I have a Wix website on a paid plan (Core). The site’s members (people who’ve just signed up on my site) are well integrated into it, with their details & connections are stored on Wix’s powerful CMSs.
So my Wix site is & should be the core place where users are registered (is this called Identity Provider (IdP)) I want my Discourse forum to use that, to log in users ideally, or link them between my Wix site & Discourse, as well integrated & seamless as possible. At this discovery level, I’d like to know all my options so as not to lose some suggestions by stating my specific needs (stated at the end ) 1) What are my options?
What I’ve explored
I’ve searched All site settings, doesn’t seem to have an option
2) Can any of these help solve this?
These options seem to have something to do with my goal, but there’s nothing under those tabs. I’ve looked them up & kinda get what they may be, but not knowledgeable enough to properly understand how they can relate to my goal
Out of these, re automation platforms; I tried both Zapier & Integrately. Tried both of em, here’s what Zapier said. I understand some of this but didn’t wanna load this post with all my questions about that too, so, broadly;
4) Could this be a right direction?
Context re my specific capacity: Rookie coder, built couple semi complex websites on Wix, budget; broke, looking for no to very low cost options atm. Stuck on Discourse’s free hosting for a while
⭕ The following aren't rigid requirements but preferences of what I'd hope the end product would be:
Re which users need to be registered: Option 1.1) Ideally all users that sign up on my main site (becoming members) need not have Forum accounts for them auto created. Just those who wanna login & add to the forum (more than just read) need to have themselves linked here. (so site members having accounts in the forum is optional, but if they wanna sign up from here, they must be registered on the main site) Option 1.2) If above’s not possible, having all members (from my site) have Forum accounts auto created isn’t ideal but I’m open to it
Re sign up page & account
Option 2.1) Ideally my Discourse forum’s signup/login must be replaced by the Wix one (so it’s just 1 account & 1 type of sign up/page portal).
Option 2.2) If above’s not possible, (if users have to sign up to both Wix & Discourse separately) there should be a mandatory step ensuring that they’re accounts are definitely linked between both Wix & Discourse.
You are on a plan that only allows using Discourse-ID. I don’t think this will work.
Since this is not the first time you want more than the free plan offers: have you considered to upgrade to another plan, self-host or choose another hosting provider?
upgrading, but Discourse goes from 0 - 100! per month!! Who even uses that? I’ll be making a post asking Discourse offer some stripped down plans for individuals. More accessible for many & consumer friendly
another hosting provider. Could you please explain about this option?
But I wonder if 3) self hosting is for me. 3.1) Doesn’t it take significant time & tech skill to do this? 3.2) And even if I do an average job at it myself, it won’t be up to what I have now on the free plan right? 3.3) Will I lose some great functionality that this free automagically managed package has? 3.4) Should I constantly maintain a lot more stuff or my forum gets ruined? 3.5) Is there an option for that self hosted version to be auto updated to be similar to this free one’s somewhat latest level? or will that forking diverge so much that every update needs to be manual? I have very little understanding about any of this.
I scoured YouTube to get an overview/rough idea about this self hosting, but haven’t found one. I’ve tried to learn as much from this forum, but as I’m too new to this it’s very unclear atm
Context re my specific capacity: Rookie coder, built couple semi complex websites on Wix, budget; broke, looking for no to very low cost options atm
I wanted to be more clear. The free is generous indeed, and I’m very glad about what yall have done and for such a project & team existing!
I was pointing out to that jump. Free to $100 per month! And nothing in between. A target demographic that can afford such a subscription are wealthy companies or very wealthy individuals. No way is it for most regular people! /small businesses
Praise where it’s due; I’ve seen your application for a free pro account, & this makes yall all the more great!
So what I’m looking for is; if there was a stripped down version in many ways, but more functional in terms of ways to integrate them with websites, with more consumer friendly pricing tiers, like plans with website builders? I’d happily pay up. Don’t you agree that there’s that kind of a massive demographic of rookie builders/regular people/professionals with that budget who would?
Set up Discourse in about 10 minutes with zero knowledge of Rails or Linux shell. Works on any Docker-compatible cloud provider or local server.
Self-hosting doesn’t mean you get less. As the website once said:
There is only one version of Discourse – the awesome open source version. There’s no super secret special paid commercial version with better or more complete features.
Usually you can update Discourse with the update button right in the admin interface.
So in some way, you don’t get less—you get more. For example, you can use all the features blocked on the free plan and install any plugin you want. But you are also responsible for backups, and since you don’t pay someone for their support, when you need help, you don’t get guaranteed fast help from someone. Though, of course, a lot of people provide help for self-hosters on this forum.
Ultimately, you have to find the right solution for your budget, technical skills, available time, and willingness to take on operational responsibility.
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help solve this?
