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Back in 2004 or 2005 I was looking for a CMS to run our business website. I almost hate to admit it, but it was the typography rather than technology that first grabbed my attention. WordPress sites looked so much nicer than most websites of the day. I then came to appreciate the technology under the hood and the great flexibility, which has served many of my projects so well over the years.

Member Since: August 13th, 2005
Location: Roscoe, IL
Website: smithsrus.com
GitHub: douglsmith
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Posted a reply to Woocommerce product direct checkout URL, so shoppers can go directly to checkout, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A format like this should work for either simple products or if the variation ID…
10 months ago
Posted a reply to This plugin appears to be abandoned – Will it be developed and maintained onward, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Indeed it has helped me with my work, @edeesims Thank you for sharing your plugin!…
1 year ago
Created a topic, Won’t load block list when bbPress is enabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have a site where Find My Blocks will never load the…
1 year ago
Created a topic, A great help cleaning up blocks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I had installed many sets of blocks to try out and end…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Plugin update showing in list with only premium option, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
My apologies for initially jumping to the conclusion that this was a premium advertising attempt.…
2 years ago
Created a topic, Abuses plugin update list to sell premium, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great set of blocks but it abuses the WordPress plugin…
2 years ago
Created a topic, Feature request: which plugin added block, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
One of the ways I use your plugin is to sort through t…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Two “User Sync” options in the menu?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. That makes sense. By the way, I do care about privacy and care for…
4 years ago
Posted a reply to Two “User Sync” options in the menu?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
How does all of this play out when using your premium e-commerce integration, is the…
4 years ago
Created a topic, Github pull requests, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Any chance you could take a look at the issues and pul…
4 years ago
Created a topic, Table of Contents Block in a Tabbed Content Block, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I had some text consisting of headers and paragraphs w…
5 years ago
Posted a reply to Editor in Tabs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That will be so useful! I'll be eager to try it too.
5 years ago
Created a topic, Destroys Mandrill plugin’s settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I was previously using the official Mandrill plugin fr…
5 years ago
Created a topic, So great with multiple admins, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin is an amazing help on our site where we ha…
5 years ago
Created a topic, Works in Gutenberg for me, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Since there is an FAQ about not working with the Guten…
6 years ago
Created a topic, Super fast and light, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Astra does an amazing job of providing all of the esse…
6 years ago
Reopened ticket #3217 on bbPress Trac:
Invalid HTML generated for forums list
6 years ago
Created a topic, Goals feature no longer available, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The Goals feature is no longer available in MailChimp …
6 years ago
Created a topic, v 4.4.3 commercial in the admin notice, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WordPress admin notifications clutter the interface en…
6 years ago
Created a topic, Did the job well, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I started with the free version and then upgraded to t…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Credit Card Payments fail – On going requests error and retries exhausted, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@madeincosmos, I was experiencing similar problems as others described here. As I tried to track…
6 years ago
Created a topic, Saved the day more than once, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've had a number of times when one of my sites was ge…
7 years ago
Created a topic, Concerned about security, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I recently received this e-mail from WP Time Capsule: …
7 years ago
Posted a reply to Enable Stripe Checkout: any advantage?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think it makes the checkout page feel a little cleaner and a nicer experience…
7 years ago
Posted a reply to Safari issue on MacOSX when adding a variable product to cart., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can verify that this fixed the double quantity and only the last item added…
7 years ago
Posted a reply to Turn off PayPal guest checkout, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Perfect. Thank you!
8 years ago
Created a topic, Turn off PayPal guest checkout, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is it possible to turn off PayPal guest checkout so th…
8 years ago
Posted a reply to Move paypal Express button to checkout page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is a PayPal Mark option in the settings that will include it on the…
8 years ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error: Class ‘Tribe__PUE__Package_Handler’ not found, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@pimmytizzle, Try visiting your WordPress Settings --> Permalinks page once and then see if your…
8 years ago
Posted a reply to v3.0.4 breaks checkout button “DEVELOPERS: xxx”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry, @royho, our posts crossed. I just downloaded it again and it did fix the…
8 years ago
Posted a reply to v3.0.4 breaks checkout button “DEVELOPERS: xxx”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Verifying that I'm seeing what appears to be the same problem. I filed an issue…
8 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post 2FA! 2FA! 2FA!, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The regular username / password login can be reset by e-mail as a fallback. A…
9 years ago
Created ticket #35031 on Core Trac:
wp_old_slug_redirect() in 4.4 redirecting existing posts
9 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.4: What’s on your wishlist?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'd also love to see the multiple roles per user that is already under the…
9 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post REST API: Who’s Using This Thing?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We're using the API to integrate a custom Rails app with our users and data…
9 years ago
Registered to attend WordCamp San Francisco 2014
10 years ago
Created ticket #2668 on bbPress Trac:
Importing from bbPress 1.x does not import favorites
10 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Grand Rapids 2013
11 years ago
Committed [385022] to Plugins SVN:
First upload to plugin repository
13 years ago

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