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## [Instructions on right and feedback on "wrong" keyboard shortcut usage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instructions-on-right-and-feedback-on-wrong-keyboard-shortcut-usage/65794)

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**Author:** [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2018, 10:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instructions-on-right-and-feedback-on-wrong-keyboard-shortcut-usage/65794 "2018-09-08T10:15:05Z")

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I knew about the “Keyboard Shortcuts” modal for quite some time, but honestly didn’t know how they worked. Just now, when I investigated a bit further and read some specific instruction by another user, that I first have…

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## [\[Ctrl\] + \[Enter\] could work for "Flag -\> Send @user a message" input field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ctrl-enter-could-work-for-flag-send-user-a-message-input-field/65797)

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**Author:** [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ctrl-enter-could-work-for-flag-send-user-a-message-input-field/65797 "2023-04-03T17:35:13Z")

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When you send a user a message via the flag feature, you have to use your mouse to send the message right now. Would be nice if Ctrl + Enter would work here.

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## [Group choice during the registration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-choice-during-the-registration/65809)

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**Author:** [@Yohan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yohan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-choice-during-the-registration/65809 "2019-06-05T19:11:57Z")

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Hi, I want to force people to choose a group during their registration. So, i have modified the file /templates/modal/create\_account.hbs in order to insert a new field. But i m unable to get the groups. How can i do? I…

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## [Are forums limited to gamers and tech communities?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-forums-limited-to-gamers-and-tech-communities/65829)

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**Author:** [@jasonwhat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jasonwhat)\
**Replies:** 35\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-forums-limited-to-gamers-and-tech-communities/65829 "2018-11-03T17:55:29Z")

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I’m hoping others have good examples of Discourse or similar programs being used in communities for women or other groups that fall outside “techy” types. I work mainly in the nonprofit and political sector and e-mail l…

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## [Mass close topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mass-close-topics/65831)

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**Author:** [@ckhawand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckhawand)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mass-close-topics/65831 "2019-10-18T19:49:24Z")

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Is mass close topics available? If not, I would recommend to add this option.

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## [Which ruby and postgresql version is used by discourse docker image?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-ruby-and-postgresql-version-is-used-by-discourse-docker-image/65833)

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**Author:** [@golden\_eagle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/golden_eagle)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-ruby-and-postgresql-version-is-used-by-discourse-docker-image/65833 "2017-07-07T21:15:24Z")

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I am using Ubuntu 14.04. So which version should I use for Ruby and PostgreSQL for having the discourse Docker image?

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## [Discobot customized quotes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-customized-quotes/65848)

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**Author:** [@Vimala\_Ayya](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vimala_Ayya)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-customized-quotes/65848 "2020-02-28T20:04:05Z")

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Of course Discobot’s quote feature is just “the icing on the cake” and not the cake itself, but is there a way to customize it to use our own quotes? Maybe by uploading a JSON file or so? We already have a random quote f…

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## [Add reason for rejection of a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-reason-for-rejection-of-a-post/65850)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 6:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-reason-for-rejection-of-a-post/65850 "2023-10-13T06:48:47Z")

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for the first posts of a user, which may need to be approved (based on a forum policy), a reason for rejection may be good. when an admin reject a “waiting for approval” post, it’d be good (educational for users) to add…

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## [Not able to access site after letsencrypt cert expiry and rebuild due to IPV6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-access-site-after-letsencrypt-cert-expiry-and-rebuild-due-to-ipv6/65851)

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**Author:** [@Umashankar\_Ankuri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Umashankar_Ankuri)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2017, 5:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-access-site-after-letsencrypt-cert-expiry-and-rebuild-due-to-ipv6/65851 "2017-07-15T05:46:51Z")

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Hi, Please help with below issue. Letsencrypt cert expired, thought that rebuilding the app would renew the cert ,rebuild done. Now I get this error nginx: \[emerg\] PEM\_read\_bio\_X509\_AUX("/shared/ssl/javaqna.com.cer") …

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## [Narrative bot and CommonMark](https://meta.discourse.org/t/narrative-bot-and-commonmark/65855)

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**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/narrative-bot-and-commonmark/65855 "2017-07-08T18:21:55Z")

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Continuing the discussion from CommonMark testing started here!: With the new commonmark engine those sentences from discobot will not make sense: and I can mention a category or tag at the beginning without pr…

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## [Model in Topic title connector is undefined - Ctrl+enter to save topic title edits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/model-in-topic-title-connector-is-undefined-ctrl-enter-to-save-topic-title-edits/65857)

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**Author:** [@net\_deamon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/net_deamon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/model-in-topic-title-connector-is-undefined-ctrl-enter-to-save-topic-title-edits/65857 "2017-07-11T16:03:57Z")

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https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/df213639f15e6e2df3de59a025145da77f503abd Earlier, in the topic-title connector, the model variable used to be set which had the details for the topic. But now the model is …

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## [Disabling HTML entities in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-html-entities-in-posts/65860)

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**Author:** [@farmdawgnation](https://meta.discourse.org/u/farmdawgnation)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-html-entities-in-posts/65860 "2017-07-09T22:54:53Z")

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Hi there, I’m working on trying to migrate a google group to a Discourse forum and am having some issues with HTML being posted in emails. The mailing list is for a web framework, so folks posting HTML back and forth is…

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## [Learning from NodeBB? Ways to improve](https://meta.discourse.org/t/learning-from-nodebb-ways-to-improve/65864)

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**Author:** [@ylluminate](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ylluminate)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/learning-from-nodebb-ways-to-improve/65864 "2017-07-08T20:14:41Z")

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Saw this post and I thought it offered an opportunity to learn from someone’s review on Discourse vs NodeBB:

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## [Discourse vs vBulletin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-vbulletin/65869)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-vbulletin/65869 "2017-07-08T20:23:23Z")

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About vBulletin vBulletin (vB) is a proprietary Internet forum software package developed by vBulletin Solutions, Inc., a division of Internet Brands. It is written in PHP and uses a MySQL database server. Source: wik…

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## [Specifying the gem dependecies for plugin - gem does not exist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specifying-the-gem-dependecies-for-plugin-gem-does-not-exist/65878)

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**Author:** [@net\_deamon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/net_deamon)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specifying-the-gem-dependecies-for-plugin-gem-does-not-exist/65878 "2021-10-14T16:29:30Z")

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I did go through the suggesstions in following posts So I tried 2 ways Specifying in plugin.rb file My plugin depends upon “mini\_magick” for image resizing, so I specified it in plugin.rb gem ‘mini\_magick’, ‘~\> …

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## [Gitter integration for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gitter-integration-for-discourse/65881)

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**Author:** [@jafeth.diazc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jafeth.diazc)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gitter-integration-for-discourse/65881 "2017-10-11T05:08:47Z")

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Hi all! I have been working on a Gitter integration for Discourse as an alternative service to the Slack plugin and I’d like to share the current state of it. It’s necessary to create a custom integration in each room …

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## [Problem with SMTP configuration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-smtp-configuration/65892)

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**Author:** [@Pawel\_Kosiorek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pawel_Kosiorek)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-smtp-configuration/65892 "2022-02-09T20:26:42Z")

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Hi! I went through most of the “SMTP problems” threads but still cannot solve my problem. Ubuntu in AWS EC2, fresh Discourse installation, can’t receive confirmation email. Current configuration: DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_ADDRE…

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## [Stuck trying to add new locale files](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stuck-trying-to-add-new-locale-files/65899)

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**Author:** [@suvla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/suvla)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stuck-trying-to-add-new-locale-files/65899 "2017-07-09T16:07:53Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to display the user interface of my installation of Discourse in a language that already has a partial translation in Transifex, but their files aren’t already in the Discourse repo. To grab the files, I …

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## [Block duplicate email-in replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-duplicate-email-in-replies/65900)

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**Author:** [@jesselperry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesselperry)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-duplicate-email-in-replies/65900 "2017-07-12T00:16:24Z")

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It seems there should be a more intelligent way to check for Discourse users that have auto responders that go-awry. This became a problem for me because I have email-in responses set up. A member who went on vacation, t…

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## [Set installation path](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-installation-path/65903)

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**Author:** [@barreeeiroo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barreeeiroo)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-installation-path/65903 "2017-08-11T16:41:51Z")

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Hi :wave: I hava an EC2 Server powered by AWS Educate. It has 8GiB of space, but I’ve also used an external drive of 25GiB that can be mounted anywhere How can I make Discourse to install on it’s mount point? Thanks :…

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## [Invite users to certain categories/topics of a closed forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-users-to-certain-categories-topics-of-a-closed-forum/65908)

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**Author:** [@cryptochrome](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cryptochrome)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-users-to-certain-categories-topics-of-a-closed-forum/65908 "2017-07-11T11:51:01Z")

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Hi, we are running a strictly closed forum for a team, not a public forum. Now we would like to be able to invite “outsiders” to collaborate with us on certain topics (or maybe a whole category) without giving them acce…

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## [Help configuring Slack Discourse plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-configuring-slack-discourse-plugin/65917)

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**Author:** [@UkiahSmith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/UkiahSmith)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 7:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-configuring-slack-discourse-plugin/65917 "2019-09-30T07:40:41Z")

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I am having no luck when it comes to configuring the Slack integration. I am following the Slack plugin configuration instruction. I am following the instructions exactly. I am only configuring the Incoming Webhook, not …

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## [Reporting which plugin has caused the error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reporting-which-plugin-has-caused-the-error/65925)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reporting-which-plugin-has-caused-the-error/65925 "2017-07-10T14:20:52Z")

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based on the errors I get in the admin panel, I feel discourse can understand which plugin has caused the error. look at these errors e.g. Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'inlineBetween' of undefined Url: https…

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## [How to get a category name with the ID via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-a-category-name-with-the-id-via-api/65926)

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**Author:** [@anon89120937](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon89120937)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-a-category-name-with-the-id-via-api/65926 "2020-03-17T00:14:27Z")

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I use Discourse API client for PHP (by @michaeld I guess) and I can’t find how to get a category name/slug with only with an ID. I need it to display (slug and id) of all our categories and their sub-categories. But wh…

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## [Missing "invite others..." button for staff moderators when PM is disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-invite-others-button-for-staff-moderators-when-pm-is-disabled/65930)

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**Author:** [@BaldvinTh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BaldvinTh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 10:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-invite-others-button-for-staff-moderators-when-pm-is-disabled/65930 "2017-07-14T10:13:03Z")

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Greetings! I’ve encountered a slight issue, not sure if this is by design for some reason, but it seems that staff moderators are not included in can\_invite\_to(o,g) when SiteSetting.enable\_private\_messages is disabled. …

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## [S3 region us-east-2 (Ohio)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-region-us-east-2-ohio/65932)

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**Author:** [@damienbowman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/damienbowman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-region-us-east-2-ohio/65932 "2017-07-10T14:21:54Z")

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Hello all. I’m running the latest version of Discourse but s3 region us-east-2 (Ohio) isn’t listed. Can someone assist?

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## [Username completition broken for names with accents like Régis](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-completition-broken-for-names-with-accents-like-regis/65934)

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**Author:** [@rriemann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rriemann)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-completition-broken-for-names-with-accents-like-regis/65934 "2018-08-22T15:19:33Z")

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Hello, In my forum, people have real names with all different kind of accents. I tried to use the username completition launched by typing @ to mention a user while writing a response and found that I could not find use…

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## [Onebox shown as iframe raw html](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-shown-as-iframe-raw-html/65935)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-shown-as-iframe-raw-html/65935 "2017-07-10T19:03:46Z")

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I’m having trouble with the oneboxing of this url: It is rendered correctly in the preview but once the post is saved, the raw html of the iframe is shown instead of the onebox. In case it matters: I am editing anoth…

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## [Plugin: performing DOM manipulation on pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-performing-dom-manipulation-on-pages/65936)

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**Author:** [@jack2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jack2)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-performing-dom-manipulation-on-pages/65936 "2017-07-10T16:27:48Z")

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I would like to run jQuery operations on Disourse topic pages from my plugin, but I cannot find a hook that fires after a topic page is displayed. I’ve tried route:didTransition, route:setupController, component:didInse…

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## [Test driving admin/moderation features](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-driving-admin-moderation-features/65948)

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**Author:** [@SithLord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SithLord)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-driving-admin-moderation-features/65948 "2017-07-12T17:07:28Z")

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The demo site try.discourse does not make available the admin/moderation features for testing. Is the FREE 14 day trial the only avenue available to test drive the admin/moderation options, aside from downloading and ru…

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