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Monster Trucks, The Web, Tractor Pulling, Cars, the Outdoors!

WordPress Origin Story

I had a good bit of experience running a web hosting operation and was using Pligg as my CMS. An acquaintance called me from an airport requesting I make a few changes on his WordPress based website and in 15 minutes he walked me through the login and dashboard then boarded his flight.

When he landed an hour or so later I was done with his changes and he was ready to go into his meeting.

I moved on to running Pligg/WordPress hybrids and then discovered WordPress could easily take the place of Pligg (as I used it anyway) by using a few plugins and never looked back.

I’ve worked with content aggregation, syndication, and multisite extensively since then.

Contributions

JNashHawkins contributes 7 hours per week to the Support team.

  • Member Since: April 29th, 2014
  • Location: Middletown, Va.
  • Website: GuidedWP.com
  • Job Title: Owner
  • Employer: Paradigm Domains
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  • Posted a reply to Site is not opening, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I think you need to go back to your host (Hostgator?) as the DNS for…

  • Posted a reply to My site does not appear correctly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'd lose the google script for a bit that's showing at the top of your…

  • Posted a reply to I want to change wordpress version info to 10.8 instead of 5.8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'd add some kind of 'funny text' (ie. For the Chromebook) to the 'number' just…

  • Posted a reply to Collecting data and linking users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Sounds like a search engine or dating app!

  • Posted a reply to Creating One Page from HTTPS to HTTP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Your whole site is either secure' or not. To render a page with HTTP instead…

  • Posted a reply to RSS Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The website your WordPress-powered site is running on doesn't work yet. So there is no…

  • Posted a reply to 301 redirect issue on my blog, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The 'www' service name is a 'A' record in DNS and it does seem to…

  • Posted a reply to Fatal Error (complete lockout) after plugin-updates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It looks like you need to disable this plugin... wpml-translation-management You'll want to navigate via…

  • Posted a reply to WordPress will not display through VPN, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Sounds like some kind of addressing problem that appears at the VPN. I'd ask the…

  • Posted a reply to I can not edit my website on wordpress 5.8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    You probably should call Godaddy. They might be able to help you quickest.

  • Posted a reply to Website & WP Dashboard crashing randomly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Ask your host for some help on this one. It's very unlikely that anything else…

  • Posted a reply to Facing Issue with Plugins and the Core WordPress Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Urgent? You might want to ask for help from your theme designer, WooCommerce Support, or…

  • Posted a reply to WordPress Apps, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I can't think of any reason that wouldn't work except for a problem with the…

  • Posted a reply to One article multiple URLs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Why do you think that is strange? Did you create 'just one' of the example…

  • Posted a reply to Image turns out to be blank not accessible on second site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I don't see any broken image links.

  • Posted a reply to Whole Website has gone to Pieces after Transferring Hosting, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I see the site as being hosted by GoDaddy. Is that right? I'd double-check the…

  • Posted a reply to I can’t access my wp-admin page or wp-login.php to log into the dashboard, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Try renaming the theme or child theme via the hosting control panel if you have…

  • Posted a reply to I am seeing a strange error in my wordpress site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Looks fine to me... So, I imagine you fixed the problem. Anyway, I enjoyed your…

  • Posted a reply to Unhandled Promise Rejection: Error: Invalid site key or not loaded in api.js, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    There isn't any native 'ReCaptcha' in WordPress... Try contacting the ReCaptcha vendor for help with…

  • Posted a reply to Cannot access Network Admin section of WP Multisite, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Turn off the Proxy service at Cloudflare temporarily but it is probably the htaccess file…

  • Posted a reply to WordPress on Yahoo Small Business – Index.php folder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Quick fix - delete your htaccess file and regenerate it via setting the Permalinks page…

  • Posted a reply to .htaccess inside my plugin directory, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    You'll want to consult the documentation for whatever OS and webserver you might be running.

  • Posted a reply to Genesis Framework Magazine Pro Theme Menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    That appears to be a commercial theme... You'll probably need to contact the author for…

  • Posted a reply to IF host images in S3 will it be cached by Cloudfront?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    WordPress doesn't control that activity.

  • Posted a reply to WP Query slows down extremly when using more than 7 meta_queries, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Buy a better, faster host? There's a limit to what you can expect from any…

  • Posted a reply to Editing CSS, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Add that to custom CSS!

  • Posted a reply to Moving website from localhost to Bluehost, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    You'll need to ask Bluehost how to upload files to their staging host or system.

  • Posted a reply to disable sticky menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I do wish your theme author would help you with a hint or two of…

  • Posted a reply to disable sticky menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    That seems to be a commercial theme... From ThemeForest! You'll need to ask them for…

  • Posted a reply to Your site may not be ready for Site Kit, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'd recommend going back to whoever provided this 'site kit' thing (is it a plugin?)…

  • Posted a reply to website crashed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Probably the best place to ask would be your web host.

  • Posted a reply to Page links not loading when logged out of WP admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yeah, I'd try a server elsewhere at this point.

  • Posted a reply to How to customize the template at blog.php in astra child theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    One of my old tricks was to write the word 'here' shortly after the body…

  • Posted a reply to multisite non www links redirects to main site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I would have looked but you forgot to include the link to your actual site!…

  • Posted a reply to Blocked two sites trying to move worpress to root, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Seems the WordPress is working but whatever Prestashop is isn't working... So maybe your web…

  • Posted a reply to Pwa, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm wondering what pwa is? Something new in WordPress they didn't tell me about?

  • Posted a reply to Linking to PDF which is not displaying correctly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The pdf 'download link' seems to work for me. And the file displays just fine.

  • Posted a reply to double link of website problem, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I don't see any problem either but I love the picture of those cats and…

  • Posted a reply to Problem With My RSS Feed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    That server acts like it is fast enough but may be blocking anything other than…

  • Posted a reply to Recovering a lost site?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Your website opens fine for me but is being hosted by WordPress dot com... Regardless…

  • Posted a reply to Just converted to Multisite: where subdomains are located?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    From what I see now things look right. I see the subsite on the subdomain.…

  • Posted a reply to Just converted to Multisite: where subdomains are located?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Multisite WordPress doesn't create sub-directories or anything within the file system to distinguish locations for…

  • Wrote a comment on the post Experiment: A Public Channel for All Team Reps, on the site Team Updates:
    Well, it sounds a slight bit exclusionary but that might be needed at that. You…

  • Posted a reply to 2 websites in same wordpress without multisite, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    You might try pointing a domain at a single page, tag, or category. Anything else…

  • Posted a reply to Redirect my site page in a Network, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This site provides a tool to help you generate redirect code... https://www.rapidtables.com/web/tools/redirect-generator.html

  • Posted a reply to .htaccess question, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Always keep a good backup of everything and double-check those backups before upgrading but the…

  • Posted a reply to Same Email address for Multiple Users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm still using this plugin on both of my multisites https://wordpress.org/plugins/allow-multiple-accounts/ Works fine for me...

  • Posted a reply to Wenbsite login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Try typing in the URL then adding /admin/ to the URL... You should get a…

  • Posted a reply to Unknown URL opens at Google Search instead of my site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It appears your site might have been hacked or has malware... That's according to Sucuri's…

  • Posted a reply to Reward Video Ads, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    You might just try that plugin because it might work, you might be able to…