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## [Mentioning group by full name doesn't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-group-by-full-name-doesnt-work/63437)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-group-by-full-name-doesnt-work/63437 "2017-06-29T08:11:10Z")

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If the group full name is different from the short name, and you mention the group by the long name, there is no autocomplete as one would expect. Only mentioning the shortname works. ###Mentioning shortname: ###Men…

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## [Is it possible to have custom Post types?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-custom-post-types/63441)

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**Author:** [@marcusleemitchell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marcusleemitchell)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-custom-post-types/63441 "2017-05-26T22:52:57Z")

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My company are considering using Discourse…we have one feature request… Is it possible to have very different looking Post types? One might be a video based post, another more like a blog article. A user might want to p…

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## [Problem with google auth using Chrome on iPad?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-google-auth-using-chrome-on-ipad/63442)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-google-auth-using-chrome-on-ipad/63442 "2020-01-10T02:17:12Z")

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I tried to create an account on stonehearth and another site today with google. On both sites, after I authenticated I got a screen with Authentication is complete. Close this window to continue. Stonehearth Discourse …

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## [Mail-in-a-Box email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mail-in-a-box-email/63443)

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**Author:** [@r3d\_f0x](https://meta.discourse.org/u/r3d_f0x)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mail-in-a-box-email/63443 "2021-10-20T12:33:21Z")

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I used Mail-in-a-Box email during setup to use with Discourse. Mail-in-a-Box is an automatic self hosted email system where you run the script on a new Ubuntu 14.04 box with a dedicated domain name for email and it sets…

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## [Hacking discourse to create sub-sub categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hacking-discourse-to-create-sub-sub-categories/63454)

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**Author:** [@Mehal\_Shah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mehal_Shah)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hacking-discourse-to-create-sub-sub-categories/63454 "2017-05-27T22:11:22Z")

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Hi folks, I need to create one additional level of categorization for our forum for Code.org. I’d like people to click a category (High School Computer Science), and see a list of our courses (Course 1, Course 2, Course…

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## [Posting to sub category not working for me](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-to-sub-category-not-working-for-me/63462)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Fomin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Michael_Fomin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-to-sub-category-not-working-for-me/63462 "2017-06-02T22:35:14Z")

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Hi, Using the following curl command to post to our forum from bash curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data @/tmp/json.json "https://my.forum/posts?api\_key=$API\_KEY&api\_username=$UN" where json.json co…

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## [Dealing with a disruptive post with many likes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-a-disruptive-post-with-many-likes/63469)

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**Author:** [@Fredo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fredo)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-a-disruptive-post-with-many-likes/63469 "2017-05-30T23:38:14Z")

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Sometimes a post expresses opinions that clearly disrupt the forum peace and violate rules. In that case, one would flag that post. If that post however receives a significant amount of likes, the likers commit support …

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## [Regular expression (non-English)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regular-expression-non-english/63471)

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**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regular-expression-non-english/63471 "2017-05-28T04:57:23Z")

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Continuation: Tag search in tags dropdown box does not work for non-English characters file: discourse\_tagging.rb - term.gsub!(/\[^a-z0-9\\.\\-\\\_\]\*/, '') + term.gsub!(/\[^a-z0-9а-я\\.\\-\\\_\]\*/, '') All checks have…

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## [Avatar settings not visible with SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-settings-not-visible-with-sso/63472)

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**Author:** [@Muiran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muiran)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-settings-not-visible-with-sso/63472 "2017-05-28T14:46:38Z")

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Is there an Admin feature I might have accidently changed in my Discourse site, that would disable my Avatar settings? I can’t switch my avatar to pull from Gravatar. The regular settings for it are not being displayed …

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## [How to change default Discourse theme?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-default-discourse-theme/63483)

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**Author:** [@naupe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/naupe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-default-discourse-theme/63483 "2017-05-27T16:23:45Z")

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I just recently installed Discourse. I’ve been looking through the menus. I know how to EDIT a Discourse theme (Admin page → Customize), but not how to actually set it in the Admin page (I want to change from Dark to the…

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## [Launcher rebuild fails if s3 settings aren't correct](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-rebuild-fails-if-s3-settings-arent-correct/63490)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-rebuild-fails-if-s3-settings-arent-correct/63490 "2017-06-05T02:47:25Z")

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One of my sites won’t come up after a recent update. It’s a digital ocean droplet setup via the standard docker, and has been up & running for about 1.5 years. Today it failed to restart, here’s the full rebuild attemp…

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## [International domain name link is not clickable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/international-domain-name-link-is-not-clickable/63493)

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**Author:** [@nikoxx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nikoxx)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2019, 10:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/international-domain-name-link-is-not-clickable/63493 "2019-08-22T10:33:47Z")

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Hello. Just noticed that if I am using international domain name in link, this link does not work properly, unless you convert it to punycode. For example: not clickable! http://межречье.com/t/kak-zagruzhat-foto/135 h…

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## [Version info not available on hosted sites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/version-info-not-available-on-hosted-sites/63499)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/version-info-not-available-on-hosted-sites/63499 "2017-05-28T12:04:17Z")

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I’ve noticed that the version information is apparently suppressed on hosted sites. I get that this is because I don’t have to worry about upgrading (hooray!), so the link is irrelevant, but it’s still useful to know wha…

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## [How to setup automatic updates for Ubuntu running Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-automatic-updates-for-ubuntu-running-discourse/63501)

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**Author:** [@mhwebee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mhwebee)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-automatic-updates-for-ubuntu-running-discourse/63501 "2017-12-06T01:19:49Z")

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DigitalOcean VM - In Ubuntu (16.04.2) I used the “dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades” command, but I get this return “update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults…

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## [Superfluous tags on tag page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/superfluous-tags-on-tag-page/63503)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/superfluous-tags-on-tag-page/63503 "2017-05-28T13:05:16Z")

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Think the tag page would look cleaner and neater if the tags on listed topics (indicated below) were hidden: Also, would be great for some tag pages to be shown in “condensed mode” I’d like the above screenshot to l…

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## [Can we have "Groups" as a clickable icon?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-groups-as-a-clickable-icon/63506)

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**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-groups-as-a-clickable-icon/63506 "2017-05-28T18:01:56Z")

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There are many groups in the forum I manage and I want people to easily find it. Can the Groups as a clickable icon in the menu bar? Like Below: Thanks a lot.

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## [Insert tawk.to widget js code](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-tawk-to-widget-js-code/63510)

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**Author:** [@MikesCafe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MikesCafe)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-tawk-to-widget-js-code/63510 "2017-05-28T21:40:38Z")

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I try inserting the widget code vrom tawk.to according to the instructions But inserting the code \<!--Start of Tawk.to Script--\> \<script type="text/javascript"\> var Tawk\_API=Tawk\_API||{}, Tawk\_LoadStart=new Date(); (fu…

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## [True Name on File Upload?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/true-name-on-file-upload/63554)

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**Author:** [@Muiran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muiran)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/true-name-on-file-upload/63554 "2020-12-21T19:25:57Z")

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Is there a setting that allows us to retain the original file name on uploads? Is there a setting to define a directory to upload to? Is there a way to define an upload folder for Admins seperate from General Membership…

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## [How to render avatar images to .hbs template with user\_id](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-render-avatar-images-to-hbs-template-with-user-id/63571)

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**Author:** [@codechef](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codechef)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-render-avatar-images-to-hbs-template-with-user-id/63571 "2017-05-31T17:42:14Z")

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I’m probably making this more difficult than it needs to be. I have a plug-in with a handlebars template. Within it, I have access to a list of objects that include a user\_id. From that user\_id, I’d like to render an ava…

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## [Starting Over with Old Database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/starting-over-with-old-database/63577)

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**Author:** [@jameshull](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jameshull)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2019, 9:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/starting-over-with-old-database/63577 "2019-02-03T09:45:58Z")

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Hi there - I’ve been running Discourse on DigitalOcean for the past two years. Just this week I tried to upgrade and every time I tried to do it from the control panel it would fail. I tried SSH’ing in and doing it man…

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## [Unlisted topic is visible in notification popup if a category is watched?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topic-is-visible-in-notification-popup-if-a-category-is-watched/63578)

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**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 9:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topic-is-visible-in-notification-popup-if-a-category-is-watched/63578 "2017-05-30T09:06:08Z")

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I posted a new topic in our private category and I made it immediately unlisted. After a few hours I see the topic received one like by a team-member and then a reply from another team-member. The unlisted topics shoul…

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## [Inline language markup? (language learning site)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inline-language-markup-language-learning-site/63582)

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**Author:** [@rfindley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rfindley)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inline-language-markup-language-learning-site/63582 "2018-08-03T20:04:21Z")

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Is there enough interest in the community to merit adding inline markup for language? This is would be helpful in mixed language communities, and especially language learning forums. For example, something like this: …

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## [Using HTTPS, TLSV1 fatal handshake](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-https-tlsv1-fatal-handshake/63592)

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**Author:** [@gchiu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gchiu)\
**Replies:** 32\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-https-tlsv1-fatal-handshake/63592 "2017-06-11T18:00:43Z")

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I implemented https using this walkthrough, and browser clients get https. There are no errors in the logs as above But at least one person says that they can’t login anymore. And my scripting agent can no longer read…

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## [Automatically link stock symbols in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-link-stock-symbols-in-posts/63595)

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**Author:** [@ide](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ide)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 8:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-link-stock-symbols-in-posts/63595 "2021-11-02T08:06:48Z")

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I’d like to customize the way posts are rendered on my hosted Discourse instance. For example, if I wanted to link stock symbols that start with a dollar sign (“cashtags”) like $AAPL, how would I do this?

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## [Show which text elements depend on user locale](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-which-text-elements-depend-on-user-locale/63598)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-which-text-elements-depend-on-user-locale/63598 "2017-05-30T22:49:23Z")

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If I’m not mistaken, there are two types of customizable text content elements: those that will always be displayed in the site’s language and those that will be displayed depending on the respective user’s locale. If …

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## [Allow welcome email in addition to the bot welcome message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-welcome-email-in-addition-to-the-bot-welcome-message/63603)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-welcome-email-in-addition-to-the-bot-welcome-message/63603 "2017-06-11T21:41:10Z")

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I understand why the original welcome PM has been deprecated in favour of discobot’s welcome message. Nevertheless, I think it would be good to allow for an additional welcome message sent to new users via email (only). …

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## [Webhook to forward posts to a mailinglist: best practice?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-to-forward-posts-to-a-mailinglist-best-practice/63609)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-to-forward-posts-to-a-mailinglist-best-practice/63609 "2017-06-05T00:12:59Z")

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In an ideal world, everyone you want to communicate with just signs up for your discourse forum. In the real world, you end up with your discourse forum as the main platform for your communication activity plus a number …

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## [How to add /users on Top Menu?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-users-on-top-menu/63611)

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**Author:** [@Filippo\_Ghermandi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Filippo_Ghermandi)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-users-on-top-menu/63611 "2019-05-27T08:01:19Z")

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/users page works properly as a leaderboard. I was willing to add it on top menu. Is there a easy way to do it? Maybe without code :stuck\_out\_tongue:

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## [Usage rights of CoC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usage-rights-of-coc/63615)

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**Author:** [@AlexandraB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexandraB)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usage-rights-of-coc/63615 "2017-05-30T21:41:11Z")

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How are community managers and communities allowed to leverage and use the Discourse CoC for their communities? Is this under a creative commons or something? What are the usage rights?

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## [Customize invite message also for "invite others to a topic"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-invite-message-also-for-invite-others-to-a-topic/63622)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-invite-message-also-for-invite-others-to-a-topic/63622 "2018-06-21T16:15:54Z")

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usually I’d rather use the mention feature (@) rather than the invite button at the button of a topic. because when I mention someone, I can explain him the reason of mentioning. but: when the cm wants to invite seve…

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