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## [Suggestion to change topic-subscription descriptions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-to-change-topic-subscription-descriptions/41287)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-to-change-topic-subscription-descriptions/41287 "2017-04-16T23:42:04Z")

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Currently we have: Watching You will be notified of every new reply in this topic, and a count of new replies will be shown. Tracking A count of new replies will be shown for this topic. You will be notified if so…

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## [Indicate whether author of a post is also author of OP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indicate-whether-author-of-a-post-is-also-author-of-op/60640)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indicate-whether-author-of-a-post-is-also-author-of-op/60640 "2017-04-16T18:27:47Z")

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When you enter a topic through a link to a post further down in the thread you often need context in order to understand that post. It’s fairly easy to figure out the topic title and the post to which the post is replyin…

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## [Discourse view file update does not reflect in browser](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-view-file-update-does-not-reflect-in-browser/60836)

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**Author:** [@hussain\_anver](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hussain_anver)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-view-file-update-does-not-reflect-in-browser/60836 "2017-04-16T18:16:01Z")

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Hello everyone I have 2 questions I want to change come ui elements of discourse I am not able to figure out from where login modal is triggering (I want to change UI) I tried to change view file I tried to change .h…

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## [Maybe a bug on meta, post disappeared](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maybe-a-bug-on-meta-post-disappeared/60788)

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**Author:** [@kraml](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kraml)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maybe-a-bug-on-meta-post-disappeared/60788 "2017-04-12T13:44:05Z")

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I replied in this topic: My reply was the 2nd one, before Sam. However later it disappeared. I was on something else so I didn’t see what happened. I only saw new notification icon on my avatar but nothing was there a…

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## [Solved plugin bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-plugin-bug/37146)

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**Author:** [@axp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/axp)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-plugin-bug/37146 "2017-04-16T15:12:24Z")

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Hi I’m on latest tests-passed (1.5.0beta7 +48) discourse with latest “solved” plugin and I have some problems while creating a new category. Steps to repro (checked that on latest stable Chrome and IE11): Create a ne…

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## [Naming bookmarks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/naming-bookmarks/46052)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2017, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/naming-bookmarks/46052 "2017-04-16T08:19:58Z")

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Sometimes when I look at a bookmark, I’ll think “Why did I even bookmark this?” Just before posting this, I spent an hour trying to find a post only to find that I had already bookmarked it but didn’t notice it because o…

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## [Member-only access to media (video, images)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/member-only-access-to-media-video-images/61042)

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**Author:** [@achamess](https://meta.discourse.org/u/achamess)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/member-only-access-to-media-video-images/61042 "2017-04-15T22:29:07Z")

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I have some videos and images that I want to be protected so that only logged-in users can view. Is there a way to do this using Discourse’s built in features or would I have to do this somehow with a third-party service…

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## [How are plugins loaded automatically?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-plugins-loaded-automatically/61033)

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**Author:** [@kgish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgish)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-plugins-loaded-automatically/61033 "2017-04-15T17:22:17Z")

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I’d like to understand better how discourse automatically loads plugins, e.g all those placed in the /plugins directory. How does a plugin can provide a mount point and its resources during initialization? Can someone …

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## [I want to start a Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-start-a-discourse/61025)

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**Author:** [@grxninesix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/grxninesix)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-start-a-discourse/61025 "2017-04-15T12:55:41Z")

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Hello. I love how discourse run and for my IT videos and hint i will give the next months i would maybe create a community, a place to discuss IT things. I wonder if I can buy a one-time installation for 100$ then after…

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## [Blog and Docs with Discourse site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blog-and-docs-with-discourse-site/61000)

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**Author:** [@bzero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bzero)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blog-and-docs-with-discourse-site/61000 "2017-04-15T11:56:23Z")

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Hello. I would like know which CMS platform are being used for this page blog.discourse.org and docs.discourse.org Or do they come with default discourse install? Thanks a lot.

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## [Docker versions and updates for various installation methods](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-versions-and-updates-for-various-installation-methods/61003)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-versions-and-updates-for-various-installation-methods/61003 "2017-04-14T20:59:56Z")

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I should probably post this on StackExchange… I’m working on a fully-automated Discourse install app. The quick-and-dirty solution I’m working on right now attempts to run the same install script that I use right now fo…

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## [Is it possible to search for a topic NOT in a category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-search-for-a-topic-not-in-a-category/61006)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-search-for-a-topic-not-in-a-category/61006 "2017-04-14T19:57:35Z")

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Let’s say I want to search for my posts in “feature” – I would search for @Drew\_Warwick #contribute:feature Is there a way to do the opposite? To find all of my posts that aren’t in feature? e.g. @Drew\_Warwick NOT(#cont…

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## [A way to log out elsewhere/ everywhere with "log out strict" disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-to-log-out-elsewhere-everywhere-with-log-out-strict-disabled/60977)

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**Author:** [@nawthor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nawthor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-to-log-out-elsewhere-everywhere-with-log-out-strict-disabled/60977 "2017-04-14T19:03:11Z")

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Over on our forum, we currently have log out strict enabled, but we are running a poll on whether it should stay that way. Right now we are leaning towards disabling it. But there are still a few people who want to keep…

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## [Assigning topic under a group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assigning-topic-under-a-group/60964)

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**Author:** [@manzarul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manzarul)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assigning-topic-under-a-group/60964 "2017-04-14T13:05:16Z")

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In discourse is there any api , by which i can assign complete group under a topic. another doubt is while creating a topic we are assigning some user name using comma separated , so is that message is visible to only to…

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## [Can't receive emails since I've move the server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-receive-emails-since-ive-move-the-server/60962)

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**Author:** [@ncl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ncl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 4:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-receive-emails-since-ive-move-the-server/60962 "2017-04-14T04:01:13Z")

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Hello everyone Since I’ve moved my server from DigitalOcean to Scaleway, using sparkpostmail I couldn’t get any email, even admin, so I did rake admin:create and upload my backup, when I tried to send a test email, …

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## [Name tagging with lots of matches](https://meta.discourse.org/t/name-tagging-with-lots-of-matches/60902)

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**Author:** [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/name-tagging-with-lots-of-matches/60902 "2017-04-14T03:18:56Z")

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I was trying to tag a user known as Chris Cryne in a post. I typed @Chris and she wasn’t there so I assumed she wasn’t on Discourse. However, it turns out she is on there with her Sunday name of @Christine\_Cryne. Quick …

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## [Default invite email says to change email from profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-invite-email-says-to-change-email-from-profile/60885)

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**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-invite-email-says-to-change-email-from-profile/60885 "2017-04-14T02:01:59Z")

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We’ve created this new account for you. Change your name or password by visiting your user profile. I was wondering why I keep getting messages telling me they can’t change their name. Updated Discourse just a few d…

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## [Is there a topic post limit?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-topic-post-limit/60955)

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**Author:** [@DanielMarquard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DanielMarquard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-topic-post-limit/60955 "2017-04-13T22:36:59Z")

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Is there a hard limit for the number of posts in a single topic? I couldn’t find any information about a ceiling for this, but wanted to be sure before I write a script that will insert about 20,000 posts (ingesting mess…

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## [Custom user field class wrong?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-field-class-wrong/60953)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-field-class-wrong/60953 "2017-04-13T21:26:44Z")

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I’m not a CSS expert but it seems that there is a mistake in the classes assigned to custom user fields of the confirmation type (check box) which leads to them being wrongly displayed on the user preferences page. Whil…

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## [Stylesheet and javascripts missing after fresh installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stylesheet-and-javascripts-missing-after-fresh-installation/60936)

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**Author:** [@brucify](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brucify)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stylesheet-and-javascripts-missing-after-fresh-installation/60936 "2017-04-13T19:26:42Z")

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Hi I am installing a fresh discourse following discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub. I managed to get the site up and running. However it seems all the stylesheets are missing (see scre…

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## [SQL Free Badge Editing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sql-free-badge-editing/60933)

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**Author:** [@nicatronTg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nicatronTg)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sql-free-badge-editing/60933 "2017-04-13T18:02:20Z")

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Reading the process for enabling custom badges, I think that it’s worth discussing the idea of having a badge editor that doesn’t require SQL to manage in the first place. Since disabling SQL editing, badges are very dec…

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## [If it solved, reduce the time for auto-close?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-it-solved-reduce-the-time-for-auto-close/60920)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-it-solved-reduce-the-time-for-auto-close/60920 "2017-04-13T16:57:51Z")

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I’ve been thinking on new feature with solved plugin. :thinking: Now, when you edit a category, have the option to “auto-close” topics by time… that’s ok. If, for example we set 3 month for auto-close topics, we would …

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## [How do I get the relative count of the "Topics count" of the category page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-the-relative-count-of-the-topics-count-of-the-category-page/60934)

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**Author:** [@saluzi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saluzi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-the-relative-count-of-the-topics-count-of-the-category-page/60934 "2017-04-13T16:03:50Z")

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My forum topic count is shown as an absolute number ,It’s too long : But i hope it is like that : what should I do? Thank you very much !

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## [Color of tags in header not changed by Color Scheme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-of-tags-in-header-not-changed-by-color-scheme/59722)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-of-tags-in-header-not-changed-by-color-scheme/59722 "2017-04-13T14:40:23Z")

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We’re using a dark header on our site (not Stonehearth) with the value of #40404. To ensure text could still be read, we changed the header primary to be #ffffff. We just noticed that tags do not seem to be given the #…

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## [Display issue with wizard invites on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-issue-with-wizard-invites-on-mobile/60903)

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**Author:** [@EducatorWaji](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EducatorWaji)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-issue-with-wizard-invites-on-mobile/60903 "2017-04-13T08:51:55Z")

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I am person who give preference to appearance as much as somebody who would give preference to backend. I will add the display bugs as I encounter it. After inviting the moderator for our discourse installation, the…

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## [Timeline - News Feed UI in Topic List View](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-news-feed-ui-in-topic-list-view/60312)

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**Author:** [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 7:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-news-feed-ui-in-topic-list-view/60312 "2017-04-13T07:04:15Z")

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Location: GitHub - vinkashq/discourse-timeline · GitHub Latest unread post will be displayed in all topic list views. Currently this plugin is in beta stage. More features are planned and it will be added in next vers…

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## [Separate user selection of flair and title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-user-selection-of-flair-and-title/60883)

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**Author:** [@ender03](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ender03)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-user-selection-of-flair-and-title/60883 "2017-04-13T02:00:48Z")

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Currently users are given flair from group membership and titles from group membership and awarded badges. However, I’d like to see users be able to select these independent of each other. Flair should be selected from …

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## [Docs.discourse.org HTTPS certificate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docs-discourse-org-https-certificate/60880)

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**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docs-discourse-org-https-certificate/60880 "2017-04-13T01:24:21Z")

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Not strictly related to meta, but I figured this was the most sensible place to post. Near the bottom of discourse.org there’s a link that says “simple JSON based APIs” which links to https://docs.discourse.org. Visitin…

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## [Just Superb - Discourse is a complete package](https://meta.discourse.org/t/just-superb-discourse-is-a-complete-package/60852)

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**Author:** [@EducatorWaji](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EducatorWaji)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/just-superb-discourse-is-a-complete-package/60852 "2017-04-12T21:33:50Z")

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I, Abdul Wajid is commonly known as @educator in my community due to the fact I use my free time to make study materials etc. After the successful run of ktublog.com and witnessing the fall of it. I decided to move to a …

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## [Paste a link as title does not work if your category has a topic template](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paste-a-link-as-title-does-not-work-if-your-category-has-a-topic-template/60552)

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**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paste-a-link-as-title-does-not-work-if-your-category-has-a-topic-template/60552 "2017-04-12T21:02:15Z")

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I’m not sure if this is a bug or not. In the second case, is it possible force the link to appear in the composer above (or below) the form?

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