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Ecology Retreat Centre—migration to WordPress

The Ecology Retreat Centre is a gorgeous spot, located in Ontario's beautiful Hockley Valley. Their existing website was working fine, but they needed to add flexibility and functionality. Over to Wordpress!

The Ecology Retreat Centre (ERC) needed to move their existing website from a host-based site builder onto a more flexible, future-proof platform. They also needed to add in e-commerce functionality, to accommodate new rules that had come into effect. I worked with them to assess their current content, rebuild the site on WordPress using Elementor Pro, and add in the e-commerce element—with a focus on usability, adaptability, and long-term sustainability.

In a nutshell, we:

  • Started from scratch building the site in a staging environment in WordPress
  • Rebuilt each page in Elementor Pro, using the theme builder to maintain the brand style already established in the existing site
  • Added functionality via WP Forms, with registration forms and integrated payment through the Stripe gateway, to simplify bookings, reduce admin overhead and make the ERC compliant with TICO regulations
  • Made the site mobile-responsive, to make sure the site’s accessible and intuitive for all users across devices

This wasn’t a complete redesign. More like…a strategic transplant (with a bit of spit and polish added in the process). By moving to WordPress and using tools like Elementor and WP Forms, the ERC now has a site that can grow with them and adapt to their needs over time. Yay!

I’m so happy to say that the Ecology Retreat Centre now has a flexible, nicely functional site that supports their operations and gives them room to evolve. It was a great pleasure to work with the ERC.

Check out the site here: ecologyretreatcentre.com

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