# Hot

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## [Closing a topic in console](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closing-a-topic-in-console/107482)

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**Author:** [@csmu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csmu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closing-a-topic-in-console/107482 "2019-01-31T05:05:31Z")

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How do you close a topic in the rails console?

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## [New post/reply sometimes tries to autocomplete my address on Chrome](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-post-reply-sometimes-tries-to-autocomplete-my-address-on-chrome/107484)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-post-reply-sometimes-tries-to-autocomplete-my-address-on-chrome/107484 "2019-02-19T23:59:44Z")

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I’m not sure how this happened, but for the last few weeks on https://community.wanikani.com, clicking into a new post’s text area sometimes shows my address as if Chrome is trying to autocomplete it. It doesn’t happen e…

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## [Anon Topics and Replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anon-topics-and-replies/107486)

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**Author:** [@bcartwri96](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bcartwri96)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anon-topics-and-replies/107486 "2019-01-25T02:20:09Z")

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Hi there! I’m on the path to building a plugin which allows users to post a topic or reply to an existing topic anonymously, yet only anon to fellow members of their group. The basic outline is that we would have one g…

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## [Running discourse on Google or AWS free tier?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-discourse-on-google-or-aws-free-tier/107487)

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**Author:** [@vitorl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vitorl)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-discourse-on-google-or-aws-free-tier/107487 "2019-01-25T11:31:29Z")

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Does it work well? Is there some kind of benchmarking recommend to see the difference? I’m thinking about ditching my small VPS if Google can offer the same performance for free… It’s a very small forum and I cache mos…

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## [Edited flagged posts leaves no paper trail of flagging](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edited-flagged-posts-leaves-no-paper-trail-of-flagging/107489)

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**Author:** [@DanQuayle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DanQuayle)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edited-flagged-posts-leaves-no-paper-trail-of-flagging/107489 "2019-05-03T15:23:55Z")

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Version: v2.2.0.beta5 +54 One of our enterprising users who maintains their own Discourse instance tried to juke our moderators on one of their flagged posts today. Steps to replicate 1 - User flags post inappropriate …

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## [Discourse-common asset availability: difference between development and production?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-common-asset-availability-difference-between-development-and-production/107490)

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**Author:** [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-common-asset-availability-difference-between-development-and-production/107490 "2019-01-29T00:27:38Z")

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I’m adapting the locations plugin to work better within the context of the custom wizard plugin. The locations plugin has a component called location-selector, which is essentially an autocomplete input for geocoding lo…

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## [WordPress multi-language site (As SSO Provider) with use locale Discourse instances](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-multi-language-site-as-sso-provider-with-use-locale-discourse-instances/107491)

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**Author:** [@Umashankar\_Ankuri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Umashankar_Ankuri)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-multi-language-site-as-sso-provider-with-use-locale-discourse-instances/107491 "2019-01-31T18:52:57Z")

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Hi @simon Can a multi language WordPress site (WordPress as a SSO provider) be connected to different user locale discourse instances. (en.community.domain.com / fr.community.domain.com). Any pointers on the setup? I’…

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## [How to access plugin paths via URL?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-access-plugin-paths-via-url/107525)

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**Author:** [@Pilvinen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pilvinen)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-access-plugin-paths-via-url/107525 "2019-01-25T17:01:23Z")

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I’m trying to set up a web hook and I need to point the payload to a local file. The file inside the Docker container is located at: /var/www/discourse/plugins/distodis/docroot/ To what address does this translate to …

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## [I want an URL to appear in unmodified form even with inline oneboxing enabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-an-url-to-appear-in-unmodified-form-even-with-inline-oneboxing-enabled/107528)

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**Author:** [@L30110](https://meta.discourse.org/u/L30110)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-an-url-to-appear-in-unmodified-form-even-with-inline-oneboxing-enabled/107528 "2019-02-05T00:00:09Z")

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I’m still trying to find a way to block ALL OneBoxing by users. I have a space in front of the URL to avoid the OneBoxing on this post. However, you’ll note it still is not showing in raw URL form. On my site the URL sho…

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## [Missing font icon on new dev installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-font-icon-on-new-dev-installation/107533)

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**Author:** [@BabylonZeus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BabylonZeus)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-font-icon-on-new-dev-installation/107533 "2019-01-25T17:31:05Z")

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Hi all. I am discovering Discourse. I have just installed it (v2.2.0.beta9 +83), for testing purpose for now. I used the 30mn quick installation through docker, with the standalone sample. I couldn’t set the email sm…

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## [Does suspending a user stop future email notifications?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-suspending-a-user-stop-future-email-notifications/107550)

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**Author:** [@initial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/initial)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-suspending-a-user-stop-future-email-notifications/107550 "2019-01-25T19:24:35Z")

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Our instance of Discourse is set to operate in “mailing list mode”. If a user is marked as suspended, does that cause future email notifications to cease for him?

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## [Topics with 10k+ replies remove date from timeline](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-with-10k-replies-remove-date-from-timeline/107566)

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**Author:** [@Ashe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ashe)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-with-10k-replies-remove-date-from-timeline/107566 "2019-01-25T23:42:34Z")

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I noticed a small bug. When the posts per topic is raised above the default 10k, the date is still missing from the currently viewed post part of the scrollbar on threads that have posts exceeding 10k, as can be seen in …

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## [Can't run plugin:spec, SeedFu error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-run-plugin-spec-seedfu-error/107584)

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**Author:** [@Kampfkarren](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kampfkarren)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-run-plugin-spec-seedfu-error/107584 "2019-01-26T14:39:23Z")

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I used to be able to test my plugins, but after updating Discourse, I get this error on any attempt to bundle exec rake plugin:spec\["PLUGIN\_NAME"\] when the test has require "rails\_helper" Failure/Error: SeedFu.seed NoM…

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## [Selected posts can't be moved to a new topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selected-posts-cant-be-moved-to-a-new-topic/107586)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selected-posts-cant-be-moved-to-a-new-topic/107586 "2019-03-11T23:58:56Z")

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It’s only allowing me to move to an existing topic: Is this a bug or has some setting changed or been introduced?

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## [Google Q&A Feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-q-a-feature/107590)

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**Author:** [@Kasey\_Anderson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kasey_Anderson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2019, 6:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-q-a-feature/107590 "2019-01-26T06:26:50Z")

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We are working on a Question/Answer type community and have a question related SEO. It appears that Google is ranking websites that follow their Q&A SEO feature very high for anyone that is asking a similar or exact ques…

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## [Maximum age for auto-bumped topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maximum-age-for-auto-bumped-topics/107599)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maximum-age-for-auto-bumped-topics/107599 "2021-02-28T10:28:06Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Automatically bumping old topics on a category: Any chance that you might add an option to limit this to posts not older than x days? That would allow us to use it in such a way that we …

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## [Disable "Automatic About page when creating a new Category"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-automatic-about-page-when-creating-a-new-category/107601)

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**Author:** [@Viki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viki)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-automatic-about-page-when-creating-a-new-category/107601 "2020-11-16T21:06:28Z")

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Hello, Is there a way to disable or delete automatically generating about page whenever creating a new category?

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## [Order by date broken on team page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/order-by-date-broken-on-team-page/107609)

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**Author:** [@uwe\_keim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uwe_keim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/order-by-date-broken-on-team-page/107609 "2019-01-26T16:24:22Z")

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When looking at this page, https://meta.discourse.org/groups/team?desc=true&order=last\_posted\_at it seems that the order is broken: Or do I misunderstand something here?

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## [Discourse as SSO provider for multiple clients](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-sso-provider-for-multiple-clients/107610)

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**Author:** [@unicom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/unicom)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-sso-provider-for-multiple-clients/107610 "2023-01-11T10:17:04Z")

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Explanation of the scheme (this is the maximum option that I can imagine): 2 or more Discourse multisite installations. Discourse 0 is a common SSO provider for other Discourse (in the same installation or another). …

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## [Public ip access only to selected category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-ip-access-only-to-selected-category/107611)

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**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-ip-access-only-to-selected-category/107611 "2019-01-29T09:41:37Z")

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In our company Discourse is major communication tool for intranet communication. Preventing from data leak we are hosting Discource on private network which is accessible only from intranet networks. There is some case…

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## [Get Discourse running on localhost on Chromebook](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-discourse-running-on-localhost-on-chromebook/107613)

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**Author:** [@KoolKidz112](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KoolKidz112)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-discourse-running-on-localhost-on-chromebook/107613 "2019-01-27T16:04:38Z")

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Hello! I have a Chromebook and would like to get Discourse running on a localhost server for testing purposes but have no idea how to do this on Chromebook. Any help?

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## [Thanks guys. Appreciate!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thanks-guys-appreciate/107625)

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**Author:** [@chuchelo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chuchelo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thanks-guys-appreciate/107625 "2019-01-27T04:14:00Z")

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I registered on the forum just to say thanks to you guys. I really love Discourse, it’s flexible right to the extent I need it. The only thing I’m afraid of is you guys discontinue maintaining…

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## [How to arrange replies like reddit or hackernews or Facebook?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-arrange-replies-like-reddit-or-hackernews-or-facebook/107627)

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**Author:** [@fireball003](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fireball003)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-arrange-replies-like-reddit-or-hackernews-or-facebook/107627 "2019-01-27T01:26:24Z")

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Hi, How to arrange replies to posts or comments in parent-child or tree-leaf structure, similar to facebook, reddit, or hackernews?

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## [Staged users getting welcome message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-users-getting-welcome-message/107630)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-users-getting-welcome-message/107630 "2019-01-30T23:10:23Z")

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Any ideas why staged users are getting welcome messages? I looked through my settings and am not sure what to turn off to prevent this from happening.

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## [Installing docker-discourse folder in /var/discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-docker-discourse-folder-in-var-discourse/107633)

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**Author:** [@abhigyank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abhigyank)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-docker-discourse-folder-in-var-discourse/107633 "2019-01-28T11:37:25Z")

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Hello everyone, The docker installation suggests to install discourse in the /var/discourse folder. In our server, we use Docker containerization technology to isolation application, and have a workspace folder in the h…

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## [Rebake Match pattern for images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebake-match-pattern-for-images/107634)

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**Author:** [@masterakay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/masterakay)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebake-match-pattern-for-images/107634 "2019-01-27T21:58:15Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Rebake all posts matching a pattern: Can I have a rebake\_match\[""\] pattern for posts that contain an image? I am adding an s3\_cdn\_url to my S3 bucket settings and it requires me to rebake …

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## [Need some assistance for setting up a subdomain when there is already a webserver](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-some-assistance-for-setting-up-a-subdomain-when-there-is-already-a-webserver/107639)

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**Author:** [@MayusYT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MayusYT)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2019, 10:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-some-assistance-for-setting-up-a-subdomain-when-there-is-already-a-webserver/107639 "2019-01-27T10:26:12Z")

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Hi! I just bought a domain at Namecheap.com. I have a server with just one IP and I would like to run Discourse on the port 8080 as 80 is already occupied by my website. When I want to setup an A record for discourse …

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## [Topic with a large number of polls gives 429 error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-with-a-large-number-of-polls-gives-429-error/107641)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-with-a-large-number-of-polls-gives-429-error/107641 "2019-02-27T19:20:00Z")

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We use polls as a simple moderator voting mechanism for selecting featured artwork. (We used likes for this in the past, but realized we needed ‘downvotes’ for this too). This voting happens in one large topic, which ha…

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## [Cannot upgrade from Docker Manager](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-upgrade-from-docker-manager/107644)

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**Author:** [@barreeeiroo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barreeeiroo)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-upgrade-from-docker-manager/107644 "2019-01-30T04:34:33Z")

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Since some previous rebuilds, I am not able to upgrade anything from Docker Manager (/admin/upgrade) All buttons in upgrade dashboard are disabled because Docker Manager is “Currently Upgrading”: However, as you can…

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## [Installed discourse on a server that already runs a webserver, domain just redirects to subdomain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-discourse-on-a-server-that-already-runs-a-webserver-domain-just-redirects-to-subdomain/107645)

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**Author:** [@MayusYT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MayusYT)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-discourse-on-a-server-that-already-runs-a-webserver-domain-just-redirects-to-subdomain/107645 "2019-01-27T15:35:12Z")

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Hi! I just set up discourse and then followed this guide. My subdomain for the forum is forum.example.com. However, when I go to example.com, I just get redirected to forum.example.com Here is my Namecheap DNS setting…

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