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Contentful to Sanity Migration · Derry

Contentful to Sanity Migration in Derry

Moving Derry organisations from Contentful to Sanity, where the body content is what needs work. The two platforms represent rich text as different structures — with embedded entries, links and marks arranged their own way — so article bodies have to be transformed rather than transferred, and that transformation is the migration.

Why this comes up

The problem

Rich text exported from Contentful arrives as a structure Sanity cannot interpret.

What you get

What we deliver

  • Rich text converted between the two document structures, not copied across
  • Embedded entries and assets within body content preserved through the conversion
  • References between documents remapped, since identifiers change
  • Content model translated to Sanity's schema definitions in code
  • Assets migrated with their metadata rather than only their files
  • Conversion verified on real content, because the difficult cases are in the archive

Want this scoped for your business in Derry?

Thirty minutes, no charge, no sales script. You leave with a written summary of what contentful to sanity migration would actually involve — whether or not you use us.

Book a 30-minute call

Working in Derry

Northern Ireland

The city is Derry to most of its population and Londonderry in official use, and which name you lead with is read as a statement here — we use Derry in customer-facing copy and note both where a document has to be formal.

Cross-border trading systems for businesses working into Donegal, and manufacturing tooling for the north west.

Sectors we work with in Derry

  • Manufacturing
  • Healthcare
  • Higher Education
  • Digital
  • Tourism

What we work with

Technologies and platforms

  • Sanity
  • Contentful
  • Portable Text
  • TypeScript

Who we work with

Industries we serve

  • Media companies
  • SaaS businesses
  • Retail
  • Professional services
  • Technology companies

Why us

Why Derry businesses choose Asionis

  • Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
  • No long-term contracts required
  • All team members UK-based
  • Dedicated account manager and development team
  • Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
  • Scalable from startup to enterprise

How we work

  1. Step 1

    Free consultation

    A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.

  2. Step 2

    Proposal

    Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.

  3. Step 3

    Build

    Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.

  4. Step 4

    Launch and support

    We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.

Contentful to Sanity Migration in Derry — common questions

Why can rich text not simply be moved?
Because the platforms model it differently. Both represent formatted content as structured data rather than markup, but the shapes disagree — so a converter has to be written and, more importantly, checked against the varied content that has accumulated over years.
What happens to embedded entries?
They need handling explicitly. Content with an embedded product card, callout or related article inside the body is the part conversions break on, and a migration tested only against plain paragraphs will appear to work until an editor opens something real.
Do references survive?
Only if remapped. Documents referencing each other by identifier need those identifiers translating as part of the migration, and a run that imports documents before their targets exist produces references pointing at nothing.
How should the conversion be verified?
Against the oldest and strangest content you have. Recent articles follow current conventions and convert cleanly, whereas the archive contains formatting decisions nobody remembers making — and those are exactly the pages that will be noticed if they arrive broken.
Do you work with businesses across County Londonderry?
Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout Northern Ireland, including Derry and the surrounding County Londonderry area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
What kind of Derry businesses do you usually work with?
Cross-border trading systems for businesses working into Donegal, and manufacturing tooling for the north west. Beyond that we work across Manufacturing, Healthcare, Higher Education, Digital and Tourism.
Do you cover the areas around Derry?
Yes — we work throughout Northern Ireland, including Belfast, Lisburn. Derry is an urban area of roughly 85,000+, and we take on work across the wider County Londonderry region rather than the city boundary alone.

Talk to us about Contentful to Sanity Migration in Derry

A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.

  • Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
  • No long-term contracts required
  • All team members UK-based
  • Dedicated account manager and development team
  • Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
  • Scalable from startup to enterprise

Or reach us directly

07707 771599admin@asionis.com

Leicester, United Kingdom