The challenge
Two Joomla 3 sites in the same network
After we redesigned Multifamily Insiders, the team asked us to bring two more sites in their network to Joomla 6: Apartment Associations, a directory of apartment associations, and Multifamily Press, a news and article site.
Both ran on Joomla 3. Multifamily Press stored its large archive in K2 and used a template that was no longer maintained.
Goal: move both sites to Joomla 6 with modern, maintainable front ends – and keep every article and old URL working.
Apartment Associations
Directory rebuilt on T4
- Joomla 3 → Joomla 6With the server upgraded to PHP 8.3 and MySQL 8 for the migration.
- Front end rebuilt on T4Modern, responsive design that is easier to customise.
- jReviews updatedUnused Kunena forum removed.
- Clean URLs & redirectsArticle IDs removed from URLs and redirects set up from the old addresses.
Multifamily Press
From K2 to Joomla articles
- K2 → Joomla articlesA large K2 archive moved to Joomla core content; the migration was rehearsed several times.
- New supported templateReplaced an unmaintained template.
- Login & user pagesA new login page plus password, username and profile pages.
- Front-end article submissionMembers submit articles with images and manage them in a custom “My articles” component.
- JSitemap ProSitemaps updated for better indexing.
Timeline
Key dates
Apr 2026ApprovedBoth migrations start.
Jun 2026ReviewDev sites ready for the client.
Jul 2026LiveBoth sites live; redirects in place.
Tech stack
What we worked with
Joomla 6
T4 Framework
jReviews
K2 migration
JSitemap Pro
