National news & media
Nice News
A national newsletter publisher rebuilt for three languages
InfoStride led a comprehensive digital transformation for Nice News, modernizing its national publishing platform by moving from a monolithic legacy CMS to a scalable, enterprise-grade WordPress VIP infrastructure. The engagement extended beyond migration to editorial workflow design, multilingual publishing, accessibility compliance and a high-performance platform capable of supporting large-scale content operations and audience growth.

Client
Nice News
Platform
WordPress VIP
Migrated from
Proprietary CMS
Languages
English, Spanish, Vietnamese
12,000+
Articles and newsletters migrated
With zero data loss and full SEO continuity.
40%
Faster page loads
Improving experience and reducing bounce rates.
3
Languages with independent workflows
Centrally governed, locally edited and scheduled.
Key challenges
- Migrating 12,000+ articles, newsletters and media assets from a proprietary CMS.
- Preserving SEO metadata, content structures and publication history during migration.
- Supporting multilingual content publishing with independent editorial workflows and scheduling.
- Modernizing outdated UI/UX into a mobile-first, engaging news experience.
- Streamlining fragmented editorial workflows across contributors, editors and publishers.
- Ensuring accessibility compliance aligned with WCAG and ADA standards.
- Optimizing performance and scalability for high traffic volumes and content delivery demands.
The InfoStride solution
- Comprehensive content audit
Articles, metadata, taxonomies, media assets and editorial structures mapped to define a seamless migration strategy. - Custom migration engineering
Purpose-built scripts transferred structured content, inline media, SEO metadata and author records into WordPress VIP. - Multilingual architecture
WPML implementation for English, Spanish and Vietnamese with language-specific workflows and SEO optimization. - Mobile-first Gutenberg theme
A modern experience built on reusable content blocks for genuine editorial flexibility. - Advanced editorial workflows
Role-based publishing, revision tracking, scheduling and automated content distribution across channels. - Growth tooling
Social preview tools, newsletter automation and post-level analytics integrated for editorial efficiency and audience engagement. - Scalable VIP infrastructure
CI/CD via GitHub Actions with Azure Blob Storage for secure, optimized media delivery, plus WCAG 2.1 AA practices including contrast compliance, keyboard navigation and alt-text validation.
Outcomes
What Nice News has now
- 12,000+ articles, newsletters and assets migrated with zero data loss and full SEO continuity.
- Multilingual publishing enabled across three languages with centralized governance and localized editorial workflows.
- 40% improvement in page load performance, improving user experience and reducing bounce rates.
- A fully WCAG 2.1 AA and ADA-compliant platform supporting inclusive access for diverse audiences.
- Editorial efficiency improved by 30% through streamlined workflows, automation and role-based governance.
- A scalable, future-ready publishing platform supporting newsletter automation, mobile distribution and third-party integrations.
- Enhanced audience retention through accelerated newsletter reading performance.
- Long-term hosting infrastructure secured on WordPress VIP.
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