50 Drupal 7 Migrations and Upgrades
Turning a multi-site migration into a vastly improved theme, toolset, and process.
Venel Marketing is a company that specializes in managing the marketing efforts of orthopedic practices. As part of their service, they develop and manage the online presence of their customers, consisting of over 50 separate websites that require their guidance and oversight. Venel turned to By The Way Labs to develop a migration plan that would move all of these 50 Drupal 7 sites seamlessly to Drupal 9 — the latest version of the platform.
Approach & Collaboration
Strategy and Tools for Multiple Site Migrations
In addition to developing a migration strategy and building the tools that allowed for that migration to happen, By The Way Labs also created a multi-site hosting environment at Acquia — a digital experience platform made specifically for Drupal. In the process, we updated their base theme from Foundation to Bootstrap 4, which not only helped facilitate the migration of their existing sites, it also ensures that future site builds will be faster.
Results
Documentation, Education, and Support
We set them up for success by building out both the instructions and documentation needed to support their in-house development team moving forward. Following the successful completion of the initial project, By The Way Labs was re-engaged by Venel to help refine and support future endeavors.