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We’re Revealing… Hop Reveal!

Many of Hop’s software add-ons come into existence because we have a problem ourselves that needs solving.

In our business, we look at many different websites each and every day. And frequently, we work on multiple versions of the same website at the same time—sites with separate servers…

The Problem with Shared Hosting and Email

One of our clients recently experienced a massive disruption to their business—the title of this article really is a spoiler here—when their email service suddenly became non-functional. Email is arguably one of the single-most important services a business uses, both internally and…

Hellloooooo EE6! Hop Studios Has Add-ons for You!

EE6 Control Panel screenshot

We’ve been waiting for the release of ExpressionEngine 6 with a great sense of anticipation, like many others in the #EECMS community. Seeing so many cool new features demoed at EEConf 2020 in October really whetted our appetites, especially the reimagined control panel.

We’re planning…

Does a PHP version requirement mean you have to update your EE or Craft content management system?

Photo by Patricia Jekki on Unsplash

(updated Jan 19, 2022; updated Dec 18, 2023)

Here’s the situation: The version of PHP installed on your server is about to sunset*, and you’re panicking. You already know that you can upgrade your PHP version by flipping a toggle or sending an email to support, but what effect will…

Volaris Group CMS Upgrades

Volaris Group came to Hop Studios with a family of sites running in ExpressionEngine, some using Multiple Site Manager. As part of a process of thorough optimization and cleanup, we needed to move some of the sites to new servers and set them up with their own domains and content management…