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## [User Directory is Empty](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-is-empty/51063)

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**Author:** [@Democritus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Democritus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-is-empty/51063 "2016-10-04T10:00:01Z")

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Hey folks, I just set up a private Discourse Forum (invite only). It’s already filled with data from a successful Vanilla Forum data import. Now I have enabled the user directory but there’s not a single user visible in…

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## [Plugin: Admin statistics digest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-admin-statistics-digest/44270)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-admin-statistics-digest/44270 "2016-10-04T07:16:09Z")

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I’ve never been good at tracking statistics. I’m not disciplined enough to observe patterns and try to discern ongoing trends. Give me a good infographic though (aka Stats for Dummies) and I’ll eat that stuff up like it’…

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## [Share a topic with the meta tag and logo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-a-topic-with-the-meta-tag-and-logo/50988)

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**Author:** [@Ratul\_Bhattacharya](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ratul_Bhattacharya)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-a-topic-with-the-meta-tag-and-logo/50988 "2016-10-03T18:06:56Z")

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Not sure how to achieve this feature any guidance will be of great help. Essentially how does the meta information about the post appears on the top and the link follows below.

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## [Unable to access after installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-access-after-installation/50977)

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**Author:** [@fwielstra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fwielstra)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-access-after-installation/50977 "2016-10-03T17:27:09Z")

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I’ve followed the instructions at discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub to the letter, have everything set up on Digital Ocean, everything seems to be running fine, however actually acces…

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## [User search keyword not applied after clicking "Back" button in users section of admin panel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-search-keyword-not-applied-after-clicking-back-button-in-users-section-of-admin-panel/51010)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-search-keyword-not-applied-after-clicking-back-button-in-users-section-of-admin-panel/51010 "2016-10-03T05:02:45Z")

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Steps to reproduce Open the Users section in the admin panel: /admin/users/list/active Filter by an email Click on the user in the search results list. User admin page gets opened. Click Back browser button …

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## [Edits do not bring topics to the top of the latest list anymore](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edits-do-not-bring-topics-to-the-top-of-the-latest-list-anymore/50985)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edits-do-not-bring-topics-to-the-top-of-the-latest-list-anymore/50985 "2016-10-02T15:59:02Z")

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am i right? what is the reason for this change? Edit: @cpradio thanks for the reply. but no, it doesn’t. in fact when I edit topics with no responses to give them the chance to be seen, nothing happens. and in topics w…

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## [Dedicate a forum to act as "hacker news" daily rating](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicate-a-forum-to-act-as-hacker-news-daily-rating/50970)

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**Author:** [@mvxlr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mvxlr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicate-a-forum-to-act-as-hacker-news-daily-rating/50970 "2016-10-02T12:51:54Z")

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Hey guys, I’m wondering if someone has been working or thinking about writing a plugin that allows say a dedicated forum to work as a rating system. It should be able to do the hacker news / product hunt thing, ie: R…

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## [Install Discourse as subfolder within Wordpress website?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-as-subfolder-within-wordpress-website/50955)

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**Author:** [@Philipp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Philipp)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-as-subfolder-within-wordpress-website/50955 "2016-10-02T03:47:19Z")

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Hi! I am currently running a Wordpress website with a forum based on bbpress. I am thinking about migrating to Discourse. Currently my forum is integrated seemlessly. Its domain is www.mydomain.com/forum So far all D…

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## [How to use the database without destroying Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-the-database-without-destroying-discourse/50695)

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**Author:** [@Silvanus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Silvanus)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-the-database-without-destroying-discourse/50695 "2016-09-28T18:42:28Z")

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I’m thinking of starting to make a plugin (working title: bookquote) that would replace citations from database and replace the citation in the message, for example \[us-constitution 1.1\] would give out All legislative Po…

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## [Expanding editing grace period to hard delete posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-editing-grace-period-to-hard-delete-posts/50923)

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**Author:** [@Karin3](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Karin3)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-editing-grace-period-to-hard-delete-posts/50923 "2016-10-01T18:26:36Z")

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My group of five writers is experimenting with Discourse as a means to converse, give feedback, and sometimes work together. I am the administrator of the site, but as a small community we want to be equals as much as po…

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## [Special annotation for posts that are just links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/special-annotation-for-posts-that-are-just-links/50953)

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**Author:** [@Jeff\_Vienneau](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeff_Vienneau)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/special-annotation-for-posts-that-are-just-links/50953 "2016-10-01T17:37:45Z")

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Is it possible to indicate posts that are just a link with little actual text?

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## [How do I make my own badge query?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-make-my-own-badge-query/50946)

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**Author:** [@keith1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/keith1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-make-my-own-badge-query/50946 "2016-10-01T17:18:20Z")

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I’m feeling quite silly for having to ask, but I’m finding tons of great resources for making my own badges, but I can’t figure out where exactly to put all of these badge queries. Can someone just point me in the right…

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## [Request to join Romanian reviewers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-to-join-romanian-reviewers/48152)

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**Author:** [@iamntz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iamntz)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 11:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-to-join-romanian-reviewers/48152 "2016-10-01T11:09:45Z")

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Hey guys. Since the romanian localization have about 1900 unreviewed translations on transifex, I would like to step in and deal with those. Thanks!

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## [Db:migrate fails (1.5.4 to 1.6.4)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/db-migrate-fails-1-5-4-to-1-6-4/50912)

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**Author:** [@NuLL3rr0r](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NuLL3rr0r)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 10:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/db-migrate-fails-1-5-4-to-1-6-4/50912 "2016-10-01T10:04:10Z")

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I’m running a multi-site instance and running either: $ sudo -u discourse -g discourse -H RAILS\_ENV='production' bundle exec rake multisite:migrate or $ sudo -u discourse -g discourse -H RAILS\_ENV='production' bundle …

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## [Serializer Error When Listing All Time Users Directory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/serializer-error-when-listing-all-time-users-directory/50897)

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**Author:** [@kstaikov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kstaikov)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/serializer-error-when-listing-all-time-users-directory/50897 "2016-09-30T20:37:27Z")

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/directory\_items?period=all&order=likes\_received returns a 500. On the UI, the spinner just spins forever if I have selected all time, otherwise the other options (weekly, monthly, etc.) load OK. However, they show a u…

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## [Webhook delivery errors when length is incorrect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-delivery-errors-when-length-is-incorrect/49912)

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**Author:** [@rhyolight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-delivery-errors-when-length-is-incorrect/49912 "2016-09-30T15:44:15Z")

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Some of the HTTP requests being sent to one of my webhooks are being returned with 400 errors. From what I can tell on the client of these requests, it seems like the request body might be getting cut short, or that the C…

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## [How to add dreamhost smtp in discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-dreamhost-smtp-in-discourse/35530)

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**Author:** [@Aravinthraj\_N](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aravinthraj_N)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-dreamhost-smtp-in-discourse/35530 "2016-09-30T12:15:08Z")

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how to add Dreamhost SMTP in discourse. I have a problem with mandrill and Dreamhost SMTP both not sending mail.

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## [Can we have a point or reward system as a feature?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-a-point-or-reward-system-as-a-feature/16652)

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**Author:** [@bankerrahul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bankerrahul)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 9:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-a-point-or-reward-system-as-a-feature/16652 "2016-09-30T09:22:10Z")

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Can we have a point system for activities like signup, posting, replying for users and some kind of reward system for them as a feature in discourse installation?

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## [Private category: no preview of the topic on link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-category-no-preview-of-the-topic-on-link/50900)

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**Author:** [@Chopper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chopper)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 9:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-category-no-preview-of-the-topic-on-link/50900 "2016-09-30T09:13:54Z")

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I notice on my forum if a share a link of a public topic on a private or public topic there is a preview like this : But if I share a private topic on the same private topic or another one also private, there is no p…

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## [Orange line separating topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/orange-line-separating-topics/49367)

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**Author:** [@Riley\_Dunshea](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Riley_Dunshea)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 9:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/orange-line-separating-topics/49367 "2016-09-30T09:11:00Z")

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Whenever I’m on the Infinite Flight Community I get a orange line inbetween the new topics. Multiple people had the issue not just me and I thought I would report it. Here is the link I made to the topic on the Infinite …

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## [Nominate Discourse for CMS Critic Awards 2016](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nominate-discourse-for-cms-critic-awards-2016/46807)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nominate-discourse-for-cms-critic-awards-2016/46807 "2016-09-30T08:36:55Z")

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Please take 2 minutes aside and go nominate Discourse for the CMS Critic Awards 2016! It seems we forgot about this in 2015, so let’s have a proper go at it this time around. There’s really just one category to conce…

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## [Latest automatic backup failed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-automatic-backup-failed/50890)

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**Author:** [@robbyoconnor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robbyoconnor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-automatic-backup-failed/50890 "2016-09-30T07:07:48Z")

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Looks like the latest update to tests-passed failed in our Docker Manager: I was updating to cde1883 Currently at 119225e \*\*\* Bundling assets. This might take a while \*\*\* $ bundle exec rake assets:precompile Purging …

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## [Current docker upgrade fails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/current-docker-upgrade-fails/50850)

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**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/current-docker-upgrade-fails/50850 "2016-09-30T07:07:16Z")

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rake aborted! NoMethodError: undefined method \`each\_pair' for nil:NilClass /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.7.1/lib/active\_support/core\_ext/hash/deep\_merge.rb:22:in \`deep\_merge!' /var/…

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## [Is there a Non-default-but-recommend plugins list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-non-default-but-recommend-plugins-list/50856)

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**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-non-default-but-recommend-plugins-list/50856 "2016-09-30T03:23:37Z")

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As a beginner of discourse, there seems to be too many plugins and most of them are non-default. Truely I think some of them are fully-developed (you know, no bugs and very helpful. ) and can improve the forum service ve…

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## [How to restore a backup of an older version to a fresh install?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-restore-a-backup-of-an-older-version-to-a-fresh-install/50881)

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**Author:** [@zachwlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zachwlewis)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-restore-a-backup-of-an-older-version-to-a-fresh-install/50881 "2016-09-29T22:02:29Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Docker rebuild failed updating Postgresql: Signature verification failed: After following the steps on the Discourse update page, I was asked to update via the command line. When updating v…

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## [Badge Notifications aren't translated when granted in batches](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-notifications-arent-translated-when-granted-in-batches/50882)

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**Author:** [@mackk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mackk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-notifications-arent-translated-when-granted-in-batches/50882 "2016-09-29T22:00:03Z")

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Eu não sou do Brasil, mas eu falo um pouco português :smiley: Seems like this might actually be a bug? This is what I’m seeing. So the translation is pulled on the badges page, but not in the notifications dro…

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## [Urgent: Site down after upgrade to 1.6.4 due to Cloudflare template](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urgent-site-down-after-upgrade-to-1-6-4-due-to-cloudflare-template/50789)

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**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urgent-site-down-after-upgrade-to-1-6-4-due-to-cloudflare-template/50789 "2016-09-29T21:15:59Z")

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Just ran into a bit of a problem. I did routine updates to my site Tappara.co: 1.6.2 → 1.6.4 via git pull and ./launcher rebuild app It went cleanly. Installed a few updates available to Ubuntu 16.04 server Reboote…

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## [Building new database gives blank page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-new-database-gives-blank-page/50827)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-new-database-gives-blank-page/50827 "2016-09-28T22:52:11Z")

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Maybe this should be Development, but I just did git pull upstream master git reset --hard upstream/master RAILS\_ENV=development bundle exec rake db:drop db:create db:migrate bundle exec rails s and when I load my new …

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## [Rake db:migrate fails on OSX and VirtualBox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rake-db-migrate-fails-on-osx-and-virtualbox/43856)

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**Author:** [@ralinchimev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ralinchimev)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rake-db-migrate-fails-on-osx-and-virtualbox/43856 "2016-09-29T17:03:41Z")

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Hello, I’ve tried to setup my dev environment on my Mac but failed. Then tried using Vagrant on VirtualBox following the instructions exactly. But on both I get this same error: \[vagrant@precise32:/vagrant (master)\]$ …

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## [Customization in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customization-in-discourse/50873)

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**Author:** [@anon28163865](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon28163865)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customization-in-discourse/50873 "2016-09-29T16:58:37Z")

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Can discourse be customized beyond just CSS colors options that are available in Admin. Customization as in → Customized Header and Footer Possibility of placing widget or snippets or even placing advertisement slots …

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