gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
I asked them if it's possible and they said yes if you modify the back end, but I don't think they have time to maintain two projects like this. :/
If you get yourself a Python developer which isn't that crazy you could do it though.
humanetech@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
The question is whether the project should be forked into multiple separate projects at all. An alternative would be to have a generic "Directory Platform" and have modules to make it a Book Review platform, a Movie Database, or whatever-you-wanna-collect platform with another module. The modules would mostly be templates and data structures + user interface widgets to present them nicely.
gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
Sure, but that would be the case if it was designed like that from the ground up, but BookWyrm's developer didn't and it's understandable, so now you either fork it and make it like that or fork it and make it work specifically for whatever you want to keep track of.
humanetech@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
Yes, true. I asked the question in a more general sense on the fedi: https://mastodon.social/@humanetech/107540889998564900