Case Study: UJET

WordPress migration to Agility CMS and Next.js

Summary

Client: UJET

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California-based UJET, Inc. is the world's most advanced cloud contact center.

Scope and challenges
- Migrate UJET's old WordPress site to a modern tech stack (Agility CMS, Next.js and Vercel)
- Improve content management and site performance.
- The migration had to be done in a way that had minimal adverse effects for SEO.
Solutions and results
- Implemented a modernized, multi-user headless content management with Agility CMS
- Built a next-gen frontend using Next.js
- Got 4 x faster page load times compared to the previous website

WordPress migration to Agility CMS, Next.js, and Vercel

Our team worked with UJET, the world’s most advanced cloud contact center, to migrate their old WordPress website to Next.js and Agility CMS. By migrating to the Jamstack architecture and Headless solutions, we optimized the site for 4x the performance compared to the WordPress implementation.

We created a next-gen
Jamstack website for the world’s
most advanced cloud contact center

4x increase
In website performance
Migrating from server hosted WordPress to Agility CMS, Next.js and Vercel resulted in a 4x performance increase in page loading speeds measured with Google Lighthouse. The site has been optimized for Google Core Web Vitals (including LCP, DIF, CLS).
AA-level accessibility
based on the WCAG 2.1 standard.
We implemented the WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility guidelines with full screen reader and keyboard navigation support for UJET's Next.js website.
Headless Content Management
With Agility CMS
Bringing content management to a headless CMS such as Agility enables UJET to serve digital experiences faster to a broader audience.
Optimized
for Google Page Experience and Core Web Vitals
The site has been optimized for Google Core Web Vitals (LCP, DIF, CLS).

A next-generation web stack
for the enterprise

Orchestrating a migration project on an enterprise scale required careful planning and execution. Here's how we did it:

1. Model content in Agility CMS
The first step in the migration process was to model content in Agility CMS based on the structure on WordPress. This was done by going through the pages and different content types on WordPress and re-creating them as modular content models in Agility CMS.
2. Migrate content from WordPress
After modelling the content on Agility CMS, the second step was to export all data such as pages, images and other assets from WordPress and import them to Agility. Thanks to Agility's flexibility it was easy to get WordPress' content, transform it to match the new content models and import it in Agility.
3. Front-end development
Now that all data was modelled and migrated from WordPress to Agility it was convenient to start working on the front-end software code with Next.js. Agility provides an excellent architecture for creating modular, highly customizable and efficient page layouts.
4. QA and publication
The final step involved extensive quality assurance, where we ensured all pages contained correct data from SEO tags to H tag ordering. After extensive QA, the site was published on Vercel.

What our clients say

Ben Arent

Director of DevRel

The Ikius team quickly became an extension of the Teleport Team, and completed two key site launches in record time. They continue to build systems and tools that scale and are force multiplies for our marketing efforts.

Anttoni Aniebonam

Co-Founder, CEO - Veri

We worked with Ikius' development team for our Next.js website development. We had previously worked with freelancers for web development, but chose to work with an agency such as Ikius to ensure code quality matches our expectations. Ikius did not disappoint and we can only recommed Ikius as tech partner for Next.js development.

Shubham Khenat

Partnerships

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Brad Bates

Varcroft & Bianco

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Antti Valtola

Blue Nose cruises

My company’s website was in need of renewal in late 2020. I received offers from multiple companies but in the end I ended up making an agreement with Ikius.

Olga Voigt

Agility CMS | Marketing

Ikius team is professional, knowledgeable, and extremely helpful. They are on top of web development trends, they understand the demands of modern digital solutions and deliver. It is always a pleasure to work with Ikius, and I can not recommend them enough to all seeking for modern digital implementation

Aaron Hazan

Director at Hotel Radio Ltd.

The team at Ikius have not only proved an invaluable resource for both guiding us through the process of the build for our site and advising on best practice for user experience, but have seen to it that every aspect of our commerce website is honed to perfection and able to execute on any deliverable required, no matter the complexity.

Ilkka Lehto

CEO at Brightway Careers

I'm very happy how our new company site turned out. The site's performance is absolutely impressive, thank you team Ikius 👍

Alex Stoykov

CEO at Olifant Digital

Working with Ikius for our Jamstack website was a flawless experience. The development team is super fast and reliable. The speed of our new website is unbeliavable. I highly recommend Ikius as a serious development partner for web development projects involving Jamstack.