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Discourse - Ravenfreak - 10-18-2023
Has anyone here ever used the forum software Discourse before? It looks like it's a pain to set up, but if you don't want to mess with setting it up yourself you could purchase a hosting package from their official website. You will need a cloud server, this software will not work in a shared hosting environment. You also can't have anything else set up on that server either, which can be a deal breaker if you want to incorporate a blog on the same server. It's a modern forum software too btw, these platforms have different layouts than the traditional software like MyBB, Xenforo, etc. You can read more about it here:
https://discourse.org/#
RE: Discourse - Dismal_Bliss - 10-19-2023
I am a member of ketogenicforums.com which uses Discourse, as well as a member of the official Discourse support forum. I thought about using it when I was contemplating starting up a 2nd community. But It's a bit plain and too minimal for me. It's another modern community software competing against the likes of Kajabi and Mighty Networks by copying a bit of what they do and tyring to blend it with the forum concept of old (kinda the direction where Invision is heading).
RE: Discourse - Cedric V - 10-22-2023
It's definitely different from what we traditionally are used to. Can't say I really had much enjoyment in it so far.
RE: Discourse - Ravenfreak - 10-28-2023
I'm not the biggest fan of the layout myself, if I'm being honest. Also recently I did notice they added a feature to the software where you can change a thread to a wiki post which is interesting and a good idea for a community that offers helpful information.