# Product Support

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## [Add column to home page topic list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-column-to-home-page-topic-list/145561)

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**Author:** [@Varhall](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Varhall)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-column-to-home-page-topic-list/145561 "2020-03-28T11:32:55Z")

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Hi all! I need add colum with author topic avatar to home page topic list. I have a design: This page now: Help me please! Thank you!

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## [Integrate Bubble Login to Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-bubble-login-to-discourse/145949)

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**Author:** [@Sanju\_Joseph](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sanju_Joseph)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-bubble-login-to-discourse/145949 "2020-03-28T15:59:13Z")

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Hey guys, I’m building a platform on Bubble. How I sync the login between bubble & discourse? Is there an easy way to accomplish this? Can someone help me with this?

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## [How do I quote reply when appearance of "quote reply" button on text selection is turned off?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-quote-reply-when-appearance-of-quote-reply-button-on-text-selection-is-turned-off/51761)

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**Author:** [@vi0oss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vi0oss)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-quote-reply-when-appearance-of-quote-reply-button-on-text-selection-is-turned-off/51761 "2016-10-20T01:58:40Z")

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Inserting the quote of selected text as a reply is a useful feature, but appearance of the button typically used for this is annoying for selection readers, so one can opt-out it in preferences. But how do I use “quote …

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## [Is it possible to set up an automatic spotify player iframe from spotify link?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-set-up-an-automatic-spotify-player-iframe-from-spotify-link/145878)

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**Author:** [@LofiZone.com](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LofiZone.com)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-set-up-an-automatic-spotify-player-iframe-from-spotify-link/145878 "2020-03-28T01:54:41Z")

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My community is based around artists posting their music for others to hear. When a user posts a soundcloud, the iframe works flawlessly. However it appears there is no auto-iframe for spotify tracks and playlists. How…

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## [Commandline restore specific site in multi-site configuration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/commandline-restore-specific-site-in-multi-site-configuration/77830)

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**Author:** [@erseco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erseco)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/commandline-restore-specific-site-in-multi-site-configuration/77830 "2018-01-12T14:00:52Z")

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Hi, I just deployed a multi-site discourse and now I want to programmatically migrate all my discourse sites (almost 20) to the new server. Is possible to specify the site/database when calling ./launcher enter app or d…

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## [How can I create an announcement for guests only?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-create-an-announcement-for-guests-only/145888)

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**Author:** [@LofiZone.com](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LofiZone.com)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-create-an-announcement-for-guests-only/145888 "2020-03-28T00:14:28Z")

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Hi, I have created a welcome announcement for those that enter my site and tells them a bit about it, along with encouragement to sign up. However, if somebody signs up they will have to click the X on the message. Doe…

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## [Discourse as internal task manager](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-internal-task-manager/144634)

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**Author:** [@mittals24](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mittals24)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-internal-task-manager/144634 "2020-03-27T23:54:14Z")

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There are many topics here on meta on how different folks use discourse as internal task manager. I loved the potential and have migrated our team to it. Here is how we are using it so far: We have categories (and sub…

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## [New category button not working in Vincent theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-category-button-not-working-in-vincent-theme/145883)

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**Author:** [@Bill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bill)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-category-button-not-working-in-vincent-theme/145883 "2020-03-27T23:20:33Z")

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New to Discourse, not sure what’s going on. I cannot create any categories with my Admin account because the new category button glitches out when I click it. After clicking it, two icons appear?? Nothing pops up to setu…

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## [Installing Discourse and Ghost on the same Droplet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-and-ghost-on-the-same-droplet/112452)

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**Author:** [@Alaa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alaa)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-and-ghost-on-the-same-droplet/112452 "2020-03-27T20:52:16Z")

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Can I safely install Discourse and Ghost on the same Droplet?

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## [Limit user access to content based on custom user profile feilds](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-user-access-to-content-based-on-custom-user-profile-feilds/145818)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-user-access-to-content-based-on-custom-user-profile-feilds/145818 "2020-03-27T16:55:14Z")

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Hi - I am wondering if there is a way to link access to categories of post based on contents of custom user profile fields? I have a small forum for architects, intended mostly to support them with free and frank discus…

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## [Shared Discourse/Static Site Login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-discourse-static-site-login/145832)

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**Author:** [@FelicianoTech](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FelicianoTech)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-discourse-static-site-login/145832 "2020-03-27T16:29:53Z")

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Hey Everyone, Here’s my situation. I am trying to run a Discourse install at talk.example.com while maintaining a website at www.example.com. I want it so that when someone logins to the Discourse site, they also appea…

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## [Category name not showing up in email notifications since upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-name-not-showing-up-in-email-notifications-since-upgrade/145741)

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**Author:** [@Edward\_Weiss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Edward_Weiss)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-name-not-showing-up-in-email-notifications-since-upgrade/145741 "2020-03-27T16:26:03Z")

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Hi all, I upgraded Discourse to v2.5.0.beta2 a week ago, and since then category names are not showing up in email notifications, just the site name in brackets. This is getting very confusing for my users. I checked t…

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## [Failed rebuild after adding plugins to new discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-rebuild-after-adding-plugins-to-new-discourse/145703)

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**Author:** [@IbnKahf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IbnKahf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-rebuild-after-adding-plugins-to-new-discourse/145703 "2020-03-27T15:38:44Z")

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Hi im new to discourse, just tried adding a few plugins and now after rebuilding im getting this error the plugins i have added are; discourse-bbcode discourse-image-gallery discourse moderator extension babble …

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## [Wrong URL redirect due to missing ID for topic with same title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-url-redirect-due-to-missing-id-for-topic-with-same-title/145815)

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**Author:** [@Mariane](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mariane)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-url-redirect-due-to-missing-id-for-topic-with-same-title/145815 "2020-03-27T14:17:51Z")

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Hi, We just find out that the emails sent with the Assign plugin don’t add the topic/message ID at the end. So what happens is: Assign email sent to user with an URL key that has no ID at the end; When a public to…

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## [Is it safe to rename discobot?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-safe-to-rename-discobot/145794)

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**Author:** [@pixelemotion](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pixelemotion)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-safe-to-rename-discobot/145794 "2020-03-27T13:11:33Z")

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Hello, For relevance purpose I want to rename the bot. Here is what I did in its profile : Then I changed the narrative in its profile: Will I break something doing this ? Should I consider any other settings …

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## [Nice Share for posts without links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nice-share-for-posts-without-links/145665)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nice-share-for-posts-without-links/145665 "2020-03-27T03:52:14Z")

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On community.wanikani.com I’ve gotten the Nice Share badge three times in the last few weeks. However when I checked the posts associated with each badge, two of the posts don’t contain any links and one of the posts isn…

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## [Change max chars in Onebox - enlarge your Onebox?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-max-chars-in-onebox-enlarge-your-onebox/81205)

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**Author:** [@frold](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frold)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-max-chars-in-onebox-enlarge-your-onebox/81205 "2020-03-27T01:28:02Z")

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After Maja did add a more advance OneBox for Amazon links I would like to know if it is possible to “hack” the OneBox to strip more chars so the Onebox gets bigger. Eg I see the max chars for description is 200 chars.…

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## [Additional filetypes for staff](https://meta.discourse.org/t/additional-filetypes-for-staff/77752)

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**Author:** [@Denis\_Frosty\_Andreyc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denis_Frosty_Andreyc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/additional-filetypes-for-staff/77752 "2020-03-27T00:36:52Z")

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I need to allow administrators to upload a specific type of file, such as .bat, .cmd, and others. For ordinary users need to disable it. How can i do it?

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## [Keyboard shortcuts on Windows Firefox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-on-windows-firefox/145702)

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**Author:** [@mbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbauman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-on-windows-firefox/145702 "2020-03-26T23:10:42Z")

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Is there a known issue with keyboard shortcuts not working in Firefox on Windows? We have a member on Windows 7 and Firefox 74 reporting difficulty on our instance here:

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## [User selectable "make public" topic option?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-selectable-make-public-topic-option/144977)

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**Author:** [@TGP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TGP)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-selectable-make-public-topic-option/144977 "2020-03-26T22:19:18Z")

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Probably a pipe dream, but Discourse never ceases to surprise me, so I figured why not… Is there a way to make a category publicly visible (read-only), but ONLY display those topics which the poster toggled a “make publ…

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## [Migrating over to a new instance in new hosting provider](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-over-to-a-new-instance-in-new-hosting-provider/134876)

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**Author:** [@owrh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/owrh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-over-to-a-new-instance-in-new-hosting-provider/134876 "2020-03-26T21:48:30Z")

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We have a forum running in AWS, on a custom domain with SSL via LetsEncrypt and we’re looking to move to Digital Ocean, ideally without downtime. Is there a recommended best practice as I’ve encountered a variety of prob…

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## [Deleting "About xxx Category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-about-xxx-category/145735)

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**Author:** [@rachel\_england](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rachel_england)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-about-xxx-category/145735 "2020-03-26T21:16:56Z")

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Is there a way to delete the "About xxx Category’ topic? I don’t have to/want to have a full description for every category, and I don’t want templated language posted. I see that I can archive it - what does that do?

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## [Discourse\_api: site\_setting\_update disable\_emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-api-site-setting-update-disable-emails/145695)

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**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-api-site-setting-update-disable-emails/145695 "2020-03-26T19:24:21Z")

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The Discourse API Docs for disable\_emails site setting tells to pass the following payload: { "disable\_emails": false } But trying the following curl command I receive an error. Can someone tell me what I’m doing w…

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## [Comparing Group memberships](https://meta.discourse.org/t/comparing-group-memberships/145705)

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**Author:** [@gordon\_mrmoco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gordon_mrmoco)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/comparing-group-memberships/145705 "2020-03-26T19:19:09Z")

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I have members in trust level 0 and some of them in trust level 1 - how do I compare the two groups easily and quickly to see who’s in 0 but not in 1?

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## [Due to extreme load, this is temporarily being shown to everyone as a logged out user would see it](https://meta.discourse.org/t/due-to-extreme-load-this-is-temporarily-being-shown-to-everyone-as-a-logged-out-user-would-see-it/143365)

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**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/due-to-extreme-load-this-is-temporarily-being-shown-to-everyone-as-a-logged-out-user-would-see-it/143365 "2020-03-26T17:47:19Z")

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We had a surge of new visitors this morning due to a popular AMA and many people received this message which was somewhat understandable since one topic was getting overloaded and the cpu spiked during this time. Since t…

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## [How to change the welcome topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-welcome-topic/145618)

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**Author:** [@pixelemotion](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pixelemotion)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-welcome-topic/145618 "2020-03-26T17:12:45Z")

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Hello everyone, And sorry in advance for this basic question, but it seems I can’t find a solution after looking into this support forum. I want to change this text in the red frame (setup during the install) : I h…

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## [Logout link / URL?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logout-link-url/145688)

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**Author:** [@Uninen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Uninen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logout-link-url/145688 "2020-03-26T15:43:37Z")

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I have a integration for Discourse which updates the user profile upon each login. I’ve now run into a problem where I need to teach people how to log out as the logout button is quite well hidden. It also seems to be a …

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## [What is the advantage of keeping files on s3?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-advantage-of-keeping-files-on-s3/145297)

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**Author:** [@eextra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eextra)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-advantage-of-keeping-files-on-s3/145297 "2020-03-26T15:26:43Z")

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That’s how I read, I’m having problems with migration myself. I see a lot of problems (maybe solved). And so I wonder - what is the sense of keeping the upload on s3? Is there any sense of it apart from saving costs ? E…

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## [Disable post creating via the website](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-post-creating-via-the-website/145585)

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**Author:** [@xceph](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xceph)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-post-creating-via-the-website/145585 "2020-03-26T11:50:09Z")

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Hi, I’m integrating discourse into my app, and I would like to know if I could possibly disable posting new topics from the webui, and instead only allow them to be created via the API? I have several pieces of informa…

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## [Email failure after install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-failure-after-install/145315)

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**Author:** [@sturdy2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sturdy2)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-failure-after-install/145315 "2020-03-25T22:46:40Z")

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I have installed Discourse and now have admin access but when I try send invitations or test emails, total failure. I have an email server (mail.mydomain.com) with the account postmaster@mydomain.com. After reading seve…

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