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## [List or directory of professional themes/skins for Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-or-directory-of-professional-themes-skins-for-discourse/28977)

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**Author:** [@anon82356247](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon82356247)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-or-directory-of-professional-themes-skins-for-discourse/28977 "2015-05-19T22:55:01Z")

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Is there a place where I can find themes for discourse? I’d prefer a well tested theme that is not free.

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## [Odd markdown results - unexpected whitespace removal](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-markdown-results-unexpected-whitespace-removal/28989)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-markdown-results-unexpected-whitespace-removal/28989 "2017-06-26T19:50:08Z")

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The following markdown seems to remove white space between letters on the 2nd line Markdown Code \`leosomethingelse\` - \`leo address 1\` - created \`1 year \` - mem \`period 11\` & \`period 12\` - seen \`6 hours ago\` \`leo\` x \`le…

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## [How to reorder categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reorder-categories/28990)

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**Author:** [@Ethosyde](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethosyde)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reorder-categories/28990 "2015-05-19T14:13:41Z")

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How do you re-order categories? Like for example, if I have five categories and I want the bottom category to be the top one.

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## [How to change default view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-default-view/28993)

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**Author:** [@Ethosyde](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethosyde)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-default-view/28993 "2015-05-19T15:19:34Z")

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When you click Discourse logo on top banner (top left corner), is there a way to have it default to a certain url or even a category? such as all category view? I love all category view, see everything.

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## ["User Visits" report link on admin dashboard broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-visits-report-link-on-admin-dashboard-broken/28995)

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**Author:** [@scott\_sfn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scott_sfn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-visits-report-link-on-admin-dashboard-broken/28995 "2015-05-19T17:14:03Z")

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One of our admins noticed that since applying the most recent Discourse version, the link to the user visits report on the admin dashboard is broken. Instead of going to http://community.sfn.org/admin/reports/visits, it…

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## [Attachments broken as of recent update - replicated on try](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attachments-broken-as-of-recent-update-replicated-on-try/28998)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attachments-broken-as-of-recent-update-replicated-on-try/28998 "2015-05-19T22:18:50Z")

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Hi all - had a puzzling thing happen today. A member emailed in a post with a 2.8mb PDF attached. I was able to see the post, edit it for formatting, and also download the attachment myself and read it. A few hours late…

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## [How to update profile information via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-update-profile-information-via-api/29001)

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**Author:** [@kennym](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kennym)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-update-profile-information-via-api/29001 "2015-09-04T20:38:18Z")

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I would like to sync profile information like the bio, and website URL from my website to the discourse user forum. Users are currently all logging in via an SSO endpoint on the main website. Is there any way to update t…

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## [Right procedure to display likes (or anyother) column in the main page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/right-procedure-to-display-likes-or-anyother-column-in-the-main-page/29004)

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**Author:** [@raul\_pareja](https://meta.discourse.org/u/raul_pareja)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 7:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/right-procedure-to-display-likes-or-anyother-column-in-the-main-page/29004 "2015-05-20T07:41:18Z")

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Hi, Sorry guys for most likely an obvious question here, but I got confused with what is the right procedure to display the likes column in the main discourse page. Right now it shows Category Users Replies Views and …

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## [The best way to edit Markdown.Editor.js?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-best-way-to-edit-markdown-editor-js/29005)

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**Author:** [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-best-way-to-edit-markdown-editor-js/29005 "2015-05-19T23:17:22Z")

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Hi everyone ! I made a lot of progress recently but I don’t seem to be able to do one thing : editing the Markdown.Editor file. I tried two things : launcher ssh app. I edited two plugins files (poll, lazyYT) without…

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## [Attachments Broken After Upgrade / Switch from S3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attachments-broken-after-upgrade-switch-from-s3/29006)

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**Author:** [@ATPJD](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ATPJD)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attachments-broken-after-upgrade-switch-from-s3/29006 "2015-05-19T21:25:23Z")

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Hi - We’re on hosted Discourse, and I think we were just switched to locally-hosted attachments. (v1.3.0.beta9 +121) We now receive this error upon attempting to click a link to an attachment: “The page you requested…

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## [Copy/Paste Excel - Both an Image and text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-paste-excel-both-an-image-and-text/29009)

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**Author:** [@strager](https://meta.discourse.org/u/strager)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-paste-excel-both-an-image-and-text/29009 "2015-05-20T01:49:40Z")

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When copy/pasting data from excel it currently does two things: It creates a text block with all of the contents completly unformatted It creates an image of the contents that looks good but cannot be edited within dis…

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## [Badge based on link stats?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-based-on-link-stats/29018)

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**Author:** [@jesselperry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesselperry)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-based-on-link-stats/29018 "2015-08-27T16:55:25Z")

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Would there be any way to run a badge query on number of clicks on a link? I find that users will click a link and it will be really popular, but the topic originator never gets any likes to the post (or far less than th…

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## [Attachment not found (Latest update)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attachment-not-found-latest-update/29026)

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**Author:** [@dbm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dbm)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attachment-not-found-latest-update/29026 "2015-05-20T12:57:07Z")

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Any fix for this would be more then welcome. And does anyone else facing this issue?

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## [Spans inside poll options can be abused](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spans-inside-poll-options-can-be-abused/29027)

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**Author:** [@Zecc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zecc)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spans-inside-poll-options-can-be-abused/29027 "2015-05-20T13:55:56Z")

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Can span tags inside polls be abused? poll

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## [How to make profile pictures square?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-profile-pictures-square/29028)

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**Author:** [@Radioshark](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Radioshark)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-profile-pictures-square/29028 "2015-05-21T00:08:35Z")

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I have seen some other discourse sites with small square profile pictures on all pages? How can I get that?

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## [Customize subject format for digest emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-subject-format-for-digest-emails/29029)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-subject-format-for-digest-emails/29029 "2017-06-05T15:01:17Z")

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We have Customize subject format for standard emails but this does not have anything to do with digest emails. I don’t know about others, but I am finding that the digest email format is too rigid and makes for boring, …

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## [What are these "/topics/timings" ongoing XHRs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-these-topics-timings-ongoing-xhrs/29034)

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**Author:** [@swisspol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swisspol)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-these-topics-timings-ongoing-xhrs/29034 "2015-05-20T17:10:50Z")

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Version v1.3.0.beta9 +25 When browsing topics, I see regular XHRs to /poll and /timings - what is the later for? Should CDNs care? I don’t see an equivalent setting long polling base url for timings.

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## [Is it safe to flush redis?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-safe-to-flush-redis/29035)

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**Author:** [@MrSteve](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MrSteve)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-safe-to-flush-redis/29035 "2015-05-22T20:34:34Z")

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Hi, I’m experiencing the problem described here – high RAM use on redis: https://meta.discourse.org/t/redis-server-hogging-ram/6415 I see that this bug was fixed, so I’ll update my discourse installation shortly. Befo…

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## [Removing avatars in category view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-avatars-in-category-view/29036)

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**Author:** [@Ethosyde](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethosyde)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-avatars-in-category-view/29036 "2015-05-21T17:10:54Z")

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Is there a way to remove avatars from the main all category view? I want them to show on posts but not in category view.

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## [Yahoo login doesn't seem to work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yahoo-login-doesnt-seem-to-work/29039)

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**Author:** [@dbo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dbo)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yahoo-login-doesnt-seem-to-work/29039 "2017-11-16T18:27:26Z")

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Does anything special have to be done for the Yahoo login? I only see a checkbox: enable yahoo logins Enable Yahoo authentication When I check it and try it out, I get a popup window with the following error: 502 Bad…

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## [Error While Trying to load, New and Admin accounts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-while-trying-to-load-new-and-admin-accounts/29050)

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**Author:** [@DreamOnPvP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DreamOnPvP)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-while-trying-to-load-new-and-admin-accounts/29050 "2015-07-20T10:11:04Z")

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So whenever I try and access a users account from the ‘Users’ Tab on the admin panel I get this error. Error When trying to load, go back or retry It only happens on non ‘Normal User’ Accounts. aka, Admin Accounts, Mod…

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## [Typo in app.yml, possible to salvage my install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/typo-in-app-yml-possible-to-salvage-my-install/29058)

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**Author:** [@ajoy39](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ajoy39)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/typo-in-app-yml-possible-to-salvage-my-install/29058 "2015-05-21T04:24:47Z")

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I made a typo in my DISCOURSE\_HOSTNAME, unfortunately I’m just now realizing this after about 2 hours of general configuration and design work. Didn’t show up until I started uploading images and they were all broken in …

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## ["Sorry, An error has occurred" when changing a badge sql trigger to "When a user is edited or created"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-an-error-has-occurred-when-changing-a-badge-sql-trigger-to-when-a-user-is-edited-or-created/29061)

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**Author:** [@db0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/db0)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-an-error-has-occurred-when-changing-a-badge-sql-trigger-to-when-a-user-is-edited-or-created/29061 "2015-05-21T20:19:57Z")

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I’ve created a new badge which is assigned when a user fill out a custom field. Unfortunately if I set the SQL to trigger when they edit their profile, I get this pop-up. Setting it to query daily works. I checked for e…

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## [Page is broken! (v1.3.0.beta9 +166, (89ac825))](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-is-broken-v1-3-0-beta9-166-89ac825/29065)

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**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-is-broken-v1-3-0-beta9-166-89ac825/29065 "2015-05-22T01:47:01Z")

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I’ve updated to the latest version Discourse 5 minutes ago and now my community is unusable. This must be an CSS error into one of the latest 62 commits. What happened?

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## [Amazon onebox issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amazon-onebox-issue/29066)

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**Author:** [@RaceProUK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RaceProUK)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amazon-onebox-issue/29066 "2016-10-09T19:37:08Z")

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For some reason, the onebox doesn’t actually fill anything out http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H4SSB02 Doesn’t appear limited to just .com either: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00H4SSB02 Edit: It seems th…

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## [Static backup of discourse forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/static-backup-of-discourse-forum/29069)

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**Author:** [@Quatro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quatro)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/static-backup-of-discourse-forum/29069 "2015-05-22T04:12:09Z")

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Hey guys. I’m an admin of a private discourse forum and I would like to scrape it to get a static backup of the site. Why? In a few years, the forum might not exist and I would like to share with all its users a local …

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## [Include notifications of likes, mentions, replies, edits etc in email digest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-notifications-of-likes-mentions-replies-edits-etc-in-email-digest/29081)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-notifications-of-likes-mentions-replies-edits-etc-in-email-digest/29081 "2015-05-21T18:31:43Z")

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In our community, we have a handful of people who still only use email to participate in discussions. It occurs to me that these people are missing out! They don’t know that people are liking their posts or what else is …

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## [Integration with Smyte for Spam protection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integration-with-smyte-for-spam-protection/29089)

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**Author:** [@justin\_gordon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin_gordon)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integration-with-smyte-for-spam-protection/29089 "2015-06-28T21:37:07Z")

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I’m working with Smyte and Pete Hunt on integrating their spam protection system with discourse. One of my sites keeps getting the same darn spammer over and over again. Time to fix this! Here’s a couple doc links: ht…

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## [Security implications of exposed SSO Secret in multi-user install?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-implications-of-exposed-sso-secret-in-multi-user-install/29092)

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**Author:** [@jetatomic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jetatomic)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-implications-of-exposed-sso-secret-in-multi-user-install/29092 "2015-05-22T18:26:50Z")

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What security risks may be involved with others knowing the sso secret? My WordPress install is multisite and multiuser. There doesn’t seem to be a way to set Discourse settings at the network level from the WP plugin. …

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## [Article commenting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/article-commenting/29096)

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**Author:** [@Ophelie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ophelie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/article-commenting/29096 "2015-05-22T03:37:09Z")

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Hey guys, This post reminded me that I should give you a heads-up. We’ve also moved back to using Disqus for commenting on sitepoint.com articles. We’d still love to use Discourse to power our comments, and tie the com…

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