Website redesign & migration

Move your chapter website forward—without leaving valuable content behind.

We plan and manage the move from an outdated or restrictive website to a modern, maintainable platform while protecting important pages, documents, links, and search visibility.

CURRENT SITE
NEW WEBSITE
Welcome to your chapter
Content protectedPages, files, links & history
Inventory before moving Redirects planned carefully Launch coordinated with your board
When it’s time to move

Your platform should not limit your chapter.

A migration makes sense when the cost, effort, or limitations of staying put have become greater than the work of moving responsibly.

Updates take too long

Simple changes depend on one person, a vendor queue, or a confusing administration area.

The design feels dated

The website no longer reflects the quality of your programs or works well on modern devices.

The platform is restrictive

Your board cannot organize content, integrate tools, or evolve the experience as needed.

Value is unclear

Fees keep rising while the chapter still carries too much manual or technical work.

A managed migration

Every important detail gets a destination.

Migration is more than copying text between systems. We evaluate what should move, what should improve, what can be archived, and how visitors and search engines will find everything afterward.

Discuss your current site
01

Audit the current website

Inventory public pages, documents, media, forms, event archives, integrations, domains, analytics, and member-only areas.

OUTPUT: migration inventory and risk list
02

Decide what belongs

Keep useful content, combine duplicates, retire outdated material, and identify anything requiring board review or rewriting.

OUTPUT: approved content map
03

Plan the new structure

Create clearer navigation, page templates, content relationships, permissions, and integration paths for the new website.

OUTPUT: sitemap and migration plan
04

Build and move content

Develop the new experience, transfer approved content and files, configure tools, and preserve dates and attribution where appropriate.

OUTPUT: complete staging website
05

Map URLs and test

Prepare redirects, check links and forms, verify mobile layouts, review accessibility, and test agreed integrations.

OUTPUT: tested launch candidate
06

Launch, monitor, and support

Coordinate domain changes, verify analytics and redirects, watch for issues, train the board, and resolve launch-period findings.

OUTPUT: live website and handover
Protect what already works

A new website should not erase your chapter’s history.

Past events, useful articles, governance documents, sponsor relationships, and established search rankings may all carry value. We treat preservation as a deliberate part of the project.

Search visibility

Redirect important old URLs and carry forward essential metadata.

Content history

Preserve useful news, events, files, and institutional knowledge.

Working connections

Reconnect forms, email, events, payments, analytics, and other tools.

Brand continuity

Modernize the experience while retaining recognition and trust.

What can be migrated?

The content and connections your chapter depends on.

What moves depends on source access, quality, compatibility, permissions, and the agreed project scope.

Standard website pages
News and articles
Past and upcoming events
Documents and downloads
Images and approved media
Leadership and committee pages
Sponsor listings
Forms and calls to action
Analytics and tracking setup

Member records and proprietary platform data require separate review, authorized access, and a supported export or integration method.

Changing platforms?

We start with requirements—not a predetermined tool.

Your next platform should suit the chapter’s content, integrations, budget, administrative skills, security expectations, and long-term support model.

  • Migration from legacy Joomla or WordPress sites
  • Migration from hosted chapter platforms
  • Consolidation of disconnected pages and tools
  • Rebuilds where direct export is unavailable

Source-platform access and export capabilities are confirmed during discovery before migration commitments are made.

Migration questions

What boards usually want to know.

A migration plan should remove uncertainty before anything changes on the live website.

Usually, yes. The new website is prepared in a separate staging environment, and the existing site remains available until the approved launch window.

Yes. In most projects the chapter keeps its established domain. We coordinate the required DNS changes with the authorized domain administrator during launch.

Not automatically. Migration is a valuable opportunity to remove obsolete content, combine duplicates, and improve structure. The board approves what is retained, revised, archived, or retired.

No responsible provider can guarantee unchanged rankings. Careful URL mapping, redirects, metadata preservation, technical checks, and post-launch monitoring reduce avoidable losses and create a sound foundation.

We verify key pages, forms, analytics, and redirects, address launch-period issues, and train the board. Ongoing maintenance and content support are also available.
A safer way forward

Let’s make a clear plan for your chapter’s move.

Share your current website and what is prompting the change. We’ll help identify the content, risks, and decisions that matter most.