# Latest

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## [Generic import-from-URL feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generic-import-from-url-feature/61593)

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**Author:** [@trudat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trudat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generic-import-from-url-feature/61593 "2017-04-25T19:43:52Z")

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Posting this feature / plugin idea in hopes that it already exists somewhere. The feature would allow a user to import the complete contents of a web page to a new topic using a URL. The real value of the feature would …

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## [More detailed response for API /post\_actions failures](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-detailed-response-for-api-post-actions-failures/61536)

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**Author:** [@kennym](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kennym)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-detailed-response-for-api-post-actions-failures/61536 "2017-04-25T18:07:12Z")

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TL;DR; I want to submit a PR for POST /post\_actions to be more verbose to an API user in order to reduce time debugging. As of now it only returns a 403 when a user couldn’t act upon a post. Please read the rest of the p…

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## [A post's TopicEmbed isn't destroyed when the post is deleted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-posts-topicembed-isnt-destroyed-when-the-post-is-deleted/60904)

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**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-posts-topicembed-isnt-destroyed-when-the-post-is-deleted/60904 "2017-04-25T14:44:27Z")

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When a post is created through the API with an embed\_url property, the TopidEmbed that’s created on Discourse isn’t being destroyed when the topic is deleted. I don’t know if this is by accident or by design. The proble…

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## [Inline category badge styles - Change to Stylesheet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inline-category-badge-styles-change-to-stylesheet/23787)

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**Author:** [@strager](https://meta.discourse.org/u/strager)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inline-category-badge-styles-change-to-stylesheet/23787 "2017-04-25T08:37:15Z")

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@Bill\_S pointed this out to me this morning… There shouldn’t be any inline styles. Otherwise, we cannot style those particular elements. Can we get them moved to the style sheet? Please?

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## [\[PAID\] Connect Fastspring with Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-connect-fastspring-with-discourse/61547)

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**Author:** [@anon36484860](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon36484860)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 8:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-connect-fastspring-with-discourse/61547 "2017-04-25T08:01:25Z")

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What would you like done? The goal is to add every customer of a successful purchase on fastspring to a specific group based on the emailof the customer. If there is no account for the email address yet, it has to be c…

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## [Include raw in json request response](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-raw-in-json-request-response/60963)

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**Author:** [@adam\_beers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adam_beers)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-raw-in-json-request-response/60963 "2017-04-25T02:18:55Z")

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Is there a way to include the raw as well as the cooked data for a search.json and user\_actions.json request? The “excerpt” in the response as urls, like the “cooked” entry for other responses. Wanted to have the raw d…

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## [Need a Discourse Expert to identify issues and assist with our issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-a-discourse-expert-to-identify-issues-and-assist-with-our-issues/58834)

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**Author:** [@Dustin\_Andres](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dustin_Andres)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-a-discourse-expert-to-identify-issues-and-assist-with-our-issues/58834 "2017-04-25T01:54:00Z")

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Hi all, non-coder here, but I am a project manager for tech projects in international development work. I’ve got some major problems with my instance of Discourse. I am seeking help. About a year ago, my company hired …

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## [Probably a bug relative to the close button on banner topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/probably-a-bug-relative-to-the-close-button-on-banner-topic/61532)

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**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/probably-a-bug-relative-to-the-close-button-on-banner-topic/61532 "2017-04-25T00:58:36Z")

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Continuing the discussion from The close button was displayed on the left side, how to return it to the right?: I have upgraded my test site (only plugins and no site customization) 3 or 4 days ago and I see that I hav…

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## [Missing images on About page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-images-on-about-page/61533)

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**Author:** [@thamaranth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thamaranth)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-images-on-about-page/61533 "2017-04-25T00:41:13Z")

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Hey folks. I just wanted to let you know that some of the screenshots on your about page on github are broken. The pictures go to missing links.

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## [Prevent replies to welcome PMs (auto-close)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-replies-to-welcome-pms-auto-close/57542)

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**Author:** [@mcg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcg)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-replies-to-welcome-pms-auto-close/57542 "2017-04-24T20:27:41Z")

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Apologies if the search engine has failed me here, but I don’t see a way to cause welcome messages to be sent already closed; that is, to prevent replies. I see lots of posts about how to send the messages from a system …

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## [Browser console: "warning: we can't have duplicate route names anymore"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browser-console-warning-we-cant-have-duplicate-route-names-anymore/60760)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browser-console-warning-we-cant-have-duplicate-route-names-anymore/60760 "2017-04-24T17:37:03Z")

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This doesn’t seem to be a problem, but I’m curious what it means: \`warning: we can’t have duplicate route names anymore It comes up in the browser console (Chrome): on my forum as well as on meta but not on https://c…

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## [&hyphen; being rendered as hyphen in preview](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hyphen-being-rendered-as-hyphen-in-preview/61499)

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**Author:** [@burke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/burke)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hyphen-being-rendered-as-hyphen-in-preview/61499 "2017-04-24T16:13:12Z")

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This is a (sub-)trivial issue, but I stumbled upon the fact that then non-entity ‐ behaves differently in the post preview than in Discourse. In a draft post: check out this &hyphen; Seen in the preview: check out th…

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## [Discourse running great on forum with a few hundred users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-running-great-on-forum-with-a-few-hundred-users/61490)

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**Author:** [@Saurek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saurek)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-running-great-on-forum-with-a-few-hundred-users/61490 "2017-04-24T10:57:49Z")

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Hey! I just wanted to thank the Discourse & Ember team for their great work. My little forum is performing great and my community loves all the features Discourse offers! :tada: We make bots and hacks for World of Warcr…

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## [Group all lightbox elements in a discussion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-all-lightbox-elements-in-a-discussion/61468)

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**Author:** [@designbygio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/designbygio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 10:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-all-lightbox-elements-in-a-discussion/61468 "2017-04-24T10:33:11Z")

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I need to group all the .lightbox elements in a discussion. Does someone has any idea where i should call lightbox.js in order to get fired when all the discussion is ready, not each individual post? So far i figured o…

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## [\[Paid \] WP + Discourse Install & Config](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-wp-discourse-install-config/60350)

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**Author:** [@Muiran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muiran)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-wp-discourse-install-config/60350 "2017-04-23T23:41:05Z")

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Offering $140 Set up Let’s Encrypt for primary and sub-domains @ DigitalOcean WordPress install Needed Existing Discourse install sub-domain http://sistahz.dred.be Renamed to sub-domain https://coord.bodhi.im Re…

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## [Cannot delete user due to S3 storage policies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-user-due-to-s3-storage-policies/61332)

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**Author:** [@niemeyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/niemeyer)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-user-due-to-s3-storage-policies/61332 "2017-04-23T22:20:39Z")

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Discourse is complaining about existing posts when attempting to delete a user whose only apparent writing interaction with the system was sending a private message asking for the account to be deleted. I’ve deleted that…

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## [Badges bug - canot automatically issued to the user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-bug-canot-automatically-issued-to-the-user/61467)

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**Author:** [@sdd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sdd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-bug-canot-automatically-issued-to-the-user/61467 "2017-04-23T21:51:03Z")

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If the category – Security – Not have \[everyone\] will this category all post about badges not automatically issued to the user.

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## [Can i change the default upload folder?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-change-the-default-upload-folder/61464)

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**Author:** [@laocoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/laocoi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-change-the-default-upload-folder/61464 "2017-04-23T15:54:25Z")

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I want to change the default upload folder to an another folder on VPS. Anyone know how to do that?

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## [Setting up Discourse on a VPS with other sites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-on-a-vps-with-other-sites/61412)

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**Author:** [@JoyalV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JoyalV)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-on-a-vps-with-other-sites/61412 "2017-04-23T14:20:30Z")

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Hello, I have a Ubuntu 16.04 VPS with Apache running two websites. I want to setup discourse but it seems like it will be a docker container (concept I am new to),. How do I go about giving discourse a subdomain like f…

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## [Dealing with the limited messagebus backlog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-the-limited-messagebus-backlog/61436)

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**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 11:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-the-limited-messagebus-backlog/61436 "2017-04-23T11:57:46Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Who's Online Plugin: My plugin relies on receiving every message on a messagebus channel, in order, with no gaps. As I understand it, if the client loses connection, it should receive all…

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## [Post images are not embedded in to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-images-are-not-embedded-in-to-discourse/61458)

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**Author:** [@MerryMinstrel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MerryMinstrel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-images-are-not-embedded-in-to-discourse/61458 "2017-04-23T10:32:39Z")

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Hi! I just started using WP Discoures plugin in my blog and everything works great. Except image embedding. No images are loaded in posts published from WP blog. When “Show full post…” is pressed all of the text conten…

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## [Error Upgrading Discourse + Discourse Plugins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-upgrading-discourse-discourse-plugins/61444)

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**Author:** [@LilTrashPanda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LilTrashPanda)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-upgrading-discourse-discourse-plugins/61444 "2017-04-22T22:41:09Z")

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Hi everyone, When attempting to upgrade Discourse (and plugins, though I’m less concerned about them), it kept getting about 40% through the loading bar and then stopped with an error message: Sorry, there was an error …

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## [Trouble to display thumb images and lightbox on local](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-to-display-thumb-images-and-lightbox-on-local/61334)

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**Author:** [@designbygio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/designbygio)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-to-display-thumb-images-and-lightbox-on-local/61334 "2017-04-22T20:58:11Z")

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On my local i cannot see the users thumbs picture and if i post image, they don’t get lightboxed. I thought was a problem with sidekiq but i run bundle exec sidekiq -q critical,low,default -d -l log/sidekiq.log and stil…

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## [A better word for "Themes"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-better-word-for-themes/61019)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-better-word-for-themes/61019 "2017-04-22T20:42:28Z")

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We are very picky about words at Discourse. Everything needs to be just right. We will go through enormous amounts of effort to get the words to match the concepts. I am worried the word “Theme” to describe the concept…

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## [How to find to the people have liked me?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-find-to-the-people-have-liked-me/61092)

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**Author:** [@Alavi1412](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alavi1412)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-find-to-the-people-have-liked-me/61092 "2017-04-22T13:43:20Z")

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I want to show my users that you have received some likes from a specific user. I have explored the discourse site but I don’t find like’s owener of my likes. I just find the most\_liked\_by\_users but I want all users no…

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## [\[PAID\] Set up SSO for Discourse+osTicket](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-set-up-sso-for-discourse-osticket/61433)

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**Author:** [@WorldIsMine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WorldIsMine)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 10:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-set-up-sso-for-discourse-osticket/61433 "2017-04-22T10:46:05Z")

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I would like to have a single login for Discourse and osTicket. I would like to get this done ASAP. I have an open budget, and I would also consider hiring you on a regular basis.

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## [Need someone to do...everything for me](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-someone-to-do-everything-for-me/61416)

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**Author:** [@goindeep](https://meta.discourse.org/u/goindeep)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-someone-to-do-everything-for-me/61416 "2017-04-22T01:01:59Z")

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What would you like done? Discourse site built, tweaked, installed and de-bugged. When do you need it done? ASAP. What is your budget, in $ USD that you can offer for this task? Right away $100, going forward budget…

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## [Custom user fields show on Activity, but not Summary page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-show-on-activity-but-not-summary-page/59196)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-show-on-activity-but-not-summary-page/59196 "2017-04-22T00:46:09Z")

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Here’s what the settings for a custom user field look like: If you click a user’s avatar on a post, you get the user card. That works as expected, but if you click the avatar on the user card, you get to /users/USER/…

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## [Record time\_read in user\_visits?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/record-time-read-in-user-visits/61405)

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**Author:** [@sagar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sagar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/record-time-read-in-user-visits/61405 "2017-04-22T00:18:03Z")

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I’ve been digging around in our db to get some metrics for our users. I see a user\_visits table that keeps track of posts\_read in that visit. Is there some value in adding time\_read to this, to get how much time the use…

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## [Backend's "IP Lookup" popup is wrong positioned on phone screen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backends-ip-lookup-popup-is-wrong-positioned-on-phone-screen/46495)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backends-ip-lookup-popup-is-wrong-positioned-on-phone-screen/46495 "2017-04-21T18:51:07Z")

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I am unable even to shift it manually to the screen’s center. I am also unable to see it by making the UI elements smaller (they are not resizeable).

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