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## [Importing Content into Discourse from Excel Files?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-content-into-discourse-from-excel-files/147440)

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**Author:** [@Hugo\_Roger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hugo_Roger)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-content-into-discourse-from-excel-files/147440 "2020-04-09T17:19:07Z")

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Hi everyone, Is there a way to import content from an excel file into a community? Let’s say I want to create a set of threads and answers in bulk and then upload the content from this spreadsheet into my Discourse wh…

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## ["Automation" and rules link?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automation-and-rules-link/306835)

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**Author:** [@ncaming215](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ncaming215)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automation-and-rules-link/306835 "2024-05-05T20:50:24Z")

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Maybe I’m having a senior moment, but … why can I not find ‘Automation’ tab anywhere in my Discourse? I see that it’s been baked into core, so I wondered if that’s why it’s not sitting in the sub nav any longer. I’m host…

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## [Looking for someone who can put the Header Locale Selector on a client's homepage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-someone-who-can-put-the-header-locale-selector-on-a-clients-homepage/303938)

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**Author:** [@Richard\_Millington](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richard_Millington)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-someone-who-can-put-the-header-locale-selector-on-a-clients-homepage/303938 "2024-05-05T20:25:18Z")

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What would you like done? Put the language selector on the homepage so it’s easily visible for people to select their language. When do you need it done? Within 3 weeks ideally. What is your budget, in $ USD that you…

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## [Right and Left advertising space?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/right-and-left-advertising-space/306804)

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**Author:** [@ogulcan1787](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ogulcan1787)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/right-and-left-advertising-space/306804 "2024-05-05T19:15:38Z")

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Hello everyone, I know my questions are endless… I looked for the codes on the internet but it didn’t work. (CSS HTML) Like that. Do we offer advertising solutions elsewhere other than these areas? I will not use …

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## [Suppress from latest while minimizing hiding?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-from-latest-while-minimizing-hiding/306825)

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**Author:** [@Chief-Engineer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chief-Engineer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-from-latest-while-minimizing-hiding/306825 "2024-05-05T19:03:55Z")

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Hi, I’ve got a use case where I’d like to suppress certain categories and subcategories from having their posts appear in the latest feed without making them inaccessible to users. Ideally, any post a user posts on or fo…

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## [Allow specific users to impersonate defined users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-specific-users-to-impersonate-defined-users/110340)

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**Author:** [@sau226](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sau226)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-specific-users-to-impersonate-defined-users/110340 "2024-05-05T14:50:38Z")

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How might I go about allowing specific users to impersonate others via a plugin? For example say I have @SomeUser and @SomeUserAdmin on my instance. I want @SomeUser to be a normal user (no admin or mod) but see the imp…

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## [UX IPhone issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ux-iphone-issues/306761)

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**Author:** [@Diego\_Santos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Diego_Santos)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ux-iphone-issues/306761 "2024-05-05T14:39:38Z")

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I’m facing a few UX issues with Discourse, and Iphone Chrome and Discourse Hub App. App on iOS: Chrome on iOS Safari on iOS works fine Is this a CSS or app problem?

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## [Can I add a short message for verification? Just enter your phone number to sign up.](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-add-short-message-to-verify-just-input-phone-number-can-sign-up/306724)

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**Author:** [@0x22f1a6543a0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/0x22f1a6543a0)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-add-short-message-to-verify-just-input-phone-number-can-sign-up/306724 "2024-05-04T23:03:21Z")

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I'm Chinese. In China, e-mail is available, but some people are unaware of it. I don't want to have to repeatedly explain this concept to them, for example, "A software called Tencent QQ provides e-mail, but you don’t ..."

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## [Seeking Guidance on Direct Auto-Login Link for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-guidance-on-direct-auto-login-link-for-discourse/306741)

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**Author:** [@Samir\_Sabri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Samir_Sabri)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-guidance-on-direct-auto-login-link-for-discourse/306741 "2024-05-05T06:20:02Z")

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Hello Discourse Community, I have successfully implemented Single Sign-On (SSO) between my Ruby on Rails application and my Discourse forum. This setup allows users to sign in through my Rails app and then access Discou…

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## [How to Customize DiscourseHub icon?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customize-discoursehub-icon/147410)

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**Author:** [@Duncan\_Anderson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Duncan_Anderson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customize-discoursehub-icon/147410 "2020-04-09T15:09:37Z")

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Hi all! Is there a way to customize the “DiscourseHub” Icon & Title on my mobile app to make it my brand’s logo and title? Thanks, Duncan

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## [Which features are available w/ the open source GitHub version?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-features-are-available-w-the-open-source-github-version/306772)

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**Author:** [@velichor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/velichor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-features-are-available-w-the-open-source-github-version/306772 "2024-05-05T02:51:14Z")

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Hello! I’m curious about the way the plugins system works with the open source version on GitHub. Am I able to use all plugins if I install it on a self-hosted site, or perhaps just the ones listed under Basic? Also wo…

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## [Is "See new or updated topic" supposed to update existing topic info?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-see-new-or-updated-topic-supposed-to-update-existing-topic-info/306757)

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**Author:** [@dsims](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dsims)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-see-new-or-updated-topic-supposed-to-update-existing-topic-info/306757 "2024-05-05T00:49:52Z")

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The topic’s reply count and posters don’t update as I expected. Is this a Contribute \> Bug? What should change in the topic list if anything?

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## [Discourse on a WordPress website](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-a-wordpress-website/306764)

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**Author:** [@velichor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/velichor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-a-wordpress-website/306764 "2024-05-04T23:50:45Z")

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Hi there! I’m wondering if it’s possible to host a Discourse forum on my WordPress site, similarly to how bbPress works. I’ve been looking around the Discourse website and it’s a thousand times better than bbPress or any…

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## [Memberstack + Webflow + Discourse OpenID Connect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/memberstack-webflow-discourse-openid-connect/276238)

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**Author:** [@bedgarsf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bedgarsf)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/memberstack-webflow-discourse-openid-connect/276238 "2024-05-04T22:50:40Z")

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Hello - I have seen some older posts on this but nothing current. I asked this question in the memberstack forum as well… I am working on a project to build a new private/closed community and I am interested in using me…

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## [Need Help updating profile info via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-updating-profile-info-via-api/306686)

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**Author:** [@Earnie\_Baird](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Earnie_Baird)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-updating-profile-info-via-api/306686 "2024-05-04T19:49:03Z")

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I’ve found a few examples in these forums of updating user info via the API but can’t get it to work. I’m a junior developer so maybe I’m missing something obvious. First I tried getting this example to work: curl -X P…

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## [Deleting the close topic notification deletes also the close functionality?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-the-close-topic-notification-deletes-also-the-close-functionality/306736)

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**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-the-close-topic-notification-deletes-also-the-close-functionality/306736 "2024-05-04T17:08:08Z")

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Hi when a topic is planed to be closed after a certain time, a notification appears at the bottom of the topic like “This topic will be closed after…”. If I delete this notification, does this mean the auto close functi…

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## [Which Discourse hosting plan includes Category Experts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-discourse-hosting-plan-includes-category-experts/309458)

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**Author:** [@Gavin\_Hudson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gavin_Hudson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-discourse-hosting-plan-includes-category-experts/309458 "2024-05-04T16:51:46Z")

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How can I tell which tier of plugin this is? The plugin directory lists basic, pro, business, and enterprise plugins. It doesn’t list most of the plugins available for Discourse forums, but I also don’t see where each pl…

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## [Private category for each user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-category-for-each-user/305972)

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**Author:** [@jgl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jgl)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-category-for-each-user/305972 "2024-05-04T07:36:39Z")

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Hi there everybody :wave: :dart: What I’m looking for I’d like that each user of my community have their own private space where they can write whatever topic they want in a private way. To use it as a personal diary, t…

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## [Debug help — my plugin is breaking the Select-to-Reply-with-Quote feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/debug-help-my-plugin-is-breaking-the-select-to-reply-with-quote-feature/306709)

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**Author:** [@alxndr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alxndr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2024, 6:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/debug-help-my-plugin-is-breaking-the-select-to-reply-with-quote-feature/306709 "2024-05-04T06:29:31Z")

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Hoping someone can help me narrow down this issue — I created a plugin but it inadvertently disables the “quote selected text” popup & keyboard shortcut. When the plugin is enabled, selecting text in a post no longer sh…

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## [Assigning a separate link to the logo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assigning-a-separate-link-to-the-logo/306688)

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**Author:** [@ogulcan1787](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ogulcan1787)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assigning-a-separate-link-to-the-logo/306688 "2024-05-04T05:51:34Z")

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Because of the error I received, I found the solution here. Do I have the opportunity to do this?

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## [Birthday in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/birthday-in-discourse/147327)

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**Author:** [@jenni\_alencar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenni_alencar)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/birthday-in-discourse/147327 "2020-04-08T21:42:31Z")

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Hello, Discourse is showing the birthday in a strange way: It’s written birthday twice and the numbers doesn’t make sense. Someone can explain to me? Thank you.

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## [Avatar URL changed via platform does not return complete](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-url-changed-via-platform-does-not-return-complete/306685)

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**Author:** [@edu\_moura](https://meta.discourse.org/u/edu_moura)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-url-changed-via-platform-does-not-return-complete/306685 "2024-05-03T20:29:32Z")

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When changing the user’s avatar via the discourse platform or via the api, it does not return the complete url with the cdn, it only returns the avatar path. ex: how to return /avatar\_test/test/…png as it should: htt…

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## [Is it possible to change my configuration and move uploaded content from S3 to local? and keep this new upload-to-local configuration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-my-configuration-and-move-uploaded-content-from-s3-to-local-and-keep-this-new-upload-to-local-configuration/306170)

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**Author:** [@bayardo.rivas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bayardo.rivas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-change-my-configuration-and-move-uploaded-content-from-s3-to-local-and-keep-this-new-upload-to-local-configuration/306170 "2024-05-03T18:04:30Z")

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I have read different posts in the forum but I couldn’t find a solution to this question. So many comments from community but I can not find official documentation about this process (if it is possible).

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## [Discourse-reactions Github not found](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-reactions-github-not-found/306665)

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**Author:** [@10ColorsTenkara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/10ColorsTenkara)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-reactions-github-not-found/306665 "2024-05-03T17:47:14Z")

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I searched and couldn’t exactly find this issue, even after looking at other similar issues. I wanted to enable discourse-reactions on my instance. After following the usual procedure and adding the repo URL to my app.y…

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## ['See who voted' display issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-who-voted-display-issue/306641)

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**Author:** [@Luke\_Cousins](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Luke_Cousins)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-who-voted-display-issue/306641 "2024-05-03T17:44:41Z")

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I think there’s a UI bug with a recent update of this (we installed the latest updates about 10 hours ago and have only seen this since). This can be seen at https://community.breww.com/t/dashboard-customisation-with…

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## [What is the 'cool\_kepler' docker image?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-cool-kepler-docker-image/306669)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-cool-kepler-docker-image/306669 "2024-05-03T17:36:33Z")

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Just ran docker container ls -a and noticed something weird: bb928f3612cb discourse/base:2.0.20231218-0429 "/bin/bash -c '/usr/…" 2 weeks ago Exited (0) 2 weeks ago …

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## [Rebuild hanging](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-hanging/304278)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-hanging/304278 "2024-05-03T17:21:45Z")

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Been stuck on this for over an hour: I, \[2024-04-17T09:57:04.110084 #1\] INFO -- : \> cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake assets:precompile:build' 97:M 17 Apr 2024 10:01:01.012 \* 100 changes in 300 …

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## [Removing a post reaction after that reaction was removed from settings throws an error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-a-post-reaction-after-that-reaction-was-removed-from-settings-throws-an-error/306537)

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**Author:** [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-a-post-reaction-after-that-reaction-was-removed-from-settings-throws-an-error/306537 "2024-05-03T16:40:46Z")

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Steps to reproduce: Add a reaction to a post, for example :clap: Remove :clap: from the allowed list in the admin Try to remove that reaction to the post An error is thrown.

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## [Changing a reaction emoji - what happens to old reactions?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-a-reaction-emoji-what-happens-to-old-reactions/306518)

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**Author:** [@Shauny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shauny)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-a-reaction-emoji-what-happens-to-old-reactions/306518 "2024-05-03T16:38:53Z")

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If I have several emoji added to reactions, for example :clap: and :confetti\_ball: and I wanted to reduce the number, so I remove :clap: - what happens to old posts that had claps on before? Do they lose the likes? Does…

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## [Automatic deployment to production environment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-deployment-to-production-environment/306471)

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**Author:** [@Celso\_Teixeira](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Celso_Teixeira)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-deployment-to-production-environment/306471 "2024-05-03T11:27:13Z")

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Hi, I have Discourse installed on two separate Azure VMs (staging and production). Is there a way to automatically deploy changes from staging Discourse to production Discourse? UI changes (theme) will be managed in a …

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