Why is email verification required upfront?

[merefield (Robert)]

Hmmm, have you tried setting up the admin from the rails console?:

Create an admin account from the console

So you want to create/grant Admin privileges or reset user password from console? Great, let’s get started! Access Console Connect to your Droplet via SSH, or use Putty on Windows: ssh root@192.168.1.1 Replace 192.168.1.1 with the IP address of your Droplet. Switch to your Discourse folder: cd /var/discourse Enter the container: ./launcher enter app Create New Account with Admin Privileges Run this command from console: rake admin:create

instructions for multisite

If you have a multisit…