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## [Select only the content of a list item or blockquote](https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-only-the-content-of-a-list-item-or-blockquote/93672)

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**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 6:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-only-the-content-of-a-list-item-or-blockquote/93672 "2024-04-02T06:24:28Z")

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Hi, I noticed that when a user selects , only the content of the emphasized text is selected so that the user can immediately start typing. This is true for strong text as well. However, when a user decides to c…

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## [iPhone not properly showing image area on site. Why?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iphone-not-properly-showing-image-area-on-site-why/301963)

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**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iphone-not-properly-showing-image-area-on-site-why/301963 "2024-04-02T05:02:37Z")

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So, on 3 of my Android phones (different brands, etc.), one of my web pages looks like this (how it’s supposed to): On my partner’s iPhone, a family member’s iPhone, and a friend’s iPhone, it looks like this: My …

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## [Ai plugin ocr support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-plugin-ocr-support/277915)

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**Author:** [@ozkn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ozkn)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-plugin-ocr-support/277915 "2024-04-02T04:32:56Z")

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Can support be added to the Discourse ai plugin to add the text in the images to the post (ocr)? Can google lens api (cloud vision) support be added for this? Example: GitHub - communiteq/discourse-ocr-uploads

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## [Getting "permission denied" on new VPS install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-permission-denied-on-new-vps-install/301983)

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**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-permission-denied-on-new-vps-install/301983 "2024-04-02T04:18:03Z")

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So, I am switching VPS servers. Before getting rid of the one VPS, I downloaded the whole “discourse” folder from /var/discourse and put it on my Windows machine. I then got new Ubuntu VPS, installed Docker & Git, and in…

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## [Disable password auth and logging in as admin account](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-password-auth-and-logging-in-as-admin-account/301978)

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**Author:** [@gar1t](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gar1t)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-password-auth-and-logging-in-as-admin-account/301978 "2024-04-02T02:28:19Z")

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I’d like to limit authentication to using GitHub. So I’d like to disable password auth. I have ‘enable github logins’ enabled with the corresponding id and secret. If I go ahead and disabled password auth, how will Disc…

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## [Use of Crawlers in Pageviews](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-of-crawlers-in-pageviews/301834)

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**Author:** [@Pradeep\_Selvam1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pradeep_Selvam1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-of-crawlers-in-pageviews/301834 "2024-04-02T01:44:51Z")

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Can you please elaborate on what is the use of Crawler on the site?

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## [Very, very slow on local machine (fresh install)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-very-slow-on-local-machine-fresh-install/301890)

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**Author:** [@annetters](https://meta.discourse.org/u/annetters)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-very-slow-on-local-machine-fresh-install/301890 "2024-04-02T01:12:35Z")

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Has anyone experienced \*extreme slowness" issues after a new local install? I just completed a fresh installation am trying to create a theme. I’m not super familiar with Ubuntu/WSL so maybe I’m missing something obvious…

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## [Best way to redirect mysite.com to forums.mysite.com/landing?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-redirect-mysite-com-to-forums-mysite-com-landing/301973)

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**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-redirect-mysite-com-to-forums-mysite-com-landing/301973 "2024-04-02T00:38:47Z")

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Not sure if proper category, but I need some help/support with this. So, I self-host my forums on a VPS. I have my own domain name. I use an A record already so that forums.mysite.com points to my VPS’ IP. The forums pa…

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## [Change default text in search box](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-text-in-search-box/145672)

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**Author:** [@petepan23](https://meta.discourse.org/u/petepan23)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-text-in-search-box/145672 "2020-03-26T14:14:15Z")

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Hi, How can we change the default search text (i.e., “search topic, post, users, …”) in the search box? Thanks!

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## [Rising scroll threshold in code blocks (or complete unfolding)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rising-scroll-threshold-in-code-blocks-or-complete-unfolding/34260)

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**Author:** [@firegurafiku](https://meta.discourse.org/u/firegurafiku)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rising-scroll-threshold-in-code-blocks-or-complete-unfolding/34260 "2024-04-01T21:27:35Z")

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When you insert a Markdown code block ( \`\`\`) into your message, it receives automatic vertical scrollbar if its content is long enough. But I don’t mind having long listings in messages and want to display code inline un…

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## [VirtualMin and SSL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/virtualmin-and-ssl/301933)

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**Author:** [@alchitry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alchitry)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/virtualmin-and-ssl/301933 "2024-04-01T21:26:49Z")

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I’ve installed Discourse on my server running Virtualmin following this guide How to install Discourse alongside Virtualmin - Virtualmin - Virtualmin Community Everything is working (including https) but if I enable for…

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## [Merge Staged Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merge-staged-users/298976)

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**Author:** [@gassim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gassim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merge-staged-users/298976 "2024-04-01T21:20:53Z")

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Hi all! When moving from another platform into Discourse, we had to import users and many of the imported users became “staged users”. We’ve realized that the staged users are duplicates; for instance, “unique.user.name…

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## [Trying to change font color](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-change-font-color/301856)

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**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-change-font-color/301856 "2024-04-01T21:05:27Z")

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Seems so simple, right? Everything I’ve tried just won’t work. I found the exact area in Inspect Element where the text color is. I’ve tried all the classes listed there at the end of the video, I’ve tried adding !impor…

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## [Contributing to the Discourse API documentation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contributing-to-the-discourse-api-documentation/56693)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2023, 7:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contributing-to-the-discourse-api-documentation/56693 "2023-11-16T07:43:57Z")

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:bookmark: This is a guide for contributing to the official Discourse API documentation. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Developer :gear: Console access required Do you want to contribute to the official …

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## [How would I go about stylizing "js.read\_more"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-would-i-go-about-stylizing-js-read-more/301883)

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**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-would-i-go-about-stylizing-js-read-more/301883 "2024-04-01T19:28:31Z")

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Basically, I went to change the text of “read more” in my Admin settings because I wanted the “r” to be capitalized, but I also wanted to make it bold font. How would I go about this?

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## [Ban/prevent certain names/words in a username?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ban-prevent-certain-names-words-in-a-username/301909)

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**Author:** [@dub\_rado](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dub_rado)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ban-prevent-certain-names-words-in-a-username/301909 "2024-04-01T18:46:01Z")

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Is there a way to prevent users from signing up with certain words in their usernames so they can’t imitate our moderators or fake an official account?

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## [How does auto-close topics work?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-auto-close-topics-work/219122)

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**Author:** [@Noah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Noah)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-auto-close-topics-work/219122 "2022-04-26T20:59:51Z")

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When I made this post: It was automatically locked for no reason, the channel does not auto lock topics usually & the user broke none of the rules, they never changed categories either. Can someone tell me the story…

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## [Does Discourse allow for customization of tracking codes with Google Analytics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-allow-for-customization-of-tracking-codes-with-google-analytics/301891)

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**Author:** [@salbertelli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/salbertelli)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-allow-for-customization-of-tracking-codes-with-google-analytics/301891 "2024-04-01T16:54:42Z")

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Hi all! Within our Discourse community, we host both questions and answers and blog posts. To differentiate between these two types of content for our members, we use tags like /tag/blog/ and /tag/question/. Our business…

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## [Client group read only, experts group read/write](https://meta.discourse.org/t/client-group-read-only-experts-group-read-write/145566)

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**Author:** [@Hilario](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hilario)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/client-group-read-only-experts-group-read-write/145566 "2020-03-25T22:31:09Z")

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Hello everybody. I have a situation I would like to share with you and see if you can help me to configure discourse. I have a group of interest. This is a private group. In this group there are TWO type of USERs 1- C…

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## [Google Gemini Embeding - recommended articles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-gemini-embeding-recommended-articles/301882)

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**Author:** [@Petr\_Mišák](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Petr_Mi%C5%A1%C3%A1k)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-gemini-embeding-recommended-articles/301882 "2024-04-01T16:13:24Z")

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I have searched intensively but have not found the answer. We have a community in Czech language, and I would like to give it a list of recommended articles at the bottom of the page. It seems that Gemini may be a good …

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## [Manual update user to TL1 after he reached the reply limits. He still cannot post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manual-update-user-to-tl1-after-he-reached-the-reply-limits-he-still-cannot-post/301188)

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**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manual-update-user-to-tl1-after-he-reached-the-reply-limits-he-still-cannot-post/301188 "2024-04-01T15:52:39Z")

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Title says it all, really. Is there something else I should do?

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## [Topic timer causing error?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-causing-error/301748)

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**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-causing-error/301748 "2024-04-01T14:42:55Z")

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I have a topic set up in a private staging category that is set to be published in a public category using the topic timer. But after the 3.3.0.beta1 update I am getting this error and the topic text disappears. I have v…

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## [Is there a way to undo a flag review](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-undo-a-flag-review/301797)

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**Author:** [@BugsyB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BugsyB)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-undo-a-flag-review/301797 "2024-04-01T14:28:42Z")

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I was doing some testing and accidentally ignored a flag in the review center. Is there a way to undo an action taken in the review center? In this case I tried to reflag the post but got an error message that it had a…

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## [Is there a way to remove these from showing up in the posts section?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-these-from-showing-up-in-the-posts-section/301791)

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**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-these-from-showing-up-in-the-posts-section/301791 "2024-04-01T14:23:15Z")

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These: It really clutters up the feed, especially on mobile. Would love if it could just be sent as a notification or something. It’s annoying to constantly go and delete system messages when they happen every time, …

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## [HTML content omitted message when pressing CTRL+P](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-content-omitted-message-when-pressing-ctrl-p/301672)

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**Author:** [@KhoiUSA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KhoiUSA)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-content-omitted-message-when-pressing-ctrl-p/301672 "2024-03-30T21:23:41Z")

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Hello, recently I’ve noticed that when I try to print a message or post from my forum by pressing Control + P, it opens a new window like it should but the content is not visible and is instead replaced with this error: H…

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## [Are there any themes that show you the full post content like an actual social media site so you don't have to click the topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-any-themes-that-show-you-the-full-post-content-like-an-actual-social-media-site-so-you-dont-have-to-click-the-topics/301795)

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**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-any-themes-that-show-you-the-full-post-content-like-an-actual-social-media-site-so-you-dont-have-to-click-the-topics/301795 "2024-04-01T06:52:12Z")

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Are there any themes that show you the full post content like an actual social media site so you don’t have to click the topics? FBK Pro is nice, but still need to click on topics to open lengthy full posts. Would like a…

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## [Rainbow Header Gradient for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rainbow-header-gradient-for-discourse/301625)

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**Author:** [@traceymoko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/traceymoko)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 6:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rainbow-header-gradient-for-discourse/301625 "2024-03-30T06:55:12Z")

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:information\_source: Summary Header Gradient and Composer Gradient :eyeglasses: Preview Theme Creator :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository GitHub - tracey-le/discourse-header-gradient: Gradient header - Discours…

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## [Categories are repeated and scrunched together on mobile for one (or more?) of my users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-are-repeated-and-scrunched-together-on-mobile-for-one-or-more-of-my-users/301648)

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**Author:** [@Kartoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kartoon)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-are-repeated-and-scrunched-together-on-mobile-for-one-or-more-of-my-users/301648 "2024-03-31T05:57:39Z")

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A user notified me about this yesterday and I’m at a bit of a loss, trying to see if any of my other users are experiencing it. Basically I have 6 main categories the user has access to, but for some reason they’re squis…

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## [How to extend the Discourse sidebar?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-extend-the-discourse-sidebar/301694)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-extend-the-discourse-sidebar/301694 "2024-04-01T02:41:59Z")

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Are there any guides or how-tos here that show you how to extend the built-in sidebar? For instance, to widen it slightly then show the latest 5 topics out of our news section? Or maybe show upcoming events? It’s great…

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## [S3 connect with discourse error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-connect-with-discourse-error/145366)

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**Author:** [@Uween](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Uween)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-connect-with-discourse-error/145366 "2020-03-25T09:51:22Z")

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I configured aws s3 with my discourse but there’s an error when uploading a file. So reset everything at the moment. So anyone able to configure it for me?

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