# Latest

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## [Forum stuck in readonly mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-stuck-in-readonly-mode/321895)

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**Author:** [@FidelVe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FidelVe)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-stuck-in-readonly-mode/321895 "2024-08-16T00:03:56Z")

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Hello. I manually activated readonly mode via the settings in the admin dashboard, after that I came back a couple hours later and went into the forum to find out that my user was logout and because it was in readonly m…

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## [Enable Badge SQL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-badge-sql/47894)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-badge-sql/47894 "2016-07-27T23:18:24Z")

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:bookmark: This guide explains how to enable Badge SQL in Discourse and discusses the associated security and performance risks. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Administrator :warning: Enabling Badge SQL ca…

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## [How to use the sitemap properly?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-the-sitemap-properly/321496)

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**Author:** [@taravasya](https://meta.discourse.org/u/taravasya)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-the-sitemap-properly/321496 "2024-08-15T20:07:06Z")

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Hello. Can somebody to clarify to me - how to use discourse sitemap with right way? In discourse settings I enable sitemap: This is my sitemap file content: \<sitemapindex xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/site…

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## [Adding a Tag rejects an existing tag name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-tag-rejects-an-existing-tag-name/321674)

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**Author:** [@emyoulation](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emyoulation)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-tag-rejects-an-existing-tag-name/321674 "2024-08-15T20:00:41Z")

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Is there a tool to rebuild/re-index the list of Tags? Our site has a Tag (“supertool-script”) that is used with some topics in a Category but cannot be added to other topics in that same Category. (example of topic that…

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## [Suggest favorite YouTube tutorials for Discourse Admins and Moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggest-favorite-youtube-tutorials-for-discourse-admins-and-moderators/321826)

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**Author:** [@emyoulation](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emyoulation)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggest-favorite-youtube-tutorials-for-discourse-admins-and-moderators/321826 "2024-08-15T19:44:25Z")

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I am looking for Discourse Admin tutorials on YouTube Searching Discourse tutorials on YouTube finds a playlist by JonoBacon (@jonobacon) for that included Trust Levels and Stats But I’m hoping to find something to in…

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## [All mentions are grey, including my own](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-mentions-are-grey-including-my-own/309028)

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**Author:** [@Helga\_Razinkova](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Helga_Razinkova)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-mentions-are-grey-including-my-own/309028 "2024-08-15T16:38:18Z")

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Hi everyone! It just hit me that all mentions go gray, so a user’s own mention might go unnoticed if it’s in quite a large list of mentions (sometimes it happens): It would be really convenient to have your own ment…

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## [Use CMD+K Shortcut to Move Between All Focused Sidebar Options](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-cmd-k-shortcut-to-move-between-all-focused-sidebar-options/245776)

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**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-cmd-k-shortcut-to-move-between-all-focused-sidebar-options/245776 "2024-08-15T16:35:54Z")

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debryc #chat feedback I love the CMD-K option of moving between chat channels. I'd love it even more if it included all the focused sidebar options (Everything, Tracked, My Posts, each Category, etc.)

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## [Sort by Created Date](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-by-created-date/321812)

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**Author:** [@PeakProsperity](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PeakProsperity)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-by-created-date/321812 "2024-08-15T13:18:39Z")

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I would like to put a feature request in for a built-in button that allows users to sort topics by the topic creation date. We get asked for this all the time in our community and right now the only way I know of to do …

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## [How to change/remove icon on login screen?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-remove-icon-on-login-screen/321803)

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**Author:** [@Yt.w](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yt.w)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-remove-icon-on-login-screen/321803 "2024-08-15T13:10:21Z")

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Is there any way to replace this icon? or just remove it?

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## [Translations of theme component sample texts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translations-of-theme-component-sample-texts/311611)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translations-of-theme-component-sample-texts/311611 "2024-08-15T12:55:58Z")

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Recently many official theme components were added to Crowdin. This definitely improves the user experience for components like color scheme toggle where the tooltip is then offered in the user’s locale. But for compon…

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## [How to create topics from a custom email address?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-topics-from-a-custom-email-address/321789)

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**Author:** [@exlabs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/exlabs)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-topics-from-a-custom-email-address/321789 "2024-08-15T12:35:30Z")

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Hello, I want anyone (non-users or users) to be able to create new topics in a category by emailing, support@example.com. I don’t want them to have to use the genetic email example-category-12@discoursemail.com that ap…

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## [Automatically add the tag which is required by the tag group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-add-the-tag-which-is-required-by-the-tag-group/321787)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 10:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-add-the-tag-which-is-required-by-the-tag-group/321787 "2024-08-15T10:19:08Z")

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Sometimes it is confusing that you cannot add a tag to a topic. It is not obvious that it is part of a tag group, which requires you to add a different tag first. When you create a new topic by using the new topic butto…

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## [Seo Title-Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-title-categories/321786)

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**Author:** [@Sena\_SARIVAZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sena_SARIVAZ)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-title-categories/321786 "2024-08-15T09:41:56Z")

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How do I remove the category section from “SEO Title” due to Google Seo settings? Instead of "\<post title\> - \<category\> - \<forums name\> it will be \<post title\> - \<forums name\>.

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## [Adding ‘hot topics’ to the Sidebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-hot-topics-to-the-sidebar/321777)

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**Author:** [@Sena\_SARIVAZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sena_SARIVAZ)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-hot-topics-to-the-sidebar/321777 "2024-08-15T09:33:43Z")

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Could you provide a code snippet that allows me to add hot topics to the left sidebar?

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## [Can Discourse migrate existing local content when connected to S3 storage?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-migrate-what-is-already-in-in-locally-when-it-is-connected-to-s3-storage/321747)

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**Author:** [@CAKE\_NICE](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CAKE_NICE)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-migrate-what-is-already-in-in-locally-when-it-is-connected-to-s3-storage/321747 "2024-08-15T08:17:39Z")

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Discourse’s backup is a zip archive After unzipping one is the database and the other is the upload files (uploads) When using S3 storage, this Uploads will not appear in the backup file, but will be stored in the obje…

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## [Spiders are making up the majority of our traffic!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spiders-are-making-up-the-majority-of-our-traffic/321630)

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**Author:** [@spdegabrielle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spdegabrielle)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 5:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spiders-are-making-up-the-majority-of-our-traffic/321630 "2024-08-15T05:41:21Z")

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I’m an admin on a free instance for open source kindly provided by the lovely people at Discourse. I see part of being a good person is not abusing this kindness by using resources beyond the conditions of the free serv…

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## [Sending mail to Netherlands](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-mail-to-netherlands/318774)

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**Author:** [@Andro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andro)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-mail-to-netherlands/318774 "2024-08-15T03:15:15Z")

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I am not quite sure what forum to ask this on. I use Amazon SES which i find generally excellent. But any mail sent to any address in Nederlands fails, and I can’t determine the reasons. My self hosted servers are in Ame…

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## [Regarding bots](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regarding-bots/321720)

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**Author:** [@kryptosurfer64](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kryptosurfer64)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regarding-bots/321720 "2024-08-14T22:07:05Z")

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Around 2 months ago, during the beta build of my (presently self-hosted and currently complete/fully built how I need it to be) discourse forum - I managed to install, somehow an AI ChatBot: gpt3.5\_bot It’s in the USERS…

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## [How do i turn off delete option?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-turn-off-delete-option/321314)

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**Author:** [@hmmmnotsure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hmmmnotsure)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-turn-off-delete-option/321314 "2024-08-14T21:26:19Z")

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hi! i dont want to give users the option to delete their content. is there a way to remove delete button for users, but keep it only for admins? thank you.

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## [Visible to all when editing the personalized left side bar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visible-to-all-when-editing-the-personalized-left-side-bar/321662)

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**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visible-to-all-when-editing-the-personalized-left-side-bar/321662 "2024-08-14T19:19:18Z")

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Hi, there is a setting “visible to all” when editing the left menu side bar, what is it for and does it applies for the whole section or individually for each item of the menu? Thanks.

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## [Installation ended, what do I do now?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-ended-what-do-i-do-now/321463)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-ended-what-do-i-do-now/321463 "2024-08-14T17:58:45Z")

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After setting up Discourse on a standard install on my Pi, it ended with: + /usr/bin/docker run --shm-size=512m -d --restart=always -e LANG=en\_US.UTF-8 -e RAILS\_ENV=production -e UNICORN\_WORKERS=8 -e UNICORN\_SIDEKIQS=1 …

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## [Cannot find topic for edit Privacy Policy and Terms of Service Topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-find-topic-for-edit-privacy-policy-and-terms-of-service-topic/321666)

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**Author:** [@Yt.w](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yt.w)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-find-topic-for-edit-privacy-policy-and-terms-of-service-topic/321666 "2024-08-14T16:58:42Z")

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I could find topic for FAQ in stuff category but cannot find topic for Privacy Policy and Terms of Service Topic. what should I do?

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## [How to connect Discourse with hundreds of apps using Make](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-connect-discourse-with-hundreds-of-apps-using-make/180181)

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**Author:** [@Integromat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Integromat)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-connect-discourse-with-hundreds-of-apps-using-make/180181 "2024-08-14T16:45:39Z")

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You can now integrate Discourse using Make. Make is a no-code integration platform where you can easily connect almost any app or API to Discourse. The Discourse app on Make has a number of modules (actions, triggers, an…

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## [How can I onebox video from 'https://odysee.com/'?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-onebox-video-from-https-odysee-com/321482)

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**Author:** [@Bathinda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bathinda)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-onebox-video-from-https-odysee-com/321482 "2024-08-14T14:29:16Z")

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Today I was forced to upload my video to youtube after I found that my screen cast recording uploaded on OdySee.com won’t give preview play option on Meta, like Youtube videos do. The reason, afaik, may be because you’v…

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## [Migrating from Discord to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-discord-to-discourse/320883)

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**Author:** [@ludwikc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ludwikc)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-discord-to-discourse/320883 "2024-08-14T13:19:32Z")

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Hi there, I’ve been searching the forums, but haven’t found the step-by-step guide just yet. I’ve seen others (like Vaadin here: Moving from Discord to vaadin.com/forum - Vaadin Forum ) successfully migrating from Disc…

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## [Banner image not staying centred on different screen sizes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-image-not-staying-centred-on-different-screen-sizes/321624)

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**Author:** [@RichardHodson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RichardHodson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-image-not-staying-centred-on-different-screen-sizes/321624 "2024-08-14T13:10:36Z")

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Hello :wave: My ‘welcome to’ image doesn’t stay centred when adjusting the screen size or when moving the window to a different-sized screen. Any ideas on how I can fix this? Many thanks

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## [Discourse settings: IMAP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-settings-imap/321008)

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**Author:** [@rrodrigueznt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rrodrigueznt)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-settings-imap/321008 "2024-08-14T12:53:45Z")

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Looking for a confirmation while studying Discourse’s long list of settings! Are all IMAP settings related to IMAP support for group inboxes, please? Thanks!

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## [Automatic\_tax.enabled for Discourse Subscription plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-tax-enabled-for-discourse-subscription-plugin/254606)

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**Author:** [@SteveRueck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SteveRueck)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-tax-enabled-for-discourse-subscription-plugin/254606 "2024-08-14T12:40:07Z")

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Hello all, I use the Stripe Discourse Sub plugin an got my first subscriber. yeah :slight\_smile: Unfortunatly the bill for this subscriber was without tax information, but which is necessary. I had contact to the stri…

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## [Plugin to set a timer for topics deadline when assigned to a moderator or admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-to-set-a-timer-for-topics-deadline-when-assigned-to-a-moderator-or-admin/321612)

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**Author:** [@Eman\_Ahmed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eman_Ahmed)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-to-set-a-timer-for-topics-deadline-when-assigned-to-a-moderator-or-admin/321612 "2024-08-14T11:18:54Z")

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What would you like done? Create a Plugin for a timer to be used for topics deadline. Features: Modified by moderators and admin The timer to be in format: Day/Month/Year Time: Hour/Minutes It should have a specifie…

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## [Unable to view all the images after updating to 3.4.0.beta1-dev](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-view-all-the-images-after-updating-to-3-4-0-beta1-dev/321111)

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**Author:** [@Eman\_Ahmed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eman_Ahmed)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 9:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-view-all-the-images-after-updating-to-3-4-0-beta1-dev/321111 "2024-08-14T09:35:14Z")

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I couldn’t view all the images that was previously uploaded after updating discourse to 3.4.0.beta1-dev

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