actually did?

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## [Push to digital ocean from command line and rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-to-digital-ocean-from-command-line-and-rebuild/61931)

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**Author:** [@MatthiasRMS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MatthiasRMS)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2017, 7:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-to-digital-ocean-from-command-line-and-rebuild/61931 "2017-05-02T07:03:28Z")

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Hi ! I’ve followed the official install guide and I managed to have discourse working on digital ocean. However, I couldn’t find how to setup a regular deployment flow (I’m not very familiar with docker and digital oce…

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## [Invite button alt-tag text not updated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-button-alt-tag-text-not-updated/61948)

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**Author:** [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-button-alt-tag-text-not-updated/61948 "2017-05-02T14:56:41Z")

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A rather small bug, but which had me confused for some time and could do the same for new users. On sites using SSO that do not allow local email sign-ups, I believe that the Discourse system stops users from being able…

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