William Noyes Technology Services

Today I took another step in my process to become an AYSO National Referee.  I had a Pre-Assessment as an AR in a Boys Under 19 match.  My Area requires a pre-assessment at the Area Level as a Center and AR before recommending candidates to Section for the 3 formal assessments.  I’m happy to announce that I passed my AR Pre-assessment today, and I passed my Center Pre-Assessment last week.   However,  I don’t deserve the credit for these accomplishments, the credit goes to my support structure. 

• Over the years, I have attended some great courses, taught by great instructors.
• I have worked with hundreds of referees, and tried to learn from what they did well (and what they didn’t)
• Online resources.  I subscribe to a mailing list,  SocRef-L hosted at the University of Rhode Island.  Here, I get to read the thoughts and opinions of many referees and this gets me to think about situations before I see them in a match.
• Family.  My Wife and Daughter are both referees, and they support my passion, and understand when I spend hours on the soccer pitch each Saturday.

If it wasn’t for my support structure,  I would not be the referee I am today.  I try to be part of a support structure for other referees by mentoring, instructing, and being regional referee administrator in my local AYSO region.

So when you see someone succeed at something that is important to you,  ask yourself,  “what is their support structure?  How can I improve mine?”

Thanks,

Bill

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OK, I’ve moved the site to the new version of WordPress, version 2.5.1 WordPress publishs great instructions in thier Codex, so I recommend you read their instructions. In a nutshell, the steps are:

• Backup all your files to your PC
• Download the Updated version
• Disable all Plug-ins
• Delete the WP files on the server, except wp-config.php and the wp-content folder
• Upload the new version to the server
• Run the Upgrade script in the wp-admin folder
• Check the site for basic functionality
• Reactive Plug-ins

All in all,  my upgrade went smooth.   I had to down new versions of several plugins.   I’m still troubleshooting one plug for my sitemap.  It is giving me an PHP error when I try to activate it.  It may be an issue with the version of PHP that my hosting service has.

Bill

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Before upgrading to WordPress’s new version,  I decided to chase down some issues with my hosting account.   iPower is transitioning to new servers, and in some cases, the site-owners need to do some tweaks to get the site moved.  So I spent some time on the phone with tech-support, and have moved the site over to the new server.  iPower is updating DNS records now.  If you are seeing this article,  your DNS is resolving www.noyes-tech.com to the new server.   

During testing,  I see that I will have to do some cleanup on some old posts.  I’ll probably wait until the DNS records propagate, so my editor will work properly.

Bill

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