The challenge
The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre — a landmark cultural venue in Havant, Hampshire — was running on Umbraco, a declining CMS their team found difficult to use. They needed a Umbraco to WordPress migration that changed the engine without changing the body: same visual design, same content, but a modern platform their staff could update confidently.
The strategy
- CMS migration: Full content transfer from Umbraco to WordPress — pages, posts, media, and site structure recreated faithfully.
- Design preservation: Existing front-end design retained; only the content management layer was replaced.
- Events management: The Events Calendar Pro installed for theatre programming, museum exhibitions, and venue bookings.
- WordPress development: Custom theme configuration giving the Spring team editorial control without agency dependency.
The results
- A WordPress-powered site the Havant team manages independently.
- Events calendar functionality for theatre and museum programming.
- Future-proof CMS on the platform powering over 43% of the web — with ongoing WordPress security updates.
