BI built a website in static HTML or simple CMSsystem, managing pages and news items can be a tedious job. Often the texts are to your liking and a considerable file has already been built up in terms of news items, etc
A logical choice is to convert your website to WordPress. Below is a brief summary of what you should consider during this process.
- The first important point is to know that the old website is not actually being converted. Posts, pages and photos are exported or manually transferred to the new one WordPressinstallation. The procedure for this depends on the old website. Whether old pages and messages can be exported also determines the final duration of the conversion. The same goes for the size of the website. The style, colors and appearance of the website can be retained if desired.
- Low-resolution photos were often used on your old website. If you use a template with Retina Ready design, it is better to use photos with a higher resolution. Converting a website is often the time to decide which photos you want to use and which you do not want to use.
A Retina Ready website can handle higher resolution screens such as the newer Apple screens without any problems. photo: ©ThemeFusion/Avada
- To ensure that your website remains online during construction, it will have to be built on a different server. If the website is completely to your liking, the domain name will be referred to the new website using DNS.
- It is also important to keep the old URLs or create ones redirects to the new URL. Your website has built up links over the years and has also built up a certain visibility in Google. It is important that, despite the new website, your visitors still end up with the old news items from Google and not on an error page. If you have actively optimized your photos, there is a good chance that they will have a good position in Google Images. This also deserves extra attention with regard to the old URLs.
- WordPress has plugins for various functions. Consider a Facebook likebox or a plugin to share messages. Here too, WordPress takes a lot of work off your hands when it comes to setting up such functions.
- A new website has no consequences for your email. Mailboxes will often also have to be moved to the new hosting package.
- An important point when moving/new website are the contact forms. Always check whether it works properly after the move, especially if your mail is on another server.
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