When is a TYPO3 upgrade enough, and when does a relaunch make sense?
An upgrade updates the technical foundation. If the design, site structure and editorial workflows still meet your needs, they can often stay as they are. A relaunch becomes relevant when those areas also need substantial changes. We assess the two separately: a version upgrade alone is no reason to rebuild a website.
What happens to our custom extensions during an upgrade?
We review their purpose, integrations and dependencies, and check the code against the target version. We make any necessary changes to custom extensions and review available updates and features for third-party extensions. If no suitable update is available, we compare adapting the extension, replacing it or building a new one, based on the functions you actually use.
Can our editors keep working during the migration?
Development and trial migrations take place in a separate environment. For the switch, we agree when editing in the existing system will stop and how to transfer content changed in the meantime. Whether this requires a brief pause in editing depends on the content, data volumes and connected systems.
What happens to existing URLs and search results during a relaunch?
We preserve existing URLs where the new structure allows. For addresses that change, we map them to the appropriate destination pages and set up redirects. We check content, metadata, internal links and language versions before the switch, then review indexing and errors in Search Console after launch.