# Use last outgoing link in closed topic as forwarder

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-last-outgoing-link-in-closed-topic-as-forwarder/33683>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2015 年9 月 24 日 09:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-last-outgoing-link-in-closed-topic-as-forwarder/33683 "2015-09-24T09:09:48Z")\
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作者： ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
发布日期： [2015 年9 月 24 日 09:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-last-outgoing-link-in-closed-topic-as-forwarder/33683/1 "2015-09-24T09:09:48Z")

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Please bear with me as I don’t know exactly what I’m suggesting yet, but I need help fleshing out this idea.

If I search “wordpress and discourse on same server”, I get [this result](https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=wordpress%20and%20discourse%20on%20same%20server):

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/0/902cb31dffe245922412469a1bb4e1c65505554f.png)

4 closed topics. All technically good matches as far as the search algorithm is concerned, and they _will_ take me to the How-to I need in the end because they all link to it. However, 4 closed and near-identical topics are hardly ideal as top results.

What you _really_ want is to send the searching user directly to the topic they all linked to before getting closed, the **solution** to each of these support posts, which is “Running other websites on the same machine as Discourse”.

**Therefore I’m suggesting:**

If the last post in a closed topic contains a single link to a different forum post, or;  
If the Solution (using Solved plugin) contains a single link to a different forum post, then:

The linked-to post (usually a topic) will take on the incoming link’s topic title as one of many aliases. Locked topics will be down-prioritised slightly, so that the topic with the alias rises above them in search results.

So could this work or does it sound like I’m off my meds again?

**Edit:** Here’s another great [example of a topic that would benefit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-manager-upgrade-all/33808) greatly from using some incoming topics as “title aliases” to increase the chance of new users finding it (check the incoming links).

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