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?

[immagine] nibl: Unless there’s a way to self-host Discourse for under $5/mo. [immagine] 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…

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… [immagine] 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 …

[immagine] 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. …

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.

[immagine] 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/mas…

[immagine] 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 requiremen…

@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.

[immagine] 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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