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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • May 14, 2026

May 14, 2026

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Pagination and Canonical URLs in Communities and Forums - What's the Right Way?

Pagination is an important aspect of forums and community platforms. While building Jatra, one of the key decisions I had to make was to get the canonical URLs for the...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • May 14, 2026

May 14, 2026

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Beta Testing : Web Push Notifications + Jatra Progressive Web App

At Jatra, we are testing two upcoming features - Web Push Notifications and Progressive Web App. Web Push Notifications: We've tried to make a very user-friendly UI. A notification card...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • May 13, 2026

May 13, 2026

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How to Build and Grow a WhatsApp Community : Beginner to Advanced

WhatsApp has about 3 billion monthly active users. It’s the default mode of online communication in countries like India, Brazil, Philippines and UAE. In this step-by-step guide, you will learn...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • May 13, 2026

May 13, 2026

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How to Get Forum Content Indexed and Ranked Faster

I built CrazyEngineers community from 0 -> 400,000+ members organically. Between 2011 - 2017, it was one of the largest engineering forums on the Internet. All our growth was purely...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • May 13, 2026

May 13, 2026

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The Best Forum Software for SEO : Jatra Is #1

->Update: May, 2026: We have published a detailed comparison on various forum software ranked on their SEO/AEO capabilities: Best Forum Software for SEO in 2026 - Tested and Compared An...

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Changelog: Version: 3.5.0

New Feature 🎉 : 'meme' Post Type : Share Memes Like a Pro

Published: May 13, 2026

new feature improvement bugfix

I am excited to introduce a new 'post-type' in Jatra's growing list of natively supported post-types: Meme This post-type was developed specially for one of the communities on Jatra -...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • May 12, 2026

May 12, 2026

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How to Build a Community on WhatsApp — and Watch It Fail

Over the past eight years, I have built 12 communities on WhatsApp. Some peaked at 50 members and others pushed past 800. We have communities for PHP Developers, Growth Marketers...

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Ying Yue
@fluffy-rickshaw • May 12, 2026

May 12, 2026

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What is vBulletin used for?

Hello everyone! I am student researching on evolution online community software. I have come across vBulletin frequently in my readings. It is a popular forum tool. I'd love to know:...

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Florian
@florian • May 12, 2026

May 12, 2026

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Xenforo -> Jatra Community Migration Without Losing Traffic

We are evaluating community platforms and forum tools to migrate our Xenforo powered community. The main concern is to move out of XF without losing our traffic. So far, we...

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Sara
@butterfly-sara • May 9, 2026

May 9, 2026

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How important are images for good SEO in community?

I've been learning SEO for the past few days, and there's one question that's been bothering me - I can't seem to find a clear answer anywhere. How important are...

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Changelog: Version: 3.4.2

Introducing "Resource" Post Type 🎉 : Share files, videos and links with your community

Published: May 3, 2026

release new feature improvements

Every great community runs on shared knowledge. The tutorial that saves someone a weekend. The spreadsheet template that becomes the team standard. The video that finally makes a concept click....

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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • May 6, 2026

May 6, 2026

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How to migrate your community from Discourse to Jatra?

Can you migrate your community from Discourse to Jatra? Yes - you can. However, it's not a 'self-serve' migration. We'll do it for you - at no additional costs. Why...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • May 12, 2026

May 12, 2026

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Server-Side Rendering (SSR) Vs. Client-Side Rendering (CSR) - What's Better for SEO?

Modern web applications can render the content in two fundamentally different place: on the server before the response is sent or in the browser, after the response arrives. The choice...

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LinkedIn Post - Should you build a community on Reddit?

Kaustubh Katdare @kaustubh-katdare

May 3, 2026 62

I wrote a LinkedIn post on building a community on Reddit (rented land) vs owned platform (like Jatra Community Platform). Check it out.

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Paula Derrenger
@paulad • May 6, 2026

May 6, 2026

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Do not allow guests to download public resources

Guests visitors can access public resources. Let admins decide if guests can download or view the resource.

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Reviewing
Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • May 6, 2026

May 6, 2026

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Announcing Jatra Polls : The Most Beautiful Polling System You've Ever Seen

Poll: How useful would polls be in your community?

We've just announced the new "Polls" feature. You may read the details in our changelog: New Feature: Poll 🎉 : Attach Polls to Your Discussions, Articles and Announcements | Jatra...

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Changelog: Version: 3.4.4

New Feature: Poll 🎉 : Attach Polls to Your Discussions, Articles and Announcements

Published: May 4, 2026

new feature improvement bugfix

Say hello to Jatra's Poll system! Polls has been one of the core features that popped-in our discussions for a while. I'm pleased to announce that you can now attach...

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Your Community is Too Private to Grow.pdf

Why Private Communities are Harder to Grow

Kaustubh Katdare @kaustubh-katdare

May 3, 2026 215

Should your community be public or private? In this short article, I discuss the pros and cons of building a private community vs. a public community.

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Changelog: Version: 3.4.3

Jatra UI Update : Wider Layout + More Space

Published: May 3, 2026

ui ux improvement

The hawk-eyed members of Jatra might have already noticed that we've a wider layout. The wider layout allows us: More space for slightly longer channel namesA more spacious right sidebar...

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Changelog: Version: 3.2.0

Jatra 3.1 :: Direct Messaging is Live 👋

Published: Mar 1, 2026

new feature ui ux

Introducing 1:1 Direct Messaging 🙌 You can now send 1:1 direct messages on Jatra. It’s built to feel calm and predictable. No surprise DMs, no noisy inbox, and clear control...

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