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
Theme Review Team
Theme Review Team
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker
WordPress.tv Contributor
WordPress.tv Contributor
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
Theme Developer

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Posted a reply to Wrong month displayed (possible solution), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The zip file from github isn't directly installable; it's not a plug-in zip, it's the…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to Not showing events on mobile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That looks like a stylesheet issue; you're seeing it on mobile because mobile converts to…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Not showing events on mobile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Currently seeing an error with your database connection, so I'm guessing you're dealing with some…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Auto-scroll to current date?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Every date has a unique ID that contains the date, so yes, it would be…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Events Detail Page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You use the instructions at https://github.com/joedolson/plugin-extensions and the examples at https://github.com/joedolson/plugin-extensions/tree/master/my-calendar for a model.

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Wrong month displayed (possible solution), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you try installing the beta of 3.2.0 to see if it resolves this? https://github.com/joedolson/my-calendar/releases/tag/v3.2.0-beta

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Time displayed incorrectly in popup, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you try installing the beta of 3.2.0 to see if it resolves this? https://github.com/joedolson/my-calendar/releases/tag/v3.2.0-beta

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Alt tags, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Declaring an image as decorative in WP Accessibility lets WP Accessibility know to allow that…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Events Detail Page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well, I'd argue that only looks like a repeat because the description of that event…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Events Detail Page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you share a link? The answer depends on whether you're using search-friendly permalinks for…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Default view: weekly?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
http://docs.joedolson.com/my-calendar/2018/03/04/quick-start-guide/ Use time="week" in your shortcode.

1 week ago
Posted a reply to WP Accessibility Plugin breaks function open in new tab, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WP Accessibility removes the ‘target’ attribute from links to prevent links from triggering a new…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Wrong month displayed (possible solution), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's weird...timezone differential is a reasonable assumption for a difference in displayed dates, but where…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Skip Links not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, smooth scrolling is a common cause of problems, since smooth scroll scripts usually override…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Skip Links not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like it's working fine to me (tested only in Chrome). It's hard to…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: February 14, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
Please add the discussion on the Navigation Menu block testing that we ran out of…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Skip link colors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
OK. The problem is that the tool is testing when your skiplink isn't visible. The…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Skip link colors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Based on what I see on your site, the test results are coming up as…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Ical feed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
My Calendar generates a couple of diffent iCal feeds; there's the API version, which can…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Tags do not work with Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Tags still work fine as long as you save a draft in Gutenberg with your…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Bug? Today’s Event on Upcoming events with custom template, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The {details} template tag contains the HTML for a link; if you want just a…

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #46964, in Core Trac:
ID attribute value are used multiple times in "Custom Field" form

2 weeks ago
Committed [47222] to Core Trac:
Editor: Fix incorrect usage of ID attributes on custom fields. ...

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #47053, in Core Trac:
Accessibility: Need to set proper 'tabindex' in 'Skip To Toolbar' HTML

2 weeks ago
Committed [47221] to Core Trac:
Toolbar: Load toolbar in `wp_body_open` when available. For ...

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to mini-calendar widget displays wrong month, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There are a variety of problems that can crop up with offsets of less than…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to mini-calendar widget displays wrong month, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you have any caching plugins installed? What are the settings for your widget?

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Bug on layout on multi-site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Each sub-site in a multisite setup has unique settings; is the option for background colors…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, WP Accessibility Day: Planning meeting 3, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
WP Accessibility Day planning continued on Tuesday, 14 January, 2020 Slack transcript Updates from Community…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Bug on layout on multi-site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
On the site where there's a problem, it looks like there's no stylesheet selected for…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Jquery popup, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Then you'll want to make those changes either in the template editor or in the…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Jquery popup, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you mean what it looks like, or how it behaves?

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Adding additional fields to checkout, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You probably want this: https://github.com/joedolson/plugin-extensions/blob/master/my-tickets/my-ticket-custom-cart-fields.php

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Unable to delete events, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There are two ways: 1) while logged in, browse in the front-end of the plug-in…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to WooCommerce?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That sounds like a caching problem, possibly caused by a caching plugin displaying a cache…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to iCal files organiser shows admin email, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is this about the iCal import feature in My Calendar Pro? If so, I can't…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Date Picker, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That sounds like two separate problems, although I'm not totally sure what the first issue…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Calendar showing wrong month, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The timezone of your site might be responsible for the calendar changing an hour early.…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Cannot pass a checker and have it beautiful, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What the form looks like has very little to do with what makes it accessible.…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to WooCommerce?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
How do WooCommerce bookings work? I don't have any familiarity with the plug-in, so I…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Not seeing QR Code on E-mailed Tickets During Testing Purposes., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Tickets will be immediately completed if the price is set to free, although it'll also…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, WP Accessibility Day: planning meeting 2, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
WP Accessibility Day planning continued on Tuesday, 14 January, 2020 Slack transcript Design: Site, logo,…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Calendar showing wrong month, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you using any caching plugins that might be causing issues?

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Outlook and google feeds are not showing all events, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'll look into this. Seems like a bug to me, but will require some work…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Use Pretty Permalinks for Events doesn’t appear to be working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The URL rewrite is controlled by WordPress, so there's nothing I can do to change…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to List View template editing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
- "Events in ..." is a translatable field, and should be handled through a translation…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to cannot find manual to shortcodes, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Here: http://docs.joedolson.com/my-calendar/category/template-editor/

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Goodbye, Joseph Karr O’Connor, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
Joseph Karr O'Connor, also known to the WordPress community as @AccessibleJoe, passed away peacefully on…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Location Key, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There's a widget that you can use to provide a list of locations, but there…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Display of calendar and mini-calendar inconsistent, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sounds like a caching problem - are you using a caching plug-in? If you are,…

2 months ago