WORDPRESS
IS THE PERFECT
FIT FOR YOUR
WEBSITE
WORDPRESS
IS THE PERFECT
FIT FOR YOUR
WEBSITE
When your company or institution first added a Content Management System (CMS) to its website, you and your employees finally had the ability to update pages, add events and write blog entries. Now, it’s become too unmanageable and outdated. This decreases your output, slows page download speed and excludes your website from regular security updates. What you need is migration to WordPress — the leading CMS that one-third of the world's active websites use — and A + L DEVELOPMENT can help.
When using CMS applications outside of WordPress, you may fall into one of two categories. First, your website may be built with a website builder or free CMS (like Squarespace or Wix). These provide limited functionality and features with hosting costs. Second, your website may run on a more complicated CMS platform (like Drupal or Joomla). These interfaces require a steep learning curve for your employees. New users must know your website’s tagging and category criteria so pages and posts appear as intended. In addition, significant appearance changes will require outside IT support.
It offers the best of both worlds. The program’s versatility makes it highly customizable while requiring little to no coding knowledge for small changes or content updates.
While A + L has the capability to build custom CMS applications with front and back-end solutions, they can also migrate your existing website with thousands of content pages over to WordPress.
A + L can even organize a full front-end redesign, duplicating your existing website’s appearance. And because of WordPress’s universal reach, you won’t need them to fix minor problems when it’s all finished.
A + L DEVELOPMENT recently completed an extensive WordPress migration for the non-profit Beyond Celiac. The group had been using a CMS that was far too complicated for everyday use. The system had limited features, and employees added content to the system incorrectly. These issues required a lot of active maintenance. The association even shelved tasks because the system didn’t work like it should.
This project took several months to complete and required creative know-how. The A + L team discovered content couldn’t be saved through common data transfer options. Instead, they crawled the entire site of nearly 14,000 content pages, indexing these pages like a search engine, to recoup the entries. They then ran custom scripts to fix past problems, including deleting a surplus of duplicate pages. All relevant data was then migrated to a WordPress platform.
The client now has substantially lowered hosting costs using WordPress’s open-source Linux network compared to its previous Windows .NET server. It also allows for a choice of plug-ins and optimized bandwidth with its CDN services. The client can now scale its CMS to its needs — and is very happy as a result.
A+L DEVELOPMENT is open and transparent with its proposals.
Here's what they do.
A + L looks at your database, CMS and entire website to determine how to start migrating to WordPress. Next, they will create a plan of action to retrieve your files and posts. Afterward, A + L will write custom scripts for the conversion of the content of the site.
They will then discuss the scope of the project with your stakeholders to determine what you want for your migration and how to get there.
The developers build and run the code for the migration. Once A + L saves the data files, they will then move them to a custom WordPress template. The look and feel of the website can stay the same, or enhancements can be added.
Control is handed back over to the client. A + L will be on call to troubleshoot issues.
A + L wants your CMS to run smoothly. They will ensure your employees learn the new interface through training and provide maintenance whenever needed.