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## [How can I let users send invites?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-let-users-send-invites/137240)

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**Author:** [@ianharris](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ianharris)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-let-users-send-invites/137240 "2019-12-28T20:12:47Z")

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Hello, Does anybody know how I can allow my users to invite others to the forum? I’ve set it so that TL2 users can send invites, but there’s nowhere in the interface to send one. Any ideas? Thanks! Ian

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## [When will banner topic show again after user close it?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-will-banner-topic-show-again-after-user-close-it/137249)

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**Author:** [@wonmew](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wonmew)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-will-banner-topic-show-again-after-user-close-it/137249 "2019-12-28T20:08:14Z")

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for now the only way I can make it show again is clear all cookies, can I set the time when will it show again after user close it? I want to set the banner topic refresh time to 1 day, so everyone can see it the first …

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## [Forbidding users to delete their own posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forbidding-users-to-delete-their-own-posts/137226)

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**Author:** [@Mr.X\_Mr.X](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mr.X_Mr.X)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forbidding-users-to-delete-their-own-posts/137226 "2019-12-28T18:04:01Z")

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Is there a way to block users to delete their own posts? It’s rather frustrating seeing users delete their own posts after a while, leaving topics in a realm of confusion with other members answering posts that are no lo…

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## [Difference between socket- and port-based connection to outer NGINX?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difference-between-socket-and-port-based-connection-to-outer-nginx/60071)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difference-between-socket-and-port-based-connection-to-outer-nginx/60071 "2019-12-28T13:31:57Z")

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If I understand things correctly there are two ways of configuring your discourse instance behind an NGINX server: with a socket connection (as described here) by exposing some port of the container and telling the out…

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## [Can you bypass the Activation Email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-bypass-the-activation-email/136830)

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**Author:** [@paultaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paultaylor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-bypass-the-activation-email/136830 "2019-12-28T08:17:25Z")

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Using api I created the user with activate true, and it says the user is activated when I look at the user from the admin console But when try to login as user it says: You can’t log in yet. We previously sent an acti…

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## [How to disable file uploads except Avatars](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-file-uploads-except-avatars/137165)

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**Author:** [@nparab](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nparab)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-file-uploads-except-avatars/137165 "2019-12-28T07:55:33Z")

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I am setting up a new forum, and don’t require image uploads for posts. Also, my hosting space is limited as I’m using the $5 plan on DO. How to disable file uploads (except Avatars) in Discourse? I don’t see an option …

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## [Discourse docker images are not signed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-images-are-not-signed/137181)

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**Author:** [@jenslauterbach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenslauterbach)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 5:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-images-are-not-signed/137181 "2019-12-28T05:50:25Z")

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Hello, I am currently trying to set up Discourse on a new machine. I checked out the discourse\_docker repository and ran ./launcher rebuild app. (I skipped bootstrapping because I had configurations from before). Rebui…

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## [Discourse as private forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-private-forum/137176)

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**Author:** [@harmstra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/harmstra)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 12:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-private-forum/137176 "2019-12-28T00:13:02Z")

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Is it possible to use Discourse as a private discussion platform ? So that you can only read posts after registration?

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## [Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory on upgrading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory-on-upgrading/135325)

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**Author:** [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory-on-upgrading/135325 "2019-12-28T00:06:34Z")

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I just started an upgrade for the latest version of Discourse, hosted at Linode. The Docker upgrade went OK But on upgrading Discourse I got Sorry, there was an error upgrading Discourse. Please check the logs below …

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## [Appending an import \> it didn't import any posts (solved)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/appending-an-import-it-didnt-import-any-posts-solved/137082)

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**Author:** [@Queth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Queth)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/appending-an-import-it-didnt-import-any-posts-solved/137082 "2019-12-27T21:04:13Z")

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Hello, Edit: apologies for posting in the wrong category. Also, it appears I have been working with the old database somehow so that isn’t surprising it didn’t add anything ;p trying again with new database, hope that w…

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## [Latest rebuild broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-rebuild-broken/134962)

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**Author:** [@zsero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zsero)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-rebuild-broken/134962 "2019-12-27T15:21:52Z")

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I have a long running system, never had any problems before. I always upgrade using a full rebuild, never using the built-in upgrade. I recently did an apt-get upgrade, docker upgrade to 19.03.5 and tried a rebuild but …

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## [WP Discourse showing wrong links to forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-showing-wrong-links-to-forum/136901)

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**Author:** [@renem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renem)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-showing-wrong-links-to-forum/136901 "2019-12-27T14:30:31Z")

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I’m not exactly sure when this started happening. We’ve been using discourse and WP discourse for a few years and never had any issues before. The comment links below a post sometimes show the wrong URL. For example, he…

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## [Problem with the cakeday plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-the-cakeday-plugin/136968)

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**Author:** [@andre.mendes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andre.mendes)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2023, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-the-cakeday-plugin/136968 "2023-10-22T10:00:12Z")

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Hey guys, I have a problem with the cakeday plugin, I’m a brazilian guy and I’m doing an application with discourse and when I use cakeday appear some random number next to de date, something like: 24 66 December I do…

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## [category.isGrandParent?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-isgrandparent/137127)

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**Author:** [@rogerco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rogerco)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-isgrandparent/137127 "2019-12-27T03:37:46Z")

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Subcategories of subcategories are not allowed, it seems (shame, but there you go). However, while looking for something else, I stumbled across a function isGrandparent() in discourse/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/model…

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## [No activation email Elastic Email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-activation-email-elastic-email/128636)

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**Author:** [@chfcb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chfcb)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-activation-email-elastic-email/128636 "2019-12-27T02:07:13Z")

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Hi first of all : sorry for my bad english . i’m not a native speaker. I installed discourse on my root server i have/had some problems with the subdomain discourse.mydomain.de1 … but know it works …more or less i ch…

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## [What's the difference between reply\_count and post\_count?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-reply-count-and-post-count/137118)

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**Author:** [@tkrunning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tkrunning)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-reply-count-and-post-count/137118 "2019-12-26T23:56:11Z")

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Hi guys, I’m trying to get the topic count and reply count for the current logged in user, so I would like to check /session/current.json to get both. topic\_count returns what I’d expect, however reply\_count is very dif…

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## [Discourse slave instance with offline access](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-slave-instance-with-offline-access/104052)

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**Author:** [@antulik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/antulik)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-slave-instance-with-offline-access/104052 "2019-12-26T21:18:28Z")

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Background We have cloud hosted discourse instance for the Australian Ruby community (I’ll refer to it as Master). Twice a year we host RailsCamp events. That’s when we spend a full weekend together at a remote location…

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## [Cannot import discourse libs in markdown extensions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-import-discourse-libs-in-markdown-extensions/137077)

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**Author:** [@jack2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jack2)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-import-discourse-libs-in-markdown-extensions/137077 "2019-12-26T20:22:56Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Developer's guide to Markdown extensions: My extension code is like this: import { iconHTML } from 'discourse-common/lib/icon-library' export function setup(helper) { ... } When doi…

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## [Error rebuilding on 2.3.8](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-rebuilding-on-2-3-8/136992)

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**Author:** [@schneidmaster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schneidmaster)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-rebuilding-on-2-3-8/136992 "2019-12-26T19:47:28Z")

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Hi there! I have revision: stable in my containers/app.yml which currently resolves to v2.3.8. I am getting an error when trying to rebuild the container: I, \[2019-12-24T17:46:51.163113 #1\] INFO -- : \> cd /var/www/dis…

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## [Badges for Adult Only category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-for-adult-only-category/137102)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-for-adult-only-category/137102 "2019-12-26T18:23:54Z")

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Our forum has an “Adult only” category; posts there are unlisted. Despite that, the category is popular, and acquires a large number of likes and responses. Currently, the “Adult only” category doesn’t generate badges, …

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## [Fresh installation with Let’s Encrypt errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fresh-installation-with-let-s-encrypt-errors/137064)

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**Author:** [@wanghaisheng](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wanghaisheng)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fresh-installation-with-let-s-encrypt-errors/137064 "2019-12-26T18:02:59Z")

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succesfully enter app container, is this saying my domain restricted by Encrypt? root@docker-s-1vcpu-2gb-sgp1-01-app:/shared/letsencrypt# ./acme.sh --issue -d bbs.antivte.com -k 4096 -w /var/www/discourse/public --debu…

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## [Missing space \[de\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-space-de/137095)

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**Author:** [@Nisutec](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nisutec)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-space-de/137095 "2019-12-26T16:50:58Z")

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In the advanced tutorial dialog in the German language, a space is missing. Who can add the space to the dialog?

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## [I can't receive email by using G suite](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-receive-email-by-using-g-suite/137092)

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**Author:** [@wonmew](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wonmew)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-receive-email-by-using-g-suite/137092 "2019-12-26T15:35:55Z")

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DISCOURSE\_DEVELOPER\_EMAILS: me@mydomain.com DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_ADDRESS: smtp.gmail.com DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_PORT: 587 DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_USER\_NAME: me@mydomain.com DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_PASSWORD: my password it doesn’t work, I am stuck here …

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## [Showing "signup cta" quickly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-signup-cta-quickly/137016)

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**Author:** [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 3:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-signup-cta-quickly/137016 "2019-12-26T03:57:09Z")

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I can see my “signup cta”, but it seems that it will be shown after about 5 minutes. How can I change this “5 minutes” to “0 minutes”?

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## [CSS for individual tables in a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-for-individual-tables-in-a-post/87284)

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**Author:** [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-for-individual-tables-in-a-post/87284 "2019-12-26T03:52:00Z")

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Is it possible to style tables in a post individually? Discourse removes all styling elements from HTML in a post.

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## [How can I add a link to the user menu without admin access?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-a-link-to-the-user-menu-without-admin-access/137063)

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**Author:** [@gingerman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-a-link-to-the-user-menu-without-admin-access/137063 "2019-12-26T03:28:28Z")

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Continuing the discussion from: Add link in user menu - #9 @Johani Is there a way end user (not admin via theme) can add a section to the user menu. For example, I would like to add likes as a user menu similar to your …

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## [Problem Sending Activation Email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-sending-activation-email/136997)

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**Author:** [@nparab](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nparab)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-sending-activation-email/136997 "2019-12-25T23:44:00Z")

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I have installed Discourse using the 1-click app install on DigitalOcean with LetsEncrypt HTTPS support. I’m not receiving the activation email on my admin email account. When I run ./discourse-doctor, on the Email Send …

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## [Default domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defaults-domain/137052)

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**Author:** [@Gjithcka\_al](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gjithcka_al)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defaults-domain/137052 "2019-12-26T02:29:15Z")

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Dear friends, I have tried to install your platform and it’s very easy and useful, but I am facing some issues. I can name my main domain, but only subdomains. For example, forum.domain.com, meanwhile domain.com doesn’t...

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## [Permissions for specific users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permissions-for-specific-users/137029)

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**Author:** [@Gronkhou](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gronkhou)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permissions-for-specific-users/137029 "2019-12-26T00:53:06Z")

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How can i set Permissions for Specific Users so they can only Write in theyr own Category (we host gameservers and the S-Admins from these shoud be able to write in theyr Server Category but not in the server category of…

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## [Changing URLs and titles of Cakeday pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-urls-and-titles-of-cakeday-pages/137044)

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**Author:** [@shaleedt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shaleedt)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-urls-and-titles-of-cakeday-pages/137044 "2019-12-26T00:05:57Z")

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How cn i change the name of the Title heading for cake day plugin. Currently when i open up the feature, the title states, “Cakedayanniversariestoday”. I would like to change it to something like “Member Anniverasruies” …

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