The discussion revolves around maintaining a Discourse forum in read-only mode for testing purposes while restricting access to visitors. GildDart seeks a way to allow administrators to test the new forum without enabling public access. Ondrej suggests using /u/admin-login to log in as an admin, while Lilly clarifies that read-only mode prevents users from posting or changing settings, though login is typically still possible. However, GildDart reports that logout is disabled and the admin login page displays a message stating the site is in read-only mode, preventing access, indicating a limitation in the current setup.
I am new to Discourse but already installed it on an OVH VPS Ubuntu 22. It’s OK.
I want to transfert a forum from a server1 to server2 with a différent URL. I see how to backup the forum1 and restore it in forum2.
I want administrators can test the new forum and for this purpose maintain it for visitors for a couple of days.
I see i can Enable read only but in this case visitors can see the new forum and the tests…
I’d like to provide access for admin and not to allow visitors to visit the site. Is there a way ?
Thanks in advance for your help.
PS: If ReadOnly is enabled is it still possible to login ?
I believe users can still login as usual but cannot post or create content nor make any changes to preferences, etc. The forum is read-only for all users.
For info, after some tests in “Read only” mode I noticed :
“Logout is disabled while the site is in read only mode”
when I go to/ u/admin-login in an other browser the page ask me form my email but i get this message : “The site is in read only mode. Interactions are disabled.”