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## [Craziest Discourse Modifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/craziest-discourse-modifications/274476)

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**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/craziest-discourse-modifications/274476 "2024-04-19T20:22:25Z")

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Hello :waving\_hand: I am incredibly curious to discover the most extraordinary modifications you have managed to achieve with your Discourse platform. I know that many individuals use the default themes, plugins but I a…

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## [Change in Topic possible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-in-topic-possible/304656)

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**Author:** [@ARSAdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ARSAdmin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-in-topic-possible/304656 "2024-04-19T19:40:44Z")

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New site in process. Somehow the “introduce yourself” topic was replaced with an actual introduction from a new user. How did this happen and how do I fix it?

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## [Use AI to make post more gender inclusive](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-ai-to-make-post-more-gender-inclusive/304601)

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**Author:** [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-ai-to-make-post-more-gender-inclusive/304601 "2024-04-19T17:54:24Z")

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I just tried the AI function to see if it could make my post more gender inclusive. Alas, it did not detect the 10 to 0 “he” ratio at all.

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## [Locale mismatch at theme translations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locale-mismatch-at-theme-translations/302879)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locale-mismatch-at-theme-translations/302879 "2024-04-19T17:50:19Z")

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The language dropdown in the theme translations seems to use the site’s locale at initial load, while the translations are shown in the user’s locale. My site’s default locale is German, and my user’s locale is English.…

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## [Where do I set the email domain?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-do-i-set-the-email-domain/304514)

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**Author:** [@Jane\_Jojo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jane_Jojo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-do-i-set-the-email-domain/304514 "2024-04-18T20:01:04Z")

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I saw this: What sets the domain in the Email Settings? - #14 by MicahZoltu, but it didn’t look like it was answered. I don’t see it in containers/app.yml. I get this error while testing

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## [Using api from custom component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-api-from-custom-component/304641)

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**Author:** [@gar1t](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gar1t)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-api-from-custom-component/304641 "2024-04-19T16:58:27Z")

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I’m trying to access the api from a custom component with this snipped in the html body: \<script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.8"\> console.log("###########", api.getCurrentUser()); \</script\> This snippet ho…

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## [Restore (undelete) all posts by a user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-undelete-all-posts-by-a-user/304643)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-undelete-all-posts-by-a-user/304643 "2024-04-19T16:50:12Z")

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If you want to restore/undelete all deleted posts by a user, you can do this: u=User.find\_by\_username('=username='); moderator=User.find\_by\_username('=moderator='); deleted\_posts = Post.with\_deleted.where(user\_id: u…

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## [category is not returned when searching for categories.json](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-is-not-returned-when-searching-for-categories-json/304503)

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**Author:** [@edu\_moura](https://meta.discourse.org/u/edu_moura)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-is-not-returned-when-searching-for-categories-json/304503 "2024-04-19T16:32:22Z")

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I’m using the api and passing the username to return the categories. But I noticed that when accessing the discourse this user also does not have category visibility in some places. As shown in the photo below, it appea…

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## [Notification for after a topic is posted using Schedule Publishing shows nothing but a spinner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-for-after-a-topic-is-posted-using-schedule-publishing-shows-nothing-but-a-spinner/297147)

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**Author:** [@jericson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jericson)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-for-after-a-topic-is-posted-using-schedule-publishing-shows-nothing-but-a-spinner/297147 "2024-04-19T16:30:31Z")

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I’m using a topic timer to schedule posts to be published in the future.\[1\] The system gives me a notification, which is handy: “February 28, 1974” is the title of the topic, to clear up potential confusion. But the l…

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## [Discourse WP plugin - Pull in Featured Image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-wp-plugin-pull-in-featured-image/304636)

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**Author:** [@Andrew\_Kirkcaldy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Kirkcaldy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-wp-plugin-pull-in-featured-image/304636 "2024-04-19T15:28:16Z")

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Is there a way to insert the WP feature image when using the Discourse plugin. It pulls images from the post but when there isn’t an image the category / tag post listing looks empty with text. I am using the Reddit styl…

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## [Logged In User Data](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logged-in-user-data/304594)

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**Author:** [@Harshit\_Dave](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Harshit_Dave)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logged-in-user-data/304594 "2024-04-19T15:39:43Z")

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Hello Discourse, Can anyone help me to figure it out how can I get the logged in users data either in plugin or theme-component? Thank you!

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## [Issue with Oneboxing an image from a specific domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-oneboxing-an-image-from-a-specific-domain/304614)

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**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-oneboxing-an-image-from-a-specific-domain/304614 "2024-04-19T15:30:12Z")

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Can anyone shed any light as to what may be going on here? :thinking: I have two images. They are identical. The only difference is the domain name. One image refuses to onebox on my Discourse running 3.3.0.beta2-dev (7…

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## [\[PAID\] Need someone to migrate a PHPBB forum to Discourse and ensure we do proper redirects for SEO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-someone-to-migrate-a-phpbb-forum-to-discourse-and-ensure-we-do-proper-redirects-for-seo/304573)

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**Author:** [@Evan\_Geerlings](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Evan_Geerlings)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-someone-to-migrate-a-phpbb-forum-to-discourse-and-ensure-we-do-proper-redirects-for-seo/304573 "2024-04-19T14:22:57Z")

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What would you like done? Set up Discourse and migrate a PHPBB forum to it. When do you need it done? 1-4 weeks What is your budget, in $ USD that you can offer for this task? Open

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## [How to make the category logo left aligned?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-the-category-logo-left-aligned/304087)

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**Author:** [@ogulcan1787](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ogulcan1787)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-the-category-logo-left-aligned/304087 "2024-04-19T13:34:42Z")

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Hi everyone :hugs: How can I do like that ? This is blizzard’s forum site. I looked for CSS codes there but couldn’t find them.

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## [How can I add an image to a subcategory and sizing that image?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-an-image-to-a-subcategory-and-sizing-that-image/304621)

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**Author:** [@ogulcan1787](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ogulcan1787)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-an-image-to-a-subcategory-and-sizing-that-image/304621 "2024-04-19T13:28:55Z")

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Hello, I did changed ::before CSS codes background: none and I added background-image: url (…) But when I resize it, it doesn’t work the way I want. Like width : 60px and height : 60px or max-width : 60px Where am I…

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## [Remember to include body in bounce email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remember-to-include-body-in-bounce-email/304547)

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**Author:** [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 12:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remember-to-include-body-in-bounce-email/304547 "2024-04-19T12:23:15Z")

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When a user responds by email to a thread that has been closed in the meantime, he receives an email stating his post could not be posted. However, unlike SMTP bounces, the body of his post is discarded. He might have …

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## [Attempt to attach Glimmer fails with error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attempt-to-attach-glimmer-fails-with-error/304235)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attempt-to-attach-glimmer-fails-with-error/304235 "2024-04-19T11:14:28Z")

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I’m working on a PR to the Poll plugin. I’m attempting to render a Glimmer Component as a widget tree leaf as I’ve done several times before, but getting this strange error I’ve not seen before: TypeError: this.parentM…

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## [Edit categories navigation Menubar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-categories-navigation-menubar/304609)

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**Author:** [@The009](https://meta.discourse.org/u/The009)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-categories-navigation-menubar/304609 "2024-04-19T11:36:21Z")

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Hello, We are using Discourse for our site and we have noticed an issue with the “Edit categories navigation” Once you have a lot of categories, the list no longer updates. It only shows the first set. We an search to …

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## [Can user's customer profile checked before use?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-users-customer-profile-checked-before-use/304595)

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**Author:** [@Yitong\_Sun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yitong_Sun)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-users-customer-profile-checked-before-use/304595 "2024-04-19T10:06:01Z")

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Hi It is allowed in discourse to change to the custom profile and attach some files to do a post, I would like to know is there a setting or is it possible to check and approve the profiles or files by Admin before they…

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## [Increase Amazon translate limit to ~10,000 characters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increase-amazon-translate-limit-to-10-000-characters/304579)

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**Author:** [@alanbchristie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alanbchristie)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 9:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increase-amazon-translate-limit-to-10-000-characters/304579 "2024-04-19T09:54:44Z")

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Why have you limited the Amazon translation text size to 5,000 characters in the plug-in’s amazon.rb? According to Amazon their API supports text that is up to 10,000 characters. Is there any chance you can modify the…

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## [Random sort order for house ads (advertising plugin)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-sort-order-for-house-ads-advertising-plugin/304581)

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**Author:** [@Thorsten](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thorsten)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 7:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-sort-order-for-house-ads-advertising-plugin/304581 "2024-04-19T07:23:28Z")

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First of all thank you for developing and maintaining the advertising plugin. The plugin helped us a lot in increasing the revenue of our website TFF Forum. Currently we use house ads for our internal cooperation partne…

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## [How do I view total views on the forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-view-total-views-on-the-forum/304554)

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**Author:** [@Prospleforum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Prospleforum)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-view-total-views-on-the-forum/304554 "2024-04-19T06:43:56Z")

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Is there a way to see the total number of views on the forum? I want to track the total views, but it seems like I can only see the number of views for each individual topic, and it is tedious to manually add up.

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## [Get current user locale](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-current-user-locale/304557)

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**Author:** [@Mudit\_Maheshwari](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mudit_Maheshwari)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-current-user-locale/304557 "2024-04-19T02:43:40Z")

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Hello! Is there a way to get the current user locale? I see that discourse/models/user has an attribute for the locale, but it is not populated when the app starts. Wondering why is that the case. Is it possible to get …

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## [Uploads not getting orphaned and purged](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-not-getting-orphaned-and-purged/259036)

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**Author:** [@Uphill4721](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Uphill4721)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-not-getting-orphaned-and-purged/259036 "2024-04-19T03:35:46Z")

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Hi, Recently I ended up being the last remaining admin and maintainer of a basic Discourse Docker image instance that was originally installed on our server in 2021 (I think) and mostly updated by someone else. For some…

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## [Entirely disable post deletion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/entirely-disable-post-deletion/304521)

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**Author:** [@anon82911141](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon82911141)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/entirely-disable-post-deletion/304521 "2024-04-19T02:09:28Z")

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Hi, I’ve tried to find an option for disabling post deletion, I saw this article, but it doesn’t exactly resolve my issue - is there way to prevent users from, once having posted a topic or reply, deleting any sort of p…

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## [Security - negative rights (how?)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-negative-rights-how/303817)

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**Author:** [@Peter\_Backgren](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Peter_Backgren)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-negative-rights-how/303817 "2024-04-19T00:39:49Z")

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(why explained last) We have Create and See rights etc. I would need an easy way to implement See for a group for the entire site, except a few areas, basically a negative right coming into effect at higher priority. J…

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## [": All Time" as meta site title when top page is the default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-time-as-meta-site-title-when-top-page-is-the-default/146649)

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**Author:** [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-time-as-meta-site-title-when-top-page-is-the-default/146649 "2024-04-19T00:37:59Z")

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This started happening a few weeks ago and I have no idea why. The “: All Time” string has replaced my actual site header title. Please help, I really appreciate it :pray:

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## [Intrusive dialog when setting a bookmark for a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intrusive-dialog-when-setting-a-bookmark-for-a-topic/303622)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_DC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_DC)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intrusive-dialog-when-setting-a-bookmark-for-a-topic/303622 "2024-04-18T23:16:59Z")

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Hi :slight\_smile: When I set a bookmark for a post, it’s far less intrusive than the intrusive dialog which was prompted sooner. But, when I set a bookmark for a topic, it’s the same intrusive dialog than sooner. Is t…

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## [Invite only/closed groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-only-closed-groups/78120)

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**Author:** [@dpeter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dpeter)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-only-closed-groups/78120 "2024-04-18T19:52:14Z")

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Hi All, I’m considering the use of Discourse at my organisation and wanted to get advice about how users can create private groups/topics/chats. My use case is, I want to have public open forums, but the ability for us…

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## [Host a PDF](https://meta.discourse.org/t/host-a-pdf/304495)

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**Author:** [@anon82911141](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon82911141)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/host-a-pdf/304495 "2024-04-18T19:01:34Z")

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Hi, Is it possible to host a PDF on a Discourse instance? Meaning that you could go to discourse.example.com/random-file.pdf and you’d be able to access it from there. Thanks!

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