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## [How can a user self-delete?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-a-user-self-delete/26227)

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**Author:** [@rodrigofarcas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rodrigofarcas)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-a-user-self-delete/26227 "2018-09-17T07:50:15Z")

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Some users want to be able to self-delete. Is it possible to allow this?

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## [If fixed ordering for forums, quick reply category selector should also follow that order](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-fixed-ordering-for-forums-quick-reply-category-selector-should-also-follow-that-order/26204)

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**Author:** [@rodrigofarcas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rodrigofarcas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-fixed-ordering-for-forums-quick-reply-category-selector-should-also-follow-that-order/26204 "2018-09-17T02:10:48Z")

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I’m using fixed ordering for forums, but I see this order is not being used in the category selector when creating a new topic. I think it should.

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## [Plugin Mishap - Uncategorized vs Uncategorized\<hash\>](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-mishap-uncategorized-vs-uncategorized-hash/97318)

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**Author:** [@will\_io](https://meta.discourse.org/u/will_io)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-mishap-uncategorized-vs-uncategorized-hash/97318 "2018-09-17T00:53:36Z")

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Uncategorized topics problem The uncategorized topics (~3000) of my existing Discourse app were so disgruntled after a long struggle during a build process that out digested a derivative of itself some time ago in the w…

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## [Add option to Akismet to show staff members who agreed with 'mark as spam'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-akismet-to-show-staff-members-who-agreed-with-mark-as-spam/97290)

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**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aschrijver)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-akismet-to-show-staff-members-who-agreed-with-mark-as-spam/97290 "2018-09-16T23:40:32Z")

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I just saw a flag appear by Akismet about a spammer. It was a new user, just created, and indeed spam. But Akismet in the overview told me that 2 other staff members had agreed it was spam too. However, I could not see …

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## [How many subcategory levels Discourse allows?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-many-subcategory-levels-discourse-allows/26198)

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**Author:** [@rodrigofarcas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rodrigofarcas)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-many-subcategory-levels-discourse-allows/26198 "2015-03-11T03:25:31Z")

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Seems only 2 or I am missing something?

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## [Arbitrary HTML in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arbitrary-html-in-posts/25955)

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**Author:** [@miko\_matsumura](https://meta.discourse.org/u/miko_matsumura)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arbitrary-html-in-posts/25955 "2018-09-16T22:00:11Z")

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I would like to put arbitrary HTML in posts… I know this is probably a bit crazy. But I want to do it. How should I be thinking about this requirement? An example would be a form such as this: \<form action="http://www2…

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## [Bad object in GitHub repo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bad-object-in-github-repo/26134)

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**Author:** [@floriandotorg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/floriandotorg)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bad-object-in-github-repo/26134 "2018-09-16T21:44:57Z")

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Hi, we’ve encountered the following problem: git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse.git cd discourse/ git show 92dc829df56cf5166bdeb0b2463a0b1bcbac8238 fatal: bad object 92dc829df56cf5166bdeb0b2463a0b1bcbac82…

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## [Allowing users to delete replies to their topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-users-to-delete-replies-to-their-topics/26137)

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**Author:** [@KevinWorkman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KevinWorkman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-users-to-delete-replies-to-their-topics/26137 "2015-03-09T22:29:36Z")

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I’d like to allow users to delete replies to topics they start in a specific category. I’m looking for this feature because I’m treating a category as a way for users to post drafts (of tutorials) that other users can r…

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## [What are the activity limits to be able to delete our own account?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-activity-limits-to-be-able-to-delete-our-own-account/276048)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-activity-limits-to-be-able-to-delete-our-own-account/276048 "2018-09-16T14:05:54Z")

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May I ask what the default activity limit for this is? (days and posts?)

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## [S3 Backup ... suspect access issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-backup-suspect-access-issue/97134)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-backup-suspect-access-issue/97134 "2018-09-16T11:31:14Z")

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Getting an Access Denied issue in error log … which seems to be causing Sidekiq to stay paused after backups!! (which is interesting on its own) - is my access policy on IAM not generous enough?: { "Version": "201…

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## [Need CSS selector for mobile new topic screen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-css-selector-for-mobile-new-topic-screen/97272)

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**Author:** [@Lew\_Grothe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lew_Grothe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-css-selector-for-mobile-new-topic-screen/97272 "2018-09-15T23:16:21Z")

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On our forum (where we have a header), on a mobile phone, when a member selects “new topic,” the navigation header disappears but it leaves up our top level header which is in the way of the new topic form. We want t…

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## [Found My Clone Discourse Website on another domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/found-my-clone-discourse-website-on-another-domain/97171)

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**Author:** [@gumboy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gumboy)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/found-my-clone-discourse-website-on-another-domain/97171 "2018-09-15T16:50:27Z")

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Hello all, I’ve installed discourse on sub-domain of my root domain. But today I found while surfing on google with my keywords one similar (Clone) discourse forum like mine on a different domain. Everything is the same…

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## [After update to 2.1.0 admin dashboard have errors and not load](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-update-to-2-1-0-admin-dashboard-have-errors-and-not-load/97061)

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**Author:** [@Alexey\_Vasiliev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alexey_Vasiliev)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-update-to-2-1-0-admin-dashboard-have-errors-and-not-load/97061 "2018-09-15T16:44:20Z")

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Hello everyone. After update discourse to 2.1.0 (stable channel) admin dashboard (/admin) stop working Everything else is working in admin interface, except this page. Information from logs: NoMethodError (undefin…

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## [Hosted Discourse in 5$ Droplet Not working properly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosted-discourse-in-5-droplet-not-working-properly/97251)

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**Author:** [@Varun\_Deva](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Varun_Deva)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2018, 10:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosted-discourse-in-5-droplet-not-working-properly/97251 "2018-09-15T10:40:38Z")

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Hello Installed Droplet in 5$ Droplet of Digital Ocean Link is here - forum.bustudymate.in Everytime it gives Error 502 Bad Gateway in admin/upgrade it showing error now emails arent sending showing another warnin…

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## [Disable load times shown at left margin of screen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-load-times-shown-at-left-margin-of-screen/26986)

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**Author:** [@apotry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/apotry)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2018, 10:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-load-times-shown-at-left-margin-of-screen/26986 "2018-09-15T10:30:09Z")

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I’m running the docker install, imported a vbulletin database and finally got everything working. Unfortunately, the load times info still show up at the left-hand side of the screen. Is there a setting in the database t…

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## [Cannot upgrade to 2.1.0](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-upgrade-to-2-1-0/97216)

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**Author:** [@VojtechMyslivec](https://meta.discourse.org/u/VojtechMyslivec)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-upgrade-to-2-1-0/97216 "2018-09-14T21:42:35Z")

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Hello, I operate Discourse for several months on my VPS. It is installed with discourse\_docker repository. I have done some upgrades via both web and CLI in the past. Now I have encountered an issue while upgrading the…

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## [Suggestions on adding "NSFW disallowed" language to FAQ/TOS?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestions-on-adding-nsfw-disallowed-language-to-faq-tos/25859)

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**Author:** [@lee-dohm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lee-dohm)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestions-on-adding-nsfw-disallowed-language-to-faq-tos/25859 "2015-03-02T21:16:19Z")

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I’m the moderator on Discuss, the official Atom editor forum. Just this morning, I trimmed a screenshot containing a NSFW image out of a post. Since Discuss is a forum about a programmer’s editor, I really don’t feel tha…

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## [Google adsense causing large horizontal scrolling on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-adsense-causing-large-horizontal-scrolling-on-mobile/97126)

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**Author:** [@zyouchi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zyouchi)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-adsense-causing-large-horizontal-scrolling-on-mobile/97126 "2018-09-14T20:58:45Z")

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Create an ad unit with size 320 \* 100 with google adsense and choose 320 \* 100 large mobile banner with “adsense mobile topic list top top size” in the discourse management screen, then the mobile design will collapse li…

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## [Mark posts as solved in an importer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-posts-as-solved-in-an-importer/80146)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-posts-as-solved-in-an-importer/80146 "2018-09-14T20:44:31Z")

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I’m working on an importer for answerhub and need to mark posts as solved. A couple other importers do something like this: if topic\["answer"\] == '\[accepted\]' post.custom\_fields\['is\_accepted\_an…

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## [Possible to show users what platforms are linked to their account?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-show-users-what-platforms-are-linked-to-their-account/87940)

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**Author:** [@dmr83457](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmr83457)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-show-users-what-platforms-are-linked-to-their-account/87940 "2018-09-14T19:25:35Z")

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We are considering building out some functionality around tools which may require the user to have their discourse account linked to one or more platforms. I have logged into meta.discourse with various social media log…

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## [What should I key in SMTP\_ADDRESS during installation?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-should-i-key-in-smtp-address-during-installation/97173)

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**Author:** [@sunhwa.yoo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunhwa.yoo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-should-i-key-in-smtp-address-during-installation/97173 "2018-09-14T11:28:04Z")

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I’m installing Discourse now. And I’m confronted with SMTP\_ADDRESS… What should I key in here? I have no idea… please help me

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## [Fixing the broken slack auth plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fixing-the-broken-slack-auth-plugin/97033)

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**Author:** [@Kukks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kukks)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fixing-the-broken-slack-auth-plugin/97033 "2018-09-14T19:07:07Z")

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Hi there guys! Just started messing around with a discourse instance and wanted to add authentication via slack. Found an existing plugin but it’s broken so I decided to try and patch it up however I am no ruby dev at al…

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## ['Default Locale' stopped working (again)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-locale-stopped-working-again/95631)

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**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-locale-stopped-working-again/95631 "2018-09-14T18:37:07Z")

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The Default Locale bug seems to have come back. Latest discourse, new install, I selected “Français” during the wizard setup, and got an English setup. So I went to the Admin settings and changed the default locale setti…

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## [Discourse SEO with SSO login?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-seo-with-sso-login/97194)

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**Author:** [@porowns](https://meta.discourse.org/u/porowns)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-seo-with-sso-login/97194 "2018-09-14T17:21:36Z")

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Is there a way for Discourse SEO to work with SSO? Currently, links to specific threads and whatnot will show the login page’s SEO, which makes sense, because the external links won’t be authenticated. Is there a craft…

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## [Discourse 2.2.0.beta2 Release Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-2-0-beta2-release-notes/97197)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-2-0-beta2-release-notes/97197 "2018-09-14T16:14:05Z")

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New features in 2.2.0.beta2 There are no new major features in this beta. Image Bug Fix A bug was found in the 2.2.0.beta1/2.1.0 stable release which could cause images to break. This release resolves that bug, and reco…

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## [Gravatar pictures not displaying](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gravatar-pictures-not-displaying/95176)

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**Author:** [@stanislaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stanislaw)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gravatar-pictures-not-displaying/95176 "2018-09-14T16:02:36Z")

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Hi, I have Discourse standalone instance of v2.0.3 +2 and none of my users can set Gravatar pictures: no errors shown, logs are clear, but picture is always empty. I searched in this forum on this problem, but haven’t …

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## [Adding the clock icon next to the title of topics with timing in topic list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-the-clock-icon-next-to-the-title-of-topics-with-timing-in-topic-list/97092)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-the-clock-icon-next-to-the-title-of-topics-with-timing-in-topic-list/97092 "2018-09-14T12:57:37Z")

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just the same way that a closed topic is indicated in the topic list with a lock, it would be good if topics with a future timing can also be shown. something like this, if the “Troubleshooting email on a new install” t…

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## [Users losing group status?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-losing-group-status/96790)

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**Author:** [@Edward\_Weiss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Edward_Weiss)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-losing-group-status/96790 "2018-09-14T12:32:05Z")

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Hi all, I’m currently using Discourse as a successor to a MailMan listserv. It’s been working very well so far. Membership is handled through a Wordpress site and the PaidMembershipsPro plugin. Group membership is sent …

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## [Customize template used by post widget](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-template-used-by-post-widget/97168)

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**Author:** [@will\_io](https://meta.discourse.org/u/will_io)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 10:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-template-used-by-post-widget/97168 "2018-09-14T10:58:42Z")

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On the pre-v2 installs I used to override the post hbs templates. I noticed in the github notes that the Discourse team converted this into a widget to enhance performance and it’s very noticeable in the browser. Within…

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## [How can I delete or undelete topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-delete-or-undelete-topics/41700)

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**Author:** [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-delete-or-undelete-topics/41700 "2018-09-14T08:02:56Z")

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I used the embedded feature to tie together a blog with my forum. While testing I deleted all those posts. Now that I’m trying to re-create the integration I realised that deleting posts just don’t actually delete them, …

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