# Site Upgrade Friday 12 June

**URL:** <https://ifnotnil.com/t/site-upgrade-friday-12-june/612>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [11 June 2020 22:03 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/site-upgrade-friday-12-june/612 "2020-06-11T22:03:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Garry](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/garry/32/2_2.png) [@Garry](https://ifnotnil.com/u/Garry)\
**Post date:** [11 June 2020 22:03 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/site-upgrade-friday-12-june/612/1 "2020-06-11T22:03:11Z")

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Hi guys,

This is just an advance notice that I need to upgrade the forum software on the server. This will take the site down for about 15-20 minutes. I’m planning on doing this at 09:00 am (London time) Friday 12th June.

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**Author:** ![DaveS](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/daves/32/79_2.png) [@DaveS](https://ifnotnil.com/u/DaveS)\
**Post date:** [11 June 2020 22:39 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/site-upgrade-friday-12-june/612/2 "2020-06-11T22:39:35Z")

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9am London time?  
Whew… I guess I can spare 20mins at 1am my time 😃

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**Author:** ![HMARROQUINC](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/hmarroquinc/32/256_2.png) [@HMARROQUINC](https://ifnotnil.com/u/HMARROQUINC)\
**Post date:** [12 June 2020 02:33 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/site-upgrade-friday-12-june/612/3 "2020-06-12T02:33:36Z")

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Noooo what will I do without you guys for 20 minutes? Oh… sleep

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**Author:** ![npalardy](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/npalardy/32/10_2.png) [@npalardy](https://ifnotnil.com/u/npalardy)\
**Post date:** [12 June 2020 03:33 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/site-upgrade-friday-12-june/612/4 "2020-06-12T03:33:29Z")

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Discord !!!

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**Author:** ![Garry](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/garry/32/2_2.png) [@Garry](https://ifnotnil.com/u/Garry)\
**Post date:** [12 June 2020 07:42 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/site-upgrade-friday-12-june/612/5 "2020-06-12T07:42:51Z")

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All done.

There, see, that wasn’t so bad 🙂

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**Author:** ![MarkusWinter](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/markuswinter/32/32_2.png) [@MarkusWinter](https://ifnotnil.com/u/MarkusWinter)\
**Post date:** [12 June 2020 08:30 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/site-upgrade-friday-12-june/612/6 "2020-06-12T08:30:41Z")

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What changed? Can we do polls now?

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**Author:** ![Garry](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/garry/32/2_2.png) [@Garry](https://ifnotnil.com/u/Garry)\
**Post date:** [12 June 2020 09:07 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/site-upgrade-friday-12-june/612/7 "2020-06-12T09:07:19Z")

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Just backend stuff. Updated the core and themes. Mostly bug fixes.

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**Author:** ![Garry](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/garry/32/2_2.png) [@Garry](https://ifnotnil.com/u/Garry)\
**Post date:** [12 June 2020 10:10 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/site-upgrade-friday-12-june/612/8 "2020-06-12T10:10:06Z")

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You’ve always been able to do polls…

> **[How to Create Polls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-polls/77548)**
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> Enabling polls Polls are enabled in Discourse by default. Site admins can disable polls in their community via the poll enabled site setting. Creating a poll The easiest way to create a poll is to use the poll builder. The poll builder can be...