# Hot

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## [Moving topics to new categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-topics-to-new-categories/166155)

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**Author:** [@P2W](https://meta.discourse.org/u/P2W)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 5:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-topics-to-new-categories/166155 "2020-10-04T05:06:32Z")

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When moving threads it only appears I can merge it into an existing thread. I simply want to transplant the thread in its entirety to a different category or subcategory. Will appreciate your assistance friends.

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## [User merge failed, corrupted database entries due to third party plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-merge-failed-corrupted-database-entries-due-to-third-party-plugin/166159)

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**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aschrijver)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-merge-failed-corrupted-database-entries-due-to-third-party-plugin/166159 "2020-10-06T21:09:35Z")

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Original title: Forum front page inaccessible (blank screen or 404) I am moderator at the SocialHub forum at https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks which is the technology forum for the ActivityPub protocol that drives the …

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## [How to limit topic invites to certain trust levels?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-limit-topic-invites-to-certain-trust-levels/166162)

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**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-limit-topic-invites-to-certain-trust-levels/166162 "2020-10-04T20:51:26Z")

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I’ve been getting reports of TL2 members using the topic invite features a bit too much. I’d like to limit it to our TL4 users(Since our intent of using topic invites is for urgent calls). I can’t seem to find the site s…

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## [Make the replay key work like a desktop on mobile phones](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-replay-key-work-like-a-desktop-on-mobile-phones/166173)

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**Author:** [@nildarar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nildarar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-replay-key-work-like-a-desktop-on-mobile-phones/166173 "2020-10-04T10:08:24Z")

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Is there a way to make the replay key above the answer work like a desktop on mobile phones? In this way, by clicking on the replay symbol above the answer, instead of jumping on the parent answer, the parent answer wil…

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## [Merged notifications always take you to the first response](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merged-notifications-always-take-you-to-the-first-response/166190)

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**Author:** [@nildarar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nildarar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merged-notifications-always-take-you-to-the-first-response/166190 "2020-10-05T06:03:09Z")

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When multiple replies are given to a post in a topic, its notifications become one. For example, the title of the notification is: When we click on the notification, the topic opens and the first response related to t…

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## [Add a tag notification level button with ember](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-tag-notification-level-button-with-ember/166194)

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**Author:** [@oca](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oca)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-tag-notification-level-button-with-ember/166194 "2020-10-04T14:06:23Z")

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I would like to display on the front page a theme component that would present show tags and their notification level (bell) button right next to it. (So people would actually use the tag notification feature). I’ve bee…

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## [Topics load slow or not at all when they have many replies and user has bookmark in them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-load-slow-or-not-at-all-when-they-have-many-replies-and-user-has-bookmark-in-them/166201)

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**Author:** [@meriksson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meriksson)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-load-slow-or-not-at-all-when-they-have-many-replies-and-user-has-bookmark-in-them/166201 "2020-10-26T04:32:25Z")

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We have had a recurring problem on our Discourse forum for a while and we finally managed to narrow it down and reliably recreate it. Here are the steps to recreate: Have a topic with thousands of replies Bookmark…

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## [I've won September's new user of the month, multiple times, on multiple communities](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ive-won-septembers-new-user-of-the-month-multiple-times-on-multiple-communities/166202)

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**Author:** [@s\_m](https://meta.discourse.org/u/s_m)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ive-won-septembers-new-user-of-the-month-multiple-times-on-multiple-communities/166202 "2020-10-05T12:32:56Z")

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During September I joined two new communities that use Discourse, as far as I know there is no connection between them other than their shared use of Discourse software: based on a DNS lookup one of them is self-hosted a…

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## [Possible to attach event handlers to widgets in theme/plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-attach-event-handlers-to-widgets-in-theme-plugin/166204)

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**Author:** [@dchouinard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dchouinard)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-attach-event-handlers-to-widgets-in-theme-plugin/166204 "2020-10-04T17:56:53Z")

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Hi, I’m looking to add a click handler to items in the main topic list (to add custom behavior under some conditions). Is it possible to use something like api.decorateWidget() to add an event handler to every instance …

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## [Some unicode emojis are substituted incorrectly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-unicode-emojis-are-substituted-incorrectly/166208)

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**Author:** [@nildarar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nildarar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-unicode-emojis-are-substituted-incorrectly/166208 "2020-12-06T17:29:16Z")

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Our users point out a problem in converting Unicode emojis. when we send :frowning\_face: emoji with the phone keyboard and send the message, :frowning: emoji is inserted in the instead. Also, when we insert the :relaxed: …

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## [Warnings: overcommit\_memory and Transparent Huge Pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warnings-overcommit-memory-and-transparent-huge-pages/166216)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warnings-overcommit-memory-and-transparent-huge-pages/166216 "2020-10-06T11:37:03Z")

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I found a previous thread about one of these warnings but thought it best to check the current position. The two warnings begin: WARNING overcommit\_memory is set to 0! WARNING you have Transparent Huge Pages (THP) sup…

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## [Back-end allows moderators to use merge/move posts to private message, but front-end does not](https://meta.discourse.org/t/back-end-allows-moderators-to-use-merge-move-posts-to-private-message-but-front-end-does-not/166218)

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**Author:** [@Hooksmith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hooksmith)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/back-end-allows-moderators-to-use-merge-move-posts-to-private-message-but-front-end-does-not/166218 "2020-10-08T05:50:19Z")

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This functionality shows up when you are administrator, but not for moderators: The front-end code for this is here: Note the “this.currentUser.admin”. However, the back-end allows for moderators (all staff) to pe…

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## [A way to get page type?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-to-get-page-type/166219)

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**Author:** [@MrDarkside](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MrDarkside)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-to-get-page-type/166219 "2020-10-04T22:37:32Z")

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Can I get a page type somehow to know if it’s a post page or not? I’m currenly checking if there is a posts-wrapper class cause it’s seems unique for posts, but I’m sure it’s not the best way. \<script type="text/discou…

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## [Extend Application actions to add showUserCard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extend-application-actions-to-add-showusercard/166222)

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**Author:** [@sonicb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sonicb)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extend-application-actions-to-add-showusercard/166222 "2020-10-04T22:02:04Z")

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I am creating a custom user menu tab in the burger-bar, similar to the Discourse User Menu Tab theme component and would like to add an item that displays the current user card component. I have the item defined like so: …

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## [Increase allowed length of watched words](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increase-allowed-length-of-watched-words/166249)

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**Author:** [@tkrunning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tkrunning)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increase-allowed-length-of-watched-words/166249 "2020-12-09T08:50:37Z")

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Hi guys, I am trying to send posts containing (international) phone numbers to the approval queue, and am trying to add the following regex as a watched word: ^(\\+|00)((?:9\[679\]|8\[035789\]|6\[789\]|5\[90\]|42|3\[578\]|2\[1-689…

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## [HTTPS | Website says not secure, but fully setup with Cloudflare](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-website-says-not-secure-but-fully-setup-with-cloudflare/166251)

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**Author:** [@\_ESP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/_ESP)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-website-says-not-secure-but-fully-setup-with-cloudflare/166251 "2020-10-06T06:25:19Z")

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Hi there, So after many many hours, I’ve finally gotten Discourse to work on a subdomain, which is https://forum.betaproducts.online, but everytime I fully load the site, it says at the top left “Your connection to this…

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## [Follow Up Email, After Account Creation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-up-email-after-account-creation/166273)

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**Author:** [@gio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gio)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-up-email-after-account-creation/166273 "2020-10-05T15:27:41Z")

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Hello all, We’d like to send an email to users who have created an account, but not posted anything after {x} number of days. Has anyone implemented something similar to this? If so, how did you do it and did you have …

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## [I often get "No users currently online" though it should not display anything](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-often-get-no-users-currently-online-though-it-should-not-display-anything/166276)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-often-get-no-users-currently-online-though-it-should-not-display-anything/166276 "2021-07-01T10:00:28Z")

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It seems to happen when I’m connected and the number of total connected people decreases under the threshold of whos online minimum display. Is there a way to completely hide this message?

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## [Constant loading on group membership request tab](https://meta.discourse.org/t/constant-loading-on-group-membership-request-tab/166284)

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**Author:** [@Heather\_Dudley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heather_Dudley)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/constant-loading-on-group-membership-request-tab/166284 "2020-10-07T17:39:17Z")

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When handling group requests, no matter how many there are, the screen constantly loads and jitters when you scroll down to the bottom of the list. I’ve confirmed this on Chrome (85.0.4183.121 (Official Build) (64-bit)),…

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## [What is captured in "Anonymous Users"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-captured-in-anonymous-users/166285)

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**Author:** [@Nina\_11](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nina_11)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-captured-in-anonymous-users/166285 "2020-10-07T02:28:15Z")

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Hi - I need some help: What is captured in the “anonymous users” numbers in the Admin dashboard?

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## [What are the themes in the Discourse set up wizard?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-themes-in-the-discourse-set-up-wizard/166288)

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**Author:** [@anon89147131](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon89147131)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-themes-in-the-discourse-set-up-wizard/166288 "2020-10-22T15:07:01Z")

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Could someone list me all of them as I’d like to have all of them on my forum?

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## [How hard is to manage a Discourse community for non techies?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-hard-is-to-manage-a-discourse-community-for-non-techies/166293)

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**Author:** [@sahilsharma\_bs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sahilsharma_bs)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-hard-is-to-manage-a-discourse-community-for-non-techies/166293 "2020-10-14T00:15:39Z")

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Hi everyone, I am a newbie to discourse looking for some quick inputs from the wonderful people of this community. Basically, I am someone who has been only using shared hosting ( cpanel, phpmyadmin and all that stuff …

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## [Tags (create/select) on typing in topic creation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-create-select-on-typing-in-topic-creation/166296)

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**Author:** [@feabila](https://meta.discourse.org/u/feabila)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-create-select-on-typing-in-topic-creation/166296 "2020-10-05T19:11:10Z")

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Hi everyone! I’m working in a case where tags will work like in Twitter! So, It would be possible to type “#” then the user could select the tag, or in case which doesn’t exist, I would create. In discourse topic creat…

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## [\[PAID\] Looking for Post Rejection Reason theme component or plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-looking-for-post-rejection-reason-theme-component-or-plugin/166298)

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**Author:** [@TheBaby5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBaby5)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-looking-for-post-rejection-reason-theme-component-or-plugin/166298 "2020-10-05T20:58:11Z")

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What would you like done? Post Rejection Reason feature on topic waiting for approval in the /review section Rightnow, there ain’t no feature to this… You can have look to this thread to what I exactly need! When…

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## [What may cause the auto-deletion of a topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-may-cause-the-auto-deletion-of-a-topic/166300)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-may-cause-the-auto-deletion-of-a-topic/166300 "2020-10-05T20:23:25Z")

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a tl2 user in our community has created a topic and the topic got locked for replying without any action from our admins. admins unlocked the topic, but then the topic seems to be deleted by the system afterwards! (agai…

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## [Default text items with links to Guidelines page don't update if Guidelines topic title changed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-text-items-with-links-to-guidelines-page-dont-update-if-guidelines-topic-title-changed/166303)

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**Author:** [@paulrudy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paulrudy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-text-items-with-links-to-guidelines-page-dont-update-if-guidelines-topic-title-changed/166303 "2020-10-05T21:54:47Z")

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I changed the topic title for the FAQ/Guidelines page and consequently the page slug changed. Discourse is set for a default guidelines page slug of /guidelines. Searching under Customize \> Text for “guidelines” brings …

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## [Micro Forums: how many could I create?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/micro-forums-how-many-could-i-create/166304)

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**Author:** [@David\_Razidlo1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Razidlo1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/micro-forums-how-many-could-i-create/166304 "2020-10-05T23:24:56Z")

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I am looking into 3rd party software to handle what amounts to a need for a large number of very small forums. We have our own custom solution but would love it if this is something discourse could handle. Basically it …

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## [Override class list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/override-class-list/166310)

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**Author:** [@colinbethea](https://meta.discourse.org/u/colinbethea)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/override-class-list/166310 "2020-10-06T20:03:57Z")

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Currently working out of an initializer for my custom plugin - I want to be able to add an arbitrary class (locked-category) for each locked category, but can’t quite figure out how. I’m aware that I can edit the templa…

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## [Can I Create A Forum With This Template For Free?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-create-a-forum-with-this-template-for-free/166312)

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**Author:** [@DevZeroYT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DevZeroYT)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-create-a-forum-with-this-template-for-free/166312 "2020-10-06T03:01:00Z")

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Hi Devs, I just wanted to know if I can obviously create it with discourse advertising and credits from this company, is it possible?

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## [Polls stop working correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-stop-working-correctly/166324)

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**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-stop-working-correctly/166324 "2020-10-06T23:12:24Z")

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Hi there, I just recently update my Discourse to the latest 4efbf8dc4f and polls stop working correctly. No errors on log. Thank you! :slight\_smile: The inspect console error Test poll poll

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