freelance · Wix → WordPress migration
Lucky Lotto Events had outgrown Wix. I moved them to WordPress with new hosting, branded email and a redesigned site they can manage themselves.
I handled hosting selection, DNS and email, rebuilt the design, and trained the owners to keep it updated.
- role
- Freelance designer & developer
- type
- Platform migration + redesign
- from → to
- Wix → WordPress
- also set up
- Hosting, DNS, branded email
- focus
- Speed, mobile, easy editing
- i did
- Plan, design, build, train
bye bye Wix!
Wix → WPfull platform migration
Emailbranded mailboxes on their domain
Mobileresponsive redesign
DIYowners update it themselves
What I did
01 · plan
The right foundation
- Compared managed WordPress hosts
- Domain and DNS move
- MX, SPF and DKIM records
- Branded email accounts
02 · design
Same brand, better site
- Kept the look customers knew
- Cleaner pages and navigation
- Mobile-first layouts
- Optimized event photos
03 · handoff
Easy to own
- WordPress training for the owners
- Simple editing workflow
- SEO basics carried over
- Ongoing support
the migration
Moving without breaking anything
Hosting, domain, email and content were moved in a set order so the site and inboxes kept working the whole time.
step 1HostManaged WordPress hosting
step 2EmailMailboxes and DNS records
step 3RebuildDesign and content
step 4LaunchDomain switched, redirects set
DNS · records movedMX/SPF/DKIM · email deliverability301s · old links keptSSL · secure by default
How it came together
- 01AuditWhat Wix was doing
- 02HostChoose and configure
- 03EmailBranded inboxes
- 04RebuildDesign in WordPress
- 05TrainHand off to owners
what I learned
- Migrate email first, then the site.
- Keep what customers already recognize.
- Training is part of the deliverable.
Want results like this?
I'm open to full-time and contract roles in web development, design and marketing.