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## [Instance broken cannot load such file simple-rss](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instance-broken-cannot-load-such-file-simple-rss/75725)

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**Author:** [@ZackFea](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ZackFea)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2017, 10:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instance-broken-cannot-load-such-file-simple-rss/75725 "2017-12-09T10:30:00Z")

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I did add a new plugin and got automatic the last version. ./launcher cleanup ./launcher rebuild app end in this error: LoadError: cannot load such file -- simple-rss Here is the full log: I, \[2017-12-09T10:07:24.95…

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## [Can't send mail -- unprocessable entity](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-send-mail-unprocessable-entity/75195)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-send-mail-unprocessable-entity/75195 "2017-12-09T14:46:45Z")

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I’ve set up a new site, using my script that calls discourse-setup like a normal person would. Email is not going out. It never shows up in the mailgun logs. I’ve double-checked the password/username and switched from p…

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## [Topic setting: make reply-to-post button act as "reply as new topic"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-setting-make-reply-to-post-button-act-as-reply-as-new-topic/64840)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-setting-make-reply-to-post-button-act-as-reply-as-new-topic/64840 "2017-12-09T21:37:06Z")

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Here is a scenario that comes up here and there in many communities: you have a topic in which people list different exemplars of a specific type, for example: “books about X”. The main purpose of the topic is to create …

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## [Latest update 502 error?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-update-502-error/75732)

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**Author:** [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-update-502-error/75732 "2017-12-09T22:22:12Z")

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i’m getting a 502 now… only thing that i had done recently is update via web to the latest build. i’ve tried restarting hard, then doing your typical restart and rebuild … no dice.

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## [A few questions about WP Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-few-questions-about-wp-discourse/75752)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-few-questions-about-wp-discourse/75752 "2017-12-09T23:13:49Z")

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Hi! I have a Wordpress blog which I connected to a Discourse forum through WP Discourse. WP Posts and comments are synchronized with Discourse through Discourse API. About the SSO, from what I understand, two choices a…

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## [SMF TO Discourse with Wordpress?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smf-to-discourse-with-wordpress/75717)

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**Author:** [@ninermac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ninermac)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 5:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smf-to-discourse-with-wordpress/75717 "2017-12-10T05:09:35Z")

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I have a large SMF install. It’s over half a million posts. My goal is to port over to Discourse with a wordpress front end. The question is, what would that process look like. I’ve tested imports of smf to Discourse, …

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## [\[Resolved\] Getting Discourse going again after Vultr server hard restart](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resolved-getting-discourse-going-again-after-vultr-server-hard-restart/75762)

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**Author:** [@JoelZaslofsky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JoelZaslofsky)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resolved-getting-discourse-going-again-after-vultr-server-hard-restart/75762 "2017-12-10T06:34:31Z")

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tl;dr I just broke our Discourse install over an hour ago and need urgent server/docker/container/SSH help to get our paid community site running again. Please DM me if you can help tomorrow (Sunday in North America) so …

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## [Any way to trigger a signup form when category below permission level?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-trigger-a-signup-form-when-category-below-permission-level/75089)

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**Author:** [@Carsten\_Pleiser](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Carsten_Pleiser)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-trigger-a-signup-form-when-category-below-permission-level/75089 "2017-12-10T17:52:39Z")

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Hey, I want to make certain categories view only for users that have signed up. I understand this can be achieved by category → security settings and assigning permission levels. At the moment, though, it shows an ugly …

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## [Sending email failed with Net::SMTPServerBusy: 440 mail from account doesn't conform with authentication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-email-failed-with-net-smtpserverbusy-440-mail-from-account-doesnt-conform-with-authentication/75790)

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**Author:** [@FrankFang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FrankFang)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-email-failed-with-net-smtpserverbusy-440-mail-from-account-doesnt-conform-with-authentication/75790 "2017-12-10T20:32:25Z")

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Here is my smtp settings in app.yml 1 DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_ADDRESS: 'smtp.xxx.com' 2 DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_PORT: 25 3 DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_USER\_NAME: 'no-reply@yyy.com' 4 DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_PASSWORD: '\*\*\*' 5 DISCOURSE\_SMTP…

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## [Yahoo login for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yahoo-login-for-discourse/74060)

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**Author:** [@Neil\_Brooks2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Neil_Brooks2)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yahoo-login-for-discourse/74060 "2017-12-10T22:31:48Z")

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Hi, I’ve configured many of the social networks so that users can log in using them, however the Yahoo login doesn’t seem to work. I’ve enabled yahoo logins (there is no API client ID or secret) and when I test it, I ge…

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## [\[Success Story\] Discourse Cannabis Community - Growers Network](https://meta.discourse.org/t/success-story-discourse-cannabis-community-growers-network/75702)

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**Author:** [@nickmorin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nickmorin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/success-story-discourse-cannabis-community-growers-network/75702 "2017-12-10T23:10:10Z")

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I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that makes Discourse possible and for all your help when I first joined your community seeking guidance. @codinghorror @sam @HAWK @pfaffman and many more! I launched our privat…

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## [Code blocks not working correctly?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-blocks-not-working-correctly/35451)

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**Author:** [@gmanjapan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gmanjapan)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-blocks-not-working-correctly/35451 "2017-12-11T01:37:42Z")

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Here’s a code block below showing how to do code blocks. It works \`\`\`JavaScript function some(JavaScript, "code") {} \`\`\` Then here’s the same code block without the indent. That works too function some(JavaScript, "co…

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## [Menu, title collumn, and a lot a stuff are gone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/menu-title-collumn-and-a-lot-a-stuff-are-gone/75779)

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**Author:** [@acidope](https://meta.discourse.org/u/acidope)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/menu-title-collumn-and-a-lot-a-stuff-are-gone/75779 "2017-12-11T05:47:39Z")

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Hi there! Just testing fresh instance of discourse and try some settings then this morning a lot a stuff are gone. A jpg is more simple to explain the situation. I will install discourse again but I would like to avoi…

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## [Issues with default emoji on local dev install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-default-emoji-on-local-dev-install/75772)

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**Author:** [@sau226](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sau226)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 6:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-default-emoji-on-local-dev-install/75772 "2017-12-11T06:05:16Z")

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I am experiencing an issue with discobot’s automated welcome messages on my own dev sandbox. The issue appears to be that certain emoji are missing from the initial message sent by discobot. I have included an image belo…

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## [Can't open attachments: that page doesn’t exist or is private](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-open-attachments-that-page-doesn-t-exist-or-is-private/75812)

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**Author:** [@devang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/devang)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 7:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-open-attachments-that-page-doesn-t-exist-or-is-private/75812 "2017-12-11T07:21:16Z")

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Hello All, We have been experiencing this issue since last week or so. On clicking an attachment, a new page opens up saying, “That page doesn’t exist or is private.” I am aware that this has been discussed on this foru…

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## [How to link the existing discourse comments to wordpress posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-link-the-existing-discourse-comments-to-wordpress-posts/45569)

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**Author:** [@Davidliu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Davidliu)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-link-the-existing-discourse-comments-to-wordpress-posts/45569 "2017-12-11T07:27:21Z")

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I have setup wp-discourse, and checked syncing is fine between wordpress post and discourse for new posts.(they are hosted in different domains) Currently I have bunch of existing comments in discourse, which comes from…

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## [Modifying Privacy Policy to conform with EU law](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifying-privacy-policy-to-conform-with-eu-law/54039)

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**Author:** [@njamdal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/njamdal)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifying-privacy-policy-to-conform-with-eu-law/54039 "2017-12-11T07:33:11Z")

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I’m trying to formulate a privacy policy for those of us who are neither lawyers nor an organization large enough to hire any, but do care about privacy. I need the privacy policy to conform to my country’s privacy laws. …

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## [User Topic Timers for normal users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-topic-timers-for-normal-users/75816)

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**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 9:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-topic-timers-for-normal-users/75816 "2017-12-11T09:29:08Z")

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Is there a way to allow normal users (non admins) to set their User Topic Timers

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## [How can I activate user accounts in batch?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-activate-user-accounts-in-batch/75821)

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**Author:** [@rornoob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rornoob)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-activate-user-accounts-in-batch/75821 "2017-12-11T13:49:14Z")

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We have a site with many user accounts which need to be activated. Is there any way we can activate it all in batch? It’ll take a lot of time to do it from http://\[site-url\]/admin/users/\[id\]/\[name\] Thanks.

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## [System posts: - " LEFT THIS MESSAGE X MINS AGO"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-posts-left-this-message-x-mins-ago/75807)

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**Author:** [@Biscuit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biscuit)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-posts-left-this-message-x-mins-ago/75807 "2017-12-11T20:34:48Z")

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What causes this system message to be posted: @USER LEFT THIS MESSAGE X MINS AGO

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## [My fork of Discourse is out of date](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-fork-of-discourse-is-out-of-date/75840)

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**Author:** [@leog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leog)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-fork-of-discourse-is-out-of-date/75840 "2017-12-11T21:58:21Z")

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Hello. After upgrading to v1.9.0.beta15+135 we are having a problem with the registration of new users. In the logs I could find these two logs while I was trying to register a new user through OAuth2 with the following…

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## [Summary does not display oneboxed images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summary-does-not-display-oneboxed-images/69178)

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**Author:** [@rehe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rehe)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summary-does-not-display-oneboxed-images/69178 "2017-12-11T22:34:09Z")

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Hi! Since the last update I have seen something that does not work well. Any content inside a Summary is not displayed (image, youtube video, gif, mp4, etc.), only the link is displayed. Before this did not happen, the S…

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## [How to update discobot messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-update-discobot-messages/75693)

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**Author:** [@communitygal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/communitygal)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-update-discobot-messages/75693 "2017-12-12T12:28:43Z")

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A message was sent within the hour that contains language I need to update. I have read through the automated emails but I don’t know how to update the messages from Discobot that have the wrong name for our community. …

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## [Log out all users via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/log-out-all-users-via-api/75851)

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**Author:** [@typeoneerror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/typeoneerror)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/log-out-all-users-via-api/75851 "2017-12-12T16:45:36Z")

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I’ve built a Discourse integration for our product that allows SSO with our product to a Discourse install. When a user is signed out on our app, I’m doing an API-backed POST via the log\_out API. Is there a way to log al…

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## [What method is used by Discourse to identify urls in post body](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-method-is-used-by-discourse-to-identify-urls-in-post-body/75876)

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**Author:** [@Sudaraka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sudaraka)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-method-is-used-by-discourse-to-identify-urls-in-post-body/75876 "2017-12-12T17:22:27Z")

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What method is used by Discourse to identify urls in post body and make it clickable?. I tried going through the codebase. But still no luck.

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## [Urgent Contact email-address doesn't appear on the admin's about page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urgent-contact-email-address-doesnt-appear-on-the-admins-about-page/75861)

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**Author:** [@crazyhorse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/crazyhorse)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urgent-contact-email-address-doesnt-appear-on-the-admins-about-page/75861 "2017-12-12T17:39:09Z")

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I entered an email address for urgent contacts in the set-up wizard. It doesn’t appear on the about-page, there is a link to my wp-website instead. How do I make the email address appear there?

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## ["Expand" button positioning on mobile inconsistent with desktop](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expand-button-positioning-on-mobile-inconsistent-with-desktop/75679)

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**Author:** [@Osama](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Osama)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expand-button-positioning-on-mobile-inconsistent-with-desktop/75679 "2017-12-12T18:32:43Z")

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As you can see the “Expand” button is between the name and the avatar, whereas on desktop the button is aligned to the right after the name/username. It seems this left floating in mobile/user.scss is the culprit ht…

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## [Discourse layouts plugin is broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-layouts-plugin-is-broken/75722)

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**Author:** [@GuidoD](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GuidoD)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-layouts-plugin-is-broken/75722 "2017-12-12T21:33:36Z")

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I do have the same Problem as Parisa. The installation is currently on v1.9.0.beta14 +18 and the system tells me to upgrade to 1.9.0.beta15 but UI upgrade is disabled \<h2\>You are running an old version of the Discourse …

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## [Mark all topics as solved specific category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-all-topics-as-solved-specific-category/75906)

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**Author:** [@jordan1909](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan1909)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-all-topics-as-solved-specific-category/75906 "2017-12-12T21:58:32Z")

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We are using the Discourse Solved Plugin on our installation. Recently we have been filtering topics to get to a 100% answered rate (for our purposes). I have set up a script that adds some items to the homepage to disp…

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## [Discourse 1.9.0.beta16 Release Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-1-9-0-beta16-release-notes/75884)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-1-9-0-beta16-release-notes/75884 "2017-12-12T22:56:52Z")

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New features in 1.9.0.beta16 Disable Mentions We’ve heard feedback from different communities that want to limit the notifications that are generated. Previously, there was no way to disable mentions on your community, w…

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