Magento 2 Migration Service – Magento 2 is now leading as the next giant eCommerce platform. As Magento 1 supported is limited for next one year only. So it’s vital now to migrate from Magento 1 to Magento 2.
as Magento 2 is now almost 1.5 years old now. it is good to upgrade the Magento 1 instances into Magento 2.
As I already explained in the previous blog if you should migrate to Magento 2 or not?
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Few things which need to understand before migrating the Magento 2.
Hosting and Server Requirement –
I think this is THE MOST important factor. It is possible that maybe you were using Magento 1 in shared or VPS hosting.
But if you are running Magento 2 instance then I would prefer to have dedicated hosting and even have a scalable cloud infrastructure re.
Example – Amazon web services, google cloud or Microsoft azure platform. A Little bit of shameless promotion :D. We also offer the same cloud host support for almost every dedicated server including AWS http://cloudkul.com/
Custom Extension and Themes
The second main issue of migration comes due to custom extensions and modules. As Magento 2 is a complete change from Magento 1. If you are running a Magento 1 store, You may ask extension provider or template provider to provide the upgraded version for Magento 2.
As Magento 2 offers migration tool http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/migration/migration-tool-install.html
Another tool http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/migration/bk-migration-guide.html
Search Engine Optimisation
SEO is the back bone of any business especially if you are an online store. If you are migrating from Magento 1 to Magento 2 you need to follow few parts very carefully.
- URL(s) Need to be exactly same. Else there will be huge 404 errors which can hamper SEO and bad UX.
- Make sure your robots.txt is optimized properly as Folder structure also been changed in Magento 2. If you are blocking any resources based on folders in robots.txt, then you need to check it very carefully.
- Check regularly your google webmaster tools and especially the warnings at sitemap and message center.
- Check the speed of the store after migration. This is critical, If you are getting slow loading web pages migration you must need to optimize your web pages.Webkul also offer speed optimization services – https://store.webkul.com/Magento-AWS-Speed-Security-Optimization.html
- Magento 2 supports almost all kind of reverse proxies including varnish, Nginx also supports Php7 which is huge for Magento 2 customers.
- You may check site speed at various online speed test tools like http://www.webpagetest.org/
Schema Markup Check
If you are using any markup schema example – schema.org or json-ld, Make sure you have again added in the newer format.
As complete template system has been changed in Magento 2. Rich snippet or schema markup are crucial for online e-commerce stores. Please check the sample like here https://store.webkul.com/Magento2-Marketplace.html
As per studies, Rich snippets can increase CTR. So it is vital to have properly managed markups at your Magento 2 store.