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PHP / Open Journal Systems
OJS / Academic Publishing Solutions
Customization, troubleshooting and technical maintenance of Open Journal Systems and academic publishing infrastructure.
- PHP
- OJS / PKP
- MySQL
- Server Administration
Overview
Technical work on Open Journal Systems installations used for academic publishing, covering customization, plugins and production support.
Problem
Academic publishing platforms are long-lived PHP systems where upgrades, plugins and server configuration frequently break editorial workflows.
Approach
Hands-on debugging and configuration: reading the PHP codebase, isolating plugin conflicts, correcting server and database configuration and restoring publishing workflows.
Key features
- OJS theme and workflow customization
- Plugin installation, configuration and conflict resolution
- DOI functionality and metadata handling
- PHP debugging across the OJS/PKP codebase
- Server and MySQL configuration
- Production troubleshooting on live journals
Architecture
- 01PHP / OJS (PKP) application
- 02MySQL database
- 03Linux server configuration and mail delivery
Challenges
Diagnosing failures on live journals where downtime affects editors, reviewers and authors simultaneously.
Solution
Reproduce on a staging copy, isolate the failing plugin or configuration, patch narrowly, then apply to production with a rollback path.
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