# Latest

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## [Topic Invite Enhancement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-invite-enhancement/109654)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-invite-enhancement/109654 "2019-02-20T19:32:34Z")

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Hi, I’d like to suggest that the Topic Invite Feature: Be enhanced to include the option of writing a personal message. It would be nice to be able to say to a colleague or a friend or whomever why I am inviting th…

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## [iOS app user suddenly logged out?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-app-user-suddenly-logged-out/109593)

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**Author:** [@Seth\_Godin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Seth_Godin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-app-user-suddenly-logged-out/109593 "2019-02-20T19:07:33Z")

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one of our users uploaded: Was working OK but then changed to this And when I select Authorize it gives an error message Oops The software powering this discussion forum encountered an unexpected problem. We apolog…

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## [Help with troubleshooting after upgrade to 2.3.0](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-troubleshooting-after-upgrade-to-2-3-0/109648)

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**Author:** [@arturop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arturop)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-troubleshooting-after-upgrade-to-2-3-0/109648 "2019-02-20T19:01:15Z")

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Hello, I have been having some trouble since last night with my Discourse setup. I would appreciate if someone could help me troubleshoot. Timeline: Users report can’t access the site. I can reproduce 100%. When logg…

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## [Answer Own Topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/answer-own-topic/109646)

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**Author:** [@gul\_yurdakul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gul_yurdakul)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/answer-own-topic/109646 "2019-02-20T18:02:15Z")

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Is it possible to create a topic that is only updatable (reply, edit) by the author, admin, or moderator, but readable by everyone? I would like to have your opinion about a new permission for categories? I’m bui…

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## [How to Admin or the person who create the topic can only post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-admin-or-the-person-who-create-the-topic-can-only-post/109540)

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**Author:** [@gul\_yurdakul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gul_yurdakul)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-admin-or-the-person-who-create-the-topic-can-only-post/109540 "2019-02-20T17:33:09Z")

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How to Admin or the person who create the topic can only post??

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## [Amazon AWS account suspended, backups page gives 404 error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amazon-aws-account-suspended-backups-page-gives-404-error/109333)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amazon-aws-account-suspended-backups-page-gives-404-error/109333 "2019-02-20T15:56:19Z")

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Looks like my credit card needs to be updated at Amazon AWS, and my backups stopped working. I got notifications about the failed backups, but no reason why. Visiting the backups page, I saw a 404 error. This topic might…

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## [Confirm Password Prompt](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-password-prompt/109575)

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**Author:** [@adambirds](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adambirds)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-password-prompt/109575 "2019-02-20T15:46:45Z")

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When being sent an invite to sign up, users are only asked to enter their password once, and not confirm this, can this be added or enabled so that users can confirm what they are entering?

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## [Rubygems: Too Many Requests problem returns!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rubygems-too-many-requests-problem-returns/102499)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rubygems-too-many-requests-problem-returns/102499 "2019-02-20T13:58:53Z")

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I’ve got a couple builds failing due to rubygem rate limiting. (One at Digital Ocean, another at a COLO outside Boston). I thought that there was a recent update to the base Docker image that was supposed to mitigate th…

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## [E-mail polling on GMAIL not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/e-mail-polling-on-gmail-not-working/109562)

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**Author:** [@meetya](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meetya)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/e-mail-polling-on-gmail-not-working/109562 "2019-02-20T12:50:36Z")

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Hello, Since yesterday I am having difficulties polling for gmail replies as shown here: These are my Google Account security settings: As you can see I’ve got 2-Step Verification turned off. I’ve also enabled …

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## [Why can't I bypass the 15 character title requirement as an admin (+how to bypass it)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-i-bypass-the-15-character-title-requirement-as-an-admin-how-to-bypass-it/109647)

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**Author:** [@smlemk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smlemk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-i-bypass-the-15-character-title-requirement-as-an-admin-how-to-bypass-it/109647 "2019-02-20T12:12:42Z")

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If I am creating a thread as an admin, I can’t use the title “Forum Rules”. It requires me to have 15 characters. If I publish the thread “Forum Rulessssssssss” and then simply edit the thread title when it is posted, it…

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## [Allowed href schemes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowed-href-schemes/109640)

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**Author:** [@sizeof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sizeof)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowed-href-schemes/109640 "2019-02-20T11:32:49Z")

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Microsoft’s office URI schemes conflict with the list separator of allowed\_href\_schemes. I can’t allow scheme like ms-excel:ofv|u|https for the full link ms-excel:ofv|u|https://contoso/Q4/budget.xls Having an escape c…

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## [Posting single question mark reply limitations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-single-question-mark-reply-limitations/108078)

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**Author:** [@Roragok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roragok)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-single-question-mark-reply-limitations/108078 "2019-02-08T23:41:56Z")

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Hey guys, I am interesting in making a lightweight plugin that removes posting limitations. My forum would love to reply to a post with just a single ?. However that gets caught in the filter. I was hoping someone co…

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## [Subcategory does not inherit security settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-does-not-inherit-security-settings/101122)

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**Author:** [@mishka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mishka)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-does-not-inherit-security-settings/101122 "2018-11-02T13:18:03Z")

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Hi :slight\_smile: I created category and on the Security tab changed permissions from everyone to our internal group. Later I created a subcategory inside. I did not change it’s security settings, i.e. it remains “acce…

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## [Using tags instead of subcategories for a car forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-tags-instead-of-subcategories-for-a-car-forum/48243)

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**Author:** [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-tags-instead-of-subcategories-for-a-car-forum/48243 "2016-08-05T15:27:50Z")

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Due to the limitations of nesting subcategories, I was wondering whether it’s possible to have multiple Discourse instances (let’s say 10) that are controlled by one master instance? My predicament: I’m using Wordpress…

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## [Email threading dates confusing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-threading-dates-confusing/109399)

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**Author:** [@Json\_Blob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Json_Blob)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-threading-dates-confusing/109399 "2019-02-20T03:13:53Z")

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Hello, I’m receiving feedback from my users that emails threading in specifically Gmail are rather confusing to follow. let’s make an example case: 1/1/19 I start a thread on our forum, an email notification goes out t…

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## [Where to store images and how to migrate them?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-store-images-and-how-to-migrate-them/47350)

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**Author:** [@pawanrawal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pawanrawal)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-store-images-and-how-to-migrate-them/47350 "2016-08-05T15:27:19Z")

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So we have a discourse instance running at https://discuss.dgraph.io. Somedays back we moved it from DO to AWS. In the process of doing so, our older assets stopped working as we started using S3 for them. I have a coup…

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## [Wrong answerCount value from discourse-solved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-answercount-value-from-discourse-solved/108845)

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**Author:** [@ced](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ced)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-answercount-value-from-discourse-solved/108845 "2019-02-20T02:33:09Z")

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The plugin set the value of the answerCount from Question schema.org to the number of replies of the topic. But according to google documentation the answerCount should be 0 is there is no acceptedAnswer or suggestedAnsw…

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## [Digest email not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-email-not-working/109372)

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**Author:** [@AndreaG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AndreaG)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-email-not-working/109372 "2019-02-20T01:43:58Z")

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I’m setting up a new forum and no digest email are beeing sent out. Discourse Version: v2.3.0.beta2 +98 activity summary for all users: → weekly All users have trust level 1 summary preview is correctly working and ca…

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## [How to install discourse alongside Plesk](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-alongside-plesk/48103)

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**Author:** [@bbparis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bbparis)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-alongside-plesk/48103 "2016-08-05T05:20:21Z")

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Hello all, My friends and me on BeginFromHere.com like so much Discourse, we discovered your forum on SitePoint.com forums, and we want to install it on our small dedicated server with the following details: OS ‪Ubunt…

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## [New post/reply sometimes tries to autocomplete my address on Chrome](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-post-reply-sometimes-tries-to-autocomplete-my-address-on-chrome/107484)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-post-reply-sometimes-tries-to-autocomplete-my-address-on-chrome/107484 "2019-02-19T23:59:44Z")

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I’m not sure how this happened, but for the last few weeks on https://community.wanikani.com, clicking into a new post’s text area sometimes shows my address as if Chrome is trying to autocomplete it. It doesn’t happen e…

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## [Will Discourse get Plesk style install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/will-discourse-get-plesk-style-install/109393)

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**Author:** [@texxxo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/texxxo)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/will-discourse-get-plesk-style-install/109393 "2019-02-19T21:06:56Z")

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Hello, I use Discourse a lot because I have so many forums where I’m registered and they all use Discourse (thanks god), only a few use phpBB and I don’t like to visit this sites, but I need to! My question is now becau…

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## [Multiple users with a single email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-users-with-a-single-email/48139)

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**Author:** [@Steven\_Roberts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven_Roberts)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-users-with-a-single-email/48139 "2016-08-04T13:20:58Z")

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Hi, We are considering using Discourse for our co-op forum but one of the problems we’ve encountered with other forums is they require each user to have their own email address. In our forum many of our users will be k…

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## [Subfolder with SSL and nginx reverse proxy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subfolder-with-ssl-and-nginx-reverse-proxy/69496)

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**Author:** [@Ironclad14](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ironclad14)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subfolder-with-ssl-and-nginx-reverse-proxy/69496 "2019-02-19T17:29:43Z")

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Hey guys, I looked around but I couldn’t see a guide on how to host Discourse on domain.com/forum with SSL, using nginx as a reverse proxy. Currently, I’m running the forum on a subdomain - forum.domain.com and What I h…

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## [Mobile app logged out of meta?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-app-logged-out-of-meta/109396)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-app-logged-out-of-meta/109396 "2019-02-19T17:02:15Z")

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Found myself logged out of meta from the Discourse mobile app today. Tried logging in and got “Incorrect username, email or password” I tried a password reset via email. I was logged back into the site (as a side-effect…

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## [Blocking emojis won't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocking-emojis-wont-work/105853)

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**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocking-emojis-wont-work/105853 "2019-02-19T15:35:18Z")

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To avoid some problems, I blocked the middle finger emoji. Then, I went to my test account which does not have admin or moderator and is TL2. I used the emoji in a PM to my normal account, and it didn’t block the emoji. …

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## [Moderators can see the "Force Browser Refresh" but can't use it](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-can-see-the-force-browser-refresh-but-cant-use-it/109523)

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**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-can-see-the-force-browser-refresh-but-cant-use-it/109523 "2019-02-19T13:10:36Z")

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As you can see below, moderators can see the Force Browser Refresh, and “use” it, but it doesn’t actually work. The console returns a 404 error when you click the button, but shows a message, Message sent to all clients. …

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## [Giving tags FA5 icons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/giving-tags-fa5-icons/109407)

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**Author:** [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/giving-tags-fa5-icons/109407 "2019-02-19T12:20:04Z")

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Before the migration to SVG icons, I had used the following css code to give certain tags a FA5 icon. .discourse-tag.tag-s-pc:not(.simple)::before, .discourse-tag.tag-featured:not(.simple)::before { content: "\\f058"…

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## [Onebox-preview for typeform steals focus](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-preview-for-typeform-steals-focus/90948)

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**Author:** [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas)\
**Replies:** 42\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 6:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-preview-for-typeform-steals-focus/90948 "2019-02-19T06:04:50Z")

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Reproduction: type some text paste in a typeform link on it’s own line continue typing Now the onebox will take focus; Refocus on the compose box, start to type again Every time you type a character, the onebox gets r…

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## [Not all moderators are showing up in the about page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-all-moderators-are-showing-up-in-the-about-page/109508)

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**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-all-moderators-are-showing-up-in-the-about-page/109508 "2019-02-19T01:58:53Z")

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When you go to our site’s about page: About -. Only several moderators show up. And the rest are not appearing. Is this intended?

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## [\`rake uploads:migrate\_to\_s3\` needs some love](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rake-uploads-migrate-to-s3-needs-some-love/109497)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rake-uploads-migrate-to-s3-needs-some-love/109497 "2019-02-19T00:17:55Z")

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The uploads:migrate\_to\_s3 rake task could use some attention. There is no GlobalSetting.use\_s3?, but a GlobalSetting.use\_s3 and the ENV variables have changed, as DISCOURSE\_S3\_BUCKET has been replaced by DISCOURSE\_S3\_U…

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