Dave Whitley
@drw158 on WordPress.org, @davewhitley on Slack
- Member Since: January 27th, 2010
- Location: Nashville, TN
- Website: davewhitley.com
- Job Title: Design Engineer
- Employer: Automattic
Contribution History
Dave Whitley’s badges:- Core Contributor Core Contributor
- Design Contributor Design Contributor
- Design Team Design Team
- Plugin Developer Plugin Developer
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent spacing system for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 Update: I've drafted design documentation for spacing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W30VVyx1S3tIvqOZqLblBCWe5kxrq9jqDfB70NRigf0/edit?usp=sharing4 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a new color palette for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 > How would this affect the other color schemes that a user can choose? The…4 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Proposal: a new color palette for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 Just like my previous posts on type scale and spacing, a standardized approach to color…4 months ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #48709, in Core Trac: 
 Disabled button doesn't look disabled4 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Blocks, Patterns, and Layouts, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 Here's a naming convention from the Vue design system: In our case: - Element =…5 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Blocks, Patterns, and Layouts, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 The way I interpret it: block groups are an arbitrary container. Like the post explains,…5 months ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #48644, in Core Trac: 
 Establish guidelines for button order5 months ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #48641, in Core Trac: 
 Discussion: links that look like buttons (and vice versa)5 months ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #48501, in Core Trac: 
 Enhancement: improve tertiary button styles5 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent spacing system for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 I opened a PR in the Gutenberg GitHub repo to see what would change if…5 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent type scale for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 Opened a PR in Gutenberg to try out the type scale. https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/182445 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent spacing system for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 Yes, if everything is set up to use variables, and if you're using rems or…5 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent spacing system for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 For people who are interested, a baseline grid is a common practice in traditional graphic…5 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Proposal: a consistent spacing system for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 Much like a type scale, a spacing system enforces consistency and simplifies decision making for…5 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting agenda for Wednesday 30th October, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 New button styles were introduced in 5.3; a much needed improvement and a great effort…5 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Higher contrast form fields and buttons, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 There are many concerns in these comment about the default button style and its confusion…5 months ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #48452, in Core Trac: 
 Proposal: improve distinction between buttons and other controls5 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent type scale for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 Good point on the different fonts used on different operating systems. I think this is…5 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent type scale for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 in the current admin there’s lot of exceptions: fonts within tables are bigger, input fields…5 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent type scale for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 This post was shared at the weekly Design meeting on Oct 23rd. I shared some…5 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting agenda for Wednesday 23rd October, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 I'd like to share an update on the new proposed type scale. I'm going to…5 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting agenda for Wednesday 23rd October, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 There has been a lot of feedback around the input and button styles, specifically the…5 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Proposal: a consistent type scale for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 A type scale can enhance the design and usability of an interface. This post aims…6 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Higher contrast form fields and buttons, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 I think it's a good choice to have a transparent background on the secondary buttons,…6 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Higher contrast form fields and buttons, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 This is a great update! Here's an attempt to differentiate the secondary buttons from other…7 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Project: Reviewing WordPress Components, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 Yep, this post is specifically about the UI components in the `@wordpress/components` npm package.8 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Project: Reviewing WordPress Components, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 Along with a new editing experience, the Gutenberg project has created a growing library of…8 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting notes for August 7, 2019, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 Thanks Anyssa, we'd love the help!8 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting agenda for Wednesday 7th August, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 I'd like to discuss ownership and maintenance of the Figma libraries!8 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting agenda for Wednesday 24th July, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 I have an update on the component audit work.8 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting agenda for Wednesday 10th July, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 I'd like to add a discussion item. I’d like to share/talk about a component audit…9 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: How do we organise Figma libraries?, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 Should the library be split into three smaller libraries? Do the three libraries suggested here…10 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: How do we organise Figma libraries?, on the site Make WordPress Design: 
 I've never used Zeplin, but they do have an integration with Figma, ICYMI.10 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Converts markdown to html, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Thanks for the reply. My dummy content looks like HTML because the service I use…1 year ago 
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										Created a topic, Converts markdown to html, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 For some reason, after pasting this dummy markdown con…2 years ago 
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										Posted a reply to Not compatible with Mix and Match plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Thank you for the fast reply! I discovered that it was actually the Dynamic Pricing…2 years ago 
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										Created a topic, Not compatible with Mix and Match plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Unfortunately, this plugin seems to be incompatible wi…2 years ago 
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										Posted a reply to Making thumbnails bigger, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Thanks for the reply. I don't mind breaking the next update for me, this is…2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post WordPress iPhone App Mockup. New But Familiar, on the site Make WordPress Mobile: 
 By the way, thanks @titanas for the contribution. I love to see what other designers…5 years ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #1760, in Plugins Trac: 
 Instant email subscription confirmation7 years ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #1759, in Plugins Trac: 
 Subscription emails are heavily branded and not customizable7 years ago 
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