Migration from Woltlab 6 to Discourse

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I volunteer to run the forum https://intensivpflege-familie.de; since the forum is currently more static but is a body of knowledge for families with seriously ill children, I would like to switch to Discourse. The background is the license costs for Woltlab, which are too high for me for the current volunteer use, and the hope of being able to re-engage people with a modern design.

The forum runs on Woltlab 6.1x

Therefore, I am looking for a way or help for the migration. Unfortunately, I haven’t found anything suitable for Woltlab 6.

Only the minimum that should be migrated is needed:

Users (Name, E-Mail, CreatedAt, possibly Avatar)

Groups (only as Discourse Groups, without permission mapping)

Structure: Categories + Subcategories (roughly corresponds to Forums/Subforums)

Topics/Threads → Discourse Topics

Posts → Discourse Posts

Optional: Uploads/Media (Attachments/Images in Posts)

Everything else (permissions, moderation roles, badges, trust levels, category rights, SSO/OAuth, PMs) I would set up afterwards. Users can also be migrated as “Staged Users,” as I learned that users are then “matched” upon registration. Or if users are migrated, it can be without a password; the users can create a new one themselves.

All other things realized with plugins would be discontinued.

It is a small forum with 211 members, a good portion of whom are inactive, and just over 14,100 posts.

I have no orientation for a budget for this; depending on the costs, I have to decide whether I should rather leave the forum readable (which is bad because of security updates) and if I can receive financial help as a donation.

Best regards

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There is no current importer for Woltlab, hence I am moving this to Marketplace in the hope that someone will make you a good offer to help.

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Thank You! I was unsure if it would fit there.

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you can easily migrate with Business Plan, for the woltlab what you are using did you check any 3rd party plugin to get all data in one place ?

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I believe that the business plan migrations are for migrations for which there is an existing import script.

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Thank you for your responses. I have already received financial guidance that I can work with and ultimately make decisions. Discourse itself needs to be self-hosted in the EU, as the forum contains health data. Also, after consulting, the migration must take place in the EU, which makes it more difficult. I will think everything through.

Thank you

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Hello,

Feel free to contact us if needed. We can then provide you with a quote for the migration and also for managed hosting specifically for Discourse.

We have been offering managed hosting for the WoltLab Suite for some time, but we will soon officially introduce managed hosting for Discourse as well. Therefore, we are familiar with both software solutions. Our servers are located in Germany, which ensures compliance with your EU regulations.

Feel free to contact us here via DM or directly through our website: https://netzliving.eu

Best regards,
Maximilian

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