Migration is not 'export-import'. It is a chance to fold a decade of technical debt into one clean move. Our 10 steps:
- Audit — what content exists, what is worth keeping
- Schema design — collections and fields in the new system
- Taxonomy mapping — categories and tags with hierarchy
- Content import — posts, images, authors
- URL strategy — what stays, what changes
- 301 redirects — old links must not die
- SEO metadata — OG, canonical, hreflang
- Staging site — everything before anything goes live
- Launch — DNS and monitoring
- Training — editors learn the new panel
What we keep learning
The most common mistake is copying the old structure 1:1. A new system is a chance to make the content cleaner.
Migration is a project, not a button. Planned well, it is painless.
