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## [A question about user\_auth\_tokens](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-question-about-user-auth-tokens/59307)

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**Author:** [@eriko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eriko)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-question-about-user-auth-tokens/59307 "2017-03-16T21:01:26Z")

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I see since the last time that I looked that users can have more than one auth token. Is this effectively one token per device/browser combination or is it something else? Also is it possible to sent this auth token to…

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## [Self Link previews not working for private site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-link-previews-not-working-for-private-site/59309)

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**Author:** [@Shrike](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shrike)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-link-previews-not-working-for-private-site/59309 "2017-05-18T16:04:27Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Self Link previews not showing for private sites?: Hi. I’m on the latest 1.8beta7 private instance and topic preview still is not working.

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## [Enter safe mode issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enter-safe-mode-issue/59311)

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**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enter-safe-mode-issue/59311 "2017-11-13T05:00:18Z")

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I noticed it yesterday on my forum (1.8.0 beta 5) but Meta and Try have the same issue (see the gif, please) tested with Firefox and Chrome.

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## [Custom OG/Twitter Metadata Image per Category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-og-twitter-metadata-image-per-category/59313)

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**Author:** [@Patrick\_David](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Patrick_David)\
**Replies:** 39\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-og-twitter-metadata-image-per-category/59313 "2019-01-12T17:23:26Z")

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Howdy! I run an instance that caters to various Free Software photography projects. I’ve created specific categories for each project to use as their own. I am thinking it might be nice, from a social outreach perspec…

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## [Private vs public site and sharing topic links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-vs-public-site-and-sharing-topic-links/59322)

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**Author:** [@Shrike](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shrike)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-vs-public-site-and-sharing-topic-links/59322 "2017-03-17T01:37:35Z")

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Hi. I have a little bit controversial idea. I have a forum where it’s hard to decide for me whether it should be private or public (I mean should it require login for reading). What is for private: I want to see who use…

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## [Frontend Uploader for Open Graph Images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/frontend-uploader-for-open-graph-images/59338)

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**Author:** [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/frontend-uploader-for-open-graph-images/59338 "2017-03-20T11:26:33Z")

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Hey There! Using Discourse as our discussion board for over a month now and Honestly, I’m loving the experience overall. The Only Problem faced by me (and maybe others too) is that there’s no option to upload the Openg…

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## [Post text does not render (firstBlock.shift is not a function)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-text-does-not-render-firstblock-shift-is-not-a-function/59345)

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**Author:** [@masda70](https://meta.discourse.org/u/masda70)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-text-does-not-render-firstblock-shift-is-not-a-function/59345 "2017-06-26T14:05:12Z")

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The following post text causes the error Uncaught TypeError: firstBlock.shift is not a function - a \<div\> b - \</div\> c

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## [Email to set password not sent out after invitation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-to-set-password-not-sent-out-after-invitation/59351)

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**Author:** [@Frank\_Meeuwsen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank_Meeuwsen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-to-set-password-not-sent-out-after-invitation/59351 "2017-03-18T03:35:01Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Invited users are ignoring the set password email I am currently in the following setup (running 1.8.0+beta5): I have a csv with new users I want to invite. I am testing this with my own …

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## [Create new topic by pasting fails when URL is too long](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-new-topic-by-pasting-fails-when-url-is-too-long/59352)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-new-topic-by-pasting-fails-when-url-is-too-long/59352 "2017-05-19T15:55:58Z")

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Hello! I have a problem with new feature that creates new topic when a user directly paste a URL in title section. Example (on try.discourse.org) As you can see, the “url” before the edited title appears truncated …

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## [Bug in inviting users (?) Cannot login, claiming activation already sent (false)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-in-inviting-users-cannot-login-claiming-activation-already-sent-false/59357)

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**Author:** [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-in-inviting-users-cannot-login-claiming-activation-already-sent-false/59357 "2017-03-20T11:56:26Z")

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Just installed from docker the latest 1.8.0.beta7. I think I stumbled upon a bug. Here’s what I did: checked login required in Settings (it’s a closed discussion forum) sent invite to a user user got the invite and c…

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## [Individual Invite Codes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/individual-invite-codes/59359)

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**Author:** [@Ralphy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ralphy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/individual-invite-codes/59359 "2019-05-17T00:03:30Z")

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Hey, I would like to make invite codes but it askes for the persons email to invite. Is there any way to do it without their email and just give a invite link and they sign up?

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## [Email-in replies thread wrongly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-replies-thread-wrongly/59365)

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**Author:** [@LeoMcA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LeoMcA)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-replies-thread-wrongly/59365 "2017-06-22T14:17:07Z")

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Frequently (possibly even always), replies by email show up in the web interface as a reply to the wrong post. Here’s one such example: The reply key of the email yousef was attempting to respond to here was: d3ce04…

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## [Links to certain categories on wordpress page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-certain-categories-on-wordpress-page/59369)

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**Author:** [@anon29908737](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon29908737)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-certain-categories-on-wordpress-page/59369 "2017-03-17T20:21:51Z")

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Is there a best method to show a link to certain categories or even posts on a wordpress page? Is it as simple as linking to the URL?

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## [Grok Pattern for Nginx logs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grok-pattern-for-nginx-logs/59372)

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**Author:** [@jackzampolin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jackzampolin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grok-pattern-for-nginx-logs/59372 "2017-03-21T19:38:20Z")

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It looks like discourse spits out custom Nginx logs. There wouldn’t happen to be a grok pattern for those logs anywhere? I looked and was unable to find anything.

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## [Problem with a MessageFormat string Arabic translation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-a-messageformat-string-arabic-translation/59375)

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**Author:** [@SafaAlfulaij](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SafaAlfulaij)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 7:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-a-messageformat-string-arabic-translation/59375 "2017-03-18T07:43:00Z")

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I’m seeing that the Arabic final output translation of a MessageFormat string is not right. Check the text that appears at the end of the topic saying you have # of unread topics and such.. Which says: You have 0 to…

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## [Feature ranking](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-ranking/59389)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-ranking/59389 "2018-08-19T12:44:10Z")

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So I’ve been giving some thought to how a secondary interest-metric might work. While the UX of the “Super Like” was terrible, I think the original intent of the system had merit. I strongly disagree with the UserVoice v…

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## [Bulk change categories without logging edit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-change-categories-without-logging-edit/59390)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-change-categories-without-logging-edit/59390 "2019-05-17T02:55:26Z")

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Long story short: the Discourse I’m currently working on is quite old. Further, it was primarily run by people who did not understand Discourse, and so many things were deleted, unlisted, moved, etc. that shouldn’t have…

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## [How to integrate Auth0 single sign on without Auth0-Discourse plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-integrate-auth0-single-sign-on-without-auth0-discourse-plugin/59397)

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**Author:** [@viet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/viet)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-integrate-auth0-single-sign-on-without-auth0-discourse-plugin/59397 "2018-01-10T04:03:54Z")

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I’d like to integrate single sign on via Auth0 but I’m afraid I would mess it up, can you guys help show me the steps? The host currently doesn’t allow additional plugin so I need to configure it without plugins for now…

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## [New discourse; how to remove the blue "start-mode"-header?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-discourse-how-to-remove-the-blue-start-mode-header/59409)

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**Author:** [@PatrickStarfish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PatrickStarfish)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-discourse-how-to-remove-the-blue-start-mode-header/59409 "2020-10-03T11:59:37Z")

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hey guys, how do i make this dissappear without fullfilling its requirements (5 topics, 50 users..etc)? it would be nice to have this message removed. but how? we are using discourse internally for the company and…

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## [Change a user's name from the admin page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-a-users-name-from-the-admin-page/59425)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-a-users-name-from-the-admin-page/59425 "2017-04-05T19:04:59Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Change Name Field as Admin: I’m training some new admins about how to manage our Discourse, and I’m getting the question “wait, why do we need to switch to the user’s side to edit a name?” …

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## [Has anyone succeeded in using discourse as sso provider for nextcloud? Share recipe?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/has-anyone-succeeded-in-using-discourse-as-sso-provider-for-nextcloud-share-recipe/59430)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/has-anyone-succeeded-in-using-discourse-as-sso-provider-for-nextcloud-share-recipe/59430 "2022-01-10T12:20:18Z")

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Hi all - I am interested in setting up a few small community sites with discourse plus nextcloud for document and media content sharing. It would be loverly and preferable to have SSO with discourse as SSO provider. If a…

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## [Managing site customization via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-site-customization-via-api/59431)

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**Author:** [@iamntz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iamntz)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-site-customization-via-api/59431 "2017-03-20T16:47:17Z")

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Hey guys, I was wondering if there is a way of managing CSS/HTML customization via API. This means to fetch/update items here: admin/customize/css\_html/ I’ve read this and didn’t had too much luck: GETting this in POS…

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## [Onebox prevents new user posting due to too many links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-prevents-new-user-posting-due-to-too-many-links/59433)

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**Author:** [@Blaisorblade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Blaisorblade)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-prevents-new-user-posting-due-to-too-many-links/59433 "2017-06-02T16:52:52Z")

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I just tried to post a message with a link to GitHub on a Discourse forum I just joined. And I was told “Sorry, new users can only put 2 links in a post.” I can put at most 2 links in a post as a new user. This happens …

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## [Getting the NoMethodError error when editing the topic due to my plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-the-nomethoderror-error-when-editing-the-topic-due-to-my-plugin/59471)

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**Author:** [@net\_deamon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/net_deamon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-the-nomethoderror-error-when-editing-the-topic-due-to-my-plugin/59471 "2017-03-19T11:28:53Z")

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Hi I am getting following error when trying to update ( edit ) the post Error Info NoMethodError - undefined method \`call' for nil:NilClass Did you mean? caller: lib/post\_revisor.rb:335:in \`block (2 levels) in updat…

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## [Give span.subcategory a specific Class or Id for CSS styling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/give-span-subcategory-a-specific-class-or-id-for-css-styling/59477)

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**Author:** [@Lutz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lutz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 11:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/give-span-subcategory-a-specific-class-or-id-for-css-styling/59477 "2017-03-19T11:35:05Z")

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I want to style a single subcategory box in the desktop view via CSS. To make this possible, we need a way to select it. "bla"is the category name. In the example, it could be \<span class "subcategory bla"\>

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## [How to refresh topic title when it was changed in one of plugin's custom controllers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-refresh-topic-title-when-it-was-changed-in-one-of-plugins-custom-controllers/59480)

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**Author:** [@Janno\_Liivak](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Janno_Liivak)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-refresh-topic-title-when-it-was-changed-in-one-of-plugins-custom-controllers/59480 "2017-03-19T14:43:00Z")

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I update topic using custom controller where function was triggered through ajax. Client side code gets back result with a changed topic title but I’m unable to figure out how to refresh topic title in topic-view inside …

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## [Annoy user mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/annoy-user-mode/59481)

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**Author:** [@Dog2puppy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dog2puppy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/annoy-user-mode/59481 "2017-03-19T13:17:41Z")

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I remember using a forum software (can’t remember the name) and it had a setting that would annoy the user. For example, if a user is a spammer, you would turn on annoy mode for them and the user would receive blank page…

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## [How to get a search result with sitelinks in google?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-a-search-result-with-sitelinks-in-google/59485)

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**Author:** [@arsewi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arsewi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-a-search-result-with-sitelinks-in-google/59485 "2017-03-19T17:43:22Z")

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What should I do to my discourse forum in google console to get a search result like this? I know it is more to do with google webmaster tool. Anyway, I looked into google data highlighter but it seems not for this pa…

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## [FEATURE: Redirect to poll after login/registration flow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-redirect-to-poll-after-login-registration-flow/59491)

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**Author:** [@scombs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scombs)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-redirect-to-poll-after-login-registration-flow/59491 "2017-03-19T17:17:20Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Is there a working group registration flow?: Could the same feature as the linked topic for groups be added to poll topics as well? I am using polls for event signups and other first time …

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## [Discourse a a comment system with React Native and Meteor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-a-a-comment-system-with-react-native-and-meteor/59501)

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**Author:** [@ibox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibox)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-a-a-comment-system-with-react-native-and-meteor/59501 "2023-04-20T03:01:59Z")

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Hi all, I’m very interested in Discourse and had really good experience with it on other forums (like Meteor for example). Thus, as I’m creating an social app with React Native (Front End) and Meteor (Back End), I woul…

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