talk/docs/source/01-05-pre-launch-checklist.md

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• Do you have a hosting Provider?
  • On your own bare metal servers?
  • In the cloud?
    • AWS
    • Google Cloud
    • Heroku
    • Digital Ocean
• Do you have a domain name for Talk?
  • Recommended: On a subdomain on your main site (e.g. if your site is mysitefornews.org, you should server Talk from a subdomain like talk.mysitefornews.org) to avoid issues with third-party cookie sharing.
• Do you have a MongoDB instance?
  • A MongoDB Docker instance hosted alongside Talk?
  • In an external MongoDB cluster?
    • MongoDB Atlas
    • mLab
• Migrating comments from a legacy system?
  • Use the Talk Import framework
• Do you want to provide single sign-on (SSO) by integrating with an external auth system
  • See Authenticating with Talk
• Social sign-on
  • Facebook
    • Install talk-plugin-facebook-auth
  • Other
    • See Authenticating with Talk
• Toxic Comments Plugin
  • Request API Key from Google
  • Install talk-plugin-toxic-comments
• Akismet Spam Detection Plugin
  • Install talk-plugin-akismet
• Email Notifications
  • See Notifications
• Do you want to display comment counts?
  • Use the GraphQL CommentCountQuery
  • Install talk-plugin-deep-reply-count if necessary.
• Do you want to translate Talk to a different language?
  • See Translations and i18n