# Contribute

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=534

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## [Request: Customisable Digest colors and URL parameters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-customisable-digest-colors-and-url-parameters/57254)

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**Author:** [@DiscourseMetrics](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DiscourseMetrics)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-customisable-digest-colors-and-url-parameters/57254 "2017-02-12T11:09:57Z")

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I’d love to be able to: Customize the background color and link color used in the digests so it matches the rest of my site Add a hardcoded or customisable suffix to the URLs in the emails like “?utm\_campaign=digest” s…

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## [Position of "Reply" button to the right](https://meta.discourse.org/t/position-of-reply-button-to-the-right/49573)

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**Author:** [@Chopper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chopper)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/position-of-reply-button-to-the-right/49573 "2017-02-10T16:45:29Z")

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The Reply button is push to the left when user is not connected, it would be more efficient if he was push to the right I think.

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## [Message if you don't have enough space for installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-if-you-dont-have-enough-space-for-installation/56667)

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**Author:** [@JohnGinger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnGinger)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-if-you-dont-have-enough-space-for-installation/56667 "2017-02-10T14:24:45Z")

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I had problems installing because there wasn’t enough space on the virtual machine for discourse, I tried to have a look to see if this is an existing issue but I can’t find anything. How easy would it be to add a quick…

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## [Set topic tag from email-in?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-topic-tag-from-email-in/57207)

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**Author:** [@sizeof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sizeof)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-topic-tag-from-email-in/57207 "2017-02-10T13:37:33Z")

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Hi there, Since there’s no option to set topic tag through ‘email-in’, is it possible to set the topic tag simply by using a tag inside the text? I think we can assume that if the tag is in the text then the text is ab…

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## [Canonical tag on topic URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canonical-tag-on-topic-url/57057)

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**Author:** [@CosM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CosM)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canonical-tag-on-topic-url/57057 "2017-02-07T18:18:50Z")

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Hi , Google the past few weeks is complaining about URL errors . Figured out that the content of e.g some.forum.com/topic-title/topic-number?page=4 contains 20 posts, from 60th to 80th. So assuming that this topic has…

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## [Send official warning to multiple recipients](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-official-warning-to-multiple-recipients/45583)

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**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-official-warning-to-multiple-recipients/45583 "2017-02-10T08:09:57Z")

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It is currently not possible to send an official warning to more than one recipient. Adding a second recipient removes the “This is an official warning.” checkbox, even if it’s already been checked. There are odd occas…

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## [Can't forward an email to a group & preserve the content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-forward-an-email-to-a-group-preserve-the-content/42897)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 7:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-forward-an-email-to-a-group-preserve-the-content/42897 "2017-02-10T07:13:45Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Category not accepting "anonymous email" from known users: On a similar note, I tried to forward an email from the user having problems to a different email alias that was mapped to the Gr…

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## [Discourse and CommonMark](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-commonmark/25410)

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**Author:** [@ky\_metro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ky_metro)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-commonmark/25410 "2017-02-09T21:51:25Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Discourse doesn’t follow the CommonMark spec for HTML tags inside code spans I’ve wondered about this for awhile now. They aren’t that far off, but there are differences I know that wil…

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## [Google wrongly treats the topics tags as breadcrumbs, because Discourse marks them so](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-wrongly-treats-the-topics-tags-as-breadcrumbs-because-discourse-marks-them-so/56944)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-wrongly-treats-the-topics-tags-as-breadcrumbs-because-discourse-marks-them-so/56944 "2017-02-09T18:13:55Z")

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The tags should not be marked as a topic’s breadcrumbs. Only the categories should be marked as a topic’s breadcrumbs.

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## [Block PMs from certain users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-pms-from-certain-users/19593)

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**Author:** [@Matches](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matches)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-pms-from-certain-users/19593 "2017-02-09T16:18:50Z")

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Feature request: Block a specific user from PMing you.

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## [Composer: incomplete uploads not checked on saving](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-incomplete-uploads-not-checked-on-saving/57169)

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**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-incomplete-uploads-not-checked-on-saving/57169 "2017-02-09T15:48:09Z")

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Composer doesn’t check if an image upload is complete when you hit create or Reply, so the post just ends up with: Uploading…

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## [Digist/Summary E-Mail - Topic Algo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digist-summary-e-mail-topic-algo/57157)

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**Author:** [@Slind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Slind)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digist-summary-e-mail-topic-algo/57157 "2017-02-09T15:00:16Z")

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Hi there, I was wondering how the summary works. The way I understand it is that it looks at all threads/posts that have been created during the last 7 days and based on some magic algo it picks the most interesting one…

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## [Propose do not apply the posting limitations (like "min length", "entropy", "not uppercase") to the administrators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/propose-do-not-apply-the-posting-limitations-like-min-length-entropy-not-uppercase-to-the-administrators/57155)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 11:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/propose-do-not-apply-the-posting-limitations-like-min-length-entropy-not-uppercase-to-the-administrators/57155 "2017-02-09T11:39:59Z")

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Related to this: I can't use a 3 character title I think, an administrator should be allowed to do everything (maybe with a warning, but without prohibition).

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## [Visual diagraming to add visual dimension to Conversations?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-diagraming-to-add-visual-dimension-to-conversations/57123)

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**Author:** [@diogocsc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/diogocsc)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-diagraming-to-add-visual-dimension-to-conversations/57123 "2017-02-08T22:31:38Z")

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I’ve been finding that many people these days prefer visual communication, and I was just about starting to go and write another text-based topic when it suddenly popped… How great would it be if I could represent what …

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## [Should search limited to category also search subcategories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-search-limited-to-category-also-search-subcategories/41100)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-search-limited-to-category-also-search-subcategories/41100 "2017-02-08T14:22:59Z")

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I have a category for challenges/assignments that is empty except for its subcategories. I thought that I could search that category and find things in subcategories, but I can’t. Here on meta, click on Customization \> …

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## [Turkish Translation needs some love](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turkish-translation-needs-some-love/57101)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 9:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turkish-translation-needs-some-love/57101 "2017-02-08T09:19:34Z")

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I’m reaching out on behalf of someone else who doesn’t have access to Meta anymore. I don’t recall the username, but on Sitepoint he goes by @ogsocials (his username on Meta was @o.g). In short, he is having issues with…

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## [Category security: Obfuscate topic content from admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-security-obfuscate-topic-content-from-admin/57089)

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**Author:** [@trudat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trudat)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-security-obfuscate-topic-content-from-admin/57089 "2017-02-08T00:52:57Z")

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I am operating Discourse as a closed intranet for an organization. I use groups and category permission settings to create private sections for different groups of users. But the admin user is still able to access topic…

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## [Downloading points](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-points/51005)

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**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-points/51005 "2017-02-07T07:24:29Z")

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In the forum, sometimes we we have to upload files for downloading. I wonder why there is no downloading points system in Discourse. You see in almost every forum, downloading files should have to pay something, like do…

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## [Put TL4 in the "moderator/admin" category instead of trust level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/put-tl4-in-the-moderator-admin-category-instead-of-trust-level/56985)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/put-tl4-in-the-moderator-admin-category-instead-of-trust-level/56985 "2017-02-07T02:47:42Z")

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TL4 is confusing. It can only be attained by manual promotion and it grants you some potentially destructive abilities i.e. splitting & merging topics. It is my understanding that it started out as a trust-level because…

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## [I'd like to send a bi-weekly email to all of my users via my Discourse. is that possible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/id-like-to-send-a-bi-weekly-email-to-all-of-my-users-via-my-discourse-is-that-possible/56957)

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**Author:** [@Andy02](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy02)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2017, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/id-like-to-send-a-bi-weekly-email-to-all-of-my-users-via-my-discourse-is-that-possible/56957 "2017-02-06T08:50:37Z")

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i’d like to send a very simple bi-weekly reminder to all of the members of my team to remind them that its time to perform an action, if they’d like to join in this round of action on a project. i’d like to give users t…

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## [Action reminders for moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/action-reminders-for-moderators/56893)

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**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/action-reminders-for-moderators/56893 "2017-02-05T23:14:01Z")

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Every now and then someone creates a post on our forum which raises my attention, but my reaction isn’t immediate. Two examples: A user creates a post online complaining that they can’t submit via email. I go and look …

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## [How to Add Custom Menu to Header Nav like Sitepoint](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-custom-menu-to-header-nav-like-sitepoint/56906)

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**Author:** [@bRionZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bRionZ)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-custom-menu-to-header-nav-like-sitepoint/56906 "2017-02-05T01:30:49Z")

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When I visit SitePoint, it was incredible. It has full-width menu and has any custom button/ links. I really love that, and I want to realize it in my site. https://www.sitepoint.com/community thanks before.

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## [Don't merge topics!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-merge-topics/56892)

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**Author:** [@Remah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Remah)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-merge-topics/56892 "2017-02-04T11:58:03Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Moving posts into an existing topic doesn't keep chronology: I don’t agree with any of the options proposed to resolve how to merge posts and my comments have moved too far from the topic …

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## [A tooltip for the backend dashboard statistics shows raw HTML tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-tooltip-for-the-backend-dashboard-statistics-shows-raw-html-tags/56890)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 10:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-tooltip-for-the-backend-dashboard-statistics-shows-raw-html-tags/56890 "2017-02-04T10:43:02Z")

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## [The «Tagging» core functionality adds multiple pages with the same human content (but different to Google) to SERP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-tagging-core-functionality-adds-multiple-pages-with-the-same-human-content-but-different-to-google-to-serp/56787)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-tagging-core-functionality-adds-multiple-pages-with-the-same-human-content-but-different-to-google-to-serp/56787 "2017-02-03T21:16:44Z")

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The first link when JavaScript is disabled: The second link when JavaScript is disabled:

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## [Showing only excerpts (selectively) for not logged in users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-only-excerpts-selectively-for-not-logged-in-users/56874)

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**Author:** [@ewanly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ewanly)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-only-excerpts-selectively-for-not-logged-in-users/56874 "2017-02-03T20:51:01Z")

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What if we have the ability to show only excerpts for not logged in users in a chosen topics. But this excerpt position and length are defined when needed by the author of the topic. This could be defined into any topic…

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## [Dismissed banner not showing up again after being updated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dismissed-banner-not-showing-up-again-after-being-updated/56662)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dismissed-banner-not-showing-up-again-after-being-updated/56662 "2017-02-03T20:08:27Z")

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Continuing the discussion from New "Banner Topic" pin type: we use the same topic in the moderators lounge as banner, updating it as needed when a new banner needs to be displayed. weirdly I am noticing that the new ban…

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## [Import profile from other communities](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-profile-from-other-communities/56852)

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**Author:** [@barreeeiroo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barreeeiroo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-profile-from-other-communities/56852 "2017-02-03T16:06:55Z")

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I think that a good feature to include to Discourse would be to import your profile (with images, settings, etc.) from other communities. For example, I’m an user of , and now I’ve registered in Meta Community, but I do…

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## [Duplicate invite can raise cryptic messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-invite-can-raise-cryptic-messages/56739)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-invite-can-raise-cryptic-messages/56739 "2017-02-03T09:02:20Z")

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To repo: Go to user profile → invites Invite user User accepts invite Try to invite user again You are presented with the cryptic error: “You are not permitted to view the requested resource.” Instead we should say: …

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## [Group owners cannot see group if "Group is visible to all users" is off](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-owners-cannot-see-group-if-group-is-visible-to-all-users-is-off/56688)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 8:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-owners-cannot-see-group-if-group-is-visible-to-all-users-is-off/56688 "2017-02-03T08:53:02Z")

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When working to add custom styling via CSS, we had to make a custom group for the users. To help manage the group going forward, all moderators were added to the group as owners. However, the moderators aren’t able to …

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