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If you’re reading this text, you’re probably seeing this project in action right now. I believe in owning my content first, and vowed to never publish elsewhere first again, no matter how small the content was. The goal of this site has been to make a holistic view of my presence online, and centralize everything I do, from a tweet-sized post to full-blown essays, from business promotions to what song I’ve been enjoying lately. My site has become, and will always be, my true home on the web.

This feed talks about the challenges I’ve had, the things I’ve needed to do, and the paradigms of running a site such as this.

  • Alex Standiford

    March 11, 2024

    WHEW what a process! I managed to get all of my tweets that I exported and deleted from Twitter two years ago, all imported into this site, including all of the photos and videos. I think I can finally say that I have centralized all of my content through alexstandiford.com now. Huge thanks to Shawn Hooper for building this importer, as it gave me a big leg up in the process. From here, it’s just a matter of wrangling all of the tags, and generally organizing the content a little better, but the fact that it’s in WordPress is a huge first step.

    I’ll share a blog post that goes into the stack, and details of the process soon.

    posse, Project Standiford Blog, WordPress
  • Alex Standiford

    March 10, 2024

    I made several small improvements to my site today. Chief of which is finally getting the mysterious clock in the top-right corner functional on mobile. Also, dancing mermaids. 🧜‍♀️

    I still have a vision of putting a music player on it, and discovered I can totally do this with Last FM. That’s coming. We must have the spirit of 2000s era MySpace, or it’s not authentic.

    Project Standiford Blog
  • Presentations

    Reclaiming Authenticity: Building Your Personal Hub in A Post-Twitter Era

    This presentation covers how I transformed my website from being a static digital portfolio into a dynamic hub, ingrained with my social presence, containing the most authentic version of me online.

    September 21, 2023
    Blogging, Disc Golf, microblogging, Project Standiford Blog, social media, twitter, Web Design, Web Development, WordPress
  • Alex Standiford

    September 18, 2023

    I’ve started to use Cloudinary for media hosting solution on this site. It seems really good so-far, except for the fact that my media URLs aren’t working quite right when I upload from mobile. Hoping to get that resolved because other than that, this seems like the perfect solution to my problem.

    Cloudinary, Project Standiford Blog, Web Development, WordPress
  • Software

    Old URL used when uploading media from the WordPress APP via the block editor

    I submitted a bug report for the Cloudinary plugin, related to the mobile experience when uploading media using the WordPress app.

    September 15, 2023
    Cloudinary, Project Standiford Blog, WordPress
  • Classifieds, Resolved

    Looking For a Robust Media Solution on My Self-Hosted WP Site (Resolved)

    Hey folks! I appreciate you taking the time to read and offer recommendations. I want a seamless way to upload media directly from the WordPress mobile app, but without hosting it on my site. The ideal service would handle large files and optimize them for the web. Anyone got suggestions? More context in the linked article.

    September 14, 2023
    Project Standiford Blog, WordPress
  • WPCoffeeTalk: Alex Standiford
    Interviews, Speaking

    WPCoffeeTalk: Alex Standiford

    I had the pleasure of chatting with Michelle Frechette on WPCoffeeTalk today. We talked about WordPress, my new site, and the fields API

    September 9, 2023
    Project Standiford Blog, Project WordPress Fields API, RV Life, travel, WordPress
  • Interviews

    Alex Standiford on How WordPress and the Fediverse Can Be Combined

    I was featured on WP Tavern, where Nathan and I talked about how the Fediverse has transformed my approach to publishing content online.

    May 18, 2023
    fediverse, Project Standiford Blog, WordPress
  • Alex Standiford

    April 1, 2023

    I think I’d really benefit from some kind of media service that handles the photos and videos on my WordPress site. I need a more-reliable way to upload videos that auto-converts the videos, optimizes them, serves them, organizes them, and all of that fancy stuff. WordPress works, but it’s never really been a great media tool. Hmm.

    php, Project Standiford Blog, WordPress
  • Alex Standiford

    March 25, 2023

    I’m finally dipping my toes into an auto-poster setup using the Share on Mastodon plugin:

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/share-on-mastodon

    Fingers crossed that this works as-expected, although I’m sure I’ll end up with some formatting oddities in the short-term. It’ll be worth it, though!

    fediverse, indie-web, mastodon, Project Standiford Blog, WordPress
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