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## [Is there still no way for unregistered users to post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-still-no-way-for-unregistered-users-to-post/176502)

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**Author:** [@MrDavis97](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MrDavis97)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-still-no-way-for-unregistered-users-to-post/176502 "2021-01-22T04:33:35Z")

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Are the conclusions reached in this and this post still the same as of 2021? Basically, I have a discourse where I would like instant engagement, so I would rather have an unregistered user make a post anonymously than …

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## [Mixing Active Record & mini\_sql leads to unexpected behavior](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mixing-active-record-mini-sql-leads-to-unexpected-behavior/176504)

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**Author:** [@concerto](https://meta.discourse.org/u/concerto)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mixing-active-record-mini-sql-leads-to-unexpected-behavior/176504 "2021-01-31T23:24:57Z")

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When going through some SQL logs, I noticed that the some queries are not coherent with what the code intend to do due to mixing usage of Active Record & mini\_sql. When trying to update some reviewables, we increment th…

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## [Importing MyBB database to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-mybb-database-to-discourse/176509)

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**Author:** [@Neuro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Neuro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-mybb-database-to-discourse/176509 "2021-01-19T13:36:56Z")

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Hi, is there a way to import MyBB threads, posts, and other information into discourse? I tried following this guide: Migrate a MyBB forum to Discourse I ran into many issues and errors and could not get it to work. I …

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## [Import/export Css and text customizations from staging to production](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-export-css-and-text-customizations-from-staging-to-production/176510)

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**Author:** [@Ravi\_Teja\_Varma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ravi_Teja_Varma)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-export-css-and-text-customizations-from-staging-to-production/176510 "2021-01-19T13:24:17Z")

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I am trying to copy CSS customization and text customization that I have done for staging server to production server. Is there a ready to go solution for this to work ? I am manually copying each and every line and pas…

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## [Latest Sidebar overwhelmed by topics from one category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-sidebar-overwhelmed-by-topics-from-one-category/176511)

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**Author:** [@Jumanji](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jumanji)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-sidebar-overwhelmed-by-topics-from-one-category/176511 "2021-01-19T11:01:38Z")

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We’ve got a super active beginner community, and our welcome PM drives new users to an Intro category where new users are invited to create their first topic. On heavy days, we can get several hundred new topics and re…

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## [Custom banner for discourse channel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-banner-for-discourse-channel/176516)

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**Author:** [@Dhruvi\_Butti](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dhruvi_Butti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-banner-for-discourse-channel/176516 "2021-01-19T20:43:49Z")

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Hey! We are trying to set up our own discourse channel and we need to implement a banner (After header) that should look like this - But we are facing two major issues - We are not able to get full width of the bann…

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## [Markdown JS with two protocols](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-js-with-two-protocols/176523)

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**Author:** [@dirien](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dirien)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-js-with-two-protocols/176523 "2021-02-08T16:53:50Z")

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Version: 2.7.0.beta1 Install: discourse-docker Hi everybody, dont know how to better describe this but the markdown-it js bundle in our discourse installation is not correctly working. Somhow we get an additional prot…

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## [Making my discourse site look a certain way](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-my-discourse-site-look-a-certain-way/176531)

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**Author:** [@MrDavis97](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MrDavis97)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-my-discourse-site-look-a-certain-way/176531 "2021-01-20T02:43:35Z")

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I like the look and feel of this discourse in particular. How would I even begin to structure mine in the same way? Is this a custom use of CSS/HTML, or did they use themes that I could use? Which themes and theme compon…

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## [Localhost embed for testing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localhost-embed-for-testing/176534)

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**Author:** [@seeminglee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seeminglee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localhost-embed-for-testing/176534 "2021-01-19T09:37:27Z")

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At the moment, I have only enabled the actual domain where I would like to see the Discourse embed. However, would it be an issue if I also add my localhost (dev environment) to the list of hosts? What I’d like to do i…

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## [PEM\_read\_bio\_X509\_AUX() failed (SSL: error:0909006C:PEM routines:get\_name:no start line:Expecting: TRUSTED CERTIFICATE)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pem-read-bio-x509-aux-failed-ssl-errorpem-routinesno-start-line-trusted-certificate/176546)

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**Author:** [@yoko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yoko)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pem-read-bio-x509-aux-failed-ssl-errorpem-routinesno-start-line-trusted-certificate/176546 "2021-01-31T14:39:13Z")

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I tried to set up forum using discourse on ubuntu 20.04 LTS on VPS. But after install I get: nginx: \[emerg\] cannot load certificate "/shared/ssl/domain.org.cer": PEM\_read\_bio\_X509\_AUX() failed (SSL: error:0909006C:PEM r…

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## [How to use YubiKey as 2FA with discourse in Firefox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-yubikey-as-2fa-with-discourse-in-firefox/176561)

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**Author:** [@tmomas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tmomas)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-yubikey-as-2fa-with-discourse-in-firefox/176561 "2021-01-21T20:40:45Z")

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Seemingly simple task of adding a Yubikey for 2FA, but I’m failing to do so and I’m heavily confused by all this new stuff. How do I need to configure my Yubikey? OTP? Yubico OTP? Challenge Response? Static Password? …

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## [Change owner - no focus anymore on text box](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-owner-no-focus-anymore-on-text-box/176567)

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**Author:** [@leopedrini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leopedrini)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-owner-no-focus-anymore-on-text-box/176567 "2021-01-22T21:09:50Z")

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Hello dears. I’ve noticed that lately (not sure when it started), when we try to “Change Owner” of a topic, it don’t have the focus. I mean, we need to move the mouse, and click the text box. The behavior before wa…

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## [Migrating from Invision Power Board (IPS$) to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-invision-power-board-ips-to-discourse/176568)

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**Author:** [@Алексей\_Батурин](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-invision-power-board-ips-to-discourse/176568 "2021-01-19T15:04:05Z")

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Добрый день, мне надо перенести форум IPS4 на Discourse. Хотелось бы понять сколько это булет стоить 2 488 Всего тем 14 296 Всего сообщений 6000 Пользователей

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## [Automatic post mod when moderators edit a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-post-mod-when-moderators-edit-a-post/176578)

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**Author:** [@Glenn\_Cooke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Glenn_Cooke)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-post-mod-when-moderators-edit-a-post/176578 "2021-01-22T11:54:25Z")

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Hey, Is there any way to have an automated text message appended to the bottom of a post whenever it gets edited by a moderator? Mods are concerned that when they’re snipping posts, they’re attributing content to a pos…

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## [Can I: select tag / reply through Discourse API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-select-tag-reply-through-discourse-api/176587)

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**Author:** [@Flashio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Flashio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-select-tag-reply-through-discourse-api/176587 "2021-01-19T20:47:52Z")

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I did not find those things in the documentation, but can I: Select a topic-tag using Discourse API when asking API to create a new topic? Reply to the created topic using Discourse API? Thank you.

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## [Database full text search capabilities/limits?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-full-text-search-capabilities-limits/176590)

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**Author:** [@Sailsman63](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sailsman63)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-full-text-search-capabilities-limits/176590 "2021-01-20T03:15:03Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Search results should prioritize first post in topic when title matches search term: This is way OT for the original discussion, but I’m not sure whether to be merely surprised, or full-on…

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## [Notification of pending reviews](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-of-pending-reviews/176592)

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**Author:** [@AndyBr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AndyBr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-of-pending-reviews/176592 "2021-02-01T19:19:23Z")

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Whenever I get a notification about pending reviews (approval of new users, for example), it always shows that there 6 new items, even though there’s only 1. How do I reset that so the # matches the actual reviewables?

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## [DNS - NameCheap - Mailchimp - sanity check please](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dns-namecheap-mailchimp-sanity-check-please/176593)

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**Author:** [@email](https://meta.discourse.org/u/email)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dns-namecheap-mailchimp-sanity-check-please/176593 "2021-01-19T19:01:13Z")

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1. Mailgun 2. Namecheap and setting up DNS It’s been more than 24 hours, DNS should be propagated by now? From the troubleshoot post: Troubleshoot email on a new Discourse install If you are using Mailgun, after yo…

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## [Search a topic by it's current status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-a-topic-by-its-current-status/176609)

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**Author:** [@Meteor0id](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Meteor0id)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-a-topic-by-its-current-status/176609 "2021-01-19T22:56:22Z")

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I would like to review which topics we currently have pinned, but i can’t find a way to filter on pinned topics. The same goes for archived topics which I want to review to see if they should get deleted. It would be gre…

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## [Post edit time for specific categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-edit-time-for-specific-categories/176610)

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**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-edit-time-for-specific-categories/176610 "2021-01-19T20:15:32Z")

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Hi, is it possible to change the topic maximum edit time but only for specific categories ? Thanks.

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## [Discourse loses the top/bottom pixels when generating thumbnails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-loses-the-top-bottom-pixels-when-generating-thumbnails/176612)

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**Author:** [@LeoDavidson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LeoDavidson)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-loses-the-top-bottom-pixels-when-generating-thumbnails/176612 "2021-01-29T03:23:13Z")

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When you attach images to a post, Discourse resizes them to make thumbnails suitable for display. There seems to be a bug when it does this which causes it to consistently lose the top and bottom rows of pixels. This i…

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## [Video Hosting Script to Onebox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/video-hosting-script-to-onebox/176618)

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**Author:** [@lpoolrob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lpoolrob)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2021, 7:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/video-hosting-script-to-onebox/176618 "2021-01-20T07:30:51Z")

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I’m looking for a video hosting script which I can host myself - something nice and simple like an equivalent of Chevereto (which is images only as far as I can see). But - it needs to display a nice inbox with the vide…

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## [Gsuite smtp-relay issue "end of file reached"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gsuite-smtp-relay-issue-end-of-file-reached/176622)

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**Author:** [@agf1997](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agf1997)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gsuite-smtp-relay-issue-end-of-file-reached/176622 "2021-01-20T18:03:18Z")

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Forgive me if this is covered somewhere else. For the past couple of years I have been using Gsuite as an smtp relay for discourse. Today I found the following error when entering discourse. There are 15547 email jobs…

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## [MathJax does not render a preview on my iPhone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mathjax-does-not-render-a-preview-on-my-iphone/176624)

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**Author:** [@MrDavis97](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MrDavis97)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mathjax-does-not-render-a-preview-on-my-iphone/176624 "2021-01-19T21:57:44Z")

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I’ve installed the MathJax plug-in to be able to write math by putting it inside of ... . It seems to work fine on the computer; it previews correctly and when posted it looks the same. However, when I tried to preview \\…

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## [Links should remain in Docs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-should-remain-in-docs/176627)

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**Author:** [@PhilippBoeing](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PhilippBoeing)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 7:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-should-remain-in-docs/176627 "2022-03-04T07:58:13Z")

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We use Discourse to communicate in our team. We have a special category for our internal handbook, where all posts are wikis. The Docs plugin is perfect to search and view our internal documentation, except for the fact…

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## [Hide or remove "Listed/Unlisted" comments when embedded](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-or-remove-listed-unlisted-comments-when-embedded/176631)

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**Author:** [@Kyle\_Baley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kyle_Baley)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-or-remove-listed-unlisted-comments-when-embedded/176631 "2021-01-22T17:28:05Z")

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We’re in the process of replacing Disqus with Discourse embedded comments for a blog. The instructions are clear and we have the relatively new feature checked to make topics unlisted until the first comment is posted. H…

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## [Number in code turns cyan -- needs explanation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-in-code-turns-cyan-needs-explanation/176634)

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**Author:** [@MrDavis97](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MrDavis97)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-in-code-turns-cyan-needs-explanation/176634 "2021-01-19T23:03:22Z")

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Simple question. On my Discourse, numbers in the code delimiter “\`” seem to turn that cyan color and I don’t know why. If I do the same thing here: $$ E=MC^2 $$ There is no cyan. What’s going on?

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## [Help with alignment in the "versatile banner" plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-alignment-in-the-versatile-banner-plugin/176635)

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**Author:** [@MrDavis97](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MrDavis97)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-alignment-in-the-versatile-banner-plugin/176635 "2021-01-20T00:54:51Z")

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I need some help configuring the versatile banner plug-in to my specification. Basically, I want that orange button “shifted” up to where it’s basically between the two orange bars. So my idea was to copy the button …

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## [Unable to send emails using local SMTP server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-send-emails-using-local-smtp-server/176643)

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**Author:** [@superman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/superman)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-send-emails-using-local-smtp-server/176643 "2021-01-21T00:44:32Z")

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I have tested the SMTP server with Telnet: Telnet connected to the SMTP server. Telnet allowed me to authenticate into the SMTP server. Telnet allowed me to successfully send an email using the SMTP server, and I used…

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## [Bulk Remove Members from a Group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-remove-members-from-a-group/176649)

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**Author:** [@Andy\_Katz1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy_Katz1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-remove-members-from-a-group/176649 "2021-01-20T04:06:23Z")

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Hi there, I’m wondering if there’s a way to Bulk remove members from a Group. I need to remove all the members - and then re-add only a select few. I don’t want to delete the entire group - because I have some custom …

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