Content  Handling  During    Website  Migra4on  

A  website  migra-on  is  the  transfer  of  content,  sites/sec-ons,  func-onality,  team,  templates,  informa-on  architecture,  and  rela-onships  from  one  pla:orm  to  another.      

   –  Website  Migra4on  Handbook  v2  h9p://migra4onhandbook.com  

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A  website  migra-on  is  the  transfer  of  content,  sites/sec-ons,  func-onality,  team,  templates,  informa-on  architecture,  and  rela-onships  from  one  pla:orm  to  another.      

   –  Website  Migra4on  Handbook  v2  

For  now,  let’s  concentrate  on  this  

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Just  Ram  the  Content  In  migrationhandbook.com

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It’s  Like  Moving  Day  

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All  Migra4ons  are  Different  

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Exercise:  find  out  where  you  are  

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Weight http://bit.ly/s-eval

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Rethinking  the  Content  Inventory    1.  Explora4on  2.  Sources  of  Content  3.  Site  Inventories  4.  Layers  of  Content  5.  Topic  Inventories  6.  Quality  

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Use  Consistent  Approach    

to  Batch  Content   h9p://bit.ly/panning  

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Except  for  small  sites,  don’t  do  all  steps  for  each  content  item  

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Determine  Disposi4on:    •  Drop  •  Keep  As-­‐is  •  Rewrite  etc.  

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Determine  Disposi4on:    •  Drop  •  Keep  As-­‐is  •  Rewrite  etc.  

Obviously,  drop  what  you  can  

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Locate  where  the  content  needs  to  be  in  the  site  architecture.  

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This is the step that could be done on papyrus.

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Tag  /  apply  metadata  to  allow  slicing  and  dicing.  

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Discuss  quality  early,  both  desired  quality  levels  and  how  to  confirm.  

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Discuss  quality  early,  both  desired  quality  levels  and  how  to  confirm.  

Crucial  

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Why  Bother  Thinking    About  These  Steps?  

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Reduce  the  chance  of  a  wreck.  

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Es4mate  effort  early.  

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Manual  effort  per  bucket  =      Number  of  items        ×  Sum  of  each  step’s  effort  

 

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Avoid  going  backwards  

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Increase  Quality  

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Thanks!  

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