Hello. I have a squarespace website, with paid members, and I know SSO isn’t an option, but I want to create a discourse forum linked to my website that has a public facing area and also a private members area. I have the layout mapped out, I just need some help getting it all set up. I also need some guidance on how to best give paid squarespace members access to the paid member discourse forum (and maintain the expiration of those whose squarespace membership has expired). I would like the discourse forum to be close visually to the look of the squarespace page also. Please let me know how much you would charge and what the turnaround time would be. I can provide more detail later. TIA!
Hi there. Are you using the Enterprise plan on Squarespace and have access to their admin settings?
You cannot use Discourse as an OpenID Connect provider for Squarespace because it is locked to Okta. However, it is probably possible to use API/webhooks to sync paid users into the private group.
The only caveat here is that you will be locked into Discourse email code sign-ups, and profile changes cannot be synced like in open-source blogging alternatives.
Have you considered migrating from Squarespace to another platform, or is this something you don’t consider at the moment?
I might be able to help. I’ll send a pm