# Latest

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## [Query for 'Approved By' Data](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-for-approved-by-data/172765)

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**Author:** [@Chris27](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chris27)\
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**Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-for-approved-by-data/172765 "2020-12-09T16:36:29Z")

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I was wondering if there was an existing query that includes who approved/rejected signups, as well as posts in categories that require moderator approval. Essentially I’m looking for a way to compile month over month: …

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## [Newuser max links should limit tag mentions?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newuser-max-links-should-limit-tag-mentions/171822)

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**Author:** [@renato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renato)\
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**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newuser-max-links-should-limit-tag-mentions/171822 "2020-12-01T03:54:42Z")

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Is newuser max links supposed to limit how many #tag mentions a new user can make? I assumed this setting would be more about limiting a potential spammer and internal links wouldn’t have the same weight. I have an unc…

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## [Is it possible to use group attributes in post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-group-attributes-in-post/172477)

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**Author:** [@Cazadividendos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cazadividendos)\
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**Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-group-attributes-in-post/172477 "2020-12-07T09:51:31Z")

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Hi, I would like to show in a public post a table like this Group Members count Group1 Group1Count Group2 Group2Count … … GroupN GroupNCount Where Group1Count is the number of members of group Group1. …

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## [Moderator customizer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-customizer/172425)

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**Author:** [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)\
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**Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-customizer/172425 "2020-12-06T21:58:02Z")

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What would you like done? Hi Folks, I was wondering if there is a way to hide an option/button from a specific user. I want to hide remove edit title from a specific moderator. Unfortunately removing his Mod position…

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## [How to installing discourse on ibm cloud](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-installing-discourse-on-ibm-cloud/172382)

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**Author:** [@chirag](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chirag)\
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**Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-installing-discourse-on-ibm-cloud/172382 "2020-12-06T06:59:43Z")

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Step 1 provision Kubernetes Cluster Click the Catalog button on the top Select Service from the catalog Search for Kubernetes Service and click on it You are now at the Kubernetes deployment page, you need to specify so…

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## [Automatic membership of badge earners in the group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-membership-of-badge-earners-in-the-group/172315)

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**Author:** [@nildarar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nildarar)\
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**Last updated:** [December 5, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-membership-of-badge-earners-in-the-group/172315 "2020-12-05T07:41:24Z")

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One of the most interesting features that Discourse can have is connecting groups to badges. With this feature, if users get certain badges, they will automatically join a group and if they lose, they will leave the grou…

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## [Sending Multiple Invitations at Once](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-multiple-invitations-at-once/171644)

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**Author:** [@nildarar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nildarar)\
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**Last updated:** [November 29, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-multiple-invitations-at-once/171644 "2020-11-29T16:56:14Z")

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Our users start mentioning their friends when they open a new topic. We set some restrictions for mentioning, but the first few replays of many of our topics are full of group mentions. In their opinion, it is difficult …

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## [Automatic delete title when losing badge](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-delete-title-when-losing-badge/171896)

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**Author:** [@nildarar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nildarar)\
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**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-delete-title-when-losing-badge/171896 "2020-12-01T17:09:32Z")

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Suppose we define a badge that this badge can assign a new title to the user. If the user chooses the title for himself and loses the badge after a while, the title will remain with him, as long as he tries to change it …

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## [Inconsistency tags/tags -\>category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistency-tags-tags-category/172253)

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**Author:** [@tpetrov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpetrov)\
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**Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistency-tags-tags-category/172253 "2020-12-04T14:07:31Z")

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I see a confusing inconsistency between tag and tags pages when selecting a category. If I’m at a tag page e.g.: https://meta.discourse.org/tag/pr-welcome and I select a category e.g. bug I’m taken to a list for topics…

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## [How do I get subcategories to the right of the category icon?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-subcategories-to-the-right-of-the-category-icon/172248)

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**Author:** [@Rootz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rootz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-subcategories-to-the-right-of-the-category-icon/172248 "2020-12-04T13:19:49Z")

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When I add a forum icon, sub categories remain under the category icon. Appearance breaks its integrity. How can I move the sub categories next to the category icon as in the screenshot? I’ve tried a few css tricks but h…

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## [\[Guide\] Host Discourse on AWS EC2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guide-host-discourse-on-aws-ec2/172075)

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**Author:** [@yiksanchan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yiksanchan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guide-host-discourse-on-aws-ec2/172075 "2020-12-03T06:38:12Z")

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Discourse is an open-source forum software that allows you to run a forum with minimal effort - if you know how to host it. The official guide walks through the installation on DigitalOcean, but it takes a few tweaks to …

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## [Discourse 2.7.0.beta1 Release Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-7-0-beta1-release-notes/171940)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-7-0-beta1-release-notes/171940 "2020-12-02T01:56:04Z")

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Discourse 2.6.0 release! We’ve completed the 2.6.0 development cycle and pushed out the final release. Check out our blog post, as well as all the 2.6.0.betaX release-notes topics for details. 2.7.0.beta1 contains no …

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## [Discourse as a personal Inbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-a-personal-inbox/171824)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
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**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-a-personal-inbox/171824 "2020-12-01T04:19:41Z")

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Is it a viable option to use Discourse as a personal Inbox? Has anyone ever considered such an idea, what would be the drawbacks and pitfalls of using Discourse as a personal Inbox? It does already have plenty of things…

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## [Switching from "none" to "all" isn't working in category filter](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-from-none-to-all-isnt-working-in-category-filter/171806)

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**Author:** [@Heather\_Dudley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heather_Dudley)\
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**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-from-none-to-all-isnt-working-in-category-filter/171806 "2020-11-30T23:47:41Z")

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This suddenly stopped working for me today, and I’m not quite sure why, so I’m not ready to report it as a bug just yet. I have my top-level categories’ Default List Filter set as no subcategories" but want to occasiona…

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## [Customize email "from" name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-email-from-name/171779)

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**Author:** [@ArcticF0xx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArcticF0xx)\
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**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-email-from-name/171779 "2020-11-30T19:00:22Z")

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I’ve been digging on the forum and can’t find the exact answer I’m in search of. I’m trying to figure out how to change the email “from” to a community member name, such as “NAME from company.” I currently have “hello,” …

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## [Set Password button not working on Iphone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-password-button-not-working-on-iphone/171762)

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**Author:** [@Ally\_Lady](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ally_Lady)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-password-button-not-working-on-iphone/171762 "2020-11-30T16:48:45Z")

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Site version 2.6.0 Beta 2… The password email link gets sent. I enter the new password but when I hit the “set password” button nothing happens. Tried on my personal cell Iphone 6S Plus (yes it’s old) and my work phone…

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## [Feature request: ability to search the contents of uploaded documents](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-ability-to-search-the-contents-of-uploaded-documents/171654)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_N](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ryan_N)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-ability-to-search-the-contents-of-uploaded-documents/171654 "2020-11-29T20:11:24Z")

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The forum I’m building seeks to curb the unfortunate reality that 663 Facebook groups exist for history and/or genealogy topics for New England states alone. My hope is to unite everyone: scholars, librarians, genealogi…

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## [When forming a sandbox community, is it possible to remove emailing?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-forming-a-sandbox-community-is-it-possible-to-remove-emailing/171631)

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**Author:** [@anon89147131](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon89147131)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-forming-a-sandbox-community-is-it-possible-to-remove-emailing/171631 "2020-11-29T12:43:56Z")

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Hello there, It’s been a long time since I responded, apologies about that. I’ve been looking through some posts and have come across this (Remove email verification) would it be possible to edit the mail verification a…

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## [Expand Consolidated Notifications In-Place](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expand-consolidated-notifications-in-place/171623)

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**Author:** [@nildarar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nildarar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expand-consolidated-notifications-in-place/171623 "2020-11-29T10:14:42Z")

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Sometimes displaying notifications as a single notification is annoying when working on multiple huge topics (which we do not want to read all replies of them). Especially when a large number of replies are sent to you a…

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## [Topic/Category-Specific Cooldowns](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-category-specific-cooldowns/171587)

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**Author:** [@iGottic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iGottic)\
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**Last updated:** [November 28, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-category-specific-cooldowns/171587 "2020-11-28T21:24:29Z")

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Hello, A handy feature that I would love to see would be Category Cooldowns. For example, let’s say a user breaks the specified format required for a category. Rather than just deleting the post, the user could receive…

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## [Best way of using a category as a list of options, that would never show on the latest, new and top](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-of-using-a-category-as-a-list-of-options-that-would-never-show-on-the-latest-new-and-top/171503)

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**Author:** [@oca](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oca)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-of-using-a-category-as-a-list-of-options-that-would-never-show-on-the-latest-new-and-top/171503 "2020-11-27T15:34:25Z")

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I’d like to create a Assets category with different subcategories as «books», «know-how», «suggestion». I’ll give an example for books, the behaviour would be the same for the others. The purpose would be to select a b…

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## [🥳 40000 commits!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/40000-commits/171450)

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**Author:** [@Benjamin\_D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjamin_D)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/40000-commits/171450 "2020-11-26T23:19:15Z")

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I had my money on dependabot :sweat\_smile: It’s surely sign of a very healthy open source project. I wasn’t expecting when I dipped a toe in the Discourse pool 2 years ago to love swimming so much! Thank you team for a…

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## [Why quote formatting is not working?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-quote-formatting-is-not-working/171420)

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**Author:** [@Christian\_Suntay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Christian_Suntay)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-quote-formatting-is-not-working/171420 "2020-11-26T14:24:41Z")

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## [Image size % are vertical on polls with images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-size-are-vertical-on-polls-with-images/171388)

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**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-size-are-vertical-on-polls-with-images/171388 "2020-11-26T08:46:56Z")

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Hello, In poll if you add an image the % size is vertical like in the image below. Instead of it being horizontal. Thanks

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## [Why vanilla importing 2 levels only?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-vanilla-importing-2-levels-only/171366)

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**Author:** [@Christian\_Suntay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Christian_Suntay)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-vanilla-importing-2-levels-only/171366 "2020-11-26T04:13:50Z")

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with the bulk import script of vanilla it is importing 2 levels of category only?

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## [Integration with QnAMaker bot?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integration-with-qnamaker-bot/171363)

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**Author:** [@Nick\_Research](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nick_Research)\
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**Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integration-with-qnamaker-bot/171363 "2020-11-26T03:57:54Z")

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I’m curious to know whether anybody has tried to integrate their Discourse forum with qnamaker? This is an AI service (really just machine learning) that basically takes a bunch of questions and answers (like a discours…

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## [Discourse Container Names with GON - For Sys Admins and Developers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-container-names-with-gon-for-sys-admins-and-developers/170973)

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**Author:** [@neounix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neounix)\
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**Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-container-names-with-gon-for-sys-admins-and-developers/170973 "2020-11-23T03:11:20Z")

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WHAT DOES THIS PLUGIN DO? This simple Discourse Container Names with GON plugin consumes the ENV\["DATA\_NAME"\] environmental, or user set environments, to display the container names on Discourse admin pages. In addition…

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## [Planned setup migration help](https://meta.discourse.org/t/planned-setup-migration-help/171291)

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**Author:** [@Christian\_Suntay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Christian_Suntay)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/planned-setup-migration-help/171291 "2020-11-25T14:31:10Z")

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I would like to ask your comment on our planned setup for migration. We have a backup (non-Discourse) .tar.gz file and will restore it in our QA server — so it points to the QA RDS database. We will then install themes,…

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## [Discourse SAML logout issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-saml-logout-issue/171286)

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**Author:** [@shanedlr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shanedlr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-saml-logout-issue/171286 "2020-11-25T13:28:49Z")

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Hi, I’ve been using discourse-saml plugin to use with discourse Forum site as SP and connect with an IdP that uses simpleSAMLphp. The login works fine, but upon clicking logout, the user session from the IdP is still ex…

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## [Home is still default even tho i create an admin account](https://meta.discourse.org/t/home-is-still-default-even-tho-i-create-an-admin-account/171152)

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**Author:** [@Christian\_Suntay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Christian_Suntay)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/home-is-still-default-even-tho-i-create-an-admin-account/171152 "2020-11-24T11:54:26Z")

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I already create an admin account and finished the bulk import and rake import:ensure\_consistency and still like this

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