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## [Offering help with Brazilian Portuguese translations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/offering-help-with-brazilian-portuguese-translations/53283)

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**Author:** [@rberaldo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rberaldo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/offering-help-with-brazilian-portuguese-translations/53283 "2016-11-23T02:28:35Z")

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Hi, I love Discourse, thank you for making this great piece of software. You’re awesome! I’ve just installed it on my local LUG server. However, some of the translations to Portuguese aren’t great. Many are missing and…

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## [Git pull needed?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/git-pull-needed/42928)

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**Author:** [@precessor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/precessor)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/git-pull-needed/42928 "2016-11-23T01:27:33Z")

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A few places on meta and on the blog advise git pull before ./launcher rebuild app. I’ve never done git pull, only the latter, and my Discourse instance seems to update fine. What’s the value of git pull?

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## [Discourse isn't starting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-isnt-starting/53228)

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**Author:** [@nstemp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nstemp)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-isnt-starting/53228 "2016-11-22T20:10:38Z")

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I recently run out of disk space and following this https://meta.discourse.org/t/var-lib-docker-aufs-diff-increasing-in-size/31438/13 my discourse isn’t even starting now… I have no idea what to do now and I need help …

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## [Attachment records cleared doing post rebake](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attachment-records-cleared-doing-post-rebake/53259)

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**Author:** [@junaid\_pk14](https://meta.discourse.org/u/junaid_pk14)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attachment-records-cleared-doing-post-rebake/53259 "2016-11-22T15:42:56Z")

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Hello, We have around more than 5 lac attachments in Vbulletin. When we imported these posts into Discourse same no of records were created in the ‘uploads’ table. Recently for some reasons we rebake the posts and all r…

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## [Summary Email Changes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summary-email-changes/52777)

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**Author:** [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summary-email-changes/52777 "2016-11-22T00:05:54Z")

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See this post for more information Currently we’re implementing a redesign of the Discourse summary emails (formerly known as the “weekly digest”). These emails are extremely important to community engagement and reten…

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## [Creating new tags issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-new-tags-issue/53129)

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**Author:** [@akaAlso](https://meta.discourse.org/u/akaAlso)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-new-tags-issue/53129 "2016-11-22T15:19:13Z")

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I’m not able to create new tags recently, I get redirected to a tags page showing the few that have been created previously with the heading Oops! That page doesn’t exist or is private This happens if I try to create a…

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## [Use last outgoing link in closed topic as forwarder](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-last-outgoing-link-in-closed-topic-as-forwarder/33683)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-last-outgoing-link-in-closed-topic-as-forwarder/33683 "2016-11-22T10:52:52Z")

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Please bear with me as I don’t know exactly what I’m suggesting yet, but I need help fleshing out this idea. If I search “wordpress and discourse on same server”, I get this result: 4 closed topics. All technically …

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## [Bug(?): external link of category descriptions don't open in new tab](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-external-link-of-category-descriptions-dont-open-in-new-tab/53245)

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**Author:** [@anon36484860](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon36484860)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 8:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-external-link-of-category-descriptions-dont-open-in-new-tab/53245 "2016-11-22T08:38:20Z")

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My forum (as well as my profile) is set up to open external links in new tab. Yet in category view (/categories) the links in the category description don’t open in new tab. Is there any workaround for that?

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## [Seperate grace edit setting for TL0 users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seperate-grace-edit-setting-for-tl0-users/53237)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seperate-grace-edit-setting-for-tl0-users/53237 "2016-11-22T06:03:59Z")

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Continuing the discussion from this topic: One of the new features added to Discourse in the wake of Stonehearth’s massive spam attack was the ability to limit editing to certain trust levels. This was done in part beca…

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## [\`levenshtein distance spammer emails\` should flag accounts that are similar even if no accounts have been marked as spammers yet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/levenshtein-distance-spammer-emails-should-flag-accounts-that-are-similar-even-if-no-accounts-have-been-marked-as-spammers-yet/49858)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 61\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/levenshtein-distance-spammer-emails-should-flag-accounts-that-are-similar-even-if-no-accounts-have-been-marked-as-spammers-yet/49858 "2016-11-22T04:39:04Z")

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Update: After detailed discussion, it seems that this setting is working as currently coded - it only checks emails against a list after an account is deleted. As this does not help when a spammer makes many accounts im…

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## [Pay for one-time Discourse migration?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pay-for-one-time-discourse-migration/53221)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pay-for-one-time-discourse-migration/53221 "2016-11-21T22:20:38Z")

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For some reason I thought the pricing page offered a way to pay CDCK to migrate a forum (e.g. from phpBB) to Discourse, but run the migrated site on a self-supported DigitalOcean instance. Is that a product CDCK offers? …

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## [My plugin codes runs just once!(My own script shouldn't be cached)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-plugin-codes-runs-just-once-my-own-script-shouldnt-be-cached/51301)

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**Author:** [@Alavi1412](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alavi1412)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-plugin-codes-runs-just-once-my-own-script-shouldnt-be-cached/51301 "2016-11-21T22:10:29Z")

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Hi. I wrote a plugin and I run my code. my code run just for the first page of my website.even if it is a simple alert.for example if you open front page and go to categories page the alert doesn’t work on new page.

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## [Wordpress and Discourse in a single droplet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-and-discourse-in-a-single-droplet/53217)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-and-discourse-in-a-single-droplet/53217 "2016-11-21T21:10:55Z")

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Continuing the discussion from New Offering: Install Discourse and WordPress in one Droplet: In the above offering, I do a standard Cloud Install, move Discourse to another port, and install Apache to serve Wordpress an…

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## [Installation fails due to postgre](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-fails-due-to-postgre/53211)

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**Author:** [@Paktosan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paktosan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-fails-due-to-postgre/53211 "2016-11-21T20:26:05Z")

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Hi, when trying to install discourse on Ubuntu 16.04 or OpenSUSE 42.2 I get the following error: SUSE Paste Can you tell me what is broken there and how I can fix it? Thank you, Paktosan

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## [SMF's categories vs Discourse's categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smfs-categories-vs-discourses-categories/53212)

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**Author:** [@dsanchez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dsanchez)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smfs-categories-vs-discourses-categories/53212 "2016-11-21T19:48:59Z")

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In SMF a category is just a container for boards, i.e. you can not post anything in a category, you can only post in a Board or a sub-board. SMF allows for unlimited sub-boards. In Discourse you can create topics in cat…

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## [How to seed local database with SSO user data](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-seed-local-database-with-sso-user-data/53210)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-seed-local-database-with-sso-user-data/53210 "2016-11-21T19:34:04Z")

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I’ve got a client that I’m doing an import for. They’re using SSO, which will supply avatars, but of course those get populated only when someone logs in. I noticed client.sync\_sso and it appears to do just what I need. …

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## [Why vbulletin 4 importer exclude the firstpost?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-vbulletin-4-importer-exclude-the-firstpost/53196)

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**Author:** [@enigmaty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/enigmaty)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-vbulletin-4-importer-exclude-the-firstpost/53196 "2016-11-21T16:26:05Z")

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Why the importer in vbulletin exclude the firstpost from the total\_count?

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## [Implement post filter using post custom fields in plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/implement-post-filter-using-post-custom-fields-in-plugin/53201)

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**Author:** [@ShankarG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ShankarG)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/implement-post-filter-using-post-custom-fields-in-plugin/53201 "2016-11-21T16:21:52Z")

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I have developed a plugin for categorizing post(have added that values in post custom fields). Now i would like to implement filter post by that categorize that are stored in custom post fields. If you can suggest me som…

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## [Gfycat onebox now is a web player?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gfycat-onebox-now-is-a-web-player/53192)

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**Author:** [@Alankrit\_Choudh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alankrit_Choudh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gfycat-onebox-now-is-a-web-player/53192 "2016-11-21T16:21:28Z")

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https://gfycat.com/KindlySourJumpingbean Earlier gfycat onebox has the loop now it is just a web player without loop Example above.

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## [Data Explorer fails to run](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-fails-to-run/53121)

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**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-fails-to-run/53121 "2016-11-21T16:18:57Z")

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In Discourse 1.7.0.beta7, the (up-to-date) data explorer plugin fails to run queries for me :sadpanda: It fails to run with the following error: This affects multiple of my instances, do it doesn’t appear to be a l…

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## [All admin strings are gone after rebuild with plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-admin-strings-are-gone-after-rebuild-with-plugin/53152)

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**Author:** [@amine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/amine)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-admin-strings-are-gone-after-rebuild-with-plugin/53152 "2016-11-21T10:31:27Z")

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Hi, all amdin strings are gone when I did a rebuild to install a plugin. I can’t find a way to fix this.

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## [Does the XenForo to Discourse Converter also imports password?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-the-xenforo-to-discourse-converter-also-imports-password/49647)

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**Author:** [@RoldanLT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RoldanLT)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 10:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-the-xenforo-to-discourse-converter-also-imports-password/49647 "2016-11-21T10:06:24Z")

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What is the complete list of data it will retain or import from XenForo? Thanks!

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## [Why are all setting names lowercase?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-all-setting-names-lowercase/53171)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-all-setting-names-lowercase/53171 "2016-11-21T05:49:05Z")

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Is it just me who thinks “tos url” looks less professional and trustworthy than ToS URL?

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## [RSS feed for weekly or monthly digests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-feed-for-weekly-or-monthly-digests/53170)

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**Author:** [@jcrben](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jcrben)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-feed-for-weekly-or-monthly-digests/53170 "2016-11-21T04:59:59Z")

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I really don’t like automated email. There are now a couple Discourse forums which have sent me digest emails that I’ve had to unsubscribe from. I’d really like to subscribe to them, but I can’t handle the information ov…

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## [Integration with embed.ly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integration-with-embed-ly/41590)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integration-with-embed-ly/41590 "2016-11-21T04:15:19Z")

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For the content that cannot be one-boxed in Discourse, a universal fallback to embed.ly might be better than nothing. Look like a plugin area.

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## [Simplified badge management for new and existing users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simplified-badge-management-for-new-and-existing-users/53166)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simplified-badge-management-for-new-and-existing-users/53166 "2016-11-21T04:14:13Z")

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I’ve found that in-person conferences and workshops are a great way to build up community membership by personal invitations. For those who attend such conferences and workshops, I’ve been manually granting badges reward…

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## [Questions About Migrating From Xenforo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-migrating-from-xenforo/42966)

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**Author:** [@Overmind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overmind)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-migrating-from-xenforo/42966 "2016-11-21T03:20:13Z")

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I have a forum with 30k users, 3m posts, and 100k+ threads currently running Xenforo looking to migrate to Discourse. Have a few pre-migration questions, I had this typed in a draft but when I came back it seems to have …

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## [Approve all existing users en-masse to facilitate enabling "must approve users"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approve-all-existing-users-en-masse-to-facilitate-enabling-must-approve-users/52689)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approve-all-existing-users-en-masse-to-facilitate-enabling-must-approve-users/52689 "2016-11-21T01:04:00Z")

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So far, I’ve been running our forum in invite-only mode – which is great. I’d now like to start opening it up a little bit more, such that I can send people to the address to sign up, but require approval of their accoun…

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## [Missing "Options Gear-Wheel" when creating a Topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-options-gear-wheel-when-creating-a-topic/53158)

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**Author:** [@LuckyLuke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LuckyLuke)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-options-gear-wheel-when-creating-a-topic/53158 "2016-11-20T23:42:40Z")

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I just discovered a strange behavior in one of my Discourse instances. The “Options Gear-Wheel” wheel is missing within the “Create a new Topic” section. Missing “Options Gear-Wheel” How is should look like …

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## [Error Trying to Start Import Process - Xenforo to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-trying-to-start-import-process-xenforo-to-discourse/43258)

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**Author:** [@Overmind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overmind)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-trying-to-start-import-process-xenforo-to-discourse/43258 "2016-11-20T22:44:59Z")

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Whenever I issue the command: RAILS\_ENV=production bundle exec ruby script/import\_scripts/xenforo.rb I get: /var/discourse/script/import\_scripts/base.rb:14:in \`require\_relative': cannot load such file -- /var/discourse…

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