About the author

My name is Andrea, and you may have seen me around the forums. I’ve been involved with MU since February, 2006 and with WordPress for at least a year before that. I’ve been blogging since 1999. My first MU setup (and baby) is Homeschooljournal.net, a free blogging site and community for homeschoolers. I learned a lot from that, and yes, from a lot of mistakes as well.

Although I may look like a mild-mannered housewife and mom of 4, I come from a computing background, starting with that Vic-20 my grandpa bought me. I like to tell people I have half a degree in programming, because I quit partway through and got my Mrs. degree instead. The truth is I am better at theory and documentation. I am also queen of cut and paste, and I like to try things just to see what happens. (At least I know my limits. ;))

Over the years, I helped my husband Ron with his computer consulting business. He’s a programmer by trade. At least right now - he’s also been a network specialist, webmaster, database analyst and sysadmin. I learned through osmosis. I’ve also taught myself HTML, CSS, and now some SQL and PHP.

Our dinner conversation are so interesting, our oldest is now getting his degree in programming and our youngest counts in binary.

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7 Responses to “About the author”

  1. Ashok Says:
    October 6th, 2007 at 7:40 pm

    Great blog.. Helped me a lot in setting up my Wordpress MU site..

    Keep posting.. Is there anyway i can donate?

    Lemme know thanks
  2. Jesper Says:
    October 16th, 2007 at 10:34 am

    Hi, great idea for a site, tell me if u want contributions in the form of advice, tutorials, articles, code snippets or whatever that might further the cause!
  3. Fredrik Says:
    March 9th, 2008 at 6:59 am

    Hey Andrea, im wondering if you could write a smal quide on how to use the multi-site manager plugin found on wpmudev.org, im getting stuck on the “path” part..

    Best regards from sweden!
    -Fredrik
  4. Tahir Says:
    March 14th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    Hi,

    Just came across your site and have decided to change the blog to use WPMU. Only problem is I am very short of time due to a overload of work with my ecommerce company and so wanted to pay someone to work on the project with me. Would you be able to do a post about me looking for someone. If you can that would be much appreciated. If not no problem and I will continue to read your blog and hopefully learn a few things along the way.

    Thanks

    Tahir
  5. Luca Telloli Says:
    April 10th, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    I developed a widget version of your list-all-blogs plugin for wordpress. Contact me if you’re interested and want the source.

    Cheers,
    Luca
  6. Patty Says:
    April 22nd, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    Question-
    How do I find deffinitions of users for MU? Functions and purpose for user types.
  7. Alexandre Magno Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    Hi andrea, Im entering in the world of MU and Im fascinated about the possibilities. I saw your first project and Im starting to became a fan of you… Im planning open a company in Brazil (where I live) to create blogs network solutions. Its a great field and Im loving and growing ideas…

    Im thinking in have some consulting. Would be possible with the distance?

    Success for you… you deserve…

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