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GSC 2017

Converted a WordPress-built website into Vanilla HTML/CSS/JS due to maintenance issues, achieving zero hosting cost.

GSC 2017
[Fig 4. GSC 2017 Static Website Restoration Snapshot, 2024]
Original stack
WordPress
Failure mode
Server costs and periodic WordPress patching required
Recovery actions
Restored UI using Vite/React + GitHub Pages
Final outcome
Zero-cost serverless hosting, managed entirely via GitHub

Recovery notes

Crawled the legacy WordPress site to collect all pages, restoring broken links and images to their original state.

Built a robust local development and testing environment using Visual Studio Code, Docker, and Git to verify pixel-perfect rendering integrity. Managed all source modifications and revision history systematically via Git.

Deployed the final revived artifacts to GitHub Pages to eliminate server maintenance and hosting costs, achieving a fully database-free and cost-free static hosting architecture.

Maintained professional software development practices using GitHub Issues and Pull Requests to track modifications, and integrated GitHub Actions for streamlined automated deployments.