Web service
Redesigns & upgrades
A fresh look, a move to a modern CMS, or both, while keeping the content and links that already work.
Content moved for you Old links redirected A modern CMS
What’s included
A new site that keeps what your visitors already rely on.
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A look at what works
Before anything changes we review your pages and content, so the redesign keeps what people actually use.
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A fresh design
A new, responsive design around your existing content, or a new structure if it has outgrown the old one.
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Content moved across
Pages, posts, images and files moved to the new site for you, not retyped by you.
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Old links kept working
Redirects from every old address, so bookmarks and search results still land somewhere useful.
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Platform upgrades
Old PHP versions, outdated CMSs and hand-coded sites moved to a current, supported stack.
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A safe switch-over
The new site is built next to the old one and switched over at a quiet time.
We do this to our own systems too
Team Manager 3.0 is being rebuilt as a fourth generation on a cleaner structure, right next to the system that runs today, with the switch-over timed between seasons. Its sibling, Troupe Manager 4, is already live.
How we work
The new site grows next to the old one until it’s ready to take over.
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Review
What works today, and what doesn’t.
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Plan
The new structure, and every old link that needs a new home.
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Design
Mockups you can react to before any code.
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Move
Content, images and files, on a test site you can check.
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Switch over
At a quiet time, with redirects in place.
Questions
Straight answers to what people usually ask first.
Will we lose our search rankings?
We keep your addresses where we can and redirect the ones that change, which is what search engines need to carry your pages over to the new site.
Can you keep the design and just upgrade what’s underneath?
Yes. Sometimes the right upgrade is invisible: the same look, moved onto a current CMS and PHP version.
Can you redesign a site someone else built?
Yes. We start by reviewing the code, the content and the hosting, then tell you whether to refresh it or rebuild it.