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Ron the Web Guy

@ronthewebguy on WordPress.org, @Ron the Web Guy on Slack

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Back in 1995 – I taught myself how to code websites and by February of 1996 I launched 2 websites. One was a database driven Real Estate website (1st of it’s kind in Eastern WA) and the other was selling used Land Cruiser and Jeep parts. For those that remember those days… This was done on old school 28.8 dial-up modems and using only NotePad on Windows 3.1 – LOL!

After such: I was hooked on coding websites and marketing online so I bought thousands of dollars worth of actual books (this was before digital books were mainstream) – I also physically (before online training was mainstream) went to many training events/seminars all over the West Coast.

My desire and dedication to learn more about the web and eCommerce grew into me creating and launching a full on eCommerce website that was eventually sold to a competitor… PLUS my desire and dedication to learn more about web development and eCommerce landed me some cool jobs at many companies such as Microsoft and Samsung!

Fast forward 22+ years and I have built/edited/managed numerous websites for companies such as: Microsoft, Samsung, T-Mobile, Car Toys, Just Differentials, ProActive Gears and many more.

  • Member Since: May 10th, 2018
  • Location: Roslyn, WA
  • Website: ronthewebguy.com
  • Employer: Ron the Web Guy
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  • Created a topic, Your Site is Experiencing a Technical Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Security by CleanTalk (version 2.142) Error Details…

  • Created a topic, Dashboard blank after recent update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Clarity was setup and working great until updating to:…

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    Started using Spectra a few months ago and it was a li…

  • Posted a reply to Rotating notifications?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you for the reply @swathiswpfront Maybe this could be added to a future update.…

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    The free version of this notification bar is darn good…

  • Posted a reply to Is the redirection plugin required?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @crossi72 - Thanks. I will check it out next week and let you know.

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    Wish I knew about this plugin a while ago. The free Mi…

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    @crossi72 - I am using Beaver Builder on this particular project. What is the ETA…

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    Is the redirection plugin (shown on the Phoenix Media …

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    Great plugin. Saves me lots of time and also allows my…

  • Posted a reply to How to remove “Blaze” option from page/post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @mburtoncgi - I didn't submit a request for this. Sorry. Please free to do such.

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    This plugin is saving me so much time with WooCommerce…

  • Posted a reply to How to remove “Blaze” option from page/post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Except that I manage numerous websites and the last thing I want to do is…

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    I don't want nor do my clients need the Blaze option f…

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    CleanTalk Cron job. ct_mail_send_connection_report_IS_NOT_EXISTS - error for me as well

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    I am having the same issue on websites with HubSpot plugin

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    I am migrating my websites from one webhost to another…

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    @bornforphp apologies - your message about ignoring the warning didn't show up until after I…

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    @bornforphp - Deactivating the Google Site Kit plugin is not an option. It does way…

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    Interesting... This just showed up on my site: Warning: The installed version of WP-Optimize Premium…

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    @bornforphp - what code are you referring to? The Google tracking code? The main part…

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    @bornforphp - yes: that is how I determined there was a conflict with the Google…

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    I've been using WP-Optimize Premium and the Google Sit…

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    LOL! - Never fails. As soon as I post a "how to?" question I figure…

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    That would make sense. Thank you.

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    Between the dashboard/settings and the website giving …

  • Posted a reply to [Jetpack by WordPress.com] 404 pages found at Gtmetrix, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Apologies @tobifjellner – My bad for not remembering such. Thank you for the reminder. 🙂

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