Joe Dolson
@joedolson on WordPress.org and Slack
Bio
WordPress Origin Story
Contributions Sponsored
- Member Since: October 28th, 2008
- Location: Saint Paul, MN
- Website: joedolson.com
- GitHub: joedolson
- Job Title: Owner
- Employer: Accessible Web Design
Contribution History
Joe Dolson’s badges:- Accessibility Contributor
- Accessibility Team
- bbPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Core Team
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Theme Developer
- Themes Team
- Translation Contributor
- WordCamp Speaker
- WordPress.tv Contributor
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Mentioned in [61399] on WordPress SVN:
Widgets: Insert widgets into the selected sidebar correctly in accessibility mode. -
Posted a reply to Disable underline on links in High Contrast mode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can customize the high contrast CSS to meet your needs. See the documentation about… -
Posted a reply to New Repetition Pattern, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've been asked for this before, but I don't honestly see it as very pressing.… -
Posted a reply to Future Dates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes. Add an event in 2030, and the calendar will extend to 2030. It displays… -
Posted a reply to List past events, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, certainly. The upcoming events shortcode or widget will provide that, if you set it… -
Posted a reply to Missing Calendar Page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can just delete all of them and reassign the calendar page in the My… -
Posted a reply to Calendar not visible, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah, well - that could definitely cause issues! Glad you got it figured out! -
Posted a reply to Duplicates on import?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can't really provide support for Pro in these forums, per the WordPress.org support rules;… -
Committed [3419074] to Plugins SVN:
Remove 5.0.3, add 5.0.5, change stable. ... -
Posted a reply to Month view completely broken, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can see the grid on your site, and I can see that the event… -
Posted a reply to Nice Customized Display of Grid Calendar, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you! I appreciate that. -
Posted a reply to List view displays only next events, current one is hided, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
For 3.7, I fixed a bug with time zone handling in fetching events for upcoming… -
Posted a reply to Duplicates on import?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There's really no mechanism for importing and exporting events in the free version, so I'm… -
Posted a reply to Calendar not visible, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you share the debugging information from My Calendar > Help > Get Support? -
Posted a reply to Site Performance and AJAX Requests, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It depends on how you have stats collection configured. If you have it configured to… -
Posted a reply to Missing Calendar Page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you move the original calendar page into the Trash? I could imagine that My… -
Wrote a comment on the post AI as a WordPress Fundamental, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I was also coming here to suggest that the specific example given is a terrible… -
Posted a reply to Month view completely broken, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@szsemla The changes between 3.6.15 and 3.6.16 were very minor, so it seems unlikely that… -
Posted a reply to Grid for Month/Week Do Not Display in Edge and Chrome, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This may relate to the page being protected; it looks like only Firefox is treating… -
Committed [3406298] to Plugins SVN:
Add 3.6.17, remove 3.6.15. Change stable. No release tagged. -
Committed [3406292] to Plugins SVN:
Add 2.1.1, change stable. ... -
Closed ticket #64269 on Core Trac:
Media Library Gallery "Remove" button styling -
Committed [61318] to Core SVN:
Media: Fix 'remove' icon in Edit Gallery mode. The structure change ... -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Media: Fix 'remove' icon in Edit Gallery mode. -
Reopened ticket #64269 on Core Trac:
Media Library Gallery "Remove" button styling -
Closed ticket #64269 on Core Trac:
Media Library Gallery "Remove" button styling -
Committed [61316] to Core SVN:
Media: Fix 'remove' icon in Edit Gallery mode. The structure change ... -
Closed ticket #64307 on Core Trac:
Comments: Website input field causes accessibility warning -
Closed ticket #64266 on Core Trac:
Core Menu Icons disappeared in WordPress 6.9 RC1 using Safari Browser ... -
Committed [61293] to Core SVN:
Admin: Remove alt syntax from `dashicons.css` Safari only introduced ... -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Admin: Remove alt syntax from `dashicons.css` -
Reopened ticket #64266 on Core Trac:
Core Menu Icons disappeared in WordPress 6.9 RC1 using Safari Browser ... -
Closed ticket #64266 on Core Trac:
Core Menu Icons disappeared in WordPress 6.9 RC1 using Safari Browser ... -
Committed [61290] to Core SVN:
Admin: Remove alt syntax from `dashicons.css` Safari only introduced ... -
Submitted pull request #10543 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Remove generated CSS alts in dashicons.css -
Posted a reply to Upcoming Events Shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Fixed a bug where the base time for upcoming events used UTC time instead of… -
Posted a reply to Can I Change Event Title Color on Grid?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The event titles are automatically parsed to have appropriate color contrast against whatever their background… -
Posted a reply to Different view in widget?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Each view can be customized as you need. The default view can be set in… -
Posted a reply to Link from event page not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, it was a logic change that broke this. Fixed; will release as soon as… -
Posted a reply to Link from event page not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This seems like an unexpected consequence of a change; but I'm still exploring to see… -
Posted a reply to Custom fields showing as hidden on Purchase page instead of visible, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If what you want is to have the fields in checkout, you may want to… -
Posted a reply to Unable to load other dates on website, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This sounds like something to do with caching; but as you appear to have switched… -
Posted a reply to Delete Date…does not, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The "Delete Date" link goes to the event listings and shows an admin notice at… -
Posted a reply to Filter links in below calendar navigation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
These buttons are working as expected, it's just that you have different expectations than how… -
Posted a reply to Activating the plugin breaks WP embeds, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I haven't been able to reproduce this, although I can see a problem potential here,… -
Created ticket #64278 on Core Trac:
Remove remaining Internet Explorer code -
Closed ticket #46110 on Core Trac:
IE11: JS "Syntax error" related to wp-polyfill-formdata -
Wrote a new post, Accessibility Improvements in WordPress 6.9, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 6.9 brings extensive accessibility improvements across WordPress Core and Gutenberg, continuing the goals to… -
Wrote a new post, Admin menu search query changed, on the site Make WordPress Core:
When creating and editing menus in the Menus interface, searching for posts and pages has… -
Wrote a new post, Legacy Internet Explorer Code Removed, on the site Make WordPress Core:
With WordPress 6.9, numerous legacy features that were used to support Internet Explorer have been…
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Able Player, accessible HTML5 media player
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Contact Form 7: Accessible Defaults
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My Calendar - Accessible Event Manager
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My Tickets - Accessible Event Ticketing
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WP Accessibility
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XPoster - Share to Bluesky and Mastodon
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
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Child Theme Check
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Contact Form 7
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Exclude Pages
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GNU Terry Pratchett
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My Calendar - Accessible Event Manager
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My Tickets - Accessible Event Ticketing
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Query Monitor - The developer tools panel for WordPress
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Show Hidden Post Meta
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String locator
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Subscribe to Comments
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User Switching
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WordPress Beta Tester
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WP Accessibility
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WP Crontrol
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XPoster - Share to Bluesky and Mastodon
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Yoast SEO - Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI