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## [User incorrectly identified as spam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-incorrectly-identified-as-spam/91887)

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**Author:** [@swamidass](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swamidass)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-incorrectly-identified-as-spam/91887 "2020-03-13T05:11:19Z")

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A user was incorrectly flagged by @system as a sapmmer. These posts were not spam. I’ve cleared the flag, and unsilenced her, but the system has grayed out the user’s post. How do I fix that? She is not a spammer.

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## [Make rebuild with many uploads more efficient?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-rebuild-with-many-uploads-more-efficient/142878)

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**Author:** [@Overgrow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overgrow)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-rebuild-with-many-uploads-more-efficient/142878 "2020-03-13T02:47:02Z")

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For the purpose of rebuilding app, is there any way to make chown on /shared/uploads directory more efficient? Is there any workaround? Currently this line alone takes more than 10 minutes (200.000+ uploads). Without …

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## [Silence vs Suspend Button Confusion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/silence-vs-suspend-button-confusion/143980)

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**Author:** [@Loki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Loki)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/silence-vs-suspend-button-confusion/143980 "2020-03-13T00:34:19Z")

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I don’t know if it’s just me, but I find myself in a hurry to get things done Suspending users when I meant to Silence them. It’s not that I don’t know the difference. It’s that the words are very similar and both button…

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## [Cannot get Discourse to install behind Nginx-proxy-manager](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-get-discourse-to-install-behind-nginx-proxy-manager/144105)

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**Author:** [@Phoenix\_Shepherd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Phoenix_Shepherd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-get-discourse-to-install-behind-nginx-proxy-manager/144105 "2020-03-12T23:17:27Z")

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I tried deploying (locally, via a hypervisor host) a VM running Ubuntu Server 18.04 to run Discourse. The issue is when I attempt to forward traffic going to domain.xyz to address x.x.x.x and using certs installed / cre…

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## [Convert post in review queue to PM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-post-in-review-queue-to-pm/144107)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-post-in-review-queue-to-pm/144107 "2020-03-12T20:40:36Z")

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Client asks:

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## [Creating a "Featured Categories" homepage banner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-featured-categories-homepage-banner/143930)

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**Author:** [@edL](https://meta.discourse.org/u/edL)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-featured-categories-homepage-banner/143930 "2020-03-12T19:37:34Z")

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I’d like to create a banner section that sits below the header on the homepage and features some glammed-up category boxes. Eg: I understand I can use the “below-site-header” outlet and the instructions from How to a…

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## [Can I verify my website on 2 different email services?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-verify-my-website-on-2-different-email-services/143839)

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**Author:** [@MostafaXdev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MostafaXdev)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-verify-my-website-on-2-different-email-services/143839 "2020-03-12T19:07:56Z")

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Hey, Can I verify my site on 2 different websites like mailgun, zoho? I just want to have a custom e-mail (info@website.com). and use another one for things like email confirmation for the forum. Thanks.

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## [How do you pull in data from the DB for your theme components?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-pull-in-data-from-the-db-for-your-theme-components/143995)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-pull-in-data-from-the-db-for-your-theme-components/143995 "2020-03-12T18:11:25Z")

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Anybody know if there is a guide or example for this anywhere please? Let’s say for example I use a theme component to create a side column, how can I list the latest 20 publicly visible topics (or if it’s easier, from …

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## [How To Approve Users In 'Review'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-approve-users-in-review/144031)

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**Author:** [@christian\_01](https://meta.discourse.org/u/christian_01)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-approve-users-in-review/144031 "2020-03-12T17:42:22Z")

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Just suddenly (after Discourse update?), I’m seeing a lot of my users are being flagged and I need to manually ‘Approve’. However, on the page I can’t see how to approve them - there’s a button to ‘Delete User’ only. A…

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## [Newbie Discourse plugin developer questions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newbie-discourse-plugin-developer-questions/143977)

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**Author:** [@garyrob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/garyrob)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newbie-discourse-plugin-developer-questions/143977 "2020-03-12T16:35:03Z")

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Can I write a plugin for discourse, to appear only in the Discourse comments on my own web site, and still use the hosted Discourse service? Or would I need to run my own Discourse server instance for that? Can a p…

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## [How to reorder the badges list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reorder-the-badges-list/144069)

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**Author:** [@jenni\_alencar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenni_alencar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reorder-the-badges-list/144069 "2020-03-12T15:09:34Z")

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I created a list of new badges that I would like to show first. How can I do it?

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## [Many page dont display in chrome?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/many-page-dont-display-in-chrome/144012)

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**Author:** [@eextra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eextra)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/many-page-dont-display-in-chrome/144012 "2020-03-12T14:24:58Z")

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For two days now, a lot of your sites don’t want to load up on Google chrome? What’s wrong?

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## [How do you force a script to refire on every page load in Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-force-a-script-to-refire-on-every-page-load-in-discourse/74856)

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**Author:** [@Johani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johani)\
**Replies:** 38\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-force-a-script-to-refire-on-every-page-load-in-discourse/74856 "2020-03-12T14:21:02Z")

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One the most amazing things about Discourse is that it is a Single Page Application. The page is loaded once and the content is swapped on demand - This is my understanding. I was trying to integrate Masonry with Discou…

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## [Customisations to the admin dropdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customisations-to-the-admin-dropdown/143894)

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**Author:** [@stevenhardy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stevenhardy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customisations-to-the-admin-dropdown/143894 "2020-03-12T13:58:52Z")

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Hello, I am wondering if someone can help me, I have been going around in circles a little bit. Does anyone know how i can change the admin panel to a custom design, please? I have included a screenshot of what I mean. …

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## [Open New Window/Tab via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-new-window-tab-via-api/143964)

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**Author:** [@olegbc1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/olegbc1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-new-window-tab-via-api/143964 "2020-03-12T13:42:57Z")

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Hello, I’ve customized my instace of discourse to take a user to a specific page when they click on the community logo in the top right. It’s just a customized theme, in the header section: \<script type="text/discourse-…

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## [Website does not forward to https](https://meta.discourse.org/t/website-does-not-forward-to-https/143707)

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**Author:** [@pr0cesor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pr0cesor)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/website-does-not-forward-to-https/143707 "2020-03-12T12:46:31Z")

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Hi there, When I type for example “thenameofmywebsite.com” in the browser, it does not forward automatically to secure SSL https. Where can I change this for discourse? Thank you.

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## [Docker: copying bootstrap data to pipe caused "write init-p: broken pipe"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-copying-bootstrap-data-to-pipe-caused-write-init-p-broken-pipe/108947)

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**Author:** [@daath](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daath)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-copying-bootstrap-data-to-pipe-caused-write-init-p-broken-pipe/108947 "2019-02-13T00:07:26Z")

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Hi there, I am currently out of the country, and silly as I am, I wanted to update my discourse server - usually that goes without issues. After the update, the forum didn’t come back up. I tried git pull and launcher …

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## [At narrow widths, neither desktop timeline nor mobile timeline appear](https://meta.discourse.org/t/at-narrow-widths-neither-desktop-timeline-nor-mobile-timeline-appear/143774)

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**Author:** [@noisegratte](https://meta.discourse.org/u/noisegratte)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/at-narrow-widths-neither-desktop-timeline-nor-mobile-timeline-appear/143774 "2020-03-12T11:48:03Z")

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Hi guys, Users of our forums tell us that tablet browsing has disappeared (since version 2.4?). Is this a bug or did we miss a configuration? Navigation is present in desktop view and in mobile view . The problem i…

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## [Flag action button disappeared](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flag-action-button-disappeared/144030)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flag-action-button-disappeared/144030 "2020-03-12T11:17:17Z")

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I was flagging a spam post (not the one in the screenshot, that is just one I randomly picked to demonstrate the issue) and I saw that the “Flag Post” button had disappeared. Turns out I had to scroll down using my mouse…

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## [Transparent header until scroll down](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transparent-header-until-scroll-down/143791)

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**Author:** [@Tim\_Jefferies](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tim_Jefferies)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 5:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transparent-header-until-scroll-down/143791 "2020-03-12T05:08:12Z")

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I’d like to have the header be transparent when at the top of the page, and then when the user scrolls down it becomes white. I tried adding this javascript code in the ‘edit CSS/HTML’ of the \</body\> section as follows: …

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## [Some badges not being granted in secure categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-badges-not-being-granted-in-secure-categories/143985)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-badges-not-being-granted-in-secure-categories/143985 "2020-03-12T02:02:41Z")

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One of our users has said they’re not getting badges as expected - two noticed are @mention for the first time, and posting a link that is expanded into a Onebox (others have been granted those badges tho). This user has…

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## [Approve suspect user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approve-suspect-user/143836)

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**Author:** [@tomtjes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomtjes)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approve-suspect-user/143836 "2020-03-12T01:00:29Z")

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There is a suspect user in my review queue, apparently because of this recently added feature: Discourse 2.4.0.beta11 Release Notes Suspect users sent to review queue Suspect users - those who have viewed less than on…

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## [How to Install Discourse on LocalHost in Windows?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-on-localhost-in-windows/131790)

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**Author:** [@Helical\_Insight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Helical_Insight)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-on-localhost-in-windows/131790 "2020-03-11T22:46:57Z")

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I wanted to Install Discourse on my local machine I have windows 8 as OS, Please help in the installation of Discourse in my localhost. I have installed my website on my local and now I want to install discourse helica…

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## [Discourse comments aren't showing on latest page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-comments-arent-showing-on-latest-page/143466)

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**Author:** [@alexwoolfson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexwoolfson)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-comments-arent-showing-on-latest-page/143466 "2020-03-11T22:45:08Z")

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Hello, I’m encountering a strange issue and I’m not sure what is going on. Once I’ve linked one of my comic pages to the Discourse topic, the Discourse comments have shown up consistently. But for some strange reason, …

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## [Bottlerocket for Linux containers, an interesting Amazon Web Services development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bottlerocket-for-linux-containers-an-interesting-amazon-web-services-development/143897)

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**Author:** [@D8vid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/D8vid)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bottlerocket-for-linux-containers-an-interesting-amazon-web-services-development/143897 "2020-03-11T21:26:54Z")

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From Phoronix, Amazon AWS Launches Linux-Based Bottlerocket For Hosting Containers, and the Amazon AWS blog, Bottlerocket – Open Source OS for Container Hosting (supports Docker image and images that conform to the Open …

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## [How to make a newline in category description](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-newline-in-category-description/143872)

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**Author:** [@aksoforever](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aksoforever)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-newline-in-category-description/143872 "2020-03-11T19:21:08Z")

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how make a newline in the category box description, can it be possible?

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## [Seeking developers to create Discourse video podcasts for a STEM platform](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-developers-to-create-discourse-video-podcasts-for-a-stem-platform/143935)

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**Author:** [@debaleena\_das](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debaleena_das)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-developers-to-create-discourse-video-podcasts-for-a-stem-platform/143935 "2020-03-11T16:38:05Z")

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We are looking for Discourse enthusiasts to host webinars for our students and/or provide technical mentorship. Webinars are post edited to capture best shots and converted to video podcasts. Our goal is to introduce st…

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## [Hide 'Username' from posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-username-from-posts/143507)

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**Author:** [@christian\_01](https://meta.discourse.org/u/christian_01)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-username-from-posts/143507 "2020-03-11T16:22:42Z")

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Any advice how to hide ‘Usernames’ from published topics please? Quite often my users use the same ‘username’ as ‘name’, so it’s basically duplicated. Here is an example. Thank you.

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## [Possible to override another plugin's settings? (narrative bot)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-override-another-plugins-settings-narrative-bot/143925)

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**Author:** [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-override-another-plugins-settings-narrative-bot/143925 "2020-03-11T15:48:08Z")

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I’m building a plugin for a client and need to ensure that certain settings are configured on deployment. Narrative bot is essentially a core part of Discourse now, but is itself a plugin. I suspect that overriding sett…

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## [Docker Manager "ReferenceError: bootbox is not defined" when clicking "Reset Upgrade"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-manager-referenceerror-bootbox-is-not-defined-when-clicking-reset-upgrade/143741)

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**Author:** [@jnm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jnm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-manager-referenceerror-bootbox-is-not-defined-when-clicking-reset-upgrade/143741 "2020-03-11T12:53:47Z")

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Hello, I had an upgrade get stuck due to a filesystem permission issue. After fixing that and using ./launcher rebuild web\_only (this site has a two-container setup), Discourse and all plugins still showed “Currently Upg…

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