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Many years ago I had a small open source news network on that popular DYI social network platform, after a terms of service change that I just refused to go along with I began looking for an alternative option. After trying several similar platforms that just didn’t live up to their own hype I discovered WordPress and BuddyPress so without knowing anything at all I set out to build my own site.

I soon found that I really enjoyed trying out every plugin and theme I could find, that soon evolved into customizing each and every one of them (just to see if I could) which in turn evolved into writing my own.

It’s now been several years and I still haven’t finished that first site ( because I keep finding new things to learn and try out) but I have gained a AAS in web application development, a wealth of WordPress experience and a full time job working with WordPress and WordPress Network installs (multisite).

  • Member Since: March 9th, 2016
  • Location: Richmond Virginia
  • Job Title: WordPress Developer
  • Employer: Maxx Potential
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  • Created a topic, Background images disappear when logged in, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello, I have an issue where the bakgrund images work …

  • Posted a reply to What is the url of the page where I can update plugins of all my websites?…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello @jriangle just to clarify, you are referring to WordPress Multisite, correct?

  • Posted a reply to User Switching not showing in user section, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Okay, first thing you’re going to want to do is check in your plugins to…

  • Posted a reply to User Switching not showing in user section, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @sillyninja, No, that's not a WordPress feature, it is possible that it's a different plugin…

  • Posted a reply to WordPress admin bar querstion, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @goodlittleboat This is definitely unusual, it appears that your site thinks you (and I for…

  • Posted a reply to User Switching not showing in user section, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello @sillyninja , Do you currently have the User Switching plugin installed and activated?

  • Posted a reply to Deactivate a network-wide-activated Plug-In, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello @benjie93 , This snippet should do the trick, add this to your themes functions.php…

  • Posted a reply to scripts not working on 404.php, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @theobs Is that by any chance a custom 4o4 template? If so make sure you…

  • Posted a reply to Admin page not found after changing WordPress and Site Address in General Settin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @vorti Follow the instructions here to change the urls back to the original values so…

  • Posted a reply to Backdated posts showing up as most recent, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello @above-the-circle It sounds like the blog is sorting post by recently modified instead of…

  • Posted a reply to Recovering old Blog page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello @iedarla Sorry you are having these issues. That appears to be a WordPress.com site…

  • Posted a reply to php only works when i’m logged into wordpress., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @davehb21l6 Glad you got it worked out! Everyone is new at some point. 🙂

  • Posted a reply to php only works when i’m logged into wordpress., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @davehb21l6 Yes, the first would be empty because it has no way of determining the…

  • Posted a reply to php only works when i’m logged into wordpress., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @davehb21l6 Did you try the snippet I posted above? Where the results the same?

  • Posted a reply to Problem with Front Page displaying hard coded content on a static page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @stug2013 O.K, if I am understanding correctly you added 'just testing then will put proper…

  • Posted a reply to php only works when i’m logged into wordpress., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @davehb21l6 to add to @diondesigns comment it is also a little fragile, give this snippet…

  • Posted a reply to php only works when i’m logged into wordpress., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @davehb21l6 It sounds like you may be inside of a conditional checking if the user…

  • Posted a reply to Banner chaning by FTP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @fdsusi Just to add to @macmanx comments above, if you are using CloudFlare you will…

  • Posted a reply to WordPress website broken., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @wpuser299 Go to settings->permalinks and hit save (no need to actually change anything) and see…

  • Posted a reply to WordPress website broken., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @wpuser299 Sorry to hear that, I believe it will be better to use the second…

  • Posted a reply to WordPress website broken., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @wpuser299 Hello, So, it sounds like you have your WordPress files in a directory called…

  • Posted a reply to Cannot locate css/php file as highlighted by inspect element, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @alaninthecity Yes, you have it exactly right above so we just need to know why…

  • Posted a reply to meta description and title not changing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @jhall01 No problem, have a great day!

  • Posted a reply to Cannot locate css/php file as highlighted by inspect element, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @alaninthecity If you deleted the text in the content you don't need to find any…

  • Posted a reply to Cannot locate css/php file as highlighted by inspect element, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    hello @alaninthecity From the front end it looks like it's just content, where did you…

  • Posted a reply to meta description and title not changing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello @jhall01 You said you see no difference in "google search" , that is the…

  • Posted a reply to Error 404 on all category page after put SSL, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello @hot1304 , try going to Settings->Permalinks and hit save, no need to change anything.…

  • Posted a reply to Main Navigation has dropped down into page content, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Agreeing with @jnashhawkins , I checked in Chrome, Safari and Firefox and didn't see and…

  • Posted a reply to Hide an icon in a plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello @kemo006 Addm this bit ot your css and it should do the trick: .mfp-details…

  • Posted a reply to Custom image meta tag for each post (when posting on social media), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Looks good, glad to help.

  • Posted a reply to Custom image meta tag for each post (when posting on social media), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @rebaltica Now for the crashing issue, sometimes when we copy and paste code the quote…

  • Posted a reply to Custom image meta tag for each post (when posting on social media), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello @rebaltica Just thought I would check in and see if you got everything working…

  • Posted a reply to Custom image meta tag for each post (when posting on social media), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    BTW: Above I was assuming you are using a child theme, sorry for not making…

  • Posted a reply to Custom image meta tag for each post (when posting on social media), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    O.k, let's get your the rest of the way. Make sure that your custom filed…

  • Posted a reply to Custom image meta tag for each post (when posting on social media), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello rebaltica, short of writing something custom you could use Advanced Custom Fields plugin to…

  • Posted a reply to Email from WP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Are you thinking newsletter type of thing? People subscribe ant you can sent them updates,…

  • Posted a reply to Slug options on add new post/page not displaying, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glab it works, have a great day. @stuffradio , that was a good call on…

  • Posted a reply to Slug options on add new post/page not displaying, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    In the screenshot you posted there is no title or content, correct?

  • Posted a reply to Slug options on add new post/page not displaying, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Have you saved the post as a draft or published it? The slug option isn't…