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 AI Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Core Team
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Theme Developer
- Themes Team
- Translation Contributor
- WordCamp Speaker
- WordPress.tv Contributor
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Posted a reply to Error affecting edit posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've gotten the Danish translation updated; so this should be fine now. -
Posted a reply to Calendar URL’s returning a 404?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Using the mc_id attribute on single events can result in inconsistent URLs; it's best omitted.… -
Posted a reply to Missing image everywhere, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What does your shortcode look like? I don't see anything specifically wrong with that template;… -
Posted a reply to How to change list view style, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The list view doesn't have a huge number of built-in style options; what are you… -
Posted a reply to probably a “button” bug?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That button doesn't come from My Calendar. Based on some brief research, it seems like… -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Admin: Add CSS fallback values in button and media views. -
Closed ticket #64840 on Core Trac:
Admin Color Scheme Not Applied in Media Modal Inside Elementor Editor -
Committed [62154] to Core SVN:
Admin: Add CSS fallback values in button and media views. Since ... -
Mentioned in [62145] on WordPress SVN:
Admin: Use admin color scheme variable for bar, highlight, and contextual help styles. -
Closed ticket #64954 on Core Trac:
Low contrast issues in header banner and footer links on wordpress.org -
Created issue #661 in the WordPress/wporg-main-2022 repository:
Color contrast issues with links on dark backgrounds -
Committed [3491383] to Plugins SVN:
Remove 2.3.1, add 2.3.3, change stable. ... -
Closed ticket #64951 on Core Trac:
Regression: screen-reader-text dropped from MMMW toolbar labels -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Admin: Fix height of controls in `extra_tablenav`. -
Closed ticket #64796 on Core Trac:
Buttons output in `extra_tablenav` are too tall -
Committed [62115] to Core SVN:
Admin: Fix height of controls in `extra_tablenav`. Add CSS & update ... -
Mentioned in [62113] on WordPress SVN:
Admin Reskin: Correct hover color for links on the login screen. -
Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
Props to @joedolson, @westonruter (extra props!) for contributing :alot: to the impromptu pre-RC1 bug scrub… -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Admin: Remove border radius on focus state in admin sidebar. -
Closed ticket #64860 on Core Trac:
[Admin reskin] Inconsistent hover vs focus styles on submenu items -
Committed [62108] to Core SVN:
Admin: Remove border radius on focus state in admin sidebar. Match ... -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Admin: A11y: Fix visibility of pressed button state. -
Closed ticket #64856 on Core Trac:
Admin Reskin: Hard to tell if secondary variation button is pressed -
Committed [62106] to Core SVN:
Admin: A11y: Fix visibility of pressed button state. Increase the ... -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Media: Fix uploading media string. -
Committed [62105] to Core SVN:
Media: Fix uploading media string. Replace the incorrect three stops ... -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Media: Fix visual issues in media library grid view. -
Closed ticket #64883 on Core Trac:
Visual issues with new Media Library grid view -
Committed [62104] to Core SVN:
Media: Fix visual issues in media library grid view. Populate the ... -
Closed ticket #64544 on Core Trac:
Core GB backport - individual block custom CSS -
Mentioned in [62097] on WordPress SVN:
Menus: Remove floats from custom links section in the Nav Menus screen. -
Submitted pull request #11330 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Uploading text 64883 -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Administration: Fix alignment in upload plugin/theme buttons. -
Closed ticket #64832 on Core Trac:
[admin-reskin] Alignment issue in the upload plugin button -
Committed [62090] to Core SVN:
Administration: Fix alignment in upload plugin/theme buttons. ... -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Administration: Fix radio button selection alignment. -
Closed ticket #64816 on Core Trac:
radio buttons are no longer centered when OS scaling is set to 125% -
Committed [62089] to Core SVN:
Administration: Fix radio button selection alignment. Fix issue where ... -
Committed [3488416] to Plugins SVN:
Add 5.0.7, remove 5.0.5, change stable tag. ... -
Created issue #76694 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Input validation error on link control not explicitly connected to input field -
Created issue #76691 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Fit text toggle disappears when toggled to 'off' -
Closed ticket #40486 on Core Trac:
Standard Themes: Logic for translated strings in connection with ... -
Closed ticket #64501 on Core Trac:
Consider leaving title field blank as default for images in library -
Closed ticket #63968 on Core Trac:
Theme 2025 on wordpress.com using voice over on apple phone the ... -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Login and Registration: Fix password icon alignment. -
Closed ticket #64869 on Core Trac:
Admin Reskin: The visibility icon in the password field is misaligned -
Committed [62038] to Core SVN:
Login and Registration: Fix password icon alignment. Change the ... -
Mentioned in [62036] on WordPress SVN:
Permalinks: Follow rewrite rules for trailing slashes in `paginate_links()`. -
Posted a reply to needs update for 7.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, I'm fully aware of that! -
Posted a reply to Weekend Columns Display in Narrow, Vertical Column – Unreadable, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That sounds like a CSS conflict. Without seeing your site, I can't really be more…
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