# Latest

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## [Plugin outlets for summary emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-outlets-for-summary-emails/103959)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-outlets-for-summary-emails/103959 "2018-12-11T19:13:20Z")

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With some frequency people want to add something to the Summary emails (e.g., Need advertising added to the newsletter (Digest), and I just did a project where someone wants some data from custom fields added to summary …

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## [Some feedback about text colours on the new 'Latest' page when in Dark Theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-feedback-about-text-colours-on-the-new-latest-page-when-in-dark-theme/103949)

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**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-feedback-about-text-colours-on-the-new-latest-page-when-in-dark-theme/103949 "2018-12-11T18:49:36Z")

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Hi everyone, I’d like to share some feedback with you around the new (to me) ‘Latest’ page that appeared when I upgraded my Discourse recently to v2.2.0.beta5 +132 When using the Dark theme, unread topics are displayed…

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## [Mailgun api key, what is it for?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailgun-api-key-what-is-it-for/103962)

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**Author:** [@Json\_Blob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Json_Blob)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailgun-api-key-what-is-it-for/103962 "2018-12-11T18:47:48Z")

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I did a quick search but only found someone saying it doesn’t work. But I’m not entirely sure what it’s used for in the first place. Can I get a short explanation?

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## [Failing to connect to redis after fresh install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-to-connect-to-redis-after-fresh-install/104007)

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**Author:** [@majestic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/majestic)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-to-connect-to-redis-after-fresh-install/104007 "2018-12-11T18:01:35Z")

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Hi there. I am creating a fresh install of Discourse on AWS EC2 with Ubuntu 16.04LTS. Unfortunately i am running into this issue: \`Error connecting to Redis on localhost:6379 (Errno::ECONNREFUSED) subscribe failed, rec…

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## [2checkout paid membership plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2checkout-paid-membership-plugin/104029)

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**Author:** [@Alaa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alaa)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2checkout-paid-membership-plugin/104029 "2018-12-11T17:59:14Z")

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What would you like done? Create a plugin to integrate Discourse with 2checkout and enable paid memberships as follows: Free subscriptions for all categories except those chosen as paid categories Monthly subscription…

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## [\[HIRING\] Integrate our Discourse with Memberpress for membership site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiring-integrate-our-discourse-with-memberpress-for-membership-site/104033)

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**Author:** [@incomeschool](https://meta.discourse.org/u/incomeschool)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiring-integrate-our-discourse-with-memberpress-for-membership-site/104033 "2018-12-11T17:43:01Z")

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What would you like done? We are using Discourse as a community page for our Project 24 membership site. Right now, if someone cancels their subscription, they can still access the community. We want that fixed. When…

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## [Varnish config for discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/varnish-config-for-discourse/68575)

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**Author:** [@Quintin\_Par](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quintin_Par)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/varnish-config-for-discourse/68575 "2018-12-11T16:45:17Z")

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Is there an official config for discourse that I can use?

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## [Gitter support in chat-integration appears to be missing settings and rules](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gitter-support-in-chat-integration-appears-to-be-missing-settings-and-rules/103935)

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**Author:** [@tnabtaf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tnabtaf)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gitter-support-in-chat-integration-appears-to-be-missing-settings-and-rules/103935 "2018-12-11T15:30:10Z")

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I’m a new admin for a new Discourse based site (help.galaxyproject.org) and I’m trying to integrate Discourse and Gitter. Specifically I’m trying to send notifications to a gitter channel whenever there a new topic is c…

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## [Get ruby-bbcode-to-md to ignore \[quote\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-ruby-bbcode-to-md-to-ignore-quote/75106)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-ruby-bbcode-to-md-to-ignore-quote/75106 "2018-12-11T14:44:02Z")

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I’m doing some work on the xenforo importer and have modified it so that it converts the BBcode \[quote\] tags into Discourse \[quote="username,post:\<post\_number\>, topic:\<topic\_id\>\] tags, but ruby-bbcode-to-md breaks it sin…

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## [A way in client javascript to find if current user is member of private group?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-in-client-javascript-to-find-if-current-user-is-member-of-private-group/104010)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-in-client-javascript-to-find-if-current-user-is-member-of-private-group/104010 "2018-12-11T14:46:21Z")

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How can I check if a user is a member of a private group in javascript? I’m not confident there’s a solution to this, but asking just in case! I’m trying to hide a javascript built advertising panel from site donators …

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## [Any chance of supporting winmail.dat from old MS Exchange installations?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-chance-of-supporting-winmail-dat-from-old-ms-exchange-installations/103979)

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**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 10:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-chance-of-supporting-winmail-dat-from-old-ms-exchange-installations/103979 "2018-12-11T10:49:38Z")

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hi, is there any chance of discourse email in supporting winmail.dat (ie the crap ms exchange sends for email attachments)?

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## [How to move the category into a column in 'Latest'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-the-category-into-a-column-in-latest/103760)

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**Author:** [@tessus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tessus)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-the-category-into-a-column-in-latest/103760 "2018-12-11T10:17:51Z")

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A while back I’ve noticed that the category is shown in a second line in /latest. How can I move the category to a separate column. (I think I’ve seen that before.) Edit: I accidentally hit a key combination that saved…

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## [Can we set the time that a topic will become Public/Private?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-set-the-time-that-a-topic-will-become-public-private/103886)

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**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-set-the-time-that-a-topic-will-become-public-private/103886 "2018-12-11T04:39:54Z")

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I’m running a forum to manage small researches. Most researchers don’t want the research material to show-up when it’s not finished or at least almost finished. I see we can edit our own topics version by version. But …

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## [How to block users from removing themselves from a PM?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-block-users-from-removing-themselves-from-a-pm/103874)

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**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-block-users-from-removing-themselves-from-a-pm/103874 "2018-12-11T04:22:03Z")

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Hello, I’m a moderator of the codecombat discourse and I need help with one thing. Whenever I try to warn someone about something, the user just complains and removes and leaves themselves from the PM, which is getting a…

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## [Need Help Troubleshooting an "Internal Server Error" message When New Topic is posted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-troubleshooting-an-internal-server-error-message-when-new-topic-is-posted/103941)

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**Author:** [@SouperC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SouperC)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-troubleshooting-an-internal-server-error-message-when-new-topic-is-posted/103941 "2018-12-11T01:48:51Z")

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Hey guys. Since I upgraded our Discourse instance v2.2.0.beta5 +35 (or possibly after I tried to update the subscription settings for the general category I’ve had some reports from users that they intermittently get an …

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## [Google indexed link not pointing to the correct post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-indexed-link-not-pointing-to-the-correct-post/61443)

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**Author:** [@Quintin\_Par](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quintin_Par)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-indexed-link-not-pointing-to-the-correct-post/61443 "2018-12-11T01:33:11Z")

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I did a search for this topic, which is a comment on CodingHorror’s March 2017 post The first link Google points to, is the blogpost and the second one to the forum/comment discussion/post. When I click on the lin…

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## [Allow disabling activation email for invited users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-disabling-activation-email-for-invited-users/88426)

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**Author:** [@tkrunning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tkrunning)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-disabling-activation-email-for-invited-users/88426 "2018-12-11T01:08:19Z")

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I’ve seen this discussed briefly before, but I’d like to cast a vote for an option to turn off activation emails for users who were already invited. They already clicked the invitation link (which presumably was sent to…

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## [Database Cleanup while writing a new Import Script](https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-cleanup-while-writing-a-new-import-script/94134)

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**Author:** [@praveendhinwa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/praveendhinwa)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-cleanup-while-writing-a-new-import-script/94134 "2018-12-10T21:50:33Z")

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Hello Friends, I am trying to write an import script from OSQA to discourse. I have local Ubuntu installation of discourse. I wanted a way to know whether there is some cleanup script available which can delete all the …

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## [How to Deactivate the Discourse Activation Email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-deactivate-the-discourse-activation-email/85379)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Collins1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ryan_Collins1)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-deactivate-the-discourse-activation-email/85379 "2018-12-10T21:33:56Z")

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Hi team, Is it possible to deactivate the requirement to verify emails with discourse? I am using Discourse with my Wordpress website connected via SSO. In my situation, it just doesn’t make sense for users to be requ…

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## [Subcategories dropdown no longer has 'all' option](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategories-dropdown-no-longer-has-all-option/103817)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategories-dropdown-no-longer-has-all-option/103817 "2018-12-10T20:27:05Z")

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Hi, We just noticed that the subcategories dropdown list now only has a ‘none’ option where it used to also have an ‘all’ option. Here’s what it looks like now: Here’s what it looks like on an older installation: …

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## [Running launcher rebuild wiped my DB](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-launcher-rebuild-wiped-my-db/103481)

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**Author:** [@iegomez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iegomez)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-launcher-rebuild-wiped-my-db/103481 "2018-12-10T20:16:05Z")

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Hi, I was met with this same page when trying to do the one-click browser upgrade: So I followed instructions only to have the discourse DB wiped out (in the only container available, as the commands wiped the old co…

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## [What is the cheapest way to host Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-cheapest-way-to-host-discourse/103932)

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**Author:** [@lolxgaming](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lolxgaming)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-cheapest-way-to-host-discourse/103932 "2018-12-10T19:07:17Z")

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Hello. What is the cheapest way to host Discourse? Your answers are appreciated, thanks in advance.

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## [Unlisted as default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-as-default/101409)

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**Author:** [@Espada](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Espada)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-as-default/101409 "2018-12-10T18:27:24Z")

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Hello, is it possible to set “Publish as Unlisted” as default?

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## [Discourse Developer Needed for MySQL integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-developer-needed-for-mysql-integration/103923)

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**Author:** [@rkaplan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rkaplan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-developer-needed-for-mysql-integration/103923 "2018-12-10T17:44:13Z")

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SiteBar is an open source bookmarking application which uses MySQL as its database: https://github.com/brablc/sitebar I have extensively customized Sitebar and would like to integrate it with Discourse. This project w…

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## [iOS 12.1: Selecting text / quoting not working after using the composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-12-1-selecting-text-quoting-not-working-after-using-the-composer/101295)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-12-1-selecting-text-quoting-not-working-after-using-the-composer/101295 "2018-12-10T17:39:56Z")

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Continuing the discussion from iOS 12: Selecting text / quoting not working after using the composer: I’ve just upgraded my phone to iOS 12.1 (16B92) and unfortunately the bug is still there. Anyone else?

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## [Only seeing one users in the Users list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-seeing-one-users-in-the-users-list/103853)

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**Author:** [@SamanthaM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SamanthaM)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-seeing-one-users-in-the-users-list/103853 "2018-12-10T17:33:38Z")

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I’m referring to http://meta.discourse.org/u When I visit this page here on meta, I see a list of thousands. When I visit the same page on my site, I just see one user, the initial user. I’ve fiddled with the securit…

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## [Discourse always generates links to itself with http: rather than https:](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-always-generates-links-to-itself-with-http-rather-than-https/103910)

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**Author:** [@Tom\_Boutell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Boutell)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-always-generates-links-to-itself-with-http-rather-than-https/103910 "2018-12-10T16:20:57Z")

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I have recently switched to having Discourse listen on a Unix socket and proxying through an nginx server on the underlying Linux system. Works great. However, Discourse builds all of its internal links with http, so it…

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## [Redirect to categories homepage is not happening with direct login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-to-categories-homepage-is-not-happening-with-direct-login/103782)

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**Author:** [@gingerman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-to-categories-homepage-is-not-happening-with-direct-login/103782 "2018-12-10T15:40:34Z")

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We have a discourse setup with the following configuration Settings - Top Menu → categories, latest Wizard (https://site/wizard/steps/homepage) - Categories boxes Site is public When the site is accessed as https://si…

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## [Invisible icon problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invisible-icon-problem/103884)

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**Author:** [@ankur1857](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ankur1857)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invisible-icon-problem/103884 "2018-12-10T13:10:57Z")

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Following script is not showing icon after font awesome 5.0 update. Please help to make changes in the script. api.decorateWidget('header-buttons:after', helper =\> { if (Discourse.User.current()) { …

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## [Jumbled icons after update (v2.2.0.beta5 +109)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jumbled-icons-after-update-v2-2-0-beta5-109/103848)

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**Author:** [@David\_Kwan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Kwan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jumbled-icons-after-update-v2-2-0-beta5-109/103848 "2018-12-09T22:16:18Z")

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After updating to Discourse (v2.2.0.beta5 +109), me and some of my users have seen a jumbled home screen with icons misplaced all over the page and they are either too big or too small. I was able to figure out that a si…

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