# Latest

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## [Manage Users Programmatically](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manage-users-programmatically/183958)

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**Author:** [@Samir\_Faci](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Samir_Faci)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manage-users-programmatically/183958 "2021-03-22T01:00:47Z")

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I’m looking for a way to programmatically create/delete and especially revoke admin permissions to particular users. I’d love an ansible module but even lacking that is there a way to use the discourse API to say given …

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## [Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) S3 Region is missing?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/asia-pacific-hong-kong-s3-region-is-missing/183726)

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**Author:** [@lhkjacky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lhkjacky)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/asia-pacific-hong-kong-s3-region-is-missing/183726 "2021-03-21T23:37:25Z")

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Would you mind let me know how can I select Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) S3 Region ? :thinking: It seem Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) S3 Region is missing .

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## [How to customize the automatic RSS feed templates?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customize-the-automatic-rss-feed-templates/55343)

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**Author:** [@slucas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/slucas)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customize-the-automatic-rss-feed-templates/55343 "2021-03-21T23:32:47Z")

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I like the fact that every topic, tag… automatically gets a rss feed: latest posts http://www.futurearchi.org/latest.rss a json version, too http://www.futurearchi.org/latest.json And I wanted to send a rss-driven…

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## [Make Pending option from Topic Actions wrench](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pending-option-from-topic-actions-wrench/178601)

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**Author:** [@ked](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ked)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pending-option-from-topic-actions-wrench/178601 "2021-03-21T23:30:46Z")

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I’m interested in having an additional option placed within the Topic Actions “wrench”. Specifically, the option to change the Topic’s Status to Pending (Make Pending let’s say). The primary use case would be when a To…

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## [Backup not working on development environment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-not-working-on-development-environment/183849)

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**Author:** [@jakelunniss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jakelunniss)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-not-working-on-development-environment/183849 "2021-03-21T21:28:57Z")

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Hi there, I finally managed to import posts from bbpress! Hooray! Unfortunately now I can’t create a backup file of the development instance to import into the production. Prior to the import, I created a backup and t…

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## [Where to set post install hook](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-set-post-install-hook/183965)

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**Author:** [@Daniel\_Hosler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daniel_Hosler)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-set-post-install-hook/183965 "2021-03-21T20:27:17Z")

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Hi, I’m running discourse in an LXC container which requires me to run chmod -R go+w /var/www/discourse/tmp/cache in order to get rails to start correctly. Is there any place I can put this command so it executes afte…

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## [Limit number of posts per year](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-number-of-posts-per-year/183869)

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**Author:** [@golfman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/golfman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-number-of-posts-per-year/183869 "2021-03-21T14:13:02Z")

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Hi everyone, I was wondering if it’s possible to limit the number of posts/ or messages a user can send on a monthly or yearly basis. My intention is to have a premium user option that allows to them to post/message an u…

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## [How to add customs icon with Category Icons Theme components now that we can't upload files into TC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-customs-icon-with-category-icons-theme-components-now-that-we-cant-upload-files-into-tc/183853)

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**Author:** [@oca](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oca)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-customs-icon-with-category-icons-theme-components-now-that-we-cant-upload-files-into-tc/183853 "2021-03-21T10:29:33Z")

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I’ve updated the (amazing, that should be in core) theme component that add icon to categories, and as usual the file with all my custom SVG has been erased, but this time I could not re-upload it. Now, the UI says : F…

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## [Multi menu select Group tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multi-menu-select-group-tags/110548)

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**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multi-menu-select-group-tags/110548 "2021-03-21T03:35:27Z")

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Hello, I wanna create convenient UI for user when they search menu classified tag, they don’t need search in A dvanced Search. Can we do it? Thank you!

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## [User directory is amazing!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-is-amazing/29931)

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**Author:** [@alefattorini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alefattorini)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2015, 7:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-is-amazing/29931 "2015-06-15T07:11:57Z")

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Imho this is a great piece of software, I am a community-lover :wink: and that’s the community overview that I needed a long time. Thanks for merging my suggestions about read time and day visits, how these features ar…

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## [How do you handle safeguarding issues?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-handle-safeguarding-issues/183802)

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**Author:** [@phi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/phi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-handle-safeguarding-issues/183802 "2021-03-20T19:24:07Z")

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We manage a fairly active community with an audience on the younger side. Over the years we have had a few safeguarding issues (suicide threats) and while we are treating every occurrence seriously (as we should), it see…

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## [Volunteer Activities - a simple setup for non-hierarchical collaboration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/volunteer-activities-a-simple-setup-for-non-hierarchical-collaboration/183885)

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**Author:** [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/volunteer-activities-a-simple-setup-for-non-hierarchical-collaboration/183885 "2021-03-20T17:37:34Z")

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This is a sketch for deploying Discourse as a collaboration hub for volunteer projects, that are supposed to work in a non-hierarchical and do-ocratic fashion. The main objectives are providing a good overview of what’s…

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## [Sorry there was an error upgrading Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-there-was-an-error-upgrading-discourse/183155)

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**Author:** [@srb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/srb)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-there-was-an-error-upgrading-discourse/183155 "2021-03-20T17:13:23Z")

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Hi, upgrading seem to get stuck at the same point. I am not a docker knowledgeable person.truly appreciate if you can tell me what to do.

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## [Ignore theme for admin backend, or add classname to \<html\>?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ignore-theme-for-admin-backend-or-add-classname-to-html/183877)

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**Author:** [@joel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ignore-theme-for-admin-backend-or-add-classname-to-html/183877 "2021-03-20T16:28:59Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Different theme for admin backend?: The current recommended workaround for not theming the admin UI is: Discourse supports SCSS which means that you only need to add body:not(.admin-inte…

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## [LDAP with OpenID connect SSO with Keycloak](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ldap-with-openid-connect-sso-with-keycloak/183838)

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**Author:** [@SantoshKM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SantoshKM)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ldap-with-openid-connect-sso-with-keycloak/183838 "2021-03-20T13:31:43Z")

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Dear All, I am bit new on this. in my currant setup, we are not using local login and have installed LDAP plug in to get authentication from Active directory and there are 50 users using. Now due to compliance reason …

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## [My users think a reply will be a private reply](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-users-think-a-reply-will-be-a-private-reply/127305)

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**Author:** [@sjmscott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sjmscott)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-users-think-a-reply-will-be-a-private-reply/127305 "2021-03-20T05:16:18Z")

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My users are very confused by the two different reply buttons. In particular, many users think that when they see this. . . they think that it is going to be a private reply. I’d hate to do it, but I think there w…

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## [Disable admin notification about not having a CDN for S3?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-admin-notification-about-not-having-a-cdn-for-s3/183837)

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**Author:** [@seeminglee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seeminglee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-admin-notification-about-not-having-a-cdn-for-s3/183837 "2021-03-20T03:10:22Z")

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Is it possible to disable the admin notification about not having a CDN setup for S3 object? I use Linode S3 and they don’t really incur extra charges for not having a separate CDN. I will look into getting a CDN but as …

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## [Undelete A Category? (Or the "about this category" topic that was under it)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undelete-a-category-or-the-about-this-category-topic-that-was-under-it/183602)

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**Author:** [@SouperC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SouperC)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undelete-a-category-or-the-about-this-category-topic-that-was-under-it/183602 "2021-03-20T01:48:07Z")

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I spent some time searching, but didn’t find anything directly related to this… Is there a way to undelete a category? More specifically I need to recover the “about this category” topic that resided from a newly create…

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## [Native browser virtual scroller](https://meta.discourse.org/t/native-browser-virtual-scroller/116143)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/native-browser-virtual-scroller/116143 "2021-03-20T00:37:37Z")

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Browsers are beginning to form a standard around browser-native virtual scrolling. \[GitHub - WICG/virtual-scroller · GitHub\] A built-in virtual scroller for the web platform They’re also exploring some…

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## [Unknown error on login in Firefox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unknown-error-on-login-in-firefox/183550)

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**Author:** [@Iv1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Iv1)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unknown-error-on-login-in-firefox/183550 "2021-03-19T22:52:25Z")

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This error constantly appears when using firefox. Is there any specific settings that I should enable in about:config as to not break discourse?

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## [Reply Limit Problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-limit-problem/103525)

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**Author:** [@Lee\_Davy2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Davy2)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-limit-problem/103525 "2021-03-19T20:19:05Z")

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I am running a course on Discourse, and all of my students are suddenly complaining that there is a 'Reply Limit" imposed upon them. I have never had this before? I changed all of their statuses to ‘member’ thinking that…

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## [Categories and Subcategories display](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-and-subcategories-display/183801)

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**Author:** [@leandrodimarco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leandrodimarco)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-and-subcategories-display/183801 "2021-03-19T19:43:02Z")

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I have been trying to reproduce the following display about categories and subcategories (using bullets or boxes) but I didn’t find the way to do it. Subcategory appears on category’s side. Example: Search results for …

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## [How to make default avatars and make sure nobody changes there avatar I want to set them an avatar with my API system](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-default-avatars-and-make-sure-nobody-changes-there-avatar-i-want-to-set-them-an-avatar-with-my-api-system/183792)

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**Author:** [@CubeCity](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CubeCity)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-default-avatars-and-make-sure-nobody-changes-there-avatar-i-want-to-set-them-an-avatar-with-my-api-system/183792 "2021-03-19T17:45:22Z")

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how do I do that I need to know

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## [How do I remove people from putting names? I have an API system I want in there](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-remove-people-from-putting-names-i-have-an-api-system-i-want-in-there/183778)

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**Author:** [@CubeCity](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CubeCity)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-remove-people-from-putting-names-i-have-an-api-system-i-want-in-there/183778 "2021-03-19T15:52:38Z")

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I only want display names not names.

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## [Repeated notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/repeated-notifications/183269)

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**Author:** [@Ed\_Bobkov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_Bobkov)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 9:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/repeated-notifications/183269 "2021-03-19T09:07:26Z")

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Smth strange started to happen. I receive notifications with a huge time gap about 15 hours. At the same time the Telegram notification plugin receives notifications instantly but repeats them multiple times. Any ideas w…

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## [Math not rendering in embedded posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/math-not-rendering-in-embedded-posts/176699)

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**Author:** [@hammond](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hammond)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/math-not-rendering-in-embedded-posts/176699 "2021-02-18T04:48:23Z")

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I have some posts embedded within my website. The mathematics in them isn’t rendering within the embeds. Using the old plugin, we could patch the embed.js.erb file to get the math to render. Is there something we can do…

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## [Cannot rebake after setting up CDN](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-rebake-after-setting-up-cdn/183372)

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**Author:** [@alanman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alanman)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 6:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-rebake-after-setting-up-cdn/183372 "2021-03-19T06:05:27Z")

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I’m trying to setup S3 CDN, but when entering the app and rebaking, I get a large block of output following rake aborted! I am running discourse from the Digital Ocean Marketplace App (docker). Here is what outputs: Ac…

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## [Set subcategory view as default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-subcategory-view-as-default/168487)

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**Author:** [@CommunityJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CommunityJ)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-subcategory-view-as-default/168487 "2021-03-19T04:00:32Z")

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I am an employee at Jupiter.community (Categories - Jupiter Community). I was wondering if there was a way to make the default category page look like the subcategory page. For example - the category page has a section c…

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## [Multiple sites with the same user accounts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-sites-with-the-same-user-accounts/31971)

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**Author:** [@leisuretronics](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leisuretronics)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-sites-with-the-same-user-accounts/31971 "2021-03-18T23:58:07Z")

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Hi… I’ve searched / browsed this forum but couldn’t find a simple explanation. Is multisite a feature where you want multiple separate sites but on the same server? What I’m really looking for / wondering is if you can …

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## [GDPR in my Discourse site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gdpr-in-my-discourse-site/183665)

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**Author:** [@Diana\_Rojas1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Diana_Rojas1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gdpr-in-my-discourse-site/183665 "2021-03-18T20:10:43Z")

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Hello: I am a newbie to Discourse and recently I was asked to incorporate on the company site, GDPR. I would like to guide me if this is enabled first as a site configuration option, if there are plugins for it. I under…

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