The Complete Guide to Building Your Online Community
Discourse: The Complete Guide to Building Your Online Community
Everything you need to know to get started with Discourse — the open-source community platform trusted by teams, brands, and creators worldwide.
In this walkthrough, we cover:
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Setting up your Discourse community
0:56 - Member profiles & Discourse ID
1:44 - Creating posts & using the editor
2:14 - Replying, quoting & notifications
2:55 - Built-in chat
3:22 - Organizing with categories & subcategories
3:51 - Customizing your community's look and feel
4:30 - Settings, trust levels & permissions
4:46 - AI-powered tools for community management
5:08 - Integrations: SSO, webhooks, API & more
5:51 - Plugins & extending Discourse
6:08 - Moderation tools & flag queue
7:03 - AI moderation & spam detection
7:24 - Dashboard & community health reports
7:43 - Why Discourse
Whether you're running a customer support forum, an internal team hub, or a fan community - Discourse scales from 10 members to tens of thousands while keeping conversations, data, and identity fully yours.
Start your free trial → https://www.discourse.org
Browse community examples → https://discover.discourse.com
Themes & plugins → https://meta.discourse.org
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