# Hot

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## [Port 80/443 not accessible while installing Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/port-80-443-not-accessible-while-installing-discourse/280363)

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**Author:** [@nottoobright](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nottoobright)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/port-80-443-not-accessible-while-installing-discourse/280363 "2023-09-30T02:27:27Z")

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UPDATE: nmap and nc show that ports 80 and 443 are closed. Is that a problem for Discourse setup? I thought that just means that the port are open but there is no service listening on them. I expected Discourse setup to……

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## [Entire site is a blank page after upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/entire-site-is-a-blank-page-after-upgrade/280367)

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**Author:** [@Joaquin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joaquin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/entire-site-is-a-blank-page-after-upgrade/280367 "2023-09-28T01:45:23Z")

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I just did a routine upgrade to Discourse using the web UI. Now, only the site background is visible. Here is to URL to our site: https://wheelheads.riverroaring.com/ I tried rebuilding using ./launcher rebuild app I…

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## [About Group preview and handling of # for tags and categories isn't quite right](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-group-preview-and-handling-of-for-tags-and-categories-isnt-quite-right/280379)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-group-preview-and-handling-of-for-tags-and-categories-isnt-quite-right/280379 "2023-09-28T04:13:17Z")

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When a tag or a category is referenced in the About Group markdown, they render simply as the markdown in the preview (instead of how they appear in the description) It displays a linked button nicely in the des…

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## ["discourse: command not found" when trying to restore a backup from the command line](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-command-not-found-when-trying-to-restore-a-backup-from-the-command-line/280391)

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**Author:** [@shim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shim)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-command-not-found-when-trying-to-restore-a-backup-from-the-command-line/280391 "2023-09-28T15:33:30Z")

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does this still work im getting this error discourse: command not found

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## [Redirect a deleted topic to another topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-a-deleted-topic-to-another-topic/280400)

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**Author:** [@janbolmeson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/janbolmeson)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-a-deleted-topic-to-another-topic/280400 "2023-09-28T12:30:53Z")

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Is it possible to redirect a deleted topic so that the user gets to another page instead to the missing page-view? e.g. t/xxx to t/yyy I have tried the redirect function but it doesn’t seem to work (although it works f…

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## [Failing to update an older installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-to-update-an-older-installation/280403)

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**Author:** [@helmi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helmi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-to-update-an-older-installation/280403 "2023-09-28T11:48:46Z")

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I just tried updating an older (2.x) installation and keep failing. Here’s the error that I get after executing ./launcher rebuild app from /var/discourse FAILED -------------------- Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discou…

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## [Why is there no earth icon after I configured the Google Translator API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-no-earth-icon-after-i-configured-the-google-translator-api/280405)

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**Author:** [@Guo\_SpicyGum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Guo_SpicyGum)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-no-earth-icon-after-i-configured-the-google-translator-api/280405 "2023-10-13T15:20:53Z")

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Why is there no earth icon after I configured the Google Translator API? root@talk:/data/discourse# ./launcher enter app x86\_64 arch detected. WARNING: containers/app.yml file is world-readable. You can secure this file…

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## [Deleted replies and topics - are they purged from db or do they stay forever in db?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-replies-and-topics-are-they-purged-from-db-or-do-they-stay-forever-in-db/280406)

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**Author:** [@janbolmeson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/janbolmeson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-replies-and-topics-are-they-purged-from-db-or-do-they-stay-forever-in-db/280406 "2023-09-28T10:04:01Z")

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Couldn’t find this in the docs.

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## [Another Port 443 Not Accessible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/another-port-443-not-accessible/280419)

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**Author:** [@lopar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lopar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/another-port-443-not-accessible/280419 "2023-09-28T12:58:41Z")

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Hi all, looks like it is a popular problem here. So I have bought domain name and pointed it to static ip address, where my Synology lives and works as reverse proxy. Then data is proxied to ubuntu lxc-container on prox…

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## [Option to search for images (or PDFs or other attachment types)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-search-for-images-or-pdfs-or-other-attachment-types/280426)

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**Author:** [@Alon1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alon1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-search-for-images-or-pdfs-or-other-attachment-types/280426 "2023-09-28T14:10:11Z")

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Is there a feature/addon that I can use to allow users to search directly for attachments? I’m specifically looking to find images at the moment, I envision something like images.google.com that returns a mosaic of image…

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## [Disable Penalty Count?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-penalty-count/280446)

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**Author:** [@kiefferr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kiefferr)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-penalty-count/280446 "2023-09-29T00:09:28Z")

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We have a membership-based site and are suspending users when their membership lapses and unsuspended when they renew. However, this has the side effect of automatically giving them a penalty history that we’d have to cl…

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## [Change "share quote visibility" default from ANONYMOUS to ALL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-share-quote-visibility-default-from-anonymous-to-all/280462)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-share-quote-visibility-default-from-anonymous-to-all/280462 "2023-09-30T10:29:46Z")

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Why would logged in users not want to have this easy share option? I don’t understand this default. That settings explorer is amazing. I can’t wait to check it out. I hadn’t noticed it on the sites I’ve installed it.

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## [Discourse stuck when updating](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-stuck-when-updating/280472)

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**Author:** [@AlexCR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexCR)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-stuck-when-updating/280472 "2023-09-30T10:08:30Z")

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Hi, I’m in charge of running a Discourse forum for one organization I’m part of. It’s running on an Ubuntu 18.04 box on AWS. I’m somewhat familiar with Ubuntu, not really with Discourse. I’ve tried upgrading to the lat…

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## [WhatsApp for human connection? or Are Discourse chat and channels used?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whatsapp-for-human-connection-or-are-discourse-chat-and-channels-used/280473)

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**Author:** [@Renato\_Mendes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Renato_Mendes)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whatsapp-for-human-connection-or-are-discourse-chat-and-channels-used/280473 "2023-10-05T17:14:12Z")

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Hey, guys! I’ve been wondering whether it would be a good idea to disable discourse chat and channels and instead have a WhatsApp community with free interaction groups per cohort or theme, besides a communication channe…

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## [How do you hide a forum without cancelling service?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-hide-a-forum-without-cancelling-service/280491)

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**Author:** [@Milly\_Brown](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Milly_Brown)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-hide-a-forum-without-cancelling-service/280491 "2023-09-29T06:50:39Z")

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We want to hide our forum (we’re seeing a high level of spam/misuse and aren’t currently actively moderating) until we can determine our moderation plan. How do we do this without cancelling the service and retaining th…

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## [Login dialog text does not exactly match login\_required\_welcome\_message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-dialog-text-does-not-exactly-match-login-required-welcome-message/280498)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-dialog-text-does-not-exactly-match-login-required-welcome-message/280498 "2023-09-29T04:46:43Z")

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Hi, I have spotted that the login dialog appends text to the bottom that is not shown or editable in the login\_required\_welcome\_message text It adds what looks like the short form description of the site - which looks …

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## [Allow to clear penalty history after a suspension as ended](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-clear-penalty-history-after-a-suspension-as-ended/280510)

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**Author:** [@sdpiowa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sdpiowa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2023, 8:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-clear-penalty-history-after-a-suspension-as-ended/280510 "2023-10-22T08:52:37Z")

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Is there a way we could keep the “clear penalty history” option available even if a user’s suspension has run its course? Right now it only displays if a suspension or silence is actively in effect (at least, it looks th…

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## [PGN viewer theme component just released](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pgn-viewer-theme-component-just-released/280520)

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**Author:** [@happycactus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/happycactus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pgn-viewer-theme-component-just-released/280520 "2023-09-29T10:27:37Z")

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Hello, I created a theme component to render PGN (Portable Game Notation) strings into an interactive chessboard, using PgnViewerJS. The component is still under development but it’s somehow usable. The theme let the …

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## [\[PAID\] Create Xbox Live Login Auth0 for Discourse plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-create-xbox-live-login-auth0-for-discourse-plugin/280530)

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**Author:** [@Sikamikanico](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sikamikanico)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-create-xbox-live-login-auth0-for-discourse-plugin/280530 "2023-09-30T22:34:54Z")

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Hey folks - I run XboxEra.com and our forums (forum.xboxera.com) via Discourse. We have a plugin to allow users to login/signup via their existing Microsoft accounts. Now, I can’t seem to find ANY documentation, but I …

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## [Marketo as newsletter provider for newsletter-integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/marketo-as-newsletter-provider-for-newsletter-integration/280531)

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**Author:** [@tpetrov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpetrov)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/marketo-as-newsletter-provider-for-newsletter-integration/280531 "2023-09-29T11:22:08Z")

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I think a lot of companies are using Marketo to handle email subscriptions and newsletters (we do). Thus asking to have it added as a newsletter provider in the plugin, in addition to mailchimp.

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## [I'm trying to create Display Google One Tap](https://meta.discourse.org/t/im-trying-to-create-display-google-one-tap/280535)

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**Author:** [@islamafify4000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/islamafify4000)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/im-trying-to-create-display-google-one-tap/280535 "2023-09-29T15:32:09Z")

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I’m trying to create something to encourage users to register, but after clicking Continue, it says the page does not exist \<script src="https://accounts.google.com/gsi/client" async\>\</script\> \<div id="g\_id\_onload" …

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## [Site not Reachable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-not-reachable/280539)

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**Author:** [@PeakProsperity](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PeakProsperity)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-not-reachable/280539 "2023-09-29T15:06:21Z")

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Are there any known issues where some users cannot access a Discourse site, or it may be getting blocked by either their router or ISP? We’ve suddenly had a small handful of users who cannot access our site. None of us…

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## [No user preferences updating on my site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-user-preferences-updating-on-my-site/280551)

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**Author:** [@codergautam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codergautam)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-user-preferences-updating-on-my-site/280551 "2023-10-03T03:10:24Z")

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Users are unable to change their about section in my forum. When they press save it says saved, but refreshing just clears this. Unable to reproduce on Meta. Able to reproduce when I change my bio or change someone else’…

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## [A user cannot login due to CSP issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-user-cannot-login-due-to-csp-issue/280556)

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**Author:** [@Cara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cara)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-user-cannot-login-due-to-csp-issue/280556 "2023-09-30T18:05:21Z")

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Since a while a user is not able to log to the forum. He has a CSP issue: Refused to execute inline script because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "script-src https://boulette.advantaged.ne…

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## [Remove blank space and advertisement text on unfilled ad](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-blank-space-and-advertisement-text-on-unfilled-ad/280558)

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**Author:** [@codergautam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codergautam)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-blank-space-and-advertisement-text-on-unfilled-ad/280558 "2023-10-02T13:38:10Z")

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Ads on my forum dont always fill and sometimes Google isn’t able to find an ad atm, so it just shows blank. This is fine, but I believe the advertisement text and the white space taken during this scenario should be remo…

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## [IPv6 Git clone fails in discourse-setup, but works on the machine?!?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipv6-git-clone-fails-in-discourse-setup-but-works-on-the-machine/280580)

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**Author:** [@nottoobright](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nottoobright)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipv6-git-clone-fails-in-discourse-setup-but-works-on-the-machine/280580 "2023-10-01T18:52:53Z")

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My discourse-setup is failing on a Ubuntu 22.04 VPS with the following error: fatal: unable to access https://github.com/discourse/discourse.git/: Could not resolve host: github.com My VPS has only an IPv6 address, but…

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## [Permanent/stickied note on Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permanent-stickied-note-on-discourse/280581)

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**Author:** [@bseed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bseed)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 7:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permanent-stickied-note-on-discourse/280581 "2023-09-30T07:46:48Z")

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How would I add a stickied note similar to Katalon (https://forum.katalon.com/)? Particularly the content in the two light purple boxes: Currently using the Discourse Air Theme on https://www.hardwareinterviews.f…

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## [Top page default timeframe not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-page-default-timeframe-not-working/280591)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_Rother](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Rother)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-page-default-timeframe-not-working/280591 "2023-10-02T13:44:58Z")

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Although “top page default timeframe” is set to “weekly”, some users here still see “yearly” when they login: Cookie deletion does not solve this either. I see no option to control this setting from within the user p…

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## [How to change the admin email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-admin-email/280603)

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**Author:** [@Elena\_me](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Elena_me)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-admin-email/280603 "2023-10-06T11:27:49Z")

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Hello! I face with a problem and I need your help. How to change the admin email the one that you entered while installing Discourse? Thank you!

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## [Personal message only certain users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-message-only-certain-users/280607)

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**Author:** [@Victor\_Gonzalez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Victor_Gonzalez)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-message-only-certain-users/280607 "2023-09-30T12:35:53Z")

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I’m building a community and would like to allow only private messages from certain groups only to admins/moderators, for examples users in group 1 can only message moderators & admins, not other users in group 1. Is thi…

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