Bio/Description
WordPress Origin Story
I was a software engineer/engineering manager in Silicon Valley for about 15 years before seizing on web development in 1995 as a way to escape the big city. I embraced PHP/MySQL in 2001, when PHP-Nuke was about the only CMS around. It wasn’t what I needed for my small business clients so I built my “McWebby” CMS from scratch over the next few years. Around 2005-06 I tried Drupal and Joomla, but hated the admin interface for both. By 2010 it was clear that I couldn’t keep adding features and supporting McWebby forever, so I did another review of my options and found that WordPress had evolved into a full-fledged CMS. Frankly hated it at first because the model was very different from my own 
but over the years I haven’t found anything I can’t implement with WordPress. I’m hooked.
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Created a topic, super simple and works, on the site WordPress Support Forums
2 months ago
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Posted a reply to "GCE 2.1.0 now updated for GCal API v3", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
@jojaba I ran into the same problem with the patch for 0.7. The problem is…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to "GCE 2.1.0 now updated for GCal API v3", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
@EvilAxel: @mthoney posted a fix for 0.7.x in the previous thread. It worked for me…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to "GCal API update on Nov 17", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
@lisa thirdside, the "fix" that Phil posted is actually the default way to embed a…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to "GCal API update on Nov 17", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
@mthoney thanks for the fix! It worked great on two sites. On a 3rd site…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to "Media-Tags 3.3 Beta A", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Just tried it on a WP 4.0 site with some media tags set. When I…5 months ago
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Posted a reply to "Error: Non-static method WP_Hotfix_Controller::init() should not be...", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
need a hotfix for hotfix! this is a real pain5 months ago
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Posted a reply to "Media-Tags 3.3 Beta A", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Thanks for sharing the 3.3 Beta. I just tested it on WP 4.0. After activating…6 months ago
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Posted a reply to "Media-Tags 3.3 Beta A", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Thanks for the update, Paul! I've used Media Tags on several sites over the past…6 months ago
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Posted a reply to "need option to see generated password", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Onlookers and malware are threats that I can control. I work in a secured environment,…6 months ago
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Posted a reply to "Are you using the "Event Display Builder"?", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Thanks, Phil, looking forward to the new version when it's ready!6 months ago
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Posted a reply to "Are you using the "Event Display Builder"?", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
And finally, on a 3rd site I used the same list code as for the…7 months ago
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Posted a reply to "Are you using the "Event Display Builder"?", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I also edited the display code for the small grid in the sidebar here: http://www.cedarwoodschool.org/calendar/…7 months ago
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Posted a reply to "Are you using the "Event Display Builder"?", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I'm using the following code for event lists here http://www.corvalliswaldorfschool.org/calendar/upcoming-activities-and-events/ and here http://www.cedarwoodschool.org/calendar/. Note that…7 months ago
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Created a topic, need option to see generated password, on the site WordPress Support Forums
7 months ago
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Posted a reply to "well-crafted and easy to use", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Thank YOU, Phil! I have Simple Stripe Checkout running on two websites now, with several…7 months ago
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Created a topic, huge productivity multiplier, on the site WordPress Support Forums
7 months ago
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Posted a reply to "My error log is filling up w a "non-object" PHP Notice", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I don't know either but it's driving me nuts! Getting dozens of these daily. [27-Jul-2014…7 months ago
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Created a topic, well-crafted and easy to use, on the site WordPress Support Forums
7 months ago
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Posted a reply to "Great plugin, but not fully documented", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Regine, I had the same problem with the names. I was able to find them…10 months ago
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Posted a reply to "Name of custom icons", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Thanks to @wdesousa for answering this question in a different thread (http://wordpress.org/support/topic/icons-ecast-hosed): As to icon…10 months ago
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Posted a reply to "Name of custom icons", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Regine, I'm baffled too! I found no clues in the plugin code. I found some…10 months ago
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Created a topic, error messages on Users admin page, on the site WordPress Support Forums
10 months ago
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Created a topic, an essential plugin, on the site WordPress Support Forums
11 months ago
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Created a topic, works great; easy for clients to use, on the site WordPress Support Forums
11 months ago
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Created a topic, works great; easy for clients to use, on the site WordPress Support Forums
11 months ago
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Posted a reply to "Do Not Use!", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
You may want to consider finding a hosting company that is less restrictive or has…11 months ago
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Created a topic, works well; wish I could get image ID, on the site WordPress Support Forums
11 months ago
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Created a topic, plugin conflict: Categories Images & Ajax Thumbnail Rebuild, on the site WordPress Support Forums
11 months ago
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Created a topic, media loader needs updating, on the site WordPress Support Forums
11 months ago
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Replied to an idea, Built in tags (or categories) for media files.
11 months ago
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Created a topic, very simple, non-intrusive, works well, on the site WordPress Support Forums
1 year ago
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Created a topic, very easy and no more spam!, on the site WordPress Support Forums
1 year ago
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Posted a reply to "PHP Notices (with WP_DEBUG on)", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Likewise I had to go edit the plugin code to fix errors that were appearing…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to "how to de-activate post locking in Wp 3.6??", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Okay, the code snippet didn't work for me. The plugin works but it completely removes…1 year ago
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Created a topic, works but doesn't warn, on the site WordPress Support Forums
1 year ago
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Posted a reply to "how to de-activate post locking in Wp 3.6??", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Thanks esmi! I see that there are two fixes suggested on that page: - a…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to "how to de-activate post locking in Wp 3.6??", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Likewise it is driving me crazy. I have a number of clients who are located…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to "how to add a "show all categories" option to the legend?", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Thanks, Andy, that answers my question. Much obliged.1 year ago
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Created a topic, very easy and works well, on the site WordPress Support Forums
1 year ago
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Posted a reply to "how to add a "show all categories" option to the legend?", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Thanks, Andy! I was hoping to add another box like the category boxes, but that…1 year ago
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Created a topic, how to add a "show all categories" option to the legend?, on the site WordPress Support Forums
1 year ago
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Created a topic, works, on the site WordPress Support Forums
2 years ago
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Created a topic, Error "Missing argument 1 for WP_Http_Cookie", on the site WordPress Support Forums
2 years ago
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Posted a reply to "works well on both Dropbox and Amazon S3", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Thanks, Caspar. Appreciate all your hard work on BWPU, and thanks for making it available…2 years ago
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Created a topic, works well on both Dropbox and Amazon S3, on the site WordPress Support Forums
2 years ago
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Posted a reply to "Fatal error 3.0.8 to 3.0.10", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Another site bitten by this ... new client and the idea was to do a…2 years ago
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Created a topic, very easy and works well, on the site WordPress Support Forums
2 years ago
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Created a topic, it's replaced my custom code as well as other metabox plugins, on the site WordPress Support Forums
2 years ago
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Created a topic, wonderful and so easy!, on the site WordPress Support Forums
2 years ago
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Google Calendar Events
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Simple Stripe Checkout
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WordPress SEO by Yoast
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PIKLIST | Rapid development framework
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Google Analytics by Yoast
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Post Types Order
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Advanced Custom Fields
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Enable Media Replace
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Relevanssi - A Better Search
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BackWPup Free - WordPress Backup Plugin
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Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order
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WP Migrate DB
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MCE Table Buttons
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Simple Sitemap
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AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild
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Media Tags
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Cookies for Comments
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Duplicate Post
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Admin Quick Jump
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Members
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Hotfix
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Gravity Forms - Placeholders add-on
