# Hot

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## [Federated Search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/federated-search/142514)

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**Author:** [@adrianne.poole](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adrianne.poole)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/federated-search/142514 "2020-04-03T21:18:57Z")

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Hi - has anyone created a federated search experience using their Discourse forum? We use ZenDesk to host our knowledge base article and we’d like the ability for when our customers search in either Discourse OR Zendesk…

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## [Box style category background color overlapping the number of topics in the category selector](https://meta.discourse.org/t/box-style-category-background-color-overlapping-the-number-of-topics-in-the-category-selector/142521)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/box-style-category-background-color-overlapping-the-number-of-topics-in-the-category-selector/142521 "2020-02-24T22:37:54Z")

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My “category style” is set to “box”. Here’s my category selector: The weird space on the right should contain the number of topics, but the background stretches and overlaps the topics count. I disabled all my cust…

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## [Sign in/up with Google?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sign-in-up-with-google/142531)

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**Author:** [@Openmind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Openmind)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sign-in-up-with-google/142531 "2020-02-24T23:31:32Z")

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Hi, on the following site I could register in one single step by choosing the option ‘sign in with Google’ although I hadn’t registered an account with Tracktest.eu before. Is such a plugin/feature available for Discours…

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## [Bitnami installations are unsupported](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bitnami-installations-are-unsupported/142538)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bitnami-installations-are-unsupported/142538 "2020-02-25T00:55:27Z")

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Community support is only provided for installs that use the official instructions: discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub If you have installed with Bitnami and are having trouble, then …

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## [Accessibility - ARIA attributes are not defined for links under "Replies" category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-aria-attributes-are-not-defined-for-links-under-replies-category/142539)

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**Author:** [@Kypster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kypster)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-aria-attributes-are-not-defined-for-links-under-replies-category/142539 "2020-02-26T16:09:08Z")

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Hi Discourse team, \*Problem:\*We’ve encountered an issue where the aria attributes on the Replies column of the forums home page are not defined and therefore do not accurately describe their purpose to a user using a sc…

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## [Bigger emoji processing is fooled by spoiler tag, links, bbcode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bigger-emoji-processing-is-fooled-by-spoiler-tag-links-bbcode/142542)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bigger-emoji-processing-is-fooled-by-spoiler-tag-links-bbcode/142542 "2020-02-27T19:38:37Z")

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Both are big when alone: :slight\_smile: Only spoilered version is big when with text: Smiley :slight\_smile: Smiley

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## [Account temporarily on hold everytime a new user signs up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/account-temporarily-on-hold-everytime-a-new-user-signs-up/142547)

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**Author:** [@Monika\_Gupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Monika_Gupta)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/account-temporarily-on-hold-everytime-a-new-user-signs-up/142547 "2020-02-26T18:40:02Z")

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Hi, Every time a new user signs-up, after the first post his accounts get temporarily blocked. Now, the user is not able to post even after signing up for the first time. Help, please.

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## [Iframes in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iframes-in-posts/142551)

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**Author:** [@AGeneral](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AGeneral)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iframes-in-posts/142551 "2020-02-25T05:45:56Z")

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Hello, I have a straight text page in the same domain that I’m trying to incorporate into multiple posts. Instead of me trying to update each post every time I update the text, I simply want to have a single iframe. I’v…

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## ["Build Poll" as a submit-panel button for mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/build-poll-as-a-submit-panel-button-for-mobile/142555)

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**Author:** [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/build-poll-as-a-submit-panel-button-for-mobile/142555 "2020-02-27T11:17:35Z")

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What would you like done? I would like to move the Build Poll option/button on mobile as a separate icon next to the image upload and preview buttons on the bottom left of a new topic/reply interface. When do you ne…

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## [Links to TOS en Privacy policy on registration page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-tos-en-privacy-policy-on-registration-page/142570)

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**Author:** [@harmstra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/harmstra)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-tos-en-privacy-policy-on-registration-page/142570 "2020-02-25T11:23:38Z")

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At the bottom of this image https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/5/a58b7b56da8175f2df569fdb4d4930708ed798c7.png there are links to the terms of service and privacy policy. My registration page lacks tho…

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## [Search API documentation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-api-documentation/142579)

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**Author:** [@Radu\_Luncasu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Radu_Luncasu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-api-documentation/142579 "2021-06-22T16:47:15Z")

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Hi there, Is there any place where I can find docs on what is supported by the search API ? For now I do know that it supports searching by tag. GET {{base\_url}}/search/query.json?term=tags:tag1,tag2&include\_blurbs=fa…

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## [Link on Top header to Go to Home page of main site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-on-top-header-to-go-to-home-page-of-main-site/142581)

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**Author:** [@Vagaram](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vagaram)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-on-top-header-to-go-to-home-page-of-main-site/142581 "2020-02-25T14:14:47Z")

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Is there a way to put a link on the header which will take the user to a different page. For example, if I click on Discourse logo on the top left it would take it to meta.discourse.org. Can there be another logo (or no …

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## [The "suggested topics max days old" value doesn't seem to be honoured](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-suggested-topics-max-days-old-value-doesnt-seem-to-be-honoured/142582)

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**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-suggested-topics-max-days-old-value-doesnt-seem-to-be-honoured/142582 "2020-02-28T10:39:16Z")

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Hi everyone, I may be misunderstanding how this works, but here’s the scenario. Our community was finding that waaaayyyy too many old topics were being bumped with non-useful one line replies because the topics appeare…

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## [Can't email forward notifications from a different Discourse server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-email-forward-notifications-from-a-different-discourse-server/142586)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-email-forward-notifications-from-a-different-discourse-server/142586 "2020-10-02T13:47:40Z")

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Reproduce Receive a useful email notification from Discourse Site A, via a category you are “Watching First Post” for. Forward that email notification into Discourse Site B, via an email address set up to create new mes…

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## [Feature interest survey: "go" permalinks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-interest-survey-go-permalinks/142605)

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**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-interest-survey-go-permalinks/142605 "2020-02-27T18:11:18Z")

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Looking for a check on if people would find this feature useful: A special type of permalinks that work from posts and topics inside Discourse, which need a special prefix to make the routing work (here, let’s say /go/)…

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## [Start with /latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-with-latest/142607)

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**Author:** [@harmstra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/harmstra)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-with-latest/142607 "2020-02-26T07:43:37Z")

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I was looking for a way to set /latest as the default page for mobile and desktop. Can’t find a setting for that. Any ideas??

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## [How can I hide the "Keyboard Shortcuts" and the "Desktop View" from the hamburger menu?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-hide-the-keyboard-shortcuts-and-the-desktop-view-from-the-hamburger-menu/142608)

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**Author:** [@\_alejandro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/_alejandro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-hide-the-keyboard-shortcuts-and-the-desktop-view-from-the-hamburger-menu/142608 "2020-02-25T20:05:04Z")

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How can I hide the “Keyboard Shortcuts” and the “Desktop View” from the hamburger menu?

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## [How to make it obvious who is staff?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-it-obvious-who-is-staff/142609)

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**Author:** [@Peter\_Galvin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Peter_Galvin)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 11:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-it-obvious-who-is-staff/142609 "2020-04-24T11:07:50Z")

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I don’t see any settings to for example make it obvious who is a staff member. Any thoughts on this?

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## [How can I hide this from all the pages?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-hide-this-from-all-the-pages/142622)

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**Author:** [@\_alejandro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/_alejandro)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-hide-this-from-all-the-pages/142622 "2020-02-25T22:36:13Z")

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I want to hide this everywhere, if you are in “About”, it shouldn’t be displayed, if you are in “FAQ”, it shouldn’t be displayed, and so on. :slight\_smile:

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## [Badge queries using "badge\_posts" table aren't awarded for non-public categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-queries-using-badge-posts-table-arent-awarded-for-non-public-categories/142639)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Schmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Schmucker)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-queries-using-badge-posts-table-arent-awarded-for-non-public-categories/142639 "2020-02-26T05:13:14Z")

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One of our users had 5 “Nice Reply” badges (liked 100 posts and gave 100 likes). Then we moved some topics to a private category, and now he has only 3 badges. It seems the badge query is not counting the likes given or …

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## [Made some changes I cannot revert](https://meta.discourse.org/t/made-some-changes-i-cannot-revert/142666)

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**Author:** [@cipherd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cipherd)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/made-some-changes-i-cannot-revert/142666 "2020-02-27T02:23:05Z")

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I was poking around in my CSS code and made some changes that are seemingly irreversible, I am fearing the worst but am a total noob when it comes to CSS and really had no business tinkering, to begin with. This is what …

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## [Change banner text on top of page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-banner-text-on-top-of-page/142671)

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**Author:** [@harmstra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/harmstra)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-banner-text-on-top-of-page/142671 "2020-02-26T13:48:39Z")

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I have changed the text of the banner on the top of the page. This was an English text, I’ve changed it to dutch. Now I want to change it again, but can find it in /admin/customize/site\_texts I think I found by typ…

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## [Typo in badge icon instructions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/typo-in-badge-icon-instructions/142675)

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**Author:** [@John\_Lehmann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/John_Lehmann)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/typo-in-badge-icon-instructions/142675 "2020-02-26T14:01:12Z")

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Should be fa- not far-

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## [Can't complete advanced tutorial because I don't have permission to create polls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-complete-advanced-tutorial-because-i-dont-have-permission-to-create-polls/142698)

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**Author:** [@Catija](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Catija)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-complete-advanced-tutorial-because-i-dont-have-permission-to-create-polls/142698 "2020-02-27T17:52:37Z")

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I created an account and started taking your tutorial. After completing the first one, I discovered that there was an advanced tutorial so I dug in deeper. Unfortunately, I’m now stuck as there’s a conflict between the …

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## [Nothing displayed on launcher rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nothing-displayed-on-launcher-rebuild/142721)

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**Author:** [@rahilqf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahilqf)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nothing-displayed-on-launcher-rebuild/142721 "2020-03-03T22:51:21Z")

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I’m trying to follow the guide for adding support for MySQL gem to the app container via the tutorial Use an import script that requires MySQL - #4 by pfaffman However, when I run the following, it just halts. \> ./laun…

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## [Long Polling Message Bus Notifications from React Application](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-polling-message-bus-notifications-from-react-application/142722)

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**Author:** [@StanLindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/StanLindsey)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-polling-message-bus-notifications-from-react-application/142722 "2020-02-27T11:09:38Z")

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Hi all, I’m currently building a React frontend to a headless Discourse server. I am in the process of implementing the notifications count, similar to the one over the users avatar on here. I’d like this to be updated…

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## [Automatically close option on Poll UI has an odd box](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-close-option-on-poll-ui-has-an-odd-box/142725)

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**Author:** [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-close-option-on-poll-ui-has-an-odd-box/142725 "2020-03-17T14:53:15Z")

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It has an odd, clickable tall rectangle next to the calendar that doesn’t seem to serve a purpose. Is this intentional? (This is on Meta)

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## [Change number of characters in a pinned topic excerpt](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-number-of-characters-in-a-pinned-topic-excerpt/142726)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-number-of-characters-in-a-pinned-topic-excerpt/142726 "2020-02-27T22:37:29Z")

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Is there a way to change the amount of text that is displayed on a pinned topic? It looks to me like that the excerpt length is hard coded. So maybe this is a feature request to be able to change it.

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## [Looking for a discourse expert who can help me improve my website transition speed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-discourse-expert-who-can-help-me-improve-my-website-transition-speed/142746)

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**Author:** [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-discourse-expert-who-can-help-me-improve-my-website-transition-speed/142746 "2020-02-27T13:23:50Z")

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What would you like done? I have my website which is built with discourse. It started getting slower about 6 months ago. When I click buttons in some places, error messages show. So, I’m looking for a discourse expert …

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## [Could anyone give a database schema dump?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-anyone-give-a-database-schema-dump/142749)

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**Author:** [@fzyzcjy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzyzcjy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-anyone-give-a-database-schema-dump/142749 "2020-02-29T02:09:35Z")

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Could you please give a dump of the SQL schema, because my computer cannot install the environment but I really want to know how the database schema is designed (since this project is sooooo famous and wonderful!) Thank…

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