Hello and welcome to my landing page! Here I will be promoting my side business, Otto’s Repairs LLC as well as sharing IT knowledge that I’ve acquired throughout my career thus far. I will also be incorporating some tech news for people to read up on at their leisure. Hope you enjoy!
About
Otto’s Repairs LLC is a locally owned business that I developed in September of 2023. It is a way to identify myself as an entity while providing technical consultations for others. This LLC is local to Southern Michigan. Word of mouth is my main source of business, but I thought it would be fun and exciting to develop and manage this website on my own as well to not only further educate and assist others, but also learn new things along the way.
IT News
Matt: Gone (Almost) Phishin’
This is a little embarrassing to share, but I’d rather someone else be able to spot a dangerous scam before they fall for it. So, here goes. One evening last month, my Apple Watch, iPhone, and Mac all lit up with a message prompting me to reset my password. This came out of nowhere; I …
How I Enabled Search by Blog Post Author in WordPress (in 3 Easy Steps)
When I started running a multi-author WordPress blog, I learned something important: readers develop favorite writers. But when they type an author’s name into your WordPress search box, nothing shows up, even if that author has published many posts. This happens because the default WordPress search feature does not include author names. Even if the …
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Gutenberg Times: PHP-only blocks, WordCamp Asia, Dev Notes for WordPress 7.0 — Weekend Edition #360
Hi there, I held my first walk-through of WordPress 7.0 with friends at the Santa Clarita WordPress Meetup. The group was really excited about all the big new features and the small quality-of-life (QoL) improvements. Jessica Lyschik and I also discussed many features coming to WordPress 7.0 on our latest podcast episode. Listen in if …
Contact
For now, you can reach me via email at [email protected].