Content Migration

Migration is the process of moving your content — web pages and documents — from your original website to the new website. 

There are two kinds of migration: auto-migration and manual migration. 

Auto-migration

During an auto-migration, Lullabot developers write a script to automatically migrate specific content types from your original site to your new site. The typical candidates for an auto-migration include documents, news, and events. We offer this service for high-volume migrations only. We do not auto-migrate images.

Before your auto-migration, audit your content to identify any outdated or unnecessary documents and pages on your current site. Remove or unpublish this content from your site before the migration. That way we won’t move anything you don’t need.

Laura Donelan at Lullabot will reach out to you about your migration needs if your team qualifies for auto-migration.

Manual migration

During a manual migration, your team will move the content from your original site to the new site by copy-pasting, uploading, or rewriting the content. Following the content matrix, you’ll populate the new site with your content. 

Agencies can request assistance with manual migration help which would be provided by Lullabot, DOM DoIT, or both. Our team can help by working on more complex content, like landing pages, pages marked “Combine” in the matrix, or listing pages with multiple filters.

Some agencies will populate their sites using a mix of auto-migration and manual migration. Few, if any, agencies will have a fully automated migration of all content. Expect to dedicate resources to manual migration work before your site launches.

What Agencies Should Do Before Launch 

Before agencies launch their site be sure to check for any duplicate pages and media files within your content page and media library.

How to Locate Duplicate Content

  • Navigate to and Select the Content tab to pull up the content filter feature

    Example of Content Page and the filter field to search for duplicate content

Example of where to search for duplicate content

  • Once you've searched for duplicated content you can then select the duplicate content to delete it either with the edit button or the action drop down box:

    Example of how to select and delete duplicated content

Example of how to delete duplicated content

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