Jared Auld
All work

Event technology work

Moving a portfolio of event sites off WordPress

Five event websites rebuilt on a modern static stack in under three months, with same-day updates and no build costs.

  • 5 event sites rebuilt
  • < 3 months start to finish
  • Same day content updates

The problem

Each show ran on its own WordPress install with its own theme and plugins. Updates and fixes were made site by site, and nothing was shared across the portfolio.

What I built

One pattern, used across the whole portfolio.

  • Built on a modern static framework with fast hosting. Fast pages, nothing to patch, nothing to log in to.
  • Shared design and components, so a fix or a new section lands on every site that needs it.
  • One shared place for news. A post is tagged to the sites it belongs on, and each site picks up its own.
  • Live data instead of copy-paste. The schedule and exhibitor list come straight from the source systems. A live feed replaced dozens of hand-built session cards.
  • Staging first. Every change goes to a preview URL, gets checked, then gets promoted to live.

How it works

  1. Change request From the show team
  2. Edit in the repo With an AI coding agent doing the heavy lifting
  3. Staging preview Its own URL to check
  4. Review A person approves every change
  5. Live Minutes after approval

The result

Five sites moved in under three months. The news archive came across intact, and redirects kept nearly every indexed URL working. Content changes now ship the same day, with no build costs.