How I Repeatedly Broke my WordPress Site – and How I Cleaned-up The Mess by Steve Case, AKA @JoeBugBuster © 2001-2017 - Steve Case
How I Repeatedly Broke my WordPress Site
– and How I Cleaned-up The Mess
by Steve Case, AKA @JoeBugBuster
© 2001-2017 - Steve Case
About Me
HTML tinker since 2001
Micro-blogger since 2008
WordPress user since 2012
Attended my first Seattle WordPress Meetup the same year
First attended WordCamp in 2013
My site is still a work in progress
What are you Trying To Accomplish?
...Had to remind myself the same thing I sometimes remind clients
As Stephen Covey put it:
Begin with the end in mind
Permalinks
Real life examples
www.stevecase.org/blog/index.php/2012/05/low-tech-advertising-works/
stevecase.org/low-tech-advertising-works/
www.geekwire.com/2016/geek-of-the-week-steve-case/
Broken Social
Broken Hosting
•My hosting company was the weakest link
•Good at fixing what broke, but they broke it
•They didn’t understand WordPress very well
•Couldn’t move the site to the SteveCase.org root
The WordPress Community Rocks!
WP Engine to the Rescue – twice
“I have made some changes that we typically do not support, but since your site was live with broken content, I felt it was the right thing to make these changes as quickly as possible.” - WP Engine Tech Support
What about JoeBugBuster?
•Calls for a second domain
•Built an ugly site with the domain company’s site builder
•A better way…
Lessons Learned
Think “What are you trying to accomplish” before you configure the site, or even pick a domain.
Consider SEO and permalinks.
Use a host that “gets” WordPress.
If it's a personal blog, you can treat the hiccups as a learning experience. If it's your business, think harder when you make choices.
Resources
•WordPress Meetups
•meetup.com/SeattleWordPressMeetup/
• If you’re on Twitter, check-out #BlogChatSundays at 6 PM Pacific
•stevecase.org/repeatedly-broke-wordpress-web-site/
Where You Can Find Me
•@JoeBugBuster
• (Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat…)
•linkedin.com/in/sjcase/
•SteveCase.org (with or without /blog)