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My name is David, and I am a WordPress support professional and writer.
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Speaking
I speak on a wide range of topics, from WordPress developer, customer success to remote working.
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What is your #1 tip for businesses going digital?
Get involved with the WordPress community and commit to the Five for the Future initiative to give back to WordPress what it gives to you as a business. And it doesn’t have to mean doing anything with code – just being able to write documentation, translate a language or edit a video is all it takes to take part. And, you can learn so much…
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How to get free AAA games for PC and Mac
There are open-source and free-to-play games available that cost nothing (up-front anyway), such as Fortnite. However, what about those AAA games, that have an up-front costs. How can you get those for free?
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How to update the firmware on a UniFi Travel Router
When travelling, whether for work or pleasure, having a compact travel router can be a real benefit. The idea is that they connect to the local Wi-Fi, or Ethernet, and then create it’s own, Wi-Fi signal for your devices. Apart from it being more secure, you can set it up with the same SSID as your home network, which means that all your devices…
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WordPress plugins and the removal of features
A recent discussion on Reddit was about shaming plugin developers who offer free features and then take them away (with the assumption being that they make them part of the paid-for version). Now, I don’t agree with shaming, but I don’t think it’s a great policy. As a site owner, if I’d spent some time looking for the best plugin, implementing it and integrating…
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Mole and eMon – the forgotten support software at Boots
Back in the early/mid-1990s I’d been working on the IT (then IS) Help Desk at Boots the Chemist, supporting store’s POS (Point of Sale) systems. After a few years, my existing development chops were recognised and I was moved away to a more technical support team, where I would be helping to create support tools, as well as make fixed and minor enhancements to…
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