Reasons to migrate to the new CMS

Posted on 7/21/2009

Why would you want to leave the classic ASP CMS system for the new ASP.NET MVC one? You can use this list to justify the migration.

We'll follow up soon with estimates for everyone. We're basically pitching that we'll put in all the new code for free as part of your monthly fee and the only thing we'll need to charge for is the migration of your custom pieces. Your HTML and CSS designs are the most custom parts of your sites. You may also have some other custom code but those don't necessarily have to be migrated. They could simply be consumed.

We also have made a base Conference template and will make another one that can be customized quickly and easily in terms of colors and imagery. Using a template is NOT required at all. You can totally go the custom route, but a template will dramatically lower the cost and speed of implementation.

Features and Benefits

New and improved search makes it faster and easier for users to find what they need
New and improved image gallery auto-sizes the images and comes with album and slideshow views
Improved calendar with improved user interface and iCal makes it easier for users to browse events and to even subscribe to events and have their Outlook auto-updated as you add events
New blog module brings all the blog entries together in one detailed blog for your whole conference
Improved, cleaner and more consistent user experience. We've rethunk everything and made searching and browsing for content more consistent and easier
No more page caching means you don't have to clear the cache when you make content updates.
The new and improved church locator allows a radius search by zip code and more attractive church detail page. The church detail page has a Google map with directions baked in without ever having to leave your site.
Classic ASP is old technology and ASP.NET MVC is new and current. We've flipped to the latest technology and all updates will be built into the latest technology.
New and improved web page and site management makes it easier for you to manage the site map and templates give you more control over the layout of pages
If you use a starter template, the homepages and whole sites are cleaner and more attractive aesthetically
New web page manager allows you to give people access to update nodes of your site
This new technology is where all the updates will be made so you'll want to get here eventually. The only thing constant is change and we've done our best to give you the lowest-cost way to migrate your custom design, HTML and CSS into the new system.
It's easier to publish console forms to your sites and that means time and money savings for you.
If using a starter template, the homepage news carousel is attractive, functional and clean
A sitemap.xml file is generated for all sites which allows the search engines
The BRT query snippets make it is easier to publish staff directories and the new CSS makes these directories more visually attractive
New sites are built using "quick links" which allows you the ability to update your main nav and other quick links without having to go into the HTML of the site template.
The new and improved site map shows pages in a hierarchical manner