Yes. We can migrate articles, photos, categories, pages, menus, and other content from most newspaper websites. Every migration is evaluated individually to determine the best approach.
Yes. Your existing website remains live while we build your new site in a private staging environment. We only switch to the new website after everything has been tested and approved.
Most newspaper websites are launched in 4 to 8 weeks, depending on the size of your website, archives, and any custom features. We provide a detailed project timeline before work begins and keep you informed throughout the process.
Your New Website Is Closer Than You Think
One of the biggest concerns publishers have is, “How long will it take to launch our new website?”
The good news is that we’ve refined our migration process over many years. While every newspaper is unique, most websites can be launched in 4 to 8 weeks after we receive the content and begin the project.
Week 1: Discovery & Planning
We start by learning about your newspaper and current workflow.
Review your current website
Discuss your goals and priorities
Plan your site structure
Set up your hosting environment
Schedule the migration
Milestone: Project kickoff completed.
Week 2: Website Build & Migration
Our team begins building your new website and transferring content.
Articles and archives
Categories and sections
Photos…
Built for Serious Publishing
At Surf New Media, one of the questions we hear most often is:
“Why did you choose Drupal instead of WordPress?”
The answer is simple.
Our platform wasn’t built for blogging—it was built for newspapers.
Community newspapers have unique requirements that go far beyond publishing articles. Managing reporters, editors, photographers, advertisers, subscriptions, newsletters, breaking news, and digital archives requires a content management system that is secure, flexible, and built to scale.
That’s why Surf New Media is powered by Drupal.
Enterprise-Level Security
Newspapers are trusted sources of information, making them attractive targets for hackers.
Drupal is trusted by organizations that demand high levels of security, including government…
The internet relies on thousands of DNS servers around the world. These servers act like address books that tell browsers where a website lives.
When a change is made:
The domain’s authoritative DNS server is updated first.
Internet providers and DNS servers around the world gradually refresh their cached records.
As each server updates, users in those locations begin seeing the new site.
Because every provider refreshes its cache at different times, some people may see the old website while others already see the new one.
How Long It Takes
Most DNS changes complete within a few minutes to a few hours, but it can take up to 24–48 hours for every network worldwide to update.
What Clients May Notice
During propagation, it’s normal to see things like:
The website…
Hits:
Any request made to the server which is logged, is considered a 'hit'. The requests can be for anything... html pages, graphic images, audio files, CGI scripts, etc... Each valid line in the server log is counted as a hit. This number represents the total number of requests that were made to the server during the specified report period.
Files:
Some requests made to the server require that the server then send something back, such as a html page or graphic image. When this happens, it is considered a 'file'. The relationship between 'hits' and 'files' can be thought of as 'incoming requests' and 'outgoing responses'.
Pages:
Pages are, well, pages! Generally, any HTML document, or anything that generates an HTML document, would be considered a page. This does not include…