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## [Button to admin menu highlighted in yellow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/button-to-admin-menu-highlighted-in-yellow/193777)

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**Author:** [@tmomas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tmomas)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/button-to-admin-menu-highlighted-in-yellow/193777 "2021-08-20T18:30:28Z")

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Since the recent update to 2.8.0.beta2, the button to the admin menu is highlighted in yellow. I thought that Discourse wanted to tell me something, but even after searching the web and this forum, I have no clue what…

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## [Any European companies using Discourse...?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-european-companies-using-discourse/193779)

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**Author:** [@Nina\_Mathiesen1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nina_Mathiesen1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-european-companies-using-discourse/193779 "2022-12-14T15:02:51Z")

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Through reading the Standard Terms and the Data Processing Addendum, I can see that the documents pretty much state that they can send data outside the EU. As much as I like the product, this is just not jiving well wit…

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## [Cloud installation not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloud-installation-not-working/193788)

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**Author:** [@stefanino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stefanino)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloud-installation-not-working/193788 "2021-06-17T22:55:52Z")

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HI all, I’m trying to get my first installation up and running on Oracle Cloud. I got all the basic configuration done and eventually the app running in docker, but I’m not able to access it via browser. Been through s…

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## [Category badges missing completely](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-badges-missing-completely/193807)

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**Author:** [@theSuess](https://meta.discourse.org/u/theSuess)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-badges-missing-completely/193807 "2021-06-14T18:45:51Z")

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On our discourse instance since quite some time ago, the category badge for the uncategorized category has gone missing. At first I thought it was the same issue as this bug: …but in our case the issue persists across…

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## [Forum went down and rebuilding gives db:migrate error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-went-down-and-rebuilding-gives-db-migrate-error/193819)

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**Author:** [@ggurbet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ggurbet)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-went-down-and-rebuilding-gives-db-migrate-error/193819 "2021-06-22T18:59:50Z")

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Hello. Our forum (https://forum.pardus.org.tr) went down and when I enter the console and try to rebuild, I got the error: Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:migrate' failed w…

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## [Error when selecting a text customization with "(default)" set as language](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-selecting-a-text-customization-with-default-set-as-language/193828)

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**Author:** [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-selecting-a-text-customization-with-default-set-as-language/193828 "2021-08-19T02:26:56Z")

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Probably a rare bug to hit, but worth noting. See video below:

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## [Discourse Forum not working with Digital Ocean](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-forum-not-working-with-digital-ocean/193832)

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**Author:** [@Jbriones](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jbriones)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-forum-not-working-with-digital-ocean/193832 "2021-06-22T19:06:39Z")

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I am using digital ocean and the one click discourse installation. I followed other videos that used this way and worked but when I was doing the installation, some things didn’t pop up like in the videos. Like I wasn’t …

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## [How to list the links under a post like this?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-list-the-links-under-a-post-like-this/193859)

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**Author:** [@neo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-list-the-links-under-a-post-like-this/193859 "2021-06-15T11:27:00Z")

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Hi, I have done some search, but still have no clue, how can i put the links under a post like this. Actually i’d like to link both topics with same discussed things together, thus it would be convenient for users to rea…

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## [Confidentiality of Posts, Public/private/onlyForAdmins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confidentiality-of-posts-public-private-onlyforadmins/193864)

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**Author:** [@rayane\_chahine\_Ben\_z](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rayane_chahine_Ben_z)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 8:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confidentiality-of-posts-public-private-onlyforadmins/193864 "2021-06-15T08:59:11Z")

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Hi, I am working in a French cooperative and we are incorporating a discourse Forum in our website, the thing is we would like to know if there is a possibilité to publish posts but only for a certain type of users. I w…

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## [After installation cannot open discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-installation-cannot-open-discourse/193871)

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**Author:** [@annakein](https://meta.discourse.org/u/annakein)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-installation-cannot-open-discourse/193871 "2021-06-16T14:53:55Z")

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I installed my community by standard installation and checked discourse-doctor, but there is no problem. But I cannot open my website. Have any ideas?

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## [Discourse Data Explorer Query Response to Slack](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-data-explorer-query-response-to-slack/193872)

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**Author:** [@Noémi\_Lemonnier](https://meta.discourse.org/u/No%C3%A9mi_Lemonnier)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-data-explorer-query-response-to-slack/193872 "2021-06-17T17:46:02Z")

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Hello! I am trying to be able to send to Slack a Discourse Data Explorer Query response. I couldn’t find anything recent that seems to work. Does Anyone have any advice on how to proceed?

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## [Subscriptions plugin now sends newly logged-in users directly to contributors page, which doesn't exist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscriptions-plugin-now-sends-newly-logged-in-users-directly-to-contributors-page-which-doesnt-exist/193874)

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**Author:** [@Amicable](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Amicable)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscriptions-plugin-now-sends-newly-logged-in-users-directly-to-contributors-page-which-doesnt-exist/193874 "2021-06-22T14:54:32Z")

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For a couple of weeks now, logging in to my forum using normal uname/pwd creds takes me directly to a /s/contributors page, which doesn’t exist. Login actually works, but this appears momentarily: and then forum memb…

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## [How to Disable "Title seems unclear most of the words contain the same letter over and over?" message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-title-seems-unclear-most-of-the-words-contain-the-same-letter-over-and-over-message/193878)

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**Author:** [@apostol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/apostol)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-title-seems-unclear-most-of-the-words-contain-the-same-letter-over-and-over-message/193878 "2021-06-16T15:56:38Z")

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I’m setting up a new Discourse for an existing community, so most new members are trustworthy. One new member wants to write a post named “Co-op proposals” and cannot do that because of the message in the title. Here is …

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## [How to auto-login user in application web view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-auto-login-user-in-application-web-view/193879)

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**Author:** [@machinekoder](https://meta.discourse.org/u/machinekoder)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-auto-login-user-in-application-web-view/193879 "2021-06-15T13:44:49Z")

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We are planning to integrate discourse into our desktop application, for users to discuss UI features. For this purpose, the user shall never need to log in “by hand”, but instead already be authenticated in the web view…

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## [Installation produced zero byte key and no certificate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-produced-zero-byte-key-and-no-certificate/193885)

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**Author:** [@darbcal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darbcal)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-produced-zero-byte-key-and-no-certificate/193885 "2021-06-17T19:38:27Z")

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I installed Discourse by following installation instructions at discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub. (Digital Ocean droplet) After installation, I tried to visit the site in a browser…

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## [How deeply can you use plugins to add new complex features to a Discourse instance?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-deeply-can-you-use-plugins-to-add-new-complex-features-to-a-discourse-instance/193889)

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**Author:** [@rsmithlal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rsmithlal)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-deeply-can-you-use-plugins-to-add-new-complex-features-to-a-discourse-instance/193889 "2021-06-29T18:41:16Z")

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Hi folks, I’m new to working with discourse and I’d like to ask some questions about developing extensions for the platform. I am a full stack rails developer working to build a rails engine to add certain reusable feat…

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## [Any way to not require email verification with WP as the SSO Provider?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-not-require-email-verification-with-wp-as-the-sso-provider/193891)

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**Author:** [@Zach\_Swinehart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zach_Swinehart)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-not-require-email-verification-with-wp-as-the-sso-provider/193891 "2021-06-16T14:19:52Z")

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I have WordPress set up as my SSO provider and am requiring users to verify their email on the WP side before they can create an account. However, they’re nonetheless seeing the activation page after registering on WP an…

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## [Why can't I translate Chinese Simplified?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-i-translate-chinese-simplified/193896)

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**Author:** [@SettingDust](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SettingDust)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-i-translate-chinese-simplified/193896 "2021-06-15T13:47:54Z")

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## [Translation and proofreading disabled for some languages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-and-proofreading-disabled-for-some-languages/193901)

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**Author:** [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-and-proofreading-disabled-for-some-languages/193901 "2023-02-19T23:48:41Z")

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Our translation agency is working on core and plugins again. We’ve disabled translations for the following languages while that’s in progress. Arabic Chinese Simplified Dutch Finnish French German Italian Japanese Port…

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## [Discourse service work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-service-work/193926)

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**Author:** [@Darien](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Darien)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-service-work/193926 "2021-07-09T00:30:40Z")

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We are looking for 1+ developer to re-skin/redesign our discourse theme to match our company colors and website. If you’re a freelance dev/designer and can take on this task please DM me.

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## [Multiple subdomain instances of Discourse at the same domain?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-subdomain-instances-of-discourse-at-the-same-domain/193948)

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**Author:** [@Bio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bio)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-subdomain-instances-of-discourse-at-the-same-domain/193948 "2021-06-23T21:24:27Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to make a two separate Discourse forums (including users, topics, categories, etc.). However, when I get a new instance and try to host it with the same domain, but a different subdomain, it takes my curr…

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## [Since 2.8.0beta2 update some users can't get to preferences (etc)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/since-2-8-0beta2-update-some-users-cant-get-to-preferences-etc/193952)

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**Author:** [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/since-2-8-0beta2-update-some-users-cant-get-to-preferences-etc/193952 "2021-06-16T03:30:00Z")

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Earlier this week I updated from 2.7.0.beta2 to 2.8.0.beta2. Since then my regular account (but not my admin account) cannot get to any of my /u/ pages. I get a 404 error instead. This happens on desktop (Firefox 84 and …

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## [Is Sam's multi-hostname ninja plugin approach still valid?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-sams-multi-hostname-ninja-plugin-approach-still-valid/193965)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-sams-multi-hostname-ninja-plugin-approach-still-valid/193965 "2022-10-26T15:25:05Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Forcing hostname has broken support for Onion Services: We have a use case where, like an onion+clearnet usage, we need two different hostnames for the same Discourse instance. Before we s…

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## [How do I get rid of these avatars that appear on every post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-these-avatars-that-appear-on-every-post/193979)

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**Author:** [@Johnny\_McIvor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johnny_McIvor)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-these-avatars-that-appear-on-every-post/193979 "2021-06-16T13:05:41Z")

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I don’t want the users to know that it’s usually just me who’s posting them. I’d rather it be uncertain who made the post. Can I disable this for the front page?

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## [Retroactive auto-tagging of watched words](https://meta.discourse.org/t/retroactive-auto-tagging-of-watched-words/193982)

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**Author:** [@nhpackard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nhpackard)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/retroactive-auto-tagging-of-watched-words/193982 "2022-01-17T21:42:54Z")

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Specifying auto-tag action for watched words is effective for topics created after the specification. It would be very useful to retro-actively auto-tag all past topics as well. This functionality could go in cutomize-\>…

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## [Auto-tag on string acts on \*string\*](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-tag-on-string-acts-on-string/193983)

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**Author:** [@nhpackard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nhpackard)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2021, 9:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-tag-on-string-acts-on-string/193983 "2021-06-27T09:54:26Z")

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This bug was discovered when I had an auto-tag specification on a short string, e.g. “art”. The result auto-tagged topics with “artificial”, etc. FWIW: the “test” feature on the auto-tag spec page works fine (for auto…

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## [Svg images with dimension less than 1 fail to upload](https://meta.discourse.org/t/svg-images-with-dimension-less-than-1-fail-to-upload/194009)

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**Author:** [@µMerlin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%C2%B5Merlin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/svg-images-with-dimension-less-than-1-fail-to-upload/194009 "2021-06-21T16:03:23Z")

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Uploading an svg image to (include in) a post where either the height or width attribute in the main svg element has a numeric size less than “1” (ignoring the associated units) fails with message Sorry, but we couldn’…

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## [502 Bad Gateway error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-bad-gateway-error/194016)

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**Author:** [@ignatus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ignatus)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-bad-gateway-error/194016 "2021-06-19T15:24:06Z")

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Hi i have set up discourse now (working) but i get the “502 Bad Gateway” error often, and the site is very slow? How to fix this problem in the best way?:s

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## [Embed a page from another web site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-a-page-from-another-web-site/194017)

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**Author:** [@fyodorovich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fyodorovich)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-a-page-from-another-web-site/194017 "2021-06-16T18:18:08Z")

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We use a service called SimplyK and it requires our users to leave the site, complete a form and then return or not. We’d like to embed an iframe and that makes it easier for our users in interact with the form. How do w…

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## [Changing domain name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-domain-name/194018)

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**Author:** [@Sachin\_Kumar\_J](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sachin_Kumar_J)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-domain-name/194018 "2021-06-16T07:33:14Z")

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Hello I have subscribed to discourse and my trial period has ended and the site is now saying to change to my custom domain and that trydiscourse domain has expired my question is that if i change my domain name will i b…

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