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Thank you so much for replying.
I think this is above my skill level, but I will have a read through your advanced configuration page and see if I can understand it.
Thanks again, but I think I'm going to need more than luck!! LOL
You're welcome!
If you're not already, I recommend trying to host this on a cloud VPS service, such as Vultr, Linode, or DigitalOcean. This would give you a reliable, always online Lemmy instance, which means you won't miss any federation data. Even a cheap $5 VPS instance would be enough to get you started, though a $10 would give you more breathing room.
If you're hosting at home, it's generally not a good idea to do that, especially for an application like Lemmy. Most consumer grade network equipment at home might not be equipped to deal with the unrelenting 24/7 flood of data coming in due to federation. And if your power or internet ever goes out, you will be missing any comments, posts, or votes that were sent out during your downtime.
Thank you again. Yeah, I'm trying this from home as opposed to a vps. It's more as a learning exercise than a serious instance.
I'm still going to try and getting it working behind my reverse proxy, like I say, as a learning experience.