Answers.Body: <p>If you're not already on a CMS, I'd recommend migrating to Craft sooner rather than later. Sounds like you're definitely planning on migrating to Craft, so I see no valuable reason to delay.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Pros of migrating now:</strong></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Awesome Craft features, like Matrix</li>
  <li>Plugins</li>
  <li>Twig</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p><strong>Cons of migrating later:</strong></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>More legacy code to port</li>
  <li>More legacy data to restructure</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>You'll notice that both of those lists reinforce the idea of migrating now. ;)</p>
  
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Body: <p>We have various clients who already have websites but would like us to optimize them a little bit and set them up on craft.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a more efficient way to do this than just hand coding all of the PHP and blocks for every page to align to be editable on craft?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: What CMS are they currently using? Or is it just completely custom PHP?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Lindsey D
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Comments.Text: Currently no CMS. Just HTML and CSS. Kind of old school.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Matteo
Tags: <craft-features><migration>
Title: Best practices of converting an already created site into Craft CMS?
ThreadText: # Best practices of converting an already created site into Craft CMS?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-20)
  
  We have various clients who already have websites but would like us to optimize them a little bit and set them up on craft.
  
  Is there a more efficient way to do this than just hand coding all of the PHP and blocks for every page to align to be editable on craft?
  
  **Tags:** craft-features, migration
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: What CMS are they currently using? Or is it just completely custom PHP?  
  > **username_0**: Currently no CMS. Just HTML and CSS. Kind of old school.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-20. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  If you're not already on a CMS, I'd recommend migrating to Craft sooner rather than later. Sounds like you're definitely planning on migrating to Craft, so I see no valuable reason to delay.
  
  **Pros of migrating now:**
  
  * Awesome Craft features, like Matrix
  * Plugins
  * Twig
  
  **Cons of migrating later:**
  
  * More legacy code to port
  * More legacy data to restructure
  
  You'll notice that both of those lists reinforce the idea of migrating now. ;)
  
  
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