Legacy Website Rebuild

A WordPress-based rebuild project for a public-facing organization website that replaced a previous XE-based legacy site after long-term CMS support limitations and hosting/platform changes made the old structure difficult to maintain.

Public website: https://lccaz.com/

Overview

This project documents the rebuild of a legacy organization website that was originally created by someone else and later maintained through an administrator account for routine content updates such as photos and sermon videos.

After the original XE-based website became difficult to maintain due to long-term CMS support limitations and hosting/platform changes, the site was rebuilt using WordPress with a reorganized structure for public-facing content, media, and service-related resources.

This repository does not contain production credentials, private server settings, internal church records, or original media assets. It is a sanitized portfolio documentation repository focused on the rebuild process, site structure, and design decisions.

What It Demonstrates

• Legacy website recovery and rebuild planning
• Migration from an outdated CMS workflow to a WordPress-based structure
• Menu, page, gallery, and sermon media organization
• Public-facing website maintenance for a real organization
• Integration planning for media resources and live translation access
• Practical troubleshooting under real operational constraints
• Website structure planning connected to recurring sermon media production workflows

Background

The original website was based on XE and was initially maintained through an administrator account for uploading photos, videos, and basic content updates.

Over time, the CMS became difficult to maintain. After platform or hosting environment changes, the old site structure became unreliable and difficult to preserve.

The website was rebuilt from the ground up using WordPress to create a more maintainable structure for public information, media content, gallery pages, sermon resources, and service-related access.

Main Areas of Work

• Rebuilt the site structure using WordPress
• Reorganized navigation menus and page hierarchy
• Recreated public-facing content pages
• Organized photo and media sections
• Supported sermon and video access workflows
• Added an access path for live translation resources
• Improved maintainability for future content updates

Repository Structure

docs/
  background.md
  rebuild_goals.md
  rebuild_challenges.md
  information_architecture.md
  media_and_gallery_structure.md
  translation_integration.md
  maintenance_notes.md

samples/
  sample_menu_structure.md
  sample_homepage_layout.html
  sample_gallery_archive_layout.html
  sample_media_archive_layout.html

Documentation

• docs/background.md explains the original situation and why the rebuild became necessary.
• docs/rebuild_goals.md outlines the main goals of the rebuild.
• docs/information_architecture.md documents the menu and page structure.
• docs/media_and_gallery_structure.md explains the media and gallery organization.
• docs/translation_integration.md documents the live translation access concept.
• docs/maintenance_notes.md describes maintainability and privacy considerations.
• docs/rebuild_challenges.md describes the operational and technical challenges involved in the rebuild.

Sample Files

The sample files are simplified examples used to demonstrate the type of structure involved in the rebuild. They are not production website files.

• samples/sample_menu_structure.md
• samples/sample_homepage_layout.html
• samples/sample_gallery_archive_layout.html
• samples/sample_media_archive_layout.html
• samples/sample_sermon_video_page.html

Notes

This repository is intentionally sanitized. It focuses on design decisions, workflow structure, and rebuild documentation rather than exposing production website files, administrator settings, hosting details, or private organizational data.