Your entire journal runs on OJS. We keep it current, secure, and indexed.
We’re an OJS specialist practice — installation, migration, custom themes and plugin development for academic journals and university presses. Start with a free diagnostic of your own install.
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About
We only do OJS — Open Journal Systems, the open-source platform thousands of academic journals and university presses run on. Not a generalist web agency that also builds journal sites: a practice that spends its whole day inside OJS itself — its versions, its theme API, its plugin ecosystem, its migration quirks.
That narrow focus is the point. Editors get a partner who already knows what breaks between OJS 2 and 3, what a Crossref DOI integration actually requires, and what an accessible, mobile-ready journal theme looks like — without a discovery phase spent explaining what OJS is.
What we do
Four services, all scoped to OJS.
Installation & Setup
Clean, production-ready OJS installs configured to your journal’s editorial workflow, hosting and email from day one.
- Server & OJS install, hardened for production
- Editorial roles & workflow configuration
- SMTP, DOI prefix and backup setup
Migration & Upgrades
Move a journal off an unsupported install without losing submissions, users or archive history.
- Full content & metadata migration
- Zero-downtime cutover plan
- Post-upgrade QA against your archive
Custom Theme Development
A journal-specific theme built on the OJS 3 theme API — not a generic template with your logo dropped in.
- Smarty / Bootstrap theme build
- Mobile & accessibility pass
- Editorial preview before launch
Plugins & Integrations
Custom plugins and third-party integrations wired into your editorial and publishing pipeline.
- Crossref / DataCite DOI registration
- ORCID author verification
- Custom plugin development
Not sure where your install stands?
Run your free diagnosticHow it works
Every engagement follows the same four stages, in the same order — you always know what’s next.
Diagnose
Free OJS report on your install: version, risk and upgrade path.
Plan
A scoped plan for your specific journal — no generic package.
Ship
Installation, migration, theme or plugin work, delivered on your editorial calendar.
Support
Post-launch QA and support as OJS keeps shipping new releases.
Selected work
One real client, tracked start to finish — installation, migration to OJS 3.5 LTS, and a full theme relaunch, in the order it happened.
v2024.03
Installation & Setup
Shipped
OJS 3.4 install
Installation & Setup
ShippedOJS 3.4 install
Set up the journal’s first production OJS install on 3.4 — editorial roles, SMTP, DOI prefix and backups configured from day one.
v2025.05
Migration to OJS 3.5 LTS
Shipped
3.4 → 3.5 LTS migration
Migration to OJS 3.5 LTS
Shipped3.4 → 3.5 LTS migration
Migrated onto OJS 3.5 LTS as soon as it stabilized — full content and metadata carried over, zero submissions or archive history lost.
v2025.06
Custom Theme + SEO
Shipped
Theme build + on-page SEO
Custom Theme + SEO
ShippedTheme build + on-page SEO
Designed a journal-specific theme on the OJS 3 theme API with SEO fundamentals built in from the start — metadata, structured content, and full Google Scholar indexing, achieved independently of Crossref DOI registration, which this journal hasn’t set up yet.
Now ranking on page one for several of the journal’s core research keywords, with full Google Scholar coverage.
Get your free OJS report
Send us your journal’s URL. You’ll get back a diagnostic report: version and end-of-life status, upgrade path to OJS 3.5 LTS, security risks, and Google Scholar / DOAJ indexing readiness.
- No cost, no obligation
- Reviewed and sent by an OJS specialist
Contact
Already know what you need — a migration, a theme, a plugin — or just have a question? Tell us about your journal and we’ll get back to you.