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## [Google ad placement targeting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-ad-placement-targeting/237880)

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**Author:** [@ked](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ked)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-ad-placement-targeting/237880 "2022-09-07T18:25:15Z")

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A specific outside company wants to do a target placement to my discourse site. (I use the official discourse ad plugin, and display google ads in my ad slot(s). They are using Google Ads to serve their ads. The ads t…

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## [Substack integration?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/substack-integration/237891)

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**Author:** [@fuse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fuse)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/substack-integration/237891 "2022-10-13T23:43:19Z")

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Searched here and in general, came up empty. Is there a substack and discourse integration or plugin that would turn an article on substack into a topic on discourse? Thanks!

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## [Why keep showing this notice and no message at all?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-keep-showing-this-notice-and-no-message-at-all/237893)

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**Author:** [@Sherran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sherran)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-keep-showing-this-notice-and-no-message-at-all/237893 "2022-09-02T04:33:07Z")

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I receive several times this notice saying I got a message in the admin box and when i click in there is nothing. Anything went wrong? THanks!

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## [When I paste links it automatically turns them into markdown links? \[Edge\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-i-paste-links-it-automatically-turns-them-into-markdown-links-edge/237903)

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**Author:** [@BaneWilliams](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BaneWilliams)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-i-paste-links-it-automatically-turns-them-into-markdown-links-edge/237903 "2022-09-02T12:52:52Z")

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When I paste links, they automatically get markedown linked, as if I had pressed ctrl+k. This is definitely some weird user error situation, as other people in my organisation do not have the issue. But they use Chrome a…

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## [Hide certain group settings if group name includes a specific name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-certain-group-settings-if-group-name-includes-a-specific-name/237917)

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**Author:** [@AquaL1te](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AquaL1te)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-certain-group-settings-if-group-name-includes-a-specific-name/237917 "2022-09-08T14:59:35Z")

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I’ve created a custom plugin to include some extra fields for groups. But they only apply to groups with the name “chapter” in it. So it doesn’t make sense to have them in groups for other purposes. Is there some way I c…

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## [Users not able to view their own posts after enabling reaction plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-not-able-to-view-their-own-posts-after-enabling-reaction-plugin/237919)

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**Author:** [@Denise](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denise)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 8:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-not-able-to-view-their-own-posts-after-enabling-reaction-plugin/237919 "2022-09-02T08:35:31Z")

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Hi! I have installed and enabled the reactions plugin for our discourse instance, with the following settings: However afterwards users were not able to view their own topic anymore. Instead of seeing their topic, a…

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## [Set category visibility to "logged in / signed in"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-category-visibility-to-logged-in-signed-in/237921)

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**Author:** [@Nycticorax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nycticorax)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 10:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-category-visibility-to-logged-in-signed-in/237921 "2022-09-02T10:01:49Z")

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As the title says, I am trying to set some of the categories of our Discourse instance so that: only users who are currently logged in can see/post in them. Does the feature exist? So far I have only seen custom rules…

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## [A plugin to "check" a portion of a post before it can be posted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-plugin-to-check-a-portion-of-a-post-before-it-can-be-posted/237924)

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**Author:** [@Tinsmith6176](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tinsmith6176)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-plugin-to-check-a-portion-of-a-post-before-it-can-be-posted/237924 "2022-09-02T16:24:55Z")

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Hi. A terrible title for my post, sorry xD I’m looking for a plugin that i can use to make sure that when a post is created in a certain catagory, that certain info has been written correctly. I want to use this for a…

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## [Animated GIF avatars, how enable?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/animated-gif-avatars-how-enable/237926)

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**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/animated-gif-avatars-how-enable/237926 "2022-09-03T01:45:57Z")

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how enable Animated GIF avatars?

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## [Are chat messages hard deleted after the retention period?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-chat-messages-hard-deleted-after-the-retention-period/237936)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-chat-messages-hard-deleted-after-the-retention-period/237936 "2022-09-02T12:03:33Z")

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Are chat posts kept in the database after the retention period, after chat post deletion or after chat channel deletion? Thanks.

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## [Channel Move menu on ipad not functional \[DiscourseHub\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/channel-move-menu-on-ipad-not-functional-discoursehub/237938)

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**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/channel-move-menu-on-ipad-not-functional-discoursehub/237938 "2022-09-02T11:19:48Z")

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A bug? Using iPad/DiscourseHub I can’t move messages to another channel. List of destination doesn’t offer anything. Source is limited to TL2 but destinations are free-for-all or Tl1. Can it interfere there — shou…

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## [Uploads not sending in Personal Chat with 'Chat Allow Uploads' (in public channels) disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-not-sending-in-personal-chat-with-chat-allow-uploads-in-public-channels-disabled/237943)

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**Author:** [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-not-sending-in-personal-chat-with-chat-allow-uploads-in-public-channels-disabled/237943 "2022-09-30T13:42:42Z")

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A potential bug-\> when turning off the ability to upload files to public channels the files uploaded to personal chats aren’t showing on the receiver side. Once the setting is turned back on everything works as expected…

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## [New user message limits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-message-limits/237948)

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**Author:** [@supercobra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supercobra)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 5:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-message-limits/237948 "2022-09-03T05:22:08Z")

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Is there a place in the code or UI where I can find all the limits imposed to a new user and how long those limits apply?

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## [Navigate to the posts from "Popular Link" inside a Topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigate-to-the-posts-from-popular-link-inside-a-topic/237951)

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**Author:** [@attj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/attj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigate-to-the-posts-from-popular-link-inside-a-topic/237951 "2022-09-02T21:55:45Z")

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As you already know, Discourse has a popular links section under the first post of each topic. Which basically collects all clicked links under that topic (including the topic itself). So these links actually span multip…

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## [Do we have some video to understand Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-have-some-video-to-understand-discourse/237954)

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**Author:** [@Kunal\_Singla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kunal_Singla)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-have-some-video-to-understand-discourse/237954 "2022-09-02T16:57:52Z")

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I am looking to implement discourse and looking for material to better understand the product.

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## [Finding all untagged topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-all-untagged-topics/237958)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Garrison](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ben_Garrison)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-all-untagged-topics/237958 "2022-09-02T18:01:43Z")

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I am looking for a query using Data Explorer to grab all untagged topics.

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## [I have a project in mind, and I don't know if I can do it with Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-have-a-project-in-mind-and-i-dont-know-if-i-can-do-it-with-discourse/237959)

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**Author:** [@skizo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/skizo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-have-a-project-in-mind-and-i-dont-know-if-i-can-do-it-with-discourse/237959 "2022-09-02T21:24:52Z")

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If i have three webs, and I want each one to have their forum, i see two diferent options: -First: One single discourse installation on another domain (global project), and to make three categories inside. One for each …

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## [Error after update failed today: \[rake themes:update assets:precompile\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-after-update-failed-today-rake-themes-update-assets-precompile/237960)

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**Author:** [@TroyaNO](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TroyaNO)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-after-update-failed-today-rake-themes-update-assets-precompile/237960 "2022-09-02T20:07:16Z")

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Today, after performing a standard update via the admin panel, the update was blocked and when trying to perform the procedure manually with ./launcher rebuild app this did not work for the first time …

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## [Error when upgrading and would like to solve or reset](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-upgrading-and-would-like-to-solve-or-reset/237961)

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**Author:** [@vel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vel)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-upgrading-and-would-like-to-solve-or-reset/237961 "2022-09-02T20:02:43Z")

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I just tried to upgrade and I’m getting å few errors in the console and my forum is down. Sorry, there was an error upgrading Discourse. Please check the logs below. In the console is the following: Using xorcist…

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## [How much extra disk space is required for chat?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-much-extra-disk-space-is-required-for-chat/237965)

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**Author:** [@th21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/th21)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-much-extra-disk-space-is-required-for-chat/237965 "2022-09-02T19:11:52Z")

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Will chat messages take a significant amount of disk storage? I have roughly 15G remains and around 100 active users per day and would like to test it.

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## [Turn off discourse deleting inactive users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turn-off-discourse-deleting-inactive-users/237968)

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**Author:** [@vel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turn-off-discourse-deleting-inactive-users/237968 "2022-09-02T19:10:33Z")

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Is there a way to deactivate “System deleting inactive users” option? My users use a product that they might use once a year and they may not use their account if there isn’t a need for it. I saw another post mentio…

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## [Discourse shows raw i18n labels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-shows-raw-i18n-labels/237973)

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**Author:** [@nima](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nima)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-shows-raw-i18n-labels/237973 "2022-09-20T21:40:34Z")

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hi I’m currently running 2.9.0.beta9 version of discourse on my server and my locale is set to Farsi. there is a huge problem on some translation in which only the i18n label show instead of actual content like \[fa\_IR…

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## [I can't change my admin user email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-change-my-admin-user-email/237978)

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**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-change-my-admin-user-email/237978 "2022-09-03T16:29:27Z")

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So guys, I have a forum, and on that forum I am the only admin and owner! It turns out that when I made this site I used an email called REDACTED this email I used through the cpanel of TMD hosting, it happened that I no…

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## [Questions about heart-based badges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-heart-based-badges/237984)

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**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-heart-based-badges/237984 "2022-09-03T02:43:13Z")

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In Profile - twofoursixeight - Dark Gaming , it shows that I have liked 1.8k posts and recieved 1.8k likes. Why does Empathic not show up yet in badges? Maybe because of the off-topic posts?

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## [Cheers dropping and increasing randomly in Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cheers-dropping-and-increasing-randomly-in-discourse-meta/237985)

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**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cheers-dropping-and-increasing-randomly-in-discourse-meta/237985 "2022-09-03T08:17:44Z")

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Can someone explain why my cheers have dropped from 40 to 18 lately? This cheers system is kind of funny. (I gained 20 cheers right now)

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## [Profile field "About me" isn't updating in real time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/profile-field-about-me-isnt-updating-in-real-time/238005)

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**Author:** [@trffh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trffh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/profile-field-about-me-isnt-updating-in-real-time/238005 "2022-09-03T09:48:03Z")

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Hello, I’m new to discourse but I noticed when I update the About me field in my Profile under /preferences/profile, on my website or here on Discourse, these changes aren’t updated in real time when I click on Summary …

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## [Adding script to custom head doesn't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-script-to-custom-head-doesnt-work/238012)

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**Author:** [@Idan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Idan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-script-to-custom-head-doesnt-work/238012 "2022-09-03T09:50:18Z")

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I tried to put a script to init variable in the custom head, but it doesn’t render on the page, only the external scripts are shown. e.g. \<script type="text/javascript"\> var \_v = \_v || \[\]; \_v = 9; \</script\> ... \[exter…

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## [How to put theme for others to access in the menu?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-put-theme-for-others-to-access-in-the-menu/238042)

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**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-put-theme-for-others-to-access-in-the-menu/238042 "2023-06-08T07:06:00Z")

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like this

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## [How to install Discourse on Webhosting Server (without ssh control)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-on-webhosting-server-without-ssh-control/238045)

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**Author:** [@Timothee\_scheufler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timothee_scheufler)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-on-webhosting-server-without-ssh-control/238045 "2022-09-03T21:53:11Z")

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Hello, I currently have a Forum running phpbb and I want to migrate to Discourse. I looked through the installation Docs on Github but it requires me a Webserver with SSH Control to do this. Is there a way to do this wi…

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## [Cloudflare Stream video upload theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-stream-video-upload-theme-component/238048)

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**Author:** [@Mr.X\_Mr.X](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mr.X_Mr.X)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-stream-video-upload-theme-component/238048 "2022-09-04T14:47:52Z")

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What would you like done? Replace YouTube/Vimeo with Cloudflare Streaming API Starting point: Video Upload to YouTube and Vimeo using Theme Component When do you need it done? Next 7 days What is your budget, in $ U…

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