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## [Which Regex Implementation Does Discourse Use?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-regex-implementation-does-discourse-use/148935)

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**Author:** [@007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/007)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-regex-implementation-does-discourse-use/148935 "2020-04-29T00:11:30Z")

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I’m working on some regex stuff for an import project and I ran into some issues. Just curious, which regex implementation does Discourse use?

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## [Theme component to show indicator if current user has replied to a topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-component-to-show-indicator-if-current-user-has-replied-to-a-topic/149514)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-component-to-show-indicator-if-current-user-has-replied-to-a-topic/149514 "2020-04-28T23:37:20Z")

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Someone has asked if there is a way to get an indicator showing whether the current user has replied to a topic. But I think that the category load has only the frequent post and no info on the current poster, right? So …

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## [Safari navigation issues due to theme or plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/safari-navigation-issues-due-to-theme-or-plugin/149669)

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**Author:** [@znedw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/znedw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/safari-navigation-issues-due-to-theme-or-plugin/149669 "2020-04-28T22:42:19Z")

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Hi all, Some users are reporting issues with Safari on Mac OS and iOS. Issue reports are Since yesterdayish, when I go to a thread and then try to go back (either back button on browser or Cmd-LeftArrow) in Safari, t…

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## [How/where to customize markdown parser](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-where-to-customize-markdown-parser/147538)

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**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-where-to-customize-markdown-parser/147538 "2020-04-28T21:34:26Z")

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I’m preparing a Discourse instance using SSO and it’s important for us to support the existing usernames which have underscore&dashes on any position. I have managed to do the regex updates on Discourse code for this to …

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## [Need help to setup SSO without emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-to-setup-sso-without-emails/149524)

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**Author:** [@gaurang.prasad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gaurang.prasad)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-to-setup-sso-without-emails/149524 "2020-04-28T20:01:35Z")

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My website (a MediaWiki-based wiki) only uses a username and password (email is optional for users to register). I have Discourse up-and-running, and have SSO enabled in admin settings. Clicking on log-in on Discourse re…

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## [What determines the content snippet displayed in Digest Emails?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-determines-the-content-snippet-displayed-in-digest-emails/149661)

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**Author:** [@Tyson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tyson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-determines-the-content-snippet-displayed-in-digest-emails/149661 "2020-04-28T18:58:30Z")

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Digest emails show a snippet of the topic content. Are these snippets truncated based on character count or something else in the topic body? Sometimes I’d like to format topics in a way that I know what content will be …

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## [How to integrate in discourse in zenodo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-integrate-in-discourse-in-zenodo/149630)

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**Author:** [@TomVanHout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TomVanHout)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-integrate-in-discourse-in-zenodo/149630 "2020-04-28T17:27:08Z")

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Newbie question. I’m an academic looking to host an open science/source/access seminar on Zenodo with Discourse integrated. I’ve created a Github account but am now stuck. How can I proceed? Many thanks, Tom

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## [Cannot change tracking status of a long topic from keyboard without going near the end](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-change-tracking-status-of-a-long-topic-from-keyboard-without-going-near-the-end/149583)

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**Author:** [@mpol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpol)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-change-tracking-status-of-a-long-topic-from-keyboard-without-going-near-the-end/149583 "2020-04-28T17:02:01Z")

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To reproduce: go to any sufficiently long topic, eg. Blank screen when switching back to the iOS app immediately press m r or m t to try to change the tracking status of the topic - no reaction, no requests to the serv…

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## [Accounts which weren't activated are deleted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accounts-which-werent-activated-are-deleted/149637)

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**Author:** [@VoskCoin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/VoskCoin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accounts-which-werent-activated-are-deleted/149637 "2020-04-28T17:00:19Z")

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I do not want extra or over moderation of my forum, I also want users to be able to take years off if they want and still be able to return to their account. How can I ensure these accounts are not “automatically de…

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## [How to move Google Groups migrated users from staged to active?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-google-groups-migrated-users-from-staged-to-active/149474)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-google-groups-migrated-users-from-staged-to-active/149474 "2020-04-28T16:50:57Z")

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I have a CDCK client for whom I did a Google Groups import. I told them that people will need to do “reset password” to set their password, but the imported users are staged, and a user claims that trying to reset passwo…

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## [Add additional button post menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-additional-button-post-menu/149439)

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**Author:** [@marek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marek)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-additional-button-post-menu/149439 "2020-04-28T15:08:29Z")

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Hey. I’m quite new to Discourse plugin making, but I was wondering if anyone could help me explaining how to add additional button to post menu. As far as I can see, this should be handled via custom plugin. For exampl…

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## [Direct message in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-message-in-discourse/149600)

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**Author:** [@jenni\_alencar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenni_alencar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-message-in-discourse/149600 "2020-04-28T14:24:26Z")

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Hello, Today, when I sent a direct message in my community, the user does not receive an email with this. There’s a possibility that Discourse send an email when a direct message is received? Thank you.

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## [I am unable to create a new topic by API using CURL or POSTMAN](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-am-unable-to-create-a-new-topic-by-api-using-curl-or-postman/149592)

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**Author:** [@Faizan\_Zahid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Faizan_Zahid)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-am-unable-to-create-a-new-topic-by-api-using-curl-or-postman/149592 "2020-04-28T13:49:10Z")

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My CURL request is, curl -X POST "https://mysite.com/posts.json" \\ -H "Api-Key: mykey" \\ -H "Api-Username: system" \\ -H "title: How many hours are in a year and How many seconds are in a year?" \\ -H "raw: this is my fi…

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## [Assign Posts as admin user to a moderator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-posts-as-admin-user-to-a-moderator/149443)

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**Author:** [@Matze](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matze)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-posts-as-admin-user-to-a-moderator/149443 "2020-04-28T13:05:03Z")

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I had no luck assigning a topic as an admin user to a user who is a moderator. Did i again overlook some configuration options? :wink:

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## [How to translate the word "Bar" from Polls? (German language problem?)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-translate-the-word-bar-from-polls-german-language-problem/149568)

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**Author:** [@andxblink](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andxblink)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-translate-the-word-bar-from-polls-german-language-problem/149568 "2020-04-28T13:01:34Z")

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I need to translate the English word “Bar” from Polls. The search finds “50 more results” and asks me to be more specific. But I don’t know how to be any more specific. I guess this may be a German language-only problem…

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## [NoMethodError When Rebuilding User Actions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nomethoderror-when-rebuilding-user-actions/149507)

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**Author:** [@007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/007)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nomethoderror-when-rebuilding-user-actions/149507 "2020-04-28T11:49:05Z")

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Hi everyone, so I had originally submitted this under Support, but I’m fairly certain it’s a bug now after duplicating it several times on fresh installs. I only started experiencing this after the latest Discourse relea…

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## [Error "Unable to verify authorization token due to server clock differences"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-unable-to-verify-authorization-token-due-to-server-clock-differences/147685)

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**Author:** [@trusktr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trusktr)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-unable-to-verify-authorization-token-due-to-server-clock-differences/147685 "2020-04-28T11:22:59Z")

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I have Google auth enabled, and it was working. But then something happened (I think I accepted an automatic update to my machine specs on linode.com) and now Google auth doesn’t work, and Discourse says Unable to veri…

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## [Not able to send email Net::ReadTimeout](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-send-email-net-readtimeout/98419)

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**Author:** [@acinonyxjubatus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/acinonyxjubatus)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 10:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-send-email-net-readtimeout/98419 "2020-04-28T10:48:44Z")

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I installed discourse behind nginx according this post. Also I have SSL certificate installed by certboot Registration activation email is not sending and when I run ./discourse-doctor on email sending step I get Net::…

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## [Reason for link share username appending at the end](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reason-for-link-share-username-appending-at-the-end/149553)

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**Author:** [@Yu\_Gong1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yu_Gong1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reason-for-link-share-username-appending-at-the-end/149553 "2023-05-28T09:47:13Z")

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Hi, Our community is tring to reason why using discourses default share button appends the users username at the end: Inderes.fi tuotekehityksen päivitykset #techtalk - #196 by Mika - Kehitysideat - Inderes forum that …

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## [Discourse as SSO Provider: Login Error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-sso-provider-login-error/149572)

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**Author:** [@balupton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/balupton)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-sso-provider-login-error/149572 "2020-04-28T09:41:59Z")

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I’m following this guide here: I am providing the correct signature, however for some reason discourse is not accepting it. Here is the URL I am hitting: Here is the error log for it: Message Verbose SSO log: Si…

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## [Allow unregistered users to post as anonymous](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-unregistered-users-to-post-as-anonymous/50866)

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**Author:** [@codmakr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codmakr)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 8:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-unregistered-users-to-post-as-anonymous/50866 "2020-04-28T08:57:17Z")

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The title says everything. We need this feature for an internal Forum, does anyone knows a plugin or a other way?

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## [Show BUTTON only to staff users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-button-only-to-staff-users/149552)

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**Author:** [@Ed\_Bobkov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_Bobkov)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 7:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-button-only-to-staff-users/149552 "2020-04-28T07:51:33Z")

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I added some button via script in the \<head\>...\</head\> part at this page: /admin/customize/themes/2/common/head\_tag/edit this way \<script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.4"\> api.onToolbarCreate(toolbar =\> { t…

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## [CSP error: Couldn't parse invalid host /theme-javascripts/](https://meta.discourse.org/t/csp-error-couldnt-parse-invalid-host-theme-javascripts/149255)

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**Author:** [@Rina\_Fallingstar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rina_Fallingstar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/csp-error-couldnt-parse-invalid-host-theme-javascripts/149255 "2020-04-28T07:09:43Z")

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Since the latest update ( 2.5.0.beta3) our discourse forum keeps showing the following errors in the browsers dev console : Any component that contains javascripts return this browser warrning. Is there any CSP sett…

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## [Trouble creating user with custom user fields with the API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-creating-user-with-custom-user-fields-with-the-api/148434)

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**Author:** [@NathanLei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NathanLei)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-creating-user-with-custom-user-fields-with-the-api/148434 "2020-04-28T05:26:47Z")

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When I try to create a user via API with “user\_fields\[1\]”. which is the customer field. When I do the testing via postman, it works fine. but When I tried it via code. it never works. so wired. here is my payload {…

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## [White email link text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/white-email-link-text/149441)

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**Author:** [@uwe\_keim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uwe_keim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/white-email-link-text/149441 "2020-04-28T04:50:28Z")

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I’ve joined a (German) Discourse-based forum today (this one), registered and turned on dark mode for my user profile. When I got a notification email about a reply to a topic of mine it looks like this: As you can …

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## [Correct way to Restrict/Curate Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/correct-way-to-restrict-curate-tags/149450)

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**Author:** [@TheDarkWizard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheDarkWizard)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/correct-way-to-restrict-curate-tags/149450 "2020-04-27T12:58:59Z")

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Hi, I was wondering what the best way to deal with tags was according to others. We are still in the early stages of preparing for our migration and working on the import script and all that. On our previous forum softwa…

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## [How to set up SSL on kubernetes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-up-ssl-on-kubernetes/149112)

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**Author:** [@Harsh\_Pratap\_Singh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Harsh_Pratap_Singh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-up-ssl-on-kubernetes/149112 "2020-04-28T04:27:25Z")

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hello . i have set up discourse on kubernetes . the setup is fully up and running however my site is still on HTTP and i want to convert it to HTTPS . need help ASAP

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## [Changing default font type on all emails the system sends](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-default-font-type-on-all-emails-the-system-sends/132401)

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**Author:** [@Deyner\_López](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Deyner_L%C3%B3pez)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-default-font-type-on-all-emails-the-system-sends/132401 "2020-04-28T04:19:19Z")

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Hi! I am trying to modify the invites email a new user will receive whe we send him and invitation. I am trying to meet the design needs of our company(fonts, colors,…) The fonts we need are in Google fonts site and i t…

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## [Fixing read counts in migrated forum data](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fixing-read-counts-in-migrated-forum-data/149546)

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**Author:** [@007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/007)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fixing-read-counts-in-migrated-forum-data/149546 "2020-04-27T15:54:10Z")

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What is the best way to run UserStats to recalculate the posts\_read number like you mentioned? Is there a built-in rake command for this or is there another method to call it? And by the way, I’m not sure if this issue …

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## [On iOS, when minimizing then restoring a draft reply, scroll position gets reset](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-ios-when-minimizing-then-restoring-a-draft-reply-scroll-position-gets-reset/149217)

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**Author:** [@bts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bts)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-ios-when-minimizing-then-restoring-a-draft-reply-scroll-position-gets-reset/149217 "2020-04-28T02:46:25Z")

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Just noticed in the iOS discourse hub app, as I was composing a reply here on meta— When I scroll around in the topic w/ a minimized draft, open up the composer again, when I next minimize it the position resets back to…

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