Open Journal Systems Support & Administration
I administered and upgraded a production OJS installation for a university's Electrical Engineering department — real journals, real submission cycles, real consequences when something breaks. If your OJS installation has a problem that needs an actual administrator rather than a generic web developer, this is that.
What I can help with
- OJS installation or initial setup
- Upgrading between OJS versions (including 3.x version jumps) without breaking active journals
- Plugin compatibility issues after an upgrade
- SMTP and email delivery problems — notifications not sending, variables not replacing correctly
- DOI and ORCID configuration
- Journal workflow and submission process issues
- HTTPS configuration and reverse proxy problems
- Apache configuration for OJS
- Database troubleshooting and migration
- Article view/metric counts not displaying correctly
- Indexing problems (search engines, DOAJ, etc.)
- Security hardening for a production installation
- Performance troubleshooting on a slow installation
- User and role permission issues
Technologies
OJS (Open Journal Systems)PHPMySQLApacheLinux server administration
Related reading & listening
Having an OJS problem?
I can help troubleshoot upgrades, email, plugins, permissions, HTTPS, indexing, and production issues.
Have a project in mind?
Let's build something useful.
Whether you're looking for a developer, need help with a web application, automation, AI integration, or a blockchain project — or just want to talk technology — feel free to reach out.