BoisdaleRestaurateur & Music Venues
Boisdale operate some of the finest live music restaurant venues in London. They approached us with a need to migrate their Craft CMS website hosting and maintenance away from their incumbent agency.
- Platform
- Craft CMS
- Location
- London, UK
- Client since
- 2019
The final product
Screenshots showcasing the responsive design across devices.
The Brief
Boisdale own and operate live music and fine dining venues across London. They specialise in great music, exquisite food and good times and who can argue with that!?
Boisdale approached us, and several other agencies, looking to move their website hosting and annual support to a new supplier.
We provided a quote for the migration and onboarding of their Craft CMS website - something we’re becoming quite the specialists in as more and more clients approach us needing this service - and an annual SLA (Service Level Agreement) to handle the support, maintenance and ongoing development of their website. After reviewing all the tenders submitted we were pleased to be awarded the business.
What we did
There are a lot of steps involved in migrating a website and over the years we have become experts in handling them smoothly. The process requires us to engage with the incumbent agency, client IT support and our own staff to seamlessly manage all the moving parts and avoid any nasty surprises or unwanted downtime.
We start by gathering copies of the site code, build scripts, documentation, media, configuration and database. We then setup the website within our hosting architecture, creating the development, staging and production environments.
We also request a copy of the DNS settings so that we can setup the DNS and take control of the name servers prior to the migration. On the day of the switchover we request final copies of the code, media, configuration and database which we add to the new environments on which we run final testing. We then update the DNS to seamlessly transition web traffic to the new hosting.
Once complete we monitor and review the new site to ensure everything is stable and then it’s business as usual.
If you’re considering a similar website migration or a new annual support agreement please get in touch to discuss your options.
Performance
Key metrics demonstrating our commitment to speed and efficiency.
Key features
The components and capabilities we delivered.
Website Migration
Seamless migration of the existing Craft CMS site onto our hosting infrastructure with zero downtime.
DNS & Hosting Takeover
Full transfer of DNS, code, database and media assets from the incumbent agency to our AWS environment.
Ongoing Support & Maintenance
Annual SLA providing continuous support, maintenance and development for the live music and dining venues website.
Our approach
A proven process tailored to this project's unique requirements.
Discovery
We start by understanding your goals, audience, and constraints. Through workshops and research, we define the project scope and success criteria.
Strategy & wireframing
We map out the user journey and information architecture. Low-fidelity wireframes let us test ideas quickly before committing to design.
UX/UI design
Visual design that balances aesthetics with usability. We create interfaces that look great and guide users effortlessly toward their goals.
Development
Clean, well-documented code built on proven frameworks. We develop iteratively, sharing progress regularly so you're never in the dark.
Quality assurance & launch
Applications and integration-heavy builds ship with automated test suites, and every project is checked across devices and browsers before it goes live. We handle deployment and keep the launch itself uneventful.
Ongoing support
Our relationship doesn't end at launch. We provide proactive maintenance, security updates, and responsive support to keep your product thriving.
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