Easiest? I’d say WordPress on a Digital Ocean droplet if you’re going super small. Allow people to sign up and vet them, and you have a functional standalone platform pretty much as soon as you can get users. I don’t know that it would take off or have a sustainable userbase though
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BolexForSoup@kbin.social 9 months agoI really want to set up my own message board, not necessarily a Lemmy instance - something simpler. Just to start dipping my toes in that world. Is there anything you would recommend as the “easiest” path to hosting my own little forum?
trafguy@midwest.social 9 months ago
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 9 months ago
It’s mostly for my own education and a couple of friends if they want to play around on it. It’s not meant to be some big project. I didn’t know WP could handle that I’ll check it out!
trafguy@midwest.social 9 months ago
Well, I’ll admit it might be poorly suited, but I know it supports comments, posts, and user signups. Users would sign up with a sbscriber role, you’d verify them somehow, and then you’d update their role. It would be a little janky but should work with little adjustment
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 9 months ago
Sounds perfect. My ideal situation is I start with the most bare-bones, easiest to do version. Then as I learn what I really want, find other things that allow what I want to do, and slowly teach myself. It’s basically how I’ve learned to do anything lol
ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I dunno which may be easiest, but if you’d like to know some of your options, this Wikipedia page may be a good place to start.
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 9 months ago
Huh wouldn’t have thought to check for that. Thanks.