# 新手应该从哪里开始？
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-should-a-noob-start/87468
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [2018年五月14日 20:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-should-a-noob-start/87468 "2018-05-14T20:10:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@SpaceMonkey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SpaceMonkey)
#### Post date: [2018年五月14日 20:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-should-a-noob-start/87468/1 "2018-05-14T20:10:06Z")
Hello World,
I came across Discourse in another community forum I use and realized that it may have the possibility for a project I want to work on. I have crawled around the Meta forum here researched the capabilities and read a variety of articles. What I have not found is any getting started guides, etc.. Can anyone guide or link me where to.
Where should I start?
A basic install guide?
Discourse capabilities and limits
How do the components work together?
is there a master list of Plug-Ins and Themes?
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [2018年五月14日 20:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-should-a-noob-start/87468/2 "2018-05-14T20:15:44Z")
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md)
Start there.
Everything else is here on meta, browse by category.
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [2018年五月14日 20:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-should-a-noob-start/87468/3 "2018-05-14T20:27:00Z")
Hey there,
All the guides etc are in the #howto category.
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### Author:  [@SpaceMonkey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SpaceMonkey)
#### Post date: [2018年五月19日 13:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-should-a-noob-start/87468/4 "2018-05-19T13:13:47Z")
This guide specifies using `discourse.example.com` for install. Can I just use the domain `example.com` or can I change the subdomain to `widget.example.com` ?
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### Author:  [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [2018年五月19日 15:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-should-a-noob-start/87468/5 "2018-05-19T15:24:05Z")
You can use anything as long as it is a FQDN
E.g.
Domain.tld
My.domain.tld
This.is.my.domain.tld
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### Author:  [@SpaceMonkey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SpaceMonkey)
#### Post date: [2018年五月21日 13:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-should-a-noob-start/87468/6 "2018-05-21T13:48:43Z")
So in this document [discourse/docs/INSTALL-email.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-email.md) where is states the following
**Please note that in any email provider, you _must_ verify and use the subdomain, e.g. `discourse.example.com` . If you verify the domain only, e.g. `example.com` , mail will not be configured correctly.**
Do I still need to use the sub-domain if I am not using that in the install?
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### Author:  [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [2018年五月21日 13:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-should-a-noob-start/87468/7 "2018-05-21T13:52:26Z")
If You’re installing discourse on [example.com](http://example.com) then you have to verify & use [example.com](http://example.com) not [discourse.example.com](http://discourse.example.com)
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [2024年六月8日 12:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-should-a-noob-start/87468/8 "2024-06-08T12:37:27Z")
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