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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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…

24 hours 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…

1 day 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…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to Calendar Management, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
And what version of WordPress?

2 days ago
Posted a reply to The wheelchair icon is not displayed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm reasonably confident that you're using a different plug-in, WP Accessibility Helper, and should request…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to The wheelchair icon is not displayed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What wheelchair icon are you referring to? WP Accessibility does not use or include a…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Remove country?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
12:00 AM is at the beginning of the list, at the beginning of the day.

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Calendar Management, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What version of My Calendar & WordPress are you running?

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Update to support Bitly API changes, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've already taken steps to remove Bit.ly from the supported URL shorteners in WP to…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Search not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Divi's Theme Builder is pretty aggressive about rewriting the template hierarchy, and that can cause…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Archived events still show in calendar, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The archive is an admin-only feature; it's just to remove things from showing up in…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Events API, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not sure what your question is; can you clarify? The API endpoint is yourdomain.com/?my-calendar-api=json…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Remove country?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is a setting for midnight. You should be able to enter midnight as an…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Send Button: Missing Form Label, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'd have to see the page - or at least the code for the button.…

1 week ago
Committed [2262047] to Plugins Trac:
Update trunk and stable tag

1 week ago
Committed [2262045] to Plugins Trac:
= 1.8.13 = * Bug fix: Ensure that available tickets is an integer. * ...

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Upcoming events shortcode skip, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The 'skip' parameter always skips events, so that's behaving as expected. With the manual, you…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Add Image beside event title, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use the template tag reference and add it to your title template in…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Table Used For Cart, Why Not Divs & CSS?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your comments. It may be an option in the future, but arbitrarily changing…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Add Image beside event title, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What is the source of the image? Is it an event-specific image, or something else…

3 weeks ago
Committed [2251556] to Plugins Trac:
Update stable

4 weeks ago
Committed [2251555] to Plugins Trac:
Add version 1.1.6; 5.4 compat & updated docs

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Events Detail Page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The color bar comes from the category color options. The clock symbol comes from CSS;…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Batch Printing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
My Tickets doesn't really have a facility for pre-printing unsold tickets. You could probably do…

1 month ago
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 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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.

1 month 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

1 month 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

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

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

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

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

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

2 months 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…

2 months ago