For when there is a change of VPS, it would be good if the old forum could continue to run on a read-only mode. With when the old up-to-date Discourse is backed-up, read-only mode can be set, and hence the A record changed once the new Discourse is Live (very little full downtime) This could prob…

Admin-Settable Global Read-Only mode

Moin June 7, 2025, 8:35am 4

There is an automatic banner when you enable read-only mode.

You can also customize the text like any text in Discourse (Customize text in Discourse).

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