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ManageWP was starting to feel limiting. I looked at a few alternatives, but most of them were either expensive, locked key features behind pricey add-ons, or just didn’t quite fit how I work.

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So instead of forcing it, I’m building my own.

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@manton Yes! Congrats on this. I’ve upgraded to $10 premium. It’s about time I fully commit to Micro.blog. Will be moving most things over soon.

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Project ‘Move Everything to Cloudflare’ Begins: opie.micro.blog

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What to write about…: opie.micro.blog

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IRC Before Discord: opie.micro.blog

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RIP Jason David Frank 😢 ‘Power Rangers’ Star Jason David Frank Dead By Suicide at 49

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\n","summary":"","url":"https://opie.micro.blog/2022/11/20/hh.html","date_published":"2022-11-20T18:36:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Opie","url":"https://opiedelivers.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F2985.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Opie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-11-20 18:36","date_timestamp":1668969360,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84342601","content_html":"So I noticed that opie.blog was available and figured I’d register it in hopes to finally start blogging again. However, I’m not entirely sure yet about what I want to write about.Do I want to write about a specific niche, and just focus on that?Do I want to write about anything that comes to mind?I’ll nee... opie.micro.blog","summary":"","url":"https://opie.micro.blog/2022/10/01/hh.html","date_published":"2022-10-01T14:24:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Opie","url":"https://opiedelivers.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F2985.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Opie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-10-01 14:24","date_timestamp":1664634240,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84342602","content_html":"Damn, 10 years on Tumblr today!I’d really love to know if it’s worth keeping my blog on Tumblr or not. I love the app, the interface, etc.Just wondering how long it’s going to take for Automattic to redo the front page, because the huge advisory when visiting a site hosted here is a big turn off to visitor... opie.micro.blog","summary":"","url":"https://opie.micro.blog/2020/05/21/hh.html","date_published":"2020-05-21T17:01:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Opie","url":"https://opiedelivers.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F07%2F2985.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Opie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-05-21 17:01","date_timestamp":1590080460,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"8390282","content_html":"

@manton Oh, my apologies, I don't want to use this as a support chat going forward. Thank you so much, I missed the \"new blog\" option. I'm excited! Moving my tumblr blogs over. Don't mind paying for something this incredible.

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@manton I could of sworn we had the ability to create multiple blogs from one account. Anyway we can make this a feature instead of having to create different accounts? That would be pretty awesome to be able to manage multiple micro.blogs and their subscriptions on 1 account.

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Thinking it’s time to go back to full time as a developer again. I miss it. It will be challenging dusting off the rust and (re)learning everything. I’m up for the challenge.

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@manton thank you! Having it automatic would be awesome. Specially since I believe Let’s Encrypt supports or will support wildcards.

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@manton Going to start using this again. I got a bit sidetracked. Thank you for the awesome product. Anyway to force https? Example, I'd love opie.micro.blog to be forced SSL. If someone visits opie.micro.blog, I'd like for it to go to https.

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@manton that's awesome. I didn't know! I'll be sure to stay. Let me know if I can be of any assistance.

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@manton any plans to crease the 280 limit in Micro.blog or you don't feel twitter increasing it to 280 means Micro.blog should?

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So twitter also allows 280 characters now. Not sure if Micro.blog should increase theirs from 280.

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Owning an archive of over 30TB of World of Warcraft movies on WarcraftMovies.com is both a blessing and a curse.

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Working on how I want to start this and what I want to actually post about. In the meantime, hello Nike Outlet, I’m coming into you.

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Finally on Micro.blog. Excited to be here.

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New owner of WarcraftMovies.com: opie.micro.blog

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