Dejusticia — CEDD

Law Website Maintenance
Case Study · Drug Policy Portal / Maintenance

Dejusticia — CEDD

Appspring executed specialized technical support for a historic drug policy portal prior to its planned decommission, covering content updates, SSL/TLS certificate renewals, MySQL database backups, and academic content migration.

2021 – 2022 Drug Policy Portal / Maintenance Dedicated Project Team
Business Challenge

The challenge

This section describes the situation before the engagement, so prospective clients can determine whether it corresponds to their current position.

Consider this project if: your team recognizes one or more of the conditions described alongside this panel.

A historic portal requires operational continuity before planned closure.

Security certificates and databases need supervised renewal and backup.

Academic content must be preserved and migrated.

Support must be precise and time-bounded.

Solution

What was implemented

Each item below states what was delivered and the operational reason for that decision.

Step 0101

Targeted support and certificate management

Renewed SSL/TLS certificates and maintained WordPress operation with backup and security protocols.

Why this approach: Benefit: the portal remains secure and accessible during transition.
Step 0202

Database backup and content migration

Backed up MySQL records and migrated academic materials.

Why this approach: Benefit: institutional knowledge is preserved beyond decommission.

Technologies and stack

WordPress SSL/TLS Certificates MySQL Management Backup & Security Protocols

Engagement summary

Period
2021 – 2022
Model
Dedicated project team
Channel
Direct engagement
Category
Drug Policy Portal / Maintenance
Same client · More of the story

We did more with Dejusticia

This page covers CEDD: specialized support and content migration for the historic drug-policy portal in 2021–2022. It is one of four Dejusticia-family engagements. The rest of the story — the Tesauro Tecnológico infographic build, Visión Afro platform support, and the Derechos Humanos y Política Fiscal publishing operation — is documented below.

Dejusticia — Tesauro Tecnológico Dense legal thesaurus transformed into an accessible visual web experience in three months. Read the Tesauro case study → Dejusticia — Visión Afro Continuous availability and preventive maintenance for the racial justice research platform, 2021–2023. Read the Visión Afro case study → Derechos Humanos y Política Fiscal Responsive research publishing with managed editorial support, 2022–2025. Read the publishing case study →

Why one organization entrusts four different surfaces to the same vendor is explained in Why clients trust us with several projects.

Outcome

Result

The portal completed its transition with preserved content and controlled closure.

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