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Migrating to Sitecore? Nothing gets left behind.

A Sitecore migration with Cypher moves your site onto Sitecore, or from an older Sitecore setup to a newer one, without losing content or URLs. Every page is inventoried first, components are rebuilt rather than copied, content is checked for parity of 98% or better, and every old URL is redirected before launch.

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Two kinds of Sitecore migration

Some teams are moving onto Sitecore from another platform. Others are already on Sitecore and moving from an older, self-hosted setup toward headless delivery and SaaS. The playbook is the same; the inventory is different.

  • Onto Sitecore: pages and content mapped into Sitecore templates and components
  • Within Sitecore: components rebuilt for headless delivery, and anything tied to the old setup rebuilt deliberately

How it runs

  1. InventoryEvery page, component, template, media item and URL on the current site, recorded before anyone builds.
  2. The planOld pages mapped to new templates and components. You approve it once.
  3. Rebuild, don’t copyNear-duplicate components become one component with settings, so editors learn less and the site stays consistent.
  4. Move the contentContent moves into the new structure and is checked against the original, page by page.
  5. RedirectsEvery old URL gets a redirect to its new home, tested before launch.
  6. Sign-offYou approve the launch with the parity, accessibility and performance evidence in front of you.

What usually gets missed

  • Personalization rules and goals tied to the old setup, which have to be rebuilt rather than moved
  • Content hard-coded in templates that editors could never change
  • Language versions and site-specific settings in multisite installations
  • Media details: alt text, focal points and file sizes
  • Forms and integrations that quietly post to old endpoints

The checks

  • Content parity of 98% or better against the pages being replaced
  • Visual parity at three breakpoints
  • Accessibility and performance on every representative page
  • Every old URL redirected to its new home, and tested
  • Every personalization rule and test verified before a visitor sees it

Questions people ask

How long does a Sitecore migration take?

It depends on how many pages, components and languages you have. The inventory answers that early, and the plan you approve says what will be built and in what order.

Will our personalization carry over?

Rules built for an older setup usually have to be rebuilt for the new one. Cypher lists every rule in the inventory and rebuilds the ones you still want, verified before visitors see them.

What happens to our search rankings?

Every old URL is redirected to its new home, SEO fields move with the content, and redirects are tested before launch.

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