Are you stuck with a legacy Joomla website? It stops you from adding new features quickly. We help you modernize your Joomla website with minimal downtime. We plan website deployment so you can continue business operations as usual.
We invested in learning Joomla core architecture and how all features work together. We understand its extension system, routing, template framework, and core database structure. This knowledge allows us to modernize complex Joomla websites without rewriting all the pieces that already work. We preserve your business logic, workflow, and data flow with maintainable, modern code.
We also provide Joomla migration, custom SEO-friendly template, and custom Joomla extension services.
Our Joomla modernization service includes:
Custom extensions modernization
We rewrite existing components, modules, and plugins to the latest Joomla MVC architecture, dependency injection, user permissions, configuration, and database optimization. This makes your extensions easier to maintain and upgrade over the years.
Sometimes, when we find that the extension cannot be modernized, we rebuild it from scratch without breaking functionality.
Joomla template modernization
Your existing template might have old styling and JavaScript assets. We rewrite the template to minimize styling and JavaScript assets, keeping your design intact.
We also include joomla.asset.json to order all styling and JS dependencies.
Automated tests
We include automated tests for features to keep testing our modernization works at each step. This validates all of our work and also helps you enhance features over the years.
Incremental refactoring
Your legacy Joomla website doesn’t need a complete rewrite. However, it requires careful planning and execution for modernization.
Our modernization audit tells us which features might break during migration and upgrades. With this knowledge, we cover automated tests for all features.
We break down features into small chunks and start writing their automated tests. These tests help us deliver fully tested components, modules, or plugins during modernization.
This incremental approach helps:
- Lower the long-term maintenance cost.
- Increase performance significantly by using the latest Joomla core and PHP version.
- Enhanced security by keeping Joomla, PHP, and third-party libraries up to date.
Our modernization process
Joomla modernization is not straightforward. It requires planning and proper execution. We follow the steps below to modernize your website:
- Modernization Audit – Identify features that break during the migration and modernization.
- Start site migration – Upgrade existing framework, PHP and service version, and other third-party extensions.
- Categorize features – Categorize all features into three categories: Critical, Moderate, and Low-usage.
- Incremental refactoring – Rewrite all features, starting with the Critical category and incrementally refactor them.
- Integrate automated tests – Write all automated tests to validate all the refactoring and modernization work.
- Production deployment – Deploy an incremental build on the production server to get early feedback.
- Monitor live site – Keep monitoring the live site to find any critical issues during the entire migration.
We migrate Joomla components, modules, plugins, libraries, and templates.
We follow Joomla coding standards, use dependency injection, routing, configuration, and permissions.
We configure a CI/CD pipeline for your migration. It delivers the incremental build regularly to the customer. We get early feedback for the next revision.
One year of bug support
We include automated tests to validate all modernization work. Yet, sometimes unexpected bugs pop up. Therefore, every modernization project includes one year of bug support after the launch. Extended support is also available if you want.
Does your legacy site require modernization or migration? You can order this service or book a technical audit.