# Latest

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## [Getting relay access denied errors in email replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-relay-access-denied-errors-in-email-replies/158812)

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**Author:** [@Solari](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Solari)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-relay-access-denied-errors-in-email-replies/158812 "2020-07-26T15:36:25Z")

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Hi folks, am new here but very much enjoying tinkering with Discourse. : ) I recently changed the domain name and for some reason replying via email stopped working. I can’t seem to get to the bottom of it. Everything e…

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## [Upload error with nginx in front of Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-error-with-nginx-in-front-of-discourse/158807)

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**Author:** [@luckrill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/luckrill)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-error-with-nginx-in-front-of-discourse/158807 "2020-07-26T13:02:44Z")

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my app config templates: # - "templates/postgres.template.yml" - "templates/redis.template.yml" - "templates/web.template.yml" - "templates/web.ratelimited.template.yml" - "templates/web.socketed.template.yml…

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## [Mod Functionality: Notification if IP created new account or Ban IP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mod-functionality-notification-if-ip-created-new-account-or-ban-ip/158835)

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**Author:** [@pettro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pettro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mod-functionality-notification-if-ip-created-new-account-or-ban-ip/158835 "2020-07-26T11:59:54Z")

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Is there a way to notify moderators if a specific IP creates a new account? Or is there a way to ban an IP? EDIT: I blocked the IP, not sure if this is the ‘correct way’ to do things. Sorry if this is a stupid questi…

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## [Message Bus, API and Documentation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-bus-api-and-documentation/158823)

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**Author:** [@Sonu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sonu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-bus-api-and-documentation/158823 "2020-07-26T09:32:14Z")

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Is there any official api or documentation for Message Bus What are the Message Bus Poll Request end points

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## [Adapt github changes to my own site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adapt-github-changes-to-my-own-site/83832)

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**Author:** [@frold](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frold)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adapt-github-changes-to-my-own-site/83832 "2018-03-28T14:52:27Z")

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I try in a new topic instead. I did add a few line of change to some githib files based on this topic: The line is added to the github pull request but I guess they will not be adapted to the release https://github.c…

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## [How do you handle users requesting a heated conversation thread move to an unindexed category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-handle-users-requesting-a-heated-conversation-thread-move-to-an-unindexed-category/158799)

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**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-handle-users-requesting-a-heated-conversation-thread-move-to-an-unindexed-category/158799 "2020-07-26T05:20:33Z")

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We are in the process of migrating away from a fully public mailing list, which now receives almost zero traffic in favor of our extensive Slack community. The list used to be our major source of all communication. Wit…

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## [Update no longer valid SSL certificate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-no-longer-valid-ssl-certificate/158065)

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**Author:** [@pbies](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pbies)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-no-longer-valid-ssl-certificate/158065 "2020-07-26T04:03:40Z")

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Hello All, I have Discourse webpage where I have SSL cert issued for it. The email address is in the app.yaml file. However the cert is no longer valid and I need to update it. ./launcher rebuild app does not help. H…

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## [What is the SSO login URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-sso-login-url/83870)

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**Author:** [@saurabh.shukla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saurabh.shukla)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-sso-login-url/83870 "2018-03-28T13:02:44Z")

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Hi, I am looking to implement Discourse SSO in my mobile app can you please tell which URL is used for Discourse SSO login with email and also facebook.

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## [Deprecated AdSense plugin in the admin panel?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deprecated-adsense-plugin-in-the-admin-panel/158791)

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**Author:** [@AntiMetaman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AntiMetaman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deprecated-adsense-plugin-in-the-admin-panel/158791 "2020-07-25T22:08:27Z")

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I’m on the latest official Discourse installation. I have installed GitHub - discourse/discourse-adplugin: Official Discourse Advertising Plugin. Install & Start Serving Ads on Your Discourse Forum · GitHub. I have my…

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## [How to encourage Google to show site links in results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-encourage-google-to-show-site-links-in-results/158790)

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**Author:** [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-encourage-google-to-show-site-links-in-results/158790 "2020-07-25T21:41:20Z")

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This looks great for meta, however my site is just a single link in the page of results. Is there any secret sauce to getting Google to display some of my site links like this, or is it simply a case that my site doe…

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## [Add long site description to about page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-long-site-description-to-about-page/83818)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-long-site-description-to-about-page/83818 "2020-07-25T21:03:52Z")

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As discourse becomes more and more popular, I increasingly find myself teleported to sone discourse forum via some link. And one of the first things I usually want to know is: Where am I? What is this forum about? And un…

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## [Is it possible to create a private categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-private-categories/158784)

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**Author:** [@vel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-private-categories/158784 "2020-07-25T18:31:08Z")

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Is it possible to make a private forum area? I’d like to run a beta and I want to create threads that only to invited beta users can see and post to. Does that make sense? I’ve seen some posts about private categories b…

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## [After update, some of my site small profile pictures are generic gray figures](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-update-some-of-my-site-small-profile-pictures-are-generic-gray-figures/158779)

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**Author:** [@mcdanlj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcdanlj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-update-some-of-my-site-small-profile-pictures-are-generic-gray-figures/158779 "2020-07-25T13:55:44Z")

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I just did an update to 5077cf52fdb as a result of ./launcher rebuild app while implementing Add an offline page to display when Discourse is rebuilding or starting up Now, some of the small profile pictures are a gray …

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## [Start multiple email topics at once using gmail aliases](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-multiple-email-topics-at-once-using-gmail-aliases/158565)

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**Author:** [@Jazz\_FA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jazz_FA)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-multiple-email-topics-at-once-using-gmail-aliases/158565 "2020-07-25T15:00:28Z")

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So I have setup reply by email, and starting a topic via email. The way this is set up is: Pop3 polling email: noreply @ domain . com Each category has its own alias on noreply@domain.com. So category1 @ domain . com, …

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## [\*\* failed to bootstrap \*\*](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap/158718)

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**Author:** [@ONT\_Studios](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ONT_Studios)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap/158718 "2020-07-25T11:10:53Z")

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I have tried to install Discourse, and I get a FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP error. Here’s the log: ENTER to continue, 'n' to try again, Ctrl+C to exit: Enabling Let's Encrypt web.ssl.template.yml enabled letsencrypt.ssl.templat…

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## [\[Paid\] Looking for a company who takes over and customizes our website continually](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-looking-for-a-company-who-takes-over-and-customizes-our-website-continually/158749)

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**Author:** [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-looking-for-a-company-who-takes-over-and-customizes-our-website-continually/158749 "2020-07-25T06:46:25Z")

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I’m looking for a company who takes over and customizes our website. Our website is https://kotoba.wiki/ There are some points to be customized as of now. Also, there will be some points to be customized every month. …

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## [Displaying Category Moderators on category page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-category-moderators-on-category-page/246079)

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**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-category-moderators-on-category-page/246079 "2020-07-25T04:05:59Z")

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Could be worth adding a group moderation team to the /about page in regards to particular categories (permissions of the group permitting). They would be listed below the other @staff if this made sense. Right now I se…

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## [Wordpress SSO - Restrict Content / user levels / groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-sso-restrict-content-user-levels-groups/57776)

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**Author:** [@tomobrien](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomobrien)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-sso-restrict-content-user-levels-groups/57776 "2020-07-24T23:28:42Z")

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I have WP discourse working for SSO and Restrict Content Pro for subscription, signup, but I am wondering how to set up levels during signup … That carry over to discourse? Eg reader level 1, contributor level 2, modera…

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## [How to upgrade if \`/var/discourse\` has only \`shared\` and is not git repo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-upgrade-if-var-discourse-has-only-shared-and-is-not-git-repo/157982)

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**Author:** [@ulysses4ever](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ulysses4ever)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-upgrade-if-var-discourse-has-only-shared-and-is-not-git-repo/157982 "2020-07-24T23:21:33Z")

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Dear all, I have a Discourse instance setup by the previous admin on our department web server. I don’t know much about Discourse, but it requires updating and suggests doing cd /var/discourse git pull …

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## [How to change post title color when post is scroll up in top menu bar?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-post-title-color-when-post-is-scroll-up-in-top-menu-bar/158708)

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**Author:** [@s123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/s123)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-post-title-color-when-post-is-scroll-up-in-top-menu-bar/158708 "2020-07-24T22:07:28Z")

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In Light theme I changed color of top bar to dark blue color. When I scroll post up it show post title color in Black. I would like to change post title color to white. What custom css I should add to make post title col…

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## [How can I email all recently active users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-email-all-recently-active-users/83963)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-email-all-recently-active-users/83963 "2018-03-27T23:49:09Z")

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Hey guys, I’d like to be able to email all recently active users of my site in order to warn them of outages for upgrades and let them know when the site is down and back up. So: Is there any way to send a broadcast …

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## [Insert Video icon missing from composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-video-icon-missing-from-composer/283545)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-video-icon-missing-from-composer/283545 "2020-07-24T19:56:48Z")

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Hi @pmusaraj, what button should I see in the composer window once installed? I am seeing an empty space right now:

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## [TimeStamp of Tag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timestamp-of-tag/158598)

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**Author:** [@Minhaj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Minhaj)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timestamp-of-tag/158598 "2020-07-24T17:40:01Z")

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Can we query the timestamp of attaching a tag to a Topic? Like I want to sort the topics on the time when they were tagged with some tag.

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## [How we put people in a category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-we-put-people-in-a-category/158626)

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**Author:** [@Camille\_Augereau](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Camille_Augereau)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-we-put-people-in-a-category/158626 "2020-07-24T17:06:39Z")

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I don’t understand how we put a person in a category. I am French so maybe it’s for that but I read some articles and I don’t get it. I published a topic but nobody can answer. I don’t how to change that, I change the l…

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## [/search/query response body changes for unknown reason](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-query-response-body-changes-for-unknown-reason/158536)

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**Author:** [@th3coop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/th3coop)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-query-response-body-changes-for-unknown-reason/158536 "2020-07-24T15:32:36Z")

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Hey there! We’ve built a feature in our website that queries our hosted Discourse forums and displays information about found topics. It was all working nicely last week when we deployed but it stopped over the weekend…

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## [Digital Ocean 1-click install tries to reinstall itself every time I connect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-1-click-install-tries-to-reinstall-itself-every-time-i-connect/79328)

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**Author:** [@infered5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/infered5)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-1-click-install-tries-to-reinstall-itself-every-time-i-connect/79328 "2018-03-27T17:24:45Z")

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Every time I try to connect through PuTTy to my DigitalOcean Ubuntu 16.04 x64 droplet to connect to the terminal, it prompts me, in a way I cannot escape, to reinstall Discourse. Since it’s all installed nothing happens …

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## [Forum showing blank page on Desktop due to Cloudflare "optimizations"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-showing-blank-page-on-desktop-due-to-cloudflare-optimizations/56031)

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**Author:** [@Deukhoofd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Deukhoofd)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 10:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-showing-blank-page-on-desktop-due-to-cloudflare-optimizations/56031 "2020-07-24T10:25:32Z")

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Ever since this morning my forum has only been showing a blank page on desktops, while being fine on mobile. On loading the site the console logs the following error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'startRout…

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## [Office 365 SMTP settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/office-365-smtp-settings/40400)

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**Author:** [@mattbatchelor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattbatchelor)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/office-365-smtp-settings/40400 "2016-09-06T13:00:56Z")

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Hello. Just set up my first Discourse docker. Couldn’t get SMTP to work via Office 365 and have spent the afternoon debugging. Couldn’t find a related post so thought I’d share what I did. According to this TechNet arti…

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## [Collapsible Categories/Sub-Category vertical nav menu (left sidebar)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collapsible-categories-sub-category-vertical-nav-menu-left-sidebar/158214)

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**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collapsible-categories-sub-category-vertical-nav-menu-left-sidebar/158214 "2020-07-20T03:50:03Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Sidebar with categories: I posted that question :up\_arrow:︎ in the Sidebar with categories - #30 by Stranik Plugin discussion. I’m wondering how difficult it would be to customize that …

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## [What is the best branch of github.com/discourse/discourse？](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-branch-of-github-com-discourse-discourse/158656)

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**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-branch-of-github-com-discourse-discourse/158656 "2020-07-24T03:07:29Z")

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Recently, I encountered some problems in the default branch “test\_passed”, so I transferred to version stable. While I found that some beautiful features are gone. (Well, not very bad for that, but I’d like to know more…

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