# Hot

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## [Badges in the user card](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-in-the-user-card/188770)

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**Author:** [@Mo\_Alz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mo_Alz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-in-the-user-card/188770 "2021-04-30T23:00:53Z")

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Hello everyone, thank you for reading my topic, so in my community forum I just got a golden badge , but its not being showen on the user card. I would appreciate the help thank you!!

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## [Can permalink redirects have accents and diacritics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-permalink-redirects-have-accents-and-diacritics/188771)

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**Author:** [@georgebrindeiro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/georgebrindeiro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-permalink-redirects-have-accents-and-diacritics/188771 "2021-04-30T23:10:17Z")

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Hi! My team has recently migrated from a different community software to Discourse and created permalinks following the instructions in Redirecting old forum URLs to new Discourse URLs. It does not work as we expected, …

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## ["Site Updated" banner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-updated-banner/188773)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Schmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Schmucker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-updated-banner/188773 "2021-05-02T23:36:30Z")

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Today on meta I saw a new “Site Updated, please refresh…” banner. (I can’t post a screenshot because it’s gone now.) However after updating my own site, I do not get the banner. Can someone please explain what triggers t…

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## [Cannot see full name as an Admin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-see-full-name-as-an-admin/188791)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 6:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-see-full-name-as-an-admin/188791 "2021-05-01T06:34:38Z")

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When I set the full name to be disabled across the forum so it is private. Surely the Admin should still be able to see this from the Admin user area? Is this an error or is it setup like this? I think the Admi…

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## [Locations dropdown (Google maybe?)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locations-dropdown-google-maybe/188792)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locations-dropdown-google-maybe/188792 "2021-05-01T08:39:53Z")

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Possibility to use something like Google API to have a drop down of locations to selected from.

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## [Give Anon users Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/give-anon-users-latest/188793)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 7:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/give-anon-users-latest/188793 "2021-05-01T07:31:58Z")

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I’d like my mobile users and my Anon users to have Latest as the default view, while retaining Categories + Latest for my desktop users. The mobile bit is easy: But I’m not sure how to do it for my Anon users. I want…

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## [Discourse + Intercom (Current User Id)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-intercom-current-user-id/188798)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-intercom-current-user-id/188798 "2021-05-01T11:15:00Z")

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Hello I am trying to setup Intercom (live chat - www.intercom.com). It allows me to insert code below which detects logged in users. I have managed to install it and it works great… The issue is that the key variable us…

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## [Error embedding Discourse comments on first page loading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-embedding-discourse-comments-on-first-page-loading/188802)

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**Author:** [@Shenron\_segamag](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shenron_segamag)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 7:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-embedding-discourse-comments-on-first-page-loading/188802 "2021-05-12T07:06:34Z")

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Hi, I successfully embedded Discourse comments on my website. Although, on the very first loading of the page, the discussion keeps loading for a while, and then I get an “Error Embedding” message. I neeed to refresh t…

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## [Amazonbot abusive crawling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amazonbot-abusive-crawling/188803)

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**Author:** [@deeplow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/deeplow)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amazonbot-abusive-crawling/188803 "2023-02-05T18:14:06Z")

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Hi there, I wanted to report some aggressive crawling by the bot with the user agent Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10\_10\_1) AppleWebKit/600.2.5 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0.2 Safari/600.2.5 (Amazonbot/0.1; +…

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## [I don't understand the admin UI on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-dont-understand-the-admin-ui-on-mobile/188808)

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**Author:** [@Pravi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pravi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 5:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-dont-understand-the-admin-ui-on-mobile/188808 "2021-05-03T05:47:20Z")

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The UI for admin is broken for default theme.The UI breaks when clicked on the top left hamburger menu under settings and swipe left. The UI is broken even in safe-mode.

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## [No more links to replies in original post on mobile?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-more-links-to-replies-in-original-post-on-mobile/188811)

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**Author:** [@Astra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Astra)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-more-links-to-replies-in-original-post-on-mobile/188811 "2021-05-04T02:06:48Z")

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Since the previous upgrade we no longer have links to replies in the original post on mobile. Is this intentional? It was a highly appreciated feature and users are asking if it is possible to get this back. Is it?

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## [Backup on external drive fails for no obvious reason](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-on-external-drive-fails-for-no-obvious-reason/188820)

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**Author:** [@fkohrt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fkohrt)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-on-external-drive-fails-for-no-obvious-reason/188820 "2021-05-03T07:04:28Z")

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We have set up automatic backups and have also moved /var/discourse/shared/standalone/uploads and /var/discourse/shared/standalone/backups according to this guide to an external drive, i.e. we have the following app.yml …

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## [Is there a way of "forcing a refresh" on all your users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-of-forcing-a-refresh-on-all-your-users/188821)

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**Author:** [@Iceman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Iceman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-of-forcing-a-refresh-on-all-your-users/188821 "2021-05-06T21:06:02Z")

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Hi guys, Recently after a rebuild (latest) it seems that features such as notifications are not working properly. Even some basic functions such as clicking on the site logo to go back to the index seem to “load forever…

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## [Is a unique user ID created for each user, how to access the variable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-a-unique-user-id-created-for-each-user-how-to-access-the-variable/188823)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-a-unique-user-id-created-for-each-user-how-to-access-the-variable/188823 "2021-05-02T02:05:35Z")

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When a new user is created in discourse. Is there a unique ID given to it. If yes, how can I access this variable? I need to be able to find the unique ID for example \<%= current\_user.id %\> - \<\<\<\<\<\< I have just made thi…

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## [API scope for private messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-scope-for-private-messages/188856)

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**Author:** [@imc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/imc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-scope-for-private-messages/188856 "2021-05-02T01:49:16Z")

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What’s the API scope that gives permission for https://{defaultHost}/topics/private-messages/{username}.json ? Within a separate admin panel of our own, we are trying to show a table of pending support group messages t…

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## [ERROR: You are running an old version of the Discourse image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-you-are-running-an-old-version-of-the-discourse-image/188860)

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**Author:** [@nelly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nelly)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-you-are-running-an-old-version-of-the-discourse-image/188860 "2021-05-04T08:50:02Z")

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Hello, this is my first topic! I am Nelly Eggsy, and I am building a website using Ghost and Discourse. I usually lurk the forums and read topics in the shadows. If I’m stuck, I search the forums for an answer, and that…

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## [Why there isn't some plugins on Crowdin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-there-isnt-some-plugins-on-crowdin/188876)

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**Author:** [@SettingDust](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SettingDust)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 8:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-there-isnt-some-plugins-on-crowdin/188876 "2021-05-02T08:30:43Z")

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Such as voting, solved, docs. But there are translation for part of them. There are official plugins that can’t been translated. And the wrong translations can’t been fixed.

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## [Unable setup development enviroment(docker) as DiscourseConnect provider](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-setup-development-enviroment-docker-as-discourseconnect-provider/188886)

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**Author:** [@hawm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hawm)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2021, 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-setup-development-enviroment-docker-as-discourseconnect-provider/188886 "2021-05-05T07:17:43Z")

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When the consumer redirect to Discourse: Logs: I was test fine on my production Discourse instance. I guess it’s a Ember CLI problem? My development enviroment installaction step: Install Discourse for developme…

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## [How to remove the nofollow tag on a user-posted link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-the-nofollow-tag-on-a-user-posted-link/188900)

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**Author:** [@zyouchi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zyouchi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-the-nofollow-tag-on-a-user-posted-link/188900 "2021-05-05T21:55:35Z")

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I want to remove the nofollow tag attached to a link posted by a user. You can leave ugc and noopener as they are. How should I fix it? The background is that users of my site are posting for the purpose of getting ba…

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## [Change URL structure](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-url-structure/188904)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-url-structure/188904 "2021-05-02T19:01:12Z")

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I am trying to add the topics under the category URL structure. Example: The main category: www.test.com/c/business Now when a user clicks a topic inside that category the URL is: www.test.com/t/this-is-a-topic What …

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## [Not finding the Wiki select in the wrench menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-finding-the-wiki-select-in-the-wrench-menu/188907)

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**Author:** [@Steveg1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steveg1)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-finding-the-wiki-select-in-the-wrench-menu/188907 "2021-05-03T17:12:41Z")

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I’m following the How to Create a Wiki post, but there is no wiki option in my wrench menu. I can’t seem to find among the topics after 2017 where anyone else has had this problem. Can someone help, please? Thanks. E…

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## [Navigating Back to Bookmarks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigating-back-to-bookmarks/188912)

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**Author:** [@blake.sorrell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blake.sorrell)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigating-back-to-bookmarks/188912 "2021-05-04T04:31:28Z")

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Click a bookmarked item Then hit back It doesn’t navigate back to where you were in bookmarks, it goes back to the previous bookmarked post/pm/etc that you visited instead.

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## [How do I add group titles?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-add-group-titles/188916)

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**Author:** [@TwoBrake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TwoBrake)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-add-group-titles/188916 "2021-05-03T15:10:34Z")

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How would I add a group title for users that are in groups? For say, a user joins the moderator group, then they get a title called “Moderator”. How would I do this?

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## [Help! Problem with firewall/permissions and postgre?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-problem-with-firewall-permissions-and-postgre/188927)

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**Author:** [@laurakowa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/laurakowa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-problem-with-firewall-permissions-and-postgre/188927 "2021-05-03T01:50:37Z")

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Hi! This is my first official post as I usually just lurk and hunt for the answers, but this one is really stumping me. I recently updated our discourse after a bit via ssh and I’m having trouble getting the forum to co…

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## [Improvements to theme browsing and previewing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-theme-browsing-and-previewing/188928)

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**Author:** [@oshyan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oshyan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-theme-browsing-and-previewing/188928 "2021-05-02T21:59:57Z")

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Hi Discourse team! I would like to humbly request some improvements to the theme browsing and preview experience. I searched a bit and didn’t find another topic on this, so apologies if I missed it and this is a duplicat…

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## [Relative lack of themes - am I missing something?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/relative-lack-of-themes-am-i-missing-something/188930)

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**Author:** [@oshyan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oshyan)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/relative-lack-of-themes-am-i-missing-something/188930 "2021-05-05T22:34:45Z")

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Wasn’t quite sure where to put this, apologies if it belongs elsewhere. First off, I hope this doesn’t just come off as complaining. That’s not my intention at all. I love and use Discourse and I have implemented multip…

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## [How do I add labels to categories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-add-labels-to-categories/188936)

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**Author:** [@TwoBrake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TwoBrake)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-add-labels-to-categories/188936 "2021-05-03T20:01:52Z")

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How do I add labels/tags to categories like the image I provided below? I really want to do this in order to improve the experience of my community. Image:

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## [Lessons from 11 years of community at Metafilter](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lessons-from-11-years-of-community-at-metafilter/188944)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lessons-from-11-years-of-community-at-metafilter/188944 "2021-05-03T03:32:39Z")

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I swore I already had a link to this somewhere here on meta, but I guess I didn’t! Metafilter is one of the most well respected, strongly moderated long running communities on the internet, and Matt Haughey – although h…

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## [Allow invites to direct to a Category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-invites-to-direct-to-a-category/188962)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-invites-to-direct-to-a-category/188962 "2022-07-29T21:25:33Z")

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I love the revamped Invites system - and was delighted to be a (minor) contributor to it on the user side. It is great that we can direct the invitees to a topic via Send to topic on first login. Would it be possible to…

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## [Discourse/discourse-segment-io-plugin installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-discourse-segment-io-plugin-installation/188980)

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**Author:** [@Fares\_Droubi1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fares_Droubi1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-discourse-segment-io-plugin-installation/188980 "2021-05-03T22:16:43Z")

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Hi, I see that you have in your Github repo you have a plugin to sync data with Segment, which is great. But I need to know if I want to install it on a Discourse hosted instance, what plan I need. Note that we are cu…

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