Author: Dan Gilmore

  • Programatically Changing Users’ Roles in WordPress Multisite

    Background: I inherited three different WordPress installations (each one on a separate closed network) from a developer that was leaving our contract for a government civilian position.  I had a grand total of five days to pick his brain about WordPress, and our infrastructure.  It sucked, greatly. We had two custom Roles in our installations:…

  • You Can Help, You Just Might Not Know It Yet

    I have been a WordPress developer for about 3 years, coming from a .NET background. I run three different installations of (finally) WordPress 3.2.1 on three separate networks. I converse on a daily basis with some of the best and brightest of WordPress developers, from the hobbyist to the WordPress core developers. I have been…

  • WordCamp San Francisco – A Conference That Changed My Brain

    Here I am at home, near Baltimore, MD, blasting some metal music (Machine Head & Trivium, just in case you were wondering, @jarret) while typing this, and I really can’t get this shit-eating-grin off my face. WordCamp San Francisco 2011 was beyond anything that I could have imagined. I was in a town car going…

  • Boating on the Bay

    Nancy and I finally bit the bullet and took our boat out on the Chesapeake Bay.  This is kind of a big deal because, well, our boat is pretty small compared to the behemoths out there.  We have a 16 foot Tracker bass boat with a 65 horsepower outboard.  We bought the boat this April…

  • Cancer Sucks

  • Costa Rica vacation…It’s not for everyone

    Because if you don’t like sunsets like this, you should just stay home.

  • Welcome to my newest website

    Hello everyone, and thank you for visiting my new website. I’ve changed my web host and have restarted my personal WordPress blog.  I want to start posting personal articles, stories, pictures, and most likely will be WordPress development related stuff.  I’m thinking of weening myself from Facebook to this site.  I’m currently in Costa Rica…