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BUILD | HOST | MANAGE
681 Web is a premium website design, hosting and maintenance company specialising in WordPress but also experienced in Squarespace, Wix, Shopify and many other web management platforms.

I have 20 years experience in building and managing websites, web teams and WCMS software across Government, Private and Not for Profit.

I use the Divi theme exclusively for my website builds but am also conversant in Elementor, X, Impreza, BePress and Avante to name a few.

WordPress Origin Story

I started using WordPress after tiring of Dreamweaver and the constant learning curve to keep up with Adobe.

WordPress proved to be a simple, intuitive platform that I could use to create and manage websites for small to medium businesses whilst keeping costs down.

Fast forward nearly 20 years and I now have a wholesale hosting platform with the ability to host hundreds of sites and domains most of which have been built or managed by me using Divi, my theme of choice.

In 2017 I decided to go ‘all-in’ quitting my day job and commencing work full time (finally) as owner of 681 Web, something I’d thought about doing for a long time previously.

Since taking this bold step I’ve never looked back and am enjoying seeing WordPress evolve with features such as Site Health (which I was previously offering as a service for several years 🙂 ) and now the Guttenberg editor (which I use to easily update sites with bespoke templates). I’m excited about the push into performance that WordPress has made with lazy loading and look forward to seeing how far this goes.

My dream is to retire by the age of 50 and at this time I hope to give back to the WordPress community (more than I currently do at least) for providing a great tool used by so many globally.

  • Member Since: September 10th, 2020
  • Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW Australia
  • Website: 681web.com.au
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  • Posted a reply to Google Cloud now charging even for small number of queries using this plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks @farroyob After a couple of hours yesterday of head scratching and then getting onto…

  • Posted a reply to Google Cloud now charging even for small number of queries using this plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks @farroyob All I know is that I recently got an email from Google Cloud…

  • Created a topic, Google Cloud now charging even for small number of queries using this plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Is anyone else encountering this issue. I have a clien…

  • Created a topic, Excellent product and support even better!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Love this product and so do my clients. Great addition…

  • Created a topic, Receiving two notification emails when a property is added/updated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Was wondering if someone could advise why we would be …

  • Posted a reply to Is it possible to exclude by category / label etc… in a search shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi Support Team In your previous reply you mentioned that The attributes authors=”id” and agent_id=”id”…

  • Posted a reply to Agent Profiles admin screens and Caching, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Just in case anyone stumbles across this and is wondering what to do - I…

  • Created a topic, Agent Profiles admin screens and Caching, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi team I recently had an issue whereby agents were…

  • Posted a reply to Is it possible to change the image version used for agent profile picture, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for your advice. I'm very time poor now so have just went with the…

  • Posted a reply to Can this plugin be used to hide entire steps?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks @gurpreetk1 - I ended up finding a paid plugin that used conditions and when…

  • Posted a reply to Is it possible to exclude by category / label etc… in a search shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you. I went with the es_type field and added all of the different types…

  • Posted a reply to Show all contact details on single property page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Figured it out. Thanks for the step in the right direction.

  • Posted a reply to Show all contact details on single property page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you. Is there somewhere that you have the plugins built-in functions documented? I simply…

  • Posted a reply to Is it possible to exclude by category / label etc… in a search shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for letting me know. Is there a way to filter the main property search…

  • Posted a reply to Is it possible to change the image version used for agent profile picture, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks. Changing this will change all thumbnails and also requires all thumbnails to be regenerated…

  • Created a topic, Can this plugin be used to hide entire steps?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I have a simple booking form that uses steps to gather…

  • Created a topic, Show all contact details on single property page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi all Client would like to show all the contact de…

  • Created a topic, Is it possible to exclude by category / label etc… in a search shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I refer to: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclud…

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  • Created a topic, Is it possible to change the image version used for agent profile picture, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi The agent profile pic always uses the 150x150 th…

  • Posted a reply to Admin Bar Missing on front end Divi Sites, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for that @thyran, I will give it a go. Ultimate goal is one config…

  • Posted a reply to Admin Bar Missing on front end Divi Sites, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Any luck with this @thyran ? Having the same issue here. Presented itself on a…

  • Posted a reply to Back to search results causes 404, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Turns out just simply adding the 'estatik search results page' even if you don't use…

  • Posted a reply to Back to search results causes 404, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I've found a workaround for now which appears to have 'fixed' the problem. in /wp-content/plugins/estatik/templates/front/shortcodes/search/simple.php…

  • Posted a reply to Back to search results causes 404, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Warning message in logs if this helps in any way: [10-Jul-2024 23:57:07 UTC] PHP Warning:…

  • Posted a reply to Back to search results causes 404, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I've noticed the following: If I remove &post_type=properties from the search string that the AJAX…

  • Created a topic, Back to search results causes 404, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi all Having some troubles when using a search for…

  • Created a topic, Filter by category, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Love the plugin and awesome default display options. J…

  • Posted a reply to Error on Front End Builder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I see this in the builder but it works AOK for visitors to the site…

  • Posted a reply to Category Select doesn’t work with WordPress 5.7, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm also seeing this issue. I hadn't used the plugin before until 5.7 and didn't…

  • Posted a reply to Spin gif appears behind the popup and won’t disappear, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    For those having the same issue and wondering how to rectify until plugin update follows,…

  • Posted a reply to Spin gif appears behind the popup and won’t disappear, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi Phillip Thanks for your advice. I can confirm that the loader is not enabled…

  • Posted a reply to Spin gif appears behind the popup and won’t disappear, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Note, I've also turned off 'show loader' in settings for the pop up and this…

  • Created a topic, Spin gif appears behind the popup and won’t disappear, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm getting this weird issue with the pop up in that t…

  • Posted a reply to Flickering when border radius added to row within pop-up section, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @strackerphil-1 Just sent what you requested finally. Sorry about the delay. Hope that helps…

  • Created a topic, Flickering when border radius added to row within pop-up section, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi Team Wasn't sure where to submit bug reports but t…

  • Created a topic, Field background style overridden by Divi Switch, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I've noticed that even though I've applied a backgroun…

  • Posted a reply to Table Settings clear randomly, then table rows and columns hidden after save, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Great thanks. 🙏

  • Posted a reply to Table Settings clear randomly, then table rows and columns hidden after save, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Cheers and thanks for the prompt response. Is there an identifier that will allow me…

  • Created a topic, Table Settings clear randomly, then table rows and columns hidden after save, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi Tobias We recently migrated 400+ tables from one W…

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