Hi, I have been using Discourse for teaching a class. Is there a way to easily: Archive a previous class (i.e., the current forum data) Create a new one without having to reinstall Discourse I installed Discourse on a computer I own. I could reinstall it but it would be easier for me if there wa…

Just set up your Discourse instance, do your customizations and create a backup (admin - backups - backup) Whenever you want to wipe everything and start over again, you simply restore from that backup.

Seems you are looking for this: [image] Re-purposing a Discourse installation for a yearly event support I’m using Discourse for a yearly event (a preparatory course at a university), both for internal use for the organizers and for discussion among participants. This year…

Thanks for the reply. That discussion was useful. At this point, I am really looking for some step by step instructions to just reset the forum to a blank slate without reinstalling. The post is more a discussion of future features for Discourse. I think my situation is a bit simpler. For example, …

Thanks. Yes, that’s a good option. Basically I create a template and save it.

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jomaxro (Joshua Rosenfeld) February 4, 2016, 5:47pm 2

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