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## [Disable anchor link to markdown headers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-anchor-link-to-markdown-headers/241860)

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**Author:** [@MJack](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MJack)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-anchor-link-to-markdown-headers/241860 "2022-10-14T16:19:40Z")

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Hi there, Is there a way to disable the anchor links to markdown headers ? (introduced in v2.7.0) We use a piece of code that queries topics (using the Data Explorer plugin), but these anchor links break the process. W…

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## [CSS Conflicts In Header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-conflicts-in-header/241867)

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**Author:** [@chrispine1991](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chrispine1991)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-conflicts-in-header/241867 "2022-10-14T21:25:34Z")

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Chocoboe Studios // custom search banner customizations .custom-search-banner-wrap { margin: 0 auto !important; max-width: unset; color: #f9f9f9; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; background: -webkit-gradi…

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## [Use the api to post to chat channel?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-the-api-to-post-to-chat-channel/241871)

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**Author:** [@ninermac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ninermac)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-the-api-to-post-to-chat-channel/241871 "2022-10-18T16:41:56Z")

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Looking to develop a bot for Discourse chat. Is it possible to utilize the post api call and get something into a chat channel?

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## [Weird layout after update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-layout-after-update/241873)

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**Author:** [@cokestroke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cokestroke)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-layout-after-update/241873 "2022-10-22T09:18:27Z")

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Has anyone found issues when updating to the latest version of Discourse? All my category thumbnails are distorted. I only used customisation on the home page but even on the category pages they are all skewed. How can …

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## [Customising the welcome page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customising-the-welcome-page/241877)

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**Author:** [@obhi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/obhi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customising-the-welcome-page/241877 "2022-10-18T21:09:06Z")

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We would like to modify the default text on our welcome page. I have used Admin \> Customise \> Text to modify the default login\_required.welcome\_message text However, the original text continues to be displayed, e…

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## [GTM and GA4](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gtm-and-ga4/241879)

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**Author:** [@cokestroke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cokestroke)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gtm-and-ga4/241879 "2022-10-13T21:55:41Z")

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Does adding GTM and Google Analytics 4 in admin double your page view?

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## [Help setting up tiers of membership using Groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-setting-up-tiers-of-membership-using-groups/241881)

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**Author:** [@RayJGreen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RayJGreen)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-setting-up-tiers-of-membership-using-groups/241881 "2022-10-19T02:28:27Z")

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We just migrated to Discourse and so far we’re loving it. I’m running into an issue using Groups efficiently and wanted to ask for help with a setup that doesn’t overcomplicate things… We have a coaching program with 2 …

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## [How these "menus" should be called?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-these-menus-should-be-called/241883)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-these-menus-should-be-called/241883 "2022-10-14T00:19:45Z")

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For example, the hamburger menu is named… The hamburger menu, because of the icon. If we ignore the icon, what is this menu called? I looked at the HTML code, but there are not so many clues. Well, for this one, “hambur…

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## [Site rearrangement scripting: What's the best venue?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-rearrangement-scripting-whats-the-best-venue/241892)

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**Author:** [@mcdanlj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcdanlj)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-rearrangement-scripting-whats-the-best-venue/241892 "2022-10-15T11:38:10Z")

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I have been writing a script, driven by a YAML file, for rearranging a Discourse site. This is because I’m planning a pretty massive rearrangement of my largest site to make it easier to navigate, and I’ll never go throu…

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## [Unable to post by email by unregistered users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-post-by-email-by-unregistered-users/241894)

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**Author:** [@fedorov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fedorov)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-post-by-email-by-unregistered-users/241894 "2022-10-14T14:53:59Z")

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I would like to be able for anyone to post to our instance by sending email. When I try that from a test account, I get automatic response “Your account does not have the privileges to post new topics in that category.” …

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## [modifyClass gives TypeError undefined?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifyclass-gives-typeerror-undefined/241896)

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**Author:** [@piffy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/piffy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifyclass-gives-typeerror-undefined/241896 "2022-10-14T04:21:53Z")

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I’m creating a theme component. I have this in the header: \<script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.8"\> api.modifyClass("model:post-stream", { pluginId: 'test', appendMore: function() { …

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## [Change topic visibility in an admin category to public](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-topic-visibility-in-an-admin-category-to-public/241901)

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**Author:** [@abidiqbal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abidiqbal)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-topic-visibility-in-an-admin-category-to-public/241901 "2022-10-14T11:22:31Z")

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Hello Everyone, Is there a way to change the visibility of one topic in a specific closed category from admin to the public? I have a category in which all the topics are visible to admins only. Now can I make one topi…

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## [Logged users show another number of latest post than anonymous users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logged-users-show-another-number-of-latest-post-than-anonymous-users/241903)

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**Author:** [@albertoiNET](https://meta.discourse.org/u/albertoiNET)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logged-users-show-another-number-of-latest-post-than-anonymous-users/241903 "2022-10-14T09:16:55Z")

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When a logged user enter on /latest page shows less post than anonymous /latest page. I want that logged users see all post like anonymous users, because when a new user register on the site, It see 0 post on logged /la…

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## [Discourse Event time tags disappear sometimes + event box trouble](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-event-time-tags-disappear-sometimes-event-box-trouble/241911)

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**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-event-time-tags-disappear-sometimes-event-box-trouble/241911 "2022-10-20T09:18:57Z")

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There is a conference happening right now and we have several topics using the Discourse Event features – see https://forum.movement-strategy.org/c/general/cee-meeting/33. The relative time tags added to the topic title…

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## [Install Discourse on Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-ubuntu-20-04-or-22-04/241912)

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**Author:** [@frold](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frold)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-ubuntu-20-04-or-22-04/241912 "2022-10-14T20:49:32Z")

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Digital Ocean have a droplet where Discourse is installed on Ubuntu 20.04 but is it better to just make a clean install on Ubuntu 22.04? I have to upgrade my server while I moving domain. So I have a window where I can …

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## [What's a good session timeout duration?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-a-good-session-timeout-duration/241922)

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**Author:** [@per\_coh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/per_coh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2022, 7:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-a-good-session-timeout-duration/241922 "2022-10-17T07:42:03Z")

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Hey everyone, I’m having a chat with some folks internally about what a good session timeout is for a public, online community. What’s your opinion on this? Shorter for security, longer for ease-of-use, something else?

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## [Allow swipe up/down actions to close images on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923)

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**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923 "2022-10-15T09:33:57Z")

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When you have a big phone it gets frustrating to have to have to reach up to the close button to close out an image When you swipe up/down, compared to most mobile apps it should close out to the image instead of scroll…

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## [Password reset landing page not loading because of cloudflare rocketloader](https://meta.discourse.org/t/password-reset-landing-page-not-loading-because-of-cloudflare-rocketloader/241928)

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**Author:** [@mati\_h](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mati_h)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/password-reset-landing-page-not-loading-because-of-cloudflare-rocketloader/241928 "2022-10-14T17:02:26Z")

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Hey, Some team members (myself included) are trying to reset our account passwords in our Discourse community sub-domain, but when we clicking on the “reset password email” we just see a blank screen, nothing is loading…

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## [\[PAID\] Additional non-repeating Nth positions for Ad plugin (updated)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-additional-non-repeating-nth-positions-for-ad-plugin-updated/241947)

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**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-additional-non-repeating-nth-positions-for-ad-plugin-updated/241947 "2022-10-20T14:14:40Z")

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What would you like done? My non-Discourse forum currently has 4 image banner (no HTML) positions that are charged according to their prominence, 1 is horizontal and 3 are in the left vertical sidebar. To migrate to Di…

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## [Failed logins for SSO (Github, Google, etc)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-logins-for-sso-github-google-etc/241962)

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**Author:** [@Patrick\_David](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Patrick_David)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-logins-for-sso-github-google-etc/241962 "2022-10-15T09:29:31Z")

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We’ve recently encountered an issue with using SSO. In our users case it’s mostly Google or Github. Attempts kick an error: Message (93 copies reported) (github) Authentication failure! authenticity\_error: OmniAuth::…

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## ["You may not view the requested resource" when posting in category where not allowed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-may-not-view-the-requested-resource-when-posting-in-category-where-not-allowed/241963)

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**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-may-not-view-the-requested-resource-when-posting-in-category-where-not-allowed/241963 "2022-10-15T07:22:46Z")

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Found a strange error (which should be friendlier/more understandable to the user) when I do the following: Login to a dummy user Go to a post in a (private, if related) category where you are not allowed to create top…

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## [Script framework to rearrange topics and categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/script-framework-to-rearrange-topics-and-categories/241964)

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**Author:** [@mcdanlj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcdanlj)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/script-framework-to-rearrange-topics-and-categories/241964 "2022-10-28T00:42:07Z")

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In order to script rearranging a large Discourse with working with my site leadership, I wrote a simple framework for packaging up a bunch of ruby scriptlets to be driven from a YAML configuration file. This way, I can r…

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## [Failed restore - You should migrate first?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-restore-you-should-migrate-first/241971)

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**Author:** [@frold](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frold)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2022, 7:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-restore-you-should-migrate-first/241971 "2022-10-15T07:14:19Z")

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Im trying to move from one server to a new server. The are having the same edition of discourse: I get this error \> \[2022-10-15 06:12:50\] \[STARTED\] \> \[2022-10-15 06:12:50\] 'frold' has started the restore! \> \[2022-10-1…

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## [Error While Installing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-while-installing/241972)

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**Author:** [@spectre](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spectre)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-while-installing/241972 "2022-10-25T16:24:12Z")

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Hey guys, Maybe this one was answered and dealt with but I can’t find it here. Therefore, posted mine one, hoping someone could elaborate what is going on: (unknown): did not find expected key while parsing a block map…

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## [The read post position changed in topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-read-post-position-changed-in-topic/241978)

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**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-read-post-position-changed-in-topic/241978 "2022-11-02T05:16:58Z")

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Hello, I noticed when I go to a topic where I earlier read a few post than it will not continue from that post where I stoped reading. Now it seems to the read position is the onscreen last post instead of the onscreen…

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## [\<div\> tags in posts / Ezoic integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/div-tags-in-posts-ezoic-integration/241982)

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**Author:** [@Sifaan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sifaan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/div-tags-in-posts-ezoic-integration/241982 "2022-10-16T02:38:16Z")

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Hi I’m trying to integrate my site to Ezoic and need to setup placeholders for ads. I was able to put in a few via Customize → Themes → Edit CSS/HTML but for the rest I need to place them within my content manually Th…

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## [Re-award badges in categories made private then public](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-award-badges-in-categories-made-private-then-public/241985)

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**Author:** [@Deli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Deli)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-award-badges-in-categories-made-private-then-public/241985 "2022-10-15T19:17:21Z")

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We had to make some public categories private then public, which stripped a lot of badges away from users. Is there a command or query that can re-award old posts and topics Nice Reply, and other such, badges? Thanks!

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## [Change Default Bulk Action After Multi-Select of Messages in an Inbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-bulk-action-after-multi-select-of-messages-in-an-inbox/241989)

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**Author:** [@Hazardous\_Aviator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hazardous_Aviator)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-bulk-action-after-multi-select-of-messages-in-an-inbox/241989 "2022-10-15T18:25:05Z")

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Is there an option to change the default Bulk Action from DELETE to say ARCHIVE after Multi-Select of Messages in an Inbox? I’ve accidentally deleted messages way too many times this way.

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## [Hide IPs behind a button like emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-ips-behind-a-button-like-emails/241991)

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**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2022, 9:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-ips-behind-a-button-like-emails/241991 "2022-10-16T09:13:18Z")

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When you want to view an email in Discourse, it’s hidden behind a button. When a user views an email, it’s stored in the logs. The thing is, IPs are visible without having to click a button But, IPs are freely vi…

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## [Making group joins automatic to an external pricing plan](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-group-joins-automatic-to-an-external-pricing-plan/241995)

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**Author:** [@AEW745](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AEW745)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-group-joins-automatic-to-an-external-pricing-plan/241995 "2022-10-18T04:21:58Z")

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Hello, I have a self hosted discourse site and I want to connect group joins to my pricing plans on external site to give members access to categories when they purchase a subscription from my website. Any ideas on how t…

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