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## [Force direct to a certain topic on users first login?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-direct-to-a-certain-topic-on-users-first-login/221826)

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**Author:** [@ryev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryev)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-direct-to-a-certain-topic-on-users-first-login/221826 "2022-03-24T20:07:06Z")

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Hi all :waving\_hand:t3: I’ve done some snooping, but haven’t been able to find my answer (although have found some other tips I’ve bookmarked that I wasn’t originally looking for!). Is there a possibility when a user s…

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## [Bandcamp embedded players not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bandcamp-embedded-players-not-working/116899)

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**Author:** [@aknudsen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aknudsen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bandcamp-embedded-players-not-working/116899 "2022-03-24T19:57:48Z")

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Are Bandcamp embedded players supposed to work in Discourse posts? When I try to include embed code in a post, it shows up as an empty frame. The following is an example of Bandcamp embed code: \<iframe style="border: 0…

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## [Migrating Xenforo 2.2 to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-xenforo-2-2-to-discourse/221596)

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**Author:** [@moshbit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/moshbit)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-xenforo-2-2-to-discourse/221596 "2022-03-24T18:29:10Z")

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What would you like done? I need help making the discourse import script for xenforo work. I’ve been able to go through the steps here: But I cannot get the attachments to import correctly. When do you need it done? …

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## [Using tags to categorize city specific questions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-tags-to-categorize-city-specific-questions/221880)

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**Author:** [@tg117](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tg117)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-tags-to-categorize-city-specific-questions/221880 "2022-03-24T16:53:33Z")

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We are launching a discourse forum in the apartment rental space (nationally). We think most questions will be geo focused (e.g. What’s the best place to live in Boston) but wonder how to organize with city tags, etc. …

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## [Discourse adplugin showing ERR\_BLOCKED\_BY\_CLIENT in dashboard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-adplugin-showing-err-blocked-by-client-in-dashboard/109967)

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**Author:** [@thegurjyot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thegurjyot)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-adplugin-showing-err-blocked-by-client-in-dashboard/109967 "2019-02-24T22:05:13Z")

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I just installed official Discourse Adplugin and was setting it up according to the instructions on its Readme on Github. As soon as I paste the “Adsense publisher code” or even change the trust level and paste anything …

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## [Placing Specific Topics in Read Only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/placing-specific-topics-in-read-only/221853)

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**Author:** [@lukegordon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lukegordon)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/placing-specific-topics-in-read-only/221853 "2022-03-24T13:47:00Z")

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Hi there, I’m looking to place one specific category into read-only mode and was wondering how we can do this. I know we can place the whole community into read-only but we only wish to do this for one topic as the tria…

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## [Any idea how to send metric reports as private message?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-idea-how-to-send-metric-reports-as-private-message/221844)

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**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-idea-how-to-send-metric-reports-as-private-message/221844 "2023-08-15T08:34:52Z")

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Hey guys I am currently looking for a simple way to create automated reports for advertisers (number ot topic views, link clicks, replies, etc) for a sponsored topics. Since all our adversisers have registered accounts…

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## [Help with Tags that can only be created by the Moderators but used by everyone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-tags-that-can-only-be-created-by-the-moderators-but-used-by-everyone/221825)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Murphy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan_Murphy)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-tags-that-can-only-be-created-by-the-moderators-but-used-by-everyone/221825 "2022-03-24T00:29:56Z")

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I am looking for some help about tagging. I’ve read through: -and- -and- -and- And many other treads. I am looking for: Tags that can only be created or modified by the Discourse Moderators Tags that can be ad…

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## [During Restore: "EXCEPTION: You're trying to restore a more recent version of the schema. You should migrate first!"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/during-restore-exception-youre-trying-to-restore-a-more-recent-version-of-the-schema-you-should-migrate-first/221800)

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**Author:** [@Joaquin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joaquin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/during-restore-exception-youre-trying-to-restore-a-more-recent-version-of-the-schema-you-should-migrate-first/221800 "2022-03-24T00:10:58Z")

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I recently set up a Discourse server, after spending some time on a trial (trydiscourse.com). When I set it up, I downloaded a backup of the data from our trial from trydiscourse.com, and was able to restore that data o…

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## [How to disable or reduce "update available" emails sent to admins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-or-reduce-update-available-emails-sent-to-admins/221776)

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**Author:** [@lee7](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lee7)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-or-reduce-update-available-emails-sent-to-admins/221776 "2022-03-23T22:50:23Z")

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I suspect that I’m overlooking a simple setting, but is there a way to configure the number of “update available” emails sent to admins? We use a mailing list as our admin email address. It receives repetitive notificati…

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## [Lost ability to read Fortran-Lang.discourse.group on Chromebook](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lost-ability-to-read-fortran-lang-discourse-group-on-chromebook/221758)

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**Author:** [@X\_Mecej4](https://meta.discourse.org/u/X_Mecej4)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lost-ability-to-read-fortran-lang-discourse-group-on-chromebook/221758 "2022-03-23T21:18:31Z")

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I often use my Asus Chromebook PA201-DS03 to read Fortran-Lang.discourse.group. This is an older Chromebook beyond its AUE date (2020), but it has been working flawlessly (as far as I can tell) on every site that I pull …

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## [User notification level revert after page reload](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-notification-level-revert-after-page-reload/221434)

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**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-notification-level-revert-after-page-reload/221434 "2022-03-23T19:56:18Z")

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Hello, If I set the user notification level on user page it will revert to the default (which were you previously set up in settings to the user i think) level after reload the page. On settings page /preferences/us…

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## [Launching a Successful Discourse Community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launching-a-successful-discourse-community/94067)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launching-a-successful-discourse-community/94067 "2021-12-05T13:35:57Z")

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Originally published at: Launching a Successful Discourse Community While we’ve offered general tips for building a Discourse community, we also get a lot questions about how specifically to launch a Discourse commun…

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## [Misaligned Header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/misaligned-header/221769)

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**Author:** [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/misaligned-header/221769 "2022-03-23T15:22:17Z")

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I’ve only noticed this with Discourse Meta. Every other Discourse instance I’ve seen does not have this issue. Is anybody else seeing this? Just for context, this is how it should actually look.

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## [Frontend on Prod Site Down -- Ember/Test error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/frontend-on-prod-site-down-ember-test-error/221704)

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**Author:** [@Mycobee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mycobee)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/frontend-on-prod-site-down-ember-test-error/221704 "2022-03-23T15:15:17Z")

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My discourse instance front end is completely blank and wont load after the new upgrade. This is not a good thing, and I am a bit panicked as users are unhappy. Backend seems to be up. This happened after the newest upg…

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## [Add new API endpoints](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-api-endpoints/109898)

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**Author:** [@Alfarhan\_Zahedi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alfarhan_Zahedi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-api-endpoints/109898 "2019-02-23T22:11:32Z")

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Hi. I need a API endpoint which is currently not present in the AOI provided by Discourse. How do I go about writing a plugin to extend the current API ? Thank you!

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## [OP getting removed from PM when topic converted to PM?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/op-getting-removed-from-pm-when-topic-converted-to-pm/219604)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/op-getting-removed-from-pm-when-topic-converted-to-pm/219604 "2022-03-23T14:20:08Z")

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I have a user who is saying that when they convert a topic to a PM, the original poster/topic owner is getting removed from the PM. The process is to convert the topic to PM and then add the @support group. When that ha…

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## [Onebox settings being ignored on edits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-settings-being-ignored-on-edits/220889)

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**Author:** [@davemaxwell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davemaxwell)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-settings-being-ignored-on-edits/220889 "2022-03-23T12:30:03Z")

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We have limited the number of links that can be oneboxed per post due to some members abusing the capability, which was affecting our members. So we lowered the number of oneboxes per post, and also added a couple sites…

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## [504 error when deleting topic using CDN](https://meta.discourse.org/t/504-error-when-deleting-topic-using-cdn/221730)

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**Author:** [@daming](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daming)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/504-error-when-deleting-topic-using-cdn/221730 "2022-03-23T11:21:04Z")

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I use Alibaba Cloud CDN for wiki testing, at the end I want to delete the topic, but I can’t delete it, it shows 504 error, I’m not sure if it’s my CDN configuration or the nignx proxy. Added: When deleting a subtopic, …

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## [How to get body.post.cooked when no change in post but on category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-body-post-cooked-when-no-change-in-post-but-on-category/221728)

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**Author:** [@igotquestion](https://meta.discourse.org/u/igotquestion)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-body-post-cooked-when-no-change-in-post-but-on-category/221728 "2022-03-23T11:08:51Z")

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Hello I registered webhook on discourse for notify other sns. My situation is that when category of uploaded topic is changed then i want to call webhook with body.post.cooked(contents of topic) Now I get only cooked …

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## [Error: Can't access property "registerAsyncHelper"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-cant-access-property-registerasynchelper/221749)

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**Author:** [@balupton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/balupton)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 8:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-cant-access-property-registerasynchelper/221749 "2022-03-23T08:14:03Z")

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There may be another issue here, as this morning Bevry's Funding Services - Bevry Ambassadors - Bevry's Discourse which is running 2.9.0.beta3 8040b95e8c is returning a blank page on all my browsers: Firefox Developer E…

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## [Limit/max number of Canned Replies?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-max-number-of-canned-replies/221577)

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**Author:** [@michellefs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michellefs)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-max-number-of-canned-replies/221577 "2022-03-23T07:33:49Z")

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Is there a ceiling in terms of how many replies you can load? If you create more than 20 or more than 50 canned replies for your community moderators, will you get an error message?

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## [Allow pasting of GIFs into composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-pasting-of-gifs-into-composer/218720)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 7:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-pasting-of-gifs-into-composer/218720 "2022-03-23T07:29:04Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Is it possible to paste images as their source address?: If you right click and select “Copy Image” on a GIF you found on the internet with your browser, your clipboard will be populated w…

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## [Making discourseEmbedURL match expected topic requirements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-discourseembedurl-match-expected-topic-requirements/48660)

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**Author:** [@Jeff\_Doran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeff_Doran)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-discourseembedurl-match-expected-topic-requirements/48660 "2016-08-16T18:40:43Z")

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I’m trying to utilize discourse in order to provide embedded discussions for an existing web site. The urls of the existing site are not fliexible and I’m trying to work around restrictions on discourse for topic lengt…

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## [Removing footer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-footer/221709)

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**Author:** [@nplanchon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nplanchon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-footer/221709 "2022-03-23T04:03:31Z")

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Hello. I’d love some help. One of our IT team members has added a footer to our instance located at forum.ic.org. We’ve discovered that it looks off on mobile. Our tech is not available until next week. We’d love to kno…

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## [Create Blog posts from WIKI's](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-blog-posts-from-wikis/221694)

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**Author:** [@netzih](https://meta.discourse.org/u/netzih)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-blog-posts-from-wikis/221694 "2022-03-23T02:48:34Z")

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We are looking to use discourse for our community and we are wondering if there is a way to automatically create blog posts from wiki’s and when the wiki get’s edited so does the blog post. The discourse is set up to re…

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## [How to replace the discourse \`Topic\` with \`Question\` instead?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-replace-the-discourse-topic-with-question-instead/221614)

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**Author:** [@j3ang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j3ang)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-replace-the-discourse-topic-with-question-instead/221614 "2022-03-22T22:31:16Z")

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Hi, We are trying to replace the default Topic term with Question. In the admin settings, I see we can customize any of the text on the forum, but there are too many item contains the term topic. Is there a way to batc…

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## [Need help with multisite configuration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-with-multisite-configuration/109831)

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**Author:** [@foros](https://meta.discourse.org/u/foros)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-with-multisite-configuration/109831 "2019-02-22T19:54:39Z")

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Is there any speceifics for a newbie (in both, Ubuntu server + nginx web server) in regard to how to set up two domains (two totally different forums) in one server? I have been searching about this, but all the stuff I…

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## [Failed to bootstrap (/tmp/add-cloudflare-ips)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-tmp-add-cloudflare-ips/221667)

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**Author:** [@GreenOWL](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GreenOWL)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-tmp-add-cloudflare-ips/221667 "2022-03-22T19:45:46Z")

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Hello! I have this error when try rebuild: FAILED -------------------- Pups::ExecError: /tmp/add-cloudflare-ips failed with return #\<Process::Status: pid 1484 exit 8\> Location of failure: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0…

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## [Emails not going out to all members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-not-going-out-to-all-members/221659)

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**Author:** [@Fraudoctor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fraudoctor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-not-going-out-to-all-members/221659 "2022-03-22T19:13:13Z")

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Hello! When I check my settings, it looks like everyone in my group should be getting emails, but then in users, it appears that not all users are being sent email updates (eg. last email 5 months ago) - and those peopl…

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