AlphaCord Custom Shopify Store Development and WordPress Migrat

AlphaCord is a company specializing in cord blood, cord tissue, and placenta banking services for newborns. They pride themselves on offering state-of-the-art lab facilities, personalized care, a quality guarantee.

Goals:

WordPress to Shopify Migration: Migrate AlphaCord's existing WordPress site to Shopify while preserving their content and improving overall site performance.

Design Matching: Ensure the new Shopify store closely matches the existing design aesthetics of their WordPress site, creating a cohesive and visually appealing online presence.

Challenges and Solutions:

WordPress to Shopify Migration:

Migrating content, including pages, posts, images, and other media, from WordPress to Shopify without losing any data or disrupting the site's SEO.

Solution: I used migration tools and manual adjustments to transfer all content. I ensured all URLs were redirected properly to maintain SEO rankings and verified that all media files were correctly linked and displayed on the new platform.

Design Matching Without Design Tokens:

Matching the design without any provided design tokens, which are typically used to ensure consistency in styles like colors, typography, and spacing.

Solution: I analyzed AlphaCord's existing WordPress design to extract and define the necessary design elements. This involved creating a style guide from scratch, detailing the colors, fonts, and spacing used throughout the site. I used custom CSS and Shopify's Liquid to implement these styles, ensuring a consistent look and feel across all pages.

Outcome: