I have Discourse set up but it’s not at the domain/subdomain it will go live at. I’m still thinking about the choice of subdomain. Now that I’m starting to configure things, I’m wondering how much changing the domain/subdomain is likely to break things. Should I hurry up and get Discourse in its for…

You need to make a backup on the old/current domain and restore after you’ve changed to the new one.

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How much does changing the subdomain/domain break things?

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stephtara (Stephanie Booth) December 14, 2025, 10:56am 3

Right… hmm I’ll probably get cracking on moving it to its final domain then

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How much does changing the subdomain/domain break things?

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