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## [The "Start Upgrading" button does not disappear during upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-start-upgrading-button-does-not-disappear-during-upgrade/71033)

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**Author:** [@uwe\_keim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uwe_keim)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-start-upgrading-button-does-not-disappear-during-upgrade/71033 "2017-10-23T06:17:37Z")

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Since some days, the Start Upgrading button does not hide during upgrading: I don’t know how it looked before that change, but probably there was a cancel button or the like.

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## [Pre-approval queue is too hidden](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-approval-queue-is-too-hidden/66146)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-approval-queue-is-too-hidden/66146 "2017-10-23T04:56:27Z")

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We got some feedback on twitter I wanted to respond to properly: Why not enable pre-approval queue by default? There are are a few biggish reasons we do not The vast majority of Discourse installs out there do no…

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## [Creating a topic or a post sends the user\_updated webhook](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-topic-or-a-post-sends-the-user-updated-webhook/71643)

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**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-topic-or-a-post-sends-the-user-updated-webhook/71643 "2017-10-23T03:45:25Z")

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If a User Event webhook is activated, creating a topic or a post sends the user\_updated webhook. Tested on the latest Discourse.

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## [Notification icon not showing for topic replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-icon-not-showing-for-topic-replies/72568)

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**Author:** [@kuyashi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuyashi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-icon-not-showing-for-topic-replies/72568 "2017-10-23T03:25:41Z")

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Is there any reason why notifications would not be sent? I have tested by replying to topics between 2 users, however no notification alerts are sent. Only shows topic update alert/highlight in front page list. How…

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## [Hiding/deleting topic "about the xxx category"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-deleting-topic-about-the-xxx-category/72530)

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**Author:** [@testingsoftware](https://meta.discourse.org/u/testingsoftware)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-deleting-topic-about-the-xxx-category/72530 "2017-10-21T21:03:02Z")

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Hi all, I was trying to delete the topic “about the xxx category” because I have some categories that don’t need description. Thanks to codinghorror and schungx i realised that it cannot be deleted but just hidden away…

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## [Mass-edit email of all users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mass-edit-email-of-all-users/51687)

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**Author:** [@Raku](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Raku)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mass-edit-email-of-all-users/51687 "2017-10-21T20:08:40Z")

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Long story short: I screwed up an import from phpBB. :facepalm: Well okay, that’s not the full story. The import itself worked flawlessly! And at this point let me shout out to the whole team for creating an awesome pi…

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## [Is it possible to use Discourse-based accounts as only authorized WordPress comments?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-discourse-based-accounts-as-only-authorized-wordpress-comments/72443)

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**Author:** [@Artashes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Artashes)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-discourse-based-accounts-as-only-authorized-wordpress-comments/72443 "2017-10-21T18:36:23Z")

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My blog website is based on WordPress and the commenting is currently powered by Disqus platform. I do plan to start a community based on Discourse and I am wondering if it is possible to change the commenting in such a…

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## [Colocating servers in Europe, recommendations?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/colocating-servers-in-europe-recommendations/72299)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/colocating-servers-in-europe-recommendations/72299 "2017-10-21T18:24:05Z")

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We’re looking at building a set of european colocated servers for 2018, and I wonder if anyone has any advice on that. Here are our requirements: Full locked rack rental (42u) at a secured datacenter Bandwidth cost? Po…

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## [Text "login\_required.welcome\_message": The following interpolation key(s) are missing: "title"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-login-required-welcome-message-the-following-interpolation-key-s-are-missing-title/72469)

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**Author:** [@thorbenegberts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thorbenegberts)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-login-required-welcome-message-the-following-interpolation-key-s-are-missing-title/72469 "2017-10-21T17:42:51Z")

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Hi there! I’m trying to save the text login\_required.welcome\_message and getting the message: The following interpolation key(s) are missing: “title” Screenshot: I read this topic, but the solution doesn’t work: …

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## [Group mention prevents editing topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-mention-prevents-editing-topic/71303)

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**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-mention-prevents-editing-topic/71303 "2017-10-21T15:26:17Z")

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Situation After editing a topic’s description post containing a group mention, the server returns 500, preventing the edition. Diagnostic Log says “TypeError: Discourse.Markdown is undefined Url: https://ps.zoethical.co…

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## [Confused using categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-using-categories/72508)

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**Author:** [@testingsoftware](https://meta.discourse.org/u/testingsoftware)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-using-categories/72508 "2017-10-21T11:27:06Z")

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Hi all, We have migrated a forum from vBuletin to Discourse. Our forum has many categories with subcategories. The main categories themselves have some description but the subcategories don’t need any description as t…

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## [Settings for a temporary droplet resize on DO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/settings-for-a-temporary-droplet-resize-on-do/72516)

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**Author:** [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/settings-for-a-temporary-droplet-resize-on-do/72516 "2017-10-21T08:34:42Z")

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I’m experimenting with importing a phpBB forum and merging it with another imported forum. Each time I run the phpBB import it takes about 3 hours. I’d like to speed things up a bit. My Discourse instance was installed …

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## [Prevent deleting of abandoned, unactivated accounts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-deleting-of-abandoned-unactivated-accounts/72237)

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**Author:** [@kgoetz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgoetz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 8:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-deleting-of-abandoned-unactivated-accounts/72237 "2017-10-21T08:32:55Z")

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Hi, I’m looking to disable a number of SSO users. The topic below confirms only those with no posts will be deleted (good), but I’m hoping to prevent all users created/synced via sso from being deleted in discourse no …

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## [Thanks to discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thanks-to-discourse/72512)

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**Author:** [@Noah751](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Noah751)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thanks-to-discourse/72512 "2017-10-21T05:21:46Z")

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Discourse is my all top favorite forum, why because of the discourse team, without all their contributions and dedication to expanding the forum, I would of never gotten this far without them, I started off new and unfam…

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## [Anyone familiar with UserEngage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-familiar-with-userengage/72408)

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**Author:** [@Muiran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muiran)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-familiar-with-userengage/72408 "2017-10-20T22:09:23Z")

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Looking to migrate from mailgun. Mostly because mailgun is too barebones for someone like me that is entirely solo. If no one has experience with them then I would appreciate someone knowledgeable with Discourse mail con…

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## [Email address change - click link 2nd time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-address-change-click-link-2nd-time/30643)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-address-change-click-link-2nd-time/30643 "2017-10-20T22:21:24Z")

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When you change your email address you receive a verification email: Confirm your new email address for {Amazing Discourse Website} by clicking on the following link: http://discourse.example.com/users/authorize-email…

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## [Old flagged post notifications have come back and won't go away](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-flagged-post-notifications-have-come-back-and-wont-go-away/72484)

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**Author:** [@yanokwa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yanokwa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-flagged-post-notifications-have-come-back-and-wont-go-away/72484 "2017-10-20T21:11:03Z")

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I’m running v1.9.0.beta13 +52 that I upgraded yesterday. This morning, I got a PM about 7 flags waiting to be handled. These are posts are all old posts that were flagged (all custom flags) by none other than @downey (al…

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## [Viewing hidden posts requires two clicks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-hidden-posts-requires-two-clicks/72446)

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**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-hidden-posts-requires-two-clicks/72446 "2017-10-20T19:59:02Z")

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For quite some time now, viewing the content of posts hidden by the community has required two clicks. Steps to reproduce: Open any topic with a hidden posts. Click View hidden post. Wait a second or two. Click View h…

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## [BBPress Import on Hosted Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbpress-import-on-hosted-discourse/72486)

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**Author:** [@typeoneerror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/typeoneerror)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bbpress-import-on-hosted-discourse/72486 "2017-10-20T17:36:18Z")

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Importing from BBPress and other forums seems to be something you can only do with a self-hosted Discourse. Is it possible to do the import locally and then import this into a hosted account? We want to migrate a few for…

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## [Limiting @mentions to groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limiting-mentions-to-groups/72465)

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**Author:** [@jackhadley91](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jackhadley91)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limiting-mentions-to-groups/72465 "2017-10-20T16:57:34Z")

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We have a number of independent groups in our Discourse who shouldn’t have visibility of members in other groups. I’ve created categories for each group to which only they have access/visibility, which works fine. Howev…

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## [Multiple templates per category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-templates-per-category/72478)

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**Author:** [@communitygal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/communitygal)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-templates-per-category/72478 "2017-10-20T15:17:58Z")

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I see we can create a template in a category. Just wondering if it’s possible to create a few different templates for a category? thanks, Emma

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## [Adding custom class to img tag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-custom-class-to-img-tag/21425)

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**Author:** [@mpteng](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpteng)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-custom-class-to-img-tag/21425 "2017-10-20T14:43:50Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Suggestion: borders for images: Is there a way to add a class to the img tag that would then allow me to easily add this optionally? For example, if I could do something like: \<img src=“/…

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## [Notify moderators when a user reaches TL3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-moderators-when-a-user-reaches-tl3/67071)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-moderators-when-a-user-reaches-tl3/67071 "2017-10-20T14:43:06Z")

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At the moment, Discourse notifies users when they reach Trust Level 3 (via the Regular Badge), but there isn’t an equivalent notification for site staff. By the default requirements, TL3 users are very active users of th…

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## [Ability to EXCLUDE in security settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-exclude-in-security-settings/72413)

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**Author:** [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-exclude-in-security-settings/72413 "2017-10-19T12:54:26Z")

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Is there any chance that the Security settings for categories might enable an admin to say who CAN’T access it rather than just who can? For example; Group A is All Users, and Group B is a small group of specialists (…

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## [How do I change the look of the category labels?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-change-the-look-of-the-category-labels/72432)

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**Author:** [@Amar\_Kumar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Amar_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-change-the-look-of-the-category-labels/72432 "2017-10-20T09:10:23Z")

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I have been trying to search the web for an easy method on how to change the categories label so it looks a little better than they do now. I would basically like to configure my forum to have colourful categories li…

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## [API fetch most recent posts for a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-fetch-most-recent-posts-for-a-topic/72421)

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**Author:** [@Reid\_Van\_Melle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Reid_Van_Melle)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-fetch-most-recent-posts-for-a-topic/72421 "2017-10-20T01:20:22Z")

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I’ve read all of the discussions about using the API to fetch all of the posts for a particular topic using the post\_ids from the stream. However, I cannot seem to find anything that would allow me to fetch the most rece…

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## [Is there a time limit on sidekiq jobs (from a plugin)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-time-limit-on-sidekiq-jobs-from-a-plugin/72381)

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**Author:** [@eriko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eriko)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-time-limit-on-sidekiq-jobs-from-a-plugin/72381 "2017-10-19T16:14:18Z")

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I know that sidekiq removed the timeout functionality long ago so I am wonder if there is something else that does that limits the run time of jobs. Here is what I am doing and what I am experiencing. I have two jobs t…

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## [Category colours](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-colours/72403)

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**Author:** [@sianwhite](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sianwhite)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-colours/72403 "2017-10-19T10:39:04Z")

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As problems to have go, this isn’t a big one at all, but it’s driving me nuts nonetheless. I am trying to change our forum’s categories. I have renamed the existing ones, and need to create a couple more. When I create…

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## [How to make category selector sideways via css](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-category-selector-sideways-via-css/72363)

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**Author:** [@Bank\_Live](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bank_Live)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 7:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-category-selector-sideways-via-css/72363 "2017-10-19T07:37:57Z")

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Hello @rewphus I like a categories at you make in website. http://tidbits.io I want to make same categories from example pictures. I can it how to make. Thank you very much. :grinning:

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## [Drupal 7 migration to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/drupal-7-migration-to-discourse/72311)

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**Author:** [@Vanina\_Yordanova](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vanina_Yordanova)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 7:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/drupal-7-migration-to-discourse/72311 "2017-10-19T07:23:14Z")

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Hello, I need to migrate around 1500 topics from a Drupal forum to Discourse. I am creating a website in wordpress. I am using SSO, which means once a user logged in in my website he/she will automatically log in to th…

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