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Support

  • oliver_grant struggled to reveal his public profile despite unchecking Hide my public profile due to trust level restrictions, leading Moin to explain the default hiding behavior in post #4 and awesomerobot to ask about the underlying concern in post #7.

  • hmmmnotsure reported that the 3.5.0.beta8-dev update broke OpenID, custom components, and introduced a page “trembling” issue, with David_Ghost confirming a missing sidebar post-update in post #2.

  • joshhabka encountered a server 500 error when accessing subscriptions under “Plugins” in the admin (/s/admin/products), prompting pfaffman to advise enabling force_https as a fix in post #3.

  • joshhabka also ran into OAuth woes: GitHub sign-in threw a “redirect_uri not associated” error (post #1), and LinkedIn OIDC returned “redirect_uri does not match the registered value” (post #1), highlighting potential misconfigurations.

Bug

  • alltiagocom discovered that entering a full hex color code in the category Color or Text Color fields resets after two characters; dax reproduced the issue and suggested pasting the value as a workaround in post #2.

Dev

  • alltiagocom requested a mobile-only carousel display for categories and Moin pointed to the header-categories-navbar example for crafting a custom JavaScript component.

  • Jagster asked if Nginx geoblocking could be applied inside the Discourse Docker container; elmuerte recommended including a custom template like web.ratelimited.template.yml via the launcher (post #2) and pfaffman confirmed this is the proper approach to persist changes (post #4).

#Translations

  • Canapin highlighted inconsistent plugin naming in #French site settings, from mixed-language labels to truncation issues; Moin pointed back to an earlier #Crowdin discussion and sidebar link length topic as context in post #1.

Installation

  • copymonopoly sought an updated method for installing Discourse plugins from private Git repos via SSH keys, and learned from Discourse core advice to use an OAuth token (post #3) while noting manual cloning into /plugins may bypass updates (post #4).

Plugin

  • undasein reported the Advertising plugin missing from the admin UI; Moin suspected ad-block interference and shared a direct settings URL in post #385, with MarkDoerr noting the plugin’s rename and new nav path in post #389.

Feature

  • Ric proposed maintaining a curated topics list for inclusion in digest emails to create newsletter-style highlights (post #1).

  • LW2333 suggested adding an order:op_edited sort option to filter topics by the original post’s edit timestamp for categories like Announcements where the first post holds key info (post #1).

  • patrickemin requested an admin setting for defaulting Discourse Post Voting answers to chronological rather than by votes to align with forum user expectations (post #1).

  • Heliosurge and Ethsim2 reignited the Feature discussion on allowing groups to own other groups for streamlined permissions, exploring multi-level ownership rules (post #20 & post #21).

Community

  • emileymadison looked for a platform combining live streaming and VOD, and Bas reminded her of the Discourse context in post #7.

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And remember, if your colors go haywire or OAuth redirects misbehave, a dash of coffee and a quick rebuild are all you need for meta bliss!