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## [How to generate nonce from client-side Javascript](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-generate-nonce-from-client-side-javascript/69767)

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**Author:** [@ratebeer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ratebeer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-generate-nonce-from-client-side-javascript/69767 "2017-09-13T01:08:23Z")

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I am using \<script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.8.9"\> in my instance’s \<head\> and it provides me access to the api object. What I can’t figure out however, is how to generate a nonce with it. I’m detecting wh…

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## [Discourse API SSO sync fails to find record](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-api-sso-sync-fails-to-find-record/69911)

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**Author:** [@bufordtaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bufordtaylor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-api-sso-sync-fails-to-find-record/69911 "2017-09-12T23:37:45Z")

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I’m attempting to update the email records of a user via the API. Here’s me finding the record by external\_id: \[20\] pry(main)\> c.by\_external\_id("1388") =\> { "id" =\> 2, …

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## [Group inbox not updated when another user archives a message from the inbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inbox-not-updated-when-another-user-archives-a-message-from-the-inbox/69915)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inbox-not-updated-when-another-user-archives-a-message-from-the-inbox/69915 "2017-09-12T23:25:08Z")

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I was just showing someone the group inbox. They shared their screen and I was looking at the same group inbox view separately on my screen. They archived a message and, as expected, were returned to the group inbox wher…

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## [Wiki topics look incredibly out of date?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wiki-topics-look-incredibly-out-of-date/69558)

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**Author:** [@J77J](https://meta.discourse.org/u/J77J)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wiki-topics-look-incredibly-out-of-date/69558 "2017-09-12T22:20:09Z")

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Hi all, I am about to install discourse on to a server I have up and running with a couple of other rails apps. I’m looking to host it on a subfolder rather than a subdomain so I will likely use these instructions Serv…

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## [Can we pass an email address to /password-reset?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-pass-an-email-address-to-password-reset/69916)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-pass-an-email-address-to-password-reset/69916 "2017-09-12T21:28:13Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Reset password URL is /password-reset: I’m working with someone moving over from Ning and am trying to minimize the pain of joining a new forum. I’m elated to find /password-reset, but it’…

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## [Import SMF 2.0.11 structure to discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-smf-2-0-11-structure-to-discourse/69166)

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**Author:** [@plosprawrs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/plosprawrs)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-smf-2-0-11-structure-to-discourse/69166 "2017-09-12T20:41:48Z")

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Import SMF 2.0.11 data successfully to discourse deployment. asap I need this done relatively soon, not enough clear documentation for me as of now too many errors running the importers. Send me rates.

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## [Custom Homepage Plugin (dl-custom-homepage)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-homepage-plugin-dl-custom-homepage/69921)

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**Author:** [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-homepage-plugin-dl-custom-homepage/69921 "2017-09-12T20:40:37Z")

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To go along with the Static Pages plugin, I’ve built a custom homepage plugin that a lot of my clients continue to ask for. https://github.com/discourse-league/dl-custom-homepage I’ve placed this one in Marketplace bec…

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## [No notification for "Post hidden by community flags"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-notification-for-post-hidden-by-community-flags/69880)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-notification-for-post-hidden-by-community-flags/69880 "2017-09-12T20:34:06Z")

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When a user’s post is automatically hidden due to multiple flags, they receive a PM from the site contact username, default system. However, they are not notified of this PM, nor does the normal green circle indicator ap…

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## [Categories vs. Groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-vs-groups/69817)

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**Author:** [@lbahar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lbahar)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-vs-groups/69817 "2017-09-12T19:47:46Z")

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I’m trying to figure out the best way to organize my community. It will consist of customers for each of our products (advisory councils). Right now I have them sorted by category (each of our products is a category). Bu…

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## [How to filter users by customized user field entries?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-filter-users-by-customized-user-field-entries/36084)

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**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-filter-users-by-customized-user-field-entries/36084 "2017-09-12T18:55:14Z")

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We’ve added three additional (important) user fields to our registration form. One of them is e.g. the real name. This field is not public and therefore not searchable. Even on our admin panel. But we’ve to deal regular…

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## [Open graph image not displaying unsupported media type](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-graph-image-not-displaying-unsupported-media-type/69804)

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**Author:** [@dustinmatlock](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dustinmatlock)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-graph-image-not-displaying-unsupported-media-type/69804 "2017-09-12T17:48:54Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to figure out why an open graph image isn’t getting displayed on Slack as a preview. I’ve tested it on all other social platforms and it works fine. Facebook’s debugger tool works fine, but iframely pro…

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## [Email change despite not confirming it](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-change-despite-not-confirming-it/69891)

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**Author:** [@LeoMcA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LeoMcA)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-change-despite-not-confirming-it/69891 "2017-09-12T14:41:05Z")

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We’ve found a bit of a bizarre bug in our authentication provider, which seems to affect (at least one) core authentication provider, and I expect more. ▶ Here's the crux of the problem: This change of email …

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## [Can't change "default locale"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-default-locale/69384)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-default-locale/69384 "2017-09-12T12:08:08Z")

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Changing the default locale setting currently does nothing, as it does not save. Tested on Meta and Try. Change language Hit save Refresh page: Language is still English (or, I’m assuming, whatever was the default lang…

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## [Disable post notifications on one topic only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-post-notifications-on-one-topic-only/69847)

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**Author:** [@bufordtaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bufordtaylor)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-post-notifications-on-one-topic-only/69847 "2017-09-12T04:03:57Z")

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Hi all, Our community has a surge of invite-only users all at once (roughly 400 of them) every few months. We make a new topic called “Introduce yourself to the Community” where all 400 people can say a few words. In o…

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## [Watched words triggered when editing old posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-triggered-when-editing-old-posts/69355)

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**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-triggered-when-editing-old-posts/69355 "2017-09-11T18:40:28Z")

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Hi, I’m not sure if what I am experiencing is intended behaviour or not, so I thought I would ask. I have today added some words to watch for, profanity etc. I have tread gently initially and just set Discourse to Fla…

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## [Broken memoization of mentions in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-memoization-of-mentions-in-posts/69671)

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**Author:** [@Darren\_Lee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Darren_Lee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-memoization-of-mentions-in-posts/69671 "2017-09-11T18:00:13Z")

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I believe that there’s a minor typo on line 63 of post\_analyzer.rb that is preventing memoization of mentions in posts: In particular, the line is missing an ‘s’ and should be @raw\_mentions = raw\_mentions. There is n…

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## [Allow anonymous visitors to create topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-anonymous-visitors-to-create-topic/69797)

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**Author:** [@Markus\_Maurer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Markus_Maurer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 10:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-anonymous-visitors-to-create-topic/69797 "2017-09-11T10:25:10Z")

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Hi there! I am a happy user of Discourse - thank you so much for the continual development. What i would like to see, is logged-out / not yet registered visitors to be able to create a new topic. They create the post a…

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## [Discourse embeding referer problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-embeding-referer-problem/69784)

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**Author:** [@PBn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PBn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-embeding-referer-problem/69784 "2017-09-11T03:18:15Z")

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I am setting up a site and discourse is rejecting the referer. I have tried all reasonable permutations of the url of the embedding site in the discourse setup. But on the page it always displays the same blank referer …

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## [Autocompletion for categories when editing a topic should take into account category slug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autocompletion-for-categories-when-editing-a-topic-should-take-into-account-category-slug/56214)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autocompletion-for-categories-when-editing-a-topic-should-take-into-account-category-slug/56214 "2017-09-11T07:11:38Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Use category slug in menus instead of category name: The slug for the System Administrators category is sysadmins. Here’s what happens if I wanna move a topic there. So far so good: B…

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## [Create New Category box is truncated in Microsoft Edge](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-new-category-box-is-truncated-in-microsoft-edge/69759)

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**Author:** [@Alex\_Reguyal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alex_Reguyal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-new-category-box-is-truncated-in-microsoft-edge/69759 "2017-09-10T21:05:57Z")

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## [Problem setup on AWS: EC2, RDS, ElastiCache](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-setup-on-aws-ec2-rds-elasticache/52635)

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**Author:** [@cean](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cean)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-setup-on-aws-ec2-rds-elasticache/52635 "2017-09-10T18:50:15Z")

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Hi, I have been following this guide to install Discourse on whole AWS services. EC2 for Instance, RDS for Database, ElastiCache for Redis, Cloudfront for CDN and finally SES for Emails. No problem for Cloudfront and …

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## [Mobile - Can not use bookmark](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-can-not-use-bookmark/69747)

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**Author:** [@appcomq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/appcomq)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-can-not-use-bookmark/69747 "2017-09-10T18:15:53Z")

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:sweat: Mobile , Can not use bookmark. Sep 9, 2017 version.

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## [New Category Button Disappeared](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-category-button-disappeared/69689)

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**Author:** [@dustinmatlock](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dustinmatlock)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-category-button-disappeared/69689 "2017-09-09T19:23:34Z")

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I’ve looked through the settings numerous times. Nothing has really changed. I added multiple new categories earlier today. It’s a little frustrating, and I really don’t understand what’s going on here. I’m the site owne…

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## [Plugin idea: Image optimization with WebP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-idea-image-optimization-with-webp/36470)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-idea-image-optimization-with-webp/36470 "2017-03-23T21:13:35Z")

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Inspired by this: When pictures are uploaded or locally downloaded, Discourse generates a WebP version of that image which it’ll use if it detects a compatible browser. Should probably only use WebP for thumbnails. …

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## [OpenCollective plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opencollective-plugin/59912)

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**Author:** [@Sudaraka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sudaraka)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opencollective-plugin/59912 "2017-09-09T11:51:02Z")

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Hi all, I would really love to participate in GSoC 2017 for Discourse. I believe that the plugin for integrating OpenCollective is a very crucial project for this community. I have been in this community from last year …

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## [Site feedback form powered by Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-feedback-form-powered-by-discourse/69614)

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**Author:** [@pavel-kirienko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pavel-kirienko)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-feedback-form-powered-by-discourse/69614 "2017-09-09T11:04:38Z")

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Greetings, my fellow humans. We have a website and an associated discourse forum where users come to talk about our stuff. We want to set up a feedback form on the website so that visitors could send us messages (with t…

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## [\[PAID-job\] Install discourse on CentOS6.9 from Tmdhosting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-job-install-discourse-on-centos6-9-from-tmdhosting/69691)

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**Author:** [@abangmanja](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abangmanja)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-job-install-discourse-on-centos6-9-from-tmdhosting/69691 "2017-09-09T08:22:15Z")

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Need an expert to help me to install discourse on centos6.9 server from Tmdhosting. PM me for price. thanks

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## [VersionTag Plugin no longer works; implementing MarkdownIt-API Calls seems not to work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/versiontag-plugin-no-longer-works-implementing-markdownit-api-calls-seems-not-to-work/69629)

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**Author:** [@nstoecki42](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nstoecki42)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/versiontag-plugin-no-longer-works-implementing-markdownit-api-calls-seems-not-to-work/69629 "2017-09-08T13:17:42Z")

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Hi folks! after my plugin stopped working I tried to adapt it to the new API but I didn’t succeed. Here is my code: ▶ 'discourse-versiontag/assets/javascripts/lib/discourse-markdown/versiontag.js.es6' Could you point me…

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## [Can't embed SVG link in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-embed-svg-link-in-posts/69632)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-embed-svg-link-in-posts/69632 "2017-09-09T00:19:41Z")

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Our forum is talking about the upgrade from EmojiOne v3.0 to v3.1. For some reason, emojione.com decided that v3.0 would appear on their website in PNG, so I can link to them in a Discourse post, but v3.1 uses SVG. When …

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## [Posts with multiple authors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-with-multiple-authors/69661)

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**Author:** [@Sebastian\_Noack](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sebastian_Noack)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-with-multiple-authors/69661 "2017-09-08T21:43:44Z")

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Sometimes, I co-author posts with my colleagues, collaboratively writing a draft, and then one of us posts it on Discourse. It would be great if there would be a way to attribute these posts to multiple authors, so that …

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