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thatgrrl

@thatgrrl Barrie, Ontario joined Nov 2005

laurabrown.ca

    Bio

    Urban explorer, ASCII artist, directory editor, creative web publisher and web writer since 1996.

    WordPress Origin Story

    I was a devoted Movable Type blogger. Then MT changed their policy and ended the free ride. Understandable, even then when most things were free online. I reluctantly changed to WordPress. Don’t think I became a WP fan right away. I also tried GreyMatter, Melody (when it came along) and of course I already knew Blogger (Blogspot) well. However, no matter which other CMS I worked with I came back to WordPress because WP has the community support. This means it has the features, the plugins and the help when you look online for solutions. I began creating my own sites in 1998. Most of that time I’ve been using WordPress, but I still do it my own way.
    Update for 2022 – These days I run ClassicPress, a WP fork. More than two years with ClassicPress now. I won’t go back to WP and all its blocks.

    Recent impact

    Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

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    April 2024
    Apr 17 Wed · 21:44
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    Created a topic, Works Great!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I've sent two newsletters now. Works great with all th…
    February 2023
    Feb 11 Sat · 06:16
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    Created a topic, This Worked When Nothing Else Did! Thank You!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Something caused all the media/ image links on the sit…
    May 2022
    May 19 Thu · 17:01
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    Created a topic, Long Time Plugin User, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It works. There isn't more I need to say. Other than, …
    October 2021
    Oct 05 Tue · 15:18
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    Created a topic, Thank You, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Worked easily and did what I hoped it would do.Thank y…
    August 2020
    Aug 11 Tue · 20:21
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    Created a topic, Easy to Figure Out, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Easy to set up, figure out and start using. I especial…
    January 2018
    Jan 31 Wed · 23:41
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    Created a topic, Not Connecting to Amazon Port, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    HTTP Request failed!cURL error 7: Failed to connect to…
    November 2017
    Nov 16 Thu · 22:14
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    Created a topic, Add Colour to Post Background, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    TinyMCE Advanced brought back the option to add colour…
    Nov 15 Wed · 20:52
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    Created a topic, Still works in 2017., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Add one character at the start of the ASCII art to kee…
    Nov 15 Wed · 04:02
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    Created a topic, Not for Everyone, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This plugin does clean things up. But, if you don't kn…
    Nov 13 Mon · 22:14
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    Created a topic, Thank you, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Quite happy with this plugin. Save me from spending fa…