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## [Change color of personal messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-color-of-personal-messages/108816)

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**Author:** [@oca](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oca)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2022, 9:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-color-of-personal-messages/108816 "2022-05-12T09:34:04Z")

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For some time I borrowed @ChrisBeach’s CSS snippet, so I converted it into a theme component, find the result here: What it does It changes the appearance of the page when a personal message is being read: the head…

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## [Second discourse instance on the same server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/second-discourse-instance-on-the-same-server/108820)

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**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/second-discourse-instance-on-the-same-server/108820 "2019-02-12T08:49:08Z")

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I’ve looked through forum a bit but can’t find it. If I want to start a second instance of discourse on my docker install, should be it enough to copy/paste app.yml to say app2.yml, change the hostname, expose settings (…

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## [Accidental slide menu on iPhone when swiping right](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accidental-slide-menu-on-iphone-when-swiping-right/108822)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accidental-slide-menu-on-iphone-when-swiping-right/108822 "2019-02-12T05:30:57Z")

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I just swiped right on my iPhone and got the hamburger menu instead of the previous page. It took a little figuring out under which conditions this happened, but I can reproduce as follows: Tap and hold on the far left…

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## [I am a Suspect on my own Discourse installs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-am-a-suspect-on-my-own-discourse-installs/108823)

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**Author:** [@Watercolor\_Games](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Watercolor_Games)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-am-a-suspect-on-my-own-discourse-installs/108823 "2019-02-11T14:35:47Z")

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Hey there. I’ve installed Discourse at least 3 times and looked in my admin UI. It never fails, every single time, I’ll head to “Users → Suspect” and see myself in there. Whether it’s a dev instance or not, whether it fa…

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## [Troubleshooting user who changed email via wordpress sso, not getting notifications since then](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-user-who-changed-email-via-wordpress-sso-not-getting-notifications-since-then/108835)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-user-who-changed-email-via-wordpress-sso-not-getting-notifications-since-then/108835 "2019-02-11T15:03:00Z")

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Hello everyone! I am investigating an odd problem on my site with one particular user. I will be setting up some test accounts to try to replicate it, but in the meantime I was hoping for some pointers. The issue is tha…

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## [See and set user notification level for topics and messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-and-set-user-notification-level-for-topics-and-messages/108838)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-and-set-user-notification-level-for-topics-and-messages/108838 "2019-03-18T16:29:23Z")

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I am trying to troubleshoot an issue with a user who is not getting email notifications as expected, and realized that I am not able to see or set their notification levels for topics and messages. Is there a way to do t…

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## [Wrong answerCount value from discourse-solved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-answercount-value-from-discourse-solved/108845)

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**Author:** [@ced](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ced)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-answercount-value-from-discourse-solved/108845 "2019-02-20T02:33:09Z")

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The plugin set the value of the answerCount from Question schema.org to the number of replies of the topic. But according to google documentation the answerCount should be 0 is there is no acceptedAnswer or suggestedAnsw…

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## [What CSV format is needed for importing tags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-csv-format-is-needed-for-importing-tags/108853)

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**Author:** [@hhlp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hhlp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-csv-format-is-needed-for-importing-tags/108853 "2019-02-11T18:18:53Z")

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I’m doign a CVS file to import atg via GUI, what I need What format: A simple CVS file separated by double quotes and commas single quotes Example 1.- tag1 tag2 Example 2.- “tag1” “tag2” Example 3.- ‘tag1’ ‘ta…

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## [Spam filter on message content keywords?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spam-filter-on-message-content-keywords/108861)

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**Author:** [@DrBB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DrBB)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spam-filter-on-message-content-keywords/108861 "2019-02-12T02:35:41Z")

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One of the most persistent types of spam we get is a foreign language (Indonesian?) come-on for some kind of abortion pill. Since this is always always always garbage and unwanted, and uses terms that are unique to this …

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## [Canned responses randomly not working (Discourse 2.2)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-responses-randomly-not-working-discourse-2-2/108867)

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**Author:** [@WorldIsMine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WorldIsMine)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 8:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-responses-randomly-not-working-discourse-2-2/108867 "2019-03-13T08:11:40Z")

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Didn’t investigate as I don’t have the know how. But I do know that ever since I’ve installed 2.2.1 when I click on a canned response nothing happens. This happens randomly, I can’t replicate it at will. Sometimes they w…

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## [PM's put who is in the conversation at the top?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pms-put-who-is-in-the-conversation-at-the-top/108869)

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**Author:** [@sjmscott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sjmscott)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pms-put-who-is-in-the-conversation-at-the-top/108869 "2019-02-11T21:07:15Z")

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Users in my community are confused at who is in a private message thread, even when on the Discourse website This has been solved for email, but currently you need to scroll to the bottom of the first message to see who…

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## [\[Closed\] Customisation/Theme Development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closed-customisation-theme-development/108871)

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**Author:** [@Zoe\_Wake\_Hyde](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zoe_Wake_Hyde)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closed-customisation-theme-development/108871 "2019-02-11T22:33:13Z")

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What would you like done? We’re a non-profit supporting a community creating free & openly licensed textbooks. We’re looking for someone to implement a set of designs produced for our forum (soon to be relaunched). The…

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## [On your own community, how do you get best analytic results on your answers?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-your-own-community-how-do-you-get-best-analytic-results-on-your-answers/108883)

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**Author:** [@Nextaddress](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nextaddress)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-your-own-community-how-do-you-get-best-analytic-results-on-your-answers/108883 "2019-02-27T01:49:56Z")

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How do you frame your answer on your own community to get the best analytic results? Is there a tip?

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## [Edit link to replied-to post after move](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-link-to-replied-to-post-after-move/108888)

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**Author:** [@rawtaz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rawtaz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-link-to-replied-to-post-after-move/108888 "2019-03-29T21:17:04Z")

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I have kind of a situation here. In short, I had to move a reply that was made to a post in topic A, to another topic B. Then for various reasons it made sense to remove the post that was replied to, which had the URL of…

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## [Editing whisper bumps topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-whisper-bumps-topic/108890)

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**Author:** [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-whisper-bumps-topic/108890 "2019-03-05T17:17:09Z")

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Steps to reproduce: Create a topic with a whisper as last post Edit the whisper Editing shouldn’t change the topic’s bump date, but it does.

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## [Use fancy audio player](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-fancy-audio-player/108894)

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**Author:** [@tomtjes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomtjes)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-fancy-audio-player/108894 "2019-02-12T02:22:49Z")

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Hi, I’m planning to launch an audio community and was looking at audio player options in Discourse. There don’t seem to be any out-of-the-box solutions. Would it be possible to integrate a player like the Podigee Podca…

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## [Error cloning git repository, access is denied or repository is not found](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-cloning-git-repository-access-is-denied-or-repository-is-not-found/108898)

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**Author:** [@zaino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zaino)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-cloning-git-repository-access-is-denied-or-repository-is-not-found/108898 "2020-02-28T02:29:10Z")

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I have been successfully pulling a theme from a public Github repo for the last week and suddenly today I am getting this error: “Error cloning git repository, access is denied or repository is not found” I deleted the…

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## [Members to update their profile info](https://meta.discourse.org/t/members-to-update-their-profile-info/108920)

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**Author:** [@jomutsani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomutsani)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/members-to-update-their-profile-info/108920 "2019-02-12T12:12:54Z")

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Can someone tell/show me how I can have members of my Community prompted to update their profile info (when they log in) with the fields that we just added i.e. (members to update their Country, Experience Level, ++ ) B…

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## [How to split the forum into two main parts (general/groups) and how to display only subcategories I can create a new post in?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-split-the-forum-into-two-main-parts-general-groups-and-how-to-display-only-subcategories-i-can-create-a-new-post-in/108923)

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**Author:** [@oca](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oca)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-split-the-forum-into-two-main-parts-general-groups-and-how-to-display-only-subcategories-i-can-create-a-new-post-in/108923 "2019-02-12T15:39:06Z")

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I’ve been a Discourse host for a year, and I only used what other people did like plugins and themes, and I think I’m ready to start building trying to build my own tools to fit my needs. But for my problem, I don’t real…

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## [Reducing category choice anxiety](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reducing-category-choice-anxiety/108931)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reducing-category-choice-anxiety/108931 "2019-02-13T01:27:51Z")

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A user on our forum recently replied to a post I made a while back: Also, unlike in Slack, it’s no big deal if you pick the “wrong” category. We can just move the topic later if somewhere else seems like a better fit …

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## [Registration: username label width](https://meta.discourse.org/t/registration-username-label-width/108932)

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**Author:** [@Lure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lure)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/registration-username-label-width/108932 "2019-02-14T02:09:33Z")

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I know it is minor issue, but I do not see much reason why is the label with for Username so small, that it does not fit Slovenian translation in one line.

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## [Notes from some recent hallway usability testing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notes-from-some-recent-hallway-usability-testing/108934)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notes-from-some-recent-hallway-usability-testing/108934 "2019-02-13T00:32:25Z")

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A user on our site from the other side of the country pinged me last week on Slack because they were confused about a handful of things: We hopped on a Zoom a few days later and I watched his screen while he navigate…

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## [Docker: copying bootstrap data to pipe caused "write init-p: broken pipe"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-copying-bootstrap-data-to-pipe-caused-write-init-p-broken-pipe/108947)

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**Author:** [@daath](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daath)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-copying-bootstrap-data-to-pipe-caused-write-init-p-broken-pipe/108947 "2019-02-13T00:07:26Z")

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Hi there, I am currently out of the country, and silly as I am, I wanted to update my discourse server - usually that goes without issues. After the update, the forum didn’t come back up. I tried git pull and launcher …

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## [Invalid Access when attempting to delete the About This Category topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-access-when-attempting-to-delete-the-about-this-category-topics/108948)

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**Author:** [@nottrobin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nottrobin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-access-when-attempting-to-delete-the-about-this-category-topics/108948 "2019-02-12T13:33:10Z")

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Testing discourse in local development, from GitHub - discourse/discourse: A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple. · GitHub master with ./bin/docker/boot\_dev --init ./bin/docker/rails s I get an error …

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## [Sorry, that file is too big](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-that-file-is-too-big/108949)

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**Author:** [@savas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/savas)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-that-file-is-too-big/108949 "2019-02-13T14:08:07Z")

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trying to upload 78mb file and getting error that file to big but upload limit is 100mb +… enny solution ?

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## [Chrome Autocomplete](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-autocomplete/108953)

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**Author:** [@thefreekick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thefreekick)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-autocomplete/108953 "2019-02-12T18:22:51Z")

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Is it possible that the changes made to turn autocomplete=off on the composer text area have broken predictive text input for users? Since upgrading last week I’ve had a number of users pointing out that predictive text…

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## [How do you like Communiteq?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-like-communiteq/108962)

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**Author:** [@Travis\_Hedrick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Travis_Hedrick)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-like-communiteq/108962 "2019-02-20T15:25:11Z")

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Hello all. We are wondering how you like Discourse Hosting Dot Com? We have a site that currently gets around 1.5m users per month (https://d.pr/i/SpzPnE) and we need something robust and preferably managed. Would you…

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## [Category selection broken for "Reply as new topic"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-selection-broken-for-reply-as-new-topic/108976)

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**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-selection-broken-for-reply-as-new-topic/108976 "2019-02-13T11:37:17Z")

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To reproduce: Select a bit of text and Quote: Choose to Reply as linked topic Change the category from the original one (note that without searching, only the current category is listed): To so…

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## [vBulletin v4 importer list conversion breaks markup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vbulletin-v4-importer-list-conversion-breaks-markup/108979)

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**Author:** [@outofcontrol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofcontrol)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vbulletin-v4-importer-list-conversion-breaks-markup/108979 "2019-02-14T00:44:24Z")

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When importing from vBulletin v4 to Discourse, the following markup gets converted incorrectly, resulting in a rather unsightly post in Discourse: vBulletin post source code (which renders correctly for us in VB \[LIST\]…

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## [Correct method for updating category group permission level via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/correct-method-for-updating-category-group-permission-level-via-api/108984)

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**Author:** [@plosprawrs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/plosprawrs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/correct-method-for-updating-category-group-permission-level-via-api/108984 "2019-03-01T10:24:34Z")

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Hello, We are creating a group via API, for instance, SAMPLE-CATEGORY-001 We are creating a category via API, category SAMPLE-CATEGORY-001 We are trying to make the category tied to the group permission upon creation W…

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