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Bio

I provide practical no-nonsense advice on project management and business development to businesses in Springfield Missouri, Southwest Missouri, and beyond. I’m also Director of Communications at The Diocese of West Missouri.

I occasionally customize WordPress Themes for my customers and myself.

Interests

hiking, backpacking, camping, kayaking, photography

WordPress Origin Story

I started blogging on WordPress.com as a way of sharing my photography and activities with my dispersed family and friends. The lack of customization available in WordPress.com (this was back in 2008) and the introduction of adverts in posts made me look for an alternate hosting platform. I taught myself how to produce child themes, and now self-host several WordPress-based websites.

My personal blog can be found at http://www.breakfastinamerica.me

  • Member Since: September 4th, 2011
  • Location: Springfield, Missouri, USA
  • Website: barefootbusinessman.net
  • Job Title: Owner
  • Employer: Davis-Allman LLC
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  • Posted a reply to Plugin causing site performance issues after WordPress 6.4 Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @beautyofcode The message: Your customers cannot use Stripe on checkout, because we couldn’t connect to…

  • Posted a reply to Plugin causing site performance issues after WordPress 6.4 Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Additional Notes: We have checked the account keys and they are present and correct. Attempting…

  • Created a topic, Plugin causing site performance issues after WordPress 6.4 Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    After updating our site to WP 6.4 the following messag…

  • Created a topic, Ruined by extra features and bloat, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It works fine if you don't mind the bloat. But it used…

  • Created a topic, Jetpack Classic Slideshow broken layout after update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I use the classic Slideshow with CSS mods to add a whi…

  • Posted a reply to Slide Gallery now forcing black background, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Many thanks to the Jetpack Team for helping me and coming up with this workaround,…

  • Posted a reply to Slide Gallery now forcing black background, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @jenhooks D'oh! Incognito browser fixed it. Support ticket submitted. Thanks!

  • Posted a reply to Slide Gallery now forcing black background, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @jenhooks That link appears to be a default search link, I couldn't find any way…

  • Created a topic, Slide Gallery now forcing black background, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I only noticed this after I updated my WordPress Versi…

  • Posted a reply to Fatal Error in line 494 (php 5.6.27), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Sorry for the lack of response. I probably have auto-updates turned on in various plugins…

  • Created a topic, Fatal Error in line 494 (php 5.6.27), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Fatal error: Default value for parameters with a class…

  • Posted a reply to Is it possible to combine separate galleries on a single page?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I've been using the Simple Lightbox plugin (highly recommended) for many years to do just…

  • Posted a reply to If I could test it for free I’d probably buy it, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @muchfun I wrote the review five months ago, so I can't remember the exact logic…

  • Created a topic, It’s an easy to use, set and forget plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It just works. It's an easy to use, set and forget plu…

  • Created a topic, Not good enough, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I tried this plugin on WordPress 5.1.1. In my tests, …

  • Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Navigation menu block design, on the site Make WordPress Design:
    Upvote on this. The current menu editor with drag and drop makes adding and rearranging…

  • Created a topic, I was skeptical, but it’s true — Astra IS good, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm old school and prefer my own Child Themes and CSS …

  • Posted a reply to Are you listening?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The answer is no. I reported the main UI issues that people are having now…

  • Posted a reply to Pasting text removes spacing between words, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Same issue when pasting from MS OneNote.

  • Created a topic, If I could test it for free I’d probably buy it, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    But I cannot find any way of downloading the LR plugin…

  • Posted a reply to Tiled Gallery Feature, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Excellent advice Dale. Thanks. I'm following this thread. Hopefully, someone will update this thread when…

  • Posted a reply to Worked well, but the jury is still out on version 7., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Review updated -- thanks for the very fast feedback. I've now been able to find…

  • Created a topic, Worked well, but the jury is still out on version 7., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I run both the free and the paid for version of Wordfe…

  • Posted a reply to Header image pixelated on mobile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I have the exact same issue. Installing Retina does not fix it. Further investigation shows…

  • Posted a reply to Restored did not restore the latest versions of my files, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for letting me know, it's good to know that you've been able to locate…

  • Posted a reply to Restored did not restore the latest versions of my files, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for getting back to me. I restored to the latest back-up point 11/27/17. The…

  • Posted a reply to An example of everything that is wrong with user interface design today, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Swatches: for colors, so that the user can create a repeatable palette of colors. With…

  • Created a topic, Restored did not restore the latest versions of my files, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The best test of any backup software is having to rest…

  • Posted a reply to v1.20 won’t load child theme CSS, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Anders - thanks for such a quick response! However, I'm not sure that I follow…

  • Posted a reply to v1.20 won’t load child theme CSS, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I tried just replacing the functions.php file with the previous version (it was the only…

  • Posted a reply to v1.20 won’t load child theme CSS, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    What Henrique said. This update has totally trashed my Child theme ... I thought I…

  • Posted a reply to An example of everything that is wrong with user interface design today, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    And another suggestion. Color, font, and font size 'swatches' would also aid repeatability/consistency. Almost CSS…

  • Posted a reply to An example of everything that is wrong with user interface design today, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Here's another suggestion. Adjusting the width of blocks - using a %age slider would allow…

  • Posted a reply to An example of everything that is wrong with user interface design today, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for responding. I don't have a simple solution to the usability and over-simplification problems…

  • Created a topic, An example of everything that is wrong with user interface design today, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I set myself the simple task of creating a post with t…

  • Posted a reply to Slider as header image – How??, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @homeworkdesign Point 1: Delete the following two lines from the code you posted: <?php the_custom_header_markup();…

  • Posted a reply to Retain Tiled galleries; stop Photon serving any other images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    That's a great link, and it's enabled me to disable Photon -- as I can…

  • Posted a reply to full width blog, images/galleries stuck at 525/740, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I have managed to get text area wider, and I have managed to get the…

  • Posted a reply to Retain Tiled galleries; stop Photon serving any other images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    To save some time to with the above link, to see the issue scroll to…

  • Created a topic, Retain Tiled galleries; stop Photon serving any other images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I didn't even know I'd enabled Photon, I am going to h…