DoveLewis & atDove
Highlights Hello World provides Ongoing Technical Support for High-Traffic Veterinary Platforms. Ongoing Drupal maintenance, WordPress Maintenance, and technical strategy for DoveLewis, achieving 99% uptime and seamless LMS integration using Opigno and Solr for a global audience of veterinary professionals. Services Ongoing Drupal & WordPress DevelopmentPlatform MaintenanceFeature EnhancementsTechnical Strategy Overview For DoveLewis Animal Hospital, reliable technology...
Highlights
Hello World provides Ongoing Technical Support for High-Traffic Veterinary Platforms. Ongoing Drupal maintenance, WordPress Maintenance, and technical strategy for DoveLewis, achieving 99% uptime and seamless LMS integration using Opigno and Solr for a global audience of veterinary professionals.
Services
Ongoing Drupal & WordPress Development
Platform Maintenance
Feature Enhancements
Technical Strategy
Overview
For DoveLewis Animal Hospital, reliable technology is essential. Their websites support both emergency veterinary care for pet owners in Portland and professional education for veterinary teams around the world. These platforms must work consistently while evolving thoughtfully over time.
Since 2018, Hello World has partnered with DoveLewis to support DoveLewis.org and atDove.org through ongoing maintenance, steady improvements, and long-term technical guidance. Rather than one-time launches, our work focuses on being a trusted technical partner so the DoveLewis team can make informed decisions, prioritize effectively, and keep mission-critical systems running smoothly.
The Challenge
Two Platforms. Two Audiences. One Mission.
DoveLewis.org serves pet owners who need fast, clear access to emergency veterinary care information, often during stressful and time-sensitive situations.
atDove.org supports veterinary professionals worldwide with training videos, continuing education, and clinical resources. This platform introduces greater technical and editorial complexity as new content, users, and training plans are continually added.
Supporting both platforms means meeting very different user needs while maintaining shared standards for reliability, security, and performance. As a nonprofit organization, DoveLewis must also balance ongoing maintenance and new development within a finite budget, requiring careful prioritization and thoughtful technical planning.
Our Approach
From the start, this work has been a partnership rather than a fixed project. Hello World operates as an extension of the DoveLewis team, supporting day-to-day platform needs while also protecting long-term system health.
Our role is to help the organization make informed technical decisions, maintain stability, and adapt as needs evolve. This requires clear communication about tradeoffs, respect for nonprofit budget realities, and a shared commitment to sustainable growth.
Platform Maintenance & Upgrades
Both platforms run on Drupal and require continuous maintenance to stay secure and stable. We regularly apply security updates, upgrade Drupal core and contributed modules, and address technical debt so the platforms remain reliable and future-ready.
Budget-Smart Development
Working within nonprofit budgets requires clarity and trust. Together with DoveLewis, we focus on the work that delivers the greatest impact, phase improvements over time, and keep estimates transparent so decisions are grounded and realistic.
Feature Enhancements
Over time we’ve improved atDove’s video delivery, refined user management tools, and enhanced editorial workflows. These improvements help veterinary professionals access training more easily while making it simpler for administrators to manage content and programs.
Responsive Support
When time-sensitive updates or technical issues arise, our team responds quickly and pragmatically. Because these platforms support emergency care information and professional training, minimizing disruption is always a priority.
Partnership Outcomes
Since 2018, our collaboration has strengthened both atDove and DoveLewis, expanding their reach and impact within the veterinary community. Together, we have achieved:
- High Reliability: Maintained 99% uptime across both primary platforms.
- Global Accessibility: Delivered a seamless, fast learning experience for veterinary professionals worldwide.
- Technical Debt Reduction: Eliminated legacy constraints through proactive Drupal upgrades and refactoring.
- Scalable Infrastructure: Built a foundation that supports new content formats and rapid site growth.
- Strategic Budgeting: Provided predictable, transparent costs aligned with nonprofit financial planning.
Tech Stack
Our ongoing partnership leverages an integrated suite of modern tools to keep atDove and DoveLewis running reliably:
Raiser’s Edge: Comprehensive donor and fundraising platform integration.
Drupal: The core CMS powering DoveLewis.org and atDove.org.
Opigno: A specialized learning management framework supporting structured clinical training.
Solr: High performance search for fast, accurate access to medical content.
WordPress: Flexible publishing for specific campaigns and microsites.
Pantheon: Scalable hosting with integrated CI/CD deployment pipelines.
HubSpot: CRM and marketing automation for user engagement.
EzyVet: Veterinary practice management integration for streamlined workflows.
Why It Works
DoveLewis’s care model is built on compassion, reliability, and trust.
Our development approach reflects those same values with technology that works quietly and consistently in the background. By working collaboratively and making thoughtful technical choices, we’ve helped create a digital foundation that supports emergency veterinary care, professional education, and long-term sustainability.
Modernize Your Mission Critical Infrastructure
Hello World specializes in long term partnerships that turn aging applications into modern, scalable assets. We provide the strategic guidance and engineering expertise needed to move your project forward without the turbulence of a total rewrite.
Ready to stabilize and grow your platform? Contact Hello World today to discuss how we can support your long term technical vision.