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Posted by on Nov 2, 2006 | 4 Comments

Things have been pretty wonky lately as I have been knee deep in a project that means dealing with the wonders and frustrations of servers running WordPress. The thing with WP is that it’s so easy to screw up.

I myself would have dealt with this a whole lot more, had it not been for Mitch coming to the rescue. While he made it clear that he is merely a web hosting guru and not a Web Dev, I would like to go on record right now as saying that he has pulled my WP using butt out of the fire at least 4-6 times now. Even when I don’t remember what I goofed up, he was able to restore things to a working order.

He has a been a huge lifesaver on a project that I have been working on and with any luck, will continue to be there when boneheads such as myself are in need of a little serious assistance.

Actually, perhaps this is something that he could also do for others as a business? Not so much a tech support type of thing, rather a guy who comes along and helps out “ding-dongs” such as myself when they find themselves in a pinch. I really don’t think that at this point his schedule would permit such a thing, but I do beleive that it presents an interesting idea if nothing else…

  • http://wp3.lockergnome.com/nexus/ Sean

    I’ve found that WP is a bit like that old 1970′s TV you might own: When it gets fuzzy, just bang on it a few times and it goes back to normal. WP has so much bubble gum and bandaids holding it all together, that it’s actually pretty resilient.

  • http://www.mitchelaneous.com Mitch Keeler

    Thanks for the kind words Matt. :) WordPress is just one of those fun side things that I like to tinker with. One of the best ways I can recommend to learn more about WordPress is to break it a few times and then stress yourself out by trying to find a fix. That is pretty much where all my experience comes from – from learning from my own mistakes.

  • http://www.technocolor.net spxds

    I love using WordPress and clients always seem to want it as well.

    Since it’s a wanted item by clients, I’ve actually have become a master on templating and fixing wordpress problems as well.

  • http://contents-magic.com/ WordPress Guru Advice

    WordPress is something I love to work on. Like anything in the real world , it is not a perfect solution for all your problems, but the kind of flexibility WordPress offers is amazing. The possiblities are next to endless with WordPress with a dazzling array of plugins.