# Latest

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1762&period=day

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## ["download my posts" issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/download-my-posts-issue/48025)

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**Author:** [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)\
**תשובות:** 6\
**עדכון אחרון:** [4 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 1:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/download-my-posts-issue/48025 "2016-08-04T01:03:47Z")

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Noticed elsewhere and duplicated here: In the last month or two the URL format for posts (“url” column in the CSV) has changed. It used to always be https:// now it is http://. Probably related to the change where emai…

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## [Upgrade to 1.6.0.beta12 resulted in emoji showing as \<img\> tags in polls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-to-1-6-0-beta12-resulted-in-emoji-showing-as-img-tags-in-polls/48054)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**תשובות:** 7\
**עדכון אחרון:** [3 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 11:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-to-1-6-0-beta12-resulted-in-emoji-showing-as-img-tags-in-polls/48054 "2016-08-03T23:43:30Z")

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As you can see in this image: the :frowning: emoji has been replaced by the HTML \<img\> tag in its raw form. Interestingly, when viewing the results, all appears as it should. Is the new poll UI maybe constructing …

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## [Warning/notice that you're sending messages just to yourself](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-notice-that-youre-sending-messages-just-to-yourself/48112)

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**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\
**תשובות:** 5\
**עדכון אחרון:** [3 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-notice-that-youre-sending-messages-just-to-yourself/48112 "2016-08-03T17:59:02Z")

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Hi, just an idea for discussion: would a notice/warning for sending a private message just to yourself be appropriate? we’ve had users send messages to themselves and wondering why they don’t get a response (from the …

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## [My custom route generates 404](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-custom-route-generates-404/48170)

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**Author:** [@Overgrow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overgrow)\
**תשובות:** 3\
**עדכון אחרון:** [3 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-custom-route-generates-404/48170 "2016-08-03T16:27:48Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to get new site section working.. I’ve got .json part succesfully serving data (http://localhost/faq\_categories.json) But for HTML request (http://localhost/faq\_categories) Discourse generates 404 no…

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## [Strip PGP signatures](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strip-pgp-signatures/47891)

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**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**תשובות:** 2\
**עדכון אחרון:** [3 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strip-pgp-signatures/47891 "2016-08-03T15:56:51Z")

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I have a small request, very similar to this one: Could Discourse also strip PGP signatures, named signature.asc?

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## [CSS: how to make the line (border) between messages bigger?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-how-to-make-the-line-border-between-messages-bigger/48161)

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**Author:** [@Silvanus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Silvanus)\
**תשובות:** 10\
**עדכון אחרון:** [3 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-how-to-make-the-line-border-between-messages-bigger/48161 "2016-08-03T15:49:34Z")

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How can I find the CSS I’m supposed to change? I’m moderatery knowledgeable of CSS, but I can’t find any list of which to change… Currently I want to change the line width of the line between messages.

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## [Register form tooltips / optional text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/register-form-tooltips-optional-text/48147)

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**Author:** [@Silvanus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Silvanus)\
**תשובות:** 2\
**עדכון אחרון:** [3 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 12:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/register-form-tooltips-optional-text/48147 "2016-08-03T12:39:54Z")

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Hi! I need to change the registering form. The optional text for Name needs to show that the name is public and shown to everyone. Anyway I can do this?

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## [Unsupported String.prototype.startsWith in lib/utilities.js.es6 could break compatibility](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unsupported-string-prototype-startswith-in-lib-utilities-js-es6-could-break-compatibility/48153)

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**Author:** [@fantasticfears](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fantasticfears)\
**תשובות:** 1\
**עדכון אחרון:** [3 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 12:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unsupported-string-prototype-startswith-in-lib-utilities-js-es6-could-break-compatibility/48153 "2016-08-03T12:32:18Z")

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https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/utilities.js.es6#L229 This is not supported until Safari 9 but Discourse should support Safari 6.1+. Catch this because link plugi…

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## [I didn't realise how much I'd love it!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-didnt-realise-how-much-id-love-it/48155)

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**Author:** [@peircej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peircej)\
**תשובות:** 0\
**עדכון אחרון:** [3 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-didnt-realise-how-much-id-love-it/48155 "2016-08-03T10:52:59Z")

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We’ve been using googlegroups for a long time for a software support forum and I was happy enough - it was easy, “did the job” and compared to the various BB options I didn’t feel the need to switch. Having spent a few…

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## [Vacation/Out of office emails still processed as new replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vacation-out-of-office-emails-still-processed-as-new-replies/47695)

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**Author:** [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)\
**תשובות:** 7\
**עדכון אחרון:** [3 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 9:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vacation-out-of-office-emails-still-processed-as-new-replies/47695 "2016-08-03T09:03:24Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Out of office replies to Digests are still being processed as new topics: This is still happening. See this reply @ FeverBee.

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## [Inheritance of access rights for subcategories broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inheritance-of-access-rights-for-subcategories-broken/48117)

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**Author:** [@MPW](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MPW)\
**תשובות:** 4\
**עדכון אחרון:** [3 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 7:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inheritance-of-access-rights-for-subcategories-broken/48117 "2016-08-03T07:43:08Z")

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Hello, I just noticed a major bug in the inheritance of access rights for subcategories: How to reproduce: Create a category where only a certain group of people has access to. Now create a subcategory, without further…

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## [Onebox 404 on Amazon Link - redirection forbidden](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-404-on-amazon-link-redirection-forbidden/48092)

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**Author:** [@tarr11](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tarr11)\
**תשובות:** 10\
**עדכון אחרון:** [2 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-404-on-amazon-link-redirection-forbidden/48092 "2016-08-02T07:16:10Z")

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Hi - I’ve got a new install of Discourse (v1.5.3-Dirty) via Bitnami, hosted on an Azure A1 VM. When i use amazon with a onebox link, I receive a 404. I logged into the rails console via ssh, and was able to reproduce i…

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## [Registering/Responding with Blog Integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/registering-responding-with-blog-integration/48131)

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**Author:** [@jonobacon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jonobacon)\
**תשובות:** 5\
**עדכון אחרון:** [2 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 11:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/registering-responding-with-blog-integration/48131 "2016-08-02T23:34:18Z")

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Hi Everyone, I am exploring integrating Discourse within various blogs (mainly Wordpress). From what I understand the comments displayed under the post (e.g. on Jeff’s site) will be from the topic on the forum, but the…

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## [Use discourse\_post\_id to get single topic data from API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-discourse-post-id-to-get-single-topic-data-from-api/48132)

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**Author:** [@jenkma02](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenkma02)\
**תשובות:** 1\
**עדכון אחרון:** [2 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-discourse-post-id-to-get-single-topic-data-from-api/48132 "2016-08-02T21:48:17Z")

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I thought that the discourse\_post\_id meta data would work in the API to get single post/topic data (using the “Get a single topic” example on the API documentation - Discourse REST API Documentation). Unfortunately these…

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## [Passing an api\_username for a user that does not exist returns a 500 with no useful context](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passing-an-api-username-for-a-user-that-does-not-exist-returns-a-500-with-no-useful-context/46407)

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**Author:** [@cappslock](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cappslock)\
**תשובות:** 9\
**עדכון אחרון:** [2 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passing-an-api-username-for-a-user-that-does-not-exist-returns-a-500-with-no-useful-context/46407 "2016-08-02T18:51:59Z")

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On the beta branch, when attempting to create a POST on behalf of a user, I use the API and provide the username as the api\_username. Because of the way I’m managing users, the user may not exist in Discourse at this tim…

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## [Invisible timeline buttons are still clickable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invisible-timeline-buttons-are-still-clickable/47880)

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**Author:** [@clay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clay)\
**תשובות:** 2\
**עדכון אחרון:** [2 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invisible-timeline-buttons-are-still-clickable/47880 "2016-08-02T15:34:59Z")

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When you scroll to the bottom of a thread, the timeline reply and notification buttons disappear. However, they can still be clicked, which causes some confusing behavior. To reproduce, scroll to the bottom of a topic an…

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## [Can't disable "Watching first post"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-disable-watching-first-post/47961)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**תשובות:** 4\
**עדכון אחרון:** [2 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 3:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-disable-watching-first-post/47961 "2016-08-02T15:22:33Z")

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Hello Guys. Steps for replay: Go to Support (here at discourse). Clic and enable “Watching first post” Go outside, see the sun, run, play with your dog, etc… Visit Support again. Disable “Watch the first post” …

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## [How to remove a user from staff group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-a-user-from-staff-group/48111)

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**Author:** [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)\
**תשובות:** 2\
**עדכון אחרון:** [2 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 11:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-a-user-from-staff-group/48111 "2016-08-02T11:02:49Z")

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I wrongly added some users in staff group. Now I want to remove those users. But I can’t find any a place to remove them.

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## [An Importer for Google Groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-importer-for-google-groups/45624)

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**Author:** [@steinwaywhw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/steinwaywhw)\
**תשובות:** 7\
**עדכון אחרון:** [14 ביוני,‏ 2016,‏ 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-importer-for-google-groups/45624 "2016-06-14T18:21:48Z")

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Hi, I would like to open a new thread to continue the discussion here about an importer for Google Groups. In short, I have a simple python scripts based on Scrapy that scraps all messages of a group to a JSON file. I h…

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## [Permissions for subcategories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permissions-for-subcategories/48067)

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**Author:** [@thorbenegberts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thorbenegberts)\
**תשובות:** 3\
**עדכון אחרון:** [2 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 3:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permissions-for-subcategories/48067 "2016-08-02T03:29:10Z")

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Hi there, I wonder if this is a bug or feature :slight\_smile: Let’s assume I’ve got user group A and group B. We’ve got an internal category with some subcategories. Both the category and its subcategories are only vi…

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## [הצגת מצגת בדף הבית של הקטגוריה](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-presentation-in-categorie-home-page/48047)

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**Author:** [@poka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/poka)\
**תשובות:** 5\
**עדכון אחרון:** [1 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-presentation-in-categorie-home-page/48047 "2016-08-01T12:44:58Z")

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שלום! אני רוצה להציג תמצית קצרה של הפורום שלי על ראש עמוד הבית, שהוא עמוד הקטגוריות. האם זה אפשרי ב-Discourse? לא מצאתי תשובה עד עכשיו ... תודה!

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## [Admins can accidentally create uncategorized topics without meaning to](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-can-accidentally-create-uncategorized-topics-without-meaning-to/47342)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**תשובות:** 9\
**עדכון אחרון:** [28 ביולי,‏ 2016,‏ 3:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-can-accidentally-create-uncategorized-topics-without-meaning-to/47342 "2016-07-28T03:10:10Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Disallowing "uncategorized" entries still offers uncategorized as default category and Admin/mods can post to “uncategorized” with “allow uncategorized topics” disabled A fellow admin on …

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## [How to set to show \`Select a category...\` when user create a new topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-to-show-select-a-category-when-user-create-a-new-topic/48052)

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**Author:** [@Vincent\_Lee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vincent_Lee)\
**תשובות:** 2\
**עדכון אחרון:** [1 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 3:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-to-show-select-a-category-when-user-create-a-new-topic/48052 "2016-08-01T03:29:21Z")

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I am a new admin of our discourse forum, and i have created some categories, but i do NOT want to show a default category when user create a topic, i want show user Select a category... instead, like the following pic sh…

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## [האם מנהל המערכת יכול לשלוח "עדכונים יומיים" או "סיכום פעילות" למשתמשים מסוימים/כתובות דוא"ל?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-admin-send-daily-updates-or-activity-summary-to-specific-users-email-addresses/48051)

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**Author:** [@mansoorix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mansoorix)\
**תשובות:** 1\
**עדכון אחרון:** [1 באוגוסט,‏ 2016,‏ 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-admin-send-daily-updates-or-activity-summary-to-specific-users-email-addresses/48051 "2016-08-01T02:28:38Z")

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האם Admin יכול לשלוח  3;"עדכונים יומיים" או  3;"סיכום פעילות" למשתמשים מסוימים או לרשימת כתובות דואר אלקטרוני?

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## [Use API to get mail address for given username](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-api-to-get-mail-address-for-given-username/47872)

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**Author:** [@rriemann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rriemann)\
**תשובות:** 6\
**עדכון אחרון:** [31 ביולי,‏ 2016,‏ 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-api-to-get-mail-address-for-given-username/47872 "2016-07-31T19:53:19Z")

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Hello, I want to hack a script that routes incoming mails @association.org from the server to the private mail accounts of the association members. I assume that all members have a forum account and want to reuse the al…

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## [המשפט "בואו נתחיל דיון" עדיין מופיע לאחר ייבוא הפוסטים](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-get-discussion-started-still-shows-after-importing-posts/48038)

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**Author:** [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\
**תשובות:** 3\
**עדכון אחרון:** [31 ביולי,‏ 2016,‏ 4:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-get-discussion-started-still-shows-after-importing-posts/48038 "2016-07-31T16:03:41Z")

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Noticed that the “Let’s get this discussion started!” banner still displays after importing over a thousand topics. The counters in my admin panel look good, so what is causing this banner to display?

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## [Migrating without getting seeds loaded?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-without-getting-seeds-loaded/47737)

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**Author:** [@andrewroth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andrewroth)\
**תשובות:** 4\
**עדכון אחרון:** [31 ביולי,‏ 2016,‏ 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-without-getting-seeds-loaded/47737 "2016-07-31T17:23:55Z")

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Hi all, Is there a way to run migrations without getting the seeds also run? Actually, I suppose I should check – is that normal behavior? As it is what I’m seeing. In any case I’ve tried rake -T seed/seeds/migrate t…

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## [Translation can't be overridden if key is not exist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-cant-be-overridden-if-key-is-not-exist/48015)

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**Author:** [@fantasticfears](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fantasticfears)\
**תשובות:** 1\
**עדכון אחרון:** [31 ביולי,‏ 2016,‏ 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-cant-be-overridden-if-key-is-not-exist/48015 "2016-07-31T15:34:46Z")

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If the translation is not present from Transifex, it can’t be overridden even staff changes the string in admin panel. Is it possible to lift this restriction? https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/ass…

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## [Editor image/file upload selector: wrong tips](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-image-file-upload-selector-wrong-tips/48005)

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**Author:** [@claas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/claas)\
**תשובות:** 2\
**עדכון אחרון:** [30 ביולי,‏ 2016,‏ 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-image-file-upload-selector-wrong-tips/48005 "2016-07-30T18:41:39Z")

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When I Add an image or a file via the icon, the remote\_tip\_with\_attachments (client.yml) is also shown for the from\_my\_computer field (instead of the local\_tip\_with\_attachments): This is because both reference {{tip…

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## [Category notification settings don't adjust reliably](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-notification-settings-dont-adjust-reliably/48009)

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**Author:** [@claas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/claas)\
**תשובות:** 1\
**עדכון אחרון:** [30 ביולי,‏ 2016,‏ 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-notification-settings-dont-adjust-reliably/48009 "2016-07-30T17:23:19Z")

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I noticed this in an internal instance and I just reproduced it here on meta: Go to a category, such as Customization \> Extras (where you did not customise your notification setting yet, so it defaults to Normal). Chan…

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