# Hot

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## [The purpose of the 2 Discourse API systems](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-purpose-of-the-2-discourse-api-systems/155253)

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**Author:** [@JQ331](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JQ331)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-purpose-of-the-2-discourse-api-systems/155253 "2020-06-24T00:39:22Z")

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I’m hoping to clarify when and for what purposes the two Discourse API Authentication systems operate. (from here). This is my best understanding: The Admin API, sometimes also referred to as the JSON API, can be us…

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## [Discobot certificate.svg is broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-certificate-svg-is-broken/155258)

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**Author:** [@Benjamin\_D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjamin_D)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-certificate-svg-is-broken/155258 "2020-06-18T19:13:39Z")

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it’s weird because the link in the raw works fine : https://meta.discourse.org/discobot/certificate.svg?date=Jun+18+2020&user\_id=69993 and it was fine for some time just after the completion of the tutorial. I have…

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## [Add to serializer only for staff and current user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-to-serializer-only-for-staff-and-current-user/155261)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-to-serializer-only-for-staff-and-current-user/155261 "2021-02-13T21:23:24Z")

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I’m working on a plugin that needs to add stuff to the user serializer. It’s working! :tada: But I need to add it to the user serializer only for staff and the current user. But . . . backing up, perhaps, I really need…

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## ["Score" in JSON APIs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-in-json-apis/155263)

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**Author:** [@RiversideRocks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RiversideRocks)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-in-json-apis/155263 "2020-06-18T19:46:29Z")

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Hello, I was looking through the JSON file of my user profile, and I noticed that on there is an object called “score”. What does this mean?

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## [Terms of Service translated to Brazilian Portuguese](https://meta.discourse.org/t/terms-of-service-translated-to-brazilian-portuguese/155271)

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**Author:** [@Thamer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thamer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/terms-of-service-translated-to-brazilian-portuguese/155271 "2020-06-20T22:23:13Z")

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Hey guys, I have been using Discourse on my websites in Brazil for a while, and I want to share with you a simple thing I worked on that can be helpful for someone else. Apparently, when installing Discourse in Brazil…

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## [Can parameters be injected from the template to a widget action?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-parameters-be-injected-from-the-template-to-a-widget-action/155275)

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**Author:** [@oca](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oca)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-parameters-be-injected-from-the-template-to-a-widget-action/155275 "2020-07-05T07:49:44Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Developer’s guide to Discourse Themes: Dear all, I was wondering if parameters could be injected from the template to an action and I couldn’t find a positive nor a negative answer in @Jo…

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## [Docker Installation Error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-installation-error/155284)

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**Author:** [@DevCommand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DevCommand)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-installation-error/155284 "2020-06-19T06:46:40Z")

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I can’t install that. root@FiveM:/var/discourse# ./launcher rebuild app /usr/bin/docker: Error response from daemon: OCI runtime create failed: container\_linux.go:349: starting container process caused "process\_linux.go…

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## [Jump to selected text when editing a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jump-to-selected-text-when-editing-a-post/155285)

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**Author:** [@adamengst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adamengst)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jump-to-selected-text-when-editing-a-post/155285 "2023-11-25T16:19:37Z")

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One of my users suggested a small feature tweak. He says he often finds himself writing a long post and discovering after he submits that he wants to edit it. That’s easy, of course, except that if it’s a long post, he h…

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## [Any way to remove columns in the users page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-remove-columns-in-the-users-page/155286)

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**Author:** [@b481](https://meta.discourse.org/u/b481)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-remove-columns-in-the-users-page/155286 "2020-10-23T21:45:34Z")

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Specifically looking to remove the visits, viewed and read columns from the Users (at www.example.com/u and www.example.com/users) page, but haven’t found a way as of yet. Anyone know if it’s possible?

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## [Discourse-github plugin not letting me set org wide badge repositories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-github-plugin-not-letting-me-set-org-wide-badge-repositories/155288)

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**Author:** [@jspaleta.sensu.io](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jspaleta.sensu.io)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-github-plugin-not-letting-me-set-org-wide-badge-repositories/155288 "2020-06-23T06:11:23Z")

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Hello there, The Problem I’m looking for a good way for discourse github plugin to allow badging for contributions across all repos in github organization. Or better yet if at all possible use a regexp pattern to match…

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## [Using discourse as one part of a larger rails app?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-one-part-of-a-larger-rails-app/155312)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Dawson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chris_Dawson)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-one-part-of-a-larger-rails-app/155312 "2020-06-19T05:37:13Z")

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Is it possible to use discourse as one component of a bigger rails app? My goals: Share the database. I would love to have my rails app use the same database as discourse uses. Share login: meaning, it would be great …

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## [Install fails with port 80,443 on GCP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-fails-with-port-80-443-on-gcp/155313)

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**Author:** [@Wall-E](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wall-E)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-fails-with-port-80-443-on-gcp/155313 "2020-06-19T13:25:20Z")

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Hi, I created a VM with GCP compute engine. My domain name is solarnauts.net (from Namecheap) I have created a DNS A-record, for the host I have put the subdomain discourse.solarnauts.net and for the value, the externa…

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## [Discourse Docker startup ERROR on K8S](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-startup-error-on-k8s/155319)

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**Author:** [@Divyaanand\_Sinha](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Divyaanand_Sinha)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-startup-error-on-k8s/155319 "2020-06-22T16:27:07Z")

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I trying to run discourse in a docker on k8s. However after deploying the docker I am facing the below Error when I try to access discourse. I checked /var/www/discourse/log/unicorn\_stderr.log and see the following …

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## [The edit category button displays some strange text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-edit-category-button-displays-some-strange-text/155326)

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**Author:** [@Newuser](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Newuser)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-edit-category-button-displays-some-strange-text/155326 "2020-06-19T12:38:02Z")

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Hi there, When I open a category, I see the following instead of the “Edit Category” label: When I change the language, only the “EN\_US” part changes into whatever language I have selected, but it doesn’t solve the …

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## [Rake multisite:migrate is broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rake-multisite-migrate-is-broken/155329)

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**Author:** [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rake-multisite-migrate-is-broken/155329 "2020-06-23T07:11:24Z")

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Earlier today, I created a support topic in this context, but I wasn’t sure so I did some more tries and investigation into this, Seems like something is very wrong here. multisite rebuilds fail with this error: FAILED …

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## [Enlarge category logos](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enlarge-category-logos/155336)

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**Author:** [@Newuser](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Newuser)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enlarge-category-logos/155336 "2020-06-19T12:26:21Z")

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Hello, I just found out how to set category logos. Unfortunately, they appear way smaller than I’d like them to be. How can I enlarge them? In other words: I can achieve the desired result using inspect element and…

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## [Adding line breaks to Admin \> Customize \> Text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-line-breaks-to-admin-customize-text/155347)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-line-breaks-to-admin-customize-text/155347 "2020-06-19T19:55:00Z")

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Hi, What options, if any, are there for adding line breaks to text in the Admin \> Customize \> Text settings?

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## [Button "New Topic" not visible on android](https://meta.discourse.org/t/button-new-topic-not-visible-on-android/155351)

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**Author:** [@marpet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marpet)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 6:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/button-new-topic-not-visible-on-android/155351 "2020-06-22T06:04:02Z")

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Hi, a user of our forum contacted me that he can’t post from his mobile. He is using android. He can’t see the New Topic button. It is not displayed.That’s the screenshot he send. It looks like a mixture of the desk…

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## [Lost tags from old topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lost-tags-from-old-topic/155352)

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**Author:** [@Bank\_Live](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bank_Live)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 6:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lost-tags-from-old-topic/155352 "2020-06-23T06:14:19Z")

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I have old 54 tags Lost all. I have to recreate the tags again to come back.

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## [Visual Video Forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-video-forum/155372)

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**Author:** [@Sami\_Syed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sami_Syed)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-video-forum/155372 "2020-06-19T16:43:17Z")

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I am wondering if it is possible to create a disocurse forum in which, on the home page we show the actual content that is attached to topic (ex, someone creates a topic and attaches a video and that video is then displa…

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## [Moderation queue without having to manually approve every post: is there a way?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-queue-without-having-to-manually-approve-every-post-is-there-a-way/155378)

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**Author:** [@Thiago\_Mobilon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thiago_Mobilon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-queue-without-having-to-manually-approve-every-post-is-there-a-way/155378 "2020-06-19T17:37:28Z")

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Hi there, Here is our situation: We receive a lot of questions inside topics from WP-Discourse, that are somehow related to the topic, but would go better as a new topic. Then our moderators go from post to post, and d…

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## [Keep pinned topics at the top?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-pinned-topics-at-the-top/155379)

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**Author:** [@c12gene](https://meta.discourse.org/u/c12gene)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-pinned-topics-at-the-top/155379 "2020-06-19T18:05:24Z")

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We have a category that refers to a schedule. I want to keep the current schedule (a topic) pinned to the top. I figured just pinning it for a week would make it happen. But I’m noticing these pinned topics are not stayi…

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## [GCP, Namecheap, not receiving admin registration email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gcp-namecheap-not-receiving-admin-registration-email/155380)

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**Author:** [@Wall-E](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wall-E)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gcp-namecheap-not-receiving-admin-registration-email/155380 "2020-06-20T05:54:40Z")

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My VM is on GCP, with Ubuntu 18.04. Domain and DNS setup with Namecheap. My email is also with Namecheap. Just got ./discourse-setup to run through. discourse is at discourse.solarnauts.net. i’ve setup email according…

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## [Weird translation for login with Discord button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-translation-for-login-with-discord-button/155383)

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**Author:** [@Thamer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thamer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-translation-for-login-with-discord-button/155383 "2020-06-19T18:46:48Z")

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Hey guys, Recently I configured Discord to work as a login alternative for my Discourse forum. The problem is that the login button is weirdly translated to Portuguese as “Discórdia” and I would like to have the correc…

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## [Removing ALL email notifications for a user that has left](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-all-email-notifications-for-a-user-that-has-left/155385)

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**Author:** [@Judith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Judith)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-all-email-notifications-for-a-user-that-has-left/155385 "2020-06-20T16:28:16Z")

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My users are using SSO in order to log in. Sometimes they leave and I want to make sure that they don’t receive any more forum notifications on topics or categories they have subscribed to. How can I ensure that via API?…

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## [Enable markdown in modal window](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-markdown-in-modal-window/155387)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-markdown-in-modal-window/155387 "2020-06-19T19:54:30Z")

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Hi, The feature I have in mind is to enable markdown within Discourse’s modal window. This could be helpful in many places. For instance, this discussion: In general, by supporting markdown in the modal window, the …

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## [Discourse shell update is failing constantly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-shell-update-is-failing-constantly/155395)

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**Author:** [@hosna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hosna)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-shell-update-is-failing-constantly/155395 "2020-06-21T16:58:40Z")

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Here is the log: \[root@talk discourse\]# ./launcher rebuild app Ensuring launcher is up to date Fetching origin Launcher is up-to-date Stopping old container + /usr/bin/docker stop -t 10 app app cd /pups && git …

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## ["Blank" error with firefox when using the wrong 2FA hardware key](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-error-with-firefox-when-using-the-wrong-2fa-hardware-key/155396)

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**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-error-with-firefox-when-using-the-wrong-2fa-hardware-key/155396 "2023-02-21T16:52:50Z")

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When 2FA is enabled but you use the wrong security key in Firefox, you get this “blank” error: It’s not apparent what’s happening. Chromium handles it better: and then if you Close you get: We apparently aren’…

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## [Subcategories on homepage card view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategories-on-homepage-card-view/155398)

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**Author:** [@chaddyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chaddyer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategories-on-homepage-card-view/155398 "2020-06-20T15:19:54Z")

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I like how these subcategories show up on the homepage on the mobile view. Is there a way to get this on desktop?

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## [New user comments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-comments/155399)

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**Author:** [@chaddyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chaddyer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-comments/155399 "2020-06-19T23:53:13Z")

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Is it possible to offer users a box to introduce themselves so I have context for registration? Eg “referrered by starff member” alternatively is there a way to track what channel new users were referred from. Eg who lea…

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