@aixnr Ah right! that clears things up a lot! Cheers, i'll let you know how it turns out.

@aixnr Haha great! thanks for that. I am actually a mac user but I've only really worked with php coding etc. I just tried installing it on Codio and I got it working.

Preferably i'd love to install it on the host I'm using now that allows SSH, but as I said I fear that i'll end up messing it up. I might look into seeing if someone can set it up for me for a price. If not i'll go down the DigitalOcean route!

Thanks again!

@aixnr Yes and yes they use cPanel.

@aixnr Hey thanks for the quick reply!

It is hosted at falcoda.co.uk. I've use the DNS zone records on the godaddy name servers if that's what you mean?

My host offers SSH access too however I feel as if I could mess things up with that.

Hey, I am considering hosting nodeBB via DigitalOcean. I have a few questions however as I am pretty new to this.

If I install nodeBB on digital ocean will I be able to set a custom domain [forums.website.com] ?

Am I able to keep the main wordpress site [website.com] on the host I currently use, or will I need to move it to digital ocean to keep the same name servers?

Hope that makes sense! Thanks.