Recent content by Shawn Gossman

I use security questions. You can create niche-themed questions to block a lot of spam. For example, on a cycling forum, I added: "What is the brand name of the bicycle manufacturer who makes the Checkpoint Gravel Bike? (one word)" The answer is: Trek Some people will have to Google the...

I run an admin forum although it welcomes all software focuses. I had thought about starting a forum called XenAdmins at one time but had the opportunity to relaunch AAF which at one time was my baby before I needed to take a hiatus from the internet. There are a few other admin forums out...

Cycling Topics Forum A forum created for cyclists to discuss all cycling topics around the world. Whether you're into road biking, gravel, e-biking, or whatever - this community is for you. We use a Pixel Exit theme. I'm a loyal customer of them. :) I've added a few addons to enhance the...

Thanks for the review and suggestions :)

The Hiking Forum The Hiking Forum is a community focused on Hiking and Backpacking anywhere in the world. Members can discuss different trails, submit trail reports, and participate in fun theme-hiking photo posts. Discuss all aspects of hiking and backpacking, whether it's day hiking...

Another Admin Forum I used to run this forum a long time ago. It started on SMF and ended on XenForo. To make a long story short, I closed my forums to try to figure out life and get myself in good health. Fast-forward to now. I'm doing great, and I'm married, so life is stable, haha. I kicked...

I think drama like this really hurts the community, both the WP and the WPE communities. Those are the real victims here, not Matt or the WP Engine folks, it's the people each of them serve. Without those people, they're NOTHING.

Beautifully made forum! It gives me a retro memory in a round about way but still modern! Retro-modern!

Great forum! I think you all did a good job with it :) The name is unique, too! I like unique admin forum names!

Fixed it by adjusting the settings on image proxy

Thank you! I think it should be fixed now. I do have image proxy and link proxy enabled. I added my own key (randomly generated) as well. I appreciate your help @FTL

I have Let's Encrypt on there. Do you still see certificate errors? If so, maybe I need to get an IP Address and a premium certification to see if that helps.

Forum Admin Forum is now Discuss Communities. Updated the URL in the main initial topic. I made this change for a few reasons: 1. I want to focus on community growth discussions for all types of communities, whether it's using a SaaS like Circle or Mighty Networks, a self-hosted platform like...

This is what I have for that page. I do have a secret key in there, I just removed it for this purpose :P

I went to this site by Mozilla: https://observatory.mozilla.org/ Put in my domain name and scanned it. Got this as a response: I think Mozilla doesn't recognize "Let's Encrypt" as a trusted source. If so, that's odd. It's a reliable NPO-based certificate issuer that loads of websites use...