Development
Australian Koala Foundation
Australian Koala Foundation
A complex Drupal-to-WordPress migration completed without disrupting online sales or critical koala research data.
A complex Drupal-to-WordPress migration completed without disrupting online sales or critical koala research data.
Year
2020
Year
2020
Year
2020
Client
Australian Koala Foundation
Client
Australian Koala Foundation
Client
Australian Koala Foundation
Industry
Not-for-Profit / Conservation
Industry
Not-for-Profit / Conservation
Industry
Not-for-Profit / Conservation
Project Duration
Feb 2020 to Jun 2020 (3-month migration)
Project Duration
Feb 2020 to Jun 2020 (3-month migration)
Project Duration
Feb 2020 to Jun 2020 (3-month migration)
Intro
The Australian Koala Foundation runs one of the country’s most important conservation websites, supporting scientists across Australia researching koalas in partnership with the Australian government. In 2020, the site needed a full platform migration, and Sun State Digital was brought in to lead it.
Objective
Migrate the Foundation’s website from Drupal to WordPress without disrupting online product sales or the scientific data researchers relied on, ahead of a Drupal update that would break compatibility with essential software like e-way and FileMaker.
Challenge
This was never going to be a simple platform swap. The site carried more than 40,000 backlinks, live online sales, and critical research data infrastructure, all of which had to come through the move intact. With a three-month timeline and the team based in Brisbane, part of the build was outsourced to developers in Sydney, adding a coordination layer on top of an already technical migration.
Result
We delivered a clean migration from Drupal to WordPress with zero disruption to online sales or scientific data access, resolved the software compatibility issues driving the move, and used the opportunity to refresh the Foundation’s brand for a more modern audience. The result positioned the Australian Koala Foundation to keep supporting koala research and conservation without missing a beat.
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Development
Australian Koala Foundation
Australian Koala Foundation
A complex Drupal-to-WordPress migration completed without disrupting online sales or critical koala research data.
A complex Drupal-to-WordPress migration completed without disrupting online sales or critical koala research data.
Year
2020
Year
2020
Year
2020
Client
Australian Koala Foundation
Client
Australian Koala Foundation
Client
Australian Koala Foundation
Industry
Not-for-Profit / Conservation
Industry
Not-for-Profit / Conservation
Industry
Not-for-Profit / Conservation
Project Duration
Feb 2020 to Jun 2020 (3-month migration)
Project Duration
Feb 2020 to Jun 2020 (3-month migration)
Project Duration
Feb 2020 to Jun 2020 (3-month migration)
Intro
The Australian Koala Foundation runs one of the country’s most important conservation websites, supporting scientists across Australia researching koalas in partnership with the Australian government. In 2020, the site needed a full platform migration, and Sun State Digital was brought in to lead it.
Objective
Migrate the Foundation’s website from Drupal to WordPress without disrupting online product sales or the scientific data researchers relied on, ahead of a Drupal update that would break compatibility with essential software like e-way and FileMaker.
Challenge
This was never going to be a simple platform swap. The site carried more than 40,000 backlinks, live online sales, and critical research data infrastructure, all of which had to come through the move intact. With a three-month timeline and the team based in Brisbane, part of the build was outsourced to developers in Sydney, adding a coordination layer on top of an already technical migration.
Result
We delivered a clean migration from Drupal to WordPress with zero disruption to online sales or scientific data access, resolved the software compatibility issues driving the move, and used the opportunity to refresh the Foundation’s brand for a more modern audience. The result positioned the Australian Koala Foundation to keep supporting koala research and conservation without missing a beat.
Latest Projects
Development
Australian Koala Foundation
Australian Koala Foundation
A complex Drupal-to-WordPress migration completed without disrupting online sales or critical koala research data.
A complex Drupal-to-WordPress migration completed without disrupting online sales or critical koala research data.
Year
2020
Year
2020
Year
2020
Client
Australian Koala Foundation
Client
Australian Koala Foundation
Client
Australian Koala Foundation
Industry
Not-for-Profit / Conservation
Industry
Not-for-Profit / Conservation
Industry
Not-for-Profit / Conservation
Project Duration
Feb 2020 to Jun 2020 (3-month migration)
Project Duration
Feb 2020 to Jun 2020 (3-month migration)
Project Duration
Feb 2020 to Jun 2020 (3-month migration)
Intro
The Australian Koala Foundation runs one of the country’s most important conservation websites, supporting scientists across Australia researching koalas in partnership with the Australian government. In 2020, the site needed a full platform migration, and Sun State Digital was brought in to lead it.
Objective
Migrate the Foundation’s website from Drupal to WordPress without disrupting online product sales or the scientific data researchers relied on, ahead of a Drupal update that would break compatibility with essential software like e-way and FileMaker.
Challenge
This was never going to be a simple platform swap. The site carried more than 40,000 backlinks, live online sales, and critical research data infrastructure, all of which had to come through the move intact. With a three-month timeline and the team based in Brisbane, part of the build was outsourced to developers in Sydney, adding a coordination layer on top of an already technical migration.
Result
We delivered a clean migration from Drupal to WordPress with zero disruption to online sales or scientific data access, resolved the software compatibility issues driving the move, and used the opportunity to refresh the Foundation’s brand for a more modern audience. The result positioned the Australian Koala Foundation to keep supporting koala research and conservation without missing a beat.