# Allow login to a read-only site

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-login-to-a-read-only-site/54270>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** read-only\
**Created:** [December 14, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-login-to-a-read-only-site/54270 "2016-12-14T22:30:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-login-to-a-read-only-site/54270/2 "2016-12-14T22:55:33Z")

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Just log in _before_ you start read only. Seems simple enough?

Certainly simpler than “we must invent a time machine!”

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