# Hot

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## [Sites who want real email addresses and no private messaging](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sites-who-want-real-email-addresses-and-no-private-messaging/63016)

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**Author:** [@pocock](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pocock)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sites-who-want-real-email-addresses-and-no-private-messaging/63016 "2017-05-19T14:48:51Z")

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The default installation of Discourse requires users to create usernames and it also offers private messaging between users. Users are not able to see the real email addresses of other users. In traditional mailing lis…

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## [Link click counters not displaying on new site for self-clicks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-click-counters-not-displaying-on-new-site-for-self-clicks/63017)

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**Author:** [@nmagee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nmagee)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-click-counters-not-displaying-on-new-site-for-self-clicks/63017 "2017-07-20T19:11:45Z")

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We have a fairly new installation with only a couple dozen posts, but our inline click counters are not appearing. I have not modified any of the CSS at all, but wasn’t sure if they only show up after a certain base numb…

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## [Error when installing ssl Let's Encrypt](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-installing-ssl-lets-encrypt/63032)

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**Author:** [@wiliamjoaquim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wiliamjoaquim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-installing-ssl-lets-encrypt/63032 "2017-05-19T22:58:26Z")

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I’m trying to install ssl by following this tutorial But during rebuild of ./launcher rebuild app the following error occurs at the end of the rebuild FAILED -------------------- Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discours…

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## [Error connecting to redis using the DO guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-connecting-to-redis-using-the-do-guide/63037)

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**Author:** [@d00137007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/d00137007)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-connecting-to-redis-using-the-do-guide/63037 "2017-05-25T20:54:24Z")

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Hi, I followed Discourse | DigitalOcean Marketplace 1-Click App, but I never got the email at the end. I checked the logs and it says "Error connecting to redis on localhost :6379. Any idea? I can’t figure it out. Than…

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## [Wp-discourse SSL problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-ssl-problem/63048)

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**Author:** [@deviant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/deviant)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-ssl-problem/63048 "2017-05-20T08:51:38Z")

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Elo Discoursers.. I have Discourse and Wordpress running on the same host, except that Discourse is inside a Docker container with Nginx setup “external” to docker using a reverse-proxy. Installed wp-discourse on my Wo…

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## [Allocating a response (comment)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allocating-a-response-comment/63054)

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**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allocating-a-response-comment/63054 "2017-05-20T10:00:36Z")

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I try to bring out (for testing) posts that are comments. import { withPluginApi } from 'discourse/lib/plugin-api'; import RawHtml from 'discourse/widgets/raw-html'; //TABLE posts: reply\_to\_post\_number integer functio…

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## [Odd symbol in Wikipedia Onebox titles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-symbol-in-wikipedia-onebox-titles/63055)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-symbol-in-wikipedia-onebox-titles/63055 "2017-05-26T00:00:33Z")

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Seems to affect all Wikipedia Oneboxes

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## [Discourse Narrative Bot Data Explorer Queries 🤖](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-narrative-bot-data-explorer-queries/63060)

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**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-narrative-bot-data-explorer-queries/63060 "2017-05-20T13:35:13Z")

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In the interest of tracking user interaction with @discobot, here are are some data explorer queries. If anyone can think of a way to actually show a percentage progress through the track that would be awesome! But as f…

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## [Notifications when a topic is recategorized](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-when-a-topic-is-recategorized/63079)

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**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-when-a-topic-is-recategorized/63079 "2018-05-08T16:30:59Z")

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On this forum I am watching the support/wordpress category. A few times, I’ve noticed topics in that category for which I haven’t received notifications. Here’s an example of one: WP + Discourse SSO Continuity Issue Loo…

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## [Merging multiple containers into one](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merging-multiple-containers-into-one/63081)

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**Author:** [@averymd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/averymd)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merging-multiple-containers-into-one/63081 "2017-05-21T01:21:50Z")

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When I started my Discourse site a few years ago, I was overly ambitious and split web, data, and redis into three containers on three DigitalOcean VPSes. They’re using link to communicate on a private network and SSL is…

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## [Unable to get a Discourse User Name for a dynamic path](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-get-a-discourse-user-name-for-a-dynamic-path/63082)

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**Author:** [@justme](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justme)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-get-a-discourse-user-name-for-a-dynamic-path/63082 "2017-05-21T13:44:04Z")

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I just upgraded our Discourse install today and some of our custom menu items were broken. For example, we have a menu item that will take a person to their preferences page (yes, I know you can hit the preference icon …

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## [Search Help options — have they gone?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-help-options-have-they-gone/63091)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-help-options-have-they-gone/63091 "2017-05-21T15:50:10Z")

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Since the advanced search was introduced, I can’t find the way to use the old options nor to open this popup: Have these options gone?

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## [Adding MD Navigation Bar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-md-navigation-bar/63096)

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**Author:** [@hexa\_tech](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hexa_tech)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-md-navigation-bar/63096 "2017-05-21T19:40:47Z")

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Hello! I would like to include the navigation bar like the one on the page linked below. How do I add in CSS and JS so the styling works? I tired in the CSS section, but that just broke the page. Thanks in advance! …

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## [Why does discourse take up so much disk space?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-take-up-so-much-disk-space/63105)

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**Author:** [@wiliamjoaquim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wiliamjoaquim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-take-up-so-much-disk-space/63105 "2017-05-21T23:18:50Z")

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I have a Discourse directory installed on Digita Ocean, it has only 600 members and 160 topics and it already has 13 GB in Digital Ocean, would you like to know how I can help reduce consumption?

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## [In admin's email history, what does fa-repeat represent?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-admins-email-history-what-does-fa-repeat-represent/63106)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-admins-email-history-what-does-fa-repeat-represent/63106 "2017-05-22T13:38:36Z")

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When looking at the email logs, I found a fa-repeat icon next to some messages. I don’t know if emails were bouncing then, but no admin has “fixed” his the user’s account? the icons aren’t wired up to an action button …

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## [Install Discourse-affiliate plugin on my forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-affiliate-plugin-on-my-forum/63110)

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**Author:** [@Jesse\_Plautz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jesse_Plautz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-affiliate-plugin-on-my-forum/63110 "2017-05-22T03:26:16Z")

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What would you like done? I want to transform keywords in the text of users into links that go to my affiliate accounts. Most of the conversation about this plugin is around Amazon links. I don’t have Amazon links on my…

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## [Rebuild app hangs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-app-hangs/63111)

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**Author:** [@rimian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rimian)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 4:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-app-hangs/63111 "2017-05-24T04:50:49Z")

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My staging server hangs when I rebuild it. Previously it was working OK: DEBUG -- : Delivering messages \[\] to client xxxxxxxx for user 1 (chunked) What would this be?

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## [Including a member first/surname in any email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-a-member-first-surname-in-any-email/63121)

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**Author:** [@roshni.duttagupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roshni.duttagupta)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/including-a-member-first-surname-in-any-email/63121 "2019-04-26T10:55:38Z")

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Hi! Is there a way to include a member’s first name, surname or username in an email?

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## [Gender neutral German translation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gender-neutral-german-translation/63126)

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**Author:** [@zking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zking)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gender-neutral-german-translation/63126 "2019-03-08T14:50:12Z")

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Hi, we’re planning to do a gender neutral German translation of discourse, based on the “official” German translation. Can anybody tell me, how we can achieve this? Is there a way to use Transifex, or is it smart to edit…

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## [\[Paid\] Prune Spam users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-prune-spam-users/63132)

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**Author:** [@treb0r](https://meta.discourse.org/u/treb0r)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-prune-spam-users/63132 "2017-06-06T08:40:40Z")

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What would you like done? Remove spam users from discourse. Specifically, remove users if not logged in for a year and never posted. When do you need it done? ASAP What is your budget, in $ USD that you can offer for…

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## [Let experienced users skip "new to Discourse" features](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-experienced-users-skip-new-to-discourse-features/63137)

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**Author:** [@willwhite](https://meta.discourse.org/u/willwhite)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-experienced-users-skip-new-to-discourse-features/63137 "2020-07-18T20:37:18Z")

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I’m disappointed whenever a notification turns out to be a badge notification when I’m expecting a reply notification. I would like to be able to turn badge notifications off.

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## [Category background image returns 404](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-background-image-returns-404/63138)

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**Author:** [@Mooash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mooash)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-background-image-returns-404/63138 "2017-05-22T16:37:27Z")

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When I upload a background image to a category the image uploads fine and appears in the category setting page however when viewing the category the link to the URL get munged into a URL that doesn’t exist. eg: https://…

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## [Keycloak with Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keycloak-with-discourse/63139)

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**Author:** [@maisa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maisa)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2021, 7:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keycloak-with-discourse/63139 "2021-01-23T07:30:05Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m new with Discourse and I’m trying to use it with Keycloak. But I’m not being able to set keycloak as SSO to Discourse. What I need is: the user is authenticated on my site, through keycloak, and when t…

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## [Globally disable the educational advices after a user has reached a certain level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/globally-disable-the-educational-advices-after-a-user-has-reached-a-certain-level/63146)

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**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/globally-disable-the-educational-advices-after-a-user-has-reached-a-certain-level/63146 "2017-05-22T18:53:58Z")

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The educational messages that appears on the right when you open a new topic are very useful for new users but they have become intrusive for power users. Please, note that I’m not talking about those kind of educationa…

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## [Discourse-assign - \`/u/{user}/activity/assigned\` odd public topic list results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assign-u-user-activity-assigned-odd-public-topic-list-results/63148)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assign-u-user-activity-assigned-odd-public-topic-list-results/63148 "2017-05-23T01:37:43Z")

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The topics listed on the page /u/{user}/activity/assigned for non-authenticated / users without “staff” are incorrect / shouldn’t be displayed. Steps to reproduce Ensure discourse-assign plugin is installed / active. S…

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## [User Linked Email Function?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-linked-email-function/63150)

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**Author:** [@MikeMars](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MikeMars)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-linked-email-function/63150 "2017-05-22T16:28:18Z")

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I have a user that received an auto generated email from our forum and I have no idea why, nor does the user whose post reply apparently triggered it. The Email Type was user\_linked and I have ten total emails that are a…

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## [How to setup heroku ENV variable for sso secret?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-heroku-env-variable-for-sso-secret/63155)

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**Author:** [@railsnoob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/railsnoob)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-heroku-env-variable-for-sso-secret/63155 "2017-05-22T19:01:46Z")

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right now my code looks like: require 'single\_sign\_on' class DiscourseSsoController \< ApplicationController before\_action :logged\_in\_user def sso secret = "ilovetomcruise" sso = SingleSignOn.parse(request.…

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## [How to adjust dependencies for https?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-adjust-dependencies-for-https/63156)

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**Author:** [@wiliamjoaquim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wiliamjoaquim)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-adjust-dependencies-for-https/63156 "2017-05-22T19:22:05Z")

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I installed SSl following this toturial Set up HTTPS support with Let's Encrypt, but I do not know how to adjust, says the images on the site are not safe, how do I?

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## [Ruby mysql2 error on migration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ruby-mysql2-error-on-migration/63157)

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**Author:** [@kodab](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kodab)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ruby-mysql2-error-on-migration/63157 "2022-10-24T12:38:57Z")

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Hi guys, I’m trying to ue the vanilla\_mysql.rb importer script to migrate my shitty forum to the awesome discourse platform. :slight\_smile: However, when I execute the commands this happens: root@discourse-app:/var/www…

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## [Wizard not showing up for new installs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wizard-not-showing-up-for-new-installs/63158)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wizard-not-showing-up-for-new-installs/63158 "2017-05-23T15:20:23Z")

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Not sure if this is a bug or a change of UX. It used to be that if there were no admin users, a new install would show the :tada: on the new install. On two installs I did today, I just got /latest.

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