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## [Got Good Topic notification but no new good topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/got-good-topic-notification-but-no-new-good-topic/103781)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/got-good-topic-notification-but-no-new-good-topic/103781 "2018-12-10T00:19:09Z")

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I got a notification that I earned “good topic”but the most recent good topic I see is from October.

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## [Allow modifying class methods/properties in plugin-api?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-modifying-class-methods-properties-in-plugin-api/84270)

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**Author:** [@shoshber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shoshber)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-modifying-class-methods-properties-in-plugin-api/84270 "2018-12-09T22:57:51Z")

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plugin-api.modifyClass allows us to overwrite instance methods of existing classes, but there is no analogous way to overwrite class methods. It would be cool if there were. In my case, I want to overwrite the user mode…

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## [Delete all posts and topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-all-posts-and-topics/38187)

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**Author:** [@Aryeh\_Armon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aryeh_Armon)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-all-posts-and-topics/38187 "2018-12-09T22:06:55Z")

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I have imported about 500,000 posts to my discourse instance. i would like to delete all posts and topics to re-import all my posts. does anyone have any idea how to do this?

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## [Header avatar overflow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-avatar-overflow/103808)

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**Author:** [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-avatar-overflow/103808 "2018-12-09T21:29:24Z")

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I’m seeing it here only with some topics that have longer titles. eg. with iPad Chrome It isn’t critical for me. I can still see most of the avatar and enough of the notification markers to know when there is one. I’…

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## [Creating a new Topic users reported a "Not Found" overlay](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-new-topic-users-reported-a-not-found-overlay/103474)

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**Author:** [@RobertBrockie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobertBrockie)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-new-topic-users-reported-a-not-found-overlay/103474 "2018-12-09T18:52:42Z")

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Some of the users of my forum had reported that when creating a new topic they got an overlay that just said “Not Found”. This issue seemed to just go away, however I’d like to know why it happened and how I can prev…

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## [Malformed poll causing server error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/malformed-poll-causing-server-error/103468)

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**Author:** [@jtbayly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jtbayly)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/malformed-poll-causing-server-error/103468 "2018-12-09T18:23:26Z")

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I made a mistake making a quick manual adjustment to a poll. The draft saved fine, but when I tried to post it, I got an “Internal Server Error.” I wasted quite a bit of time trying to figure out what was wrong. Some bet…

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## [Linking to PM breaches privacy?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-to-pm-breaches-privacy/103835)

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**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-to-pm-breaches-privacy/103835 "2018-12-09T15:12:04Z")

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Context A private group is assigned a public email address. Someone sends an email to that address: a group PM appears in members’ Inbox. Someone in the team creates a topic in a private category (Everyone has no access…

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## [Why admin tag is not visible on posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-admin-tag-is-not-visible-on-posts/103813)

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**Author:** [@Abhijeet\_Pal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Abhijeet_Pal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-admin-tag-is-not-visible-on-posts/103813 "2018-12-09T14:24:48Z")

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Hello dear, Just did a new fresh discourse installation, quite new to all the settings. Can Anyone help me out with it? I can’t see the admin tag beside my username Am I missing some setting? And one more thing ca…

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## [Anti domination bot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anti-domination-bot/103802)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 11:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anti-domination-bot/103802 "2018-12-09T11:51:43Z")

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First experiment with the Discourse API: a bot which discourages users from dominating a category. This is already proving useful in our opt-in Politics category on one of my Discourse forums. I’m new to Discourse API …

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## [How to remove hashtags in everywhere](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-hashtags-in-everywhere/103785)

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**Author:** [@Bieting](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bieting)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-hashtags-in-everywhere/103785 "2018-12-09T03:34:42Z")

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My site bieting.com,suddenly lots of hashtags appear everywhere.How to remove them?

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## [Getting Rails route error instead of 404](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-rails-route-error-instead-of-404/103754)

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**Author:** [@kleinfreund](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kleinfreund)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-rails-route-error-instead-of-404/103754 "2018-12-08T21:33:19Z")

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Starting Discourse in development mode and opening http://localhost:3000/x doesn’t produce a 404 page like https://meta.discourse.org/x does. Instead, I get the Rails routing error page: No route matches \[GET\] "/x" ▶ Fu…

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## [WP-Discourse Force SSO?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-force-sso/91932)

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**Author:** [@Speck\_of\_the\_Cosmos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Speck_of_the_Cosmos)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-force-sso/91932 "2018-07-17T21:27:15Z")

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I’ve been trying to figure out how to force wordpress to use the discourse SSO instead of the default login. Discourse is a pretty central part of our organization and the SSO works for the wordpress install, but I’m try…

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## [How to make Notifications panel as Meta?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-notifications-panel-as-meta/103772)

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**Author:** [@barreeeiroo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barreeeiroo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-notifications-panel-as-meta/103772 "2018-12-08T14:58:15Z")

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I’ve just seen that Meta changed the Notification and Hamburger panel, and now they slide from the edges (which is pretty cool) How can it be enabled on any forum? :sweat\_smile:

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## [Mobile: Columns are squeezed on portrait](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-columns-are-squeezed-on-portrait/103770)

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**Author:** [@daniavorszky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daniavorszky)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-columns-are-squeezed-on-portrait/103770 "2018-12-08T14:42:55Z")

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Hello, new Discourse user here. I have just finsihed installing my first forum and run into an issue on mobile: on portait the columns are squeezed, on landscape, on portrait in the Discourse app and on desktop are looki…

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## [Custom styling for \>Blockquote](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-styling-for-blockquote/103028)

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**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-styling-for-blockquote/103028 "2018-12-08T01:50:08Z")

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I’ve created the following custom styling for my blockquotes on this forum page. But I’m having some issues as outlined below. Here’s my CSS overrides… blockquote { display: block; border-width: 2px 0; border-styl…

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## [Exclude specific user from specific topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-specific-user-from-specific-topics/103707)

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**Author:** [@pokapow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pokapow)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-specific-user-from-specific-topics/103707 "2018-12-07T22:00:25Z")

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Is it possible for users to decide to block a specific user from replying to their topics if they want ? Case of user who troll on specifics topics, don’t want to ban him from all the forum, but should be great if users…

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## [Failed to restore from backup because backup file was renamed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-restore-from-backup-because-backup-file-was-renamed/103700)

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**Author:** [@SMT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SMT)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-restore-from-backup-because-backup-file-was-renamed/103700 "2018-12-07T17:14:35Z")

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Getting the below error when I try to restore data from backup. Pls help. Copying archive to tmp directory... Unzipping archive, this may take a while... tar: meta.json: Not found in archive tar: Exiting wi…

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## [Is it possibe to run a container without nginx internally?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possibe-to-run-a-container-without-nginx-internally/103718)

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**Author:** [@Andrew\_Fritz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Fritz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possibe-to-run-a-container-without-nginx-internally/103718 "2018-12-07T16:58:00Z")

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The container itself starts up an nginx server internally. It is running behind another nginx server (via the socketed template which all works great). However, I’d like to remove the middle nginx that is just eating res…

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## [Help with color changing names](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-color-changing-names/103682)

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**Author:** [@Jason3](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jason3)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-color-changing-names/103682 "2018-12-07T14:15:30Z")

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I’ve had a group for a year now, that changes my name multiple colors. here is the code i use: .names span.Jasons\_Group a { -webkit-animation: rainbow 10s infinite; -ms-animation: rainbow 10s infinite; -o-anima…

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## [Add right hand column to default layout](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-right-hand-column-to-default-layout/103670)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 9:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-right-hand-column-to-default-layout/103670 "2018-12-07T09:22:08Z")

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This would be awesome in conjunction with a right hand column, which could be used for dynamic (tho mostly cached) content such as: It could also be used for static info, such as links to frequently asked questions, …

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## [New user invite links only give ERR\_SSL\_PROTOCOL\_ERROR](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-invite-links-only-give-err-ssl-protocol-error/103572)

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**Author:** [@ematsen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ematsen)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-invite-links-only-give-err-ssl-protocol-error/103572 "2018-12-07T03:23:05Z")

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Hello everyone– Summary New user invite links give a ERR\_SSL\_PROTOCOL\_ERROR even though the rest of the site works fine. Context I’ve been running a completely stock Discourse Docker image for about 5 years with no tro…

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## [Can we make \`s3 force path style\` be \`shadowed\_by\_global\`?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-s3-force-path-style-be-shadowed-by-global/103571)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-s3-force-path-style-be-shadowed-by-global/103571 "2018-12-06T23:53:02Z")

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I’ve set up a minio server at my tiny server farm and have started pushing backups there. It seems to be working well. My only complaint is that s3\_force\_path\_style is required for Minio (and apparently backups?) but th…

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## [How to disable right click,mouse selection, Ctrl + C and Ctrl + U for all users except Admin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-right-click-mouse-selection-ctrl-c-and-ctrl-u-for-all-users-except-admin/103642)

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**Author:** [@Viki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viki)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-right-click-mouse-selection-ctrl-c-and-ctrl-u-for-all-users-except-admin/103642 "2018-12-07T00:27:14Z")

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Hello! I am configuring Discourse for online novel writers group, they are asking me to prevent users to copy the contents using Right mouse click, Ctrl + C or Viewing page source by Ctrl + U. I already searched google…

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## [Creating an offline topic reading archive](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-an-offline-topic-reading-archive/103651)

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**Author:** [@Kovilo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kovilo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-an-offline-topic-reading-archive/103651 "2018-12-06T21:18:56Z")

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Hello. I am a new fan of the website https://discourse.suttacentral.net and have been finding several of the discussions very insightful. As I do not have a computer with full-time access to the internet available in my…

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## [Free hosting for Patreon creators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosting-for-patreon-creators/103629)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosting-for-patreon-creators/103629 "2018-12-06T15:57:12Z")

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Originally published at: Free hosting for Patreon creators Nearly two years ago we started very carefully experimenting with free hosting of open source projects. We recently rolled out the v2 of this program for o…

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## [Font-Awesome icons not being loaded](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-awesome-icons-not-being-loaded/103648)

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**Author:** [@wishspinner](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wishspinner)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-awesome-icons-not-being-loaded/103648 "2018-12-06T19:31:24Z")

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Hi all, I have discourse up and runnning on both a local test environment as well as on a live test server. Everything is ok on my local machine, but on the live server font-awesome is not being loaded. Here’s the bit …

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## [Installing own gem in plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-own-gem-in-plugin/54351)

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**Author:** [@shirjeelalam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shirjeelalam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-own-gem-in-plugin/54351 "2018-12-06T16:59:09Z")

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I want to install ‘omniauth-openid-connect’ gem in a plugin my plugin.rb file gem ‘omniauth-openid-connect’, ‘0.2.3’ In development mode, when i run my local server, I get the following error: \*\*\* Gem::LoadError E…

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## [\[PAID\] Set up Zapier Webhook to send out forum invites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-set-up-zapier-webhook-to-send-out-forum-invites/103604)

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**Author:** [@anon36484860](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon36484860)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-set-up-zapier-webhook-to-send-out-forum-invites/103604 "2018-12-06T16:02:54Z")

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What would you like done? Create Zapier Webhook which does the following: Sends out automated Forum Invite to email address based on Zapier trigger Puts user into a specific group When do you need it done? Deadline:…

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## ["Solution" text floats above reply](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-text-floats-above-reply/103573)

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**Author:** [@larsgw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/larsgw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-text-floats-above-reply/103573 "2018-12-06T15:15:47Z")

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The “solution” text of posts marked as a solution hovers (z-index: 999) above replies, as shown below:

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## [Avatar flair not showing up on groups pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-not-showing-up-on-groups-pages/103079)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 12:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-not-showing-up-on-groups-pages/103079 "2018-12-06T12:04:29Z")

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Filing as support because I don’t know if it’s intentional or not. Grateful for any assistance. On our community we have a core member group that shows a :star: avatar flair. This is fabulous and very popular. Core memb…

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