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A practical, no-fluff guide to vetting Vancouver web design agencies — pricing ranges in CAD, what BC contracts should include, and the red flags to walk away from.

Drupal 7 Reached End of Life. Now What?

Drupal 7 reached end of life in January 2025. The site keeps running, but the risk compounds every week. Here's what your three real migration paths actually look like, including timelines, costs, and what survives the move.

Drupal to WordPress Migration: An Honest Look

Plenty of Drupal sites are over-engineered for what they actually do. WordPress can handle 80% of what Drupal does at half the maintenance cost. But it's not always the right move. A working agency's honest take on when to switch and when to stay.

WordPress to Webflow: A Practitioner's Honest Take

WordPress maintenance fatigue is real. Webflow promises a way out. The pitch is compelling and incomplete. Here's when Webflow wins, when WordPress still wins, and what actually happens during a migration.

WooCommerce to Shopify: When Your Store Outgrows WordPress

WooCommerce is fine until it isn't. Then suddenly the plugin stack is fragile, hosting upgrades cost more than Shopify Plus, and the dev team is your bottleneck. A practical guide to when migration makes sense, what changes, and what your team needs to know.

Web Development

Canadian Accessibility Law: What AODA, ACA, and BC Web Standards Mean for Your Site

April 30, 2026

AODA in Ontario, the Accessible Canada Act federally, and BC's accessibility framework all touch your website. Here is the plain-English compliance roadmap.

SEO

AEO and GEO: How to Get Cited by ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity

April 28, 2026

Answer Engine Optimization is the new SEO. Here is how we restructure content so AI search engines pick your brand as the answer.

Drupal Development

Drupal 11 Migration: A Field Guide from Drupal 7 and 9

April 15, 2026

Lessons from migrating government and university sites to Drupal 11. Module audits, content modeling, and the rollback plan you need.

Web Development

AI Won't Replace Web Developers — But It Might Make Them Bad at Their Jobs

One animation took 50 AI credits and still wasn't right. That weekend of vibe coding taught DoodleWeb's founder more about the limits of AI development than any conference keynote ever has.

The Exact 8-Step Process We Use for Every Drupal to WordPress Migration

Most agencies skip half the steps in a Drupal to WordPress migration and clients end up paying twice. Here's the exact 8-step process DoodleWeb follows on every single migration — no shortcuts, zero data loss.

Web Design

Why I Started DoodleWeb: The Agency Problem Nobody Talks About

Chandan Sharma spent years watching developers quote 7-hour jobs that took 1 hour to complete. Clients paid the difference and nobody stopped it. That frustration became the founding principle of DoodleWeb.

Web Design

Why Your B2B Website Is Losing Deals Before the First Call