# Support

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## [Modify the category Authorization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modify-the-category-authorization/84320)

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**Author:** [@smota](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smota)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modify-the-category-authorization/84320 "2018-04-01T12:28:53Z")

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Hi experts, I’m trying to modify the category’s authorizations, but it seems that is not possible.

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## [How to define category colors?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-define-category-colors/84271)

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**Author:** [@JimmyBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimmyBoy)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-define-category-colors/84271 "2018-03-31T23:00:10Z")

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Recently installed a discourse test environment. I created a category and set a category color successfuly. Im sure I done this while creating the category. Now I want to change the color of the category, but cant for …

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## [Editing a topic to add a Poll crashes Discourse!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-topic-to-add-a-poll-crashes-discourse/83961)

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**Author:** [@Yassine\_Yousfi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yassine_Yousfi)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-topic-to-add-a-poll-crashes-discourse/83961 "2018-03-31T16:30:19Z")

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So it goes like this: User A: Creates an ordinary topic. Admin: Comes in to edit the topic by adding a Poll object to it. Discourse: Freezes for ever, immediately after adding the poll. Chrome: Eats all the m…

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## [How does Discourse take advantage of multiple CPU cores environment on the server?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-take-advantage-of-multiple-cpu-cores-environment-on-the-server/84278)

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**Author:** [@W.M](https://meta.discourse.org/u/W.M)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 10:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-take-advantage-of-multiple-cpu-cores-environment-on-the-server/84278 "2018-03-31T10:59:09Z")

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As far as I know Ruby MRI does not run on more than once CPU core despite the availability of others. How does Discourse deal with this?

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## [Monitoring email queue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/monitoring-email-queue/84259)

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**Author:** [@lt100](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lt100)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/monitoring-email-queue/84259 "2018-03-30T21:03:10Z")

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How do I monitor email queue in Discourse? I remember seeing some sort of a dashboard, but forgot the address of it

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## [Aufs/overlay2 storage driver (docker)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aufs-overlay2-storage-driver-docker/77968)

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**Author:** [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aufs-overlay2-storage-driver-docker/77968 "2018-03-30T21:17:38Z")

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Hello Discourse Team, I have a little question about Docker, I’m not an expert at all in the matter, but before you recommanded aufs storage driver for Docker, and a year ago when I used the command wget -qO- https://get…

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## [Ember errors when adding script to \</body\>](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ember-errors-when-adding-script-to-body/84233)

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**Author:** [@JohnONolan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnONolan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ember-errors-when-adding-script-to-body/84233 "2018-03-30T20:38:08Z")

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Have searched (a lot) to try and make sure I’m not missing something, but I’m totally stumped. Currently adding any sort of \<script\> tag to any part of the theme editor is throwing a 403 error on Ember JQuery. Anyone kn…

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## [Reverse Proxy rewrites domain in external links in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reverse-proxy-rewrites-domain-in-external-links-in-posts/83078)

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**Author:** [@tpavliuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpavliuk)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 10:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reverse-proxy-rewrites-domain-in-external-links-in-posts/83078 "2018-03-30T10:47:48Z")

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Hello! We have forum installed in subfolder: https://i.materialise.com/forum/ We have problem with external links in posts. When user clicks on external link, he gets redirect to URL with our main site domain with path…

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## [Missing user avatars after most recent Discourse update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-user-avatars-after-most-recent-discourse-update/84084)

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**Author:** [@daveaevion](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daveaevion)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-user-avatars-after-most-recent-discourse-update/84084 "2018-03-29T00:46:49Z")

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I recently realized my user avatars are not showing up on the homepage under the users column. They do, however, show up on individual posts, so it is not site-wide behavior. Here’s a screenshot, and it can be viewed a…

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## [HTTPS refused to connect at a direct IP address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-refused-to-connect-at-a-direct-ip-address/84017)

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**Author:** [@trangchongcheng](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trangchongcheng)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-refused-to-connect-at-a-direct-ip-address/84017 "2018-03-28T06:30:19Z")

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Today, i created 2 VPS on DigitalOcean. I using for install Discourse. But it only working with http When i setup https for Discourse then refused to connect error. I try on two VPS both are faulty. I had use the…

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## [Add a Sign up button (memberful purchase link) in header and disappear when log in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-sign-up-button-memberful-purchase-link-in-header-and-disappear-when-log-in/81537)

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**Author:** [@Francois\_Douville](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Francois_Douville)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-sign-up-button-memberful-purchase-link-in-header-and-disappear-when-log-in/81537 "2018-03-28T00:13:46Z")

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I have the memberful integration with Discourse. When SSO is active, the sign up button disappear. Only the “sign in” button of Discourse is showing and convert to the Memberful’s sign in form. I will add a “sign up” bu…

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## [Suppress category from Latest top menu only \[1.5.x\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-category-from-latest-top-menu-only-1-5-x/34057)

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**Author:** [@mr8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mr8)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-category-from-latest-top-menu-only-1-5-x/34057 "2018-03-27T16:25:39Z")

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Continuing the discussion from 1.5.0.beta1 breaks category exclusion from homepage: Is there a way to exclude a category from the Latest top menu like we had in 1.4? I tried the new Suppress this category from the home…

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## [Problem with certificate link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-certificate-link/83778)

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**Author:** [@Francois\_Douville](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Francois_Douville)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-certificate-link/83778 "2018-03-27T15:58:39Z")

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I tried the robot tutorial with two different accounts and the link for the certificate image is not working. Maybe is it because I changed the robot pseudo?

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## [Display google search box on private instance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-google-search-box-on-private-instance/83947)

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**Author:** [@pyo0723](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pyo0723)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-google-search-box-on-private-instance/83947 "2018-03-27T12:33:28Z")

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When a search returns no results, there’s a suggestion to try a Google search. But our discourse not display the search box and google button. Why not display the search box and button? Is there a way to display the s…

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## [WP Discourse publishing entire post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-publishing-entire-post/73430)

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**Author:** [@dylanb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanb)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-publishing-entire-post/73430 "2018-03-27T04:59:18Z")

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My install of WP Discourse seems to insist on publishing the entire post to Discourse instead of my post excerpt. Any idea why? Here’s the setting in WP Discourse: The result is a post like this on the forum that has…

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## [Links to posts/topics aren't populating in Slack](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-posts-topics-arent-populating-in-slack/83913)

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**Author:** [@jerdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jerdog)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-posts-topics-arent-populating-in-slack/83913 "2018-03-26T23:48:40Z")

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So whenever I post a link to our site (community.auth0.com) it doesn’t auto-expand/summarize like it does for other Discourse sites. Is there anything I should be checking?

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## [Confirming Discourse username when publishing posts from WordPress](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirming-discourse-username-when-publishing-posts-from-wordpress/87491)

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**Author:** [@subtenko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/subtenko)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirming-discourse-username-when-publishing-posts-from-wordpress/87491 "2018-03-26T21:11:33Z")

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So so created another user and saw if I could post as anyone when using the wordpress blog to discourse topic feature. Sure enough it shows as that user posting as whoever they say they are on discourse even tho they ar…

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## [Optionally add noreferrer to external links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optionally-add-noreferrer-to-external-links/79474)

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**Author:** [@brett\_zink](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brett_zink)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optionally-add-noreferrer-to-external-links/79474 "2018-03-26T21:08:20Z")

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The 1.7 release notes mention that noreferrer was added. I don’t see it in the options or in the codebase anywhere. I categorized this as support, because maybe i’m missing the config somewhere? But maybe it’s a bug?

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## [Good Russian Discourse Hosting?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/good-russian-discourse-hosting/83904)

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**Author:** [@wml\_flc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wml_flc)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/good-russian-discourse-hosting/83904 "2018-03-26T20:50:17Z")

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Hi! Who know what is the good russian Discourse hosting ot hosting with russian data centers? Thx!

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## [Is there a way to suggest DuckDuckGo instead of Google for failed search UI?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-suggest-duckduckgo-instead-of-google-for-failed-search-ui/83895)

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**Author:** [@wolftune](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wolftune)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-suggest-duckduckgo-instead-of-google-for-failed-search-ui/83895 "2018-03-26T19:44:58Z")

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When a search returns no results, there’s a suggestion to try a Google search. We can alter the text above the button and could even alter the button label. But is there a way to change the button to use DuckDuckGo inste…

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## [Query of replies made by staff includes actions like opening and closing threads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-of-replies-made-by-staff-includes-actions-like-opening-and-closing-threads/82535)

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**Author:** [@jerdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jerdog)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-of-replies-made-by-staff-includes-actions-like-opening-and-closing-threads/82535 "2018-03-26T14:38:55Z")

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I am building queries for my community to be able to fulfill some metrics, and what I am seeing is something I can’t seem to get around. The following query essentially just pulls back all posts made by staff members dur…

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## [Install/deploy Discourse with Bitmani](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-deploy-discourse-with-bitmani/83798)

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**Author:** [@mdreamer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mdreamer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-deploy-discourse-with-bitmani/83798 "2018-03-26T14:09:42Z")

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Hi, I’m now looking into how and where to deploy my Discourse installation. Options: AWS using Docker AWS using Bitnami As far as I can tell I cannot find any disadvantages in Bitnami (as of this date) in comparison …

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## [Notify user when title or category of their topic was changed?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-user-when-title-or-category-of-their-topic-was-changed/83806)

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**Author:** [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-user-when-title-or-category-of-their-topic-was-changed/83806 "2018-03-26T13:31:59Z")

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Is there a way to notify a user by default if a moderator changes the category or title of a topic they created?

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## [User configurable landing page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-configurable-landing-page/83864)

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**Author:** [@lxsameer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lxsameer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-configurable-landing-page/83864 "2018-03-26T11:14:15Z")

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I want my user to be able to choose between “categories” view in the home page or “latest posts” view. Is it possible ?

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## [Activating approval in a topic that is not current](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activating-approval-in-a-topic-that-is-not-current/83650)

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**Author:** [@ggurbet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ggurbet)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activating-approval-in-a-topic-that-is-not-current/83650 "2018-03-26T10:52:18Z")

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Hello. I am looking for a solution that allows us to make a topic needing approval if the latest post in that topic is n days old, disregarding the user’s trust level. Is it currently possible to do this? What I mean: …

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## [S3 back-up auto-delete of old files?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-back-up-auto-delete-of-old-files/83655)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-back-up-auto-delete-of-old-files/83655 "2018-03-23T15:40:57Z")

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Does Discourse also send a deletion request to S3 to keep the number of back-ups limited to the number requested, or does this have to be done manually? My site is keeping my back-ups to the last 5, but this isn’t refle…

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## [Issues moving from Elastic to Mailgun](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-moving-from-elastic-to-mailgun/83813)

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**Author:** [@Francois\_Douville](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Francois_Douville)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-moving-from-elastic-to-mailgun/83813 "2018-03-25T18:27:45Z")

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I switched from Elastic to Mailgun, but there is something bugging with my 443 port. My site is not working and I received this message : Check your networking configuration to see that connections to port 443 are allow…

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## [Did not find expected '-' indicator in app.yml](https://meta.discourse.org/t/did-not-find-expected-indicator-in-app-yml/83800)

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**Author:** [@adrianbblk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adrianbblk)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/did-not-find-expected-indicator-in-app-yml/83800 "2018-03-25T14:56:42Z")

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Hi Everyone, I just try to rebuild the app and I get this error: (\<unknown\>): did not find expected '-' indicator while parsing a block collection at line 11 column 3 -e LANG=en\_US.UTF-8 YAML syntax error. Please check…

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## [Help with js to insert into a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-js-to-insert-into-a-topic/83772)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-js-to-insert-into-a-topic/83772 "2018-03-24T21:56:57Z")

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Hello! I need to insert \<script src="https://xxxxx.js" async\>\</script\> into a topic, just ONE topic. I knew this: But it is possible to use javascript to check the url and if it match, insert the js? :thinking:

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## [Sorry for another Haproxy/Apache port 80 post but](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-for-another-haproxy-apache-port-80-post-but/83513)

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**Author:** [@subtenko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/subtenko)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-for-another-haproxy-apache-port-80-post-but/83513 "2018-03-22T22:15:17Z")

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Im going in circles confused for about 1-2 weeks now. Here’s what Ive done since originally I found port 80 is already in use by apache (I have other sites on the service btw) I tried to run ./discourse-setup as you …

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