# Latest

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## [Add picture in table](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-picture-in-table/179412)

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**Author:** [@Bank\_Live](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bank_Live)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2021, 3:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-picture-in-table/179412 "2021-02-13T03:27:51Z")

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I need add picture to table. We can? same sample

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## [Continue where you left off / hand off feature for reading posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continue-where-you-left-off-hand-off-feature-for-reading-posts/179000)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continue-where-you-left-off-hand-off-feature-for-reading-posts/179000 "2021-02-13T03:20:23Z")

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When reading posts on mobile, I sometimes wish there was an option to easily open the same post on my computer. Right now, the “easiest” way to do this is to add a bookmark on mobile, go to desktop, open the bookmark, de…

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## [What conditions render a post unable to be crawled by search engines?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-conditions-render-a-post-unable-to-be-crawled-by-search-engines/179528)

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**Author:** [@ked](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ked)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-conditions-render-a-post-unable-to-be-crawled-by-search-engines/179528 "2021-02-13T00:51:00Z")

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What conditions render a post unable to be crawled by search engines? In the life of a Topic, under what conditions does it become crawlable/indexable for the search engine crawlers? Some possibilities (and I’d suppose…

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## [Recommend inexpensive managed hosting?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommend-inexpensive-managed-hosting/179465)

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**Author:** [@RedScientist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RedScientist)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommend-inexpensive-managed-hosting/179465 "2021-02-12T22:41:56Z")

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I found Communiteq managed hosting offering, tried to contact them via their contact form but kept getting error “There was an error trying to send your message. Please try again later.” Doesn’t inspire a lot of confide…

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## [Instagram TV oneboxing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instagram-tv-oneboxing/172784)

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**Author:** [@renato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renato)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instagram-tv-oneboxing/172784 "2021-02-12T20:39:37Z")

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Sorry if this has been discussed before, but is support for oneboxing IGTV links on the roadmap? When I try to use a IGTV link, which is something like https://www.instagram.com/tv/ID/, the response is similar to the de…

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## [Whitespace before or after bold markers causes bold not to work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whitespace-before-or-after-bold-markers-causes-bold-not-to-work/179447)

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**Author:** [@tpetrov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpetrov)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whitespace-before-or-after-bold-markers-causes-bold-not-to-work/179447 "2021-02-12T19:33:04Z")

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Okay, Not sure if this is standard markdown or Discourse bug, but if you use markdown and have a whitespace before/after the text it breaks: This works fine when I use the bold button \*\* This doesn’t since I have a sp…

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## [Show Social Login Profiles on User Card](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-social-login-profiles-on-user-card/179490)

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**Author:** [@cookieman768](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cookieman768)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-social-login-profiles-on-user-card/179490 "2021-02-12T18:32:09Z")

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Hey all, I’m still a bit new to Discourse and was wondering how I could show connected accounts on a user profile card. I’m wanting to show Steam profile and Discord usernames primarily. I was able to get it working with…

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## [Personal messages can be sent to email addresses?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-messages-can-be-sent-to-email-addresses/179492)

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**Author:** [@srwsol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/srwsol)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-messages-can-be-sent-to-email-addresses/179492 "2021-02-12T19:18:35Z")

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I recently installed Discourse on Linux, and I had a user contact me via another means saying that he tried to send me an email via the messaging service on Discourse and that I didn’t respond. I started playing around…

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## [Slow Discourse Rebuild on a VM with slow disks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-discourse-rebuild-on-a-vm-with-slow-disks/179440)

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**Author:** [@rgrunbla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rgrunbla)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-discourse-rebuild-on-a-vm-with-slow-disks/179440 "2021-02-12T18:23:27Z")

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Hi everyone, We’re using discourse in a virtual machine on a server we own (using kvm, proxmox), and we’re observing very slow rebuild when updating our discourse server. By slow, I mean it takes up to 30 minutes to ex…

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## [Can I remove the real name feature in the sign up and profile option?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-remove-the-real-name-feature-in-the-sign-up-and-profile-option/179478)

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**Author:** [@png](https://meta.discourse.org/u/png)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-remove-the-real-name-feature-in-the-sign-up-and-profile-option/179478 "2021-02-12T17:38:53Z")

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I’m going to make a forum community soon, but I don’t want people to share their real names. I know that it is completely optional, but is there a way to remove that feature? Thanks, @png

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## [Is there a way to change the default user profile pictures to be a random one out of a selection of images?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-default-user-profile-pictures-to-be-a-random-one-out-of-a-selection-of-images/179477)

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**Author:** [@Ben10](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ben10)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-default-user-profile-pictures-to-be-a-random-one-out-of-a-selection-of-images/179477 "2021-02-12T17:08:10Z")

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Was wondering if there was a way to do this already in place or if there was a plugin that could help me do so? Any help would be appreciated!

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## [Force Redirect HTTP to HTTPS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-redirect-http-to-https/57393)

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**Author:** [@arothberg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arothberg)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-redirect-http-to-https/57393 "2021-02-12T13:26:29Z")

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I would to redirect users that access the discourse site on port http to port https. I have checked force https but that does not seem to be causing a redirect to happen. The SSL termination is being done external to dis…

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## [Comprehensive documentation for settings?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/comprehensive-documentation-for-settings/179354)

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**Author:** [@aaronbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aaronbauman)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/comprehensive-documentation-for-settings/179354 "2021-02-12T13:16:16Z")

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Is there a single, comprehensive place where the various discourse settings are documented?

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## [Change the color or size of a category name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-color-or-size-of-a-category-name/178951)

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**Author:** [@Gérard78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/G%C3%A9rard78)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-color-or-size-of-a-category-name/178951 "2021-02-12T08:29:34Z")

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I would like to highlight a category on the first page: how can I change the color, size or style of a name of a given category? Thanks

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## [RSS URL show 403 Error in Google Console](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-url-show-403-error-in-google-console/177759)

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**Author:** [@PoojaPatel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PoojaPatel)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-url-show-403-error-in-google-console/177759 "2021-02-12T02:03:37Z")

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Google still crawling rss feed after delete topic and Showing 403 instead of 404. Find Report at Coverage section \> Excluded \> “Blocked due to access forbidden (403)” When Topic is deleted show this message “Oops! Tha…

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## [Embed specific comment as quote](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-specific-comment-as-quote/179294)

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**Author:** [@seeminglee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seeminglee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-specific-comment-as-quote/179294 "2021-02-12T01:35:26Z")

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Is it possible to embed a specific comment inside a topic to be used as a quote on the blog site? I know that embedding the entire discussion is possible but I would like to include specific comments similar to how I wo…

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## [Users searches can't begin with @ in advanced search form](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-searches-cant-begin-with-in-advanced-search-form/178620)

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**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-searches-cant-begin-with-in-advanced-search-form/178620 "2021-02-12T01:07:51Z")

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This is a minor UX issue that was pointed out to me today. Most form inputs on Discourse that open a user dropdown menu allow you to start the search by entering an @ symbol and then entering the first few letters of the…

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## [Shouldn't hitting the "Quote" button put the quote on a new line in the message?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shouldnt-hitting-the-quote-button-put-the-quote-on-a-new-line-in-the-message/178399)

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**Author:** [@one1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/one1)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shouldnt-hitting-the-quote-button-put-the-quote-on-a-new-line-in-the-message/178399 "2021-02-11T17:17:54Z")

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When I highlight text and hit the quote button, it places the quoted text with tags exactly where my cursor is in my reply. This is good, unless my cursor is at the end of a line of text. I find that when the quote gets…

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## [Accessing variables in a connector](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessing-variables-in-a-connector/141747)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessing-variables-in-a-connector/141747 "2021-02-11T22:04:13Z")

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I’m great at system administration. I’m not bad at doing stuff in rails. With javascript, ember, and CSS,I am just a caveman. In a plugin that changes who can send PMs, I am trying to add a button to the profile page wh…

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## [Downloading of .webp images in oneboxes is broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-of-webp-images-in-oneboxes-is-broken/141602)

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**Author:** [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-of-webp-images-in-oneboxes-is-broken/141602 "2021-02-11T21:26:43Z")

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It looks like downloading images in oneboxes is broken. Maybe a recent regression due to changes in onebox or secure media. @vinothkannans Could you take a look please? Exampe: Oneboxing https://www.samsung.com/us/mobil…

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## [Can't keep desktop push notifications enabled - dup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-keep-desktop-push-notifications-enabled-dup/145533)

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**Author:** [@michaeld1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld1)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-keep-desktop-push-notifications-enabled-dup/145533 "2021-02-11T18:28:39Z")

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This is a duplicate of this Could not comment there as it was closed This is still happening to me discourse-push-notifications v0.3.0 discourse v2.5.0.beta2

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## [Best way to customise the formatting of the link text?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-customise-the-formatting-of-the-link-text/277619)

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**Author:** [@alexs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexs)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-customise-the-formatting-of-the-link-text/277619 "2021-02-11T17:23:26Z")

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What’s the best way to customise the formatting of the link text? It looks like editing the CSS isn’t the best approach because the changes will be lost when the plugin’s updated. I’d like to make it bold & change th…

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## [One discourse instance for multiple purposes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/one-discourse-instance-for-multiple-purposes/179345)

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**Author:** [@tpicouet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpicouet)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/one-discourse-instance-for-multiple-purposes/179345 "2021-02-11T15:00:59Z")

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Hi, I am working for a research entity that provides collaboration tools to researchers or teams to help them working and to stimulate openscience. One of the tools is getting old so I am prospecting new solutions. It …

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## [Failed to create swap on install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-create-swap-on-install/179095)

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**Author:** [@abdurrehman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abdurrehman)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-create-swap-on-install/179095 "2021-02-11T14:53:49Z")

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I’m following the official install guide, and when I run this command. ./discourse-setup I’m getting this error message. root@server:/var/discourse# ./discourse-setup WARNING: Discourse requires at least 2GB of swap w…

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## [How to setup 301 redirect -non-www to www](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-301-redirect-non-www-to-www/179332)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-301-redirect-non-www-to-www/179332 "2021-02-11T14:47:55Z")

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I am having a lot of trouble trying to work out how to do this. I would like to redirect non-www to www using 301 redirect. I am using digitalocean and ubuntu 20. Can anyone please advise me how to do this. When I try …

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## [\[PAID\] Make an external data-set mentionable just like users (@) and categories (#)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-make-an-external-data-set-mentionable-just-like-users-and-categories/179333)

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**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-make-an-external-data-set-mentionable-just-like-users-and-categories/179333 "2021-02-11T14:22:32Z")

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What would you like done? My idea is to have a set of products from external source (CSV) which users can mention just like they can do with users (@), categories (#). So for products, they could use a + . That would tr…

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## [Quiz like feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quiz-like-feature/179335)

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**Author:** [@kusrc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kusrc)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quiz-like-feature/179335 "2021-02-11T14:09:05Z")

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I’m working on a question based game, is there a way to create a topic where people can answer and if their answer matches predefined answer they will see the next question and so on? and users cant see each others comm…

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## [EmberCLI: Coming to a Discourse near you!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embercli-coming-to-a-discourse-near-you/143528)

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**Author:** [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embercli-coming-to-a-discourse-near-you/143528 "2021-02-11T13:25:08Z")

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We’d like to migrate Discourse’s asset pipeline over to use EmberCLI. EmberCLI is the standard way to develop Ember applications and Discourse’s approach has long been a source of confusion for people approaching our pr…

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## [Tips Driving People On-Site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-driving-people-on-site/179253)

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**Author:** [@401Ott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/401Ott)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 7:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-driving-people-on-site/179253 "2021-02-11T07:18:44Z")

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Hi All! We’ve recently invested more in good quality content on our forum that our audience will like but feel like we don’t have the optimal infrastructure to drive people back to our forum. More specifically, what tip…

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## [Hide topic progress bar on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-topic-progress-bar-on-mobile/179287)

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**Author:** [@falcon9](https://meta.discourse.org/u/falcon9)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-topic-progress-bar-on-mobile/179287 "2021-02-11T03:05:13Z")

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Is there anyway to have a theme installed that users could select that hides the topic progress bar on mobile? Or I guess… how can I hide the mobile topic progress bar?

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