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## [Can I hire a specialist to help me install / customize?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-hire-a-specialist-to-help-me-install-customize/161066)

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**Author:** [@Ray\_Green](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ray_Green)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-hire-a-specialist-to-help-me-install-customize/161066 "2020-08-16T20:59:01Z")

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Hello all! I trust you’ll tell me if I’m in the wrong place for this post, and apologies if I am in advance. I’m new to Discourse, as in, I have weighed alternatives for our new community for several weeks and about 20 …

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## [Are you a hotshot with G-sheets AND Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-you-a-hotshot-with-g-sheets-and-discourse/161069)

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**Author:** [@Clasina\_Field](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Clasina_Field)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-you-a-hotshot-with-g-sheets-and-discourse/161069 "2020-08-24T14:26:57Z")

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YOU ARE??? Then maybe you can help me out here. I’d like to move text with a link (in this case, Baglady5,) to a cell in Google spreadsheet. Highlight - copy - paste (into google sheets cell) doesn’t work. I’m not …

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## [How do sidekiq jobs get re-created after a restore?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-sidekiq-jobs-get-re-created-after-a-restore/161070)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-sidekiq-jobs-get-re-created-after-a-restore/161070 "2020-08-17T15:05:21Z")

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I want to move a site’s postgres and redis servers to a different machine. Moving postgres is fairly straightforward. But there are several hundred jobs queued in sidekiq (ToggleTopicClosed and UnpinTopic at least mostly…

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## [Are PMs truly private and not crawlable?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-pms-truly-private-and-not-crawlable/161073)

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**Author:** [@mittals24](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mittals24)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-pms-truly-private-and-not-crawlable/161073 "2020-08-16T23:22:08Z")

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I would assume so by the nature of a Private Message. Still confirming as a user on our forums asked.

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## [Using ERD to Create Entity-Relationship Diagrams for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-erd-to-create-entity-relationship-diagrams-for-discourse/161086)

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**Author:** [@neounix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neounix)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-erd-to-create-entity-relationship-diagrams-for-discourse/161086 "2021-05-21T19:56:35Z")

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Hey, Today I was playing around with ERD and installed it in my Discourse dev setup on the mac and ran it. Was a bit buggy and had to reload it a few times, but was able to get it going, but needs work. Obvious…

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## [Discourse Crashes suddenly and back to normal in a while](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-crashes-suddenly-and-back-to-normal-in-a-while/161089)

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**Author:** [@gauthamraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gauthamraj)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-crashes-suddenly-and-back-to-normal-in-a-while/161089 "2020-08-17T07:49:32Z")

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Hi, We have created a discourse that uses keycloack for login and providing user privileges. The discourse seem to work fine but suddenly sometimes I get to see this error message and through a 503 error. Moments later…

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## [Delete button is enabled for auto-generated groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-button-is-enabled-for-auto-generated-groups/161095)

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**Author:** [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-button-is-enabled-for-auto-generated-groups/161095 "2021-03-25T14:48:27Z")

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The default Admin/Moderator/Staff groups have Delete button enabled and visible. As far as I know Discourse didn’t allow for deleting these groups. Potentially a bug? I haven’t dared to click the delete button because I…

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## [No oneboxing in category/tag/groups desc?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-oneboxing-in-category-tag-groups-desc/161099)

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**Author:** [@JacobDK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JacobDK)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 7:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-oneboxing-in-category-tag-groups-desc/161099 "2020-08-17T07:42:15Z")

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I tried to onebox a youtubevideo and a soundcloudpodcast in the category description. It did not onebox. It got ignored. The purpose is to let the user get a good overview of the category quickly by showing an introduct…

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## [Start Upgrading button becomes active during docker-manager upgrades](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-upgrading-button-becomes-active-during-docker-manager-upgrades/161102)

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**Author:** [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-upgrading-button-becomes-active-during-docker-manager-upgrades/161102 "2020-10-29T15:09:44Z")

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Additionally, I noticed that the Start Upgrade button erratically becomes active during the upgrade in docker manager.

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## [Concurrency problem: Two solutions for the same topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/concurrency-problem-two-solutions-for-the-same-topic/161104)

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**Author:** [@nikod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nikod)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/concurrency-problem-two-solutions-for-the-same-topic/161104 "2020-08-17T17:55:55Z")

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When the “Accept Solution” button is clicked simultaniously by two members a topic may get two solutions.

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## [Twitter onebox images as topic thumbnails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-onebox-images-as-topic-thumbnails/161107)

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**Author:** [@ElliSol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ElliSol)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-onebox-images-as-topic-thumbnails/161107 "2020-08-17T22:30:59Z")

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Hello! I have the preview plugin installed and I noticed that some previews show but others don’t. Previews for tweets especially don’t show at all when I link tweets in my topics. The same thing happens for videos shar…

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## [vBulletin 5 import error (invalid character in website field) and a quick question about attachments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vbulletin-5-import-error-invalid-character-in-website-field-and-a-quick-question-about-attachments/161108)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vbulletin-5-import-error-invalid-character-in-website-field-and-a-quick-question-about-attachments/161108 "2020-08-17T09:15:29Z")

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Hi guys! After importing my first old forum from phpbb 3 years ago, I’m happy to have motivated an international community forum admin to migrate another, larger forum (180000 members, 1.6M messages) to Discourse. …

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## [How can I embed tracking JS into Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-embed-tracking-js-into-discourse/161129)

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**Author:** [@jakubgs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jakubgs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-embed-tracking-js-into-discourse/161129 "2021-06-25T21:57:56Z")

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I’m using Fathom Analytics and trying to embed some JS script for site tracking, which looks like this: \<!-- Fathom - simple website analytics - https://github.com/usefathom/fathom --\> \<script\> (function(f, a, t, h, o, …

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## [Not starting up after rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-starting-up-after-rebuild/161135)

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**Author:** [@shingyanmok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shingyanmok)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-starting-up-after-rebuild/161135 "2020-08-17T12:04:05Z")

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I was following this guideline to renew my certificate. But unable to reach my site after rebuild app. Please help.

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## [How to display user email for all registered members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-display-user-email-for-all-registered-members/161136)

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**Author:** [@brucewayne](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brucewayne)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-display-user-email-for-all-registered-members/161136 "2020-08-17T13:07:26Z")

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Dear Discourse Community, I am trying to give a public access to all user email addresses. To be more precise, I would like that every registered member (not only admins) would have an access to a user email address fr…

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## [Not able to add Whisper Post Using API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-add-whisper-post-using-api/161145)

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**Author:** [@Minhaj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Minhaj)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-add-whisper-post-using-api/161145 "2020-08-18T15:41:54Z")

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I am unable to add whisper post Using the API. I am passing Whisper field to true in the given go struct. type Post struct { TopicID int \`json:"topic\_id"\` Raw string \`json:"raw"\` CreatedAt time.Time…

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## [Mensaje de cierre automático extraño de Rusia](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-russian-auto-close-message/161148)

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**Author:** [@RobinTS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobinTS)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-russian-auto-close-message/161148 "2020-08-17T14:45:22Z")

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Hello Discouse community, A mod brought this to my attention. Our topics auto-close at 2500 posts to keep mega topics at bay. Usually it displays an English message (site’s default language). In this one instance, it…

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## [Sending a message on a deleted post generates spurious error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-a-message-on-a-deleted-post-generates-spurious-error/161156)

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**Author:** [@adamengst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adamengst)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-a-message-on-a-deleted-post-generates-spurious-error/161156 "2020-08-19T23:39:01Z")

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Here’s a reproducible (for me) bug in 2.6.0b1. Delete a post (as the admin). Click the flag button to send the user a message explaining why you deleted their post. Compose and send the message. Get this error dialog: …

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## [Image compressor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-compressor/161163)

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**Author:** [@Yariv\_Cohen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yariv_Cohen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-compressor/161163 "2020-08-21T16:55:55Z")

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Hi friends Are there any solutions for storing big images on discourse? What I mean, is there any option to minimize images while they are being uploaded by the user, or another option which is less preferable, every fe…

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## [Embedded Tweets throw 403 when logged in via Twitter](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedded-tweets-throw-403-when-logged-in-via-twitter/161164)

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**Author:** [@Terrapop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Terrapop)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedded-tweets-throw-403-when-logged-in-via-twitter/161164 "2020-08-17T21:12:24Z")

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I’m getting a weird 403 error for embedded tweets when I logged in via Twitter. API keys set up correctly, the app is approved and login via Twitter is possible without problems. When I log out or delete the Twitter…

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## [Freaky Bloomberg URL results in spurious "You have been logged out" error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/freaky-bloomberg-url-results-in-spurious-you-have-been-logged-out-error/161165)

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**Author:** [@adamengst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adamengst)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/freaky-bloomberg-url-results-in-spurious-you-have-been-logged-out-error/161165 "2020-08-22T17:36:50Z")

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Whenever I put the URL below into a post, Discourse throws a dialog telling me I’ve been logged out, and forces me to click a Refresh button. If I’m quick, I can click Cancel fast enough such that another dialog comes up…

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## [Scroll to bottom of a topic with 1 Post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scroll-to-bottom-of-a-topic-with-1-post/161173)

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**Author:** [@AntiMetaman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AntiMetaman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scroll-to-bottom-of-a-topic-with-1-post/161173 "2020-08-25T10:52:44Z")

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In the case where there’s a single topic with a single post, it seems the site doesn’t scroll to the bottom if I click at the bottom. For example, there are some topics even here in this site where a new plugin or someth…

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## [Bottom of posts via email are not visible by Spark email client](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bottom-of-posts-via-email-are-not-visible-by-spark-email-client/161192)

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**Author:** [@Solari](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Solari)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bottom-of-posts-via-email-are-not-visible-by-spark-email-client/161192 "2020-08-17T21:26:20Z")

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This isn’t a Discourse bug, but am passing along to see if any adjustments can be made. i’m using the Spark email client which is quite popular and I noticed when I get post notifications via email, if I have images set…

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## [Upload Icon should be Image Icon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-icon-should-be-image-icon/161197)

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**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-icon-should-be-image-icon/161197 "2020-08-18T01:51:21Z")

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It seems this has regressed again in one of the latest builds. See this old post for the same problem. I see this on two sites with the upload file types set to defaults of only images. Also happening on mobile.

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## [Add headers to all outgoing emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-headers-to-all-outgoing-emails/161198)

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**Author:** [@alexk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexk)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-headers-to-all-outgoing-emails/161198 "2020-09-23T15:46:20Z")

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Hi there! I’m looking to modify my discourse server configuration so that all emails the server send include a header: x-virtual-mta:default. I’ve been searching around and I don’t yet see if that’s possible, does anyo…

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## [Cannot update with voting plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-update-with-voting-plugin/161209)

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**Author:** [@barreeeiroo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barreeeiroo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-update-with-voting-plugin/161209 "2020-09-09T17:49:13Z")

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Running ./launcher rebuild app returns the following output: I, \[2020-08-17T23:48:27.330418 #1\] INFO -- : \> cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:migrate' 2020-08-17 23:48:33.365 UTC \[3383\] disc…

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## [Weird Formatting Bug in old Microsoft Edge](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-formatting-bug-in-old-microsoft-edge/161210)

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**Author:** [@Jacksurd7](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jacksurd7)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-formatting-bug-in-old-microsoft-edge/161210 "2020-08-18T15:11:37Z")

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I went to check a forum on my secondary computer and I encountered this. I am wondering if my browser is at fault, but I need some input. What should I do to diagnose the problem? Browser version: 18.19041 Forum versio…

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## [Asking to see how user found out my website](https://meta.discourse.org/t/asking-to-see-how-user-found-out-my-website/161224)

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**Author:** [@R\_X](https://meta.discourse.org/u/R_X)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/asking-to-see-how-user-found-out-my-website/161224 "2020-08-18T20:42:35Z")

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Hello. I just started a new website a week ago and i try to search my website using google dork and i saw it with 2 topics. And then suddenly there was a guy who create an account on my website. Im curious now how he f…

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## [Estimate server specs after migrating from vBulletin5 to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/estimate-server-specs-after-migrating-from-vbulletin5-to-discourse/161245)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/estimate-server-specs-after-migrating-from-vbulletin5-to-discourse/161245 "2020-08-21T12:09:17Z")

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Hi, I’m migrating a forum to Discourse. Unfortunately, the current vBulletin forum is broken and I don’t have access to the forum monthly stats. This is what I know and I could estimate (based on several homepage snap…

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## [Hangs discourse and discourse restore FAILED](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hangs-discourse-and-discourse-restore-failed/161248)

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**Author:** [@Dev\_Work](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dev_Work)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hangs-discourse-and-discourse-restore-failed/161248 "2020-08-26T08:40:39Z")

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I run the command ./launcher rebuild app redis is now ready to exit, bye bye ... hangs discourse - 40min, stop ctrl + c It is loading all time. As result we did not create new container, could you explain what kin…

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