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# Migrating a publication without losing its archive
- URL: https://hd-ghost-src-9f2c1a.kapsulesites.com/migrating-a-publication-without-losing-its-archive/
- Published: 2026-08-23T08:12:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-23T08:12:38.000Z
- Author: Ghost Migration Subject

A publication is not a folder of files. It is a database of posts, a directory of images and a theme that ties them together, and a migration that carries one without the others produces a site that answers 200 and shows nothing.

![Harbour at dusk](https://hd-ghost-src-9f2c1a.kapsulesites.com/content/images/2026/08/harbour-dusk.png)

Harbour at dusk

This post exists so a migration of this publication can be proven to have carried real content rather than an empty install.