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In 2006 I started a freelancing agency helping people learn how to manage their own website. I was already somewhat involved with phpBB forum development but was looking for an easy to use platform for my clients to use for managing their websites. After testing multiple platforms including Drupal and Joomla I decided WordPress was the easiest to get around it therefore making it the easiest to teach others. Another WordPress developer was born. Today I work on maintenance tasks more than full development but I do enjoy full development as well and look for opportunities to develop new WordPress sites all the time.

  • Member Since: July 17th, 2018
  • Location: Chicago
  • Job Title: Web Development Strategist
  • Employer: Binary Web
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  • Posted a reply to WordPress Admin Login Problems, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    You may want to try calling your host. It might be a problem with the…

  • Posted a reply to Unable to log in to edit website, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Is this your site? If not, you need to contact the website owner for help.…

  • Posted a reply to Unable to log in to edit website, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Can you reset the password using the Reset password link on wp-login.php?

  • Posted a reply to Admin Avatar, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    There is also this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-avatar/ Although, I have never used it. Hope that helps!

  • Posted a reply to Parent and child accounts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    You would need to use a user groups plugin such as https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-groups/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/groups/ Hope this…

  • Posted a reply to Admin Avatar, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    WP avatars are all set through gravatar.com. You will need to set up a gravatar.com…

  • Posted a reply to Very slow domain after migration and update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Query Monitor is only to help you determine what is causing the slowness. SuperCache could…

  • Posted a reply to How can I disallow pages being shown on google even if it ignores robots.txt?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It is unlikely that Google is ignoring your robots.txt but if you have discourage search…

  • Posted a reply to All User Forms appearing under footer!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It looks to me like there could be a plugin conflicting with your theme.... or…

  • Posted a reply to WordPress deleting posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @binarywc, here, from my other account. happy to see you nailed down the problem! please…

  • Posted a reply to backup.php processes overloading site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Best if you get help from updraft support if you’re still experiencing issues.

  • Posted a reply to Theme vs Child Theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The custom functions plugin i suggested actually is one of the few that I have…

  • Posted a reply to Theme vs Child Theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Actually, that's the whole point of the plugin I suggested. Enough users did not have…

  • Posted a reply to Theme vs Child Theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Sorry, I did not realize that tagging people once could be considered notification abuse. That…

  • Posted a reply to Theme vs Child Theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @jdembowski, Interesting you are the first one to say my advice is not good. I've…

  • Posted a reply to Theme vs Child Theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Personally, I would not use a child theme unless you really have to. (This comes…

  • Posted a reply to backup.php processes overloading site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This sounds like a problem with a backup plugin the problem is most of the…

  • Posted a reply to Remove Link to Previous Post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I just took a look after getting some rest and realized what I was missing!…

  • Posted a reply to How to give a user role (permission) only for posts and comments ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    My pleasure. Feel free to ask for help any time. That is what the board…

  • Posted a reply to How can I generate security code for woocommerce checkout?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Ah, nice. Personally, I would place that in a custom plugin. That way if you…

  • Posted a reply to Remove Link to Previous Post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hmmm. I just looked at the link again and I do not see any link…

  • Posted a reply to How can I generate security code for woocommerce checkout?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yes, I do not know of anything that already exists that'll do what you need....…

  • Posted a reply to How can I generate security code for woocommerce checkout?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Honestly, this sounds like it may require a custom plugin.

  • Posted a reply to How to give a user role (permission) only for posts and comments ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    User role editor will help you edit current roles and add new ones... https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/ I…

  • Posted a reply to How to insert massive images to the WordPress media library via urls?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    There are a few plugins to help you compress your images. https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/ These are…

  • Posted a reply to Remove Link to Previous Post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Looks like you found the solution. If not, there are a couple ways this can…

  • Posted a reply to Woocommere automatically writes “pages” twice, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Frank, @optimizingmatters, I'm sorry. my intent was not to say that Autoptimize does page caching...…

  • Posted a reply to Woocommere automatically writes “pages” twice, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It looks like there is a problem with the php code in your theme. check…

  • Posted a reply to Email address not recognized, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Are you familiar with phpMyAdmin? You can always go in the users table and change…