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## [How to add an HTML element to the timeline container](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-an-html-element-to-the-timeline-container/111147)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-an-html-element-to-the-timeline-container/111147 "2019-03-09T09:50:01Z")

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Hi, I’m experimenting with adding an element to the timeline element, but it seems to be very sensitive to changes - whenever I add something it breaks the functionality (the scroller no longer updates) and the timeline…

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## [Removing default square from tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-default-square-from-tags/111152)

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**Author:** [@OneTwo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OneTwo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-default-square-from-tags/111152 "2019-03-09T15:32:55Z")

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I was wondering is it possible to remove the square so only the icon for the tag shows?

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## [Can't unsuspend an admin account](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-unsuspend-an-admin-account/111170)

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**Author:** [@alexknowshtml](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexknowshtml)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-unsuspend-an-admin-account/111170 "2019-03-09T18:03:26Z")

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I’m trying to unsuspend this user, and clicking the “unsuspend” user (while logged in as an admin account, i’ve tried a couple of different ones) gives me the error “You are not permitted to view the requested resource.”…

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## [Some strings can't be translated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-strings-cant-be-translated/111184)

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**Author:** [@rlb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rlb)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-strings-cant-be-translated/111184 "2019-04-16T15:52:14Z")

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Hi, I use the french translation of Discourse and I found some strings that I can’t translate in the customize part of the admin panel. “Primary email” when you try to register an account with a blacklisted email domai…

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## [Restrict File Upload to Group or Badge?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-file-upload-to-group-or-badge/111196)

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**Author:** [@Hanzo1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hanzo1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-file-upload-to-group-or-badge/111196 "2021-08-07T13:52:16Z")

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According to this, nothing like this is possible: Has this changed? Is it possible yet? Use case: Only allow trusted users who I see fit, able to upload files directly; the rest, unable.

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## [Discourse plugin tests are failing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-plugin-tests-are-failing/111199)

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**Author:** [@Sudaraka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sudaraka)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2019, 9:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-plugin-tests-are-failing/111199 "2019-03-10T09:12:44Z")

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I am trying to run tests for a single plugin using bundle exec rake plugin:spec\["discourse-details"\] But its failing with the error An error occurred while loading ./plugins/discourse-presence/spec/presence\_manager\_sp…

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## [Which theme is to display popular topics by PV?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-theme-is-to-display-popular-topics-by-pv/111215)

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**Author:** [@zyouchi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zyouchi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-theme-is-to-display-popular-topics-by-pv/111215 "2019-03-10T19:26:31Z")

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I want to display popular topics based on PV etc. on the top page. Are there any recommended themes? On the top page I want to display the latest posts and ranking of topics that are talking about on a daily basis.

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## [Switching from GitHub auth to OAuth2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-from-github-auth-to-oauth2/111218)

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**Author:** [@cori](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cori)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2019, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-from-github-auth-to-oauth2/111218 "2019-07-29T09:39:45Z")

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Hey folks, we’re running hosted Discourse using only GitHub authentication. We’ve successfully added functionality to our own platform to delegate authentication to our system using OAuth2, and our goal is to switch from…

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## [Having problems sending via Mailgun to Gmail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-problems-sending-via-mailgun-to-gmail/111224)

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**Author:** [@BlackBelt35](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackBelt35)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-problems-sending-via-mailgun-to-gmail/111224 "2019-03-25T23:50:39Z")

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Hello everyone. :slight\_smile: I’ve recently installed a Discourse instance to serve the community purposes of my website. And used Mailgun’s SMTP credentials for emailing. Setup goes fine, and I received the setup emai…

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## [Managing "Voting" Roadmap Features](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-voting-roadmap-features/111232)

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**Author:** [@mtan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mtan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managing-voting-roadmap-features/111232 "2019-03-26T07:36:33Z")

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When you have a “Voting” feature in your forum and you deliver the feature: How do you handle the topic, do you archive, close, move to a new category? How do you manage follow-up requests? How do you preserve the vote…

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## [Bulk actions in search results: Checkboxes vanish as new content loads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-actions-in-search-results-checkboxes-vanish-as-new-content-loads/111235)

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**Author:** [@southpaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/southpaw)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-actions-in-search-results-checkboxes-vanish-as-new-content-loads/111235 "2019-03-12T03:26:46Z")

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When I try to take bulk actions on search results, the checkboxes vanish every time I hit the bottom of the page and new topics are loaded. Steps to reproduce: Perform a search that will return more than 50 results. …

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## [Prompt when hitting New Topic / Reply Button first time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-when-hitting-new-topic-reply-button-first-time/111236)

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**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-when-hitting-new-topic-reply-button-first-time/111236 "2019-03-11T09:41:59Z")

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Hey guys I have a few long topics where newbies can post their questions. Yet I want to make sure that long time members don’t get annoyed by evergreen questions. Although I advice members to read the first topic and re…

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## [After running setup wizard with Let's Encrypt, favicon not loading over HTTPS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-running-setup-wizard-with-lets-encrypt-favicon-not-loading-over-https/111238)

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**Author:** [@bts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bts)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 8:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-running-setup-wizard-with-lets-encrypt-favicon-not-loading-over-https/111238 "2019-04-02T08:03:27Z")

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Just made a new forum (woohoo!) with the standard Digital Ocean install, and enabled Let’s Encrypt on setup. I just finished running the setup wizard, and added images / icons through that process (nothing manually added…

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## [Can find "replies" string in the texts to translate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-find-replies-string-in-the-texts-to-translate/111242)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 5:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-find-replies-string-in-the-texts-to-translate/111242 "2019-03-12T05:01:44Z")

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I have translated all the “replies” strings in the dashboard, but this string in the notification menu is not translated yet. can someone help me figure out where it is?

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## [Localization Based on User Login details](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localization-based-on-user-login-details/111246)

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**Author:** [@Muthukkumar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muthukkumar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localization-based-on-user-login-details/111246 "2019-04-10T12:53:57Z")

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Hi Team, I want to know “Can we Localized discourse based on the User Login?”. My request is, from our main portal if we click on forums it will redirect to discourse. Now the Discourse should display based on the user …

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## [Automatic/Bulk deleting inactive users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-bulk-deleting-inactive-users/111248)

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**Author:** [@hosna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hosna)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-bulk-deleting-inactive-users/111248 "2019-05-04T02:09:50Z")

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Is there a way to delete inactive users? Lets say inactive means a user last seen 1 year ago, without any post.

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## [Install plugin from private Git repository?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugin-from-private-git-repository/111250)

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**Author:** [@Muthukkumar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muthukkumar)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 4:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugin-from-private-git-repository/111250 "2019-03-11T04:53:45Z")

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Hi All, I have read all the commands in Install Plugins in Discourse. But I didn’t get the result what I am looking for. I am having one issue while cloning the plugin form Azure repo. Could some one help me to fix that…

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## [How Discourse handle high HTTP request?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-discourse-handle-high-http-request/111261)

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**Author:** [@saiqulhaq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saiqulhaq)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-discourse-handle-high-http-request/111261 "2019-03-12T05:03:20Z")

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I just take a look at the source code, there is no Rails #stale? method on controller to return 304 or cache the entire page based on record cache key Sorry to bother you, I’m just curious about this

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## [Remove view for moderators in admin/plugins/chat-integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-view-for-moderators-in-admin-plugins-chat-integration/111263)

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**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 10:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-view-for-moderators-in-admin-plugins-chat-integration/111263 "2019-03-11T10:41:47Z")

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Moderators can see what plugins are active, but they cannot go into the chat integration settings. Even if I click it as a moderator, it returns: “Oops! This place is private or doesn’t exist!”. Can someone remove this f…

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## [Sidekiq dying and not coming back up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-dying-and-not-coming-back-up/111267)

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**Author:** [@LeoMcA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LeoMcA)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-dying-and-not-coming-back-up/111267 "2019-03-11T20:15:15Z")

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I’ve got a bit of a mysterious issue going on with my sidekiq processes: they keep dying and they don’t come back up. The monitoring of sidekiq processes that @sam talks about here https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-s…

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## [Uploaded avatar or gravatar not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploaded-avatar-or-gravatar-not-working/111277)

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**Author:** [@Benuuts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benuuts)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploaded-avatar-or-gravatar-not-working/111277 "2019-03-12T14:28:39Z")

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Hello, I seem to have the exact same symptoms as How to fix user avatar? but I’m running the latest version of discourse (I tried to upgrade to fix this). Upload works fine (file are being uploaded to the shared folder…

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## [New Install: docker: Failed to create the container ID file: open cids/app\_bootstrap.cid: no such file or directory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-install-docker-failed-to-create-the-container-id-file-open-cids-app-bootstrap-cid-no-such-file-or-directory/111287)

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**Author:** [@AlexV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexV)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-install-docker-failed-to-create-the-container-id-file-open-cids-app-bootstrap-cid-no-such-file-or-directory/111287 "2023-08-31T13:28:03Z")

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I’m having issues deploying Discourse to a VM in my test environment. The VM is configured with 1 core and 1gb of ram. It is running on ubuntu 18.04, via docker’s basic install method. I am running these as root. I’ve re…

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## [Notifications are acting strange](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-are-acting-strange/111293)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_NR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ryan_NR)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-are-acting-strange/111293 "2019-03-12T08:19:14Z")

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Hey! Late on Thursday (7th March) I noticed a persistent DM notification in my profile on our forum. After viewing and replying to that DM, the notification stayed. Now I know I have many replies and likes and @ mention…

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## [Discourse 2.3.0.beta4 Release Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-3-0-beta4-release-notes/111296)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-3-0-beta4-release-notes/111296 "2019-03-11T18:38:00Z")

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New features in 2.3.0.beta4 Account for ignored\_users when merging two users This is part of the Ability to ignore a user feature. When we merge two users, we need to account for merging their list of ignored\_users too. …

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## [Mail-receiver Conflict with Locally Installed Postfix](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mail-receiver-conflict-with-locally-installed-postfix/111297)

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**Author:** [@tisawyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tisawyer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mail-receiver-conflict-with-locally-installed-postfix/111297 "2019-03-12T00:24:05Z")

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I’ve installed mail-receiver and it is working fine. But my sysadmins don’t like it because they want to run Postfix locally installed on the VM, not the one in mail-receiver. Is there a way to configure Discourse to r…

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## [Bulk change ownership of topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-change-ownership-of-topics/111299)

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**Author:** [@Not-The-Foggiest](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Not-The-Foggiest)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-change-ownership-of-topics/111299 "2019-03-11T17:57:11Z")

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Some of our users cancel their accounts having created (dozens of) topics. In these situations, we transfer their topics to a designated account before deleting the user . How could we update the ownership all of thei…

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## [Tutorial for using Discourse over Email?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tutorial-for-using-discourse-over-email/111308)

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**Author:** [@ChristopherA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChristopherA)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tutorial-for-using-discourse-over-email/111308 "2019-03-12T19:14:11Z")

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We are migrating an existing open source community to Discourse. Some members would like for it to continue to behave like a mail server, i.e. sends individual email that can be threaded by mail reader, and you can reply…

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## [Hiding posts from an admin user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-posts-from-an-admin-user/111310)

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**Author:** [@csmu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csmu)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-posts-from-an-admin-user/111310 "2019-03-14T02:45:23Z")

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I have an admin person who only wants to see certain groups by default. I’ve changed the categories so that each category only has the group permissions related to that category. All group and moderator permissions have…

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## [Go Daddy SSL certificate installation error in D.O. server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/go-daddy-ssl-certificate-installation-error-in-d-o-server/111317)

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**Author:** [@bobghosh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bobghosh)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/go-daddy-ssl-certificate-installation-error-in-d-o-server/111317 "2019-03-14T23:04:54Z")

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I purchased a wildcard SSL certificate from Go Daddy and have followed the blog for SSL installation: I have a one-click Discourse from Docker image in Digital Ocean. Any help will be appreciated. Did everything as pe…

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## [Is it possible to have different forums (like subreddits)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-different-forums-like-subreddits/111319)

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**Author:** [@swentso](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swentso)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-different-forums-like-subreddits/111319 "2019-03-11T22:26:05Z")

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Hi ! I just discovered Discourse and I’d like to know if it was possible to have separate forums for different subjects ? Just like subreddits. Thanks !

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