# Latest

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## [Troubleshooting a slow site that was pretty zippy until this morning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-a-slow-site-that-was-pretty-zippy-until-this-morning/330019)

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**Author:** [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-a-slow-site-that-was-pretty-zippy-until-this-morning/330019 "2024-10-13T04:45:29Z")

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How would I go about troubleshooting a site that’s become slow (for no apparent reason) today? Resource use is very low: This is a 16 GB Memory / 4 AMD vCPUs / 200 GB Disk / SFO3 - Ubuntu 24.04 (LTS) x64 droplet wit…

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## [Why Discourse is the Ultimate Community-Building Platform](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-discourse-is-the-ultimate-community-building-platform/330569)

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**Author:** [@Sidi\_Codet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sidi_Codet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-discourse-is-the-ultimate-community-building-platform/330569 "2024-10-12T12:45:44Z")

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I don’t know why people haven’t heard of Discourse in my country. To be sincere, this is supposed to be one of the best and award-winning community-building platforms. The fact that it’s open source just adds to its appe…

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## [How to Edit the Menu Design and User Profile Design](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-edit-the-menu-design-and-user-profile-design/330566)

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**Author:** [@Sidi\_Codet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sidi_Codet)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-edit-the-menu-design-and-user-profile-design/330566 "2024-10-13T01:44:00Z")

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Can the designs for menu, signup, and profile be customized in Discourse when using the INK theme?

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## [Showing tag description in link preview instead of "Topics tagged: tag\_name"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-tag-description-in-link-preview-instead-of-topics-tagged-tag-name/237632)

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**Author:** [@attj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/attj)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-tag-description-in-link-preview-instead-of-topics-tagged-tag-name/237632 "2024-10-13T00:46:14Z")

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When I link the main page of a tag Topics tagged automation . The link preview reads “Topics tagged tag\_name”. Is it possible to customize this text, possibly including the tag description?

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## [Rounded login buttons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rounded-login-buttons/330615)

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**Author:** [@davidtdc3377](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidtdc3377)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rounded-login-buttons/330615 "2024-10-12T20:17:24Z")

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I want to make my login buttons for the platforms (i.e Google, github) rounded, how do I do this? Can anyone help? Thanks!

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## [Cannot send email - problem with TLS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-send-email-problem-with-tls/330606)

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**Author:** [@laplasz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/laplasz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-send-email-problem-with-tls/330606 "2024-10-12T19:00:47Z")

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Just used /discourse-doctor and got the following error on mail test: Not able to send email Net::ReadTimeout Then I set DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_FORCE\_TLS: true as recommended here: Cannot send email - problem with port 465 - #…

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## [Can We Represent Our Categories Like This on a Discourse Hosted Community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-represent-our-categories-like-this-on-a-discourse-hosted-community/330560)

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**Author:** [@Sidi\_Codet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sidi_Codet)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-represent-our-categories-like-this-on-a-discourse-hosted-community/330560 "2024-10-12T17:44:33Z")

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I saw a design for category representation that I really like. Can we implement something similar on our Discourse-hosted community, or is this a specific theme or plugin?

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## [How to enable the AI button in the toolbar?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-the-ai-button-in-the-toolbar/330499)

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**Author:** [@Shauny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shauny)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-the-ai-button-in-the-toolbar/330499 "2024-10-12T17:09:42Z")

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I have AI set up on my forum, I have working chatbots, and working title suggestions but I can’t find out how to enable the “AI” button to enable lots of other things? I am hosted with Communiteq and have a working Open…

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## [Change background image on all pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-background-image-on-all-pages/117301)

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**Author:** [@stevef](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stevef)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-background-image-on-all-pages/117301 "2020-08-25T17:46:40Z")

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Hello - Is there anyway to use my own custom background image for all pages? Thanks

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## [Signup button disappear on scroll down?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/signup-button-disappear-on-scroll-down/330549)

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**Author:** [@jenny1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenny1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2024, 9:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/signup-button-disappear-on-scroll-down/330549 "2024-10-12T09:27:17Z")

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I want the signup button stay visible always when page is scroll down, can someone please support ( javascript or css )

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## [Option to have AI generate a reply to a public topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-have-ai-generate-a-reply-to-a-public-topic/288081)

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**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-have-ai-generate-a-reply-to-a-public-topic/288081 "2023-12-10T10:16:21Z")

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For users that have access to the Discourse AI bot, add an option at the bottom that will create an AI generated reply, put the reply into the reply editor so that the user can then take actions such as posting the reply…

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## [Can We Implement the Discourse Central Theme in Our Discourse Hosted Community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-implement-the-discourse-central-theme-in-our-discourse-hosted-community/330495)

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**Author:** [@Sidi\_Codet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sidi_Codet)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-implement-the-discourse-central-theme-in-our-discourse-hosted-community/330495 "2024-10-11T20:49:29Z")

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Hello everyone, I recently came across a post in the Theme Category that had a really impressive UI design, and I was wondering if it’s something we could implement on our own community platform, which is hosted on Disc…

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## [User Trust Level Manually isn't being set](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-trust-level-manually-isnt-being-set/18021)

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**Author:** [@hb\_ryn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hb_ryn)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-trust-level-manually-isnt-being-set/18021 "2014-09-30T05:48:36Z")

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https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-mod-manually-sets-a-users-trust-level/8021/19?u=hb\_ryn Is all I’ve found on the issue, but when trying to demote someone from trust level 3 \> 2 this is what happens: Click Going in…

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## [Manual configuration For VLLM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manual-configuration-for-vllm/330492)

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**Author:** [@Sidi\_Codet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sidi_Codet)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manual-configuration-for-vllm/330492 "2024-10-11T20:23:57Z")

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Please, I need help with the manual configuration of VLLM in the AI model section admin/plugins/discourse-ai/ai-llms/new?llmTemplate=none.

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## [Multi-site rebuild goes offline](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multi-site-rebuild-goes-offline/330463)

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**Author:** [@jonathan\_moura\_getit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jonathan_moura_getit)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multi-site-rebuild-goes-offline/330463 "2024-10-11T20:17:23Z")

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Hello, I’m planning to manage a large community, and I need to keep the site online during updates to avoid frustrating users. Every time we add a new domain to our multi-site configuration in app.yml, we have to run .…

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## [Asking to anonymize a user then re-name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/asking-to-anonymize-a-user-then-re-name/330483)

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**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/asking-to-anonymize-a-user-then-re-name/330483 "2024-10-11T19:59:33Z")

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Is it possible as a mod to anonymize and then re-name a user? I want an account elsewhere anonymized and have been asking for years. Because of my contributions it is being refused. I’m looking for options here. Than…

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## [What algorithm does 2FA use?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-algorithm-does-2fa-use/330478)

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**Author:** [@First\_Name](https://meta.discourse.org/u/First_Name)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-algorithm-does-2fa-use/330478 "2024-10-11T19:33:34Z")

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My 2FA app doesn’t recognize Discourse, and I need to input the data myself before I can add the code. What algorithm is the 2FA? Is it HMAC SHA 1?

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## [Users can no longer edit any posts since 3.4.0.beta3-dev](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-no-longer-edit-any-posts-since-3-4-0-beta3-dev/330472)

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**Author:** [@xandra.cc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xandra.cc)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-no-longer-edit-any-posts-since-3-4-0-beta3-dev/330472 "2024-10-11T18:26:58Z")

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We updated to 3.4.0.beta3-dev this morning and ever since, we’ve been unable to edit any of our posts (including wiki posts). When you click the Edit button, the History, last 100 revisions modal appears, but once you h…

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## [Make the date on posts full](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-date-on-posts-full/330380)

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**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-date-on-posts-full/330380 "2024-10-11T17:35:47Z")

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Personally I much preferred the old style (Mar '23) and was sad to see it go but if that’s gone which it has been for a while I’d like if it displayed the full date there always instead of or “Mar 2023”. There’s no shor…

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## [GPT-4o mini landed - going to be supported?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gpt-4o-mini-landed-going-to-be-supported/317097)

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**Author:** [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gpt-4o-mini-landed-going-to-be-supported/317097 "2024-10-11T16:12:06Z")

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Title says it all – just curious if there will be a plan to support this model and if so, is there a rough estimate on when it could be implemented? This is a massive improvement for anyone currently using GPT 3.5 Turbo…

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## [Searching Users returns a maximum of 20 users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-users-returns-a-maximum-of-20-users/296485)

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**Author:** [@pacharanero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pacharanero)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-users-returns-a-maximum-of-20-users/296485 "2024-10-11T15:49:08Z")

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When searching users by Searchable user custom field values, there is only ever a maximum of 20 results returned, even though I know from Rails console queries that there are around 200. I thought this might be relat…

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## [How to remove AI persona from a multiple person DM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-ai-persona-from-a-multiple-person-dm/330438)

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**Author:** [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-ai-persona-from-a-multiple-person-dm/330438 "2024-10-11T15:41:29Z")

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added AI persona account into a multiple-person DM chat. the AI bot keeps replying to every message even not mentioned, it is very annoying… how to remove it from the group DM ? seems no way ? thanks…

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## [Memberpress + WP Discourse (Groups Management)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/memberpress-wp-discourse-groups-management/238447)

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**Author:** [@SweaterVest](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SweaterVest)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/memberpress-wp-discourse-groups-management/238447 "2024-10-11T15:14:30Z")

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I’ve been lurking in the meta.discourse forums for years, grabbing snippets and learning how to improve a client site that uses Wordpress + Memberpress + Discourse (self-hosted). I needed (and still do need) to assign D…

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## [How to configure to disable display of the Sub-categories in the BOX CARD:](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-configure-to-disable-display-of-the-sub-categories-in-the-box-card/330363)

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**Author:** [@Steve\_John](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steve_John)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-configure-to-disable-display-of-the-sub-categories-in-the-box-card/330363 "2024-10-11T15:01:08Z")

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How to change the configuration of the CARD which is shown in Box CARD, to avoiding showing Sub categories . I see, in few categories -BOX card it shows Sub-categories and for few it doesn’t show -in both cases sub…

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## [Add the 'Assign Topic to User' button on the queued posts on the review queue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-the-assign-topic-to-user-button-on-the-queued-posts-on-the-review-queue/330416)

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**Author:** [@T\_Disco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/T_Disco)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-the-assign-topic-to-user-button-on-the-queued-posts-on-the-review-queue/330416 "2024-10-11T12:41:08Z")

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So that the moderator can assign directly on the review page and doesn’t have to click through to the topic to assign. Maybe in a similar way to reviewable claiming:

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## [Email notifications don't get sent on category change for mailing list mode users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-dont-get-sent-on-category-change-for-mailing-list-mode-users/308096)

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**Author:** [@wesochuck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wesochuck)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-dont-get-sent-on-category-change-for-mailing-list-mode-users/308096 "2024-10-11T12:48:09Z")

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Repo steps: Set a user account to mailing list mode. Post a topic in a secure category that the user doesn’t have access to (e.g. Staff) Change the category to of the topic to a public category that the user does have …

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## [Chat threads for DMs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-threads-for-dms/324863)

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**Author:** [@appeltaartje](https://meta.discourse.org/u/appeltaartje)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-threads-for-dms/324863 "2024-10-11T11:57:18Z")

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Thanks to the Discourse team for introducing chat threads: Introducing chat threads! Our team of around 50 people wants to move from Slack to another tool. Right now I’m searching for an alternative. Maybe Discourse is …

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## [Firefox spell check problem on macOS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/firefox-spell-check-problem-on-macos/329396)

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**Author:** [@barryscott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryscott)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/firefox-spell-check-problem-on-macos/329396 "2024-10-11T11:31:14Z")

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When I am editing a post, like this one, spell checking is not working when I use Firefox on macOS. But if I edit on my iPAD in Safari spell checking is working. How do I get spell checking working?

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## [Allow post author to see/reply to whisper posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-post-author-to-see-reply-to-whisper-posts/48258)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 9:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-post-author-to-see-reply-to-whisper-posts/48258 "2024-10-11T09:23:59Z")

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Continuing the discussion from How do I create a whisper post?: I like whisper posts and am finding them to be very useful. One use case that seems to be missing for me is the ability to include the post author in the a…

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## [How to add subcategory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-subcategory/330384)

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**Author:** [@Sidi\_Codet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sidi_Codet)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 8:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-subcategory/330384 "2024-10-11T08:59:49Z")

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Could Someone please let me know how I can contribute something like this to our community? I mean the “Blog” Part

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