Troubleshooting knowledge base — where to start?

TH Theo Lindqvist 2 weeks ago Resolved

Something is not behaving and I am not sure where to begin. What should I check first, and what information would help others help me?

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Strong agree. Good defaults beat a wall of toggles every single time.

Solid breakdown. The only thing I would add is to back up before making the change — better safe than sorry.

The importer preserves original dates and maps forums to spaces. Always run with --dry-run first to preview counts, take a database backup, then run the real import. It batches large datasets so timeouts are not a concern.

This is the answer I wish I had found six months ago. Would have saved me a weekend of trial and error.

We ran into the same situation last quarter. What worked for us was starting small and only adding complexity when a real need showed up.

I respectfully disagree on one detail. In my setup the opposite held true, though I suspect it comes down to community size.

Great point. I had not considered the angle you raised in the second paragraph — it reframes the whole thing for me.