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## [Problem with changing SMTP credentials](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-changing-smtp-credentials/331313)

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**Author:** [@Celso\_Teixeira](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Celso_Teixeira)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-changing-smtp-credentials/331313 "2024-10-17T14:17:52Z")

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Discourse version: v3.2.0 stable We are currently migrating to a new email service provider. To complete this transition, we need to update the SMTP credentials in the app.yaml file. After updating the credentials, we n…

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## [Add all emoji flags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-all-emoji-flags/39296)

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**Author:** [@keunes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/keunes)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-all-emoji-flags/39296 "2023-11-04T00:05:19Z")

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Over at the Fairphone forum, there’s some Dutchies that use :nl:, but it doesn’t display as a flag. Would be nice if the Dutch flag could be included in the emoji set. Maybe it’s even an idea to create a new tab with on…

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## [How to customise emoji preview size, remove default emoji](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customise-emoji-preview-size-remove-default-emoji/111788)

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**Author:** [@Xinweu\_Tang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Xinweu_Tang)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customise-emoji-preview-size-remove-default-emoji/111788 "2020-02-05T20:55:06Z")

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The default emojis were rarely used, I hope to remove all default emojis and only retain the customised emoji. Is there any way that I can put the customised emoji at the top, or remove the default emojis? In addition,…

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## [Possible to integrate with ActiveCampaign?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-integrate-with-activecampaign/147760)

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**Author:** [@007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/007)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-integrate-with-activecampaign/147760 "2020-04-13T10:59:15Z")

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I use ActiveCampaign for email marketing and am in the process of considering a move to Discourse for my membership sites. Ideally, I’d like to automatically send new members to ActiveCampaig once they confirm their emai…

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## [No search results on query "down"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-search-results-on-query-down/330857)

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**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-search-results-on-query-down/330857 "2024-10-14T20:06:20Z")

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Discovered on my own instance, and could repro on meta. The title says it all, just search “down” on meta. There are plenty results on Google.

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## [Including user location under their name on topic pages?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-user-location-under-their-name-on-topic-pages/148035)

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**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-user-location-under-their-name-on-topic-pages/148035 "2020-04-15T04:23:57Z")

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A user asked me if there might be a way to show user location (the one on the profile), under their username on topics and replies. I thought it might be an interesting way for the community to get to know each other a l…

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## [List of all the pages that users are in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-all-the-pages-that-users-are-in/148269)

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**Author:** [@verilog15](https://meta.discourse.org/u/verilog15)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-all-the-pages-that-users-are-in/148269 "2020-04-16T17:19:07Z")

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Hi guys, I know that in vBulletin software there is a page that contains a list of all online users and the pages they are currently watching. Is there something similar in Discourse?

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## [Theme Developer Tutorial: 2. Creating a remote theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-developer-tutorial-2-creating-a-remote-theme/357797)

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**Author:** [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-developer-tutorial-2-creating-a-remote-theme/357797 "2025-03-18T15:59:09Z")

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In the last chapter, we created a basic theme via the Discourse admin interface. This works well enough for very simple themes. But as soon as you want to do something more complex, or share a theme more widely, you’ll n…

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## [Use Node-Red and Telegram to Monitor Discourse Status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-node-red-and-telegram-to-monitor-discourse-status/157229)

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**Author:** [@neounix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neounix)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-node-red-and-telegram-to-monitor-discourse-status/157229 "2020-07-09T07:17:02Z")

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Please note that this is a different application than sending Discourse application notifications using the Discourse Telegram Notifications plugin. This NR application is for monitoring the server, Docker and the Dis…

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## [Find users who posted on a specific list of Topic ID's](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-users-who-posted-on-a-specific-list-of-topic-ids/148861)

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**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-users-who-posted-on-a-specific-list-of-topic-ids/148861 "2020-04-22T15:50:14Z")

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We’re going to be doing a COVID 19-day Fitness Challenge on our forum and participants will need to check-in every day and post proof that they completed the challenge in order to be eligible for some really awesome swag…

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## [How are users handled when switching to new database?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-users-handled-when-switching-to-new-database/147085)

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**Author:** [@Denis\_Heraud](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denis_Heraud)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-users-handled-when-switching-to-new-database/147085 "2020-04-07T12:14:59Z")

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We used to link our instance of Discourse with a database of members stored on our server. Users would log in through SSO and their account details would be synced to Discourse. We’ve since migrated to using NeonCRM to …

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## [Feature request: add ability to drill down into kanban board using category and tag filters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-ability-to-drill-down-into-kanban-board-using-category-and-tag-filters/366792)

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**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-ability-to-drill-down-into-kanban-board-using-category-and-tag-filters/366792 "2021-04-04T22:15:45Z")

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Is it possible to further filter topics while keeping the Kanban Board tags set-up? Right now we have the Kanban Board set-up by status. I’d like to be able to filter so that we only see c-advocacy topics. Basically…

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## [Table Builder editor eradicates column alignment specification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/table-builder-editor-eradicates-column-alignment-specification/299577)

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**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/table-builder-editor-eradicates-column-alignment-specification/299577 "2024-07-04T08:17:55Z")

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Note below how when I edit columns with the table builder, it wipes out the column alignment specification: It’s also introducing spurious linebreaks due to using \\r\\n instead of \\n for line termination.

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## [Blank Screen for Topic on Mobile Web: TypeError in Admin Console](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-screen-for-topic-on-mobile-web-typeerror-in-admin-console/148417)

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**Author:** [@thedavidprice](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thedavidprice)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-screen-for-topic-on-mobile-web-typeerror-in-admin-console/148417 "2020-04-25T17:21:31Z")

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iOS vs13.3.1 Mobile Chrome v80.0.3987.95 I visited a Topic on our Forum and it loaded just the header (twice in one case, see screenshots after error output below) – effectively it was a blank page. I was logged out at…

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## [Possible to change a topic's timestamp?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-a-topics-timestamp/329509)

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**Author:** [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-a-topics-timestamp/329509 "2024-10-06T11:47:57Z")

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I’d like to change a topic’s time stamp, found this API while, it got an error with “Bad CSRF”, could someone give a hint ? thanks import requests # incorrect headers headers = { "Authorization": f"Apikey {a…

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## [How to move data from a StackExchange dump to populate a live or new Discourse forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-data-from-a-stackexchange-dump-to-populate-a-live-or-new-discourse-forum/148658)

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**Author:** [@Hugo\_Roger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hugo_Roger)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-data-from-a-stackexchange-dump-to-populate-a-live-or-new-discourse-forum/148658 "2020-04-20T19:57:46Z")

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I am aware that Discourse still does not support threaded commenting under answers/replies but is it possible to load a StackExchange thread/forum into a live discourse forum? Has anyone ever done this or has a live exam…

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## [Cant create new users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-new-users/329394)

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**Author:** [@Denis\_Didkovsky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denis_Didkovsky)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-new-users/329394 "2024-10-04T18:41:12Z")

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Can someone assist with API user creation. It was discussed several times in API category, I am following recommendations, the proposed request: curl -X POST “https://DISCOURSEURL/users.json” -H “Api-Key: b5629e5139ax…

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## [Users.updated\_at not renewed on all updates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-updated-at-not-renewed-on-all-updates/150701)

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**Author:** [@DDo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DDo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-updated-at-not-renewed-on-all-updates/150701 "2020-05-07T15:55:07Z")

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When modifying a user via the api I wanted to use users.updated\_at as criteria for the last update. Now I noticed that it is not set anew upon all actions. Eg, when changing watched categories or watch 1st post categori…

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## [Correct DNS records to set when Discourse is hosted on WWW subdomain?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/correct-dns-records-to-set-when-discourse-is-hosted-on-www-subdomain/150896)

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**Author:** [@Milo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Milo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/correct-dns-records-to-set-when-discourse-is-hosted-on-www-subdomain/150896 "2020-05-09T12:55:10Z")

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Hi I have setup Discourse in a Digital ocean droplet, using their 1 click install. I set the hostname to www.mydomain.com and I chose to issue an SSL certificate with Let’s Encrypt. My domain is hosted with namecheap a…

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## [Is it possible to fetch image Urls array for every post in latest.json?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-fetch-image-urls-array-for-every-post-in-latest-json/149727)

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**Author:** [@afrin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/afrin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-fetch-image-urls-array-for-every-post-in-latest-json/149727 "2020-05-08T12:39:46Z")

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Is it possible to fetch image Urls array for every post in latest.json?

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## [Editor Preview Position](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-preview-position/309934)

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**Author:** [@Alteras](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alteras)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-preview-position/309934 "2025-06-25T17:49:42Z")

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:information\_source: Summary Allows the user to reposition and resize the preview in the composer for Discourse. :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository GitHub - Alteras1/discourse-editor-preview-position: Discourse …

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## [Discourse Post Voting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-post-voting/227808)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 36\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-post-voting/227808 "2026-01-12T11:44:10Z")

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:discourse2: Summary Discourse Post Voting allows the creation of topics with votable posts. :open\_book: Install Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin se…

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## [Any Cheap VPS for Indians?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-cheap-vps-for-indians/165501)

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**Author:** [@sushant098123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sushant098123)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-cheap-vps-for-indians/165501 "2020-09-27T05:45:14Z")

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Hi I am from India and I can not do international Payments. So is there any cheap VPS available that will support UPI & PAYTM?

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## [Apple Music oneboxes not working on my site?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/apple-music-oneboxes-not-working-on-my-site/150609)

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**Author:** [@Jason\_Rybka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jason_Rybka)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/apple-music-oneboxes-not-working-on-my-site/150609 "2020-05-06T15:19:45Z")

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Currently listening to: One of my threads on my site deals with the topic of music, so… On my site this just appears as a standard link, more like this: https://music.apple.com/us/album/dystopia/1043547823 My quest…

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## [Repackaging a markdown-it extension as a Discourse plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/repackaging-a-markdown-it-extension-as-a-discourse-plugin/84614)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/repackaging-a-markdown-it-extension-as-a-discourse-plugin/84614 "2018-04-05T02:05:44Z")

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markdown.it the CommonMark engine used by Discourse has a wide array of plugins Header anchors, definition lists, smart-arrows and the list goes on and on. First a warning :warning: CommonMark is meant to be… Common. …

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## [Using browser tab content indicators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-browser-tab-content-indicators/33508)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-browser-tab-content-indicators/33508 "2015-09-21T00:49:27Z")

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:bookmark: This guide explains how Discourse displays new content indicators in your browser tab, helping you quickly identify new topics and posts without actively checking the site. :person\_raising\_hand: Required use…

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## [New Topic Create URL is not working for Subcategory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-create-url-is-not-working-for-subcategory/150904)

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**Author:** [@We\_Prepare](https://meta.discourse.org/u/We_Prepare)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-create-url-is-not-working-for-subcategory/150904 "2020-05-09T18:58:10Z")

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Team, I’m trying to give users a link to create a new topic. The functionality works well when user posts inside category. However the same functionality is not working in subcategory: Here’s the URL I am trying to use: …

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## [Archive an old forum "in place" to start a new Discourse forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archive-an-old-forum-in-place-to-start-a-new-discourse-forum/13433)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archive-an-old-forum-in-place-to-start-a-new-discourse-forum/13433 "2014-03-05T22:46:43Z")

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When possible, we recommend archiving old forums rather than importing them into Discourse. Sometimes this isn’t possible, for various reasons, but getting a fresh start and moving into a new community platform without…

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## [Making Plugin Templates Localization friendly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-plugin-templates-localization-friendly/40952)

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**Author:** [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-plugin-templates-localization-friendly/40952 "2016-03-13T03:04:20Z")

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If you are familiar with WordPress plugins, you may have noticed that the more popular ones take advantage of gettext so that their text can be translated. It takes a little bit of effort to wrap text inside of function…

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## [How can I make the "tags" as REQUIRED when create a new Topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-make-the-tags-as-required-when-create-a-new-topic/106149)

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**Author:** [@tom.shi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tom.shi)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-make-the-tags-as-required-when-create-a-new-topic/106149 "2020-03-18T05:53:48Z")

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Happy New Year to everyone How can i make the “tags” as REQUIRED when create a new Topic,Thank you

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