Connecting an existing (legacy) community
If you already run a community on the classic Estage platform, don’t create a new one — you’d be starting from zero. Import the legacy project into Genesis instead: the existing community stays exactly as it is, and Genesis builds around it.
What importing does
Section titled “What importing does”Importing creates a Genesis project linked to your existing Estage project — same project identity upstream, same community, same members, same content. Genesis doesn’t copy or recreate anything; it adopts what’s there.
You get the full Genesis experience on top: the AI builder for the website, publishing, custom domains — while the community keeps running untouched.
How to import
Section titled “How to import”- On your Genesis dashboard, click Import Legacy in the header (the modal says “Import Legacy Project (Community, CRM, etc)”).
- Enter your legacy Estage project ID — the numeric ID of the project (you can see it in the classic platform’s URL when the project is open).
- Optionally pick one of your Genesis projects to copy starter site files from — useful if you’ve already built a site style you want to begin with.
- Confirm.
Genesis verifies the project is yours (you must be signed in with the same Estage account), then the imported project appears at the top of your dashboard.
After importing
Section titled “After importing”- Settings → Modules shows Community as ENABLED with the Open community → link — no “Add community” needed; it found the existing one.
- Build the site with the AI as usual and publish.
- Put the community on your own domain — see
Community on your domain — e.g. move it from its legacy
address to
community.mysite.com.
- Don’t click “Add community” on an imported project — the community already exists; the module reflects it.
- Members and their content are untouched by the import — nothing to announce, no migration window.
- The import requires ownership: a project ID belonging to another account is rejected.
- Typed the wrong ID? You’re no longer stuck with it — the project can be re-bound to the correct Estage project, files, pages, chat history and settings included.