Typo3 to WordPress. All the WHYs and HOWs of Successful Migration

Choosing the right CMS platform for your future web project is quite a difficult task faced by many, that’s why many people often find themselves stuck over which platform to choose. Here’s a brief overview of the main pros and cons of Typo3 and WordPress and the key differences between them.
Typo3 is a very powerful and advanced CMS that is considered to be truly a content management system in every sense. Its multi functionality allows to create everything from home pages, blogs, newspapers, to online shops, web applications etc. In case you need something new - you just have to install an extension and you get the functionality. However, with its functionality comes complexity. Typo3 is absolutely developer-oriented platform that requires special knowledge in order to set up and maintain it properly. Despite the fact that Typo3 provides its users with a huge library of online tutorials in order to master the platform - you’ll need time and patience in order to learn a special scripting Typo3 language and spend months getting comfortable with how it works.
Alternatively, WordPress is much less complicated CMS with lots of amazing opportunities as well. For many people terms “WordPress” and “user friendly” are synonyms and it’s not for nothing. The platform doesn’t expect any deep programming knowledge to run and manage it, and even newbies find it quite easy to work with WordPress. Needless to say that it has become the platform of choice for millions of users due to its key benefits that are the following:

• simplicity;
• ability to create not only a blog, but also ecommerce, business websites,
• complex web applications and many other;
• huge amount of free themes and feature-rich plugins;
• SEO friendly;
• large community.

To wrap it all up, Typo3 and WordPress are completely different frameworks and serve different goals too. The choice between these two depends on the particular purpose of your website.

In case you feel a bit disappointed with your current Typo3 website and are tired of its complexity - move to WordPress. CMS2CMS automated migration service will transfer all your content from Typo3 to WordPress totally hands-off and, what is more, without any migration hassle. Your migration will be done in a few mouse clicks with no wasting your time and nerves. Here we provide a short tutorial of migration from one platform to another step-by-step:

Step 1. New CMS2CMS account should be registered. It may easily be done on the official website www.cms2cms.com. It can also be done by means of Facebook or Google as well.

Step 2. Your Source and Target Sites should be specified. In your case, it will be Typo3 and WordPress accordingly. Type in the URLs of your Typo3 and WordPress websites.

Step 3. The Connection Bridge should be installed between sites. When completed, go back to migration wizard and complete the migration procedure by pressing the “Verify Connections to your Sites” button.

Step 4. Information about Migration Preferences should be provided. It should be pointed out that the tool allows make URLs SEO friendly, to convert not only information, but also media content, to get design suggestions.

Step 5. Demo Migration is recommended to run for you to see how the tool works. It takes only a few minutes and gives the possibility to estimate the new visual look of a new site.
If you are completely satisfied with the Demo Migration results - start Full Migration by pressing the matching button. After that your Typo3 website content will be converted WordPress.

That’s it! Enjoy the results of migration and use new possibilities to make your project more successful.