# Hot

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## [Categories vs. Groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-vs-groups/69817)

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**Author:** [@lbahar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lbahar)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-vs-groups/69817 "2017-09-12T19:47:46Z")

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I’m trying to figure out the best way to organize my community. It will consist of customers for each of our products (advisory councils). Right now I have them sorted by category (each of our products is a category). Bu…

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## [Can I keep a log for 404 not found pages?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-keep-a-log-for-404-not-found-pages/69824)

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**Author:** [@bekircem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bekircem)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-keep-a-log-for-404-not-found-pages/69824 "2020-01-09T12:21:57Z")

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Hi, Can i keep a log for 404 not found pages? Like that pattern: date - url -how many time

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## [Install discourse on localhost](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-localhost/69830)

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**Author:** [@J77J](https://meta.discourse.org/u/J77J)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-localhost/69830 "2017-09-20T10:57:01Z")

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OK, i’m trying to install discourse on localhost for a bit of testing/development. I’m running Linux Mint Rafaela (Ubuntu 14.04) I followed this guide: Install Discourse on Ubuntu or Debian for Development I already h…

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## [Sidekiq 100% CPU usage and no mails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-100-cpu-usage-and-no-mails/69831)

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**Author:** [@GregoryS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GregoryS)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-100-cpu-usage-and-no-mails/69831 "2017-09-18T14:54:45Z")

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Hey, we currently experience the following problem: Someone tries to forward a mail to one of our user-defined mails for incoming mails. Now two things can happen: a) This mail never reaches the inbox of the group…

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## [Disable post notifications on one topic only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-post-notifications-on-one-topic-only/69847)

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**Author:** [@bufordtaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bufordtaylor)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-post-notifications-on-one-topic-only/69847 "2017-09-12T04:03:57Z")

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Hi all, Our community has a surge of invite-only users all at once (roughly 400 of them) every few months. We make a new topic called “Introduce yourself to the Community” where all 400 people can say a few words. In o…

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## [Somehow I am in desktop view on mobile, how do I get to mobile view?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/somehow-i-am-in-desktop-view-on-mobile-how-do-i-get-to-mobile-view/69851)

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**Author:** [@Zarin\_Merdel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zarin_Merdel)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/somehow-i-am-in-desktop-view-on-mobile-how-do-i-get-to-mobile-view/69851 "2017-09-11T23:27:17Z")

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)When I write or create topic, I do not see the setting button in the box, hope you get what I mean If not see picture. Can someone hjelp My phone

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## [Disable account activation email with SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-account-activation-email-with-sso/69859)

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**Author:** [@outergain](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outergain)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-account-activation-email-with-sso/69859 "2018-06-07T18:49:34Z")

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I’ve been using Discourse on my own Linode for awhile. That install tanked today, and so I just went with the paid Discourse service. However, now when my WordPress users try and access the forum for the first time, they…

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## [Hide links in flagged posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-links-in-flagged-posts/69865)

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**Author:** [@Gamarlamar5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gamarlamar5)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-links-in-flagged-posts/69865 "2017-09-13T21:19:21Z")

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Hello, I’m gamarlamar5 from an other forum called the blockheads, I’m new here so I believe this is the right category to create an topic on, so back to what I’m talking about: After looking at an Flagged post with an l…

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## [How to manually add user in discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-user-in-discourse/69878)

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**Author:** [@Jaka\_Permana](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jaka_Permana)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-add-user-in-discourse/69878 "2019-05-14T19:34:49Z")

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how to create user in admin discourse ? plis help me, then answer step by step thanks

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## [No notification for "Post hidden by community flags"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-notification-for-post-hidden-by-community-flags/69880)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-notification-for-post-hidden-by-community-flags/69880 "2017-09-12T20:34:06Z")

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When a user’s post is automatically hidden due to multiple flags, they receive a PM from the site contact username, default system. However, they are not notified of this PM, nor does the normal green circle indicator ap…

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## [Links to tags not working in final post unless autocompleted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-tags-not-working-in-final-post-unless-autocompleted/69884)

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**Author:** [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-tags-not-working-in-final-post-unless-autocompleted/69884 "2017-10-03T06:37:07Z")

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If you add a # and select a relevant tag, the word is automatically converted to a link for the relevant tag in the Preview Pane, but this link is not appearing in the final ‘baked’ post in the forum See here - code ent…

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## [Email change despite not confirming it](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-change-despite-not-confirming-it/69891)

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**Author:** [@LeoMcA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LeoMcA)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-change-despite-not-confirming-it/69891 "2017-09-12T14:41:05Z")

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We’ve found a bit of a bizarre bug in our authentication provider, which seems to affect (at least one) core authentication provider, and I expect more. ▶ Here's the crux of the problem: This change of email …

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## [Set DISCOURSE\_ENABLE\_CORS for hosted forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-discourse-enable-cors-for-hosted-forum/69894)

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**Author:** [@Jan\_Curn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jan_Curn)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-discourse-enable-cors-for-hosted-forum/69894 "2022-10-07T13:43:14Z")

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Hi there, we’re a hosted Discourse forum running at forum.apifier.com. We’d like to access the forum using the API. I’ve added our website to Settings → Security → cors origins, but still the access doesn’t work. Please …

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## [Request: add user group to "admin/users" page data](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-add-user-group-to-admin-users-page-data/69906)

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**Author:** [@Cozdabuch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cozdabuch)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-add-user-group-to-admin-users-page-data/69906 "2022-04-24T22:02:27Z")

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Ok, we are looking to add a custom field column (primary group) in the admin panel/ users tab, users list. (It makes no difference in column order, I just stuck it there in the example where I stitched the pics together…

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## [Discourse API SSO sync fails to find record](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-api-sso-sync-fails-to-find-record/69911)

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**Author:** [@bufordtaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bufordtaylor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-api-sso-sync-fails-to-find-record/69911 "2017-09-12T23:37:45Z")

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I’m attempting to update the email records of a user via the API. Here’s me finding the record by external\_id: \[20\] pry(main)\> c.by\_external\_id("1388") =\> { "id" =\> 2, …

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## [Running a project or team using Discourse (instead of Slack, Trello, etc...)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-a-project-or-team-using-discourse-instead-of-slack-trello-etc/69912)

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**Author:** [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-a-project-or-team-using-discourse-instead-of-slack-trello-etc/69912 "2017-09-13T18:20:57Z")

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Has anyone had experience or used Discourse for distinctly business operations? More specifically, as I build up our own little project, I’d like to avoid having to jump into a number of different other applications and…

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## [Some pages on my site won't fully embed comments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-pages-on-my-site-wont-fully-embed-comments/69913)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-pages-on-my-site-wont-fully-embed-comments/69913 "2017-09-27T15:00:00Z")

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I have set up an embedding using the JS snippet, linking a project documentation site (driven by Sphinx & Read The Docs) to our forum to allow people to comment there on each document. Overall, the embedding is working …

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## [Group inbox not updated when another user archives a message from the inbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inbox-not-updated-when-another-user-archives-a-message-from-the-inbox/69915)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-inbox-not-updated-when-another-user-archives-a-message-from-the-inbox/69915 "2017-09-12T23:25:08Z")

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I was just showing someone the group inbox. They shared their screen and I was looking at the same group inbox view separately on my screen. They archived a message and, as expected, were returned to the group inbox wher…

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## [Can we pass an email address to /password-reset?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-pass-an-email-address-to-password-reset/69916)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-pass-an-email-address-to-password-reset/69916 "2017-09-12T21:28:13Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Reset password URL is /password-reset: I’m working with someone moving over from Ning and am trying to minimize the pain of joining a new forum. I’m elated to find /password-reset, but it’…

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## [Custom Homepage Plugin (dl-custom-homepage)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-homepage-plugin-dl-custom-homepage/69921)

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**Author:** [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-homepage-plugin-dl-custom-homepage/69921 "2017-09-12T20:40:37Z")

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To go along with the Static Pages plugin, I’ve built a custom homepage plugin that a lot of my clients continue to ask for. https://github.com/discourse-league/dl-custom-homepage I’ve placed this one in Marketplace bec…

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## [Problem after Installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-after-installation/69926)

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**Author:** [@quadro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/quadro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2017, 10:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-after-installation/69926 "2017-09-24T10:13:17Z")

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Hello, sorry for my bad English. I´m from Germany. I have an VM with 2GB RAM and would like to Install Discourse. I followed this Tutorial: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md Aft…

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## [(Possible) Intermittent issues with topic tracking status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-intermittent-issues-with-topic-tracking-status/69951)

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**Author:** [@Yuun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yuun)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-intermittent-issues-with-topic-tracking-status/69951 "2017-09-14T23:46:11Z")

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Putting this here instead of a bug since I’m not sure how to repro at the moment or what the exact issue is… In any case, some of my users noted in that Discourse wasn’t tracking a particular topic for them, even though…

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## [Is there a way to limit "post links"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-limit-post-links/69957)

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**Author:** [@Morfik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Morfik)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-limit-post-links/69957 "2017-09-13T15:32:36Z")

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I’m not sure what the feature is called properly, but in the page source I can see that there’s a “post-links” div class, so I’ll be referring to it in this way. If there’s a better name for it, just tell me. …

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## [500 Error Message on Poll](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-message-on-poll/69960)

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**Author:** [@Naji\_Esiri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Naji_Esiri)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-message-on-poll/69960 "2017-09-13T17:21:52Z")

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Hey, I’m experiencing a 500 error on a topic with a poll. I suspect this is due to the large volume of customers trying to respond/vote. It’s working intermittently for some users. I was wondering if there was any work a…

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## [Restrict Discourse to IP range](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-discourse-to-ip-range/69963)

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**Author:** [@Raphael\_Haase\_NL](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Raphael_Haase_NL)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-discourse-to-ip-range/69963 "2017-09-13T15:42:04Z")

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We want to try out Discourse by deploying it on Azure, but restricting access to certain IP ranges, i.e. so that only HTTP requests coming from a certain IP range are answered by Discourse, whereas others only get a 403 …

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## [Display tags by tag group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-tags-by-tag-group/69967)

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**Author:** [@abrambailey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abrambailey)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-tags-by-tag-group/69967 "2023-05-24T18:28:28Z")

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Here’s our page for tags. What I would like to do is display these tags (to users) in the groups that I have created on the backend. Example: Note. There seems to be a styling issue on this page with the height of th…

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## [Launcher rebuild app failing: repository name must be lowercase \[SOLVED\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-rebuild-app-failing-repository-name-must-be-lowercase-solved/69970)

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**Author:** [@tejpochiraju](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tejpochiraju)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-rebuild-app-failing-repository-name-must-be-lowercase-solved/69970 "2017-09-14T05:47:20Z")

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I am trying to rebuild the discourse container to use a new config that puts discourse behind nginx (on the host). I run into the following error: /usr/bin/docker: invalid reference format: repository name must be lowe…

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## [Editing category settings causes category to be muted for the current user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-category-settings-causes-category-to-be-muted-for-the-current-user/69972)

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**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-category-settings-causes-category-to-be-muted-for-the-current-user/69972 "2017-09-13T16:49:58Z")

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I think this is quite a serious bug: Go to a category Look at the buttons in the top right, notice I have “normal” notification level Click edit Don’t change any settings Click “save” Page refreshes, observe notifica…

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## [Main domain used as hostname instead of DISCOURSE\_HOSTNAME for emoji path](https://meta.discourse.org/t/main-domain-used-as-hostname-instead-of-discourse-hostname-for-emoji-path/69979)

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**Author:** [@hellothere](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellothere)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/main-domain-used-as-hostname-instead-of-discourse-hostname-for-emoji-path/69979 "2017-09-13T16:15:28Z")

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Hi, I have an installation up and running but have a problem with emoji image path. I have used this guide: discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub and have used ./launcher rebuild app a…

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## [Is it possible to send ONLY digest emails?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-send-only-digest-emails/69982)

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**Author:** [@bufordtaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bufordtaylor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-send-only-digest-emails/69982 "2017-09-13T17:11:11Z")

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I know we can trigger to not have digests, but is the opposite possible? Or would I have to change the preferences of every user?

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