About

WordPress and I

I joined the WordPress Revolution with version 2.65 (Tyner). I had never seen anything like it before.

I fell in love with it almost immediately, started building countless sites for myself and my friends, and now they call me “The Guru”. That’s nice!

I’m online since 1996 when I bought my first Dr. Neuhaus Modem and a Compuserve account with 2MB of webspace. Soon after in 1998 I registered my first domain. I had my head filled with early HTML and JavaScript to build my project, but to be really honest I’m a creative guy – I’m not a coder.

When I discovered WordPress it spoke to me on so many levels: ease of use, layout, creativity, price tag, expandability with plugins, the Open Source phenomenon and the rockstars that develop it. I could go on and on.

Back then I had a few static sites that were a nightmare to update – so they always fell behind and looked outated. I also had plenty of ideas for other web projects but I shyed away from buidling those becasue of my past experiences with static webistes and the amount of time and work it would require.

What I needed was something very simple, using a back-end interface that allowed me to update content if and when I saw fit – from any computer in the world. WordPress answered all my questions and more.

… and then I started playing with Servers

My exciting journey started with a single shared hosting package, then another one, then another one. It soon became clear to me that this was going to be rather expensive so I got myself a scary Virtual Server in 2008.

With all my traffic combined, this underpowered VPS soon collapsed and crashed at least twice a day. The only way out was an even more expensive and even scarier Dedicated Server. I could only afford that by selling portoins of it to other people who also wanted a website.

I keep learning all the time, and because it’s happening on my own terms, I’m really enjoying it. There’s always something new, something else, something I didn’t know existed.

About this Website

When I started this site I used it as an online notepad to jot things down quickly so I wouldn’t forget: WordPress intricacies, functionality, server issues, themes, plugins and anything that’s related to running your site successfully using our favourite CMS.

I soon realised that WordPress needs a rich and rather complicated environment to live and breath in – so I quickly became consumed by all aspects of PHP, MySQL and Linux servers.

I’m still on this journey, and the focus is still WordPress and how to operate it, but it’s slowly growing into all aspects that let WordPress run and operate at is best.

I hear that my advice is often helpful to people – which is why I make those answers public and shareable so we can all benefit. That’s why friends call me “The WordPress Guru”

Over time I’ve added links to purchase Dedicated WordPress Hosting, support on demand and many other options.

If you have any questions, drop me a line or leave a comment, I always appreciate hearing from the community. If you have pressing issues with any aspect of this jungle, you can also book me for a consultation in person or on the phone, or grab some flat rate Emergency Support when your site is down.

Broswe and enjoy this site responsibly