# Support

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## [Discourse always generates links to itself with http: rather than https:](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-always-generates-links-to-itself-with-http-rather-than-https/103910)

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**Author:** [@Tom\_Boutell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Boutell)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-always-generates-links-to-itself-with-http-rather-than-https/103910 "2018-12-10T16:20:57Z")

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I have recently switched to having Discourse listen on a Unix socket and proxying through an nginx server on the underlying Linux system. Works great. However, Discourse builds all of its internal links with http, so it…

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## [Invisible icon problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invisible-icon-problem/103884)

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**Author:** [@ankur1857](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ankur1857)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invisible-icon-problem/103884 "2018-12-10T13:10:57Z")

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Following script is not showing icon after font awesome 5.0 update. Please help to make changes in the script. api.decorateWidget('header-buttons:after', helper =\> { if (Discourse.User.current()) { …

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## [Jumbled icons after update (v2.2.0.beta5 +109)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jumbled-icons-after-update-v2-2-0-beta5-109/103848)

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**Author:** [@David\_Kwan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Kwan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jumbled-icons-after-update-v2-2-0-beta5-109/103848 "2018-12-09T22:16:18Z")

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After updating to Discourse (v2.2.0.beta5 +109), me and some of my users have seen a jumbled home screen with icons misplaced all over the page and they are either too big or too small. I was able to figure out that a si…

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## [Delete all posts and topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-all-posts-and-topics/38187)

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**Author:** [@Aryeh\_Armon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aryeh_Armon)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-all-posts-and-topics/38187 "2018-12-09T22:06:55Z")

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I have imported about 500,000 posts to my discourse instance. i would like to delete all posts and topics to re-import all my posts. does anyone have any idea how to do this?

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## [Creating a new Topic users reported a "Not Found" overlay](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-new-topic-users-reported-a-not-found-overlay/103474)

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**Author:** [@RobertBrockie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobertBrockie)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-new-topic-users-reported-a-not-found-overlay/103474 "2018-12-09T18:52:42Z")

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Some of the users of my forum had reported that when creating a new topic they got an overlay that just said “Not Found”. This issue seemed to just go away, however I’d like to know why it happened and how I can prev…

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## [Linking to PM breaches privacy?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-to-pm-breaches-privacy/103835)

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**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-to-pm-breaches-privacy/103835 "2018-12-09T15:12:04Z")

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Context A private group is assigned a public email address. Someone sends an email to that address: a group PM appears in members’ Inbox. Someone in the team creates a topic in a private category (Everyone has no access…

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## [Why admin tag is not visible on posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-admin-tag-is-not-visible-on-posts/103813)

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**Author:** [@Abhijeet\_Pal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Abhijeet_Pal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-admin-tag-is-not-visible-on-posts/103813 "2018-12-09T14:24:48Z")

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Hello dear, Just did a new fresh discourse installation, quite new to all the settings. Can Anyone help me out with it? I can’t see the admin tag beside my username Am I missing some setting? And one more thing ca…

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## [How to remove hashtags in everywhere](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-hashtags-in-everywhere/103785)

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**Author:** [@Bieting](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bieting)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-hashtags-in-everywhere/103785 "2018-12-09T03:34:42Z")

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My site bieting.com,suddenly lots of hashtags appear everywhere.How to remove them?

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## [WP-Discourse Force SSO?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-force-sso/91932)

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**Author:** [@Speck\_of\_the\_Cosmos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Speck_of_the_Cosmos)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-force-sso/91932 "2018-07-17T21:27:15Z")

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I’ve been trying to figure out how to force wordpress to use the discourse SSO instead of the default login. Discourse is a pretty central part of our organization and the SSO works for the wordpress install, but I’m try…

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## [How to make Notifications panel as Meta?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-notifications-panel-as-meta/103772)

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**Author:** [@barreeeiroo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barreeeiroo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-notifications-panel-as-meta/103772 "2018-12-08T14:58:15Z")

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I’ve just seen that Meta changed the Notification and Hamburger panel, and now they slide from the edges (which is pretty cool) How can it be enabled on any forum? :sweat\_smile:

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## [Mobile: Columns are squeezed on portrait](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-columns-are-squeezed-on-portrait/103770)

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**Author:** [@daniavorszky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daniavorszky)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-columns-are-squeezed-on-portrait/103770 "2018-12-08T14:42:55Z")

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Hello, new Discourse user here. I have just finsihed installing my first forum and run into an issue on mobile: on portait the columns are squeezed, on landscape, on portrait in the Discourse app and on desktop are looki…

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## [Custom styling for \>Blockquote](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-styling-for-blockquote/103028)

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**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-styling-for-blockquote/103028 "2018-12-08T01:50:08Z")

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I’ve created the following custom styling for my blockquotes on this forum page. But I’m having some issues as outlined below. Here’s my CSS overrides… blockquote { display: block; border-width: 2px 0; border-styl…

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## [Failed to restore from backup because backup file was renamed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-restore-from-backup-because-backup-file-was-renamed/103700)

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**Author:** [@SMT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SMT)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-restore-from-backup-because-backup-file-was-renamed/103700 "2018-12-07T17:14:35Z")

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Getting the below error when I try to restore data from backup. Pls help. Copying archive to tmp directory... Unzipping archive, this may take a while... tar: meta.json: Not found in archive tar: Exiting wi…

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## [Is it possibe to run a container without nginx internally?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possibe-to-run-a-container-without-nginx-internally/103718)

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**Author:** [@Andrew\_Fritz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Fritz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possibe-to-run-a-container-without-nginx-internally/103718 "2018-12-07T16:58:00Z")

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The container itself starts up an nginx server internally. It is running behind another nginx server (via the socketed template which all works great). However, I’d like to remove the middle nginx that is just eating res…

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## [Help with color changing names](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-color-changing-names/103682)

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**Author:** [@Jason3](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jason3)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-color-changing-names/103682 "2018-12-07T14:15:30Z")

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I’ve had a group for a year now, that changes my name multiple colors. here is the code i use: .names span.Jasons\_Group a { -webkit-animation: rainbow 10s infinite; -ms-animation: rainbow 10s infinite; -o-anima…

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## [New user invite links only give ERR\_SSL\_PROTOCOL\_ERROR](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-invite-links-only-give-err-ssl-protocol-error/103572)

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**Author:** [@ematsen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ematsen)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-invite-links-only-give-err-ssl-protocol-error/103572 "2018-12-07T03:23:05Z")

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Hello everyone– Summary New user invite links give a ERR\_SSL\_PROTOCOL\_ERROR even though the rest of the site works fine. Context I’ve been running a completely stock Discourse Docker image for about 5 years with no tro…

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## [How to disable right click,mouse selection, Ctrl + C and Ctrl + U for all users except Admin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-right-click-mouse-selection-ctrl-c-and-ctrl-u-for-all-users-except-admin/103642)

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**Author:** [@Viki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viki)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-right-click-mouse-selection-ctrl-c-and-ctrl-u-for-all-users-except-admin/103642 "2018-12-07T00:27:14Z")

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Hello! I am configuring Discourse for online novel writers group, they are asking me to prevent users to copy the contents using Right mouse click, Ctrl + C or Viewing page source by Ctrl + U. I already searched google…

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## [Font-Awesome icons not being loaded](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-awesome-icons-not-being-loaded/103648)

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**Author:** [@wishspinner](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wishspinner)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-awesome-icons-not-being-loaded/103648 "2018-12-06T19:31:24Z")

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Hi all, I have discourse up and runnning on both a local test environment as well as on a live test server. Everything is ok on my local machine, but on the live server font-awesome is not being loaded. Here’s the bit …

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## ["Solution" text floats above reply](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-text-floats-above-reply/103573)

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**Author:** [@larsgw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/larsgw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solution-text-floats-above-reply/103573 "2018-12-06T15:15:47Z")

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The “solution” text of posts marked as a solution hovers (z-index: 999) above replies, as shown below:

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## [Unlock Trust Level downgrades user from TL2 to TL1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlock-trust-level-downgrades-user-from-tl2-to-tl1/103585)

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**Author:** [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 10:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlock-trust-level-downgrades-user-from-tl2-to-tl1/103585 "2018-12-06T10:35:46Z")

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If I unlock the trust level for a TL2 user, he is downgraded to TL1. Is this the expected behavior? Screenshot of the log shows the unlocking and then my changing the user’s TL back to 2.

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## [Limit consecutive replies for topic owner?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-consecutive-replies-for-topic-owner/103405)

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**Author:** [@testingsoftware](https://meta.discourse.org/u/testingsoftware)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-consecutive-replies-for-topic-owner/103405 "2018-12-06T09:33:59Z")

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Hi, I can see that the Limit Consecutive Replies is set to 3 and it does make sense in general but in our community, some users have started small personal “Blogs” in our Book o Remembrance. the creator is generally sp…

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## [Missing logo in email summary](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-logo-in-email-summary/103510)

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**Author:** [@pat1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pat1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 9:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-logo-in-email-summary/103510 "2018-12-06T09:11:03Z")

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Hi all, The logo in our digest emails seems to be broken, even though it displays correctly in the digest logo section of the settings. When the digest logo is removed and it should fall back to logo this is also brok…

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## [Removing topic summary underneath first post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-topic-summary-underneath-first-post/37604)

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**Author:** [@anon34394924](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon34394924)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-topic-summary-underneath-first-post/37604 "2016-01-07T23:40:45Z")

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I would like to remove this bar from displaying. Is there a way to do this?

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## [Users unable to login using Wordpress SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-unable-to-login-using-wordpress-sso/103434)

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**Author:** [@samnazarko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/samnazarko)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-unable-to-login-using-wordpress-sso/103434 "2018-12-05T23:11:17Z")

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Hi there, Over the last couple of months, I’ve had some reports of issues when a user tries to login to the forums but had an account before. In January when we moved to WP based SSO; I know that existing user accounts…

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## [OneBox not appearing... troubleshooting steps?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-not-appearing-troubleshooting-steps/103561)

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**Author:** [@sronan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sronan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-not-appearing-troubleshooting-steps/103561 "2018-12-05T21:15:51Z")

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On a new forum I am administering I tried posting a sentence or two together with a link that I hoped would create a OneBox popout. But it didn’t appear. Tried a couple of times with a couple of different links. Both sho…

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## [Abbreviated post instead of full post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/abbreviated-post-instead-of-full-post/101471)

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**Author:** [@germtalk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/germtalk)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/abbreviated-post-instead-of-full-post/101471 "2018-12-05T13:55:03Z")

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I recently started a self hosted discourse community site and am learning a bunch but have a long way to go. I was able to sign up for an e-mail list and when I receive an e-mail from the mailing list, it automatically …

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## [On edit: Internal Server Error due to plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-edit-internal-server-error-due-to-plugin/103314)

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**Author:** [@modius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/modius)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-edit-internal-server-error-due-to-plugin/103314 "2018-12-05T03:45:57Z")

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Since the last update I appear to be getting the following error in a small dialogue for editing posts: Internal Server Error Steps to reproduce in my system at least: create a new post and save; all is well reply to…

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## [Problem migrating polls: \`integer out of range\` (1000000000000)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-migrating-polls-integer-out-of-range-1000000000000/103503)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-migrating-polls-integer-out-of-range-1000000000000/103503 "2018-12-04T21:53:03Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Rubygems: Too Many Requests problem returns!: Well, perhaps the 429 errors are spurious. Further down in the logs I get this: I, \[2018-12-04T20:54:58.204054 #16\] INFO -- : \> cd /var/www/…

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## [Tagging topics without affecting topic placement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tagging-topics-without-affecting-topic-placement/103473)

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**Author:** [@sronan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sronan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tagging-topics-without-affecting-topic-placement/103473 "2018-12-04T17:05:27Z")

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Just in the early phases with a first forum, as an admin I added tags to some of the older topics and my impression is that as a result those topics appeared at the top of the list of topics for users checking in, above …

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## [Allowing users to send invites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-users-to-send-invites/37335)

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**Author:** [@seanthegeek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanthegeek)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-users-to-send-invites/37335 "2015-12-31T20:19:25Z")

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Hi All, I have a site with the “Invite only” option checked, it’s description reads (emphasis mine): Public registration is disabled, all new users must be explicitly invited by other members or staff. However, I’ve…

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