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## [How long after sending a direct message is the email notification sent?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-long-after-sending-a-direct-message-is-the-email-notification-sent/182684)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-long-after-sending-a-direct-message-is-the-email-notification-sent/182684 "2021-03-09T22:38:40Z")

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Pretty much all is in the title.

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## [Thumbnail not showing when image in post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thumbnail-not-showing-when-image-in-post/182208)

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**Author:** [@sampoullain](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sampoullain)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thumbnail-not-showing-when-image-in-post/182208 "2021-03-09T22:18:58Z")

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Hi all When you post a forum link on social, the large meta image card shows. Except for when there’s an image in the first post, that comes up instead of the meta image card and looks really small, i.e. not the full i…

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## [Allow Category Moderators to Pin/Unpin topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-category-moderators-to-pin-unpin-topics/246054)

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**Author:** [@Kartoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kartoon)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-category-moderators-to-pin-unpin-topics/246054 "2021-03-09T21:06:00Z")

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If there a way to add the ability to pin/unpin topics either officially or through an add-on?

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## [Discourse is the "best in class" community building platform](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-the-best-in-class-community-building-platform/147998)

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**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-the-best-in-class-community-building-platform/147998 "2021-03-09T20:49:26Z")

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Ahhhhh! I just can’t help myself… I have to express my excitement and gratitude to the Discourse team and this amazing community!!! I’ve been following Discourse development for many many years. I can’t remember who it …

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## [Track sign-ups on Google Analytics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/track-sign-ups-on-google-analytics/96746)

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**Author:** [@Henry\_Cooper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Henry_Cooper)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/track-sign-ups-on-google-analytics/96746 "2021-03-09T20:00:52Z")

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How could I track sign-ups on Google Analytics? I took a look at this post, but didn’t understand what the code meant, or where I should be adding it. I am aware that users get sent to a page after signing-up via EMAI…

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## [Help! Upgrade led to complete fail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-upgrade-led-to-complete-fail/182547)

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**Author:** [@Judith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Judith)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-upgrade-led-to-complete-fail/182547 "2021-03-09T19:39:27Z")

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Hi, When running most recent upgrade (something 6 to 7), rake db:migrate failed because of a supposed duplicate username. As I’m not really comfortable with the Linux commandline, I then tried to enter the rails console…

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## [\[PAID\] Add "invite user" feature to private topic plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-add-invite-user-feature-to-private-topic-plugin/182672)

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**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-add-invite-user-feature-to-private-topic-plugin/182672 "2021-03-09T19:17:36Z")

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What would you like done? Add the “invite user” feature that was originally planned by the plugin author but hasn’t been implemented after all. When do you need it done? March 15 What is your budget, in $ USD that y…

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## [Can't get Discourse to work on different ports](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-get-discourse-to-work-on-different-ports/182504)

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**Author:** [@firewire10000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/firewire10000)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-get-discourse-to-work-on-different-ports/182504 "2021-03-09T18:28:38Z")

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I want to run my Discourse forum alongside my WordPress server but of course these both run on ports 80 and 443 natively. To get around this I’m planning on using a NGINX reverse proxy to translate front facing sub-domai…

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## [More English string in the French Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-english-string-in-the-french-discourse/182557)

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**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-english-string-in-the-french-discourse/182557 "2021-03-09T14:54:45Z")

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Bonjour, de plus en plus de chaînes anglaises non traduites apparaissent en français dans l'installation française de Discourse, savez-vous pourquoi ? Merci.

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## [How to modify the preview with javascript?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-modify-the-preview-with-javascript/182563)

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**Author:** [@Heddson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heddson)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-modify-the-preview-with-javascript/182563 "2021-03-09T14:04:59Z")

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This is kind of related to my last question. But made a new topic since it’s a new question. What is the best way to modify the preview (that you see when composing a post) with javascript in a theme component? I know …

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## [/logs redirectong to /logs/logs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logs-redirectong-to-logs-logs/182464)

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**Author:** [@ahmed\_khan1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ahmed_khan1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 10:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logs-redirectong-to-logs-logs/182464 "2021-03-09T10:10:19Z")

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i have migrated my discourse website to a new server everything working fine but now when I go to /logs it redirects me to /logs/logs I am using vps for my hosting

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## [Reset Dashboard Metrics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-dashboard-metrics/182611)

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**Author:** [@l3rett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/l3rett)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-dashboard-metrics/182611 "2021-03-09T09:48:14Z")

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Hi, I’ve recently set up a Discourse with around 10 current users. For some strange reason the Logged-in user page view stats on my Dashboard are up to around 20K which seems unlikely as there’s only a handful of pages…

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## [Best element to use for pulling featured posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-element-to-use-for-pulling-featured-posts/181303)

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**Author:** [@MorganCarey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MorganCarey)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 7:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-element-to-use-for-pulling-featured-posts/181303 "2021-03-09T07:26:54Z")

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I am just launching my new site design, and what I want to do is pull specific posts (not by main category etc, but let’s say “highlighted” posts that I want to embed into main pages (for SEO, but also just to make sure …

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## [Addmob txt file](https://meta.discourse.org/t/addmob-txt-file/182128)

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**Author:** [@Gjithcka\_al](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gjithcka_al)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 5:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/addmob-txt-file/182128 "2021-03-09T05:48:51Z")

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Hello! I want to add adMobile on my app for discourse but google want to add a file for example in : discourse.com/add-ads.txt and i dont know where to upload it. I need some help from someone that solved this problem be…

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## [Dropdown user menu is not accessible on small screens](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dropdown-user-menu-is-not-accessible-on-small-screens/178244)

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**Author:** [@ieahleen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ieahleen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dropdown-user-menu-is-not-accessible-on-small-screens/178244 "2021-03-09T04:21:14Z")

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O my iPhone SE 2016 I can’t log out from the freecodecamp forum (forum.freecodecamp.org) in portrait mode, and can’t get to most menu items on landscape mode. I have tried other discourse forums, like this one and commun…

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## [Show a button only for certain trust levels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-a-button-only-for-certain-trust-levels/182581)

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**Author:** [@MrDavis97](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MrDavis97)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-a-button-only-for-certain-trust-levels/182581 "2021-03-09T01:50:52Z")

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So I have used a plug-in outlet and injected some custom HTML into the extra-nav-item outlet: \<script type="text/x-handlebars" data-template-name="/connectors/extra-nav-item/free-user-button"\> \<a id="free-user-butto…

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## [External SSO provider but discourse logs say None has already expired (please help!)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-provider-but-discourse-logs-say-none-has-already-expired-please-help/176271)

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**Author:** [@James\_Hope](https://meta.discourse.org/u/James_Hope)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-provider-but-discourse-logs-say-none-has-already-expired-please-help/176271 "2021-03-09T00:17:00Z")

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We are using Firebase as our external SSO provider. We have followed the discourse instructions on this. We get an error in the logs as follows: Verbose SSO log: Started SSO Process add\_groups: admin: moderator: avatar…

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## [Sorting topic by subject](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorting-topic-by-subject/182457)

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**Author:** [@BIBI](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BIBI)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorting-topic-by-subject/182457 "2021-03-08T21:22:21Z")

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We have a category for release notes in our instance of Discourse, is there a way of making this category be sorted by default by title or creation date, as both these options would list the release notes in order

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## [Unexpected code highlighting in code block](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-code-highlighting-in-code-block/182267)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-code-highlighting-in-code-block/182267 "2021-03-08T20:41:03Z")

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Kind of a low priority question, but I have an example of some Preformatted text unexpectedly displaying in green for no apparent reason. I was not able to replicate this HERE, but the screencap shows what I am seeing on…

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## [Restrict Mailing List Mode to Usergroup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-mailing-list-mode-to-usergroup/177765)

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**Author:** [@JoshuaJoma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JoshuaJoma)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-mailing-list-mode-to-usergroup/177765 "2021-03-08T20:35:10Z")

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Hi, we have a userbase with a quite old in age community that uses our Forum a lot via mailing list mode and is used to this. We want to keep this group as they bring a lot of knowledge to the discussion. As new member…

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## [Feature request: Add reason for silencing the user to system message template](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-reason-for-silencing-the-user-to-system-message-template/182543)

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**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-reason-for-silencing-the-user-to-system-message-template/182543 "2021-03-08T19:49:52Z")

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Hey guys In some cases users complained that they were silenced without a reason. After a test we realized that the reason text for silencing is not included in the message sent from the system account. It would be gr…

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## [Rebuilding failed 'bundle exec rake db:migrate' failed with return #\<Process::Status: pid 4979 exit 1\>](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuilding-failed-bundle-exec-rake-db-migrate-failed-with-return-process-pid-4979-exit-1/182493)

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**Author:** [@ahmed\_khan1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ahmed_khan1)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuilding-failed-bundle-exec-rake-db-migrate-failed-with-return-process-pid-4979-exit-1/182493 "2021-03-08T18:12:26Z")

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rebuilding failed don’t know the reason my site is down here’s the log I have reboot the server but that doesn’t fix the error @pfaffman plz help

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## [Unexpected behavior with topic templates for Uncategorized](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-behavior-with-topic-templates-for-uncategorized/146171)

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**Author:** [@leog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leog)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-behavior-with-topic-templates-for-uncategorized/146171 "2021-03-08T17:42:33Z")

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I’m having an issue where I set the “Uncategorized” category template but when the user in the Discourse home creates a topic, which automatically uses the category “Uncategorized” the template is not loaded. I can only …

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## [Set specific categories as homepage for specific users groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-specific-categories-as-homepage-for-specific-users-groups/93674)

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**Author:** [@bekircem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bekircem)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-specific-categories-as-homepage-for-specific-users-groups/93674 "2021-03-08T17:09:58Z")

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Hi, I want to set spesific categories as homepage for spesific users groups. It is possible?

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## [Using Discourse on a Drupal site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-on-a-drupal-site/71189)

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**Author:** [@Susan\_Weintraub\_Leib](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Susan_Weintraub_Leib)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-on-a-drupal-site/71189 "2018-08-05T14:43:21Z")

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Anyone have experience using Discourse on a Drupal site?

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## [Convert Existing Plugin to do Discord to Discourse role/group sync](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-existing-plugin-to-do-discord-to-discourse-role-group-sync/178002)

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**Author:** [@DiscoveryOV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DiscoveryOV)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-existing-plugin-to-do-discord-to-discourse-role-group-sync/178002 "2021-03-08T14:53:50Z")

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What would you like done? Convert this fork of this plugin to work Discord → Discourse instead of Discourse → Discord. The reason I say the fork and not the original is because I prefer everything to be fully automatic…

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## [Problem after Discourse update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-after-discourse-update/182413)

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**Author:** [@ankur1857](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ankur1857)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-after-discourse-update/182413 "2021-03-08T13:58:38Z")

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I am facing a problem after the recent update when I updated discourse. Now I am rebuilding using ssh, which shows an error root@ask:~# cd /var/discourse root@ask:/var/discourse# ./launcher rebuild app Ensuring launche…

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## [How to add min or max values in custom fields?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-min-or-max-values-in-custom-fields/182482)

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**Author:** [@Cyan\_Suntay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cyan_Suntay)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-min-or-max-values-in-custom-fields/182482 "2021-03-08T13:20:15Z")

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I have found this thread and know that discourse can add custom fields for registration I want to add an age field and prevent from submitting when they are 13years old below. I know it can be done using min in number…

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## [How to rename FAQ page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-rename-faq-page/182467)

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**Author:** [@raghukamath](https://meta.discourse.org/u/raghukamath)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-rename-faq-page/182467 "2021-03-08T11:16:21Z")

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The FAQ page seems like a guideline or Code of Conduct page. So we want to add some of our guidelines by editing this page. But can we change the title of this page to something other than FAQ? Or add a separate guidelin…

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## [Call function on page change](https://meta.discourse.org/t/call-function-on-page-change/148219)

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**Author:** [@Chmarus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chmarus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/call-function-on-page-change/148219 "2020-04-16T15:08:55Z")

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I would like to call a JavaScript function on every page change by the user. I understand JS and Ruby on Rails code, but I’m not sure what is the best practice in Discourse to achieve that. I’d be grateful for any tips. …

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