Are separate subdomains required for making a discourse forum?

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Hi @VSCPlays

@VSCPlays

Does making a Discourse forum require a separate subdomain?

If you’re asking if Discourse can use a subfolder instead of a subdomain, it’s possible, but not recommended:

Serve Discourse from a subfolder (path prefix) instead of a subdomain

Discourse Official Statement about Subfolder setup We support subfolder setups for our hosted customers at the enterprise level and up. Due to heavy technical setup complexity we strongly recommend you do not use this setup unless you are very experienced in custom subfolder setups. It is critical you have a deep understanding of NGINX setup in the Discourse Docker container Secure original IP forwarding using custom headers in the proxy chain Rate limiting in front proxy server I…

However, from your roblox topic:

As a Roblox developer, it is currently too hard to return to the roblox homepage , I have to use my Stream Deck or type in “roblox” at the URL bar, and I want quick access to the roblox homepage

Your issue seems to be more like there is no direct link in the Roblox forum that leads to their main website, which has nothing to do with Discourse itself, but with their own forum customization. They can add a link to their website anywhere on their forum if they want to.