Discourse is expensive to host, even with one-time off $99.
Compared to my solution, the domain and lightweight web hosting cost me less than $30 a year. But I cannot afford Discouse. I use Discuz! developed in China.
The forum is up now, but unfortunately it is in Chinese.
cool… way to go @plumber…
thats really good @plumber what type of forum is it?
That’s great @Plumber, good luck with it 
mental health forum…But there is a section for discussing mental fitness in general… 
thank you Azley and Minnii. This is not the first time I build a forum…