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## [Request header field Dont-Chunk is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Headers in preflight response](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-header-field-dont-chunk-is-not-allowed-by-access-control-allow-headers-in-preflight-response/49469)

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**Author:** [@brahn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brahn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-header-field-dont-chunk-is-not-allowed-by-access-control-allow-headers-in-preflight-response/49469 "2016-08-31T03:37:10Z")

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After setting up Full site CDN acceleration for Discourse I am seeing the following in chrome console: XMLHttpRequest cannot load https://mydomain.com/message-bus/d487d3e56113405b95d297fbc468c99d/poll?dlp=t. Request he…

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## [Inaccuracies with post count stats on User page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inaccuracies-with-post-count-stats-on-user-page/49464)

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**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inaccuracies-with-post-count-stats-on-user-page/49464 "2016-08-31T02:02:09Z")

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/users?order=post\_count&period=monthly implies that it displays all users that made a post in the last month, ordered by post count. If I scroll down to the end of the list there are users with replies logged for the pe…

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## [Can't create new topic going from categories -\> latest page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-new-topic-going-from-categories-latest-page/49460)

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**Author:** [@nikdavis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nikdavis)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-new-topic-going-from-categories-latest-page/49460 "2016-08-30T23:36:09Z")

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Starting with a a fresh categories view, click on latest. If you try you click on New Topic the composer complains that it was opened w/o a draft key. This is reproducible on Meta right now. edit: adding gif

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## [Lock username to GitHub username when authenticating using GitHub](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-username-to-github-username-when-authenticating-using-github/49133)

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**Author:** [@ossia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ossia)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-username-to-github-username-when-authenticating-using-github/49133 "2016-08-30T20:53:41Z")

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User story: As a new user, when I authenticate with GitHub, my username is automatically set to whatever my GitHub username is, and I cannot change it unless I change my username on GitHub. The reason this would be help…

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## [Absence of Staff Notes in a particular category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/absence-of-staff-notes-in-a-particular-category/275168)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/absence-of-staff-notes-in-a-particular-category/275168 "2016-08-30T17:57:30Z")

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Here is a use-case I solved with the query you’ll find below. I have a special category where users create their “personal pages” (for their goat farms). Now we’re creating a map with all these farms placed on it. Once…

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## [Login/Sign up modals empty](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-sign-up-modals-empty/49322)

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**Author:** [@kuyashi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuyashi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-sign-up-modals-empty/49322 "2016-08-30T15:06:22Z")

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For some reason both Login/Sign up modals are appearing empty when clicked. The issue is consistent across browsers and devices. I have not edited any core files. No errors in browser console. I have stop/restarted a…

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## [Swagger, WADL or similar for the REST API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/swagger-wadl-or-similar-for-the-rest-api/41623)

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**Author:** [@erkist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erkist)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/swagger-wadl-or-similar-for-the-rest-api/41623 "2016-08-30T13:34:15Z")

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We are migrating from an old forum solution (based on Teamforge) over to Discourse, and we have a few scripts and tools that we’d like to re-write to use the Discourse REST API. Being notoriously lazy, I’m wondering if t…

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## [How can i help in the translation of missing strings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-help-in-the-translation-of-missing-strings/49435)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-help-in-the-translation-of-missing-strings/49435 "2016-08-30T13:27:02Z")

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there are some few strings which can not be translated through the “admin → customize → site\_texts” tab; I mean if you change the text in the admin-text panel, nothing will happen in the main forum. some of them are in …

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## [Is there a preferred IDE for Discourse dev?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-preferred-ide-for-discourse-dev/49312)

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**Author:** [@Muiran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muiran)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-preferred-ide-for-discourse-dev/49312 "2016-08-30T03:34:21Z")

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I want to primarily work at building plugins that are popular on other platforms ie WordPress. Thanks

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## [Spec: Table of Contents](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spec-table-of-contents/32248)

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**Author:** [@Tom\_Newsom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Newsom)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 10:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spec-table-of-contents/32248 "2016-08-30T10:58:31Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Is there markdown for creating a table of contents in a topic?: Ok, I’d really like to see this happen, so here’s my attempt at making a spec for it. This feature allows the automatic c…

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## [Wrap subcategory + new topic number in \<span\>](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrap-subcategory-new-topic-number-in-span/49424)

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**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrap-subcategory-new-topic-number-in-span/49424 "2016-08-30T08:27:32Z")

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Might be nice if the name of the category and the number of new topics were wrapped in a span, so that we could try to have them align in columns by setting a width. This is how our categories look currently. https://w…

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## [Link to post does not scroll all the way up to that post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-post-does-not-scroll-all-the-way-up-to-that-post/49275)

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**Author:** [@dictoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dictoon)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-post-does-not-scroll-all-the-way-up-to-that-post/49275 "2016-08-30T06:45:03Z")

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Here is a link obtained with the share button of the last post of a thread: https://forum.appleseedhq.net/t/3ds-max-plugin-development/109/36 Notice that when you open that link, the page doesn’t scroll all the way up …

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## [How to reliably identify a troll with suspected multiple user accounts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reliably-identify-a-troll-with-suspected-multiple-user-accounts/49163)

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**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reliably-identify-a-troll-with-suspected-multiple-user-accounts/49163 "2016-08-30T03:15:44Z")

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Surprise, surprise, our community has a troll. Our troll is using a mobile connection, instead of a land line, and thus his IP-address is ever changing, constrained only by the operators IP pool. We have already suspend…

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## [Text overlapping issues in user admn screen in mobile view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-overlapping-issues-in-user-admn-screen-in-mobile-view/49374)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-overlapping-issues-in-user-admn-screen-in-mobile-view/49374 "2016-08-29T23:24:59Z")

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This is on iOS latest, iPhone 6: There is enough space for text not to overlap

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## [Office 365 Email response to Discourse broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/office-365-email-response-to-discourse-broken/41995)

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**Author:** [@damianwilczek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/damianwilczek)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/office-365-email-response-to-discourse-broken/41995 "2016-08-29T22:25:44Z")

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HI, after few test we noticed that discourse have a bug in prassing email answers from Office 365 sent via Email. How to reproduce it: Create a Topic Wait for discourse Email Respond to it via email After this you c…

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## [Existing Feature or Plugin for Featured Image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/existing-feature-or-plugin-for-featured-image/49406)

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**Author:** [@GioLogist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GioLogist)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/existing-feature-or-plugin-for-featured-image/49406 "2016-08-29T21:21:16Z")

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Just like the wordpress “featured image” function, is there a similar function for discourse? I’m interested in this for both categories and topics alike. Essentially, latest topics on the homepage will show a featured …

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## [New Categories View](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-categories-view/49218)

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**Author:** [@Rob\_Waters](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Waters)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-categories-view/49218 "2016-08-29T17:00:13Z")

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We changed our homepage to default to the Categories view from the beginning. Today, out of the blue, that view changed to a vertically-bisected screen with categories on the left and Latest on the right. Was this a deli…

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## [Why don't discourse use email name to create username?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-dont-discourse-use-email-name-to-create-username/26197)

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**Author:** [@trandatnh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trandatnh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-dont-discourse-use-email-name-to-create-username/26197 "2016-08-29T13:28:32Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Vietnamese slug support for better SEO: I find it’s strange to use “people name” from Facebook to create username in Discourse. Why wouldn’t we use “email name” as a default user name for…

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## [How to prevent effects of async loading vs direct loading?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-effects-of-async-loading-vs-direct-loading/49379)

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**Author:** [@broz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/broz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-prevent-effects-of-async-loading-vs-direct-loading/49379 "2016-08-29T13:02:47Z")

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I have a topic page: Topic This page is particular, it has a \<div id="om-xddddihwxnstqcdk-holder"\>\</div\> into the content, this div is converted into this result: The operation of converting the id into the form is …

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## [Topic metadata alignment problem in the topics list on home page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-metadata-alignment-problem-in-the-topics-list-on-home-page/49204)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 8:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-metadata-alignment-problem-in-the-topics-list-on-home-page/49204 "2016-08-29T08:52:44Z")

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For some reason, not all topic metadata is aligned to the right, please see an example below:

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## [Bug in post date](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-in-post-date/49337)

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**Author:** [@gauthier](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gauthier)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 8:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-in-post-date/49337 "2016-08-29T08:31:30Z")

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hi, I’ve a bug with the post date: For this post (and only this one), the date in timeline is 1st january 70. Can i do something? You can check yourself at http://libertysim.net/t/salut-a-tous/38116/11 Thanks

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## [Topics count on new categories view from v1.7.0.beta3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-count-on-new-categories-view-from-v1-7-0-beta3/49215)

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**Author:** [@ryantm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryantm)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 8:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-count-on-new-categories-view-from-v1-7-0-beta3/49215 "2016-08-29T08:26:09Z")

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Hi. We upgraded to v1.7.0.beta3 and the topics count for categories that contain subcategories only shows the count for the posts that are not in a sub-category. We don’t really use the top-level category, so it looks k…

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## ["Error authorising your account" log in issue on iOS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-authorising-your-account-log-in-issue-on-ios/49336)

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**Author:** [@CaptainDawud](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CaptainDawud)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 8:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-authorising-your-account-log-in-issue-on-ios/49336 "2016-08-29T08:04:04Z")

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Hello guys, so for about a week now I’ve been having this issue when I try to log in to any of the discourse forums I am apart of. The issue is that when I sign into my account, it first says “Authentication is complete,…

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## [Upgrade Failed from v1.7.0.beta3 +20 TO 1.7.0.beta3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failed-from-v1-7-0-beta3-20-to-1-7-0-beta3/49338)

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**Author:** [@agung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agung)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failed-from-v1-7-0-beta3-20-to-1-7-0-beta3/49338 "2016-08-29T03:13:54Z")

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HI I’m trying to upgrade from v1.7.0.beta3 +20 TO 1.7.0.beta3 Got this error message Compressing: application-5f751a6fe3e92d4cf1a5cb351c574378c5b0122f205342ab2a3895c8c45e394a.js uglifyjs '/var/www/discourse/public/as…

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## [Meta.discourse.org issue on Firefox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-discourse-org-issue-on-firefox/49350)

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**Author:** [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-discourse-org-issue-on-firefox/49350 "2016-08-29T02:56:16Z")

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I have an issue on Firefox, meta.discourse.org doesn’t work, Firefox seems to block the website with an error message : the connection is not secure NS\_ERROR\_NET\_INADEQUATE\_SECURITY (The rest is in french) On 1 of 10 …

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## [Trouble upgrading PostgreSQL from 9.3 to current](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-upgrading-postgresql-from-9-3-to-current/49207)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-upgrading-postgresql-from-9-3-to-current/49207 "2016-08-29T00:52:27Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Discourse Docker Image version 1.3.3, released: So, I have been using postgres 9.3 since the new docker image came out.. and just replacing templates/postgres.9.3.template.yml with templa…

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## [Arabic plural forms are not being used](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arabic-plural-forms-are-not-being-used/49291)

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**Author:** [@SafaAlfulaij](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SafaAlfulaij)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arabic-plural-forms-are-not-being-used/49291 "2016-08-28T21:47:57Z")

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There is a problem with Arabic plural forms, as the only used forms are "one" and "other", while there are a total of 6 forms! For example (F:Form): F\_zero: A F\_one: B F\_two: C f\_few: D f\_many: F f\_other: F “other” is se…

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## [Setting Featured Topics Count Per Category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-featured-topics-count-per-category/49266)

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**Author:** [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2016, 8:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-featured-topics-count-per-category/49266 "2016-08-28T08:24:08Z")

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If a category has many subcategories, it can make the category row on the category page quite high. If you have a category with no subcategories or only a few and a short description, this category row will be quite sma…

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## [CSS weirdness in post list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-weirdness-in-post-list/49321)

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**Author:** [@daath](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daath)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-weirdness-in-post-list/49321 "2016-08-28T00:22:17Z")

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Check this out: The highlighted line looks totally out of place… Is it a bug? This seems to be the culprit…

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## [Hide sub categories in hamburger menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-sub-categories-in-hamburger-menu/49325)

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**Author:** [@coffee\_lover](https://meta.discourse.org/u/coffee_lover)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-sub-categories-in-hamburger-menu/49325 "2016-08-27T20:23:13Z")

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Hey, How do you hide sub categories in the hamburger menu ?

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