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## [Warning message again from Google search console, saying there is no “itemListElement”](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256)

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**Author:** [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256 "2020-06-15T02:50:43Z")

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I got a warning message from Google search console, saying there is no “itemListElement” in 1,985 pages. My discourse is 2.5.0.beta5. I was told here that the discourse update would solve this problem, but it didn’t. I…

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## [Building a custom bot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-a-custom-bot/154824)

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**Author:** [@j127](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j127)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-a-custom-bot/154824 "2020-06-14T21:58:40Z")

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I’ve been looking for a way to create a custom bot that users can interact with in public topics. They would be able to type something like @botname command arg1 arg2 and the bot would reply in the topic with the reque…

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## [Polish locale problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polish-locale-problem/154794)

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**Author:** [@fenio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fenio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polish-locale-problem/154794 "2020-06-14T21:56:31Z")

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Hey guys, I’ve just installed Discourse (2.5.0.beta7) and I’m trying to use it with the Polish language. At the top of every page I’m getting: Invalid Format: Uncaught SyntaxError: Expected “plural” or “select” but “l” fo…

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## [SMTP error (Zoho)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-error-zoho/143666)

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**Author:** [@MostafaXdev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MostafaXdev)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-error-zoho/143666 "2020-06-14T21:52:25Z")

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Hey everybody, I changed my SMTP credentials to Zoho, but it’s not sending e-mails. and gives me this error Thanks.

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## [Build Poll dialog doesn't select "Results" setting automatically](https://meta.discourse.org/t/build-poll-dialog-doesnt-select-results-setting-automatically/150776)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/build-poll-dialog-doesnt-select-results-setting-automatically/150776 "2020-06-14T21:40:12Z")

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The Build Poll dialog doesn’t select the “Results” setting automatically on open. Considering “blank” isn’t an option in the dropdown (and once you select something you can’t clear it), this seems wrong to me.

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## [How do you verify a user with ruby?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-verify-a-user-with-ruby/154740)

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**Author:** [@csmu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csmu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-verify-a-user-with-ruby/154740 "2020-06-14T13:25:17Z")

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Given a user is created with a username and an email address … how do you verify that user in ruby?

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## [Avatar Flairs File](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flairs-file/154775)

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**Author:** [@mason.menter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mason.menter)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flairs-file/154775 "2020-06-14T13:14:06Z")

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Any way I could get a png of the avatar flair that Discourse staff have? I want one where it kinda looks like a message icon not just a circle. Thanks.

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## [Intratextual search-linking to other topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intratextual-search-linking-to-other-topics/70867)

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**Author:** [@achamess](https://meta.discourse.org/u/achamess)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intratextual-search-linking-to-other-topics/70867 "2020-06-14T04:54:21Z")

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When I want to link to other pages in my forum, it’d be nice to not have to leave the current topic box that I’m writing. It’d be great to be able to use some kind of key like " #" or something and then have a intratext …

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## [Set "Max Characters" in Emails to Encourage User Login (to view full message)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-max-characters-in-emails-to-encourage-user-login-to-view-full-message/154783)

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**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-max-characters-in-emails-to-encourage-user-login-to-view-full-message/154783 "2020-06-14T01:39:09Z")

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A similar inquiry was posted by @Phuong\_SuSu over here. When a user is mentioned in a forum post or a PM/DM, other digest, or summary email, from what I can tell, the user receives the entire message and has no reason t…

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## [Duplicate key value violates unique constraint on a table during upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-key-value-violates-unique-constraint-on-a-table-during-upgrade/154132)

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**Author:** [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-key-value-violates-unique-constraint-on-a-table-during-upgrade/154132 "2020-06-13T23:58:22Z")

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Hi everyone, I have a weird issue with one forum I maintain. During an upgrade, in the admin/upgrade page or in the terminal, it failed and I have this error: -----------------------------------------------------------…

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## [Add a global header between Discourse & Website](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-global-header-between-discourse-website/154776)

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**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-global-header-between-discourse-website/154776 "2020-06-13T22:34:31Z")

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We’d like to have a modern and responsive header that is accessible on our Discourse site and our Wordpress site. My question could be respective to any other platform out there (for the main website) I just happen to be…

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## [Import failing with \`could not create unique index\`](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-failing-with-could-not-create-unique-index/154693)

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**Author:** [@Paulus\_Schoutsen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paulus_Schoutsen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-failing-with-could-not-create-unique-index/154693 "2020-06-13T21:29:27Z")

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TL;DR: We messed up an upgrade and are looking for help With Home Assistant we use Discourse to power our community. We run with the discourse\_docker method on an EC2 instance on AWS. Being an open source project, for…

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## [Replace tab character with rake task?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-tab-character-with-rake-task/81484)

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**Author:** [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-tab-character-with-rake-task/81484 "2018-02-25T22:10:15Z")

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I’ve got a bunch of posts with lines that start with a tab character (&#9;), and they look like this: The first line of a paragraph is shown as preformatted text. rake posts:remap\["&#9;","\\ "\] is not finding anything…

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## [How to organize code entered from the head tag?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-organize-code-entered-from-the-head-tag/154708)

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**Author:** [@JQ331](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JQ331)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-organize-code-entered-from-the-head-tag/154708 "2020-06-12T22:10:45Z")

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I am adding a variety of code to my discourse forum that generally is meant to run when various pages load. So far, I’ve just been adding it to the head tag in my customization dashboard, and it works fine. However, now…

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## [Anonymous posting for sensitive subjects](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-posting-for-sensitive-subjects/109595)

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**Author:** [@virginie.lehmann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/virginie.lehmann)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-posting-for-sensitive-subjects/109595 "2020-06-13T17:47:46Z")

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So, we are building a community for managers. Thus, some subjects might get sensitive. We really need to have the option to have anonymous posting – a registered member could choose to be anonymous when posting a questio…

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## [Site cannot be reached after install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-cannot-be-reached-after-install/154751)

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**Author:** [@Yucheng\_Jiang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yucheng_Jiang)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-cannot-be-reached-after-install/154751 "2020-06-13T15:45:57Z")

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Hi, I followed this instruction guide, but the “site can’t be reached” error occurs after installation. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?

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## [Twitter bot for promoting community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-bot-for-promoting-community/139661)

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**Author:** [@Federico\_Tomassetti](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Federico_Tomassetti)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-bot-for-promoting-community/139661 "2020-06-13T12:35:54Z")

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A member suggested me having a Twitter bot sharing new topics. Had someone done this?

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## [Can I use support@dwe.co.in as smtp user name for forum.dwe.co.in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-support-dwe-co-in-as-smtp-user-name-for-forum-dwe-co-in/154735)

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**Author:** [@Devansh\_Khetan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Devansh_Khetan)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-support-dwe-co-in-as-smtp-user-name-for-forum-dwe-co-in/154735 "2020-06-13T09:28:16Z")

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I successfully install discourse but was not getting e-mails I tried some fixes but they didn’t work my SMTP is correctly configured and verified I also tried this ./launcher enter app rails r “SiteSetting.notificati…

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## [Job exception: undefined method \`name' for](https://meta.discourse.org/t/job-exception-undefined-method-name-for/154644)

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**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/job-exception-undefined-method-name-for/154644 "2020-06-13T08:44:58Z")

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Hi everyone, Discourse 2.5.0.beta6 ( 7fe414d35d ) My log files are quite full off these: Job exception: undefined method \`name’ for #\<#Class:0x00007fa29345f668:0x00007fa27e26e3a0\> eg: Clicking on one reveals …

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## [How do I make changes to app/views/layouts/?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-make-changes-to-app-views-layouts/154489)

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**Author:** [@DBHacker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DBHacker)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-make-changes-to-app-views-layouts/154489 "2020-06-13T07:35:28Z")

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Quick simple question: Surely, I am missing some brain cells! We made a few edits in the app container in one of the files in the /var/www/discourse/app/views/layouts directory. Then, we thought (like dummies) we cou…

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## [Allow anyone to view but only registered to post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-anyone-to-view-but-only-registered-to-post/154728)

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**Author:** [@krishraov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/krishraov)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 5:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-anyone-to-view-but-only-registered-to-post/154728 "2020-06-13T05:47:41Z")

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Hi - I am on the free 14-day trial of Discourse and I am trying to create a community. My goal is to have registered users post articles and reply to them allow anyone (registered or not) to be able to view and read t…

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## [Sorting by votes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorting-by-votes/154601)

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**Author:** [@Headless](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Headless)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorting-by-votes/154601 "2020-06-13T05:42:40Z")

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Hello, so as far as I can see there is a sort by votes for categories. The thing I am concerned about is how sorting by votes is All-time not taking weekly, daily, or anything else into account. Nor does it take if a top…

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## [Immediately Close Topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/immediately-close-topic/154624)

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**Author:** [@Aiden12114](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aiden12114)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/immediately-close-topic/154624 "2020-06-13T03:24:59Z")

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I was wondering how I can immediately close a topic.

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## [Floating "Reply" button for each topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/floating-reply-button-for-each-topic/154452)

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**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/floating-reply-button-for-each-topic/154452 "2020-06-13T03:17:14Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Floating "New topic" button I love this “Floating New Topic” button as outlined in that :up\_arrow:︎ linked discussion. @merefield - Would it be difficult to tweak the CSS code you offered…

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## [Messing up with installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/messing-up-with-installation/154675)

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**Author:** [@Devansh\_Khetan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Devansh_Khetan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/messing-up-with-installation/154675 "2020-06-13T02:19:19Z")

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I just build a droplet from digital ocean with Discourse as 1 click app. I also purchased my domain from Godaddy and transferred DNS to digital ocean networking. Now I am puzzled how to proceed on console and also mes…

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## [Nginx configuration for Discourse forum over Tor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse-forum-over-tor/136750)

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**Author:** [@prostasia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/prostasia)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-configuration-for-discourse-forum-over-tor/136750 "2020-06-12T22:09:38Z")

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Hello all, I would like to configure Discourse to be a Tor hidden service using nginx. Here is the configuration that I am trying in nginx (it doesn’t work, “server not found”): server { listen unix:/var/run/nginx-…

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## [Small 'Message' button on profile card inside a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/small-message-button-on-profile-card-inside-a-topic/154543)

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**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/small-message-button-on-profile-card-inside-a-topic/154543 "2020-06-12T22:02:22Z")

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Hello, This is what I am on about: There seems to be a waste of space here as everything has been compacted and moved left. However, if you press on a profile picture outside a topic you get this (I know the other b…

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## [Grant Badge dropdown icon alignment is off](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-badge-dropdown-icon-alignment-is-off/154703)

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**Author:** [@blake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blake)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-badge-dropdown-icon-alignment-is-off/154703 "2020-06-12T21:08:37Z")

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This alignment appears to be off on the grant user badge page Looks like all the css is part of select-kit, so I’m not really sure how to fix it, but adding around 3px padding-top on the element makes it it look a lo…

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## [Let's encrypt SSL certificate expired: \`urn:ietf:params:acme:error:rateLimited\`](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-encrypt-ssl-certificate-expired-urnparamserror-ratelimited/154702)

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**Author:** [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-encrypt-ssl-certificate-expired-urnparamserror-ratelimited/154702 "2020-06-12T21:06:57Z")

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Hi! My SSL certificate has not been renewed. I found the following error in acme.sh.log : \[Fri 12 Jun 2020 07:57:40 PM UTC\] HEAD \[Fri 12 Jun 2020 07:57:40 PM UTC\] \_post\_url='https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/ne…

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## [Easier sign up flow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-sign-up-flow/154694)

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**Author:** [@MaysamS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MaysamS)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-sign-up-flow/154694 "2020-06-12T19:31:19Z")

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What would you like done? Hi I need a developer to help me build this flow through a plugin. I am not sure if this is the right place to post this, apologies if it is not. I am trying to encourage users to answer ques…

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