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## [Oddly high RAM usage with Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oddly-high-ram-usage-with-discourse/49147)

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**Author:** [@Cosmopath](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cosmopath)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oddly-high-ram-usage-with-discourse/49147 "2016-08-24T16:00:09Z")

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Hi, I’m running a virtual private server with Discourse installed through Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Right now there’s no traffic (there’s probably two or three people on the site right now for beta testing) and the RAM usage for…

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## [Users can change their preferences, not save them, and navigate away without warning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-change-their-preferences-not-save-them-and-navigate-away-without-warning/26952)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-change-their-preferences-not-save-them-and-navigate-away-without-warning/26952 "2016-09-26T04:33:13Z")

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As a user, I can change my email preference, not see a Save button (despite them being at the top & bottom of the page) and navigate away from the Preferences page with no warning that my preferences weren’t saved. Not …

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## [Email address already in use - override?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-address-already-in-use-override/50500)

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**Author:** [@TheTechnobear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheTechnobear)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-address-already-in-use-override/50500 "2016-09-25T20:56:50Z")

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Hi, I have a user that is trying to change their email, and gets the message that the email is already in use. Ive checked all active users, and there the email is not in use (and its not blocked etc) I think the issu…

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## [Custom header from remote site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-header-from-remote-site/50623)

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**Author:** [@deltaskelta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/deltaskelta)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2016, 11:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-header-from-remote-site/50623 "2016-09-25T11:02:03Z")

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I have a custom header on my remote django site that renders some information so I decided to make a view for it and use an ajax request to load it into my discourse header when the page loads and it renders everything I…

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## [Creating Groups/categories automatically](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-groups-categories-automatically/50562)

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**Author:** [@mikechristopher](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikechristopher)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-groups-categories-automatically/50562 "2016-09-24T21:26:12Z")

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I would like a plugin of which would do the following and interested to know if or how much it would cost to develop it and see if it’s viable for us to be able to raise the money. In short - Create group with a name …

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## [New user ranking and posting restriction](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-ranking-and-posting-restriction/50592)

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**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-ranking-and-posting-restriction/50592 "2016-09-24T03:01:58Z")

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We have been torn about whether new users should be able to post or not without requiring moderation. Right now all users are set at level 0. In certain categories, we dont see problematic posts. Its primarily a few con…

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## [Improve GitHub login for private sites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-github-login-for-private-sites/44836)

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**Author:** [@aviflax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aviflax)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-github-login-for-private-sites/44836 "2016-09-23T23:56:13Z")

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We’re using Discourse at my company for internal discussion; only employees are allowed to access it. Currently I’m using OAuth2 authentication via Box with an email domain whitelist to ensure only employees can log in, …

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## [How to create helper?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-helper/50553)

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**Author:** [@sevenmaxis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sevenmaxis)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-helper/50553 "2016-09-23T17:18:53Z")

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I want to create eq helper. It already exists in ember-truth-helpers addon, but I need only eq so I decided create it by myself in my plugin. I’ve created file assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/eq.js.es6 with such co…

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## [Not seeing topic while composing replies in iOS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-seeing-topic-while-composing-replies-in-ios/50520)

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**Author:** [@Karin3](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Karin3)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-seeing-topic-while-composing-replies-in-ios/50520 "2016-09-23T15:41:16Z")

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One thing I love about Discourse on the desktop computer is that I can see not only the topic I’m responding to, but scroll through it and even search and check other topics while composing a reply. On iOS (both on iPhon…

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## [How can I add the ability to change color?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-the-ability-to-change-color/50538)

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**Author:** [@dylanh7241](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh7241)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-the-ability-to-change-color/50538 "2016-09-23T13:44:27Z")

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So many features, but no color really shocked me :slight\_smile: How can I allow colored text?

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## [Looking for a discourse designer ($150)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-discourse-designer-150/50535)

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**Author:** [@irondev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/irondev)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-discourse-designer-150/50535 "2016-09-23T12:47:27Z")

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Hey everyone, we’re looking to create a theme similar to https://talk.turtlerockstudios.com/ We would like have a header with buttons like that plus a background image and a nice border around the forums. We don’t wan…

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## [Spacing above category logo has been removed from the all categories page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spacing-above-category-logo-has-been-removed-from-the-all-categories-page/50531)

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**Author:** [@T\_Disco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/T_Disco)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 8:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spacing-above-category-logo-has-been-removed-from-the-all-categories-page/50531 "2016-09-23T08:42:23Z")

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The top of the category logo no longer aligns with the top of the category description and is too close to the category name. Would adding margin-top: 15px; to .category-logo resolve this? I noticed this after upgradin…

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## [Category Name containing ampersand on all categories page is displayed as &amp; not &](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-name-containing-ampersand-on-all-categories-page-is-displayed-as-amp-not/50529)

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**Author:** [@T\_Disco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/T_Disco)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 8:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-name-containing-ampersand-on-all-categories-page-is-displayed-as-amp-not/50529 "2016-09-23T08:39:42Z")

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It displays correctly as & on the individual category page. I noticed this after upgrading from v1.7.0.beta3 +47 to v1.7.0.beta5 +1.

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## [OLD\_DUMP\_FILE error in 1.6.3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-dump-file-error-in-1-6-3/50526)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-dump-file-error-in-1-6-3/50526 "2016-09-23T06:53:16Z")

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Seems like you forgot to cherry pick this commit from backup\_restore.rb into 1.6.2 / 1.6.3 so the constant is missing… https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/3e4b02bbd47cb6ff63520905fc17461e3549fb58#diff-f2264316…

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## [Posts not being flagged as read due to CSS changes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-not-being-flagged-as-read-due-to-css-changes/50510)

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**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-not-being-flagged-as-read-due-to-css-changes/50510 "2016-09-22T23:09:57Z")

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Hi, I act as a moderator on a hosted Discourse solution (https://community.gamedev.tv) and over the last few days have noticed an issue with posts not being set as read. I am not an admin, so am not able to access any …

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## [Polls not working after 1.7.0.beta5 upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-not-working-after-1-7-0-beta5-upgrade/50504)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-not-working-after-1-7-0-beta5-upgrade/50504 "2016-09-22T20:32:25Z")

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Upgraded Discourse this evening, and seems polls are broken across the forum. Here’s a poll from a topic created a few days ago isn’t showing any of the votes, and isn’t votable: Any way for me to rollback to a previ…

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## [UndefinedTable: ERROR: relation "web\_hook\_event\_types" when trying to run rspec test](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undefinedtable-error-relation-web-hook-event-types-when-trying-to-run-rspec-test/50497)

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**Author:** [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undefinedtable-error-relation-web-hook-event-types-when-trying-to-run-rspec-test/50497 "2016-09-22T17:48:21Z")

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On my dev environment, on Mac, after running this: bundle exec rspec spec/components/new\_post\_manager\_spec.rb which results in an error bundler: failed to load command: rspec (/usr/local/bin/rspec) ActiveRecord::State…

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## [Open links in new tab not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-links-in-new-tab-not-working/25620)

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**Author:** [@lmel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lmel)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-links-in-new-tab-not-working/25620 "2016-09-22T17:18:02Z")

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Hi, I have selected ‘open external links in a new tab’ in preferences but it does not work. When a link is embedded in a comment and I click on it, the link is loaded within the iframe - it does not open a new tab. Al…

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## [I get "Body is invalid; try to be a little more descriptive"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-get-body-is-invalid-try-to-be-a-little-more-descriptive/50453)

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**Author:** [@rsoutar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rsoutar)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-get-body-is-invalid-try-to-be-a-little-more-descriptive/50453 "2016-09-22T17:14:28Z")

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Even though I had lots of body text (3-4 lines) Still, users got “Body is invalid; try to be a little more descriptive”

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## [New badge for users with personalized avatars?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badge-for-users-with-personalized-avatars/50448)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badge-for-users-with-personalized-avatars/50448 "2016-09-22T17:09:48Z")

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Hello, I’ve been thinking the idea to congrats the users with TL1 and personalized avatar. Is it possible? How should be? Ps, I don’t know how to put #badge::tag in this topic. :thumbsup:

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## [Showing translation keys for missing .few translations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-translation-keys-for-missing-few-translations/50488)

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**Author:** [@jako512](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jako512)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-translation-keys-for-missing-few-translations/50488 "2016-09-22T16:35:11Z")

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In some languages there are more than only .one and .other translations for texts with count. For example in Slovak for counts from 2 to 4 there is translation key with suffix .few. In this case if there is missing slov…

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## [Coffeescript vs Javascript](https://meta.discourse.org/t/coffeescript-vs-javascript/50494)

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**Author:** [@Ramith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ramith)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/coffeescript-vs-javascript/50494 "2016-09-22T15:05:01Z")

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I got to know that discourse was using a hybrid Coffeescript platform. I found this Topic created by @sam back in 2013, where I got to know a lot of views from experienced developers. as at 2016, I was wondering whethe…

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## [User location's flags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-locations-flags/39109)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 10:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-locations-flags/39109 "2016-09-22T10:35:34Z")

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Hello, we need identify the countries where the members come from. Something visible without clicking on the profile or expanding the profile info, an example: I searched the forum about this topic, and I found this: …

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## [Autocomplete hidden by header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autocomplete-hidden-by-header/49879)

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**Author:** [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autocomplete-hidden-by-header/49879 "2016-09-22T07:07:20Z")

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This is an edge case but we already have some positioning magic on mobile which should be extended to Desktop as well.

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## [Super impressed with Discourse's development cycle](https://meta.discourse.org/t/super-impressed-with-discourses-development-cycle/50465)

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**Author:** [@DanielMarquard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DanielMarquard)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/super-impressed-with-discourses-development-cycle/50465 "2016-09-21T20:18:34Z")

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I just wanted to add that I am super impressed with Discourse’s development cycle and the work everyone does for it. I discovered a bug yesterday, reported it last night, and today the bug fix is already live on my websi…

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## [Emails initially skipped later sent](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-initially-skipped-later-sent/50464)

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**Author:** [@ItsGhost](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ItsGhost)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-initially-skipped-later-sent/50464 "2016-09-21T22:32:50Z")

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Skipping emails because a user has recently been online is great, but in our testing we’ve just noticed that there could be something the user doesn’t notice because they have only just closed the window. This may alrea…

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## [Mobile (only) latest count same as new count](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-only-latest-count-same-as-new-count/50455)

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**Author:** [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-only-latest-count-same-as-new-count/50455 "2016-09-21T20:58:59Z")

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Is this a bug or a feature? On the mobile view, the list controls dropdown has consistently the same count for Latest and New. To reproduce, load a site (even meta) in desktop and also in mobile, with the same account. …

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## [Closing brace missing in webhook JSON](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closing-brace-missing-in-webhook-json/50418)

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**Author:** [@DanielMarquard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DanielMarquard)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closing-brace-missing-in-webhook-json/50418 "2016-09-21T02:54:25Z")

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I set up a webhook in Discourse today for the first time. I’ve got a great use case for it and can’t wait to finish the code. :slight\_smile: But the post and topic event JSON sent by Discourse is not playing well with m…

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## [Category logo deleted after some edit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-logo-deleted-after-some-edit/50254)

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**Author:** [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-logo-deleted-after-some-edit/50254 "2016-09-21T20:12:18Z")

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I noticed a little bug on Discourse, and I managed to find the steps to reproduce it : Edit a category that has a logo and change the parent category After 24/48 hours, the logo image will give an error 404, you’ll hav…

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## ["Visit link to respond" and "To unsubscribe..." - translation not being used in emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visit-link-to-respond-and-to-unsubscribe-translation-not-being-used-in-emails/50431)

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**Author:** [@sniepoort](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniepoort)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visit-link-to-respond-and-to-unsubscribe-translation-not-being-used-in-emails/50431 "2016-09-21T18:19:15Z")

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The text translation - visit\_link\_to\_respond - and - unsubscribe\_link, are not being used in our notification emails. We have translated them via the text content tab, but they are ignored (or they are not the ones being…

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