Will I Lose Any Content When Basalt Converts My Site?
Every page, paragraph, and photo transfers in a Basalt conversion. Here is what moves, what to check, and the one honest exception.
No. For a standard small business website, you will not lose any content in a Basalt conversion. Every page, every paragraph, every photo transfers. You see the converted site before anything goes live, so you can verify this yourself.
Here is what “content” means and what happens to each piece.
What counts as content, and does it all move?
Pages. Every page on your site transfers. Your home page, services pages, about page, contact page, FAQ page, team page. If it was a page on your WordPress site, it becomes a page on your Basalt site.
Text. Every paragraph, heading, bullet list, and caption moves over. Nothing is rewritten or summarized. You get your words back, exactly as they were.
Photos and images. Every image transfers. Photos of your work, headshots, service images, banners. All of them.
Blog posts. Every published blog post moves, including the text, images, and structure.
Contact forms. Forms are rebuilt and tested during the conversion. They work on your new site before you approve anything.
Does my homepage look the same?
Your inner pages come across faithfully. Same layout, same colors, same fonts, same images.
Your homepage gets a free modern polish as part of every conversion. This is a starting point for you to review, not a surprise swap. You see it before it goes live. You can ask for changes. Nothing is final until you approve it.
If you prefer the homepage to stay exactly as it is, tell us. You are in control.
Is there anything that does not transfer?
Yes, and it is worth being honest about this.
Basalt is built for standard small business websites. If your site has features that depend on a database to run, those cannot move.
Specifically, Basalt cannot handle:
- Complex e-commerce stores with many products, subscriptions, or complex checkout flows
- Membership areas and gated content that require user accounts
- Online course platforms
- Custom database-driven applications
If your site is a service business site, a local business site, a professional site, or a brochure-style site with a contact form and a blog, you are in the clear. Everything transfers.
If you are not sure whether your site falls into one of the exception categories, the scanner will catch it and let you know before any work is done.
How do I verify nothing was missed?
You get a preview URL before anything changes. You visit your converted site and compare it to your current site page by page. If something is missing, you tell us. We fix it before launch.
This is not a formality. Your approval is the gate. Nothing goes live until you say it looks right.
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Quick answers
Do my blog posts transfer?
Yes. Every blog post transfers, including the text, images, and publish dates.
What about photos and images?
All of them move. Every photo, headshot, service image, and gallery image transfers.
Is there anything that does not transfer?
Complex e-commerce with many products, membership areas, and custom database-driven features do not transfer. For a standard small business service site, everything moves.
How do I know nothing was missed?
You review the converted site at a preview URL before anything goes live. You check every page side by side with your current site. Nothing switches until you approve it.
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