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## [Error 500 when editing the "closed topic" post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-500-when-editing-the-closed-topic-post/50124)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Antwoorden:** 6\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [14 september 2016 om 16:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-500-when-editing-the-closed-topic-post/50124 "2016-09-14T16:47:38Z")

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I just closed a topic, but meant to post a message explaining why before. I figured I’d edit the “closed topic” post to do so – but when I hit “save”, I received an error 500. It does seem to have persisted my changes, t…

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## [General Discourse tweaks and features](https://meta.discourse.org/t/general-discourse-tweaks-and-features/50075)

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**Author:** [@avantronica](https://meta.discourse.org/u/avantronica)\
**Antwoorden:** 2\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [14 september 2016 om 13:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/general-discourse-tweaks-and-features/50075 "2016-09-14T13:34:00Z")

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Hi there I’m excusing myself one post to introduce myself whilst potentially then asking a few questions that may have been tackled before .. something i’d be quick to point out as a Mod on another forum using Discourse…

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## [Getting information from the database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-information-from-the-database/50137)

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**Author:** [@Novice](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Novice)\
**Antwoorden:** 0\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [14 september 2016 om 11:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-information-from-the-database/50137 "2016-09-14T11:42:35Z")

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I am creating a plugin which requires the number of reads from a user’s posts. Is there a better way to do it than querying the database directly from the plugin?

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## [How to integrate a stronger markdown editor other than the basic one](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-integrate-a-stronger-markdown-editor-other-than-the-basic-one/49982)

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**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\
**Antwoorden:** 2\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [14 september 2016 om 11:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-integrate-a-stronger-markdown-editor-other-than-the-basic-one/49982 "2016-09-14T11:13:55Z")

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This markdown editor integrated in Discourse is not strong enough. You see, we cannot write tables easily, cannot write latex formulas easily. Look at the editor of www.zhihu.com, a famous Chinese website. You can w…

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## [Trust level changes while automatic groups do not change](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-changes-while-automatic-groups-do-not-change/50026)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Antwoorden:** 4\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [14 september 2016 om 07:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-changes-while-automatic-groups-do-not-change/50026 "2016-09-14T07:46:24Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Change all exsisting users to trust level 2: I used the above lines to change the trust level of bulk users, and it worked. So now all of the users in our forum are let’s say tl0. but …

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## [XenForo Import Failing (config/application.rb:2)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/xenforo-import-failing-config-application-rb-2/50049)

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**Author:** [@Padraig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Padraig)\
**Antwoorden:** 15\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [14 september 2016 om 01:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/xenforo-import-failing-config-application-rb-2/50049 "2016-09-14T01:44:10Z")

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Hi everyone. Just got Discourse set up and now I am attempting to import my content from my XenForo Database Follow this guide, I get to Step 11 - Migrate a XenForo forum to Discourse You are set to go now, run the i…

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## [Image in banner topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-in-banner-topic/50071)

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**Author:** [@helperhaps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helperhaps)\
**Antwoorden:** 2\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [14 september 2016 om 01:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-in-banner-topic/50071 "2016-09-14T01:20:42Z")

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My Discourse version is v1.6 stable In my local discourse, it is not install under docker. I run it with rails s. I uploaded a random image. And changed its width from 690 to 100% to make it look more better as a banner…

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## [Possibility to configure SiteSetting.notification\_email from env variable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possibility-to-configure-sitesetting-notification-email-from-env-variable/50087)

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**Author:** [@pierreozoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pierreozoux)\
**Antwoorden:** 1\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [13 september 2016 om 23:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possibility-to-configure-sitesetting-notification-email-from-env-variable/50087 "2016-09-13T23:13:57Z")

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This would be awesome :slight\_smile: Thanks!

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## [Criteria to ensure Discourse instance will work as a Chrome webapp on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/criteria-to-ensure-discourse-instance-will-work-as-a-chrome-webapp-on-mobile/50112)

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**Author:** [@auryn\_macmillan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/auryn_macmillan)\
**Antwoorden:** 12\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [13 september 2016 om 22:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/criteria-to-ensure-discourse-instance-will-work-as-a-chrome-webapp-on-mobile/50112 "2016-09-13T22:42:01Z")

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I have a few of instances of Discourse running for different projects. They are pretty much identical, other than a couple of minor CSS differences, but are behaving differently when I try to use the “Add to homescreen” …

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## [Reassigning Discourse Category on Wordpress Published Article](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reassigning-discourse-category-on-wordpress-published-article/50018)

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**Author:** [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\
**Antwoorden:** 4\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [13 september 2016 om 22:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reassigning-discourse-category-on-wordpress-published-article/50018 "2016-09-13T22:23:41Z")

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I was wondering if this is possible at the moment, because if it is I may have missed something? I needed to change an article’s Discourse category so I assumed selecting the dropdown for a different category and hittin…

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## [Only start post visible on closed forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-start-post-visible-on-closed-forum/50063)

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**Author:** [@PatrickH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PatrickH)\
**Antwoorden:** 2\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [13 september 2016 om 22:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-start-post-visible-on-closed-forum/50063 "2016-09-13T22:23:23Z")

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Is it possibble to make the opening post visible, but the answers are not. Would be especially nifty if this option could be choosen bij the topic starter.

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## [Boolean site settings undefined](https://meta.discourse.org/t/boolean-site-settings-undefined/50106)

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**Author:** [@kgish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgish)\
**Antwoorden:** 2\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [13 september 2016 om 22:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/boolean-site-settings-undefined/50106 "2016-09-13T22:05:08Z")

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For some weird reason, certain site settings are coming out as undefined where I use the following call from within my plugin: var siteSettings = api.container.lookup('site-settings:main'); console.log(siteSettings.mypl…

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## [Does civilized discourse entail tone policing?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-civilized-discourse-entail-tone-policing/50039)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Antwoorden:** 23\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [13 september 2016 om 21:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-civilized-discourse-entail-tone-policing/50039 "2016-09-13T21:53:06Z")

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The company that runs Discourse is “Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.” One of the primary roles of Discourse is to help promote civilized discourse, especially as expressed in the default FAQ. This is a Civili…

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## [Adding links to Discourse header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-links-to-discourse-header/47830)

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**Author:** [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\
**Antwoorden:** 16\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [13 september 2016 om 13:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-links-to-discourse-header/47830 "2016-09-13T13:46:56Z")

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I noticed that the Sitepoint forums have links within the Discourse header itself. How was this achieved? I came across a post that suggested adding links above the header and then using CSS to position them so it looks…

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## [Sending email from a plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-email-from-a-plugin/50064)

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**Author:** [@kgish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgish)\
**Antwoorden:** 2\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [13 september 2016 om 12:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-email-from-a-plugin/50064 "2016-09-13T12:31:05Z")

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I’d like to send out a notification email whenever a given topic with a certain category is closed. So far I I have the following event handler defined: DiscourseEvent.on(:topic\_status\_updated) do |topic\_id, status, ena…

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## [Nginx and Discourse is redirect looping with SSL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-and-discourse-is-redirect-looping-with-ssl/50048)

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**Author:** [@Semaphorism](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Semaphorism)\
**Antwoorden:** 3\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [13 september 2016 om 05:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-and-discourse-is-redirect-looping-with-ssl/50048 "2016-09-13T05:16:45Z")

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I have Discourse on port 5001 (HTTP), and 5002 (HTTPS), but the problem is that its redirect looping, also known as ERR\_TOO\_MANY\_REDIRECTS on Chrome. My Nginx configuration, with SSL. I got this configuration from Digit…

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## [Lack of spaces in title prevents topic from being created](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lack-of-spaces-in-title-prevents-topic-from-being-created/50046)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Antwoorden:** 3\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [13 september 2016 om 03:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lack-of-spaces-in-title-prevents-topic-from-being-created/50046 "2016-09-13T03:49:44Z")

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Continuing the discussion from "Title is invalid; try to be a little more descriptive" - why?: The issue mentioned in the linked post fixed the issue with periods, but it turns out colons are still an issue. This preven…

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## [Can discourse do this (Pinterest style squares per topic with pictures)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-do-this-pinterest-style-squares-per-topic-with-pictures/50027)

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**Author:** [@nur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nur)\
**Antwoorden:** 2\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [13 september 2016 om 02:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-do-this-pinterest-style-squares-per-topic-with-pictures/50027 "2016-09-13T02:41:29Z")

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poll

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## [Delivering messages \[\] to client](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delivering-messages-to-client/50028)

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**Author:** [@kgish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgish)\
**Antwoorden:** 1\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [12 september 2016 om 20:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delivering-messages-to-client/50028 "2016-09-12T20:05:12Z")

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I’m trying to debug my plugin but the output is getting cluttered by a bunch of messages that look like this: Delivering messages \[\] to client e4bd097558e54dcc8719aa68a4b5fc Where does this come from, and how can I dis…

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## [Can't get incoming mail to poll](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-get-incoming-mail-to-poll/49948)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Antwoorden:** 2\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [12 september 2016 om 18:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-get-incoming-mail-to-poll/49948 "2016-09-12T18:59:25Z")

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I’m testing incoming mail for a site. It worked fine in a previous test (though it was with 1.7.x; this is 1.6.1). I turned on the “insecure apps” thing. It was all good. Now it doesn’t seem to be polling. Before mail w…

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## [How to redefine method in Ember Component?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-redefine-method-in-ember-component/49988)

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**Author:** [@sevenmaxis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sevenmaxis)\
**Antwoorden:** 1\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [12 september 2016 om 15:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-redefine-method-in-ember-component/49988 "2016-09-12T15:19:47Z")

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I need to modify method \_dock in discourse/components/topic-progress.js.es6 file from my plugin. What is the syntax of modifying this component? So far I came to this construction, but it doesn’t work: import topicProg…

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## [Font awesome icon breaks plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-awesome-icon-breaks-plugin/49995)

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**Author:** [@auryn\_macmillan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/auryn_macmillan)\
**Antwoorden:** 5\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [12 september 2016 om 14:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-awesome-icon-breaks-plugin/49995 "2016-09-12T14:43:58Z")

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I’ve installed a couple of OAuth2 plugins, and noticed that they all seem to use a bit of an ugly hack in order to place the an icon on their relative login button. Being the genius that I am, I figured I’d go ahead and …

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## [Change "Top" to "Hot"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-top-to-hot/50013)

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**Author:** [@Asoul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Asoul)\
**Antwoorden:** 5\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [12 september 2016 om 13:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-top-to-hot/50013 "2016-09-12T13:41:17Z")

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Hi, Is there a way to Modify the default “Top” to “Hot”? I cannot find this setting in admin panel, maybe I should change the translation file? Thanks

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## [Digest: Difference between popular Posts and popular Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-difference-between-popular-posts-and-popular-topics/49884)

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**Author:** [@Slind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Slind)\
**Antwoorden:** 3\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [12 september 2016 om 09:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-difference-between-popular-posts-and-popular-topics/49884 "2016-09-12T09:00:31Z")

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Hi, I was wondering what the difference between popular Posts and Topics is in the weekly new email. The Posts part seems to be identical with the weekly top page Discourse Meta I also found this about its algo Improv…

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## [Is it possible to run discourse without redis cache on aws elasticache?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-run-discourse-without-redis-cache-on-aws-elasticache/50000)

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**Author:** [@aedensixty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aedensixty)\
**Antwoorden:** 1\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [12 september 2016 om 07:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-run-discourse-without-redis-cache-on-aws-elasticache/50000 "2016-09-12T07:30:18Z")

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Currently we are discourse on an ec2 instance and elasticache redis instance deploying with docker. Is there anyway of running discourse without redis? We are getting charged quite highly for it especially because we n…

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## [Defining Trust By An External API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defining-trust-by-an-external-api/49994)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Ball](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Michael_Ball)\
**Antwoorden:** 3\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [12 september 2016 om 06:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defining-trust-by-an-external-api/49994 "2016-09-12T06:33:46Z")

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Hello, We’re working on setting up an discourse forum for a social networking type site. We would like to be able to define (or at least add as a parameter) Trust levels based on external data, like “Number of Projects …

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## [User API cannot be used by admins of TL0](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-api-cannot-be-used-by-admins-of-tl0/49935)

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**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Antwoorden:** 3\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [12 september 2016 om 05:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-api-cannot-be-used-by-admins-of-tl0/49935 "2016-09-12T05:42:37Z")

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While trying to log into my admin account in the Discourse iOS app for my new installation, Discourse told me that I do not have the required trust level to access the user API. Admins are usually exempt from permission …

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## [Move '+ New' Button to Top of Custom Group Page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-new-button-to-top-of-custom-group-page/49915)

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**Author:** [@JamesNorth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JamesNorth)\
**Antwoorden:** 3\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [12 september 2016 om 05:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-new-button-to-top-of-custom-group-page/49915 "2016-09-12T05:14:20Z")

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Hello Feature Creatures of Discourse, I love this damn thing. My forum is very finely controlled - one user per group so that each user has their own ‘category’. It’s for clients of my business. As a result, I have a…

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## [Add a custom HTTP header to requests made to your Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-custom-http-header-to-requests-made-to-your-discourse/26439)

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**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Antwoorden:** 5\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [12 september 2016 om 04:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-custom-http-header-to-requests-made-to-your-discourse/26439 "2016-09-12T04:12:35Z")

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Add this to your app.yml: ## Remember, this is YAML syntax - you can only have one block with a name run: - exec: echo "Beginning of custom commands" # A man's not dead while his name is still spoken. - replace: …

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## [Suspend as way to expire membership](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-as-way-to-expire-membership/49955)

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**Author:** [@ryan.platte](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryan.platte)\
**Antwoorden:** 2\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [12 september 2016 om 00:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-as-way-to-expire-membership/49955 "2016-09-12T00:42:56Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Suspend Indefinitely: If a paid user lets their membership expire, they could be out for 10 minutes or forever. It doesn’t make sense to put some specific date down when they’ll be back. A…

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