SMF's categories vs Discourse's categories

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@dsanchez

“Simple Machines” will become a category
“News and updates” will become a sub-category of the above
“Archives” will dissapear and all topics in it will be tagged with the word “Archives”? and all topics there will belong to “News and Updates”

After doing this, you can amend the script to “Archive Topic” on Discourse.

What is the difference between Closed, Unlisted and Archived topics?

This visually displays quite well the difference between “Closed” and “Archived”: So how does “Archiving” vs. “Closing” a topic compare? Common to both Displays a “lock” icon next to topic in lists Disables replying to topic Disables “Invite” button at bottom of topic. Closing or archiving a topic does not bump its last activity date. Specific to Archived topics Disables users ability to a delete a post. Disables likes. Disabled poll based voting (effectively closing polls). Disables dis…