Re: Changing design of a CMS site
Consider this idea:
Once I had a similar task and similar limitations. I ended up copying the content of the page (thats right, CTRL+C) and pasting it on a new page of other CMS (rich text box). Everything pasted just right except for the CSS divs and styles. Just had to write the title of the page and voila!
I tried this with two CMS, one of them built by me, the other was wordpress (both of them have rich text boxes). Take the following in count:
1. The width of the page must be similar (depending on your design you might be ok with any template)
2. Write the exact page titles you had to keep your SE positioning and rankings.
3. If the final page gives you trouble, link to the old CSS stylesheet (now on your new server)
4. Menus and sidebars are out of the question, fix this using your new CMS (using theme editor on wordpress is a good approach)
5. Check the permalink structure on wordpress (or any other CMS) to get away with the same urls you had.
6. Don't forget to copy the images folder you had. Check for your final pages on WHERE are the images being called and create the exact folder. Remember that copying your content will bring you the same content with the same locations, except it will not copy the images, you have to do this for yourself.
Hope to explain myself clearly, is not so hard once you try it.
Good luck on your migration.
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