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## [Most effective way of creating large amount of sub-forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/most-effective-way-of-creating-large-amount-of-sub-forums/83583)

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**Author:** [@yandos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yandos)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/most-effective-way-of-creating-large-amount-of-sub-forums/83583 "2020-07-19T04:30:43Z")

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Hi, We’re looking at implementing discourse into an existing application which has a large userbase broken down into schools at the nationwide level. In an ideal world, each school with have its own private “sub-forum”…

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## [Include translated posts in search?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-translated-posts-in-search/83589)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 6:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-translated-posts-in-search/83589 "2018-03-23T06:09:57Z")

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It just occurred to me that it could be extremely beneficial to multi-lingual sites if discourse’s search would also search any translations (relevant for the current locale) available via the translator++ plugin. I’m as…

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## [How to put discourse on a web host](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-put-discourse-on-a-web-host/83590)

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**Author:** [@NADMIN](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NADMIN)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-put-discourse-on-a-web-host/83590 "2018-03-24T17:26:19Z")

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How to put discourse on a web host Hosting : https://obambu.com/ GB : 5G If there is a way - could you please give me a step by step way to do it? I am new to all this stuff (so if you could use simple terms that wou…

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## [How To Allow Certain HTML tags in Customization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-certain-html-tags-in-customization/83592)

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**Author:** [@yyhmsg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yyhmsg)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-certain-html-tags-in-customization/83592 "2020-08-06T05:52:00Z")

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I’m trying to add the google custom search engine to the header of our discourse forum. I put in the javascript to the head tag and then in the body there is something like \<gcse:search linkTarget="\_self"\>\</gcse:search\> …

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## [Providing data for GDPR](https://meta.discourse.org/t/providing-data-for-gdpr/83595)

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**Author:** [@richp10](https://meta.discourse.org/u/richp10)\
**Replies:** 81\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/providing-data-for-gdpr/83595 "2018-12-20T22:02:34Z")

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Sorry I am late to this conversation, but this is a very important issue and it does not appear it reached resolution. It strikes me that GDPR compliance does mean changes to Discourse - maybe this is all in hand but I …

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## [The GitHub blob onebox does not highlight the \`.js.es6\` code](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-github-blob-onebox-does-not-highlight-the-js-es6-code/83600)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-github-blob-onebox-does-not-highlight-the-js-es6-code/83600 "2018-03-22T22:16:26Z")

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The same code pasted directly into the editor is highlighted: composePrivateMessage(user, post) { const recipient = user ? user.get('username') : '', reply = post ? window.location.protocol + "//" + window.lo…

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## [As an admin, I'm unable to see the full list of grantable badges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/as-an-admin-im-unable-to-see-the-full-list-of-grantable-badges/83610)

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**Author:** [@jiq2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jiq2)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/as-an-admin-im-unable-to-see-the-full-list-of-grantable-badges/83610 "2018-10-04T16:55:51Z")

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Greetings! I’m the new admin of a community here on Discourse and I’d love to grant badges to specific users. We have about 20 badges that I can see on the list in the admin panel but, when I select a user and try to giv…

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## [Best way to hide specific posts for non-logged in users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-hide-specific-posts-for-non-logged-in-users/83611)

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**Author:** [@Anton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anton)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-hide-specific-posts-for-non-logged-in-users/83611 "2018-03-23T21:04:53Z")

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I have a community that often posts things they don’t want to appear to the general public, so I have the site set to disallow public access. However, this obviously makes it hard for people to get an idea of what kind o…

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## [Embedding Discourse Category not Topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-discourse-category-not-topic/83615)

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**Author:** [@Bar\_Smith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bar_Smith)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-discourse-category-not-topic/83615 "2018-10-03T14:26:00Z")

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Hello all! I run a community driven open source project and our Discourse forum is the heart of the community. I am working on a website to host collaborative open source projects and I would like each project page to …

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## [Is "About" excluded from search?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-about-excluded-from-search/83627)

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**Author:** [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-about-excluded-from-search/83627 "2018-03-23T16:30:19Z")

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I tried to search for all posts including the word “About”. It returned 0 results, despite having a post titled “About …” in every category. Is the word “About” excluded for some reason?

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## [How do URL & Topic Title updates work?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-url-topic-title-updates-work/83633)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 9:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-url-topic-title-updates-work/83633 "2018-03-23T09:53:41Z")

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When you update a Topic Title, I’ve noticed that the link is updated, but the old URLs still work? e.g https://www.example.com/t/draft-today-was-interesting still directs ultimately to the updated, despite the origina…

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## [Proposed improvements to tag pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposed-improvements-to-tag-pages/83643)

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**Author:** [@anon36484860](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon36484860)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposed-improvements-to-tag-pages/83643 "2018-03-24T08:43:48Z")

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I think in its current state the tag feature in discourse has a lot of potential. Here are two ideas for improvement differentiation of /tag/ pages At it’s current state /tag/ pages look exactly like the regular topic…

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## [Is there a way to allow non-admins to approve users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-allow-non-admins-to-approve-users/83646)

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**Author:** [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-allow-non-admins-to-approve-users/83646 "2018-03-23T14:47:42Z")

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We have a closed forum that requires approval of all new users, I’d like to give some people the rights to invite and approve users. Reason is that they’ll be in a different timezone from the admin staff and this would …

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## [Activating approval in a topic that is not current](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activating-approval-in-a-topic-that-is-not-current/83650)

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**Author:** [@ggurbet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ggurbet)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activating-approval-in-a-topic-that-is-not-current/83650 "2018-03-26T10:52:18Z")

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Hello. I am looking for a solution that allows us to make a topic needing approval if the latest post in that topic is n days old, disregarding the user’s trust level. Is it currently possible to do this? What I mean: …

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## [SQL shared\_drafts - will it be cached](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sql-shared-drafts/83652)

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**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sql-shared-drafts/83652 "2018-03-26T15:30:07Z")

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I’m sorry, but I guess it’s not working properly yet. v2.0.0.beta4 +205 http://toxu.blog/sql.htm

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## [S3 back-up auto-delete of old files?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-back-up-auto-delete-of-old-files/83655)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-back-up-auto-delete-of-old-files/83655 "2018-03-23T15:40:57Z")

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Does Discourse also send a deletion request to S3 to keep the number of back-ups limited to the number requested, or does this have to be done manually? My site is keeping my back-ups to the last 5, but this isn’t refle…

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## [Category setting \> Topic list sort by \> ascending or descending, who knows?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-topic-list-sort-by-ascending-or-descending-who-knows/83660)

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**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-topic-list-sort-by-ascending-or-descending-who-knows/83660 "2018-05-24T22:00:44Z")

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In the category setting the order of the topic list (ascending or descending) does not remain displayed once the changes are saved. Returning to the settings you have no way of knowing which of the two settings you have…

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## [Show random post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-random-post/83665)

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**Author:** [@\_vincent](https://meta.discourse.org/u/_vincent)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-random-post/83665 "2018-03-28T15:48:48Z")

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Hi, I’m looking for a way to add a link (maybe in the header) to show a random post, preferably from a list of chosen categories. How would I achieve that? Thanks!

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## [Scheduled backup fails when Sidekiq is forcefully restarted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scheduled-backup-fails-when-sidekiq-is-forcefully-restarted/83666)

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**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scheduled-backup-fails-when-sidekiq-is-forcefully-restarted/83666 "2018-04-03T05:15:43Z")

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The log indicates that the zip operation runs out of space, but… it leaves 3 files (two are .gz) spaced roughly 30 min apart. the .gz files do not appear in the GUI. It seems to happen when sidekiq gets restarted for …

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## [Embedded discourse topic names](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedded-discourse-topic-names/83670)

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**Author:** [@Bar\_Smith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bar_Smith)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedded-discourse-topic-names/83670 "2018-03-23T21:52:37Z")

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I’ve just set up embedded comments in our discourse forum from a website (amazing!). All is working except that the topics which are being created all have the name “undefined” How is that name generated, and how do …

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## [Staff Topic Generation Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-topic-generation-plugin/83677)

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**Author:** [@jordan1909](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan1909)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-topic-generation-plugin/83677 "2018-03-23T20:29:21Z")

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Repo: GitHub - hms-networks/discourse-staff-topic-generation · GitHub Description: Frequently in our installation we had a need to have administrators or staff send emails to users. Previously we we had to open our m…

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## [Getting tags from post in plugin 'addPostTransformCallback(...)' function?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-tags-from-post-in-plugin-addposttransformcallback-function/83678)

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**Author:** [@Anton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anton)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-tags-from-post-in-plugin-addposttransformcallback-function/83678 "2018-03-25T00:35:47Z")

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I’m working on a plugin that will transform the output of replies to a topic if there’s a particular tag on the topic itself. I’m doing my mangling in a callback I registered using something like: api.addPostTransformCa…

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## [Call me stupid - how do I sort topics by created date or by title?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/call-me-stupid-how-do-i-sort-topics-by-created-date-or-by-title/83684)

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**Author:** [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/call-me-stupid-how-do-i-sort-topics-by-created-date-or-by-title/83684 "2020-06-11T12:18:42Z")

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What the subj says. I see only sort by replies, views or activity (last reply/edit).

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## [No way to install markdown-it plugins?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-way-to-install-markdown-it-plugins/83686)

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**Author:** [@wolftune](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wolftune)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-way-to-install-markdown-it-plugins/83686 "2018-04-05T02:08:39Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Markdown-it is very powerful with its pulgin, how to achieve these on discourse: I see per that older topic that markdown-it features outside of commonmark “will not be included”, but ther…

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## [Recreating Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recreating-latest/83701)

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**Author:** [@Bolarinwa\_Balogun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bolarinwa_Balogun)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recreating-latest/83701 "2018-03-24T04:48:17Z")

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How would I be able to recreate how the structure and style of how latest topics are displayed like above. I would like to recreate this for a plugin. I would love any suggestions on how I can recreate this. Thanks.

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## [Topic timer doesn't work for fa\_IR locale](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-doesnt-work-for-fa-ir-locale/83702)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-doesnt-work-for-fa-ir-locale/83702 "2018-03-26T03:37:26Z")

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The topic timer does not work when using the fa\_IR locale. That is, nothing happens if I choose to close the topic after 1 day in these locales. However, when I set a timer in the English locale and then change the locale to fa\_IR, the timer…

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## [Welcoming topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcoming-topic/83705)

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**Author:** [@alefattorini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alefattorini)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2018, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcoming-topic/83705 "2018-03-25T09:57:16Z")

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Every Monday I say hi to my new members who joined over the last week. Usually I extract the full user list and elaborate a bit with my spreadsheet editor: cutting old members, ordering by creation date.. Then I elabor…

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## [Community supported official docker image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-supported-official-docker-image/83768)

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**Author:** [@pierreozoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pierreozoux)\
**Replies:** 35\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-supported-official-docker-image/83768 "2022-07-22T16:04:39Z")

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I really would like to have an official helm chart for discourse with an official docker image. I just opened this issue. I’d like to have the consent of the discourse maintainers to make this happening. Hope you can …

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## [Help with js to insert into a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-js-to-insert-into-a-topic/83772)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-js-to-insert-into-a-topic/83772 "2018-03-24T21:56:57Z")

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Hello! I need to insert \<script src="https://xxxxx.js" async\>\</script\> into a topic, just ONE topic. I knew this: But it is possible to use javascript to check the url and if it match, insert the js? :thinking:

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## [Excessively large numeric value in site settings causes emails not to be sent](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excessively-large-numeric-value-in-site-settings-causes-emails-not-to-be-sent/83775)

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**Author:** [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2018, 10:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excessively-large-numeric-value-in-site-settings-causes-emails-not-to-be-sent/83775 "2018-03-25T10:38:10Z")

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I checked my logs, I changed the setting ‘delete\_digest\_email\_after\_days’ from 9999 to 99999999 (to disable this feature) in 2016, this was the same day that the digest emails stopped sending. I have since noticed th…

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