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## [Redirect old URLs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-old-urls/20951)

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**Author:** [@tudorv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tudorv)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-old-urls/20951 "2015-02-01T20:57:23Z")

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I’ll pay $25 to someone who is able to help me redirect some old links to new URLs. I’ve described the problem here. The new Discourse forum is online and working, now all I need is a couple of smart Nginx rules. Please…

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## [Slight mail template change (no link element content)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slight-mail-template-change-no-link-element-content/20960)

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**Author:** [@Slind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Slind)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slight-mail-template-change-no-link-element-content/20960 "2014-10-09T15:59:46Z")

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Hey, some of the modern mail clients flag mails that use a link inside the link element but href to another site as scam. This is an issue with click tracking. Of course this is not an issue of Discourse but I don’t see…

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## [Compose preview box is too distracting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compose-preview-box-is-too-distracting/20964)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compose-preview-box-is-too-distracting/20964 "2014-10-09T18:13:13Z")

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As a user, I want to be able to keep my visual focus on the left-side composition text field rather than the preview box, so that I’m not inclined to click in the wrong “pane”. Maybe it’s just me, but I regularly find m…

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## [Would Discourse/Docker work on Nginx without a plethora of work?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-discourse-docker-work-on-nginx-without-a-plethora-of-work/20972)

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**Author:** [@stianthedark](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stianthedark)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-discourse-docker-work-on-nginx-without-a-plethora-of-work/20972 "2014-10-11T17:51:51Z")

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I think it would work. but it would probably require a ton of work. Does anyone have a simple way? Or should I just give up on hosting it myself? I would love to, as I have made my old laptop into a web server. It runs L…

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## [Gmail mute not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gmail-mute-not-working/21000)

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**Author:** [@miststlkr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/miststlkr)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 10:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gmail-mute-not-working/21000 "2015-12-04T10:19:59Z")

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The Vancouver Hack Space is rolling out Discourse as a replacement for a mailiong list and many users have it set to email every message and still use it like they did the old mailing list. I’ve noticed that when I mute…

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## [Cannot start, "no docker.io" and cannot resolve github.com](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-start-no-docker-io-and-cannot-resolve-github-com/21003)

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**Author:** [@iLek2428](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iLek2428)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-start-no-docker-io-and-cannot-resolve-github-com/21003 "2014-10-11T17:44:26Z")

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\[root@iLekLoveAnswers docker\]# /var/docker/launcher bootstrap app which: no docker.io in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin) Calculated ENV: -e LANG=en\_US.UTF-8 -e RAILS\_ENV=productio…

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## [Create posts from Google Forms responses](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-posts-from-google-forms-responses/21008)

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**Author:** [@lightyear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lightyear)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-posts-from-google-forms-responses/21008 "2021-06-18T01:04:11Z")

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Heyah, I have written a short script automatically posting new Google-Form-Entries to Discourse. You can use it to allow any kind of 3-party Data input into discourse for example: Anonymous Feedback Support-Request Me…

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## [Can't generate multiple API keys?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-generate-multiple-api-keys/21011)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2019, 6:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-generate-multiple-api-keys/21011 "2019-07-24T06:39:16Z")

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I have an API key for my WordPress instance, but also would like to create a second API key for a Google Drive form. However, when I go to /admin/api I see buttons to regenerate my existing key or revoke it, but no optio…

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## [X Number of replies to a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-number-of-replies-to-a-topic/21052)

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**Author:** [@SylarRuby](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SylarRuby)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-number-of-replies-to-a-topic/21052 "2016-10-30T15:40:32Z")

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Can you implement a way that only ‘x’ number of replies to a topic in a specific category? Example: In Cars category, when someone creates a topic, an admin can set the maximum amount of replies to that topic.

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## [Discourse Vine Support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vine-support/21056)

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**Author:** [@Webinsane](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Webinsane)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2015, 5:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vine-support/21056 "2015-12-09T05:53:01Z")

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Onebox is supporting Vine poorly. Is there interest to see Vine working like YouTube?

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## [Fully support Android Chrome's "Add to Homescreen"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fully-support-android-chromes-add-to-homescreen/21067)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fully-support-android-chromes-add-to-homescreen/21067 "2016-04-20T23:14:51Z")

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New in Chrome 39 Beta is an improved add to homescreen experience. Since Chrome M31, you can set up your web app to have an application shortcut icon added to a device’s homescreen, and have the app launch in full-scre…

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## [Unable to add invited emails to trust level groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-add-invited-emails-to-trust-level-groups/21080)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-add-invited-emails-to-trust-level-groups/21080 "2014-10-13T20:18:01Z")

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On the admin interface, admins are able to manually add users they know they trust to e.g. trust\_level\_2. When inviting new users, admins are able to select groups but not trust levels. This is a problem since those tru…

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## [Restrict public viewing of user profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-public-viewing-of-user-profile/21098)

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**Author:** [@SylarRuby](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SylarRuby)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-public-viewing-of-user-profile/21098 "2015-10-28T18:57:40Z")

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If this can be done with little coding until Discourse wants to add it to their new release then great, but can this be done? Changes in red: (Typo: “users must be logged in…”)

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## [Display and export contributions statistics over time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-and-export-contributions-statistics-over-time/21106)

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**Author:** [@Matthieu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matthieu)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2018, 8:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-and-export-contributions-statistics-over-time/21106 "2018-11-12T08:42:54Z")

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Hi, I’m a bit surprise to not find any topic on meta discourse related to this feature, I am the only one who would like to have the contribution data over time ? I mean the number of post, topics, users since the crea…

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## [Authentication is required error when pulling repo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/authentication-is-required-error-when-pulling-repo/21131)

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**Author:** [@salaxander](https://meta.discourse.org/u/salaxander)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 7:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/authentication-is-required-error-when-pulling-repo/21131 "2014-10-24T07:08:33Z")

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Hi everyone, I am having some trouble completing the installation on red hat enterprise linux 6.5. Everything is working fine up until the bootstrap process. When I run bootstrap I get the output Unable to find image '…

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## [Use MetaData to indicate image download filename](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-metadata-to-indicate-image-download-filename/21141)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-metadata-to-indicate-image-download-filename/21141 "2020-03-13T13:32:40Z")

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So we’ve had a couple of internal complaints about the fact that the image download name is the sha1 representation and not the actual name of the image (which is available, because you see it in the lightbox). It seems …

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## [How to change environment variable after docker has bootstrapped site?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-environment-variable-after-docker-has-bootstrapped-site/21147)

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**Author:** [@caogecym](https://meta.discourse.org/u/caogecym)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-environment-variable-after-docker-has-bootstrapped-site/21147 "2014-10-21T06:29:36Z")

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Hi all, I’m having a situation that after restart my AWS instance, DNS name has changed. So I want to change DISCOURSE\_HOSTNAME configuration under my host’s /var/discourse/containers/standalone.yml. I didn’t dig deep …

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## [Is it possible to pin a topic so it also appears in 'top'?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-pin-a-topic-so-it-also-appears-in-top/21150)

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**Author:** [@kkershaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kkershaw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 10:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-pin-a-topic-so-it-also-appears-in-top/21150 "2014-10-16T10:11:02Z")

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I’m not sure if I am missing something, or if I am going against an ideology of Discourse, but I was hoping to use ‘top’ as the landing page for a Discourse implementation, and still be able to pin certain topics globall…

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## [Getting email after my own reply](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-email-after-my-own-reply/21158)

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**Author:** [@Ricardo\_Viteri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ricardo_Viteri)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-email-after-my-own-reply/21158 "2016-10-22T20:44:27Z")

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Hi, I have selected the setting under preferences to receive an email after every new post. This works fine except that I also get an email from my own replies. I think one should not get emails of post that one writes. …

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## [Pagination URL scheme not passed through when topic is renamed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pagination-url-scheme-not-passed-through-when-topic-is-renamed/21170)

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**Author:** [@anon21958287](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon21958287)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pagination-url-scheme-not-passed-through-when-topic-is-renamed/21170 "2015-05-20T14:17:12Z")

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The non-javascript version of the site (for the likes of googlebot, et.al.) uses request parameters for pages (?page=2). This works fine for the bot doing the navigating, but if the first displayed post id were in the UR…

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## [OpenStreet maps embedding](https://meta.discourse.org/t/openstreet-maps-embedding/21175)

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**Author:** [@kuchaev\_iv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuchaev_iv)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/openstreet-maps-embedding/21175 "2018-01-23T05:16:20Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Can Google Maps be embedded into Topics?: Can we add this for http://www.openstreetmap.org/?

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## [Is it possible to assign a group with batch invite?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-assign-a-group-with-batch-invite/21188)

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**Author:** [@kkershaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kkershaw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 10:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-assign-a-group-with-batch-invite/21188 "2014-10-16T10:32:54Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Help me understand groups, categories and invites as compared to a mailing list or google group: I need to ‘batch invite’ a large number of users to a Discourse implementation who are div…

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## [Onebox embeds too much content when target page has malformed HTML](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-embeds-too-much-content-when-target-page-has-malformed-html/21193)

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**Author:** [@twicedd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twicedd)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-embeds-too-much-content-when-target-page-has-malformed-html/21193 "2021-02-17T17:30:10Z")

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Hi, I had an issue with the following link: Le charlatanisme de Galuel | ⊔Foundation Put on a one-line, it almost imports the whole page. I think this is not a normal behaviour, isn’t it?

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## [Show user count in the users list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-user-count-in-the-users-list/21199)

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**Author:** [@vulkanino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vulkanino)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-user-count-in-the-users-list/21199 "2014-10-17T21:20:42Z")

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Admin, Users. It would be nice to know how many users there are, before the list.

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## [Email in should strip Fwd's and Re's when creating a new topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-should-strip-fwds-and-res-when-creating-a-new-topic/21215)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-should-strip-fwds-and-res-when-creating-a-new-topic/21215 "2023-10-31T08:29:11Z")

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As a user, I want to be able to forward an email message to Discourse to start a discussion, without having the topic include all the “FW:”, “Fwd:”, “RE:”, etc. cluttering up the topic line, so that it’s easier to read w…

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## [Automatically set Topics to Watching after posting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-set-topics-to-watching-after-posting/21230)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-set-topics-to-watching-after-posting/21230 "2016-10-11T03:26:35Z")

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We’ve had this come up multiple times now, several of our users want topics they post/interact with to be automatically set to Watching. You can get it automatically set to Tracking, but the only way to get Watching is b…

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## [Pull Social Comments Into Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pull-social-comments-into-discourse/21240)

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**Author:** [@charles](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charles)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pull-social-comments-into-discourse/21240 "2014-11-06T00:56:24Z")

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trying out discourse and wonder if anything available like this? Pull in Tweets and Replies as Comments When publishing to Facebook and Twitter, the discussion is likely to continue there. Through Social, we can ag…

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## [Can Polls be limited to groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-polls-be-limited-to-groups/21242)

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**Author:** [@Wowl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wowl)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 10:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-polls-be-limited-to-groups/21242 "2023-05-01T10:09:07Z")

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I am wondering whether it is possible to limit the possibility to vote in a poll to certain groups. Should that not be the case, I figure it would be easy to add that functionality, would it not?

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## [Plugin request: Geotagging posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-request-geotagging-posts/21273)

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**Author:** [@benbakhshi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/benbakhshi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-request-geotagging-posts/21273 "2014-10-19T13:14:25Z")

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I want to let users geotag their posts, so when other users see the post they can see the address and be able to click to jump to Google maps. The input box would utilize Google’s autocomplete for address forms. It may…

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## [Add link to forum and backups from docker upgrade page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-link-to-forum-and-backups-from-docker-upgrade-page/21281)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-link-to-forum-and-backups-from-docker-upgrade-page/21281 "2014-11-02T04:56:27Z")

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My workflow for upgrading discourse is to first go to admin/upgrade to check if an upgrade is available, and if there is I then go to backups to see if I need to make a new backup. If needed I make a new backup. Then I g…

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