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## [Is there a way to manually rotate an image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-manually-rotate-an-image/70834)

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**Author:** [@Seth\_Godin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Seth_Godin)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-manually-rotate-an-image/70834 "2020-12-12T08:50:21Z")

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I see this thread: But it was not resolved on July 10, as far as I can tell. If a user has uploaded a photo and sees that the rotation is wrong, is there a line of code, or better, some menu item they can hit when th…

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## [Can't downgrade from beta to stable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-downgrade-from-beta-to-stable/70838)

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**Author:** [@David\_Park](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Park)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-downgrade-from-beta-to-stable/70838 "2017-11-13T04:41:47Z")

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Created a Discourse server from DO. It was running v1.9.0 beta 10 +87. When I try to use the stable version: 1.8.7, SSO stopped working and getting error like this. Failed to create or lookup user: PG::RaiseException: …

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## [Pre Emptive Striker plugin development log](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-emptive-striker-plugin-development-log/70845)

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**Author:** [@deevolution](https://meta.discourse.org/u/deevolution)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-emptive-striker-plugin-development-log/70845 "2018-02-01T18:46:52Z")

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Hey, all As suggested by @erlend\_sh, I have created a development log for a plugin I’ve begun developing for Discourse. I have started work on building what I call the pre-emptive striker plugin (if anyone has a better…

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## [Postgresql install errors on Ubuntu 16.04](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgresql-install-errors-on-ubuntu-16-04/70846)

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**Author:** [@j127](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j127)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgresql-install-errors-on-ubuntu-16-04/70846 "2017-10-08T00:26:53Z")

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While trying to install Discourse on my laptop (Ubuntu 16.04) using this guide, I got some errors like this: PG::InsufficientPrivilege: ERROR: permission denied to create extension "hstore" and: rails aborted! ActiveR…

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## [Granting Manual Badges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/granting-manual-badges/70847)

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**Author:** [@David\_Kwan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Kwan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/granting-manual-badges/70847 "2023-07-06T22:05:49Z")

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Is the only way to grant manual badges to go into a user’s profile and add them? Is there a quicker way (ex: a place where you can see a list of users and click to add the same badge to more than one of them)?

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## [Looking for email hosting service recommendations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-email-hosting-service-recommendations/70850)

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**Author:** [@ffhaddad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ffhaddad)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-email-hosting-service-recommendations/70850 "2017-09-27T14:13:38Z")

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I’m using AWS to host my discourse site on my own domain. Unfortunately, they don’t have a good option for incoming email. So I’m looking for a good service to handle incoming email. Specifically so I can enable the repl…

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## [Intratextual search-linking to other topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intratextual-search-linking-to-other-topics/70867)

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**Author:** [@achamess](https://meta.discourse.org/u/achamess)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intratextual-search-linking-to-other-topics/70867 "2020-06-14T04:54:21Z")

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When I want to link to other pages in my forum, it’d be nice to not have to leave the current topic box that I’m writing. It’d be great to be able to use some kind of key like " #" or something and then have a intratext …

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## [Bug in changing post ownership](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-in-changing-post-ownership/70873)

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**Author:** [@schungx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schungx)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-in-changing-post-ownership/70873 "2017-12-13T21:45:49Z")

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New topic created by staged user via email in Somebody (A) replied Admin goes in and change ownership of that reply to somebody else (B) The first post (i.e. the topic) owner got changed to (B) as well Also some change…

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## [Embed Vimeo video](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-vimeo-video/70875)

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**Author:** [@Seth\_Godin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Seth_Godin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-vimeo-video/70875 "2017-09-27T15:38:47Z")

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This was covered in November 16: but when I try to do it here: https://footprints.themarketingseminar.com/t/worldview-recorded-at-acumen/106 all I get is the link. The embed code I’m using is: \<iframe src="https:/…

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## [How to disable "Title seems unclear, is it a complete sentence?" checker](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-title-seems-unclear-is-it-a-complete-sentence-checker/70880)

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**Author:** [@jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmsachs)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-title-seems-unclear-is-it-a-complete-sentence-checker/70880 "2017-09-27T16:55:24Z")

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OK, I asked How to disable "Body seems unclear, is it a complete sentence?" checker and am now getting the same nag box for the following title, despite the fact that I have “title min entropy” set to 5 in admin/site\_set…

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## [Does the new user of the month count personal messages? Are staff eligible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-the-new-user-of-the-month-count-personal-messages-are-staff-eligible/70887)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-the-new-user-of-the-month-count-personal-messages-are-staff-eligible/70887 "2017-09-27T19:08:44Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Weekly or monthly "best new user" badge: We’re just having another look at the new user of the month feature, which has been working out great in our community. We love it. Two questions …

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## [Custom User fields not saving](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-not-saving/70900)

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**Author:** [@soundboy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/soundboy)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-not-saving/70900 "2017-10-05T15:52:22Z")

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I added several “User Fields” that users are prompted to fill out when they create the account. The accounts are created after I send an invite link to the user - they click the link, fill out the fields, and their accou…

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## [Installing Plugins in Discourse Development Install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-plugins-in-discourse-development-install/70902)

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**Author:** [@hexa\_tech](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hexa_tech)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-plugins-in-discourse-development-install/70902 "2017-09-29T05:39:39Z")

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Hello All! I’m pretty new to Discourse. Could someone please give me some steps to installing plugins in the development install of Discourse? Would this be the same as the production methods? Thanks for the help! …

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## [No 'system' user. Is this bad?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-system-user-is-this-bad/70910)

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**Author:** [@iamphi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iamphi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-system-user-is-this-bad/70910 "2017-09-28T02:31:00Z")

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I am having trouble with importing like this case (Trouble creating category in import script) I noticed that the user table does not have a record for a ‘system’ user with id -1. Does this user need to exist in the db?…

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## [Guessing the keyboard height on iOS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guessing-the-keyboard-height-on-ios/70919)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guessing-the-keyboard-height-on-ios/70919 "2017-09-28T16:37:55Z")

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Not sure if it’s related to the upgrade but the notorious iPhone discourse editor height issue is back when “Predictive” is enabled (and I believe the iOS default is Predictive enabled): As you can see, the important…

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## [Plugin badge description link is broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-badge-description-link-is-broken/70927)

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**Author:** [@DaBeast\_45](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DaBeast_45)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 9:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-badge-description-link-is-broken/70927 "2017-09-28T09:43:51Z")

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I can’t get to the plugin link. I click here: Then this keeps popping up:

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## [Uploading attachments to topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-attachments-to-topics/70934)

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**Author:** [@lizziewrobel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lizziewrobel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-attachments-to-topics/70934 "2017-09-28T10:54:46Z")

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I’ve looked and looked but I’m completely stuck…how do you upload a file to a topic post? I can see the icon to upload an image, but what about documents? Help! TIA

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## [Can't update profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-update-profile/70936)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-update-profile/70936 "2017-09-28T13:06:28Z")

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On an instance updated moments ago, I can’t save profile settings. If I set “about me” and save the is no error in the browser bit reload shows the venue unchanged. @zogstrip claimed that what signs like this error was…

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## [Plugin - Get unseen topic count per tag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-get-unseen-topic-count-per-tag/70937)

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**Author:** [@jack2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jack2)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-get-unseen-topic-count-per-tag/70937 "2017-09-29T12:13:13Z")

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In my plugin, I would like to display the unseen topic count for each tag. I plan to implement this feature like this: Observe the topicTrackingState.messageCount property. Each time there’s a change, use the API to f…

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## [Temporary name resolution problem prevents emails from sending and they aren't queued?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/temporary-name-resolution-problem-prevents-emails-from-sending-and-they-arent-queued/70942)

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**Author:** [@wesochuck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wesochuck)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/temporary-name-resolution-problem-prevents-emails-from-sending-and-they-arent-queued/70942 "2018-10-08T17:19:28Z")

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I posted a topic update and shortly after, there was a temporary problem with the network connection for our Discourse instance. This morning we had reports that users didn’t get their email notifications. After checkin…

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## [Polls not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-not-working/70945)

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**Author:** [@nawthor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nawthor)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-not-working/70945 "2017-09-29T17:45:57Z")

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The polls on our forum have stopped working. They say there are no voters and don’t allow one to vote. A couple examples: https://eve.community/t/weekly-tech-survey-12-09-17/9570 https://eve.community/t/poll-final-poll…

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## [Special onebox for hypothes.is](https://meta.discourse.org/t/special-onebox-for-hypothes-is/70946)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/special-onebox-for-hypothes-is/70946 "2021-05-19T04:53:08Z")

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Discourse supports hypothes.is oneboxing out of the box, but it is the default onebox: It puts the annotated text as the title and the annotation as the content. It’s an ok solution but it’s not intuitive. Someone who…

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## [Find users by ID](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-users-by-id/70952)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-users-by-id/70952 "2017-09-28T14:54:31Z")

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Certain Discourse logs use user ID to identify users instead of usernames. However, it is not currently possible to look up users via ID. Attempting to navigate by user ID as admin fails: discourse.example.com/admin/us…

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## [Problem with date difference calculation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-date-difference-calculation/70960)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-date-difference-calculation/70960 "2017-09-28T19:09:32Z")

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This is here on meta. First post dated Aug 25, next post, “2 months later” dated today. This is a PM. First post in thread also not 2 months ago.

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## [Embedding the Forum into Wordpress](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-the-forum-into-wordpress/70964)

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**Author:** [@George\_Morris](https://meta.discourse.org/u/George_Morris)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-the-forum-into-wordpress/70964 "2017-09-28T18:04:35Z")

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I’m at a complete loss and I would love to move forward with Discourse but I can’t find documentation that’s up to date because so much that I’ve read is deprecated. Here is the gist. Use Case: I have a member only site…

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## [Massive traffic drop from Google searches after migrating from myBB](https://meta.discourse.org/t/massive-traffic-drop-from-google-searches-after-migrating-from-mybb/70969)

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**Author:** [@smaffulli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smaffulli)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/massive-traffic-drop-from-google-searches-after-migrating-from-mybb/70969 "2022-03-17T13:49:54Z")

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Almost 3 weeks ago we migrated an old forum from myBB to Discourse, bringing all the content and creating proper 301 redirects for all old threads, categories and topics. Since the move, our incoming traffic from search …

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## [Export all users (from all time)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-all-users-from-all-time/70972)

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**Author:** [@Ultim8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ultim8)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-all-users-from-all-time/70972 "2017-09-29T18:13:46Z")

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Does anyone know of a way to export all users to csv? We only seem to have the option to download the following: Not ‘all users’ Trying to export a user list of 56067 names but only getting the first 27000 …

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## [Creating a topic via email without write access to the category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-topic-via-email-without-write-access-to-the-category/70977)

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**Author:** [@ffhaddad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ffhaddad)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-topic-via-email-without-write-access-to-the-category/70977 "2019-01-11T11:31:49Z")

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I followed Configure direct-delivery incoming email for self-hosted sites with Mail-Receiver for setting up reply by email and it’s working perfect. However, what I would like to do now is enable creating a topic via em…

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## [\[PAID-job\] Three Modifications Requested (Newsletter Subscription, WordPress Disqus Transfer, added JS calls)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-job-three-modifications-requested-newsletter-subscription-wordpress-disqus-transfer-added-js-calls/70991)

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**Author:** [@Berto](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Berto)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-job-three-modifications-requested-newsletter-subscription-wordpress-disqus-transfer-added-js-calls/70991 "2017-09-29T01:55:34Z")

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Hi all, I have seven different tasks that I’d like to get done on my upcoming forum – the first three here are critical to our forum launch though. My budget is open and I’d like to get quotations for these three tasks. …

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## [Link to upgrade shows 500 error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-upgrade-shows-500-error/70993)

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**Author:** [@eldy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eldy)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 10:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-upgrade-shows-500-error/70993 "2017-10-02T10:46:13Z")

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I got an upgrade notification in my email I click on the link below Upgrade using our easy one-click browser upgrade it bring me to mydomain.com/admin/upgrade I got error of This page isn’t working mydomain.com is c…

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