I’m coming to the end of my trial and I think I’d like to start out on a Basic Plan but potentially upgrade to a Standard Plan later, partly for the custom domain. It looks like I’d have to buy the domain separately and connect it to my Discourse forum somehow, which I could probably figure out, but…

I think this is the guide you are looking for [image] Configure your domain name for hosted Discourse Hosted Customers bookmark This guide explains how to change the domain name of your Discourse-hosted site, whether you want to switch to a different discourse.…

Thanks! Do you think “we’ll take care of the rest” includes setting up a redirect from the old example.discourse.group to forum.example.com then? (It’s not obvious to me, particularly as that guide seems to be talking about customers starting fresh on the Standard Plan or above, rather than moving …

[image] CaptainJ: Thanks! Do you think “we’ll take care of the rest” includes setting up a redirect from the old example.discourse.group to forum.example.com then? We do support this, though I can’t recall if it’s automatic or if you need to email us (team@discourse.org, or PM @team here) to …

[image] Michael Brown: ough I can’t recall if it’s automatic or if you need to em We had a similar but slightly different question, where we have actually had our community running for over a year without taking advantage of the custom domain that comes with our business plan. We are interest…

[image] marvi: Would the redirects be set up by Discourse to make it a smooth transition? Yes, we have this process nailed down pretty well to make it as transparent as possible.

If I switch to a custom domain, is it easy to set up a redirect?

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supermathie (Michael Brown) December 30, 2024, 6:48pm 6

Yes, we have this process nailed down pretty well to make it as transparent as possible.

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