Elder Development and Migration
Initially, we established a new site layout on WordPress utilizing Gutenberg blocks. By leveraging Contentful’s API, we devised a custom process for "interrogation" and "translation," ensuring that data from Contentful was accurately transcribed into the WordPress platform. This method significantly expedited the migration of over 1,000 pages of content to just a few minutes, rather than requiring a manual transfer of each page. We designed the new site to be as sustainable as possible and are providing ongoing support to keep it relevant, secure, and progressively enhanced. Given that Elder's audience may include seniors, accessibility was a critical factor. The new site’s HTML markup incorporates all necessary tags that screen readers can interpret, boosting the website’s accessibility score on Google Lighthouse from 71% to 99%. Despite the complexities involved in the migration, the complete rebuild and transfer were accomplished in just three months. Elder now benefits from a more flexible and efficient method to update and share content on their site independently, and the enhanced performance of the new website facilitates better user engagement with the content.