Joe Dolson

Member Since: October 28th, 2008
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Website: joedolson.com
GitHub: joedolson
Job Title: Owner
Employer: Accessible Web Design
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Bio

I’m a WordPress plug-in developer and a web accessibility consultant. I’m one of the team representatives for Make WordPress Accessible, the team dedicated to improving accessibility in the WordPress ecosystem. Find me online at Twitter as @joedolson or at Joe Dolson Accessible Web Design

WordPress Origin Story

I’ve been self-employed building web sites since 2004, and started using WordPress in 2006, converting my own blog from BlogSpot to WordPress. By 2008 I’d built my first plug-in (WP to Twitter), which is still going strong today! 10 years and 11 plug-ins later, I’m busily at work doing custom plug-in development and accessibility consulting for sites of all sites and description.

Contributions

Joe Dolson contributes 6 hours per week to the following teams: Accessibility, Core, Themes.

Contribution History

Accessibility Contributor
Accessibility Contributor
Accessibility Team
Accessibility Team
bbPress Contributor
bbPress Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
Theme Developer
Theme Review Team
Theme Review Team
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker
WordPress.tv Contributor
WordPress.tv Contributor

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Posted a reply to Plugin is breaking site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you describe what you mean about setting the event time in more detail? Is…

14 hours ago
Posted a reply to Payment Gateway selector label, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It changes the text of the button users click to go to make a payment.

2 days ago
Posted a reply to WP Editor can’t see My Calendar, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That depends on how your permissions are configured. Go to My Calendar > Settings >…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Plugin is breaking site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Looks like a conflict between the CSS for the My Tickets test notice and your…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error on getTimestamp(), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This looks like it might be a core error. At least, I can't clearly see…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to My Tickets, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The warning will cite the actual file path where the error is occurring, so that…

3 days ago
Wrote a new post, Announcing the first WordPress Accessibility Day!, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
Starting at 18:00 UTC on October 2nd, 2020, the WordPress Accessibility Team will sponsor a…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Media Library does not have Checkbox for Decorative Alt images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
OK; well, you'll probably want to open a support request somewhere else then. This is…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Missing hide from print option, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That probably would make sense, yes! Hadn't really considered it. I'd probably use .a11y-toolbar {…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Editing display, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
1) If you delete the values in the fields for other ticket types, they'll be…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to class getting removed from image, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
OK - this is because you're using the long description overlay. When a longdesc overlay…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to class getting removed from image, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WP Accessibility doesn't have any code that is intended to remove any classes from an…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Media Library does not have Checkbox for Decorative Alt images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is it the same version of the WP Accessibility plug-in on both sites?

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Adding a short description along the title, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, you can do that. Go to My Calendar > Settings > Text and add…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Next Month display drops images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That sounds like a problem with lazy loading of images. The images are being loaded…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Timezone, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Starting with the next release, there will be a template tag available that contains a…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Notice: Undefined index: site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So, not an extreme number of occurrences, but unexpectedly high. Odd. Good luck.

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Notice: Undefined index: site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The PHP notice will be fixed in the next release, but it's still strange that…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Notice: Undefined index: site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This looks like an issue when you save widget settings on a site that isn't…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Skip Links have stopped working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Looks like a JavaScript conflict; probably with Divi. What it looks like is that something…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Notice: Undefined index: site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Where are you seeing that error?

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Shortcode not displaying event today if it spans multiple days, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is a bug - it's already been fixed in the next release, which is…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How do you get rid of “Tweet sent successfully.” after posting?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Navigate to another page; refresh the page; whatever you want.

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to how do work in template?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Twitter does not support HTML; HTML tags will be stripped out.

3 weeks ago
Committed [2287719] to Plugins Trac:
Add 1.8.14: * Add event ID in a class on shopping cart row. * Missing ...

3 weeks ago
Committed [2287712] to Plugins Trac:
Add 1.6.0; * Add: Field support for checkbox groups. * Add: Field ...

3 weeks ago
Committed [2287686] to Plugins Trac:
Add 1.7.1; update tested to value.

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to jQuery reference in footer causing jQuery undefined console error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It'll happen; but I haven't had a lot of time lately. Thanks for mentioning it,…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to SQL Process – Excessive?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's a pretty run of the mill event query; it runs whenever the calendar is…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Change font, color-font and font-size, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
From a practical standpoint, since the colors can be set by My Calendar, by your…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Filtering by Category only tweets on post update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can't provide support for Pro plug-in in these forums; but I'll respond to your…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Event Detail returns 404, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Go to Settings > Permalinks and re-save your permalink settings.

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Change font, color-font and font-size, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can't see the page, as that doesn't appear to be a valid password; but…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Widget showing dutch translation of ‘All day’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I saw that you found your own solution in another thread; closing this.

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Calendar Management, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@pat123 It seems like some kind of PHP error, but with no clear information, it's…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Online conference platform concerns, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Jitsi has some accessibility concerns: https://community.jitsi.org/t/accessibility-ranking-of-jitsi/27796

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Accessibility & Online Streaming, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
It came to our attention recently that the Community Team selected Crowdcast to handle video…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to How to move / clone a complete calendar?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'd recommend using a tool that migrates whole sites, such as WP Migrate DB Pro…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to PROの１年更新をストップしたい, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi! I can't provide support for Pro plugins in these forums. Please contact me via…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to In the repeating area, is day by year possible?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, that's not currently an option. Sorry!

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Event details are getting cut off, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You could go to Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS and add this: .main-container, .post-content…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Auto deleted passed events, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No. But if you're referring to the 'upcoming events' widget, you might want to configure…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Event details are getting cut off, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Looks like you've deactivated the plug-in, but most likely this is a problem with overflow:…

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #49715, in Core Trac:
Alternate views for WP List Tables

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #49714, in Core Trac:
Explore UI for destructive controls & contexts

2 months ago
Posted a reply to bug? Calendar reloads when clicking the button style links, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The way it works at demos.joedolson.com is normal, and hasn't changed. What you're describing is…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to font color is white on white, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Without seeing your site, it's hard for me to say. Based on prior experience, this…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress Accessibility Team position on default full screen mode in the editor, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
I don't see how Guideline 1.3 applies here; that's about adapting the existing content to…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to where tu put with Guttenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm guessing that it's only the *content* of the page that's in English, but the…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to AltText not in HTML, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you crop the image? There's a known bug with the site identity image where…

2 months ago