The document summarizes a company's migration from two proprietary CMS systems to a single Umbraco CMS installation. Key aspects included importing over 10,000 pages of content and internal links, simplifying markup, revamping the image library, and setting up 301 redirects to maintain SEO. Technical challenges included creating and maintaining 10,000 destination pages and dealing with broken packages during the migration. The agile approach and customer involvement helped ensure a successful project. Choosing a CMS and experienced system integrator are important factors for a smooth migration.

1. Changing CMS
The upS and downS
Selecting and implementing a new cmS

2. Migrating Content
and SEO
Choosing CMS and
System Integrator
Wrapping Up
About Us
Where did Time for
KILROY Questions
On Being Agile
Come From
Tales From the
Technical Department

3. Who is

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5. Who is

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AgENcY goLd PARTNER

7. WhERE did KiLRoY
coME fRoM?

8. ThE chALLENgE
The KiLRoY websites running on two different
cMs installations (proprietary cMs)
costly, complex and time consuming to
develop for two backends

9. ThE soLUTioN
Merge the websites into one cMs installation
general spring cleaning of the backend

10. ThE goALs
More cost efficient development
shorter time to market for new
development projects

11. choosiNg A cMs ANd
sYsTEM iNTEgRAToR

12. EVERY cMs iN ToP 5
hAVE ThE sAME fEATUREs

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14. “If you find the right system
and a good system integrator
everything goes rather smoothly.”

15. Or does it?
Let’s take a closer look ...

16. oN bEiNg AgiLE

17. MigRATioN

18. coNTENT MigRATioN
10,000 pages imported
internal links converted to Umbraco node
id’s where possible
simplified markup and striped images
Totally revamped image library using a
common format

19. sEo MigRATioN
301 URL Tracker – an Umbraco package
All imported content transfered the old URL
Manually maintained list of mappings

20. TEchNicAL
chALLENgEs

21. TEN ThoUsANd
dEsTiNATioN PAgEs
Problem: create and maintain
10.000 destination pages
solution: common destination
structure with automatic
creation of sub pages

23. ThE
bRoKEN
PAcKAgEs

24. WRAPPiNg UP
• Open Source is not per se all it is cracked up to be
• An occasion for spring cleaning
• The agile approach served us well
• Customer involvement is key to a successful project/result
• Content & SEO migration should be a success criteria in its own right
• Look for system integrators with experiences in similar setups
• Process is everything - technology should just be there

25. gET iN ToUch ...
Emil Rasmussen
@emilr
jakob bækkelund Nielsen
@jakobbaekkelund

26. sources
on being Agile:
http://www.geekherocomic.com/2009/02/21/agile-development-explained/
Migration:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/20671184
slow:
http://tourismeautrement.wordpress.com/tag/slow-tourism/
The broken packages:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/package%20damaged/Kilo_P/Project%2520chip/0427091954.jpg