We have learned with sadness of the death of John, who was a long-standing and very active member and Mentor.
John joined the forums in 2008, and contributed widely, both asking and answering questions. He was active in a number of different forum areas, reflecting his wide-ranging interests.
In 2013 he joined the volunteer staff as a Mentor, and continued in that rôle up until his death. He was tenacious in helping track down the root of a problem, and often went the extra mile, setting up test pages of members’ code on his own server, the better to debug.
He has helped many members over the years, and will be sadly missed on the forums.
I didn’t know John very well, but it was obvious from the fact he was posting even in the last few weeks of his life, that the forum meant a lot to him and I am sure he will be very much missed.
Unexpected and shocking news. He has been around the forums for almost as long as I can remember.
My sincere condolences to his loved ones and friends.
I am deeply saddened to wake up to this. In the last several months John and I have became good friends off the forum and even spoke to each other live. We have been working on a project together of which he was of great help offering suggestions and testing the app. Online, John and I go back many, many years as he has with a lot of you. He will be greatly missed. Rest in Peace my Friend.
On behalf of the entire SitePoint team, we are deeply saddened by this news and wish our condolences to his friends and family.
John volunteered his time for the past 14 years as a member and mentor to our community. More than 8,000 times he gave us a lesson - and a laugh - and his impact is immeasurable and irreplaceable.
