Discourse cannot be installed on shared hosting accounts with Siteground, where I have my site. I just spoke to their support team. A second hosting plan elsewhere for a small forum just starting out is not worth the money, unless it is really low cost. Can anyone recommend other forum software co…

I’m not sure I understand. Do you have an active forum already that you are looking to move?

[image] nibl: Unless there’s a way to self-host Discourse for under $5/mo. [image] New Digital Ocean pricing! (Spoiler: $5 for a 1GB droplet) Self-hosting Digital Ocean made some big changes today! Check out the new price list . First, 1 GB droplet is no…

I don’t have a forum installed yet. I’m looking for a forum that is compatible with Discourse so I can move to Discourse later. My hosting provider supports forums that are PHP/MySQL based. Since I already have WordPress installed, a WP forum plug-in could be an option.

Short answer is that you can use BBpress on wordpress and that can be migrated to Discourse… [image] nibl: I don’t have a forum installed yet. I’m looking for a forum that is compatible with Discourse so I can move to Discourse later. That’s what I sensed. Honestly, I would say pick PHP bas…

[image] nibl: I’m looking for a forum that is compatible with Discourse so I can move to Discourse later. You’re creating a world of unnecessary hurt for yourself here. The needs of your community should make the choice between something like Discourse and BBPress pretty straightforward. The…

Does DigitalOcean allow Discourse to run on their $5 plan? I watched a YouTube video from about 6 months ago and DigitalOcean would only allow the $20 plan minimum. That is, 2GB and 2vps.

[image] nibl: Does DigitalOcean allow Discourse to run on their $5 plan? Yes, many people use $5 droplets to run Discourse. Follow this official guide to get started, it is up-to-date and people on this forum can provide help if you need it: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master…

[image] nibl: Does DigitalOcean allow Discourse to run on their $5 plan? I watched a YouTube video from about 6 months ago and DigitalOcean would only allow the $20 plan minimum. That is, 2GB and 2vps. Even 2-3 years ago the $10 droplet was fine. The new $5 droplet meets all the requirements …

@david , @steve_pd, Thanks. The video I saw was showing DigitalOcean’s one-click installer. Not sure why the do/did that. As long as SSH works it’s fine by me.

[image] nibl: The video I saw was showing DigitalOcean’s one-click installer. Was that created by DO? If so they’ve a vested interest in selling resources. I’m sure it’s not nefarious, but it’s also not documentation produced by the team.

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