As per the title.

If I was running a Vanilla forum and wanted to migrate over to a new lemmy instance, e.g. forum.com to lemmy.forum.com Could I migrate the entire forum over while keeping the same categories/sub categories as communities I guess, and bringing all of the old threads with them? If it is possible, would it be difficult?

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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Depending on the software used NodeBB might be easier to migrate to than Lemmy. As far as I know it also has ActivityPub support.

Also, Lemmy does not have subcategories. Every community is on the same hierarchy.

You might also want to look at PieFed. It's a bit lighter than Lemmy.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    Thanks. Does PieFed have subcategories?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Don't know. Probably not. It works more or less the same as Lemmy.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)
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    I'm sorry cause I don't have a source, but by another Lemmy comment anecdote I remember reading PieFed does have subcategories. I.e. /art/paintings . Worth checking in to!

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