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## [\[PAID-Job\] Convert Wordpress Q&A to Discourse Q&A](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-job-convert-wordpress-q-a-to-discourse-q-a/72596)

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**Author:** [@Majed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Majed)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-job-convert-wordpress-q-a-to-discourse-q-a/72596 "2017-10-23T12:40:06Z")

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Hello, I have a wordpress website using this theme https://qaengine.enginethemes.com/ which has more than 10k Questions. Im interested to convert this database to discourse using this plugin Question Answer Plugin Is…

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## [Ability to EXCLUDE in security settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-exclude-in-security-settings/72413)

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**Author:** [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)\
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**Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-exclude-in-security-settings/72413 "2017-10-19T12:54:26Z")

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Is there any chance that the Security settings for categories might enable an admin to say who CAN’T access it rather than just who can? For example; Group A is All Users, and Group B is a small group of specialists (…

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## [Search auto-complete should assist in finding posts by deactivated users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-auto-complete-should-assist-in-finding-posts-by-deactivated-users/72278)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
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**Last updated:** [October 17, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-auto-complete-should-assist-in-finding-posts-by-deactivated-users/72278 "2017-10-17T14:28:47Z")

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When a user has been deactivated, they can no longer be @mentioned in a post (the pop-up does not help with auto-completion). This makes sense to a large degree, as that user will not be notified. (That said, it could …

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## [Customize the 404 page ("Oops! That page doesn't exist or is private")](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-the-404-page-oops-that-page-doesnt-exist-or-is-private/68017)

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**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-the-404-page-oops-that-page-doesnt-exist-or-is-private/68017 "2017-08-14T14:31:52Z")

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Before: After (categories on the right): Or categories on the left: page width increased buttons and google search are always visible categories aligned on the right (or left) topics title cut if too long adde…

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## [Have the invite screen show if a user exists before hitting send vs after](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-the-invite-screen-show-if-a-user-exists-before-hitting-send-vs-after/71648)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
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**Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-the-invite-screen-show-if-a-user-exists-before-hitting-send-vs-after/71648 "2017-10-09T02:40:42Z")

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In the past, if I invited someone to a forum, it would change the email to the username, letting me know that the user existed. Today, this wasn’t the case and I sent a nice invite to a user including a message of how t…

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## [OneBoxes for PubMed are here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxes-for-pubmed-are-here/13294)

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**Author:** [@ematsen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ematsen)\
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**Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxes-for-pubmed-are-here/13294 "2014-03-01T18:07:30Z")

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My fork for oneboxes for PubMed, the definitive index of medical/biological literature in the US and many other places has been merged. Here are some examples: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7288891 http://www.nc…

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## [Feature Request: Custom Fields for Group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-custom-fields-for-group/71538)

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**Author:** [@kimardenmiller](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kimardenmiller)\
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**Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-custom-fields-for-group/71538 "2017-10-06T17:41:50Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Improving the Groups page for 1.7: Seems in keeping with this idea, like the User Fields.

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## [Seeking professional to customize parts of theme for enterprise company](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-professional-to-customize-parts-of-theme-for-enterprise-company/71341)

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**Author:** [@Plosp\_Rawrs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Plosp_Rawrs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-professional-to-customize-parts-of-theme-for-enterprise-company/71341 "2017-10-03T18:33:37Z")

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What would you like done? We want to customize the theme, not any functionality. I have examples/desired results based off a few really popular competing website forums. When do you need it done? once agreed upon, 2-4…

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## [Suggestion: "Reason for Edit"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-reason-for-edit/71389)

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**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\
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**Last updated:** [October 4, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-reason-for-edit/71389 "2017-10-04T08:34:17Z")

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I tend to use this field quite frequently, and often entering the same text. I was wondering whether you may consider providing a drop down menu, populated with configurable items for this. There would still be the nee…

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## ["Reason for Edit" - auto focus](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reason-for-edit-auto-focus/71388)

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**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2017, 8:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reason-for-edit-auto-focus/71388 "2017-10-04T08:30:22Z")

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Hi, I just did a quick search and it would seem this issue has been raised, and fixed, previously, but on our hosted solution it currently exists. The “Reason for Edit” field does not auto-focus when you click the link…

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## [Onebox support for Vid.me?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-support-for-vid-me/71305)

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**Author:** [@Jeremiah\_Schultz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeremiah_Schultz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2017, 10:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-support-for-vid-me/71305 "2017-10-03T10:46:22Z")

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I’d appreciate that feature and I’d imagine one or two other people perhaps? :wink: I also noticed that Oneboxing of https://gab.ai/ posts doesn’t seem to work properly. It doesn’t pull any text or photos from any of th…

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## [Suggestion: Spaces before emoji's when chosen from picker](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-spaces-before-emojis-when-chosen-from-picker/71163)

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**Author:** [@schungx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schungx)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 8:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-spaces-before-emojis-when-chosen-from-picker/71163 "2017-10-02T08:13:36Z")

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Emoji’s current require a space before the colon in order to be recognized: Hello world:smile: (no space before emoji is NOT OK) Hello world!:smile: (non-word character before emoji is OK) Hello world :smile: (…

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## [Contrast of logos on "new user" certificate image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contrast-of-logos-on-new-user-certificate-image/71073)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contrast-of-logos-on-new-user-certificate-image/71073 "2017-09-29T23:42:38Z")

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For sites that use a light-colored site icon, e.g. to display over a dark background, the logo is nearly impossible to read on the automatically-generated “new user tutorial” certificate. (Advanced, too.) Not sure how h…

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## [\[PAID-job\] Three Modifications Requested (Newsletter Subscription, WordPress Disqus Transfer, added JS calls)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-job-three-modifications-requested-newsletter-subscription-wordpress-disqus-transfer-added-js-calls/70991)

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**Author:** [@Berto](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Berto)\
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**Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-job-three-modifications-requested-newsletter-subscription-wordpress-disqus-transfer-added-js-calls/70991 "2017-09-29T01:55:34Z")

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Hi all, I have seven different tasks that I’d like to get done on my upcoming forum – the first three here are critical to our forum launch though. My budget is open and I’d like to get quotations for these three tasks. …

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## [When to use personal messages, group inboxes and secure categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-to-use-personal-messages-group-inboxes-and-secure-categories/70464)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-to-use-personal-messages-group-inboxes-and-secure-categories/70464 "2017-09-20T17:04:22Z")

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I wrote the post below in the moderators lounge on my site, and thought I’d share it here as potential faq material and to explore how others are using these features and the reasons why. We have been brainstorming ove…

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## [What an amazing platform -- kudos to the developers and community!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-an-amazing-platform-kudos-to-the-developers-and-community/70461)

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**Author:** [@ffhaddad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ffhaddad)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-an-amazing-platform-kudos-to-the-developers-and-community/70461 "2017-09-20T16:21:46Z")

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All I can say is wow! This platform is so amazingly simple to configure and use. It’s almost too easy! The amazing engineers really deserve great praise for how simple so many of the features are. Especially the installa…

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## [Google, Facebook, etc. login email template improvement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-facebook-etc-login-email-template-improvement/70099)

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**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2017, 9:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-facebook-etc-login-email-template-improvement/70099 "2017-09-15T09:04:56Z")

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Situation The email template at /admin/customize/email\_templates/user\_notifications.set\_password contains a sentence that invites users to use those services to login by default, but the site settings require activation …

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## [Extremely long category names cause CSS layout issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extremely-long-category-names-cause-css-layout-issues/70064)

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**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extremely-long-category-names-cause-css-layout-issues/70064 "2017-09-14T17:33:22Z")

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I found some problems while testing the CSS to modify the discourse page 404. All the screenshots are made in safe-mode, no custom stylesheets added yet, and only the official plugins installed. I created categories an…

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## [GSoC 2017 ends - Outreachy winter round begins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gsoc-2017-ends-outreachy-winter-round-begins/70052)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gsoc-2017-ends-outreachy-winter-round-begins/70052 "2017-09-14T15:22:34Z")

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Originally published at: GSoC 2017 ends - Outreachy winter round begins Since May this year we’ve been working with a handful of incredibly talented students. Google Summer of Code 2017 has now concluded, and we have…

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## [How to rescue 404s from FileHelper.download](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-rescue-404s-from-filehelper-download/69998)

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**Author:** [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-rescue-404s-from-filehelper-download/69998 "2017-09-13T19:08:19Z")

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In above code whenever FileHelper.download function fail I need to findout the reason for failing. Whether the file is not found (404) or failed for some other reason.

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## [Custom Homepage Plugin (dl-custom-homepage)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-homepage-plugin-dl-custom-homepage/69921)

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**Author:** [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-homepage-plugin-dl-custom-homepage/69921 "2017-09-12T20:40:37Z")

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To go along with the Static Pages plugin, I’ve built a custom homepage plugin that a lot of my clients continue to ask for. https://github.com/discourse-league/dl-custom-homepage I’ve placed this one in Marketplace bec…

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## [Discourse embeding referer problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-embeding-referer-problem/69784)

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**Author:** [@PBn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PBn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-embeding-referer-problem/69784 "2017-09-11T03:18:15Z")

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I am setting up a site and discourse is rejecting the referer. I have tried all reasonable permutations of the url of the embedding site in the discourse setup. But on the page it always displays the same blank referer …

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## [\[PAID-job\] Install discourse on CentOS6.9 from Tmdhosting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-job-install-discourse-on-centos6-9-from-tmdhosting/69691)

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**Author:** [@abangmanja](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abangmanja)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-job-install-discourse-on-centos6-9-from-tmdhosting/69691 "2017-09-09T08:22:15Z")

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Need an expert to help me to install discourse on centos6.9 server from Tmdhosting. PM me for price. thanks

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## [VersionTag Plugin no longer works; implementing MarkdownIt-API Calls seems not to work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/versiontag-plugin-no-longer-works-implementing-markdownit-api-calls-seems-not-to-work/69629)

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**Author:** [@nstoecki42](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nstoecki42)\
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**Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/versiontag-plugin-no-longer-works-implementing-markdownit-api-calls-seems-not-to-work/69629 "2017-09-08T13:17:42Z")

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Hi folks! after my plugin stopped working I tried to adapt it to the new API but I didn’t succeed. Here is my code: ▶ 'discourse-versiontag/assets/javascripts/lib/discourse-markdown/versiontag.js.es6' Could you point me…

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## [Using Discourse as a WebApp Messaging Engine](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-webapp-messaging-engine/69665)

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**Author:** [@meatlessmondays](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meatlessmondays)\
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**Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-webapp-messaging-engine/69665 "2017-09-08T20:08:58Z")

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I have a webapp that needs users to be able to privately message each other while allowing admins to verify discussions/agreements. I am leveraging Discourse’s robust API to create a new user and send a message to a pote…

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## [Analyze the amount of topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/analyze-the-amount-of-topics/69649)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/analyze-the-amount-of-topics/69649 "2017-09-08T16:57:54Z")

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I need some help with this query. The idea is to be able to analyze the amount of topics that have a certain user, to get specific statistics on the behavior of the user. Of the total of topics created, I need to get: …

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## [How to add a custom toolbar button via external JS?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-custom-toolbar-button-via-external-js/69645)

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**Author:** [@godlike](https://meta.discourse.org/u/godlike)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-custom-toolbar-button-via-external-js/69645 "2017-09-08T16:22:24Z")

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Hi there, I develop an image hosting script (Chevereto) and I’m building a universal JS plugin that aims to add external image hosting support for a wide range of forum CMS and websites in general. The idea is to achiev…

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## [Include group membership in algorithm for summary email composition](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-group-membership-in-algorithm-for-summary-email-composition/69585)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-group-membership-in-algorithm-for-summary-email-composition/69585 "2017-09-07T22:03:52Z")

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When discourse composes a summary email for a user, does it somehow consider which groups that user is a member of? If not, wouldn’t that be a nifty (optional) feature to improve the relevance of summary emails? More sp…

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## [Show if I've responded to a topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-if-ive-responded-to-a-topic/69531)

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**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 7:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-if-ive-responded-to-a-topic/69531 "2017-09-07T07:29:49Z")

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I’m interested in the opportunity to show I answered or not . How best to implement this? There is something simple that can be used immediately or necessary to make the request to the database plugin?

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## [Introducing Discourse forum hosting in Europe](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-forum-hosting-in-europe/69402)

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**Author:** [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-forum-hosting-in-europe/69402 "2017-09-05T15:43:32Z")

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Although Communiteq (formerly DiscourseHosting) is based in the Netherlands we have primarily been delivering our services from data centers in Washington DC and San Francisco to customers worldwide. In the past months m…

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