# Can Discourse Support a Shared Forum for Two Websites with Distinct Styling?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-support-a-shared-forum-for-two-websites-with-distinct-styling/349017
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [January 26, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-support-a-shared-forum-for-two-websites-with-distinct-styling/349017 "2025-01-26T02:02:12Z")
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### Author: ![tvavrda](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tvavrda/32/480674_2.png) [@tvavrda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tvavrda)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2025, 8:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-support-a-shared-forum-for-two-websites-with-distinct-styling/349017/15 "2025-01-27T08:13:01Z")

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I see. Is the main site URL stored in the database, too? So it is not a matter of a local instance configuration? In that case it would be clear that both instances would still try to serve the same thing.

And you are right that two-server setup still doesn’t help Discourse to choose the right theme at all.

Now it reminds me that there would be a problem with the content, too. If you paste a link into Discourse, it posts the whole URL into it. So someone reading a topic authored by the other site would be directed to it when clicking on a link. Same with uploads, see [Uploads Path Should Update When URL Changes in app.yml During Container Rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-path-should-update-when-url-changes-in-app-yml-during-container-rebuild/315364).

Another problem could be e-mails? From which domain would the notification e-mails go? Another problem – social plugins (Facebook etc.) or Google login would redirect to a wrong site (or maybe refuse the sign-in).

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