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## [Use multiple Docker containers without exposing ports](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-multiple-docker-containers-without-exposing-ports/22283)

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**Author:** [@jspdng](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jspdng)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-multiple-docker-containers-without-exposing-ports/22283 "2017-06-02T09:24:03Z")

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:warning: This is an advanced setup. Don’t follow this unless you are experienced with Linux server administration and Docker. Hello everyone! If you don’t want to mess with the firewall rules and security of your se…

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## [Setting to disable pin/unpin messages?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-disable-pin-unpin-messages/22306)

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**Author:** [@kmoe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kmoe)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-disable-pin-unpin-messages/22306 "2015-06-01T23:04:04Z")

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This is a feature request for a setting allowing us to disable the automatic pin/unpin messages that appear when pinning/unpinning topics (as described in this topic: Order of pinned topics and deleting pin messages

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## [What is the Timing of Formal Discourse REST API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-timing-of-formal-discourse-rest-api/22329)

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**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-timing-of-formal-discourse-rest-api/22329 "2014-11-20T16:55:40Z")

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Hi, I want to contract with a developer to develop an app for my web site (android and iphone) that will include integrated access to my forums (with inapp message notifications). One developer I’m talking to has conve…

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## [\[PAID\] Modify WP template for 5 Discourse integrations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-modify-wp-template-for-5-discourse-integrations/22333)

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**Author:** [@liamaust](https://meta.discourse.org/u/liamaust)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-modify-wp-template-for-5-discourse-integrations/22333 "2014-11-20T03:52:35Z")

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Hi, I need help with a Discourse integration into my WP site. My site is already running Discourse and Wordpress, and I am open to changing the WP template. I need to modify my wordpress template to… 1.- show the most …

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## [\[PAID\] 4 features/plugins installation to my Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-4-features-plugins-installation-to-my-discourse/22335)

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**Author:** [@liamaust](https://meta.discourse.org/u/liamaust)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-4-features-plugins-installation-to-my-discourse/22335 "2014-11-20T03:56:34Z")

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I need some help getting live some features plugins in my Discourse forum. I’m looking to: 1.- use the member directory plugin (option to do this in wordpress with a plugin too) 2.- create private forums (so only paid…

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## ['we miss you' email to members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/we-miss-you-email-to-members/22344)

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**Author:** [@limeblast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/limeblast)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/we-miss-you-email-to-members/22344 "2014-11-20T23:03:37Z")

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I wanted to send an email to all the members of my forum who’ve not visited the site for a while (in an attempt to lure them back) but I’m not sure the best way of approaching this problem. Can someone point me in the r…

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## [Use case: 1000 people having a discussion right after an online conference](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-case-1000-people-having-a-discussion-right-after-an-online-conference/22365)

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**Author:** [@tedpearlman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tedpearlman)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-case-1000-people-having-a-discussion-right-after-an-online-conference/22365 "2014-11-21T15:06:32Z")

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Hi all, I’m the founder of a community (of sorts) called Sugarmaples. We’ve been using Slack for the last year or so. It’s a great tool. But it’s not so great when there are a thousand people talking about something at …

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## [Is there any reason use "no-reply@example.com" for author tag in rss?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-reason-use-no-reply-example-com-for-author-tag-in-rss/22371)

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**Author:** [@Jong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jong)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2014, 12:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-reason-use-no-reply-example-com-for-author-tag-in-rss/22371 "2014-11-25T12:32:06Z")

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Look below code, line number 17. Is there any reason use “no-reply@example.com”? How about remove “no-reply@example.com” on list.rss.erb?

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## [Add a "New Private Message" button to the inbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-new-private-message-button-to-the-inbox/22388)

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**Author:** [@rumpelsepp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rumpelsepp)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2014, 12:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-new-private-message-button-to-the-inbox/22388 "2014-12-03T12:33:48Z")

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I often use private messages on my discourse board. It annoys me that there is no “New Private Message” button on my “Messages” (/users/rumpelsepp/private-messages) page. If I want to send a message to several users I al…

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## [Github boxes should be truncated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-boxes-should-be-truncated/22396)

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**Author:** [@rumpelsepp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rumpelsepp)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 9:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-boxes-should-be-truncated/22396 "2015-01-27T09:42:24Z")

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I think the text in the github boxes should be truncated. It does not look beautiful when linking to a commit with a long description, see this example: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/45eaf45dfa4850df16bc2e8e7…

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## [Failed bootstrapping web container (data successfully done)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-bootstrapping-web-container-data-successfully-done/22397)

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**Author:** [@helmi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helmi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-bootstrapping-web-container-data-successfully-done/22397 "2014-11-22T19:32:37Z")

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After a bit of fiddling around with the data container i finally got it running. Unfortunately i’m stuck with the web container in my multisite installation. Here’s the error i get: FAILED -------------------- RuntimeE…

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## [Option to force email context](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-force-email-context/22401)

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**Author:** [@lake54](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lake54)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 4:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-force-email-context/22401 "2016-02-19T04:47:50Z")

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Some users on our forum would like the option to force an amount of context in the notification emails. I suggest this is implemented as a user-configurable option with a site default (shipped as 0). The current situat…

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## [JSON vs URL Encoded API Calls - JSON returns BAD CSRF](https://meta.discourse.org/t/json-vs-url-encoded-api-calls-json-returns-bad-csrf/22406)

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**Author:** [@sperok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sperok)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/json-vs-url-encoded-api-calls-json-returns-bad-csrf/22406 "2016-03-31T06:53:07Z")

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Is there possibly a difference in the handling of JSON and formencoded data by the REST API? If I create a topic it works with Content-Type: application/x-www-formencoded: POST /posts HTTP/1.1 Content-Type: application…

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## [Wiki-topic with censored words](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wiki-topic-with-censored-words/22417)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2014, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wiki-topic-with-censored-words/22417 "2014-11-23T10:08:21Z")

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Does anyone like an idea of having a publicly editable list of stop words so that entries can be added only (removed by staff only). Probably a good idea for plugin? Current stop words list is useless especially when yo…

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## [Where do half baked containers live and how to delete them?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-do-half-baked-containers-live-and-how-to-delete-them/22423)

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**Author:** [@helmi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helmi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-do-half-baked-containers-live-and-how-to-delete-them/22423 "2014-11-22T20:55:56Z")

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Hi, i’m currently just playing around on a test installation trying to warm up with docker, ruby, discourse et al. My current problem is that when bootrapping fails and probably things getting really broken i’d like to…

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## [\[SOLVED\] Can't Connect to the Server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-cant-connect-to-the-server/22436)

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**Author:** [@balintant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/balintant)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-cant-connect-to-the-server/22436 "2014-11-23T18:15:50Z")

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I have just installed Discourse on Debian Wheezy and I’m not even able to connect to it by it’s IP address (+the port I set up). Safari says: Safari Can’t Connect to the Server Safari can’t open the page “xxx.xxx.xxx.…

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## [Why we must login before we can use share function](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-we-must-login-before-we-can-use-share-function/22441)

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**Author:** [@wuchong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wuchong)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-we-must-login-before-we-can-use-share-function/22441 "2014-11-23T18:26:29Z")

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I do think share is a very important function in forum. However a visitor(come from google or other share link) without login can not share the post which he likes. This may reduce engagement and traffic. Why Discourse…

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## [Install discourse at lower version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-at-lower-version/22446)

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**Author:** [@coubeatczech](https://meta.discourse.org/u/coubeatczech)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-at-lower-version/22446 "2016-05-31T04:23:23Z")

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Hi, I’d like to install discourse at a specific commit, because I have a migration plugin that I have that only works with some range of commits, definitely not with the current newest. How do I do that? Thanks

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## [Block Direct Connections](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-direct-connections/22450)

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**Author:** [@balintant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/balintant)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2014, 7:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-direct-connections/22450 "2014-11-24T07:58:56Z")

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How can I block direct connections to Discourse and force people to use my domain instead of the ip:port version? It is important because my server would work like this: Varnish → Nginx → Discourse.

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## [Posting Skype links is impossible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-skype-links-is-impossible/22456)

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**Author:** [@Seleren](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Seleren)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-skype-links-is-impossible/22456 "2014-11-25T18:02:36Z")

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When trying to post a skype link in such way: \[Skype link\](skype:?chat&blob=RandomLongNumbersAndCharacters) the result becomes an \<a\> without href. Here’s an example. Skype link This cannot even be worked around by …

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## [\[Paid\] Google Adsense Plugin Installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-google-adsense-plugin-installation/22463)

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**Author:** [@anandm09](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anandm09)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2014, 7:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-google-adsense-plugin-installation/22463 "2014-11-25T07:44:59Z")

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I need to install Google Adsense on our discourse forum hosted on digitalocen. Please let me know the requirements and costing.

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## [Any demand for quiz/exam functionality?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-demand-for-quiz-exam-functionality/22470)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-demand-for-quiz-exam-functionality/22470 "2023-10-02T17:40:15Z")

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In our community, we’d like to offer basic quizzes or “exams” that would add the successful quiz-taker to a group (or generate a badge) when successfully completed. Would this be useful for anyone else?

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## [Badges predicated on getting a series of other badges?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-predicated-on-getting-a-series-of-other-badges/22471)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-predicated-on-getting-a-series-of-other-badges/22471 "2014-11-24T18:55:58Z")

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Story: As an admin, I’d like to create a badge that is automatically granted if (and only if) a user has received a certain list of other badges, so that we can create a list of accomplishments/tasks in our community, an…

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## [Delete old /var/docker directory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-old-var-docker-directory/22489)

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**Author:** [@Azathoth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Azathoth)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-old-var-docker-directory/22489 "2014-11-25T15:15:06Z")

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I was just wondering if I can delete an old /var/docker directory without losing any shared data, since Discourse lives in /var/discourse now?

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## [Embed discourse top 3 topics in Chrome Extension popup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-discourse-top-3-topics-in-chrome-extension-popup/22506)

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**Author:** [@wsbchk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wsbchk)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-discourse-top-3-topics-in-chrome-extension-popup/22506 "2014-11-27T02:28:31Z")

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I tried to embed a disqus forum in my Chrome extension but they prevent embedding from a different domain (none in this case, as its an extension) than the forum is registered with. Does disourse allow such embedding?

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## [Multiple Standalone containers instead of multisite?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-standalone-containers-instead-of-multisite/22524)

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**Author:** [@helmi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helmi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2014, 9:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-standalone-containers-instead-of-multisite/22524 "2014-11-27T09:32:51Z")

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Hi, to be honest i’m not so much into docker for now but i was wondering if it could probably be a good alternative to a multisite installation to have just multiple standalone containers next to each other on one VM. N…

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## [Unable to login using Facebook](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-login-using-facebook/22556)

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**Author:** [@eliasripley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eliasripley)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2014, 9:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-login-using-facebook/22556 "2014-11-27T09:49:36Z")

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Hello, new to Discourse, just visiting the Meta to leave a request for the community. Thought I’d let you know that I was unable to login properly using FB on Chrome. (Login button cleared the sign-in form and reset page…

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## [Sending push notifications to Android devices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-push-notifications-to-android-devices/22565)

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**Author:** [@aravinthk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aravinthk)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 5:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-push-notifications-to-android-devices/22565 "2015-09-18T05:45:35Z")

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Any idea on how to send push notifications to android mobiles or tablets for every new post?

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## [How to install Discourse on Koding?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-on-koding/22614)

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**Author:** [@Matthew\_Hawley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matthew_Hawley)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-on-koding/22614 "2014-11-28T21:40:36Z")

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How do I install Discourse on Koding? Thanks!

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## [Help Required in Migration from Vbulletin to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-required-in-migration-from-vbulletin-to-discourse/22625)

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**Author:** [@NiteshAgrawal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NiteshAgrawal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-required-in-migration-from-vbulletin-to-discourse/22625 "2014-11-28T20:42:59Z")

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We are a forum working out of India and is probably the biggest forum in its space. We have approximately 200,000 registered users with huge amount of Posts and Replies. We are currently Vbulletin based forum with some m…

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