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## [Can admins obtain the version number of their discourse engine?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-admins-obtain-the-version-number-of-their-discourse-engine/359595)

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**Author:** [@robbie.morrison](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robbie.morrison)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-admins-obtain-the-version-number-of-their-discourse-engine/359595 "2025-03-31T12:41:23Z")

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I am the lead admin (of the openmod forum) and would like to know the version number of the discourse engine in use. For the purpose of checking against announced features and fixes. This information was/is apparently …

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## [Overriding the browser's "find in page" keyboard shortcut](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overriding-the-browsers-find-in-page-keyboard-shortcut/203233)

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**Author:** [@fakename](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fakename)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overriding-the-browsers-find-in-page-keyboard-shortcut/203233 "2024-03-01T22:36:05Z")

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Hi, I’m a fan of Discourse, from a small community that is talking about migrating from vBulletin5. One person was opposed to Discourse because “Hijacking Ctrl+f is evil” and after seeing what they meant, I have to agree…

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## [Can't Change Tracking Notifications from Menu on Smaller Devices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-tracking-notifications-from-menu-on-smaller-devices/359443)

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**Author:** [@DMonty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DMonty)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-tracking-notifications-from-menu-on-smaller-devices/359443 "2025-03-31T11:47:47Z")

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Hullo all ^^ It looks like this was an issue solved in 2020 as per this topic: Can't change tracking status from post timeline menu on mobile Problem: If your screen size is less than 925px it triggers the style change…

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## [Internal notes on topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/internal-notes-on-topics/359592)

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**Author:** [@Liam\_Griffin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Liam_Griffin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/internal-notes-on-topics/359592 "2025-03-31T11:21:22Z")

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Hey Discourse team, I’ve been searching for an internal notes plugin but I can’t seem to find one that fits our requirements. Essentially we’d like to have the ability to add an internal note that’s associated with a sp…

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## [Bulk Award a badge to a set of users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-award-a-badge-to-a-set-of-users/138694)

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**Author:** [@Roman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roman)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-award-a-badge-to-a-set-of-users/138694 "2025-03-31T11:10:06Z")

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Badges are an excellent way to acknowledge someone who is doing a good job. Discourse now allows awarding a badge to a set of users. If you go to the badges section in the admin panel, you’ll notice that a new button ca…

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## [Celebrating 1 year of my instance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/celebrating-1-year-of-my-instance/359593)

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**Author:** [@eisammy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisammy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/celebrating-1-year-of-my-instance/359593 "2025-03-31T10:46:52Z")

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April 3, 2024, was the day my best friend and I decided to bring a personal project to life with the help of a few other friends. One year of instance and a lot of learning. Discourse managed to revive in me the sense o…

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## [Moderator approval for just one user?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-approval-for-just-one-user/359599)

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**Author:** [@Shauny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shauny)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-approval-for-just-one-user/359599 "2025-03-31T10:01:13Z")

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I know I can change it so everyone with trust level 0 requires moderator approval for all their posts, but we don’t want to make it that drastic. If we had just a couple of troublesome users who we want to moderate, is …

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## [IPv6 hides Users real IP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipv6-hides-users-real-ip/359597)

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**Author:** [@Drakon74](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drakon74)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipv6-hides-users-real-ip/359597 "2025-03-31T09:20:14Z")

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So this is apparently a docker issue from what i am aware, but newer docker versions implemented better IPv6 support. My issue is that, when i enabled IPv6 that all my users IP addresses are shown as the docker containe…

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## [Topic link counter stops at 50](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-link-counter-stops-at-50/359412)

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**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-link-counter-stops-at-50/359412 "2025-03-31T05:43:51Z")

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Discourse 3.5.0.beta3-dev (afde7cc172). The link counter displayed at the bottom of a topic seems to stop at 50, even when there are over 1,000 links in the thread: For reference: On another topic, this one also…

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## ["no files are authorized to be uploaded" when trying to change logo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-files-are-authorized-to-be-uploaded-when-trying-to-change-logo/359573)

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**Author:** [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-files-are-authorized-to-be-uploaded-when-trying-to-change-logo/359573 "2025-03-31T05:38:07Z")

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I’ve got a site admin trying to update the logo on their site, but they’re getting the error “Sorry, no files are authorized to be uploaded”. Based on my reading of the code, it appears that should only be reported if a…

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## [Reject an applicant and delete the information they supplied](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reject-an-applicant-and-delete-the-information-they-supplied/321343)

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**Author:** [@robbie.morrison](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robbie.morrison)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reject-an-applicant-and-delete-the-information-they-supplied/321343 "2025-03-31T02:07:09Z")

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It seems that the email address and other personally‑identifiable information (PII) is removed when a accepted user is deleted. However when an applicant is rejected, without ever having become a user, the same is not t…

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## [Disabling CDN & S3, returning to local storage for images - best practice?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-cdn-s3-returning-to-local-storage-for-images-best-practice/359556)

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**Author:** [@decryption128](https://meta.discourse.org/u/decryption128)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-cdn-s3-returning-to-local-storage-for-images-best-practice/359556 "2025-03-31T01:46:35Z")

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I have a small Discourse forum that’s set up with Backblaze B2 as an object store and BunnyCDN as the CDN, but want to move all that back to the local storage of the Discourse server as traffic is so low it’s not worth t…

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## [Connect to database and redis on a docker host using sockets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connect-to-database-and-redis-on-a-docker-host-using-sockets/359549)

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**Author:** [@silverdr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/silverdr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connect-to-database-and-redis-on-a-docker-host-using-sockets/359549 "2025-03-31T00:54:40Z")

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I have a multisite running in a container, connecting to remote “databases” server, with postgres and redis running over there. Now I want to move both of those to the host dockerised discourse runs on and connect to the…

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## [Digital Ocean blocking Port 587](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-blocking-port-587/359277)

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**Author:** [@geoff777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/geoff777)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-blocking-port-587/359277 "2025-03-31T00:50:23Z")

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As of early March 2025 Digital Ocean has blocked Port 587. I know Mailjet uses this port. You can use Port 2525 as an alternative. Took a lot of time to troubleshoot this as it has worked for years.

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## [Interacting with Discourse via e-mail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/interacting-with-discourse-via-e-mail/359559)

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**Author:** [@sfalken](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sfalken)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/interacting-with-discourse-via-e-mail/359559 "2025-03-30T22:36:57Z")

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So I’m just poking at using openSUSE’s discourse (forums.opensuse.org), via e-mail, and I’m running into an issue, and I’m not entirely certain how to work with it/fix it. I’ve talked with the forums.o.o admins, and the…

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## [Should I add "admins" to the Security tab or is it irrelevant?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-i-add-admins-to-the-security-tab-or-is-it-irrelevant/359472)

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**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-i-add-admins-to-the-security-tab-or-is-it-irrelevant/359472 "2025-03-30T20:36:55Z")

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Do i really need to add admins here? Don’t admins have permission to do all 3 things?

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## [Discourse Footnote](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-footnote/84533)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-footnote/84533 "2025-03-30T19:23:49Z")

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:discourse2: Summary Discourse Footnote allows users to create markdown footnotes in posts. :open\_book: Install Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin sepa…

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## [Baidu Search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/baidu-search/170283)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/baidu-search/170283 "2025-03-30T18:54:02Z")

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:discourse2: Summary Baidu Search is specific for Chinese sites whose users cannot use the usual Google search. :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-baidu-search …

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## [Feature Request - Wistia Channel embed support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-wistia-channel-embed-support/359525)

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**Author:** [@alex20](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alex20)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-wistia-channel-embed-support/359525 "2025-03-30T14:53:21Z")

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Hello, I corresponded with Discourse support and they advised I create a feature request here. I’m trying to embed a Wistia channel. Discourse already supports embedding of individual Wistia videos with oEmbed. Channels…

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## [Topic Cards conflict with Discocurse-chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cards-conflict-with-discocurse-chat/359499)

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**Author:** [@wxs7655](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wxs7655)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cards-conflict-with-discocurse-chat/359499 "2025-03-30T14:44:40Z")

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Hello, I used the Topic Cards theme component in Default theme, and when I opened Chat interface, emoji became very small. How to fix it, thank you for your reply.

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## [How many days a revoke admin $USER take?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-many-days-a-revoke-admin-user-take/359512)

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**Author:** [@hhlp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hhlp)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-many-days-a-revoke-admin-user-take/359512 "2025-03-30T14:33:55Z")

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just for know, it was about 3 days ago → I’ve thought is was inmmediatly: .- Admin: Yes - (don’t see the action Grant Admin. or Revoke Admin) is some strange doesn’t see the Grant Admin here… Groups: Admins and sta…

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## [RSS feeds no longer updating](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-feeds-no-longer-updating/359383)

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**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-feeds-no-longer-updating/359383 "2025-03-29T18:05:43Z")

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Hi, my RSS feeds polling was working fine for months and now (don’t know exactly since when but probably several wees) none of my feeds output posts in my categories. Check everything, even recreated one of the feed but…

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## [Replying in iPhone Mail in dark mode - input is white characters on white background](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-in-iphone-mail-in-dark-mode-input-is-white-characters-on-white-background/281380)

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**Author:** [@Doug\_Lerner](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Doug_Lerner)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-in-iphone-mail-in-dark-mode-input-is-white-characters-on-white-background/281380 "2025-03-30T10:37:18Z")

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When in dark mode on my iPhone, if I get an email notice from a TidBits discussion and want to reply by email (using standard iOS Mail) something about the email formatting in the email I’m replying to forces the backgro…

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## ["Solved" bug or intentional?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-bug-or-intentional/359355)

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**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-bug-or-intentional/359355 "2025-03-30T10:24:30Z")

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This is not an issue per se, but I noticed it and if it wasn’t intentional, I’m here to report it. As the admin, if I go to a topic I didn’t create, the Solved / Solution button is just the icon: But if I created it,…

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## [Can we get a custom PROFILE up?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-get-a-custom-profile-up/359488)

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**Author:** [@wendellverli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wendellverli)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 7:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-get-a-custom-profile-up/359488 "2025-03-30T07:02:27Z")

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I’m trying to get a NEW profile page going - this is the AFTER: This is the “BEFORE” – I can’t give our users this ugliness.. (sorry creators) Anyone know a plugin that can work for a new profile layout like the …

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## [Hide ignored users' topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-ignored-users-topics/276420)

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**Author:** [@Lhc\_fl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lhc_fl)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-ignored-users-topics/276420 "2025-03-30T08:56:34Z")

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:information\_source: Summary This component allows you to hide topics from users you’ve ignored :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository GitHub - Lhcfl/discourse-hide-ignored-user-topics · GitHub :question: Install …

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## [What's the best way to build a pipeline to post scraped data into Discourse categories with custom tab-based themes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-best-way-to-build-a-pipeline-to-post-scraped-data-into-discourse-categories-with-custom-tab-based-themes/359025)

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**Author:** [@Steve\_John](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steve_John)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 7:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-best-way-to-build-a-pipeline-to-post-scraped-data-into-discourse-categories-with-custom-tab-based-themes/359025 "2025-03-30T07:23:46Z")

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We want to build an automated pipeline that that can update the discourse custom theme what we built which has different tabs for different kind of scrapped data content: Scrapes content from sources (RSS feeds, websit…

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## [Having a hard time optimising](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-a-hard-time-optimising/359446)

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**Author:** [@Eviepayne](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eviepayne)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-a-hard-time-optimising/359446 "2025-03-29T23:58:24Z")

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Our forum underwent a large infrastructure change and now it’s not performing well. I migrated the database to be a managed database at digitalocean, I put S3 assets on a minio instance with cloudflare in front of it. …

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## [I just installed Discourse, but the pages load very slowly due to slow external database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-just-installed-discourse-but-the-pages-load-very-slowly-due-to-slow-external-database/357617)

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**Author:** [@佳闻\_刘](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%E4%BD%B3%E9%97%BB_%E5%88%98)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-just-installed-discourse-but-the-pages-load-very-slowly-due-to-slow-external-database/357617 "2025-03-29T21:24:00Z")

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Homepage take up 2-4 sec to respond Started GET "/" for 219.144.218.209 at 2025-03-17 18:22:55 +0000 Processing by ListController#latest as HTML Rendered layout layouts/application.html.erb (Duration: 1932.6ms | GC: 1…

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## ["There are no more topics" text, how to move it?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-are-no-more-topics-text-how-to-move-it/359430)

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**Author:** [@Olle11](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Olle11)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-are-no-more-topics-text-how-to-move-it/359430 "2025-03-29T12:45:33Z")

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Hi everyone, hope you are all having a good day! On my site I need to move “There are no more topics.” text in the bottom of every page a little bit to the right. Anyone knows how to do this? Have a good weekend Olle

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