Showcase Human Microbiome Community Forum

MaximilianKohler · May 8, 2024

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Human Microbiome Community Forum

I moved a few microbiome-related reddit subs to a Xenforo forum since reddit has been continually degrading their website and becoming more and more problematic, capricious, unreliable, untrustworthy, and even dangerous.

I had a microbiome wiki running on the domain using free, open-source software -- MKDocs Material theme static site generator -- hosted for free with Netlify. I chose Centmin Mod to host the forum because it had the best documentation and guides that I could find. I previously tried and failed with another GUI-based web panel that was supposedly more noobie-friendly, but they weren't due to deficient documentation & guides.

Since then I added another website running listmonk (free and open-source email/newsletter manager), and then I added another subdomain/website running another FOSS SesDashboard - Analytics UI for Amazon Simple Email Service.

3 unique websites all running on the same $5/mo Hetzner server with minimal resource usage, and easy maintenance & backup. I'm quite happy with it. I'll easily be able to add more websites and subdomains as needed.

I had originally set up listmonk on an Amazon EC2 micro server. After my free year ended they were charging me $10/mo. I get better specs for half the price with Hetzner and I haven't had major issues so far.

I was a total noob regarding this sort of thing, and benefited from video guides that another CMM user made. I created various tutorials that document everything I learned while setting things up, to help other noobies get started: gist.github.com/MaximilianKohler

This guide is for the forum and Centmin Mod: Detailed startup guide for newbies on migrating to, and setting up a Xenforo forum. Including reddit-like titles, and threaded comment view. [Centmin Mod]. It includes all the addons and...
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