# Support

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## [Unable to change the notification email in admin settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-change-the-notification-email-in-admin-settings/87817)

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**Author:** [@celine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/celine)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 9:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-change-the-notification-email-in-admin-settings/87817 "2018-05-18T09:58:08Z")

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I’d like to change the notification email in the admin settings, but each time I change it it automatically switches back to the email address I had before, which is also my “contact email” address…I do have SPF and DKIM…

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## [Error 404 when uploading a backup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-404-when-uploading-a-backup/87810)

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**Author:** [@sebastien](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sebastien)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-404-when-uploading-a-backup/87810 "2018-05-18T07:50:51Z")

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Hi Guys, When uploading a backup to discourse through the console, it creates lots of 404 errors. In the end my backup got uploaded. Just wondering why i get so many 404 (around 3000 thousands)

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## [How to display a banner for visitors only?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-display-a-banner-for-visitors-only/87800)

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**Author:** [@adrianbblk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adrianbblk)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-display-a-banner-for-visitors-only/87800 "2018-05-18T05:15:08Z")

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Hi, I need to display a banner at the top of the page, but it should be for visitors only. How to set it to disappear for logged users ? Thanks

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## [Value of integrating Discourse and WordPress](https://meta.discourse.org/t/value-of-integrating-discourse-and-wordpress/76034)

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**Author:** [@kermie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kermie)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/value-of-integrating-discourse-and-wordpress/76034 "2018-05-18T02:55:47Z")

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Hey Tumi, I’ll tell you. I am a Community Manager at a software vendor and am responsible for the platforms the community (at least most of it’s members) wants to use, keeping these platforms viral, cross-linked and fu…

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## [Logout of Google and Facebook SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logout-of-google-and-facebook-sso/87745)

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**Author:** [@PaulSTC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PaulSTC)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logout-of-google-and-facebook-sso/87745 "2018-05-17T22:07:02Z")

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I use a discourse forum for coworkers to discuss work related topics. When they login from their work computers, it also logs them in to gmail or facebook, which some are not aware of. Then when they log out of discourse…

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## [Does reassigning a category send a new email out to the group watching the new category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-reassigning-a-category-send-a-new-email-out-to-the-group-watching-the-new-category/39249)

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**Author:** [@smitty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smitty)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-reassigning-a-category-send-a-new-email-out-to-the-group-watching-the-new-category/39249 "2018-05-17T17:27:11Z")

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Does reassigning a category send a new email out to the group watching the new category? Sometimes people categorize topics incorrectly, probably like this and need to be re-assigned by a moderator. Once that is done, wi…

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## [Can't find Groups settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-find-groups-settings/87737)

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**Author:** [@nilan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nilan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-find-groups-settings/87737 "2018-05-17T13:07:05Z")

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I created different groups in the past, and assigned different users to these groups, changed the group names and so on. But now I can’t find the group settings anymore. These are my admin settings: I think between “…

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## [\[ is stripped from reply by email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-stripped-from-reply-by-email/87707)

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**Author:** [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2018, 8:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-stripped-from-reply-by-email/87707 "2018-05-17T08:21:36Z")

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I’ve recently configured reply by email on my discourse instance and it is stripping the ‘\[’ if there is a markdown style link inserted into the email e.g. my email adds \[mail\](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=55…

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## [Inbound mail is not handled anymore due to invalid API key](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inbound-mail-is-not-handled-anymore-due-to-invalid-api-key/87706)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inbound-mail-is-not-handled-anymore-due-to-invalid-api-key/87706 "2018-05-17T07:34:00Z")

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I just realised that I’m no longer seeing any bounces being handled. When checking my mail log, I see the following line for each incoming email: Failed to POST the e-mail to https://blenderartists.org/admin/email/hand…

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## [Login Required activated - after successfull login it transfers you to nonexisting page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-required-activated-after-successfull-login-it-transfers-you-to-nonexisting-page/86825)

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**Author:** [@arnie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arnie)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-required-activated-after-successfull-login-it-transfers-you-to-nonexisting-page/86825 "2018-05-16T16:10:30Z")

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Hello to everyone, I just want to ask if anyone can reproduce it or is it happening just to my discourse forum… When I activate the option in admin section Login Requiered, and when an User logs in, after sucessfull log…

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## [PostgreSQL升级时在重建过程中出现与地区设置相关的错误](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgresql-upgrade-error-with-locale-on-rebuild/87621)

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**Author:** [@\_vincent](https://meta.discourse.org/u/_vincent)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgresql-upgrade-error-with-locale-on-rebuild/87621 "2018-05-16T13:43:17Z")

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Hi, I’m currently trying to rebuild my container, which desperately fails: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC\_ALL = (unset), LANG = "f…

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## [Oauth2 plugin sso, how to switch off email verification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oauth2-plugin-sso-how-to-switch-off-email-verification/87542)

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**Author:** [@shahidmir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shahidmir)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2018, 10:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oauth2-plugin-sso-how-to-switch-off-email-verification/87542 "2018-05-16T10:50:33Z")

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Hi guys, For about 4 weeks or longer I have been working on SSO between Auth0 and discourse, on and off. I have gone for different solutions and had to change my approach a few times. I am now at a point where I need fu…

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## [Dark Theme Not Applied After Wizard Update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dark-theme-not-applied-after-wizard-update/87153)

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**Author:** [@balibebas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/balibebas)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dark-theme-not-applied-after-wizard-update/87153 "2018-05-16T06:31:35Z")

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After running the /wizard and selecting the Dark theme my users are still seeing the light theme. User profile settings show two “Dark” options listed (only one of them changes the theme). Users who had default interface…

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## [Very secret info and email notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-secret-info-and-email-notifications/55793)

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**Author:** [@intagger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/intagger)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-secret-info-and-email-notifications/55793 "2018-05-15T23:38:36Z")

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I have a private forum with confidential information which must be stored only on our own server and should not pass to any other systems like gmail, etc. via email notifications. How can I configure email notifications …

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## [What is the recommended workflow for managing a live Discourse site?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-recommended-workflow-for-managing-a-live-discourse-site/87566)

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**Author:** [@j127](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j127)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-recommended-workflow-for-managing-a-live-discourse-site/87566 "2018-05-15T20:58:22Z")

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I’m trying to figure out a good workflow for managing a live Discourse site and have a few more questions: 1. Development Environment I have Discourse running on my laptop (Ubuntu 16.04), but the cloned Github repo is m…

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## [Code and text in customize section not saving due to Cloudflare](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-and-text-in-customize-section-not-saving-due-to-cloudflare/87346)

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**Author:** [@mmiada](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mmiada)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-and-text-in-customize-section-not-saving-due-to-cloudflare/87346 "2018-05-15T12:34:36Z")

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hi, i try to add a code in section and i found that is not save anything, is not also allow to delete anything. i add some code or delete some and when i come back to the settings is as before. all my old code and cs…

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## [User custom fields for SSO payload](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-custom-fields-for-sso-payload/87256)

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**Author:** [@kinqsley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kinqsley)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-custom-fields-for-sso-payload/87256 "2018-05-15T11:12:13Z")

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How can I update user’s custom field value through SSO payload params everytime the user logins? I am using a sso for php repo by GitHub - cviebrock/discourse-php: A PHP class for helping with Discourse's SSO login · Gi…

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## [Linode now has a $5/mo option](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linode-now-has-a-5-mo-option/57418)

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**Author:** [@wscott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wscott)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linode-now-has-a-5-mo-option/57418 "2017-12-28T03:25:03Z")

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Linode just announced a $5/mo option with 1GB of memory. This looks much better than the Digital Ocean version with 1/2 the memory. And several blogs report that Linode has faster disks and cpu than the matching DO nod…

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## [Emails sent from noreply@(IP Address) via domain.com](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-sent-from-noreply-ip-address-via-domain-com/87506)

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**Author:** [@cmwebdev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cmwebdev)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 4:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-sent-from-noreply-ip-address-via-domain-com/87506 "2018-05-15T04:28:35Z")

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I’m sending Discourse emails through Elastic Email. I noticed that when they arrive in my inbox, the “From” field says noreply@0.0.0.0 via domain.com (with the real IP and domain that my discourse install uses). Is this…

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## [Couldn't find force https](https://meta.discourse.org/t/couldnt-find-force-https/87489)

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**Author:** [@jzhu077](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jzhu077)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/couldnt-find-force-https/87489 "2018-05-14T23:42:16Z")

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I am using v1.9.5 in admin settings I didn’t see any force\_https settings. I’d like to set that so all email links are in https instead of http. Thanks in advance

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## [Advanced search for a subcategory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-for-a-subcategory/87060)

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**Author:** [@Francois\_Douville](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Francois_Douville)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-for-a-subcategory/87060 "2018-05-14T19:40:09Z")

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I specify a subcategory in my research I had six results. Five were good, but the last one was not in this subcategory.

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## [Invalid byte sequence error during install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-byte-sequence-error-during-install/87430)

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**Author:** [@GoMezzo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GoMezzo)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-byte-sequence-error-during-install/87430 "2018-05-14T15:59:27Z")

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We tried to install discourse on Ubuntu 16.04 and everything went smoothly until we got this error. Anyone can figure out what is wrong and how to fix it? Updates successful. Rebuilding in 5 seconds.Building appWARNING:…

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## [Can't delete a tag when it is not assigned to any topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-delete-a-tag-when-it-is-not-assigned-to-any-topics/87247)

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**Author:** [@ncl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ncl)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-delete-a-tag-when-it-is-not-assigned-to-any-topics/87247 "2018-05-13T15:52:50Z")

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A tag created by mistake, it doesn’t show on /tags list, neither in the tags group, even /tags/{tag} but only appear when you are going to have a new topic, it’s just right there, couldn’t find any way to let it disap…

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## [SSO don't return to return\_url after new user creation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-dont-return-to-return-url-after-new-user-creation/79492)

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**Author:** [@xagaba](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xagaba)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-dont-return-to-return-url-after-new-user-creation/79492 "2018-05-13T15:14:58Z")

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I have a website that uses Discourse as a SSO provider. I have a login button in my site that redirects to Discourse SSO with the return\_url set, if and existing user logined correctly, Discourse honors my return\_url a…

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## [Installing on VPS / WHM separate account possible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-on-vps-whm-separate-account-possible/87291)

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**Author:** [@Queth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Queth)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-on-vps-whm-separate-account-possible/87291 "2018-05-11T19:53:29Z")

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Hello, the topics I found are dealing with installing on a VPS under one account/hostname. however I want to try and setup the following, so I can keep the current forum up and running and do the switch without downtime…

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## [How to use theme color scheme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-theme-color-scheme/87148)

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**Author:** [@TheBestPessimist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBestPessimist)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-theme-color-scheme/87148 "2018-05-11T15:24:16Z")

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I see that material design stock theme has multiple color schemes: material teal/amber simple dark material dark etc. But i (as an admin) have to select exactly one of these color schemes for my users. Is there a pos…

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## [IAM and bucket policy for S3 access](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iam-and-bucket-policy-for-s3-access/87222)

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**Author:** [@Asher\_Densmore-Lynn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Asher_Densmore-Lynn)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iam-and-bucket-policy-for-s3-access/87222 "2018-05-11T04:02:04Z")

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I noticed that all of the tutorials i found for Discourse S3 access granted the user absolute authority over the bucket – they allow ‘s3:\*’ authority. This is an extremely unwise policy, since it allows significantly mo…

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## [Why we can't add groups to top menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-we-cant-add-groups-to-top-menu/54968)

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**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-we-cant-add-groups-to-top-menu/54968 "2018-05-11T03:15:32Z")

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Is there a way to add groups to top menu ? My /admin/site\_settings/category/basic top\_menu settings looks like But I do not get Groups at top menu. I’ll love to add grop page to top menu so users can join freely …

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## [SSO login redirect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-login-redirect/87191)

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**Author:** [@Sami\_Syed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sami_Syed)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-login-redirect/87191 "2018-05-10T19:38:25Z")

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I am using discourse as an sso provider to wordpress. Meaning discourse handles all user authentication (login, signup, profile, etc..) Every time I sign into my forum, (without the wordpress sso link) I still get redir…

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## [Recent Odd Behavior with Tag Visibility to Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recent-odd-behavior-with-tag-visibility-to-users/87101)

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**Author:** [@ArMK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArMK)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recent-odd-behavior-with-tag-visibility-to-users/87101 "2018-05-10T19:31:51Z")

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I have recently noticed this weird tagging behavior, so not sure if it’s to do with the latest updates: I have tags enabled on my forum, and organized by tag groups. However, the tags are only visible to staff, whereas …

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