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## [Subscriptions: Allow users to purchase one-time products multiple times](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscriptions-allow-users-to-purchase-one-time-products-multiple-times/173732)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscriptions-allow-users-to-purchase-one-time-products-multiple-times/173732 "2021-01-31T20:17:56Z")

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So I’ve created a “CreateServer” product that will (one day) let someone purchase a Discourse installation. It adds them to the CreateServer group. When someone creates a server, it removes them from the group. That’s al…

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## [I don't see option to edit CSS/HTML for a theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-dont-see-option-to-edit-css-html-for-a-theme/177852)

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**Author:** [@Idan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Idan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-dont-see-option-to-edit-css-html-for-a-theme/177852 "2021-01-31T17:37:20Z")

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The option for edit CSS/HTML doesn’t exist when I got to CUSTOMIZE \> THEMES and choose the currently active theme. How to see the edit option? UPDATE: I see that some themes have it some not. Any way to enable it or c…

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## [Error when installing with earlier unsupported version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-installing-with-earlier-unsupported-version/177851)

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**Author:** [@Brian\_Seipp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brian_Seipp)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-installing-with-earlier-unsupported-version/177851 "2021-01-31T16:49:53Z")

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Hello, I tried to install with an earlier version of discourse following instructions from another question, and went with v2.5.0 This failed with the following error: \> FAILED \> -------------------- \> Pups::ExecError:…

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## [Category+tag notification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-tag-notification/177774)

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**Author:** [@Ed\_Bobkov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_Bobkov)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-tag-notification/177774 "2021-01-31T16:17:50Z")

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I’m doing smth like a local classified board. Categories will be used for content specification (WHAT) and Tags - for geo specification (WHERE). The question is about notifications. Now a user can subscribe to any categ…

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## [Editable checklist of options](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editable-checklist-of-options/177793)

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**Author:** [@Ed\_Bobkov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_Bobkov)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 10:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editable-checklist-of-options/177793 "2021-01-31T10:05:08Z")

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I remember that there was a theme component or a plugin that inserts an active list in the post and the author can mark the lines like this 1 line text 2 line text 3 line text 4 line text Please, give me a hint …

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## [Cannot embed Google Map](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-embed-google-map/177825)

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**Author:** [@AquaL1te](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AquaL1te)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 7:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-embed-google-map/177825 "2021-01-31T07:45:47Z")

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I’m trying to embed this URL: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=19iY3ckbPhbWt8biGIfsxHd9RRii3IUXW&usp=sharing Embed attempt: But it remains blank. I already saw an example here, so my embedding should work. But i…

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## [Emails have stopped sending - end of file reached](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-have-stopped-sending-end-of-file-reached/176486)

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**Author:** [@shensley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shensley)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-have-stopped-sending-end-of-file-reached/176486 "2021-01-31T00:52:23Z")

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Hi all, and apologies if this is similar to some of the other posts that mention this error. For the last four days all emails have stopped getting sent, and the test email also fails. I have browsed through existing t…

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## [Can I automatically move new topics in some category to group pm?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-automatically-move-new-topics-in-some-category-to-group-pm/177816)

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**Author:** [@mistr88](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mistr88)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-automatically-move-new-topics-in-some-category-to-group-pm/177816 "2021-01-31T00:20:24Z")

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Hi there, is there some other way than creating my own plugin to automatically move all new topics in some specific category to group pm?

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## [Add CSS class containing tag group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-css-class-containing-tag-group/68492)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-css-class-containing-tag-group/68492 "2021-01-30T23:28:17Z")

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I’d like to be able to style all tags within a certain tag group. It would be really handy if everywhere the tag-X CSS class exists, we could also have tag-group-X (where the tag belongs to a group. In my local forum, I…

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## [Issue with app.yml file update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-app-yml-file-update/177804)

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**Author:** [@Idan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Idan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-app-yml-file-update/177804 "2021-01-30T22:03:33Z")

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I get an error after running ./launcher rebuild app: Did not find expected key while parsing block mapping at line 10 column 1 -e LANG-en\_US.UTF8. YAML syntax error I add this to the app.yml file after “after\_code:” …

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## [How to create 301 redirect to a new domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-301-redirect-to-a-new-domain/177783)

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**Author:** [@Idan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Idan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-301-redirect-to-a-new-domain/177783 "2021-01-30T20:40:28Z")

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I am editing nginx.conf. I want to redirect all pages of domain1.com to domain2.com. How to edit the file to make it work. I see a line: if($http\_host != domain1.com){ rewrite (.\*) https://domain1.com$1 permanent; …

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## [Is there a way to stack icons in avatar flair?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-stack-icons-in-avatar-flair/177789)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-stack-icons-in-avatar-flair/177789 "2021-01-30T18:33:38Z")

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Fortsetzung der Diskussion von Automatically add group flair to members' avatars: I’d like to give people in my neighborhood forum avatar flair indicating the zone they are in. We have 5 zones indicated by color and num…

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## [I need advice regarding massive 301 redirects](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-advice-regarding-massive-301-redirects/160361)

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**Author:** [@skozz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/skozz)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-advice-regarding-massive-301-redirects/160361 "2021-01-30T17:42:09Z")

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Hola! after searching in the Meta and Google I’m not sure what’s the best way to proceed. Background I have a community with 15,8k topics, 967k posts, tons of images linked to S3. The forum is running under a subdomain …

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## [Conserving unicorns by serving images with nginx?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/conserving-unicorns-by-serving-images-with-nginx/177775)

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**Author:** [@mcdanlj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcdanlj)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/conserving-unicorns-by-serving-images-with-nginx/177775 "2021-01-30T16:29:37Z")

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I’ve been thinking of trying to conserve memory-heavy unicorn instances by configuring my external nginx (which I already have for serving 502 maintenance page and for correctly attributing IPv6 addresses) to also serve …

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## [New group PM from email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-group-pm-from-email/177728)

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**Author:** [@Parker1090](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Parker1090)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-group-pm-from-email/177728 "2021-01-30T14:55:00Z")

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Hi all Recently set up the option to reply by email for topics which makes life easier for members. I’ve read that you can set up new posts to categories by emailing in, but is it possible to do this with PMs to a group…

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## [Styling Discourse elements for WCAG within one defined theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/styling-discourse-elements-for-wcag-within-one-defined-theme/177766)

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**Author:** [@auricle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/auricle)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/styling-discourse-elements-for-wcag-within-one-defined-theme/177766 "2021-01-30T12:43:32Z")

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I have a single “Default” Theme set up on my forum. I used the Custom CSS/HTML and Uploads controls to attach a dark background image to the #main-outlet div. This all works fine. Now, a user has changed their Interface…

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## [Generating missing optimized images with S3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generating-missing-optimized-images-with-s3/35847)

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**Author:** [@uppfinnarn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uppfinnarn)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generating-missing-optimized-images-with-s3/35847 "2021-01-30T10:22:33Z")

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After our migration (back) to Amazon S3, we appear to have quite a few images where the optimized versions are missing, but the full-size ones are there (example). There is a Rake task for regenerating optimized images,…

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## [Duplicate and Late Notification after 2.7.0.beta2 Upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-and-late-notification-after-2-7-0-beta2-upgrade/177090)

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**Author:** [@littleviolette](https://meta.discourse.org/u/littleviolette)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-and-late-notification-after-2-7-0-beta2-upgrade/177090 "2021-01-30T04:46:07Z")

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Since we upgraded to 2.7.0.beta2 two days ago, our community has been noticing duplicate and late notifications. What could be the potential cause? Thank you!

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## [Moving from Slack to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-from-slack-to-discourse/177737)

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**Author:** [@Tod\_Sacerdoti](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tod_Sacerdoti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 4:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-from-slack-to-discourse/177737 "2021-01-30T04:41:13Z")

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We have an active developer community of about 1500 members. We are in the process of launching a Discourse community section of our site and we were curious if there is a way to take all our Slack content and put it in…

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## [The proper way to completely delete hundred of topics via rails?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-proper-way-to-completely-delete-hundred-of-topics-via-rails/90323)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-proper-way-to-completely-delete-hundred-of-topics-via-rails/90323 "2018-07-06T14:20:18Z")

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Hi. I would like to delete ALL topics from a single category (~5000 topics) in order to re-import these topics from phpbb. I could delete these topics, but since Discourse doesn’t really delete them but hide them, my p…

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## [How can hide the 'Latest', 'Top', 'Badges' and 'Categories' in the hamburger menu?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-hide-the-latest-top-badges-and-categories-in-the-hamburger-menu/177740)

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**Author:** [@AmzDis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AmzDis)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-hide-the-latest-top-badges-and-categories-in-the-hamburger-menu/177740 "2021-01-30T03:16:50Z")

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We want to keep the menu simple to our users. We would like to hide the ‘Latest’, ‘Top’, ‘Badges’ and ‘Categories’ in hamburger menu. Our web: https://amzdis.com (Amazon Discount Code) How can hide the ‘Latest’, ‘To…

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## [Private Messages how to put to inbox from sent when imported from vanilla](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-messages-how-to-put-to-inbox-from-sent-when-imported-from-vanilla/177332)

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**Author:** [@Cyan\_Suntay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cyan_Suntay)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-messages-how-to-put-to-inbox-from-sent-when-imported-from-vanilla/177332 "2021-01-30T02:31:04Z")

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Imported 2million Private Messages but how to put to inbox from sent when imported from vanilla

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## [PAID: Help me set up my forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-help-me-set-up-my-forum/177744)

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**Author:** [@Robyn\_Logan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Robyn_Logan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-help-me-set-up-my-forum/177744 "2021-01-30T01:28:24Z")

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I have just set up a forum for our Graduate coaches ( we are a coach training school - www.coachcampus.com) We are hosted on Communiteq (formerly DiscourseHosting) Forum - https://forum.icacollective.com/ I need some h…

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## [In the composer preview, special character "Õ" is cut at the top inside first-line headings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-the-composer-preview-special-character-o-is-cut-at-the-top-inside-first-line-headings/175919)

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**Author:** [@fkohrt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fkohrt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-the-composer-preview-special-character-o-is-cut-at-the-top-inside-first-line-headings/175919 "2021-01-30T01:29:36Z")

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Õ The markdown code for the heading above is # Õ Õ = U+d5 (latin capital letter o tilde) but in the markdown preview it looks like O which is created by # O In fact, for a forum I encountered, “Õ” also appears like…

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## [Frame System just like on Webnovel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/frame-system-just-like-on-webnovel/177719)

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**Author:** [@Tiago\_Amaral](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tiago_Amaral)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/frame-system-just-like-on-webnovel/177719 "2021-01-29T20:50:02Z")

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Hey there, I would like to know if it’s possible to set up a “frames” system just like the one on Webnovel mobile app (prints below). Users can buy the frame and use them on their profile pics. Also, they can change …

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## [Is it possible to deploy discourse to heroku?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-deploy-discourse-to-heroku/177711)

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**Author:** [@CODEBULBS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CODEBULBS)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-deploy-discourse-to-heroku/177711 "2021-01-29T20:33:44Z")

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Is it possible to host discourse on heroku by running postgre SQL and redis on remote machines?

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## [How to set which user ruby processes run under](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-which-user-ruby-processes-run-under/177713)

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**Author:** [@torsi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/torsi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-which-user-ruby-processes-run-under/177713 "2021-01-29T20:26:45Z")

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I have an installation where all of the ruby processes are running under an account I want to delete. This is not the account that was last used to run launcher. Ownership and group settings for every file and directory …

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## [External Data Analysis](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-data-analysis/91576)

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**Author:** [@JKBaseer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JKBaseer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-data-analysis/91576 "2018-07-06T12:47:37Z")

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Is there a way to connect like API? So it’s just a single connection to external BI tools or even cloud database for further analysis. This feature in open source available as well?

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## [Use absolute links for images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-absolute-links-for-images/177618)

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**Author:** [@nottrobin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nottrobin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-absolute-links-for-images/177618 "2021-01-29T19:47:16Z")

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If you upload an image to Discourse through the button, the URL used in the HTML for the topic is relative. Other Markdown parsers, like GitHub, instead convert all such URLs to absolute. This would be helpful when pu…

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## [UTF-8 character in category slug causes problems with ASCII slugs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/utf-8-character-in-category-slug-causes-problems-with-ascii-slugs/177702)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/utf-8-character-in-category-slug-causes-problems-with-ascii-slugs/177702 "2021-01-29T19:38:23Z")

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Using an UTF-8 character in a category slug seems to cause issues. After creating the category the admin gives a 404 and the category is inaccessible using the category link (/c/b%C3%A4r/6/l/latest.json?ascending=false) …

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