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## [How to show a leaderboard in right sidebar component?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-a-leaderboard-in-right-sidebar-component/243581)

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**Author:** [@Helen22](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Helen22)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-a-leaderboard-in-right-sidebar-component/243581 "2022-12-14T00:07:33Z")

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What’s the trick to getting the leaderboard plugin to display on the right sidebar component? Is there something we are missing?

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## [Warnings not shown in profile with version 2.9.0.beta14](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warnings-not-shown-in-profile-with-version-2-9-0-beta14/248467)

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**Author:** [@Thorsten](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thorsten)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warnings-not-shown-in-profile-with-version-2-9-0-beta14/248467 "2022-12-13T22:56:13Z")

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After updating our forum (www.tff-forum.de) to version 2.9.0.beta14 the number of warnings is no longer shown in the header of the user profile. The development console shows the following error message: Also for use…

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## [Vim mode for composer (plugin idea)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vim-mode-for-composer-plugin-idea/89032)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vim-mode-for-composer-plugin-idea/89032 "2022-12-13T21:40:58Z")

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I just collapsed the composer twelve times by accident because I keep instinctively hitting the escape key when I want to get out of insert mode and move the cursor around. Has anyone played around with creating a pluig…

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## [What are Allowable Options for "dashboard general tab activity metrics"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-allowable-options-for-dashboard-general-tab-activity-metrics/169249)

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**Author:** [@swamidass](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swamidass)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-allowable-options-for-dashboard-general-tab-activity-metrics/169249 "2022-12-13T21:13:17Z")

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It allows any label, but then complains that “You specified the invalid choice X”. So what are allowable values for X?

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## [Invalid URL for markdown-it-bundle](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-url-for-markdown-it-bundle/248463)

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**Author:** [@JustinBack](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JustinBack)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-url-for-markdown-it-bundle/248463 "2022-12-13T20:34:02Z")

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After doing an update today and enabling the S3\_CDN\_URL Option in the envs, everything but markdown-it-bundle loads. https://tosdr.community/https://tosdr-community.s3.jrbit.de/assets/markdown-it-bundle-5a633717415fd164…

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## [Multiple development instances](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-development-instances/51651)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-development-instances/51651 "2022-12-13T20:00:29Z")

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On my development box, I find myself needing multiple instances. One site I’m importing is on stable, others use importers that I am developing. Right now what I do is when switching jobs, I switch branches in git and ru…

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## [Discourse Connect receive Discourse Approval state](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-connect-receive-discourse-approval-state/248832)

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**Author:** [@BlockyBlockling](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlockyBlockling)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-connect-receive-discourse-approval-state/248832 "2022-12-13T19:42:52Z")

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I implemented Discourse as Identity Provider a few days ago in PHP. Now where I have a example SSO Payload from my discourse site I wonder if there is a way to check if a user has been Approved. I don’t want Users that …

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## [Discourse not available](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-available/248811)

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**Author:** [@pjanzen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pjanzen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-available/248811 "2022-12-13T15:12:19Z")

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Hello, for the last few days it happened to me that I have been facing an issue with Discourse that was not accessible for some time. After some time I could reaccess it. This happened now for the second time. I was get…

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## [Javascript pop up block help](https://meta.discourse.org/t/javascript-pop-up-block-help/248711)

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**Author:** [@Matt0x01](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matt0x01)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/javascript-pop-up-block-help/248711 "2022-12-13T14:16:31Z")

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Hey so I’m not really knowledgeable with javascript and tried using ChatGPT to generate a script that allows elements in a field to display a pop up block with information upon being clicked. The elements are in a table …

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## [Is there any way to change the starting date of the Calendar?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-change-the-starting-date-of-the-calendar/248794)

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**Author:** [@Tris20](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tris20)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-change-the-starting-date-of-the-calendar/248794 "2022-12-13T13:23:38Z")

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I’m making a Calendar for things focussing in February/March. Currently the Calendar always loads with the current month(December). I’ve looked through the plugin page and found no reference, and other topics about Cale…

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## [Porting over existing legacy topics to voting topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/porting-over-existing-legacy-topics-to-voting-topics/248792)

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**Author:** [@Brady1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brady1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/porting-over-existing-legacy-topics-to-voting-topics/248792 "2022-12-13T13:16:04Z")

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should be obsoleted by this feature. individually good, even better if you can do it en masse. user story: as an admin I want to be able to to convert a single existing legacy topic into a voting topic so that I can \[h…

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## [Groups API - manually syncing group membership?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-api-manually-syncing-group-membership/154521)

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**Author:** [@Judith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Judith)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-api-manually-syncing-group-membership/154521 "2022-12-13T13:14:26Z")

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I seem to have boxed myself into a corner here.. I have a membership site (also in Rails) and I’m using the Discourse API in order to automatically create and populate restricted forum groups for all of my user groups. …

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## [Retaining voting topic class when you move a reply to become its own standalone topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/retaining-voting-topic-class-when-you-move-a-reply-to-become-its-own-standalone-topic/248791)

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**Author:** [@Brady1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brady1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/retaining-voting-topic-class-when-you-move-a-reply-to-become-its-own-standalone-topic/248791 "2022-12-13T13:07:20Z")

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obsoleted in some use cases by Limit all topics in a category to be Post Voting - #5 by Brady1

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## [Disable editor buttons converting to select on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-editor-buttons-converting-to-select-on-mobile/248784)

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**Author:** [@misham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/misham)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-editor-buttons-converting-to-select-on-mobile/248784 "2022-12-13T12:34:53Z")

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Hi, is there any way to disable converting these buttons to select on mobile . Options button shows many items. I’d like to display them as simple buttons

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## [Missing read\_more\_in\_category in latest update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-read-more-in-category-in-latest-update/248745)

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**Author:** [@topological](https://meta.discourse.org/u/topological)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-read-more-in-category-in-latest-update/248745 "2022-12-13T10:27:04Z")

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I meet this after updated last night. That is because suggested-topics.js is still using the key read\_more\_in\_category that is deleted in core code in https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/3eafa39aeb6769ea46f…

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## [Creating post-voting topics by default is no longer working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-post-voting-topics-by-default-is-no-longer-working/248469)

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**Author:** [@Brady1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brady1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 5:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-post-voting-topics-by-default-is-no-longer-working/248469 "2022-12-13T05:32:25Z")

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this is awesome! now discourse can really compete with stack overflow :flexed\_biceps::flexed\_biceps::flexed\_biceps: One thing - New topics are not votable by default, I still need to manually select that option. That’s …

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## [My forum does not send emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-does-not-send-emails/248729)

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**Author:** [@xebiyen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xebiyen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-does-not-send-emails/248729 "2022-12-13T04:47:16Z")

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those who create an account on it do not receive emails who wants to change the password doesn’t receive it too Could it be that I messed with something that misconfigured? how do i set it back for emails to be sent n…

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## [Just upgraded and my entire site layout got destroyed somehow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/just-upgraded-and-my-entire-site-layout-got-destroyed-somehow/248743)

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**Author:** [@Kartoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kartoon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/just-upgraded-and-my-entire-site-layout-got-destroyed-somehow/248743 "2022-12-13T03:44:12Z")

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The update was hanging far longer than usual (took about 15+ minutes) then finally finished up, but the entire layout of my site is completely trashed. I tried every theme (even the default with no modifications) and the…

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## [How do you change the color of hyperlinks?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-change-the-color-of-hyperlinks/136245)

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**Author:** [@Bryce\_Peterson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bryce_Peterson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-change-the-color-of-hyperlinks/136245 "2022-12-13T02:15:47Z")

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I’ve scoured this forum and all the documentation I can find online about Discourse, but I can’t seem to find anything that tells me how to change the Markdown default color and font of hyperlink text in posts. I have a …

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## [Custom User fields in emails?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-in-emails/248734)

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**Author:** [@clayg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clayg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-in-emails/248734 "2022-12-13T01:55:07Z")

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We have defined 3 different custom user fields, which we’re thrilled that they appear on the profile page for users. Is it possible to reference them / use them in email templates? For example, in the user\_notification…

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## [App bar on the bottom (iPhone)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/app-bar-on-the-bottom-iphone/248587)

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**Author:** [@Roi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roi)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/app-bar-on-the-bottom-iphone/248587 "2022-12-12T22:44:47Z")

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Hello, I am experiencing the problem that I do not always see the Discourse Hub bar on the bottom of the screen on the iPhone. In fact In only see it when using the app to surf this forum. If there a switch to turn thi…

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## [Tiles for subcategories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tiles-for-subcategories/248701)

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**Author:** [@Daan\_Seegers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daan_Seegers)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tiles-for-subcategories/248701 "2022-12-12T20:43:05Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m diving into discourse (set up a small vps to run and test it). Now I use different communities that use discourse. I only find blocks with subcategories here. Is this a plugin, a setting, or is it in th…

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## [Rename trust levels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rename-trust-levels/248456)

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**Author:** [@Tony\_Budak](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tony_Budak)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rename-trust-levels/248456 "2022-12-12T20:17:34Z")

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Hi there, Is it possible for the owner or admin to rename the category title of the levels? For example, edit or change “Discourse offers five user trust levels” to “Discourse offers five user activity levels or active …

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## [Can't insert space next to an emoji inside \<kbd\> tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-insert-space-next-to-an-emoji-inside-kbd-tags/248059)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-insert-space-next-to-an-emoji-inside-kbd-tags/248059 "2022-12-12T19:20:05Z")

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\<kbd\>:blue\_square: any text\</kbd\> Will render the same as: \<kbd\>:blue\_square:any text\</kbd\> :blue\_square: any text There is no visible space between the emoji and the text, though the space is present in the HTML cod…

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## [Balance digest emails so posts from multiple categories are shown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/balance-digest-emails-so-posts-from-multiple-categories-are-shown/237289)

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**Author:** [@mkhorton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mkhorton)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/balance-digest-emails-so-posts-from-multiple-categories-are-shown/237289 "2022-12-12T16:40:25Z")

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Hi everyone, I’ve posted this in Support assuming this feature may already be available, or available via plugin, but perhaps it should be in Contribute \> Feature instead. I run a Discourse for some academic/open-sourc…

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## [Drafting outside of a slow-mode post then trying to post results in an error message, then going back allows you to post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/drafting-outside-of-a-slow-mode-post-then-trying-to-post-results-in-an-error-message-then-going-back-allows-you-to-post/248437)

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**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/drafting-outside-of-a-slow-mode-post-then-trying-to-post-results-in-an-error-message-then-going-back-allows-you-to-post/248437 "2022-12-12T14:57:53Z")

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Hello. I have noticed a bug with the slow-mode topic Comment Frenzy - #3057 by Waqi\_20 - Not Terraria Related - Dark Gaming. Description: When typing in a post, exiting out of the topic you are currently in, and then cl…

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## [Plugin post-voting conflicts with previous question-answer-plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-post-voting-conflicts-with-previous-question-answer-plugin/248372)

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**Author:** [@gmoirod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gmoirod)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-post-voting-conflicts-with-previous-question-answer-plugin/248372 "2022-12-12T13:13:20Z")

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Hey there ! Big conflict on my Discourse since the change… Before i had : - git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-question-answer Today i wanted to add : - git clone https://github.com/discourse/discour…

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## [Different discourse notification\_type](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-discourse-notification-type/248653)

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**Author:** [@hnaseri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hnaseri)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-discourse-notification-type/248653 "2022-12-12T12:28:09Z")

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i have a webhook set for firing when notification is created. it has a notification\_type variable which is a number. I want to know what each number is indicating? I didnt find any doc for it.

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## [Finding unread posts for a user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-unread-posts-for-a-user/248451)

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**Author:** [@hnaseri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hnaseri)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-unread-posts-for-a-user/248451 "2022-12-12T12:09:52Z")

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Is there a way I could find unread posts for a user for specific topic?

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## [Is there a way to link local accounts with the discourse-saml plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-link-local-accounts-with-the-discourse-saml-plugin/248520)

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**Author:** [@Lachlan\_Wintour](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lachlan_Wintour)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-link-local-accounts-with-the-discourse-saml-plugin/248520 "2022-12-12T12:08:32Z")

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We have just enabled saml login for our employees to log in to our forums. Is it possible to link their local accounts with the new saml login, or will we have to get them to make new accounts and merge them? Thanks in …

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