# Latest

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## [Embedding comments via SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-comments-via-sso/95537)

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**Author:** [@Lukas\_Majercak](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lukas_Majercak)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-comments-via-sso/95537 "2018-08-26T21:10:04Z")

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Hi there! I recently setup a discourse instance (https://arbitio-community.co.uk) and configured SSO via my Django app. I am trying to do the following: user logs in to my django app I automatically do /session/sso l…

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## [Always allow staff to see the user directory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/always-allow-staff-to-see-the-user-directory/95606)

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**Author:** [@Karl\_Romanowski](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Karl_Romanowski)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/always-allow-staff-to-see-the-user-directory/95606 "2018-08-27T01:41:41Z")

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When the ‘enable user directory’ option is disabled all access to the /users page is blocked. Staff can see users in /admin/users but the columns and sorting isn’t as great as the directory. Could staff be allowed to see…

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## [User Card text too low on popup after disabling the badges system](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-text-too-low-on-popup-after-disabling-the-badges-system/95682)

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**Author:** [@nineofcups49](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nineofcups49)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-text-too-low-on-popup-after-disabling-the-badges-system/95682 "2018-08-27T03:22:15Z")

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Please see screenshots, as they speak for me.

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## [Bringing a suspended user back on probation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bringing-a-suspended-user-back-on-probation/23524)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bringing-a-suspended-user-back-on-probation/23524 "2014-12-29T23:59:38Z")

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A user on our forum was temporarily suspended for sending inappropriate private messages. He’s sent in an appeal in which he claims to understand what he did wrong and promises not to do it again. Would it be possible t…

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## [Search by tag, not English characters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-by-tag-not-english-characters/92893)

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**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-by-tag-not-english-characters/92893 "2018-08-27T08:04:24Z")

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Probably not quite correctly searching by tags. This tag has more than 300 topics. Looked at other forums, the situation is similar. v2.1.0.beta2 +382

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## [Tidy 2FA code before verification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tidy-2fa-code-before-verification/93103)

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**Author:** [@Pixipea](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pixipea)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tidy-2fa-code-before-verification/93103 "2018-08-27T08:08:05Z")

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With 2FA enabled, when the user types in their token with a space, we should automatically remove that before verifying the code. As per: https://twitter.com/simoncozens/status/1021743003344535552

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## [Making Random Connections Within a Community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-random-connections-within-a-community/95434)

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**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-random-connections-within-a-community/95434 "2018-08-27T18:10:43Z")

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My community is currently on Slack, but I’m very interested in migrating to a new platform. One of the apps I loved most in the Slack ecosystem is Donut, which we used to randomly match people in the community together t…

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## [Search for posts gives wrong/incomplete results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-for-posts-gives-wrong-incomplete-results/95571)

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**Author:** [@Tiaryn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tiaryn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-for-posts-gives-wrong-incomplete-results/95571 "2018-08-27T18:45:33Z")

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Hi! We have a topic in discourse where protocols from meetings are posted and discussed. Every protocol post starts with “Protokoll der FSR-Sitzung vom dd.mm.yyyy” where dd.mm.yyyy is of course the date of the meeting. …

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## [Discourse\_docker: discourse-setup makes sed parse SMTP password](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-discourse-setup-makes-sed-parse-smtp-password/73390)

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**Author:** [@tomreyn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomreyn)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-discourse-setup-makes-sed-parse-smtp-password/73390 "2018-08-27T21:03:10Z")

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I previously posted this on the GitHub issue tracker which has now been removed (including my post), so I’m posting it here again. discourse-setup uses sed to place the user provided SMTP password in the configuration f…

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## [Feature Request - Pre-moderation of messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681)

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**Author:** [@Mischief](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mischief)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 8:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681 "2015-09-28T08:13:59Z")

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How do I set up pre-moderation of messages? Just in way of explanation, the forum that I would like to be using discourse for will be discussing issues which have privacy implications and therefore we are wanting to pre…

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## [Discourse Mobile App - Performance Issue (possibly)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-mobile-app-performance-issue-possibly/95780)

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**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-mobile-app-performance-issue-possibly/95780 "2018-08-27T22:25:48Z")

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Hi, Is there anything that would affect the performance of this app other than standard wifi/service provider bandwidth etc… I only ask as I’ve noticed this evening (UK), that it sees to be hanging, I can select a Disco…

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## [A website chat connector for Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-website-chat-connector-for-discourse/95783)

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**Author:** [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-website-chat-connector-for-discourse/95783 "2018-08-27T23:29:13Z")

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Currently our website has a link to our Discourse site and also a “Let’s Talk” button that pops up an awkward looking email form. Instead of the “Let’s Talk” button I want to have a more inviting chat box like Intercom…

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## [Request header field Content-Type is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Headers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-header-field-content-type-is-not-allowed-by-access-control-allow-headers/95746)

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**Author:** [@davide.porrovecchio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davide.porrovecchio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-header-field-content-type-is-not-allowed-by-access-control-allow-headers/95746 "2018-08-28T01:19:18Z")

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I get this error message when trying to add a new post using the User API key feature. As discussed previously for different values, I think Content-Type should be also added to Access-Control-Allow-Headers header as de…

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## [Loop enabled by default on Self-hosted videos](https://meta.discourse.org/t/loop-enabled-by-default-on-self-hosted-videos/95776)

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**Author:** [@Arta\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arta_S)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/loop-enabled-by-default-on-self-hosted-videos/95776 "2018-08-27T20:01:03Z")

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As the title says, is there a way to make the loop enabled on the self-hosted videos by default? Thank you

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## [Disable Auth0 plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-auth0-plugin/23611)

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**Author:** [@smitty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smitty)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-auth0-plugin/23611 "2015-01-02T23:16:57Z")

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I have enabled the Auth0 plugin, however I entered in the return url incorrectly or something now I cannot login to the site anymore. I am using a docker setup and so far I have tried the following: commented out the …

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## [Discobot - respond to 'help'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-respond-to-help/76596)

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**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-respond-to-help/76596 "2018-08-28T05:57:01Z")

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Discobot should respond to help as well as the verbose display help how about changing: @discobot start new user to: @discobot start new user or @discobot start advanced user I know my eyes glossed over the qu…

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## [X posts were merged should be in target topic as well](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-posts-were-merged-should-be-in-target-topic-as-well/95796)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-posts-were-merged-should-be-in-target-topic-as-well/95796 "2018-08-28T05:41:18Z")

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We utilize the ability to move posts into different topics to help prevent topics from derailing. Examples: Derailing rants that evolve into a separate feature request from the original post are split into a new topic …

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## [Category for Threads with zero replies?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-for-threads-with-zero-replies/95811)

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**Author:** [@knebb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/knebb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-for-threads-with-zero-replies/95811 "2018-08-28T07:04:18Z")

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Hi there, I really have search all topics and stuff but I did not find an answer. Is it possible to have an “Zero-Reply Category”? Within this category we should have all topics from all (or selectable) categories whic…

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## [Member able to login and post as someone else?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/member-able-to-login-and-post-as-someone-else/95794)

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**Author:** [@anon29908737](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon29908737)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/member-able-to-login-and-post-as-someone-else/95794 "2018-08-28T12:57:56Z")

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I had a member be able to login and post under another members username and password. Somehow it autopopulated because they certainly don’t know who or what their password is. And, the logout button doesn’t log them out …

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## [Import from vbulletin to discourse forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-from-vbulletin-to-discourse-forums/95175)

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**Author:** [@Affer\_Raza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Affer_Raza)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-from-vbulletin-to-discourse-forums/95175 "2018-08-28T13:44:02Z")

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Hello, I am currently moving from vbulletin to discourse forums.Import scripts ( scripts/import\_scripts/vbulletin.rb ) were running fine and 2.3 million posts are transferred out of 2.5 million.But now it is stopping af…

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## [Incorrect link in the rss feed for a subfolder installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-link-in-the-rss-feed-for-a-subfolder-installation/95609)

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**Author:** [@UnivacTwo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/UnivacTwo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-link-in-the-rss-feed-for-a-subfolder-installation/95609 "2018-08-28T14:24:03Z")

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in the rss feed I see some wrong links. Not sure that this is the only rss feed with this problem https:/example.com/community/c/genetic-tests/genetic-testing-life-nome.rss and here is the result \<?xml version="1.0" e…

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## [Posts from RSS bumped on each run](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-from-rss-bumped-on-each-run/95766)

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**Author:** [@darix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darix)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-from-rss-bumped-on-each-run/95766 "2018-08-28T14:49:48Z")

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We upgraded our instance from 2.1.0.beta5 to 2.1.0.beta5~git84.b12cf08c57 today to get the XSS fix. And it seems since that upgrade it bumps all RSS posts without replies on each and every run of the job. As you can se…

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## [How did you know you could be successful with a forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-you-know-you-could-be-successful-with-a-forum/92074)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-you-know-you-could-be-successful-with-a-forum/92074 "2018-08-28T14:56:56Z")

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To community builders: How did you come to the conclusion that your community would benefit from (and was in fact ready for) a forum platform? Were there any major clues indicating there was a need for what you set out…

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## [Is there a way to update translations manually and persistent](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-update-translations-manually-and-persistent/95838)

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**Author:** [@hayzem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hayzem)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-update-translations-manually-and-persistent/95838 "2018-08-28T15:21:25Z")

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My team and I are translating Turkish translations for some time and we didn’t see them reviewed. I am going to update them manually but I know that when I rebuild the app again the translations will be pulled from trans…

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## [Turning off RateLimiter::LimitExceeded entirely for one user?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turning-off-ratelimiter-limitexceeded-entirely-for-one-user/95596)

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**Author:** [@jorge\_castro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jorge_castro)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turning-off-ratelimiter-limitexceeded-entirely-for-one-user/95596 "2018-08-28T18:30:30Z")

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We’re having issues running into this as we ingest some RSS feeds, I believe it’s because we’re using zapier to grab some feeds, which then has a 5 minute timer to send them to discourse, which it does all at once, trigg…

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## [Docker image includes unneeded Ubuntu "restricted" (non-free) repo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-image-includes-unneeded-ubuntu-restricted-non-free-repo/88931)

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**Author:** [@sudoman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sudoman)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-image-includes-unneeded-ubuntu-restricted-non-free-repo/88931 "2018-08-28T20:06:35Z")

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Hello Discourse team, I did a quick peek at /etc/apt/sources.list and found this list: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restr…

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## [Flag user as do not email / suspend sending emails to a specific user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flag-user-as-do-not-email-suspend-sending-emails-to-a-specific-user/23644)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flag-user-as-do-not-email-suspend-sending-emails-to-a-specific-user/23644 "2018-08-28T20:16:31Z")

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Is there a way to flag a user as “do not email”? (suspend sending emails to a specific user) I understand that it’s possible to adjust all a users email settings - but at some-point I would like to undo the action and r…

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## [Is it possible to allow only a certain # of topics from a category onto the Latest page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-allow-only-a-certain-of-topics-from-a-category-onto-the-latest-page/95859)

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**Author:** [@JeffBezos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JeffBezos)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-allow-only-a-certain-of-topics-from-a-category-onto-the-latest-page/95859 "2018-08-28T20:38:48Z")

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Hello on my community there are many members who keep journals. The journals are updated frequently and as the number of journals has grown they have come to dominate the Latest page crowding out the other threads. So I…

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## [Wrench menu not disappearing on iOS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrench-menu-not-disappearing-on-ios/94297)

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**Author:** [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrench-menu-not-disappearing-on-ios/94297 "2018-08-29T02:47:02Z")

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On iOS closing wrench menu (not select kit) will sometimes leave some kind of border:

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## [Regenerating LetsEncrypt keys from behind nginx](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regenerating-letsencrypt-keys-from-behind-nginx/95884)

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**Author:** [@mogu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mogu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regenerating-letsencrypt-keys-from-behind-nginx/95884 "2018-08-29T02:46:21Z")

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I followed this excellent guide for running Discourse behind nginx: Run other websites on the same machine as Discourse It worked great. Unfortunately the SSL certificate (via LetsEncrypt) expired after 90 days, and I’m…

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