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## [Site Won't Start After Update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-wont-start-after-update/93380)

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**Author:** [@vicatcu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vicatcu)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-wont-start-after-update/93380 "2018-07-29T23:59:06Z")

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Here's the output of my rebuild: Ensuring launcher is up to date Fetching origin Launcher is up-to-date Stopping old container + /usr/bin/docker stop -t 10 app app cd /pups && git pull && /pups/bin/pups --stdin Already …

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## [How does launcher update work in multicontainer setup?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-launcher-update-work-in-multicontainer-setup/93388)

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**Author:** [@TheBestPessimist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBestPessimist)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-launcher-update-work-in-multicontainer-setup/93388 "2018-07-30T05:22:53Z")

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Hello, long pile of text ahead, please bear with me, i’m just curious. Dual container user here: data and web\_only. In order to update, i ssh into my server, then i imagined i would write: sh /var/discourse/lanucher …

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## [SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ssl-received-a-record-that-exceeded-the-maximum-permissible-length/93392)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ssl-received-a-record-that-exceeded-the-maximum-permissible-length/93392 "2018-08-28T03:32:36Z")

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some of our users get this error when they try to open our forum in firefox: SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length. Error code: SSL\_ERROR\_RX\_RECORD\_TOO\_LONG no matter what, they can’t open …

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## [Plugin API's design](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-apis-design/93406)

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**Author:** [@dan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 10:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-apis-design/93406 "2018-07-29T10:47:38Z")

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Hello, Recently I have been looking into this issue and figured out that the fix is as easy as adding an element into an array. However, the plugin API does not provide the desired hooks yet. I thought that I could add …

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## [Postgres failing to update?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-failing-to-update/93412)

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**Author:** [@vicatcu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vicatcu)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-failing-to-update/93412 "2018-07-29T22:01:23Z")

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I’m getting this during ./launcher rebuild app: I, \[2018-07-29T14:29:05.072061 #14\] INFO -- : \> /root/upgrade\_postgres WARNING: enabling "trust" authentication for local connections You can change this by editing pg\_h…

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## [Adding jsonb columns for custom fields](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-jsonb-columns-for-custom-fields/93418)

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**Author:** [@gdpelican](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gdpelican)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-jsonb-columns-for-custom-fields/93418 "2018-08-16T14:07:30Z")

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Often times when developing plugins, I’ve had to use the CustomField or PluginRowStore tables to store arbitrary data related to the plugin (for example, retort stores a string representation of reactions to a particular…

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## [Limit moderator notifications based on category access](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-moderator-notifications-based-on-category-access/93420)

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**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-moderator-notifications-based-on-category-access/93420 "2024-01-09T18:36:58Z")

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It is currently possible to exclude a moderator from a category by using group access rules. The main problem with using this approach as a way of creating category specific moderators is that moderators will still recei…

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## [Import from Questions2Answers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-from-questions2answers/93424)

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**Author:** [@Doug\_Hall](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Doug_Hall)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 10:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-from-questions2answers/93424 "2018-07-31T10:14:06Z")

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Hi. There is an import script here discourse/script/import\_scripts/question2answer.rb at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub I have a site with quite a few posts on a Questions2Answer site, that I want to import to my …

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## [Email spam folder problems with Outlook / Hotmail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-spam-folder-problems-with-outlook-hotmail/93425)

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**Author:** [@visions710](https://meta.discourse.org/u/visions710)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-spam-folder-problems-with-outlook-hotmail/93425 "2018-07-31T04:05:33Z")

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I am having one hell of a time getting email set up. This is my first time setting up a discord server. My hosting service is Digital Ocean and I’m attempting to use mailgun as my email provider. Almost everything is …

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## [New topic composer: Tag box stealing focus from category dropdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-composer-tag-box-stealing-focus-from-category-dropdown/93438)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-composer-tag-box-stealing-focus-from-category-dropdown/93438 "2018-07-30T17:04:24Z")

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A week or two ago (maybe earlier) I started having problems where I’d try to select something from the category dropdown, but the tag list would keep stealing focus. In the following video, I click the category dropdown …

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## [Creating and Adding Values to \`custom\_fields\` via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-and-adding-values-to-custom-fields-via-api/93477)

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**Author:** [@Curtis\_Kephart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Curtis_Kephart)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-and-adding-values-to-custom-fields-via-api/93477 "2018-08-06T23:33:03Z")

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I am curious if there is any way to create and update Custom user fields (ie users \>\> custom\_field) via the discourse API? Accessing custon\_fields - Discourse’s docs show how to access custom\_fields via GET https://disc…

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## [Can someone please explain to me how the User Card pop-up works?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-someone-please-explain-to-me-how-the-user-card-pop-up-works/93479)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-someone-please-explain-to-me-how-the-user-card-pop-up-works/93479 "2023-10-24T09:50:28Z")

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Guys, i’m trying to work out how the code for User Card works. How does it create a pop-up and then escalate to a new page? \<a href="/u/postinguser" data-user-card="postinguser" class=""\>\<img alt="" src="/letter\_avatar…

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## [Login form looks weird from mobile IE11 and mobile Edge](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-form-looks-weird-from-mobile-ie11-and-mobile-edge/93481)

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**Author:** [@simevo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simevo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-form-looks-weird-from-mobile-ie11-and-mobile-edge/93481 "2018-08-05T12:14:28Z")

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Here is how the login page on meta.discourse.org looks like on mobile IE11: The username and password fields are way to narrow … but they work: if you blind-type username and password, you can still log in ! This is…

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## [Will some kind person explain VB to DC migration for a noob?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/will-some-kind-person-explain-vb-to-dc-migration-for-a-noob/93489)

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**Author:** [@Kate\_scout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kate_scout)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/will-some-kind-person-explain-vb-to-dc-migration-for-a-noob/93489 "2018-07-30T16:54:15Z")

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If anyone has the patience, ELI5 what it would take to move a forum from vb 4 to Discourse?

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## [Please don't deprecate Top Traffic Sources List in Admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-dont-deprecate-top-traffic-sources-list-in-admin/93495)

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**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-dont-deprecate-top-traffic-sources-list-in-admin/93495 "2018-07-30T22:51:16Z")

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Guys, It looks like you’re going to remove this feature of the “top traffic sources” and I just want to say that I find it very helpful to get a snapshot on how I’m doing in terms of SEO for the forums, and why my traff…

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## [Tag removal UX feedback](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-removal-ux-feedback/93497)

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**Author:** [@JohnONolan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnONolan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-removal-ux-feedback/93497 "2018-07-30T19:41:25Z")

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Hi team, not sure if this is the right place for feedback - but the recent changes to how tag input works keeps throwing me off, so I thought I would mention it here. Currently if you want to remove a tag from a topic, …

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## [\[HIRING\] : Backend & Frontend Discourse Developer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiring-backend-frontend-discourse-developer/93498)

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**Author:** [@ChrisLuck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisLuck)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiring-backend-frontend-discourse-developer/93498 "2018-07-30T18:31:43Z")

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Hi! My name is Chris and I’m looking for someone I can hire that is capable of doing both backend and frontend development work for Discourse. To be VERY specific, please watch this 6:44 minute video to see exactly wha…

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## [Discourse forum vs Social media](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-forum-vs-social-media/93511)

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**Author:** [@tommeyboy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tommeyboy)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-forum-vs-social-media/93511 "2018-07-31T16:23:01Z")

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I’ve been interested in adding a forum to my site for many years now, but haven’t done it because of the social media sites. I’m seeing a lot of big sites not having much traffic on their forums anymore. Has instagram,…

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## [WP Discourse SSO login problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-sso-login-problem/93521)

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**Author:** [@bekircem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bekircem)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-sso-login-problem/93521 "2018-07-31T00:27:48Z")

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Hi, Recently, i used WP Discourse plugin for setup Wordpress as SSO provider. I did not have any problems. On my new project with same setup, i have problem with SSO. I setup SSO as i did before but when i click Discour…

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## [Customize Latest topic list posters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-latest-topic-list-posters/93534)

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**Author:** [@plcosta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/plcosta)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 10:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-latest-topic-list-posters/93534 "2018-07-31T10:01:50Z")

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Hi everyone! Is there a way to customize latest list posters in categories pages? Like this: I upgraded from 1.9 to 2.1 and I lost my old custom code: Discourse - Custom Categories Topics List · GitHub Thanks!

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## [Hide Pinned Topics From Mobile Browser View](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-pinned-topics-from-mobile-browser-view/93568)

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**Author:** [@rhrmn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rhrmn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-pinned-topics-from-mobile-browser-view/93568 "2018-07-31T23:53:19Z")

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Is there a setting to disable the appearance of pinned threads in the mobile browser view of Discourse forums? We have a handful of pinned threads on the official Age of Empires forum and they fill up the short list of …

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## [Patreon error in the dashboard...Won't go away](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patreon-error-in-the-dashboard-wont-go-away/93588)

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**Author:** [@tommeyboy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tommeyboy)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patreon-error-in-the-dashboard-wont-go-away/93588 "2018-07-31T22:12:36Z")

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When I was setting up discourse, I was playing around with all the different plugins and I mistakenly enabled pantreon. I have since disabled the plugin, but I’m still getting the following errors: Some problems have b…

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## [Display Animated Gifs with the Download Remote Image To Local Enabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-animated-gifs-with-the-download-remote-image-to-local-enabled/93599)

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**Author:** [@fearlessfrog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fearlessfrog)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-animated-gifs-with-the-download-remote-image-to-local-enabled/93599 "2018-08-09T18:04:05Z")

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We have our current site setting for ‘max image size kb’ set to 3072 (the default). This seems to work well as we don’t need to host enormous images. We also have some rumbustious members that like to post links to anim…

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## [Find all posts and replies that have images inserted/attached](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-all-posts-and-replies-that-have-images-inserted-attached/93603)

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**Author:** [@Jane\_Jojo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jane_Jojo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-all-posts-and-replies-that-have-images-inserted-attached/93603 "2018-08-01T22:31:57Z")

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Related to: https://meta.discourse.org/t/don-t-see-uploaded-images-404ing-and-uploads-tar-gz-does-not-show-them/93429 Title says it all: Is it possible to list all posts and responses that have images associated with i…

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## [Troubleshooting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting/93607)

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**Author:** [@anon29908737](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon29908737)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting/93607 "2018-08-01T02:01:44Z")

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where do I start to troubleshoot login issues? I’m getting to the login screen and then when I click login this error message pops up, but I’ve cleaned the cookies, tried an icognito window, unchecked WP SSO login: This…

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## [Changes on the handlebar templates not reflecting on the browser](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-on-the-handlebar-templates-not-reflecting-on-the-browser/93617)

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**Author:** [@avinash\_tiwari](https://meta.discourse.org/u/avinash_tiwari)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2018, 8:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-on-the-handlebar-templates-not-reflecting-on-the-browser/93617 "2018-08-01T08:12:25Z")

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I am trying to change some content in about.hbs just hard coding a paragraph tag to see if changes are reflected back into the browser or not but they are not reflecting back. I even cleared the cache of the browser and …

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## [Removing notification from likes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-notification-from-likes/93619)

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**Author:** [@DaBeast\_45](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DaBeast_45)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-notification-from-likes/93619 "2018-08-01T06:13:40Z")

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Recently I’ve had many users spamming likes and it spams my notification box, and I have no use for getting notification for likes, so is there a way to remove notifications from likes?

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## [Onebox redirects prevent linking to login-only content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-redirects-prevent-linking-to-login-only-content/93632)

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**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-redirects-prevent-linking-to-login-only-content/93632 "2020-01-15T14:26:45Z")

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Onebox follows redirects, which is usually a good thing, I guess. This becomes a problem, however, when you share a link to a page requiring sign-in that simply redirects to a sign-in page when an anonymous user visits …

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## [Onebox for a forum category not working internally?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-for-a-forum-category-not-working-internally/93637)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-for-a-forum-category-not-working-internally/93637 "2018-08-01T13:36:00Z")

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Hi, I’m a bit confused. When I post a category link from my forum on the same forum, no onebox shows up (but it works for other links, like a topic link): But if I post a category link here, it works: How do I mak…

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## [Ref: Official Plugins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ref-official-plugins/93640)

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**Author:** [@Alankrit\_Choudh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alankrit_Choudh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ref-official-plugins/93640 "2018-08-01T11:00:02Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Discourse Mark Plugin: Doesn’t this plugin count as an official plugin? https://github.com/discourse/discourse-steam-login But it has no green tick next to it.

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