# Support

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6.md?page=194&status=open

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## [Add Follow feed to top navigation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-follow-feed-to-top-navigation/246812)

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**Author:** [@Farcaster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Farcaster)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-follow-feed-to-top-navigation/246812 "2022-11-26T21:48:07Z")

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Heya. Just getting started building a Discourse site, so very new. Is there a way to add the follow feed to the main category page? I’d like it to be just to the right of Latest and Top.

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## [How frequently do regular jobs run?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-frequently-do-regular-jobs-run/246774)

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**Author:** [@Hyd5041](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hyd5041)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 6:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-frequently-do-regular-jobs-run/246774 "2022-11-26T06:29:26Z")

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I am trying to figure out how much time it takes for automatic group membership to be assigned when a user adds an alternate email with a domain associated with a group. I have been looking into the code and found the A…

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## [Sorry, there was an error upgrading Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-there-was-an-error-upgrading-discourse/165260)

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**Author:** [@bubblecatcher](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bubblecatcher)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-there-was-an-error-upgrading-discourse/165260 "2022-11-26T04:39:28Z")

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Not able to update, error message Sorry, there was an error upgrading Discourse. Please check the logs below. \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\* Please be patient, next steps might take a whi…

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## [Exclude topic from AdSense](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-topic-from-adsense/95281)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-topic-from-adsense/95281 "2019-06-17T17:48:38Z")

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Hi, on our forum we allow artistic nudity to be posted. However, this is against the AdSense policy and from time to time they require us to remove AdSense from specific pages. I suspect this can be achieved with some …

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## [Timeout when executing rake db:migrate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeout-when-executing-rake-db-migrate/246537)

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**Author:** [@andreaswittig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andreaswittig)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeout-when-executing-rake-db-migrate/246537 "2022-11-25T17:13:02Z")

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Every know and then I’m getting the following error when running rake db:migrate. Is it possible, that I’m running into a timeout here? If so, is there a way to increase the timeout? rake aborted! MiniRacer::ScriptTermi…

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## [Posts from private category not showing on homepage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-from-private-category-not-showing-on-homepage/246705)

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**Author:** [@per\_coh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/per_coh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-from-private-category-not-showing-on-homepage/246705 "2022-11-25T19:56:30Z")

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Morning everyone. Curious if this is normal behavior or a setting I missed somewhere. I posted in a category that’s not accessible to all users. And that post and replies are not showing up for me in Latest on the commun…

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## [Wordpress posts published to Discourse include HTML?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-posts-published-to-discourse-include-html/246439)

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**Author:** [@vanclute](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vanclute)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-posts-published-to-discourse-include-html/246439 "2022-11-25T16:09:49Z")

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I just tried my first manual push of a WP post into a Discourse topic. It worked, but ended up adding HTML that makes the post not look great, and I don’t like that HTML I didn’t specify is being added to my content. H…

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## [Understanding how "alt" attribute works](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-how-alt-attribute-works/120579)

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**Author:** [@verilog15](https://meta.discourse.org/u/verilog15)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-how-alt-attribute-works/120579 "2019-06-17T14:42:04Z")

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Hello, I have a small question on images. I noticed that the images in Discourse are without the alt attribute. For example: \<img alt="" width="50" height="50" src="/user\_avatar/\<domain\>/user3242/50/36\_2.png" class="av…

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## [Recent posts of pinned topic don't show inside category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recent-posts-of-pinned-topic-dont-show-inside-category/246665)

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**Author:** [@Shenron\_segamag](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shenron_segamag)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recent-posts-of-pinned-topic-dont-show-inside-category/246665 "2022-11-25T10:44:07Z")

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Hi, For some reason, the latest post of a pinned topic doesn’t make the topic go up when you chose the style “Categories with featured topics” : Here is a screenshot with the style “Category and latest topics”, with th…

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## [Clone production Discourse container to local for development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clone-production-discourse-container-to-local-for-development/246555)

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**Author:** [@Tim\_Lee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tim_Lee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clone-production-discourse-container-to-local-for-development/246555 "2022-11-25T02:34:28Z")

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Hi, I have a production Discourse docker container running on AWS Lightsail which has a custom theme and some stock plugins installed, but other than that there is no code changes in the container. I’m trying to reprodu…

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## [FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid" is empty](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fatal-lock-file-postmaster-pid-is-empty/240895)

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**Author:** [@will\_io](https://meta.discourse.org/u/will_io)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fatal-lock-file-postmaster-pid-is-empty/240895 "2022-11-23T17:45:38Z")

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First time I have seen the following error when trying to rebuild. 2022-10-04 14:39:49.780 UTC \[1700\] FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid" is empty 2022-10-04 14:39:49.780 UTC \[1700\] HINT: Either another server is starti…

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## [Is there a way to keep certain categories activity off from latest and top?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-keep-certain-categories-activity-off-from-latest-and-top/246627)

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**Author:** [@gassim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gassim)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-keep-certain-categories-activity-off-from-latest-and-top/246627 "2022-11-24T10:56:58Z")

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Hi We have a number of categories that are private because we don’t want activity in those categories to affect the rest of the activity in the site. These private categories are topic specific and shouldn’t be visible …

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## [Custom header with react](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-header-with-react/246603)

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**Author:** [@Ken95](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ken95)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-header-with-react/246603 "2022-11-24T01:38:44Z")

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I wanted to create a custom header using react library. So, I tried to insert react and babel cdn into head of HTML/CSS’s edit. And applied ReactDOM Render Method in Header. But, it did not work in discourse foru…

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## [Bumping topics or other ways to trigger a new notification / email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bumping-topics-or-other-ways-to-trigger-a-new-notification-email/246591)

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**Author:** [@Crashley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crashley)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bumping-topics-or-other-ways-to-trigger-a-new-notification-email/246591 "2022-11-23T22:34:38Z")

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Hello. I manage a private Discourse forum for our housing community. We have an announcements category which is configured to act a bit like a mailing list (although not “mailing list mode” or “category mirrors a mailin…

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## [Cloud basic vs self hosted questions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloud-basic-vs-self-hosted-questions/246525)

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**Author:** [@SjefRomijn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SjefRomijn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloud-basic-vs-self-hosted-questions/246525 "2022-11-23T10:20:15Z")

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If ordering the Basic package from https://www.discourse.org/pricing: -where is it cloud hosted (server location)? -where/what takes care of the email when cloud hosted (since I read one needs a separate email provider…

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## [First time Discourse installation not showing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-time-discourse-installation-not-showing/246477)

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**Author:** [@Pieces](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pieces)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-time-discourse-installation-not-showing/246477 "2022-11-23T04:58:59Z")

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Hi all, New Discourse user/admin here. I just went through my first installation on a Digital Ocean droplet following the installation instructions provided by on Github. The Bootstrapping ran without stopping or givi…

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## [Inserting basic features to theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inserting-basic-features-to-theme/119689)

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**Author:** [@verilog15](https://meta.discourse.org/u/verilog15)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inserting-basic-features-to-theme/119689 "2019-06-15T23:35:55Z")

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I use a theme I found on Github. For some reason they didn’t allow the following box: They also didn’t include the special bar at the side of each post which can be used to scroll down (as the one here). Is there a …

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## [Possible to publish from Wordpress only a specified category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-publish-from-wordpress-only-a-specified-category/246437)

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**Author:** [@vanclute](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vanclute)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-publish-from-wordpress-only-a-specified-category/246437 "2022-11-22T18:42:59Z")

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We have integrated Discourse into our Wordpress site, and posting manually works. I would however like to set up auto-posting to Discourse of only posts that fall into a specific category. I see we can exclude by tag, …

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## [Does installing Discourse using Digital Ocean take up space from my computer?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-installing-discourse-using-digital-ocean-take-up-space-from-my-computer/246427)

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**Author:** [@perrikarhu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/perrikarhu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-installing-discourse-using-digital-ocean-take-up-space-from-my-computer/246427 "2022-11-22T16:02:13Z")

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Hi so this might be a dumb question, but I want to make sure that if I am going to install Discourse using DigitalOcean (by creating a new server and a new droplet), does that somehow affect my computer’s performance/dis…

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## [How To Embed #tweet-list Into Categories/Topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-embed-tweet-list-into-categories-topic/246421)

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**Author:** [@Fluttercode](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fluttercode)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-embed-tweet-list-into-categories-topic/246421 "2022-11-22T15:22:40Z")

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Hello, I have searched and see some code for embedding a tweet, but it uses some type of intermediate website. I have setup auth login with twitter through my developer account. Is there a way to embed #my-tweet-tag-li…

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## [New 'accept invitation' prompt feature causing issues with invitation links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-accept-invitation-prompt-feature-causing-issues-with-invitation-links/245115)

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**Author:** [@gassim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gassim)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 9:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-accept-invitation-prompt-feature-causing-issues-with-invitation-links/245115 "2022-11-22T09:34:17Z")

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We’ve been using invitation links to help our users move between platforms and into discourse; however, the new prompt that started to appear with the latest discourse update is causing delay and confusion. Users using …

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## [Discourse Subscriptions - use API to find out product, plan and renewal date](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-subscriptions-use-api-to-find-out-product-plan-and-renewal-date/246344)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-subscriptions-use-api-to-find-out-product-plan-and-renewal-date/246344 "2022-11-21T23:55:37Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Discourse Subscriptions: Is it possible to use Discourse’s API to find out information about a user’s subscriptions? Thanks.

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## [Login user to discourse from external page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-user-to-discourse-from-external-page/245875)

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**Author:** [@Justinvolved](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justinvolved)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 7:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-user-to-discourse-from-external-page/245875 "2022-11-17T07:59:20Z")

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Hi all, (quick repost hoping my question is in a better visible place here :slight\_smile: ) I think I understand the process where a user navigates to the Discourse login, and then get’s redirected to the SSO login page…

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## [Link to FAQ broken (SAML)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-faq-broken-saml/246015)

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**Author:** [@sbernhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sbernhard)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-faq-broken-saml/246015 "2022-11-21T18:01:53Z")

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Discourse instance with version 2.8.10, SAML (keycloak) works fine but found one major issue: Link from external app (e.g. in Gmail on another browser tab) to /faq forwards to /login and doesn’t display FAQ (fail) Link…

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## [How to disenable automatic create post when add new category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disenable-automatic-create-post-when-add-new-category/246291)

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**Author:** [@boxaltcoin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/boxaltcoin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disenable-automatic-create-post-when-add-new-category/246291 "2022-11-21T15:21:49Z")

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Hi, How to dis-enable automatic create post when add new category? When I’m add new category name: News & Announcements Inside this category has post About the News & Announcements category And I cannot delete this …

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## [How admin user re-logins after using discourse connect sso and custom domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-admin-user-re-logins-after-using-discourse-connect-sso-and-custom-domain/246269)

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**Author:** [@mikeguo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikeguo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-admin-user-re-logins-after-using-discourse-connect-sso-and-custom-domain/246269 "2022-11-21T12:59:34Z")

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Using discourse connect sso means user login with sso. And setting custom domain requires user to re-login in custom domain. So, if I set sso first and then set custom domain, how I login with admin user? Will the sso…

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## [How is the number of users in the user directory calculated?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-is-the-number-of-users-in-the-user-directory-calculated/246215)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-is-the-number-of-users-in-the-user-directory-calculated/246215 "2022-11-20T22:57:38Z")

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Continuing the discussion from New Leaderboard/User Directory Features :tada:: How is this calculated? The number on my forum is much lower than the total number of users. Does it exclude people with \<1min reading time,…

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## [Cloudron missing plugin:pull\_compatible\_all](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudron-missing-plugin-pull-compatible-all/244002)

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**Author:** [@jdaviescoates](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jdaviescoates)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudron-missing-plugin-pull-compatible-all/244002 "2022-11-20T21:38:37Z")

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Is this where we’re supposed to report issues about this? I’m trying to install this plugin but it doesn’t seem to be working for me. I’m getting this error after restarting my instance of Discourse: Unknown migration…

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## [Nested subcategories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-subcategories/246199)

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**Author:** [@Headless](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Headless)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-subcategories/246199 "2022-11-20T16:24:04Z")

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Not sure if this belongs in support or themes. As far as I am aware the nested subcategories is only intended for hosted enterprised users. However, I am a self-host user that enabled this feature with env. Above is…

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## [Multisite enable on directory level instead of subdomain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-enable-on-directory-level-instead-of-subdomain/246159)

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**Author:** [@Salman\_Haider](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Salman_Haider)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-enable-on-directory-level-instead-of-subdomain/246159 "2022-11-20T09:53:41Z")

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I need to enable multisite on directory level instead of subdomain www.example.com/multisite1 www.example.com/multisite2

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