What is a website migration?
In a website migration, a website undergoes substantial URL, structure, content, UX, design, or platform changes. It could be everything from updating the layout of your website to changing the URL structure, or moving your website to a new domain or content management system (CMS).
Types of website migrations:
- Protocol: Changing your website protocol from http to https
- Subdomain: Changing your website from “www.yoursite.com” to “newsubdomain.yoursite.com”
- Domain: Changing your website URL from www.olddomain.com to www.newdomain.com
- Top-level domain: Changing your website URL from a .com to a .org, .net, etc., or vice versa
- Content management system: Moving your website from your current CMS to a new one, for instance, moving from WordPress or Joomla to the Umbraco CMS
- Redesign: Making modifications that range from small aesthetic changes to the website layout to a full website revamp with major code and copy changes
- Structural: Changing the website architecture or structure, which usually means changing either the user flow of a website or the URL structure on which the website is built
- Hybrid or combination: Using a combination of the above types of migrations