# Latest

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## [WHMCS login integration with discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whmcs-login-integration-with-discourse/96678)

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**Author:** [@Arta\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arta_S)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whmcs-login-integration-with-discourse/96678 "2018-09-07T19:38:53Z")

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What would you like done? A hook/module in order for existing WHMCS users to login to discourse without having to register (login with their username (email address) and password from whmcs). WHMCS users must get assign…

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## [What is the impact to the message when I "Archive" it?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-impact-to-the-message-when-i-archive-it/96676)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-impact-to-the-message-when-i-archive-it/96676 "2018-09-07T19:30:02Z")

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Hello discourse community, I have been working on making a profile tutorial for my community and came up with the following question: What’s the impact to the message when I Archive it? I know the consequences when a m…

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## [Intermitent Rendering Error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intermitent-rendering-error/96648)

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**Author:** [@Jose\_C\_Gomez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jose_C_Gomez)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intermitent-rendering-error/96648 "2018-09-07T16:55:28Z")

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Hi All, I’m having an issue that I can’t pin point and its driving me crazy. Some of my users including me are getting an intermitent invalid load state on the site. Console shows this error when it happens. Site l…

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## [New user created, but not logged in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-created-but-not-logged-in/96578)

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**Author:** [@Jason\_Howe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jason_Howe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-created-but-not-logged-in/96578 "2018-09-07T16:49:52Z")

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I’m working on configuring SSO for my site. I have the endpoint set, and the endpoint is succesfully creating, hashing and signing the payload. When the browser redirects back to the /session/sso\_login endpoint, the us…

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## [Creating new topic by API - how do you know which topic ID to use?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-new-topic-by-api-how-do-you-know-which-topic-id-to-use/96633)

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**Author:** [@lazar\_gilbert](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lazar_gilbert)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-new-topic-by-api-how-do-you-know-which-topic-id-to-use/96633 "2018-09-07T14:22:39Z")

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The api (Discourse API Docs) states that new topics must specify a topic\_id integer, but how do I know the correct integer to use? For example if I put 1,there already exists a topic with that integer. I could pick a ra…

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## [Continuing the thread Incorrect link in the rss feed for a subfolder installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-the-thread-incorrect-link-in-the-rss-feed-for-a-subfolder-installation/96627)

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**Author:** [@UnivacTwo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/UnivacTwo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/continuing-the-thread-incorrect-link-in-the-rss-feed-for-a-subfolder-installation/96627 "2018-09-07T14:04:11Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Incorrect link in the rss feed for a subfolder installation: Dear @neil, I still found duplicate subfolder. here is a link: there are incorect urls in the link provided. Please edit my…

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## [Topics carry automatic close settings when moved to another category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-carry-automatic-close-settings-when-moved-to-another-category/96601)

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**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-carry-automatic-close-settings-when-moved-to-another-category/96601 "2018-09-07T13:23:07Z")

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Yesterday we found out that user System had closed a topic in a circumstance where it shouldn’t have done anything. After discarding the idea of our server reaching singularity, we found what the actual problem was. A bu…

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## [Invite non-users via email to participate in a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-non-users-via-email-to-participate-in-a-topic/25008)

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**Author:** [@tuttle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tuttle)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-non-users-via-email-to-participate-in-a-topic/25008 "2015-02-09T17:24:57Z")

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Hello. Is there a way to invite non-users via email to participate in a topic? I thought I’d see that somewhere but I can’t see it now. :frowning: Chris.

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## [Anonymize doesn't remove custom fields](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymize-doesnt-remove-custom-fields/94818)

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**Author:** [@Silvanus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Silvanus)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 10:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymize-doesnt-remove-custom-fields/94818 "2018-09-07T10:07:48Z")

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Anonymize doesn’t remove custom fields that have been added to profile.

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## [If you click a mailto: link, does it work for you?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-you-click-a-mailto-link-does-it-work-for-you/96564)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 9:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-you-click-a-mailto-link-does-it-work-for-you/96564 "2018-09-07T09:04:21Z")

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I’d like to collect some quick data since @jomaxro brought this up. Please click or tap the below link (it is not a malicious link in any way, don’t worry) mailto:name@example.com .. and indicate in the poll below wha…

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## [Something like saved answers exists?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/something-like-saved-answers-exists/96606)

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**Author:** [@Daniel\_Nevoigt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daniel_Nevoigt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 8:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/something-like-saved-answers-exists/96606 "2018-09-07T08:59:42Z")

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Hey Discourse Community, I am woundering if something exists inside Discourse that lets me save and later chose often used answers. So that I don´t have to write them again and again. Something build in or an additional…

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## [Liked variable showing null](https://meta.discourse.org/t/liked-variable-showing-null/96603)

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**Author:** [@Edwin\_Mhoy\_Silva](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Edwin_Mhoy_Silva)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 8:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/liked-variable-showing-null/96603 "2018-09-07T08:40:47Z")

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I have made a method which changes the color of the like button to red, when it has been liked. The method changes the color, based on if the variable “Liked” from topics is TRUE or FALSE. My problem is that this varia…

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## [Discourse socketed: outer nginx rate limiting when opening emoticons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-socketed-outer-nginx-rate-limiting-when-opening-emoticons/96417)

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**Author:** [@TheBestPessimist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBestPessimist)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 6:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-socketed-outer-nginx-rate-limiting-when-opening-emoticons/96417 "2018-09-07T06:57:59Z")

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I have discourse running socketed behind an outer nginx proxy. It works: i can see my posts, create new ones, do backups, restores, etc. I have used the settings from the inner nginx in the discourse docker (when it was…

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## [Interacting with Discobot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/interacting-with-discobot/96574)

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**Author:** [@permacultureProgram](https://meta.discourse.org/u/permacultureProgram)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/interacting-with-discobot/96574 "2018-09-07T02:10:04Z")

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I’m testing out a new Discourse instance I installed and as part of that process, I am going through the @discobot tutorial. One thing that @discobot requests is that the user flag one of @discobot's posts. However, I wa…

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## [Google AdSense ad monetization and Page load problems](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-adsense-ad-monetization-and-page-load-problems/96515)

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**Author:** [@heyp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/heyp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-adsense-ad-monetization-and-page-load-problems/96515 "2018-09-06T19:59:12Z")

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So Google Adsense recently implemented user first experience where site load speed is a multiplier in their algorithm that boosts the ad revenue. In details it is showing forum’s content load speed is significantly l…

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## [Topics link back to staging site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-link-back-to-staging-site/96525)

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**Author:** [@handythinks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/handythinks)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-link-back-to-staging-site/96525 "2018-09-06T17:06:45Z")

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Hello you, We publish posts to a staging site and then deploy it to our live account. Our discussion topics are linking back to the staging version of our URL. Any ideas on how to force linking back to the real URL?

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## [Theme Creator Web Dev Help](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-web-dev-help/96500)

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**Author:** [@rhrmn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rhrmn)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-web-dev-help/96500 "2018-09-06T17:06:35Z")

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Hi, I am a moderator on the relatively new Age of Empires Discourse forums and would like to learn how to create a modified theme for the forums which matches the existing website color scheme, fonts and backgrounds whic…

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## [Usernames truncated, ellipsis shown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-truncated-ellipsis-shown/96492)

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**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aschrijver)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-truncated-ellipsis-shown/96492 "2018-09-06T12:31:15Z")

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I noticed as of today a change to community.humanetech.com where the username is no longer displayed fully, but truncated and ellipsis are shown. Depending whether I look on mobile or in the browser (both latest FF) only…

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## [Get Discourse to read and issue OpenBadges?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-discourse-to-read-and-issue-openbadges/96491)

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**Author:** [@brucellino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brucellino)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 11:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-discourse-to-read-and-issue-openbadges/96491 "2018-09-06T11:51:14Z")

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This is one for the badge nerds :nerd\_face: :name\_badge: One of the thing I absolutely love about Discourse is the badge system. I am considering issueing badges with badgr. Since our community forum is key to the learn…

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## [Are topic authors views against original topic post counted?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-topic-authors-views-against-original-topic-post-counted/24880)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-topic-authors-views-against-original-topic-post-counted/24880 "2015-02-05T21:31:28Z")

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After posting I usually see “1 View”… I’m just wondering if this is “me”? Am I as the topic author counted as the first viewer?

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## [Versioned Restful API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/versioned-restful-api/96392)

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**Author:** [@ptrippett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ptrippett)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/versioned-restful-api/96392 "2018-09-06T08:27:08Z")

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We are working on a project which will be powered by discourse for the backend but will have various apps which will depend on its API, potentially, changes to the API could break our upstream apps by adding, changing or…

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## [Category entry 18+ require possible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-entry-18-require-possible/24873)

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**Author:** [@dbm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dbm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-entry-18-require-possible/24873 "2015-02-05T16:30:03Z")

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Hello guys, is it possible to make a category 18+ required? To somehow check user birth and by that deteminate is he able to see category or not? (Or any other ideas, features that might be already implemented and i’m no…

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## [Exclude PMs from Daily Engaged Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-pms-from-daily-engaged-users/96419)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-pms-from-daily-engaged-users/96419 "2018-09-06T03:42:52Z")

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I have an email address that’s delivered to a group. A spammer got the email address and sent hundreds of messages per day, from a unique email address each time, so the Daily Engaged Users graph shows 250 users that day…

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## [Disabling problematic hotkeys](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-problematic-hotkeys/96459)

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**Author:** [@mogu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mogu)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-problematic-hotkeys/96459 "2018-09-06T02:23:03Z")

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We’ve had some issues with moderators accidentally deleting posts with the d hotkey and not realizing what they had done. It doesn’t seem to produce a prompt. Is it possible to add an option to disable potentially proble…

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## [Do I really need a Docker based Discourse install?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-i-really-need-a-docker-based-discourse-install/24811)

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**Author:** [@FezodgeIII](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FezodgeIII)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-i-really-need-a-docker-based-discourse-install/24811 "2018-09-06T01:45:57Z")

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Hi, I was just wondering what the 'docker ’ part (The bit apparently discourse can’t run without) actualy do. Is it just the /admin/upgrade part that lets you upfate discourse without any hassle, or is there more to it? …

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## [Custom account (and notification?) system without emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-account-and-notification-system-without-emails/96240)

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**Author:** [@Miclebrick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Miclebrick)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-account-and-notification-system-without-emails/96240 "2018-09-06T01:40:18Z")

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I’m using Discourse for my Minecraft server’s forums. I was going to make my own forum but didn’t have the time and it of course wouldn’t be as good. I do like my authentication scheme, though: Register online, verify in…

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## [Post Hotkeys do not work when no post selected](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-hotkeys-do-not-work-when-no-post-selected/16207)

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**Author:** [@lightyear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lightyear)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-hotkeys-do-not-work-when-no-post-selected/16207 "2018-09-06T00:56:40Z")

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Heyah, is it just me or are the post-specific hotkeys broken? Whatever I do (even marking stuff in a post), when pressing s, r, l, q or any other post-specific hotkey, nothing happens. Neither here, nor on try.discourse…

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## [Long names cause layout problems](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-names-cause-layout-problems/96449)

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**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-names-cause-layout-problems/96449 "2018-09-06T00:55:39Z")

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On mobile, when a user has a very long “Full Name”, it can push the post time off the right hand side of the screen. This then makes the browser horizontally scrollable, which feels very weird. Have seen this on a few d…

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## [Disable right click on images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-right-click-on-images/96362)

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**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-right-click-on-images/96362 "2018-09-06T00:48:07Z")

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What would you like done? I know this is ridiculous but my users are photographers and many of them are older folks and don’t understand how easy this is to bypass, so just go with me here. I do not want to turn off po…

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## [Permissions not being applied to new or existing users by domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permissions-not-being-applied-to-new-or-existing-users-by-domain/94829)

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**Author:** [@Jane\_Hornickel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jane_Hornickel)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permissions-not-being-applied-to-new-or-existing-users-by-domain/94829 "2018-09-05T23:48:57Z")

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Hello all, We use Groups to set permissions for our customers to certain topics. We’ve been utilizing the feature that allows us to grant permissions to users based on their email domain. This should apply the group p…

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