Mark Ratledge Email & Phone Number

Missoula, Montana Area

I have 15+ years experience in a wide range of software and systems, and I save you time & money with my meticulous work & advice for going forward. I've worked for individuals, businesses, startups and 501(c)(3) non-profits.Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/users/85385/markratledgeWordPress Development: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/users/268/markratledgeSkills and experience include:• All aspects of WordPress, including PHP, jQuery, HTML and CSS, Genesis and custom themes, Bootstrap CSS and Javascript, and custom fields and functions.• WooCommerce and Stripe, PayPal and other payment systems.• Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) for custom themes and content input.• Site and server speed optimizations using GTMetrix and Google's PageSpeed as benchmarking tools.• CloudFlare: security, DNS, WAF and SSL configurations, page rules and static page hosting.• Linux server administration (Ubuntu, AlmaLinux, Debian): Apache, Nginx, Litespeed, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP configurations, Let's Encrypt SSLs, and performance for high traffic sites. Security and server hardening (autoupdates, fail2ban, ufw firewalls, port hardening). • SPF, DKIM and DMARC record configurations to ensure email deliverability, and email and SMTP services such as Google Workspace, Office365, MailGun, SendGrid.• Technical SEO: Yoast and All in One SEO, XML sitemaps and the Google Search Console and Analytics.• Paid Memberships Pro setup and customizations.• Web hosts: WP Engine, Linode, Cloudways, Digital Ocean, Liquid Web, Kinsta, Pantheon (git), Flywheel, Pressidium and Amazon AWS.• Migrations from Joomla, ExpressionEngine, Drupal, phpBB, Hubspot, TypePad, Movable Type, Blogger, Wild Apricot, and migrations from "plain" PHP & MySQL sites.

Missoula, Montana

I write about technology, Native American culture, environmental concerns and social issues.I wrote a weekly column for the Missoulian (daily circ. 30,000) for 3 1/2 years on Internet technology, personal computing and security. See link below for archived articles.I've written other pieces for regional publications, linked below. And see the link to markratledge.com for other work.

Missoula, Montana

I was an instructor (adjunct) in the Department of Computer Science for the class CS111 Fluency with Information Technology.

Missoula, Montana

I taught composition and introductory literature classes. tutored students of all levels in writing, helped administer hiring committees and worked part time as the department network technicion.Related to my treaching, I produced and engineered Eat Stone and Go On - The Recorded Poetry of Richard Hugo. It's a set of two audio CDs of Hugo's recorded poetry, distributed free to schools and libraries in Montana and Washington State. I used these recordings in my classes. (see link below).I'm currently a faculty affiliate of the Department of English.