# Feature

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## [All email disabled after restoring backup?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-email-disabled-after-restoring-backup/109742)

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**Author:** [@sau226](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sau226)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-email-disabled-after-restoring-backup/109742 "2019-02-25T15:11:31Z")

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I wanted to do some testing with Discourse so I took a backup of my instance, wiped the DB (rm -fr /var/discourse/shared) and rebuilt the container. I then created an admin user again and instead of following the setup …

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## [Push browser history when navigating within a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-browser-history-when-navigating-within-a-topic/109613)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-browser-history-when-navigating-within-a-topic/109613 "2019-02-25T01:42:45Z")

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If this has already been suggested, please direct me to an existing discussion. On Discourse, clicking links to other topics within Discourse adds to the browser history, allowing you to use the browser back button (or…

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## [A way for admins to edit users' external IDs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-for-admins-to-edit-users-external-ids/96976)

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**Author:** [@sudoman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sudoman)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-for-admins-to-edit-users-external-ids/96976 "2019-02-25T00:48:09Z")

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Hello Discourse, Sometimes people request that we change their SSO user name. With some services, it’s possible to change users’ external IDs so that they can continue using the same accounts on other sites. Would you b…

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## [Disable non-upload/traffic spam TL0 autoflags for PMs to automated accounts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-non-upload-traffic-spam-tl0-autoflags-for-pms-to-automated-accounts/104441)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-non-upload-traffic-spam-tl0-autoflags-for-pms-to-automated-accounts/104441 "2019-02-24T21:07:09Z")

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Limits placed on TL0 accounts can broadly be categorized as either: Prevent malicious/noob actors from impacting the day-to-day reading of other useres Prevent malicious actors from overloading the forum by spamming it…

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## [Personal topic pinning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-topic-pinning/87848)

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**Author:** [@VegasVed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/VegasVed)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-topic-pinning/87848 "2019-02-24T20:49:07Z")

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Hi, I wanted to suggest the ability for users to pin topics just for themselves. There are certain topics I follow regularly and bookmarks just don’t cut it. I’d like access to them at the top of my feed. Thoughts? Th…

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## [Onebox does not work in "Hide Details"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-does-not-work-in-hide-details/67574)

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**Author:** [@kiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kiki)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-does-not-work-in-hide-details/67574 "2019-02-24T14:59:13Z")

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Below is a wiki page: When i put the wiki page url in details，it just displays a link, while it is expected to be the same as above. ▶ Summary ▶ example

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## [Allow moderators to change topic timestamp](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-moderators-to-change-topic-timestamp/108702)

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**Author:** [@southpaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/southpaw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-moderators-to-change-topic-timestamp/108702 "2019-02-22T09:10:15Z")

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Admin should have the option to permit Moderators to change topic timestamps. We have employees tasked with posting specific topics that need to be backdated. Currently, my options are Grant these additional employee…

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## [A wider hamburger menu?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-wider-hamburger-menu/109231)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-wider-hamburger-menu/109231 "2019-02-22T03:02:59Z")

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On desktop, I’m finding menu items are getting truncated due to the narrow width of the menu: Item text is truncated with elipses (as they exceed the CSS-defined max-width): I considered widening the menu using …

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## [/g/ instead of /groups/ like /c/ instead of /categories/](https://meta.discourse.org/t/g-instead-of-groups-like-c-instead-of-categories/106339)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/g-instead-of-groups-like-c-instead-of-categories/106339 "2019-02-21T05:46:59Z")

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to make the addresses of the groups shorter and easier to handle, may the https://meta.discourse.org/groups/plugin\_authors become https://meta.discourse.org/g/plugin\_authors? just the same way that happens for categorie…

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## [Reply reminder - Remind users to reply to questions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-reminder-remind-users-to-reply-to-questions/25072)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-reminder-remind-users-to-reply-to-questions/25072 "2019-02-21T00:33:43Z")

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Keep the conversation going within a community… … remind users to reply to questions in topics they have participated in. IF you get a reply or the post under yours in a topic “asks a question” (ends a sentence with …

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## [Admin User Dashboard - Mobile Stats](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-user-dashboard-mobile-stats/31165)

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**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-user-dashboard-mobile-stats/31165 "2019-02-20T20:16:17Z")

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There are a number of development efforts I’m aware of to create mobile apps for use with Discourse forums. Given these efforts - it would be very helpful to have mobile stats that differentiate between the two methods …

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## [Topic Invite Enhancement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-invite-enhancement/109654)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-invite-enhancement/109654 "2019-02-20T19:32:34Z")

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Hi, I’d like to suggest that the Topic Invite Feature: Be enhanced to include the option of writing a personal message. It would be nice to be able to say to a colleague or a friend or whomever why I am inviting th…

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## [Answer Own Topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/answer-own-topic/109646)

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**Author:** [@gul\_yurdakul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gul_yurdakul)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/answer-own-topic/109646 "2019-02-20T18:02:15Z")

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Is it possible to create a topic that is only updatable (reply, edit) by the author, admin, or moderator, but readable by everyone? I would like to have your opinion about a new permission for categories? I’m bui…

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## [How to Admin or the person who create the topic can only post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-admin-or-the-person-who-create-the-topic-can-only-post/109540)

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**Author:** [@gul\_yurdakul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gul_yurdakul)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-admin-or-the-person-who-create-the-topic-can-only-post/109540 "2019-02-20T17:33:09Z")

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How to Admin or the person who create the topic can only post??

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## [Confirm Password Prompt](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-password-prompt/109575)

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**Author:** [@adambirds](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adambirds)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-password-prompt/109575 "2019-02-20T15:46:45Z")

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When being sent an invite to sign up, users are only asked to enter their password once, and not confirm this, can this be added or enabled so that users can confirm what they are entering?

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## [Allowed href schemes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowed-href-schemes/109640)

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**Author:** [@sizeof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sizeof)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowed-href-schemes/109640 "2019-02-20T11:32:49Z")

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Microsoft’s office URI schemes conflict with the list separator of allowed\_href\_schemes. I can’t allow scheme like ms-excel:ofv|u|https for the full link ms-excel:ofv|u|https://contoso/Q4/budget.xls Having an escape c…

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## [Blocking emojis won't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocking-emojis-wont-work/105853)

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**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocking-emojis-wont-work/105853 "2019-02-19T15:35:18Z")

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To avoid some problems, I blocked the middle finger emoji. Then, I went to my test account which does not have admin or moderator and is TL2. I used the emoji in a PM to my normal account, and it didn’t block the emoji. …

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## [Notifications of Links to Watched Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-of-links-to-watched-topics/109273)

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**Author:** [@Curtis\_Kephart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Curtis_Kephart)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-of-links-to-watched-topics/109273 "2019-02-15T22:20:24Z")

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Curious if there’s a good way to give users the option to be notified about links to watched threads being used elsewhere on the site? I am a moderator on a forum where we auto-close threads with a message encouraging f…

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## [Rename the 'off-topic' flag to 'not helpful' (or add new 'not helpful' button) to keep discussions on point](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rename-the-off-topic-flag-to-not-helpful-or-add-new-not-helpful-button-to-keep-discussions-on-point/108989)

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**Author:** [@Meteor0id](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Meteor0id)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rename-the-off-topic-flag-to-not-helpful-or-add-new-not-helpful-button-to-keep-discussions-on-point/108989 "2019-02-15T15:53:10Z")

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I noticed on several discourse forums that over time they attract people who love writing very long posts about all sort of details which do relate to the topic, but are not an immidiate reaction to the topic. These are…

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## [Banner overlap in Forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-overlap-in-forum/109162)

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**Author:** [@jousefm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jousefm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-overlap-in-forum/109162 "2019-02-15T03:48:47Z")

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Hey guys! When using a new banner in the forum there is a weird overlap with the old one. I guess I did something wrong. Does anyone have a good step-by-step instruction on how to set the forum banner properly without k…

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## [Theme Variables Available Across Entire Theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-variables-available-across-entire-theme/109198)

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**Author:** [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-variables-available-across-entire-theme/109198 "2019-02-15T00:52:55Z")

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I love the ability SCSS has to use variables and functions to limit repetitive styles. I’ve only worked on a handful of custom themes that were fairly extensive and needing more than just the color scheme variables. The …

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## [Toggle to hide crawlers from Consolidated Pageviews](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-to-hide-crawlers-from-consolidated-pageviews/107419)

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**Author:** [@fhe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fhe)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-to-hide-crawlers-from-consolidated-pageviews/107419 "2019-02-13T11:36:00Z")

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First of all, I love the new consolidated pageviews graph that is displayed on the dashboard starting with 2.2.0.beta9! I see even more room for improvement here, maybe it’s something specific to my community, but the cr…

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## [Use fancy audio player](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-fancy-audio-player/108894)

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**Author:** [@tomtjes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomtjes)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-fancy-audio-player/108894 "2019-02-12T02:22:49Z")

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Hi, I’m planning to launch an audio community and was looking at audio player options in Discourse. There don’t seem to be any out-of-the-box solutions. Would it be possible to integrate a player like the Podigee Podca…

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## [Blacklist vs whitelist onebox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blacklist-vs-whitelist-onebox/21811)

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**Author:** [@evantill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/evantill)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blacklist-vs-whitelist-onebox/21811 "2019-02-11T20:17:56Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Auto-discoverable oneboxer-able links based on whitelist configurable by admin: I would like to enable onebox for every site that support oEmbed or Open Graph and be able to blacklist so…

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## [Learning Management Systems](https://meta.discourse.org/t/learning-management-systems/79855)

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**Author:** [@MAR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MAR)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/learning-management-systems/79855 "2019-02-11T23:10:19Z")

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Hello Discourse Community, Any recommendations on learning management systems like moodle that can be integrated with discourse? I am looking for an LMS that would allow courses to be held to supplement a community of…

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## [Ranking answers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ranking-answers/108259)

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**Author:** [@Wims](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wims)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ranking-answers/108259 "2019-02-10T23:56:02Z")

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Is it possible that answers based on likes get a higher place so that a kind of ranking arises?

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## [Multiple Cursor support in the composer / editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-cursor-support-in-the-composer-editor/108779)

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**Author:** [@B-iggy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/B-iggy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-cursor-support-in-the-composer-editor/108779 "2019-02-10T12:34:13Z")

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Hey Discourse Team, would it be possible to implement multiple cursors for the editor? Or does someone knows how I could make it happen (script)? Grav CMS (also a markdown editor) has this for example: CTR…

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## [Allow Sorting by Vote for Tag Filters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-sorting-by-vote-for-tag-filters/108738)

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**Author:** [@John\_B](https://meta.discourse.org/u/John_B)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2019, 9:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-sorting-by-vote-for-tag-filters/108738 "2019-02-09T09:22:08Z")

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Currently, using status tags is a good way to model the different stages for a feature request. See this topic for a general discussion. We also use the voting plugin in this way. However, one thing is sadly missing - w…

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## [Understanding subcategories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-subcategories/69564)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-subcategories/69564 "2019-02-08T19:10:03Z")

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Hi, Most of the Discourse installations I have seen (so far) feature as their homepage either: A list of the latest topics in all categories (e.g., Meta) The left side is the categories; the right side is the topics (…

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## [Display link to user profile from an OAuth provider](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-link-to-user-profile-from-an-oauth-provider/108636)

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**Author:** [@kueda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kueda)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-link-to-user-profile-from-an-oauth-provider/108636 "2019-02-08T18:50:24Z")

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We’re experimenting with a custom OAuth provider for sign in, and one thing that would be really helpful is a link somewhere on the Discourse user profile page (e.g. https://meta.discourse.org/u/kueda) that shows a) tha…

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