URS corporate multilingual website

Website recovery, migration, and multilingual implementation

Role: Design + WP build · Year: 2019 · Stack: WordPress / The7 / WPBakery / Polylang

URS — corporate website for a broadcast equipment manufacturer

Year: 2019

Project type: system recovery, hosting migration, multilingual setup

Platform: WordPress

Stack: The7 theme / WPBakery / Polylang

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About the client

URS Group is one of Ukraine’s leading manufacturers of professional equipment for television centers and radio broadcasting systems.

The company designs, produces, and implements complex engineering solutions for the broadcast industry — from individual components to full-scale transmission and control systems.

This project involved a real corporate website used by an industrial manufacturer, not a marketing landing or small business promo site.

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Initial task

At the time of engagement, the website had been operating for several years and faced multiple structural and technical issues:

absence of multilingual architecture;
outdated software environment;
unstable behavior after previous modifications;
upcoming migration to a new hosting provider;
requirement to preserve the existing visual design without changes.

The site needed to remain visually identical while becoming technically stable and expandable.

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Technical assessment

During analysis, it became clear that the original WordPress installation was critically compromised:

multiple security vulnerabilities;
infected core and third-party components;
unsafe conditions for database or file migration.

Any standard export/import or migration process would inevitably transfer hidden malicious code to the new server.

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Key engineering decision

A fundamental decision was made:

to rebuild the website from scratch instead of migrating it.

No database export.

No file copying.

No automated migration tools.

The site was reconstructed manually with full visual correspondence to the original version.

This approach allowed complete elimination of security risks and full control over the new environment.

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Implementation

The project included:

deployment of a clean WordPress installation on new hosting;
installation of licensed The7 theme;
full manual reconstruction of all pages with 1:1 visual accuracy;
implementation of multilingual architecture using Polylang;
creation of language versions (UA / RU / EN);
separation of media content with language-specific attributes;
audit and optimization of plugins;
migration of corporate email infrastructure;
restoration of domain integration with GSuite.

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Result

The client received:

a clean and secure website environment;
stable multilingual structure;
preserved corporate visual identity;
predictable system behavior;
restored and functioning corporate email system;
a technical foundation suitable for long-term operation.

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Notes

This project became one of my first freelance cases where the main value was not visual delivery, but engineering judgment.

Choosing a full manual rebuild over faster migration methods prevented future instability and eliminated accumulated technical debt.

The same approach — structure first, long-term reliability over short-term convenience — remains the basis of my work today.

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Collaboration Proof

The project was completed through Freelancehunt.

Below is a real client review that is still available on the platform.