Mel Choyce-Dwan

Member Since: September 10th, 2012
Location: Boston
Website: melchoyce.design
GitHub: melchoyce
Job Title: Designer
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

I’m a Boston-based designer. I’m currently focused on designing rad, modern themes for Gutenberg, sponsored by my employer, Automattic.

In the past, I’ve contributed to parts of the project like Gutenberg and the Customizer. I’m a core committer, and co-led WordPress 4.9 “Tipton.”

On the community side, I co-organize WordCamp Boston.

Interests

Large type, cold brew coffee, craft beer, drumming, and gaming.

Contributions Sponsored

Mel Choyce-Dwan contributes 40 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Design.

Contribution History

Accessibility Contributor
bbPress Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Team
Design Contributor
Design Team
Meta Contributor
Meta Team
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Rename “invalid”, “worksforme”, and “wontfix” ticket resolutions, on the site Make WordPress Core:
These seem both friendlier and more clear. Great idea @sergeybiryukov!

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Rename “invalid”, “worksforme”, and “wontfix” ticket resolutions, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+1

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Tuesday Trainings: Encouraging Diversity in Meetups and WordCamps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thank you for providing the transcript!!

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `trunk` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
History books provide better context for future generations than the naming structure of code in…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `main` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+100

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `main` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+100

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `main` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+1

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Ways to keep up with Full Site Editing (FSE), on the site Make WordPress Design:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/core: Comment on Ways to keep up with Full Site Editing (FSE)

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Ways to keep up with Full Site Editing (FSE), on the site Make WordPress Core:
+make.wordpress.org/design/

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Online WordCamps – Resources, Tools and Information, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Will online WordCamps still need to be location-based?

3 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe Online 2020

3 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Testing 2050

3 months ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Boston 2020

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Call for design team rep nominations, on the site Make WordPress Design:
+1

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post All-women Release Squad, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Happy to help in whatever ways I can!

5 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Washington, DC 2020

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp PWA is now available for all WordCamps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
👏👏👏

6 months ago
Reopened ticket #1977, in Meta Trac:
Add "Add New Topic" link to the top / left on forum pages

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post New Bi-weekly Block-based Themes Meeting, on the site Theme Review Team:
Stoked for this 🙌 Super excited to see how far the community can push the…

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I find it useful for all sessions, if only to know the break duration between…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Can we not do a range inside the time cell? ex: 4:45pm – 5:30pm

7 months ago
Closed ticket #45003, in Core Trac:
Modernize Admin Nav

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Can we show end times for all sessions by default?

7 months ago
Wrote a new post, Block Directory in WP-Admin: V1, on the site Make WordPress Design:
This is an update to the #block-directory project. You can see the first round of…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Scheduled WordCamps in need of feature image/description, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
FWIW, the current banners are an awkwardly thin size that makes it hard to design…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal Update: Speaker Feedback Tool, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
If the idea is to base this off commenting, it might be faster/easier to use…

8 months ago
Closed ticket #48889, in Core Trac:
Color Schemes: Update "Page Title Action" button styles to work with ...

8 months ago
Created a new ticket, #48889, in Core Trac:
Color Schemes: Update "Page Title Action" button styles to work with ...

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Featured Image Not Displaying in Full Size, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah yeah, that definitely looks like it's coming from your theme. It looks like ThemeShift…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Move my website to a new domain, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you have any content coming from a plugin, like one that enables a Custom…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Do I need this?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Correct!

8 months ago
Posted a reply to WordPress wont allow me to upload mp3 to wordpress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Might be a long-shot, but could you try the Health Check plugin and see if…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Font issue…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you haven't customized your fonts at all, they're coming directly from your theme. Try…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Font issue…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
How are your web fonts included in your site? If you've created a custom theme,…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to More control over image responsiveness, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @reti, for something like this, you'll want to custom code your image sources in…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Featured Image Not Displaying in Full Size, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @speccar, can you take a screenshot of what your featured image section looks like…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Edit display of permalinks and vertical space at top?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You're welcome!

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Edit display of permalinks and vertical space at top?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @anunderdog, just to clarify, are you trying to hide these page titles? https://cloudup.com/cCfWUn9AvFw If…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Add comments to a post like Google Docs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
FWIW, this will hopefully be coming to the new editor by default in the future:…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Add comments to a post like Google Docs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @votrechien, https://wordpress.org/plugins/edit-flow/ comes with an editorial commenting feature (along with a bunch of other…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to How to Change My Blog Post Title from Uppercase to Lowercase, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @recruitmentform1, it looks like the font you're using for your blog titles ("Marcellus SC")…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to WordPress wont allow me to upload mp3 to wordpress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @thehearttalk, can you paste the exact error message into here?

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Sign in admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @noachfashion, have you tried resetting your password? You can do so here: http://noachfashion.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword

8 months ago
Closed ticket #40203, in Core Trac:
Add post thumbnail to Recent post widgets

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Giving WordPress Its Own Directory: not working behind haproxy, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @kitatech, do either of these suggestions work? - https://www.devconsole.info/wordpress-https-problem-infinite-loop-redirections-behind-haproxy/ - https://trick77.com/prevent-ssl-redirect-loop-using-wordpress-and-haproxy/

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Move my website to a new domain, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @reprenezlescommandes! The WordPress import/export tool should work as you've described.

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Not a valid JSON response, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @dreamintreg! Please install the health check plugin and report back its findings: https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/ Copy/paste…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Error message, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @bokruimer2000, it looks like that first error is related to the the Visual Composer…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Do I need this?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @jummi1, this plugin is updated regularly with features and bug fixes. You definitely don't…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Gallery not displaying, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you see these on the support forum? Could you provide some links so we…

8 months ago