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## [Do I need to install Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-i-need-to-install-discourse/185596)

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**Author:** [@rodypl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rodypl)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-i-need-to-install-discourse/185596 "2021-04-05T17:00:21Z")

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This thread will sound a bit layman-ish since I’m not a developer. I run a company with a pretty small dev team, and since we’re slammed with bigger projects, I’ve taken it upon myself to do as much work on this forum as…

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## [Troubleshooting severe performance issues with latest Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-severe-performance-issues-with-latest-discourse/182995)

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**Author:** [@Sirshad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sirshad)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-severe-performance-issues-with-latest-discourse/182995 "2021-04-05T16:44:00Z")

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Hi All, So we upgraded our Centos7 Server to 2.7.0.beta4 from 2.2.2 and since then facing latency in page loading. Especially in pages with database or image contents involved. To an extent where it has become unusable…

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## [How to change the button type](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-button-type/185638)

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**Author:** [@Mikhail\_Tyuftyaev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mikhail_Tyuftyaev)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-button-type/185638 "2021-04-05T12:17:30Z")

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Hello everyone. I changed the templates full-page-search.hbs and search-advanced-options.hbs I want to change the icon in the button \<div class="control-group pull-left"\> \<label class="control-label" for="search-in-cat…

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## [Display Badges on Home page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-badges-on-home-page/185239)

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**Author:** [@PriyankaB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PriyankaB)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-badges-on-home-page/185239 "2021-04-05T04:56:29Z")

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Hello, I want to display badges on our community home page. I’m unable to find any theme components. Please collaborate.

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## [Minio: A header you provided implies S3 functionality that is not implemented](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minio-a-header-you-provided-implies-s3-functionality-that-is-not-implemented/134357)

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**Author:** [@hosna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hosna)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minio-a-header-you-provided-implies-s3-functionality-that-is-not-implemented/134357 "2021-04-05T01:35:49Z")

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After recent update, I get the following error. and some of my users claim they cant update whitelisted files. Aws::S3::Errors::NotImplemented (A header you provided implies functionality that is not implemented) /var/w…

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## [Feature request: add ability to drill down into kanban board using category and tag filters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-ability-to-drill-down-into-kanban-board-using-category-and-tag-filters/366792)

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**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-ability-to-drill-down-into-kanban-board-using-category-and-tag-filters/366792 "2021-04-04T22:15:45Z")

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Is it possible to further filter topics while keeping the Kanban Board tags set-up? Right now we have the Kanban Board set-up by status. I’d like to be able to filter so that we only see c-advocacy topics. Basically…

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## [Sidekiq warning about Email - AWS SES](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-warning-about-email-aws-ses/185399)

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**Author:** [@ufukayyildiz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ufukayyildiz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-warning-about-email-aws-ses/185399 "2021-04-04T12:16:24Z")

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Hello, Today i got below error after resend all invites ( about 5000 ). What can i do? Thanks :blush: Note: Email system works properly. Invites were sent except a few. Jobs::HandledExceptionWrapper: Wrapped Net…

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## [Using Google Optimize in a plugin initializer JS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-google-optimize-in-a-plugin-initializer-js/184865)

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**Author:** [@Ali\_Hassan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ali_Hassan)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-google-optimize-in-a-plugin-initializer-js/184865 "2021-04-04T11:33:46Z")

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Hey everyone, i have a problem when i enable v4\_gtag for analytics instead of v3\_analytics, i need GTag for Google Optimize but i keep getting an error that gtag is not a function. i am calling the gtag function inside …

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## [User profile by ID instead of username](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-by-id-instead-of-username/185394)

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**Author:** [@wilson29thid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wilson29thid)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-by-id-instead-of-username/185394 "2021-04-04T09:55:33Z")

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Summary: Supports linking to user pages by their user id instead of just username I needed this because my website’s database stores a reference to discourse users by their ID, and I didn’t want to have to keep username…

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## [Reset lost admin password](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-lost-admin-password/185378)

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**Author:** [@Andro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-lost-admin-password/185378 "2021-04-04T01:39:55Z")

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How can one reset the admin password if it has been lost or forgotten?

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## [Image upload size/resize question](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-upload-size-resize-question/142371)

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**Author:** [@torsi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/torsi)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-upload-size-resize-question/142371 "2021-04-04T00:43:15Z")

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After reading through this topic, and this one, and this one, I’m not entirely sure what Discourse does with large images. My previous understanding is that there is no software resizing done, just CSS - that image size …

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## [Topic list on the right side](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-on-the-right-side/185376)

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**Author:** [@daemon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daemon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-on-the-right-side/185376 "2021-04-03T23:19:23Z")

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Hi at all! In the topic Embed Discourse comments on another website via Javascript I saw this. While reading the first post, on the right side is a list of headings. Only when you come to the second post you see aga…

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## [SMTP do not work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-do-not-work/184884)

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**Author:** [@Wolf\_TMB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wolf_TMB)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-do-not-work/184884 "2021-04-03T19:58:10Z")

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I use SMTP beget, via telnet emails are sent, but discourse can’t send the email. Ports tried 25, 2525, 465 (587 - not supported) SMTP user - admin@DOMAIN.com What could be the reason? Log: Creating scope :open. Ove…

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## [Adding new user to group automatically with wildcard subdomain mail address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-new-user-to-group-automatically-with-wildcard-subdomain-mail-address/95304)

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**Author:** [@bekircem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bekircem)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-new-user-to-group-automatically-with-wildcard-subdomain-mail-address/95304 "2018-08-21T23:32:57Z")

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Hi, I want to assing new users to group automatically according to their email address. I am already use that feature. It works for username@domain.edu. But it not works for username@abc.domain.edu We have not spesif…

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## [How can I link to a user profile by their user ID?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-link-to-a-user-profile-by-their-user-id/183196)

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**Author:** [@wilson29thid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wilson29thid)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-link-to-a-user-profile-by-their-user-id/183196 "2021-04-03T18:55:34Z")

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I have a members table in my application’s database, where I store application-specific information about a subset of members. One of the columns is discourse\_user\_id. I’d like to render a link to the member’s discourse …

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## [Expired invites showing errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expired-invites-showing-errors/185360)

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**Author:** [@L30110](https://meta.discourse.org/u/L30110)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expired-invites-showing-errors/185360 "2021-04-03T18:24:05Z")

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Hi. running 2.7.0.beta5. All of the expired invites for my system (over 300) are showing: link (\[missing %{count} value\] / \[missing %{max} value\] redeemed) instead of the actual name/email, etc. Dates are shown apparen…

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## [Uploading Files to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-files-to-discourse/185356)

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**Author:** [@vmsman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vmsman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-files-to-discourse/185356 "2021-04-03T18:10:06Z")

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My Discourse server allows me to post only Text. I am running the latest version. It looks like Discourse might support uploading graphics in the form of PNG files. However, I have tried even very small files and I ge…

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## [Can't use site description in Welcome Message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-use-site-description-in-welcome-message/185292)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-use-site-description-in-welcome-message/185292 "2021-04-02T19:52:28Z")

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I’m trying to use the following in the /admin/customize/site\_texts?q=required.welcome\_message: # \[Welcome to %{title}\](#welcome) ### %{site\_description} An account is required. Please create an account or log in to co…

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## [Backporting security fixes onto stable releases](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backporting-security-fixes-onto-stable-releases/185240)

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**Author:** [@core](https://meta.discourse.org/u/core)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backporting-security-fixes-onto-stable-releases/185240 "2021-04-03T12:48:21Z")

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I self-host discourse. But I do not like to deploy unstable releases (betas or even worse: from tests passing). However, it seems that discourse only includes security fixes in these unstable releases. So server administ…

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## [When merging topics, allow URL in search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-merging-topics-allow-url-in-search/185212)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-merging-topics-allow-url-in-search/185212 "2021-04-03T09:44:28Z")

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I’m sometimes having a hard time finding the right topic when I need to merge - especially when users use very similar topic names (bad form, I know, but this usually only surfaces during such operations). It would be gr…

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## [Restore backup right away after installing Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-right-away-after-installing-discourse/185327)

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**Author:** [@AquaL1te](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AquaL1te)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-right-away-after-installing-discourse/185327 "2021-04-03T08:19:13Z")

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Hi, As far as I know there is no way to immediately restore a backup after an install, correct? After the Docker build I have to go through the setup menu. Only after that I can restore a backup. It would speed up redep…

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## [Using # to make title bold makes it a link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-to-make-title-bold-makes-it-a-link/184454)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-to-make-title-bold-makes-it-a-link/184454 "2021-04-03T01:17:17Z")

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Hello! Recently, I found out that using # in front of a word makes it work as a link. AFAIK, what it did was to make the word / sentence a header. If that’s intentional, is there any way to make a header similar to the …

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## [Restore fails, hangs, timeouts on ALTER TABLE](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-fails-hangs-timeouts-on-alter-table/185309)

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**Author:** [@deargle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/deargle)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-fails-hangs-timeouts-on-alter-table/185309 "2021-04-03T01:03:19Z")

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I had a disk failure on a discourse server, and I’m trying to restore a backup from S3 onto an AWS EC2 t2.small instance. Consistently getting the below error. Using this flow: git clone https://github.com/discourse/di…

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## [User notification dropdown not expanding](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-notification-dropdown-not-expanding/185310)

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**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-notification-dropdown-not-expanding/185310 "2021-04-03T01:01:33Z")

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Hello, On users page the Notification level dropdown not expanding correctly. Thank you! :slightly\_smiling\_face:

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## [Can't access element defined in plugin outlet with DOM interface](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-access-element-defined-in-plugin-outlet-with-dom-interface/185213)

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**Author:** [@MrDavis97](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MrDavis97)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-access-element-defined-in-plugin-outlet-with-dom-interface/185213 "2021-04-03T00:00:24Z")

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I used the following plug-in outlet to make a button below the header. \<script type="text/x-handlebars" data-template-name="/connectors/below-site-header/vic-button"\> \<a id="vic-button" href="http://mathbymiles.com/…

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## [STL, DXF and STEP viewer plugin wanted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stl-dxf-and-step-viewer-plugin-wanted/33572)

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**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stl-dxf-and-step-viewer-plugin-wanted/33572 "2021-04-02T23:03:40Z")

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Hi, one of my Discourse communities is very specialized on CAD construction. Therefore I’m looking for a easy-to-use way of embedding the most common construction file formats. Has someone else any kind of solution? So…

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## [FAQ/Guidlines doesn't onebox?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/faq-guidlines-doesnt-onebox/131965)

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**Author:** [@Heather\_Dudley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heather_Dudley)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/faq-guidlines-doesnt-onebox/131965 "2021-04-02T18:52:46Z")

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I’ve noticed when trying to share the FAQ/Guidelines link, it doesn’t onebox. Is there a reason for that? It seems to apply to all of the system-generated links in the hamburger menu. Example here on meta: https://meta…

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## [\[PAID\] Install Discourse in Subfolder on Ubuntu Server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-install-discourse-in-subfolder-on-ubuntu-server/185274)

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**Author:** [@ahmed\_khan1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ahmed_khan1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-install-discourse-in-subfolder-on-ubuntu-server/185274 "2021-04-02T16:53:48Z")

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We have this website. we need to set up a subfolder discourse docker forum on ubuntu. We want to serve discourse on https://talkwithstranger.com/ask without using CDN. I have tried to set it up by following this tutoria…

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## [Whispers vs Staff Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whispers-vs-staff-notes/95305)

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**Author:** [@testingsoftware](https://meta.discourse.org/u/testingsoftware)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whispers-vs-staff-notes/95305 "2018-08-21T17:52:54Z")

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Hi, I wanted to see how we could communicate amongst Admin and Moderators and found Whispers and Staff notes. Could anyone clarify a few things for me? Whispers is part of the Settings and Staff Notes is a plugin? …

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## [Standing on the Shoulders of a Giant Elephant: Upgrading Discourse to PostgreSQL 13 | Blog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/standing-on-the-shoulders-of-a-giant-elephant-upgrading-discourse-to-postgresql-13-blog/185277)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/standing-on-the-shoulders-of-a-giant-elephant-upgrading-discourse-to-postgresql-13-blog/185277 "2021-04-02T17:06:58Z")

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When the Discourse project started, way back in 2013, the team had to pick and choose between a handful tools into what would become our “stack”, the foundational software on which Discourse would be built upon. Some cho…

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