isixsigma · 2018-11-24 · isixsigma.com migrating from joomla to wordpress & buddypress...

BuddyCamp | September 14, 2012 | Vancouver B.C.

iSixSigma.com MIGRATING FROM JOOMLA TO WORDPRESS & BUDDYPRESS

MICHAEL CYGER FOUNDER & PUBLISHER @MICHAELCYGER [email protected]

No other website, magazine or organizaBon

delivers more unique visitors per month

than iSixSigma.com.

Top of mind and top of search engines,

iSixSigma.com serves businesses,

organizaBons and students around the world.

We’ve got your business covered:

#1 browser website, a mobile website,

social media, and even smartphone apps.

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TODAY’S AGENDA

iSixSigma.com Michael Cyger / @michaelcyger / 206 347 0977 / [email protected]

!   Where we were

!   Where we needed to be

!   What was involved in the migraZon

!   MigraZon process

!   MigraZon Zmeline

!   MigraZon cost

!   What we learned

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WHERE WE WERE

0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

Oct‐99 Mar‐01 Jul‐02 Dec‐03 Apr‐05 Sep‐06 Jan‐08 May‐09 Oct‐10 Feb‐12 Jul‐13

Unique Visitors

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WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE !   Secure codebase

!   Updated with latest so]ware

!   Updated UI for 2010+

!   Able to serve IE6 users!

!   User friendly for readers

!   User friendly for staff

!   Offering the latest and greatest funcZonality

!   Moving toward mobile

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MIGRATION DETAILS !   ArZcles

!   StaZc content (privacy, tos)

!   Users/authors

!   ArZcle comments

!   ArZcle raZngs

!   Discussion forum posts

!   Events

!   DicZonary entries

!   News

!   SEO

!   Joomla to WP redirects

Posts

Pages

same

same

eliminated

bbPress

Events Manager

Custom plugin

Custom plugin

All in One SEO plugin

Custom plugin

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MIGRATION PROVIDERS !   MigrateToWP.com

!   gConverter.com

‐  Jenkins Lane, CTO

‐  Italy, Russia, Armenia

‐  Only email support

‐  No payment up‐front

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MIGRATION PROCESS 1.   Convert Joomla to WordPress (Posts, Pages, Cats, Comments, Links, Users)

2.   Verify in 2012 theme

3.   Install bbPress

4.   Convert Kuena Forum to bbPress


6.   RedirecZon plugins (hip://www.isixsigma.com/index.php?opZon=com_content&view=arZcle&id=153)

7.   Install BuddyPress, test, customize

8.   Install theme, test, customize

9.   Install CubePoints, test, customize

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MIGRATION TIMELINE 1.   Convert Joomla to WordPress


3.   Install bbPress

4.   Convert Kuena Forum to bbPress


6.   RedirecZon plugins

7.   Install BuddyPress, test, customize

8.   Install and customize theme, test, customize

9.   Install CubePoints, test, customize

Promised

12 hours

12‐24 hours

12 hours

Delivered

48 hours

48 hours

48 hours

24 hours

12 hours

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MIGRATION COST 1.   Convert Joomla to WP, Kunena Forum to bbPress: $120

2.   Large site: $15

3.   Forum re‐do: $40

4.   ArZcle meta/SEO informaZon: $10

5.   ArZcle hits: $10

6.   Web links: $20

7.   DicZonary: $40

8.   Custom coding: $75

9.   Plus another month of fixing content, theme and funcZonality

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WHAT WE LEARNED !   MigraZon is the easy part

!   CustomizaZon of the theme, user experience is the hard part

!   Access to hosZng environments was frustraZng part

!   Costs to test exceeded migraZon and coding costs

!   Staff needs to be taught how to test and report

!   Someone needs to project manage the process

!   Leave old Joomla site to old.isixsigma.com when taking new

WP‐powered site live

!   SZll have broken Joomla links on web

!   ConZnue to fix; the process never ends


MICHAEL CYGER

FOUNDER & PUBLISHER

@MICHAELCYGER

[email protected]

SKYPE: MCYGER

Developers welcome!

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iSixSigma.com/wpbp

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