# Content docs updates aren't being applied to existing installations

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-docs-updates-arent-being-applied-to-existing-installations/19817>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [September 9, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-docs-updates-arent-being-applied-to-existing-installations/19817 "2014-09-09T15:34:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-docs-updates-arent-being-applied-to-existing-installations/19817/2 "2014-09-09T22:38:28Z")

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That’s expected, though, unless we are proposing some feature to update a Discourse topic from an external source on a regular basis.

This document was not final-ish until V1.0 anyways.

It _does_ link to the latest version at the bottom, though, at least:

> This guide is a [work in progress](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/ADMIN-QUICK-START-GUIDE.md) and we hope to continually improve it with your feedback.

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