@educator Hi there. Fellow Indian here. I would recommend DigitalOcean over Vultr due to a number of reasons having used both. However there is a 3rd option which is better imo and that is Linode. 2 main reasons.

1. Linode offers double RAM at 10$. You get 2gb RAM instead of 1gb for 10$. What I am getting from your post is that you want a 5$ plan. However it will be insufficient for even a small sized forum. Try going for the 2gb RAM option at Linode.
2. Unless you are a registered business in India you shall have to pay 15% service tax on Digitalocean as of Jan 1 2016. Businesses dont have to pay this tax as long as they dont have a turnover of greater than 10 lacs per annum. This is because DO has officially entered the Indian Market and will need to comply with the Indian Tax authorities. This is not the case of Linode as they dont have an Indian office . This means that the DO plan at 10$ will be more than twice expensive when compared to Linode.

Rest is upto you. Feel free to ask anymore questions

@educator Hi there. Fellow Indian here. I would recommend DigitalOcean over Vultr due to a number of reasons having used both. However there is a 3rd option which is better imo and that is Linode. 2 main reasons.

1. Linode offers double RAM at 10$. You get 2gb RAM instead of 1gb for 10$. What I am getting from your post is that you want a 5$ plan. However it will be insufficient for even a small sized forum. Try going for the 2gb RAM option at Linode.
2. Unless you are a registered business in India you shall have to pay 15% service tax on Digitalocean as of Jan 1 2016. Businesses dont have to pay this tax as long as they dont have a turnover of greater than 10 lacs per annum. This is because DO has officially entered the Indian Market and will need to comply with the Indian Tax authorities. This is not the case of Linode as they dont have an Indian office . This means that the DO plan at 10$ will be more than twice expensive when compared to Linode.

Rest is upto you. Feel free to ask anymore questions

Hi everyone,

Firstly thanks to the devs for making such an amazing piece of software. I remember looking for open source forum options an year ago and finalising on Discourse and NodeBB. NodeBB was pretty much what I wanted but had a number of bugs and felt not yet ready for prime time. However now it feels very stable and looks almost perfect. Primary users of the site will be mobile users.
My site is accessible at http://www.rtilikho.com
and is a community for RTI or Right to Information activists from India. RTI is similar to Freedom of Information Act etc of other countries.
Have a few final kinks that I need to workout.

1. Can I somehow disable the tags system?
2. Google SSO doesnt work. Getting an "Invalid plugin. Oauth plugin was not found at http://www.rtilikho.com/auth/google/callback

I am on the stable branch FYI.

Hi. The mobile layout on my installation for all the themes doesnt show correctly. In the attached picture see the 'New Topic' is on a different line than the other 3 options. This happens on the vanilla and the lavender themes as well.
In the other picture is the screenshot for nodebb community forums in which the layout is proper.
Can you suggest me what to do in order to achieve the same.
Thanks