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@adiant windermere, edmonton, alberta, canada joined Dec 2008

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I have an early (1974) Computer Science degree from UBC in Vancouver, Canada, and spent my career in one area or another of Computing, as programmer, technical support, systems analyst, technical writer and manager. Since retiring in 2007, I have shifted my attention to web sites, adopting WordPress as my standard platform in 2008. Including a WordCamp session and answering more then 3500 Support forum posts.

WordPress Origin Story

Shortly after I retired in 2007, I asked to join the Edmonton Broadcasters Club, and was immediately assigned to take over their web site. Searching for a database-driven approach that allowed me to separate the data from its presentation (in WordPress, a Theme), I passed by WordPress as simply a blogging system, and ended up with Etomite. It took me several months of heavy duty coding to get a basic web site. A year later, seeing what a retired Edmonton DJ had done with WordPress, I discovered how much of what I had to build myself in Etomite was built into WordPress.

Except for a phpBB forum I built for a friend in 2007, everything I’ve done since late 2008 has been with WordPress.

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September 2024
Sep 08 Sun · 20:49
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Posted a reply to So… Is it abandoned?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
OK, I have a second Beta for you, based on your suggestions and issues revealed…
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Aug 31 Sat · 00:14
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Posted a reply to So… Is it abandoned?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
OK, I have reviewed what you have suggested, and I do like it. But I…
Aug 28 Wed · 13:52
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Let me thoroughly review what you have said, and think through how best to accomplish…
Aug 15 Thu · 14:18
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Thank you again for being willing to help.
Aug 13 Tue · 14:16
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You can now download it as a ZIP file at https://installactivatego.com/jonradio-reveal-network-activated-plugins.v4beta.zipNo hurry on testing, but…
Aug 12 Mon · 23:05
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After looking in depth at both of these errors, I realized how much code was…
Aug 05 Mon · 19:18
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I am able to replicate the error message that you are getting. But I'm also…
Aug 05 Mon · 14:30
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Posted a reply to Enhancements: export settings – grey out uninstalled, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Two great suggestions! Once I get the current version working without any error messages, I'll…
Aug 05 Mon · 14:26
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Posted a reply to So… Is it abandoned?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Exactly the feedback I am looking for! I'll look into that right away.
Aug 05 Mon · 02:35
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I just released Version 3.2 which addresses the Deprecated messages.