I am pretty sure that the past decade no one who has been asked to make a paginated version has succeeded.
Here’s a recent response to a simillar request:
Here’s another such topic: Is pagination impossible or just hard? - #3 by merefield
Some popular sites that your company may have heard of that have adapted to infinite scrollling include Facebook, LinkedIn, and twitter.com
. Most people who were using paginated forums have switched to Discourse.
If they really want pagination they should use different software.