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## [GitHub onebox wrongly adds extra empty lines after each code line in the emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-onebox-wrongly-adds-extra-empty-lines-after-each-code-line-in-the-emails/43240)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-onebox-wrongly-adds-extra-empty-lines-after-each-code-line-in-the-emails/43240 "2017-01-19T08:42:20Z")

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An original code (correct rendering): A email with the code (wrong rendering: extra empty lines are added, the screenshot is taken in the GMail web interface):

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## [Have mailing list mode respect monitoring level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-mailing-list-mode-respect-monitoring-level/55996)

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**Author:** [@awlogan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awlogan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-mailing-list-mode-respect-monitoring-level/55996 "2017-01-19T00:55:48Z")

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Hello, We’re setting up Discourse for our product forums, and want to make sure that certain people monitor certain sub-forums in their product area. We really like mailing list mode, but it requires us to filter on the…

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## [Building Discourse Mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-discourse-mobile/55977)

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**Author:** [@n120](https://meta.discourse.org/u/n120)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-discourse-mobile/55977 "2017-01-18T17:16:25Z")

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I’ve been having trouble building Discourse Mobile on Windows 10. I’ve been running into the same issue as documented here: https://github.com/discourse/DiscourseMobile/issues/21. I was curious if anyone could please pro…

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## [Formatting the WP excerpt for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formatting-the-wp-excerpt-for-discourse/55940)

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**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formatting-the-wp-excerpt-for-discourse/55940 "2017-01-18T16:50:10Z")

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We use the Discourse-WP plugin and currently the {excerpt} is being displayed with no line breaks. Here is an example: WP Building Skills Of An Online Community Team | FeverBee Discourse https://experts.feverbee.com/t…

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## [National flags indicating home country of each user?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/national-flags-indicating-home-country-of-each-user/53555)

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**Author:** [@Gunnar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gunnar)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/national-flags-indicating-home-country-of-each-user/53555 "2017-01-18T15:16:32Z")

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One thing we had on our old (home made) forum was little flags showing where each user is from. We have members from all over the world, so that is now our #1 most requested feature on Discourse. Would this be hard to i…

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## [Something seems to have gone wrong with my update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/something-seems-to-have-gone-wrong-with-my-update/55952)

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**Author:** [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 10:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/something-seems-to-have-gone-wrong-with-my-update/55952 "2017-01-18T10:40:55Z")

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Something seems to have failed with my update to 1.7.x (https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/). Nothing is showing up and I’m getting errors like: I’m wondering if the update failed part way through. Any suggestions o…

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## [Icons before Activity and Summary tabs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icons-before-activity-and-summary-tabs/55721)

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**Author:** [@Vladimir\_Gotfrid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vladimir_Gotfrid)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icons-before-activity-and-summary-tabs/55721 "2017-01-18T09:56:21Z")

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There is no icons before Activity and Summary tabs at the users’ profile page. I’d would like to add them using Font Awesome in order to have things well-ordered, is there a way to make it happen?

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## [Add column on the left with custom html](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-column-on-the-left-with-custom-html/55951)

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**Author:** [@norandom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/norandom)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 9:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-column-on-the-left-with-custom-html/55951 "2017-01-18T09:52:55Z")

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Hi, would someone be kind enough to share a custom CSS / HTML that adds a column on the left? I have found some examples with header links. I’d like a column on the left to be present everywhere, so that the navigation…

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## [Create a complete color scheme based on one seed color](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-complete-color-scheme-based-on-one-seed-color/15673)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 9:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-complete-color-scheme-based-on-one-seed-color/15673 "2017-01-18T09:51:37Z")

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Continuing the discussion from What about an easier styling/theming system?: I recently discovered this very handy Bootstrap utility: It lets you set a single “seed color” and from that it makes you a complete color s…

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## [Overall badge count on users page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overall-badge-count-on-users-page/55756)

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**Author:** [@lrossouw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lrossouw)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overall-badge-count-on-users-page/55756 "2017-01-18T09:44:18Z")

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“Micro” feature but would be possible to create a badge count column on the users page? Some of the more stats chasing types are keen to see how they rank on my site. Plus if badges are a way to encourage and measure e…

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## [Can't change names of trust\_level groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-names-of-trust-level-groups/55614)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-names-of-trust-level-groups/55614 "2017-01-18T05:55:35Z")

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Is it possible to change the names of groups? I hcanged groups.default\_names.trust\_level\_2 to “members”. It shows as changed in /admin/customize/site\_texts, but that change isn’t reflected on the admin/groups page.

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## [SSO login and Jobs::EnsureDbConsistency both fail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-login-and-jobs-ensuredbconsistency-both-fail/55515)

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**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-login-and-jobs-ensuredbconsistency-both-fail/55515 "2017-01-18T05:53:53Z")

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I have two sites having SSO enabled. After the latest update, both of them started failing SSO logons for moderators and admins (but not for normal users), with a localized error message that is similar to “name is alrea…

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## [Onebox Click-Count is not autorefreshed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-click-count-is-not-autorefreshed/55925)

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**Author:** [@Lutz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lutz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-click-count-is-not-autorefreshed/55925 "2017-01-18T02:24:49Z")

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Only a small bug: The Onebox Click counter is not updated automatically. You need to reload to see the clicks that you or others have done.

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## [Messaging drop down menu not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/messaging-drop-down-menu-not-working/55638)

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**Author:** [@Nick29](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nick29)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/messaging-drop-down-menu-not-working/55638 "2017-01-17T22:20:24Z")

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When i click on the message icon in the top right, and then go to select a message from the drop down menu, when i click it the menu closes but i stay on the same page. Any idea what’s happening?

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## [Is it possible to permanently ban someone?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-permanently-ban-someone/55239)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-permanently-ban-someone/55239 "2017-01-17T21:59:46Z")

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Is it possible to permanently ban someone? I see a the option to “suspend” someone for a fixed number of days, but no way to make a ban permanent. I think the answer is “no, but you can just suspend them for 99999 days …

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## [Reducing white space and increasing main content column width](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reducing-white-space-and-increasing-main-content-column-width/50929)

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**Author:** [@ron\_jeremy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ron_jeremy)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reducing-white-space-and-increasing-main-content-column-width/50929 "2017-01-17T20:04:47Z")

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I’m not sure if this is even possible or even a good idea, but wanted to ask, nonetheless.

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## [Accessibility concerns re email, Lynx, JAWS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-concerns-re-email-lynx-jaws/35675)

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**Author:** [@MikeBattaglia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MikeBattaglia)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-concerns-re-email-lynx-jaws/35675 "2017-01-17T19:07:03Z")

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I’m considering migrating a large forum of around 2000 people from FB to Discourse. Some of my users are visually impaired. What is the recommended way for visually impaired people to use Discourse? I understand Lynx i…

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## [Problem in latest.rss / Not a Valid Feed, it says!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-in-latest-rss-not-a-valid-feed-it-says/55466)

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**Author:** [@Arta\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arta_S)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-in-latest-rss-not-a-valid-feed-it-says/55466 "2017-01-17T18:24:27Z")

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Hey guys, My rss cannot be validated. See here: Feed Validator Results: https://forums.7host.ir/latest.rss I am getting some errors when i am trying to fetch the latest entries to another website and the feed validato…

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## [Left-clicking same-domain links to URLs not on the whitelist is broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/left-clicking-same-domain-links-to-urls-not-on-the-whitelist-is-broken/54722)

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**Author:** [@DavidEGrayson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DavidEGrayson)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/left-clicking-same-domain-links-to-urls-not-on-the-whitelist-is-broken/54722 "2017-01-17T17:59:24Z")

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This is a continuation of the discussion from https://meta.discourse.org/t/left-clicking-raw-links-return-404-errors/31314, which was closed. I just noticed that if I upload an attachment and then I left-click on a link…

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## [Improvement: Avatars should not be used as post thumbnails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvement-avatars-should-not-be-used-as-post-thumbnails/55909)

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**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvement-avatars-should-not-be-used-as-post-thumbnails/55909 "2017-01-17T17:25:23Z")

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Not sure if I formulated the title quite correctly - sorry, not my native language. I dislike the fact that user avatars are used as post thumbnails: Avatars are often quite “creative” Hardly ever related to the topic…

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## [Access-Control-Allow-Origin on SSO url by external ID](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-control-allow-origin-on-sso-url-by-external-id/55915)

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**Author:** [@Rojoss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rojoss)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-control-allow-origin-on-sso-url-by-external-id/55915 "2017-01-17T17:18:57Z")

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In our Unity WebGL game we’d like to get data from the forum. When I do a request to the forum from the game I get the following error. XMLHttpRequest cannot load http://forum.curvefever.io/users/by-external/1.json. No…

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## [Changed font, letters with longer descender cropped](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changed-font-letters-with-longer-descender-cropped/55817)

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**Author:** [@eglinski](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eglinski)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changed-font-letters-with-longer-descender-cropped/55817 "2017-01-17T17:14:00Z")

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The only thing I have changed is the font used, but not sure where I could adjust subject height. For future use, might be useful to make this adaptive to the font chosen, but I know that isn’t always simple.

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## [Tag 1.3.10 not found on reload](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-1-3-10-not-found-on-reload/55910)

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**Author:** [@Justin\_Funk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justin_Funk)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-1-3-10-not-found-on-reload/55910 "2017-01-17T16:57:37Z")

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I’m having this issue this morning: root@forum:/var/discourse# ./launcher logs app WARNING: We are about to start downloading the Discourse base image This process may take anywhere between a few minutes to an hour, …

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## [I need a plugin that enables changing user registration dates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-a-plugin-that-enables-changing-user-registration-dates/55904)

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**Author:** [@steelmaiden](https://meta.discourse.org/u/steelmaiden)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-a-plugin-that-enables-changing-user-registration-dates/55904 "2017-01-17T16:49:15Z")

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I need a plugin that will make it possible for admins to change the user registration date of every registered member directly from the admin area. I need this because i migrated my community from vBulletin to Discou…

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## [\[PAID\] recover my discourse installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-recover-my-discourse-installation/55906)

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**Author:** [@vulkanino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vulkanino)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-recover-my-discourse-installation/55906 "2017-01-17T16:38:27Z")

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I need my discourse installation to be recovered. It is not working right now, it looks like Docker doesn’t want to run anymore. I think I need a Linux expert. When do you need it done? ASAP What is your budget, in…

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## [Adding Clickable User Fields / Field Types?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-clickable-user-fields-field-types/55887)

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**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-clickable-user-fields-field-types/55887 "2017-01-17T13:13:16Z")

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Hi, I just wondered if anyone else had either done this, or may know how it could be achieved? We would like to be able to add a clickable field to the user profile but at present the only options are really for text, …

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## [Discourse Logo Request](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-logo-request/55869)

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**Author:** [@Blackglade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Blackglade)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-logo-request/55869 "2017-01-17T00:19:16Z")

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Hi! I was wondering if you guys would happen to have an SVG copy of your logo? I have a small page on my main site of technologies we use and would like to credit discourse

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## [Rebuild says "no such locale exists"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-says-no-such-locale-exists/55824)

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**Author:** [@Glamdring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Glamdring)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-says-no-such-locale-exists/55824 "2017-01-16T19:51:33Z")

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In case one wants to use a language that is not in the official list, but is, let’s say, at 80% at Transifex (which is my case), there is no good way to use it. Downloading and renaming the files from transifex is tedio…

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## [Userlist not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/userlist-not-working/55291)

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**Author:** [@Lutz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lutz)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/userlist-not-working/55291 "2017-01-16T16:48:24Z")

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If you open the hamburger-menu, and select “Users”, the list shows up and everything ist is working. If you change the period to “all” (in german: “Gesamt”), the loading animation is spinning for ever. v1.7.0.beta11 +1…

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## [Is it possible to test Discourse Embed comment on localhost?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-test-discourse-embed-comment-on-localhost/42724)

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**Author:** [@thangngoc89](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thangngoc89)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-test-discourse-embed-comment-on-localhost/42724 "2017-01-16T16:25:01Z")

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I’m testing Discourse Embed comment system for my static blog using React locally but I can’t get it to work. I’m sure that I read the instruction like 10 times. So I’m thinking that localhost should be the blocker here. …

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