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## [./discourse-setup Error for ports](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-error-for-ports/240070)

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**Author:** [@grousx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/grousx)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-error-for-ports/240070 "2022-09-26T11:48:58Z")

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I trying to install with ./discourse-setup but it giving error WARNING: Port 443&80 cant resolve… I already opened ports and did DNS settings for my domain. URL: zerionn.com

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## [Preserve colors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preserve-colors/240080)

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**Author:** [@Mahdi\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mahdi_G)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preserve-colors/240080 "2022-09-26T12:41:05Z")

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In Linux terminals, there is an option to copy output as HTML to preserve colors. it would be helpful if the user could paste this HTML and keeps the colors. It makes troubleshooting easier in related discourse forums

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## [Editor becomes unusably slow as post gets longer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-becomes-unusably-slow-as-post-gets-longer/240083)

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**Author:** [@php\_fan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/php_fan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-becomes-unusably-slow-as-post-gets-longer/240083 "2022-09-27T09:43:44Z")

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I posted this post to a forum that uses Discourse: And I also could reproduce this issue in the Demo forum. That post contains long extracts of copy-pasted code - to be more precise, not exactly code but rather output…

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## [Move VB to Discourse (Under TOR network)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-vb-to-discourse-under-tor-network/240090)

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**Author:** [@f1r4s](https://meta.discourse.org/u/f1r4s)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-vb-to-discourse-under-tor-network/240090 "2022-10-23T21:57:49Z")

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Hello, I would like to move my forum (VB) to (Discourse) and make some special plugins under TOR Network. My forum has 10k users, 20k threads, and i need to have bitcoin payment inside the Discourse, please post your o…

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## [Blogroll (feature request)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blogroll-feature-request/240117)

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**Author:** [@leopedrini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leopedrini)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blogroll-feature-request/240117 "2023-01-10T15:41:45Z")

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Hello. I am trying to create a blogroll in my community - a place where I can share best / recommended bookmarks for all community. I initially started with a simple (static) list, like this: But it is not workin…

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## [Sub-categories push new topics out of view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sub-categories-push-new-topics-out-of-view/240130)

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**Author:** [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sub-categories-push-new-topics-out-of-view/240130 "2022-09-27T22:07:30Z")

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I love seeing new topic counts on the sidebar. When I click on a category with many sub-categories, the new topics are pushed out of my view. Here’s an example: Here is the full page view: Is there a way to hide …

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## [Honouring Resent-\* in email receiver](https://meta.discourse.org/t/honouring-resent-in-email-receiver/240132)

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**Author:** [@Natureshadow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Natureshadow)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 6:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/honouring-resent-in-email-receiver/240132 "2022-10-04T06:05:47Z")

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We have a workflow where we use Discourse as an e-mail archive. We have a group mail address, and our agents Cc that address when starting a mail thread with a customer. This works great until a customer replies to the …

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## [Next steps for improving our documentation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/next-steps-for-improving-our-documentation/240134)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/next-steps-for-improving-our-documentation/240134 "2022-10-20T20:09:04Z")

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Recently, we’ve been making an effort to improve our documentation here on meta, with a focus on categorizing things in such a way that different users can find topics that are relevant to them, and ignore topics that ar…

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## [:discourse2: emoji isn't in other instances](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-isnt-in-other-instances/240177)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-isnt-in-other-instances/240177 "2023-05-05T21:35:12Z")

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This is a teeny weeny bug, probably related to :discourse2: being bespoke or something. It would be nice to have it in the default emoji sets though in other instances. We like and refer to the mothership quite often! I…

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## [Oracle Cloud hosting with ARM-architecture](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oracle-cloud-hosting-with-arm-architecture/240199)

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**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oracle-cloud-hosting-with-arm-architecture/240199 "2022-09-28T17:39:25Z")

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I‘ve read about your experimental ARM support. However, I am not sure if I have paid attention to everything that has to consider for ARM. In the end, the installation was stopped. The error message seems unhelpful to …

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## [Can not change logo on latest build](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-not-change-logo-on-latest-build/240215)

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**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-not-change-logo-on-latest-build/240215 "2022-09-27T19:21:03Z")

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Version: 40183080d9 When trying to change any logo, I get the following error: undefined method \`calculate\_dominant\_color!' for #

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## [Showing activity from followed users in the sidebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-activity-from-followed-users-in-the-sidebar/240229)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-activity-from-followed-users-in-the-sidebar/240229 "2022-09-27T21:05:46Z")

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Some folks who user Discourse Follow are interested in being able to get to feeds for individual users more easily from their sidebar. How might we do that? ▶ discussion in chat I think it’s unlikely we’ll tackle this b…

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## [Inconsistencies in weight lifting emojis' names](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistencies-in-weight-lifting-emojis-names/240249)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistencies-in-weight-lifting-emojis-names/240249 "2022-09-28T15:51:29Z")

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There’s inconsistency in the weight lifting emoji names: Usually, the neutral gender is referred as a “person”, like: :merperson: :merperson: :person\_cartwheeling: :person\_cartwheeling: And so on. Plus, for the we…

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## [How to delete "Site-feedback" Category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-site-feedback-category/240261)

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**Author:** [@eddie.kim0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eddie.kim0)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-site-feedback-category/240261 "2022-09-28T02:41:39Z")

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I am trying to delete site feedback category, but I see the message of “Can’t delete this category because it has chat channels”. Anyone knows what the problem is? There is only one post created by the system in the cate…

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## [Users can bypass blocked words with HTML](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-bypass-blocked-words-with-html/240268)

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**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-bypass-blocked-words-with-html/240268 "2022-09-28T02:44:57Z")

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I’m not sure if this is a Contribute \> Bug so it’s here for now Let’s say on your site you cant have people discussing money, as an example. So, you add “dollar” to your blocked words list. Yes, when people type “doll…

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## [Creating separate ‘Allow Chat Uploads’ settings for Public Channels and Personal Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-separate-allow-chat-uploads-settings-for-public-channels-and-personal-chat/240279)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-separate-allow-chat-uploads-settings-for-public-channels-and-personal-chat/240279 "2022-09-29T20:41:01Z")

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If they were separate in the future, where would you allow uploads and where would you disallow them?

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## [Not Everyone Wants to Talk to Your Community Manager](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-everyone-wants-to-talk-to-your-community-manager/240319)

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**Author:** [@jonobacon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jonobacon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-everyone-wants-to-talk-to-your-community-manager/240319 "2022-09-28T15:40:11Z")

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The greatest asset any business can have is good relationships with their customers, and communities are a powerful environment to not just foster those relationships, but to do so in an environment where the world can s…

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## [SendInBlue Smtp Setting not working correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sendinblue-smtp-setting-not-working-correctly/240328)

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**Author:** [@Lai\_Chau\_Koi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lai_Chau_Koi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sendinblue-smtp-setting-not-working-correctly/240328 "2022-09-28T17:05:04Z")

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Hello, everyone! I tried to use SendInBlue for my Discourse Forum. And set variables in discourse.conf like these: smtp\_address = smtp-relay.sendinblue.com smtp\_port = 587 smtp\_domain = \[My domain\] smtp\_user\_name =…

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## [Which branch am I / should I be tracking? beta or tests-passed or main?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-branch-am-i-should-i-be-tracking-beta-or-tests-passed-or-main/240331)

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**Author:** [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-branch-am-i-should-i-be-tracking-beta-or-tests-passed-or-main/240331 "2022-09-29T20:50:00Z")

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I’m just concerned about upgrading as it seems beta9 is the recent verified version?

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## [How to make Docs page the default homepage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-docs-page-the-default-homepage/240336)

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**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-docs-page-the-default-homepage/240336 "2022-10-18T07:49:24Z")

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Hello, How display Docs page become homepage of Discourse? Thank you!

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## [It's easy forget to save changes to sidebar and other preferences](https://meta.discourse.org/t/its-easy-forget-to-save-changes-to-sidebar-and-other-preferences/240338)

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**Author:** [@maxl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maxl)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/its-easy-forget-to-save-changes-to-sidebar-and-other-preferences/240338 "2022-09-29T17:35:08Z")

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We have been using the new sidebar for a few days now and a frequent point of confusion among our users is that the save button gets hidden when the list of categories is selected… This is causing users to fail to sa…

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## [Need a better way to explain what branch to be on, why, and what happens](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-a-better-way-to-explain-what-branch-to-be-on-why-and-what-happens/240342)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-a-better-way-to-explain-what-branch-to-be-on-why-and-what-happens/240342 "2022-09-30T16:57:37Z")

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There is no formal definition of “verfified” that I’m aware of. All software is potentially buggy. tests-passed has the most up-to-date commits. beta gets only beta releases. stable gets only stable releases. tests-pa…

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## [Add an "add to sidebar" button on topic list pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-an-add-to-sidebar-button-on-topic-list-pages/240345)

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**Author:** [@jenroberts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenroberts)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-an-add-to-sidebar-button-on-topic-list-pages/240345 "2022-09-29T13:18:37Z")

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It’s probably been asked somewhere but I’m not finding it… Has any thought been given to adding the option to “Add to Sidebar” when clicking the Bell icon on a category (or tag). It could slide in under “Muted” That wa…

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## [What is the best way to run a support channel?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-run-a-support-channel/240355)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-run-a-support-channel/240355 "2022-09-29T03:24:16Z")

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After a long time trying fruitlessly to get my users to use the Contribute \> Site feedback category, the addition of Discourse Chat makes me wonder how to set up something more effective. The problem I think that the ma…

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## [Tags are not popping up after typing #](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-are-not-popping-up-after-typing/240357)

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**Author:** [@YAN](https://meta.discourse.org/u/YAN)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 9:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-are-not-popping-up-after-typing/240357 "2022-09-29T09:40:29Z")

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Hi, It’s pretty helpful that after typing “#”, all existing tags will pop up and users can easily pick tags from them, like this: However, I found that if we type “#” in the beginning of a topic/reply, the existed t…

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## [Any downsides to proxy via port instead of unix domain socket?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-downsides-to-proxy-via-port-instead-of-unix-domain-socket/240359)

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**Author:** [@mcdanlj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcdanlj)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 11:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-downsides-to-proxy-via-port-instead-of-unix-domain-socket/240359 "2022-09-29T11:52:02Z")

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I’m testing deploying Discourse on top of the CentOS-derived AlmaLinux 9 with SELinux enabled and external nginx configured. Because the Ubuntu-based container doesn’t know about SELinux, it keeps replacing the unix dom…

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## [Any forum using the Q&A plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-forum-using-the-q-a-plugin/240360)

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**Author:** [@YAN](https://meta.discourse.org/u/YAN)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-forum-using-the-q-a-plugin/240360 "2022-09-29T19:31:35Z")

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Hi, To resolve the problem Comments and replies are shown double under the default setting of discourse, I’m trying Question Answer Plugin and Discourse Upvotes to see whether better threads structure can be built. The…

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## [How do you force a script to fire on Page Not Found?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-force-a-script-to-fire-on-page-not-found/240362)

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**Author:** [@markschmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markschmucker)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-force-a-script-to-fire-on-page-not-found/240362 "2022-09-29T04:33:25Z")

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Continuing the discussion from How do you force a script to refire on every page load in Discourse?: As discussed in the now-closed topic, the code above does fire when a topic is loaded. But I want to trigger a redire…

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## [Label Sets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/label-sets/240372)

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**Author:** [@zach-ehealthier](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zach-ehealthier)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 10:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/label-sets/240372 "2022-09-29T10:32:05Z")

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Hi. We run a platform with multiple label sets. This means we can customise what each user type is called, specific to each organisation. We need to publish our documentation with variables for our multiple label sets so…

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## [./launcher start app - does not run (need to re-setup SMTP)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-start-app-does-not-run-need-to-re-setup-smtp/240374)

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**Author:** [@ideatank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ideatank)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-start-app-does-not-run-need-to-re-setup-smtp/240374 "2022-09-30T10:20:04Z")

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I needed to re-setup SMTP and run the ./launcher start app command. However I was not prompted to re-enter the installation data - email, SMTP etc… The command run, and then exit to the command line after the re-instal…

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