# Support

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6.md?page=141

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## [Modifying the core colors like var(--secondary)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifying-the-core-colors-like-var-secondary/334886)

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**Author:** [@abrambailey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abrambailey)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifying-the-core-colors-like-var-secondary/334886 "2024-11-08T00:39:03Z")

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Is there any way to change colors like var(--secondary) which are used in various places around the site? In the color settings in customize you can change the “secondary” color but this seems to have no affect on var(--…

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## [Discourse AI Gemini Embeddings Failing to Enable, But Other Features Work Fine](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-gemini-embeddings-failing-to-enable-but-other-features-work-fine/334872)

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**Author:** [@joo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-gemini-embeddings-failing-to-enable-but-other-features-work-fine/334872 "2024-11-07T17:34:52Z")

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I’m having trouble enabling the “Enable the embeddings module” feature in Discourse AI. When I enable it, Discourse throws an error, and the logs show the following: Message (multiple occurrences) Google Gemini Emb…

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## [I need help with install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-help-with-install/330861)

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**Author:** [@woozievert](https://meta.discourse.org/u/woozievert)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-help-with-install/330861 "2024-11-07T15:42:24Z")

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(Before asking, did you search first? Press :magnifying\_glass\_tilted\_left: at the upper right to search) : Yea, I searched but there have no solutions. Error: ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound: Couldn't find Upload with …

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## [Category Style](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-style/334932)

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**Author:** [@haydenjames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haydenjames)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-style/334932 "2024-11-07T10:54:18Z")

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Where can I set the category style? I’ve been searching settings and the forum. I could be wrong, but was there not a style setting for categories also? Not just tags? A setting that controls the style shown here: …

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## [Click a category to open a subcategory page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/click-a-category-to-open-a-subcategory-page/334923)

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**Author:** [@Jason\_Gray1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jason_Gray1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 9:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/click-a-category-to-open-a-subcategory-page/334923 "2024-11-07T09:42:27Z")

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In the meta discourse site, if I click a category e.g. Documentation, it opens a page with the subcategories listed and a drop-down above each subcategory. How is this done?

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## [Where would I find documentation on auto-bumping?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-would-i-find-documentation-on-auto-bumping/334293)

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**Author:** [@Mitchel\_Sheppard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mitchel_Sheppard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 9:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-would-i-find-documentation-on-auto-bumping/334293 "2024-11-07T09:05:57Z")

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Ideally, I’m hoping to find a way to tag or mark a post as “response needed” or similar, and that would trigger an autobump every x hours until there’s a response.

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## [How are mentions supposed to work?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-mentions-supposed-to-work/334595)

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**Author:** [@Helga\_Razinkova](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Helga_Razinkova)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-mentions-supposed-to-work/334595 "2024-11-07T06:39:08Z")

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Hi everyone, Just noticed that the dropdown list of usernames doesn’t appear when you press “@” like it used to. It only pops up when you type in the first letter of a username. Is it something that can be fixed? It wa…

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## [How can I add title to topic detail url](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-title-to-topic-detail-url/334703)

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**Author:** [@Jun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jun)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-title-to-topic-detail-url/334703 "2024-11-07T03:16:34Z")

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On my website, topic detail url is like: domainname/t/topic/25. I want to make title as member of the url, so it’s more searchable like stackoverflow. How to add topic title to it? The id field is too short and can be …

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## [Email to custom address fails: "lost connection after EHLO"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-to-custom-address-fails-lost-connection-after-ehlo/333553)

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**Author:** [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-to-custom-address-fails-lost-connection-after-ehlo/333553 "2024-11-07T00:47:32Z")

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I have a category with a ‘Custom incoming email address’ set – \[CATEGORY\]@forum.tasat.org When I email directly from Gmail to the address, messages are processed as expected and land in the category. mail-receiver logs…

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## [Copy and paste image link without formatting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-and-paste-image-link-without-formatting/218081)

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**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-and-paste-image-link-without-formatting/218081 "2024-11-07T00:00:25Z")

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When I right-click on an image and go to “copy image” and paste it somewhere, a formatting like How do I make it paste only the image link and not this formatting? I know that if I right-click and click “Copy link add…

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## [Issue with Customize About Page Feature Mixing with Old js.about.contact\_info Text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-customize-about-page-feature-mixing-with-old-js-about-contact-info-text/334450)

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**Author:** [@TheBaby5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBaby5)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-customize-about-page-feature-mixing-with-old-js-about-contact-info-text/334450 "2024-11-06T22:33:04Z")

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I’m experiencing an issue with the new Customize About Page feature after updating to the latest Discourse Version 3.4.0.beta3-dev (d853b5384b). I confirmed there are no further updates available as of today. Here’s the …

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## [Is there a way to have a free forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-have-a-free-forum/295820)

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**Author:** [@ssityeghd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ssityeghd)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-have-a-free-forum/295820 "2024-03-01T14:18:46Z")

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My friends and I are on a forum that have very tight rules, so we can never interact. We were hoping we could find a forum that free, where you can chat, is that possible? @not-ethan, how does this work?

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## [Best way to effectively ban and hide someone, including SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-effectively-ban-and-hide-someone-including-sso/334744)

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**Author:** [@Shauny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shauny)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-effectively-ban-and-hide-someone-including-sso/334744 "2024-11-06T09:40:30Z")

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I am using Single Sign-on, where the account is created on a WordPress site and then it connects to Discourse. I recently had a spam user sign up to promote their products. I want to delete the user, but am not sure the…

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## [Private topic safety](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topic-safety/334731)

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**Author:** [@Jun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jun)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2024, 8:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-topic-safety/334731 "2024-11-06T08:24:12Z")

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I marked a topic as un-public using admin role, but it can be viewed directly by other users using uri. How can I fix it? eg, topic detail uri: domainname/t/topic/79/3.

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## [Logging out of all devices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logging-out-of-all-devices/334686)

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**Author:** [@stache](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stache)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logging-out-of-all-devices/334686 "2024-11-06T03:13:36Z")

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Now in the security box, there’s an option to log out of all devices, does that also, in hand, wipe out that devices IP to anyone?

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## [Fakebook-theme problems while integrating](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme-problems-while-integrating/334630)

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**Author:** [@Jun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jun)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fakebook-theme-problems-while-integrating/334630 "2024-11-06T01:38:07Z")

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fakebook-theme is really attractive. I tried fakebook-theme on my website, only with Header Search and DiscoTOC. Devices: Chrome 30.0.6723.92 (arm64) and Safiri18.1 (20619.2.8.11.10) When using this theme, I have 4 …

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## [Can I transfer my apex domain name to Discourse.org?or I should transfer it to some where else like Cloudflare?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-transfer-my-apex-domain-name-to-discourse-org-or-i-should-transfer-it-to-some-where-else-like-cloudflare/334214)

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**Author:** [@Frankz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frankz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-transfer-my-apex-domain-name-to-discourse-org-or-i-should-transfer-it-to-some-where-else-like-cloudflare/334214 "2024-11-05T20:51:37Z")

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I plan to setup a new website. The whole website will be on your Discourse forum standard plan. My question is where can my apex domain name be hosted? Now the domain name is in bluehost.com. Can I transfer it to Discou…

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## [T4s can delete accounts? Select non-admin users can view email address?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/t4s-can-delete-accounts-select-non-admin-users-can-view-email-address/329081)

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**Author:** [@hmmmnotsure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hmmmnotsure)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/t4s-can-delete-accounts-select-non-admin-users-can-view-email-address/329081 "2024-11-05T14:11:34Z")

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hello! I have 2 questions here. I want to give a selected group of employees access to email address. Is that possible? Can I give T4s access to delete spam posts and accounts?

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## [Summarise feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarise-feature/333234)

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**Author:** [@hmmmnotsure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hmmmnotsure)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarise-feature/333234 "2024-11-05T14:07:10Z")

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First off, I love the Summarise feature! I am still testing it. But I noticed that, despite changing my interface language, it summarises only in English. Am i missing a setting somewhere?

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## [Discourse Upgrade Not Working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-upgrade-not-working/334372)

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**Author:** [@zoopyloops](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zoopyloops)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2024, 5:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-upgrade-not-working/334372 "2024-11-05T05:58:58Z")

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When I go to click upgrade for Discourse version 2.9.0.beta9 to the latest 3.4.0.beta2 it just loads to an empty page and doesn’t update. How can I upgrade to the latest version? Thank you! (screenshot of blank page atta…

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## [Add more groups to "About Us" page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-more-groups-to-about-us-page/110381)

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**Author:** [@Jacksepticeye](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jacksepticeye)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-more-groups-to-about-us-page/110381 "2019-03-01T20:28:39Z")

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I have a discourse forum, and I noticed that there is only 2 groups; admin and moderator. Can I add more groups and make them listed on the About us page? Our Admins Our Moderators Our Trainees Our Interns Etc. Etc.

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## [How to create a help web page for my community site in two levels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-help-web-page-for-my-community-site-in-two-levels/334137)

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**Author:** [@Steve\_John](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steve_John)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-help-web-page-for-my-community-site-in-two-levels/334137 "2024-11-04T20:51:57Z")

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How to create a help web page for my website when user clicks , we show all the Help related topics in card format and then User can drill down to another web page based on the topic selected. How to set-up these kind of…

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## [iOS app opening a note PiP every time it opens](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-app-opening-a-note-pip-every-time-it-opens/334475)

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**Author:** [@BrettWysteria](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BrettWysteria)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-app-opening-a-note-pip-every-time-it-opens/334475 "2024-11-04T19:30:02Z")

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I can’t possibly be the only one this is happening to. So this little Picture in Picture window keeps popping up every single dang time I open the app or even switch back to it after using another app. Why is this eve…

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## [Update fab icons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-fab-icons/334396)

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**Author:** [@willie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/willie)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-fab-icons/334396 "2024-11-04T15:18:03Z")

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how can update the fab icons in my discourse? I think have the old version and I want to update to the new one with new icons. How I can do that?

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## [Markdown headers aren't interpreted in Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-headers-arent-interpreted-in-chat/312000)

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**Author:** [@37Rb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/37Rb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-headers-arent-interpreted-in-chat/312000 "2024-11-04T13:13:10Z")

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The Chat window seems to interpret most markdown such as bold, italics, tables, lists, etc… but it doesn’t interpret headers. For example, if I post the following ### Hello This is a test. in a both topic and in a cha…

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## [How Do I Set Up the E-Mail SMTP Server Required for Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-set-up-the-e-mail-smtp-server-required-for-discourse/334267)

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**Author:** [@Can](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Can)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-set-up-the-e-mail-smtp-server-required-for-discourse/334267 "2024-11-04T11:18:08Z")

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Hello, I am new to discourse. So forgive me if my questions are simple. I rented a cloud from Hetzner. I will start Ubuntu installation and discourse installation but I don’t know how to set smtp email settings on the s…

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## [How to add custom logic input on the signup page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-custom-logic-input-on-the-signup-page/334283)

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**Author:** [@Sidi\_Codet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sidi_Codet)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2024, 7:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-custom-logic-input-on-the-signup-page/334283 "2024-11-04T07:26:02Z")

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I’m trying to add a custom input field that can accept a specific value configured on the signup page, but I’m not sure how to implement it. Does anyone have an idea on how to achieve this?

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## [Issues logging in with Discord account through invite link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-logging-in-with-discord-account-through-invite-link/334304)

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**Author:** [@knuckles\_moans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/knuckles_moans)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-logging-in-with-discord-account-through-invite-link/334304 "2024-11-03T20:50:30Z")

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I’m currently facing an issue with my Discourse instance. When users try to create an account using the invite link, they only have the option to create a local account. It doesn’t allow them to log in via Discord, even …

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## [Sub-Subcategories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sub-subcategories/177913)

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**Author:** [@iTrulx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iTrulx)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sub-subcategories/177913 "2024-11-04T00:54:28Z")

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Hi all, I have just installed Discourse for the first time and I must first of all say it is extremely nice and overwhelming at the same time, I have struggled in finding out how to make a Sub-Subcategory or something of…

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## [Do likes recieved badges account for unlisted topics and PMs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-likes-recieved-badges-account-for-unlisted-topics-and-pms/334307)

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**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-likes-recieved-badges-account-for-unlisted-topics-and-pms/334307 "2024-11-03T21:25:23Z")

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Do these badges above account for unlisted topics and posts, and also personal messages? Asking this out of curiousity. I’ve also seen users here that haven’t posted anything but have badges similar to these (like…

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