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## [Discourse Upgrade Breaks Categories.json](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-upgrade-breaks-categories-json/134577)

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**Author:** [@Magnetidog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Magnetidog)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-upgrade-breaks-categories-json/134577 "2020-04-10T19:49:30Z")

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Hello, we just upgraded to the latest build from a recent version (around 1 week ago), and our website is currently down. Categories.json is not loading, and this is the error we see in the logs: ActiveRecord::Statemen…

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## ['Today' in /u view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/today-in-u-view/146029)

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**Author:** [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/today-in-u-view/146029 "2020-04-10T17:41:50Z")

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Just realised that the ‘Today’ view in /u shows yesterday’s date:

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## [Summarise This Topic not working for parameters smaller than 50](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarise-this-topic-not-working-for-parameters-smaller-than-50/147185)

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**Author:** [@Shubham\_Ranjan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shubham_Ranjan)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarise-this-topic-not-working-for-parameters-smaller-than-50/147185 "2020-04-10T16:50:05Z")

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Hi, I want to summarise topics with more than 20 posts. I changed this value summary posts required in settings to 20 even after that the Summarize This Topic button does not appear. However, it’s working fine for the …

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## [How to set the display order of registerConnectorClass and Lazyload image?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-the-display-order-of-registerconnectorclass-and-lazyload-image/147558)

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**Author:** [@Bcat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bcat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-the-display-order-of-registerconnectorclass-and-lazyload-image/147558 "2020-04-10T15:32:12Z")

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How to set the display order of registerConnectorClass and Lazyload image? Question: I inserted something into below-site-header (Call it A and B). But the B always precedes the A. How to arrange A to stand before B…

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## [Help us embed a web player in our posts w custom component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-us-embed-a-web-player-in-our-posts-w-custom-component/147556)

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**Author:** [@cloudunicorn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cloudunicorn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-us-embed-a-web-player-in-our-posts-w-custom-component/147556 "2020-04-10T14:50:33Z")

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What would you like done? It’s my understanding we need a theme component that will allow us to embed an audio player in posts on our forum - we’re using radio.co for a radio show and the embed codes do not seem to work…

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## [What is the Rails command to create an admin user in Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-rails-command-to-create-an-admin-user-in-discourse/147545)

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**Author:** [@Bathinda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bathinda)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-rails-command-to-create-an-admin-user-in-discourse/147545 "2020-04-10T13:17:02Z")

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As told in this post, when I run this command to create an admin user on a new disco installation, thru rails console (without having to activate thru email, for just once, for one admin): u = User.create!(username: ‘x…

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## [Different button for a new topic of each category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-button-for-a-new-topic-of-each-category/147542)

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**Author:** [@eextra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eextra)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-button-for-a-new-topic-of-each-category/147542 "2020-04-10T12:42:33Z")

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Is it possible to use css to remove the new topic button and instead create another separate button, for example with a external link for different catagories?

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## [User unable to view Discourse forums on old iPad](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-unable-to-view-discourse-forums-on-old-ipad/147526)

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**Author:** [@JPick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JPick)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-unable-to-view-discourse-forums-on-old-ipad/147526 "2020-04-10T11:27:42Z")

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Hi everyone, this is quite a specific issue but I’m not sure where else to turn. A user has reported not being able to view our Discourse forum on his iPad (his only device). When he navigates to the URL, he simply sees…

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## [Multi\_json and used backend](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multi-json-and-used-backend/144961)

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**Author:** [@darix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darix)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multi-json-and-used-backend/144961 "2020-04-10T11:19:58Z")

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In the light of CVE-2020-10663: Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability in JSON (Additional fix) | Ruby, which backend are you using? If it is the json gem, shouldnt the gemfile maybe force 2.3.0 instead of the ruby stdlib …

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## [Get user "suspension" status via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-user-suspension-status-via-api/147433)

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**Author:** [@pnoeric](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pnoeric)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 7:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-user-suspension-status-via-api/147433 "2020-04-10T07:30:28Z")

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Is there any way to get a user’s “suspended” status via the API? I can’t find anything in the docs, I don’t see a specific XHR request that grabs this :wink: and I don’t see that field the user record when I just get the…

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## [Change "+ New Topic" button to match styling of "Reply" button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-new-topic-button-to-match-styling-of-reply-button/147502)

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**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-new-topic-button-to-match-styling-of-reply-button/147502 "2020-04-10T06:58:10Z")

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I like the styling of the “Reply” button, which is the “Tertiary” color as defined in /admin/customize/colors (Color Palettes/selection) I would like to have our “New Topic” button match the styling of the “Reply” bu…

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## [X-Forwarded-For proxy tag not recognized by Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-forwarded-for-proxy-tag-not-recognized-by-discourse/77961)

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**Author:** [@Anil\_Gupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anil_Gupta)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-forwarded-for-proxy-tag-not-recognized-by-discourse/77961 "2018-01-19T01:27:13Z")

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Our Set Up Discourse is installed on Google Compute VM machine with no SSL certificates on this server. Force\_https discourse setting is set to true (checked to force https). We have the front end running with ‘Go…

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## [Render .nz as a link?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-nz-as-a-link/147489)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-nz-as-a-link/147489 "2020-04-09T23:57:43Z")

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I love the way that Discourse composer automatically renders many urls as links such as meta.discourse.org. However, the .nz domain doesn’t do this at the moment. Could this be added? I find myself typing healthforum.n…

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## [Why are Discourse forum URLs so long? Possible to shortern?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-discourse-forum-urls-so-long-possible-to-shortern/147418)

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**Author:** [@VoskCoin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/VoskCoin)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-discourse-forum-urls-so-long-possible-to-shortern/147418 "2020-04-09T22:15:02Z")

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For example I recently created a new topic on my forum, and it takes the entirety of the topic title rolling it into the URL Does this have any SEO benefits? If there are no benefits to such a lengthy URL is it possib…

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## [What's the Difference Between Discourse.git and Discourse\_Docker.git?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-discourse-git-and-discourse-docker-git/147386)

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**Author:** [@007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/007)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-discourse-git-and-discourse-docker-git/147386 "2020-04-09T21:53:11Z")

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I noticed the official install instructions call for cloning this repository: GitHub - discourse/discourse\_docker: A Docker image for Discourse · GitHub But it doesn’t have many of the extra files found in this one such…

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## [Protonmail bridged SMTP in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/protonmail-bridged-smtp-in-discourse/147352)

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**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/protonmail-bridged-smtp-in-discourse/147352 "2020-04-09T21:46:38Z")

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Does anybody using it? I see that can be possible to use their SMTP servers. I’m trying to get mail server in my VPS. Thinked in G Suite but I see that Proton could be more focused to privacy. Any suggestion will be ap…

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## [How can I hide (make a topic invisible)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-hide-make-a-topic-invisible/78396)

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**Author:** [@Ahsan\_Parwez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ahsan_Parwez)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-hide-make-a-topic-invisible/78396 "2018-01-18T18:21:37Z")

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Hi all, I want to hide a post on my forum that is no longer wanted and can potentially give wrong information to the clientele. I have used “archived” “unlisted” “locked” the post but it still shows up while logged in …

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## [Allow adding groups as members of other groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-adding-groups-as-members-of-other-groups/147430)

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**Author:** [@evantill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/evantill)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-adding-groups-as-members-of-other-groups/147430 "2020-04-09T21:06:47Z")

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We can only add users as members of groups. I think it could be interesting to be able to add groups as members of other groups.

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## [Xhr search requests return 406](https://meta.discourse.org/t/xhr-search-requests-return-406/147428)

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**Author:** [@NotAnonymous](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NotAnonymous)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/xhr-search-requests-return-406/147428 "2020-04-09T20:03:20Z")

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When doing a search on our discourse site, if I do a regular GET request to /search?q=my search it works fine. But if I use the search box and it submits the search request via an XHR GET request I get a 406 status retu…

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## [Determining the correct Discourse docker path for the current install?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/determining-the-correct-discourse-docker-path-for-the-current-install/147454)

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**Author:** [@007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/007)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/determining-the-correct-discourse-docker-path-for-the-current-install/147454 "2020-04-09T19:14:15Z")

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I’m working on setting up a dev site and I noticed that as I’ve trialed and errored through this, I managed to have the files duplicated four times within the /var/lib/docker/overlay2/ path. Within here, I have four dif…

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## [🇮🇹 Missing content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-content/146714)

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**Author:** [@franciscom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/franciscom)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-content/146714 "2020-04-09T18:23:28Z")

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I tried to report a topic and this happened:

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## [Is it possible to see who voted in polls?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-see-who-voted-in-polls/27064)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-see-who-voted-in-polls/27064 "2020-04-09T18:20:16Z")

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I just tested out polls for the first time in a while, and it works quite well and I like it. But I would like to have an open poll so we can see who voted for which option. Is this possible? Is there any way to see who…

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## [Ideas or guides on how to setup an auto-install platform for discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ideas-or-guides-on-how-to-setup-an-auto-install-platform-for-discourse/147438)

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**Author:** [@Hugo\_Roger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hugo_Roger)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ideas-or-guides-on-how-to-setup-an-auto-install-platform-for-discourse/147438 "2020-04-09T17:07:55Z")

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Hi everyone! Does anyone know how to create a sub-hosting system where users can create their own Discourse instance in your server? As in, their own community? Just like we have multi-wiki platforms, and lots of multi…

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## [Bulk delete users that match an email pattern](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-delete-users-that-match-an-email-pattern/147012)

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**Author:** [@fallais](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fallais)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-delete-users-that-match-an-email-pattern/147012 "2020-04-09T16:57:46Z")

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I would like to bulk delete users that match an email pattern such as : \*.xyz \*.fun etc.. I tried this as of now : User.find(UserEmail.where("email like '%.fun'").pluck(:user\_id)).count. But I can’t use the destroy\_al…

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## [Increasing post width with CSS?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increasing-post-width-with-css/43368)

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**Author:** [@hashOK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hashOK)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increasing-post-width-with-css/43368 "2020-04-09T14:50:19Z")

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In my forum, 1.I have an ample amount of space to use it for extending the post created by user.It rather looks clumpsy now.I want to utilize the space so that the post looks good,like the homepage is screen friendly us…

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## [How can i turn my discourse in to a wiki ? are there any comercial plugins or workaround solution avaiable?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-turn-my-discourse-in-to-a-wiki-are-there-any-comercial-plugins-or-workaround-solution-avaiable/147400)

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**Author:** [@haipt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haipt)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-turn-my-discourse-in-to-a-wiki-are-there-any-comercial-plugins-or-workaround-solution-avaiable/147400 "2020-04-09T12:32:54Z")

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Hi all , How can i make a wiki with discourse for our company ? are there any comercial plugins or workaround solution avaiable inside discourse ? I tried to search almost of posts about “wiki” in this forum but it is …

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## [Cannot send any email with AWS SES](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-send-any-email-with-aws-ses/147406)

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**Author:** [@Mustafa\_Demir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mustafa_Demir)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-send-any-email-with-aws-ses/147406 "2020-04-09T11:41:44Z")

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Hello, I’ve just installed Discourse on my Ubuntu server. It’s running on production and I can’t send any email from the Discourse. I created an IAM user on SES and entered my SES SMTP credentials correctly to Discourse’…

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## [Keyboard shortcuts are hard to use in Firefox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-are-hard-to-use-in-firefox/147396)

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**Author:** [@evantill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/evantill)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-are-hard-to-use-in-firefox/147396 "2020-04-09T09:25:34Z")

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Sometimes, when I try to use keyboard shortcuts Firefox is interferring (like if I was searching some text in the page). Is this a bug ? Fifrefox 74.0.1 MacOS 10.14.6

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## [How can I create a user with no posting privileges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-create-a-user-with-no-posting-privileges/32894)

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**Author:** [@OnceWas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OnceWas)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-create-a-user-with-no-posting-privileges/32894 "2020-04-09T08:41:47Z")

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I know this seems like an odd request - but bear with me. I would like to create a user that can’t create posts. I want to be able to create a Discourse profile for an organization, separate from the person responsible f…

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## [Cleaning up old container images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cleaning-up-old-container-images/147367)

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**Author:** [@bts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bts)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cleaning-up-old-container-images/147367 "2020-04-09T08:17:48Z")

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Haha okay, not for fast, but there kinda is one for clearing up space! :wink: I’m speaking of course of: ./launcher cleanup Which clears out old images when your disk runs out of space. This is one thing that a) I’ve …

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