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Jaywest Country Homes (page)

Working with Boxcar Marketing, Hop Studios designed and developed a brand new web site for JayWest Country Homes.

Print Matters

The web is a necessarily translatable media form. Websites can be viewed by many different browsers, mobile phones, video game consoles, PDAs and other hybrid devices like the iPhone. With so many high technology possibilities it’s often easy to lose track of the humble printer. Print versions of websites have presented some unique problems for Hop Studios, and we have devised a couple of good solutions for dealing with them (aided, as always by the fantastic work of Eric Meyer).

Security Issue in ExpressionEngine (pre-1.6.6)

As a Hop Studios client, we keep you informed about security updates that affect the software you use. This one is particularly important, as it concerns ExpressionEngine.  In an nutshell:

• A small but serious security hole in ExpressionEngine has been discovered.
• Upgrading to 1.6.6 fixes this.
• Upgrading takes about an hour for a site with not much customization, and our standard hourly rate is $140.
• The license fee for the upgraded software is between free and $39.

Please let us know if you want to upgrade, and we will schedule you in; we expect many requests, and we’ll get to you as soon as possible in the order you respond.

You First Financial Blog

You First is a financial consulting firm based in Vancouver, BC, that wanted to take their site’s search engine standings up a notch.

Bonjour, Francouver.ca!

Hop Studios helps bring to life Alex Brabant’s idea for a Francophone-focused community site.