Michael Arestad

Member Since: September 27th, 2011
Location: Colorado!
Website: michael.blog
Job Title: C Y B E R D E S I G N E R
Employer: Automattic
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Interests

breaking some internet, lettering, arcade, painting, skiing, sci-fi, books

Contribution History

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

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Created a new ticket, #51751, in Core Trac:
Update page header design

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block Directory V2, on the site Make WordPress Design:
> We cannot allow developers to pick the reviews. As much as I would love…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block Directory V2, on the site Make WordPress Design:
What happens if there are more than one screenshot? If the plugin wants to include…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Show and tell meeting for Wednesday 28th October, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Happy to walk through this: https://make.wordpress.org/design/2020/10/27/block-directory-v2/

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Block Directory V2, on the site Make WordPress Design:
The block directory will be a place where blocks can be perused and installed. Think…

3 months 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 to `trunk`. It makes a ton of sense considering branches. Thanks for getting this…

7 months ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US Online 2020

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post 2020 WordPress Release Squads, on the site Make WordPress Core:
5.6 is gonna be 🔥🔥🔥

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Show and tell meeting for Wednesday 27th May, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I can show some of the work we have been doing on Template Parts (and…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Help on troubleshooting and solving the +4s load times on a 400kb site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I did a quick test via Google's PageSpeed Insights tool. You can see the results…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Widget Custom HTML no copy & paste available, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Howdy Marco, I'm unable to replicate this. I was able to copy code from a…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to View Link Broken – Media Library, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Howdy, That particular link will go to an image's "Attachment page" which is a specific…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Google Coverage can’t tell which css I’m using?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I did a little digging using the Google PageSpeed Insights tool and browser tools. It's…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to + button to add blocks doesn’t work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi. I'm sorry you're having trouble with this. I'm having trouble replicating this issue. I…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to twentyseventeen header overlapping on mobile device, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> what do you think i have done wrong? My guess is that a class…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to twentyseventeen header overlapping on mobile device, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's a bit more complex. You would need to override those particular styles. You can…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to twentyseventeen header overlapping on mobile device, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Good question. From what I can tell, it looks like you edited the theme's stylesheet…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Pages not opening after update WPv5.4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I took a look at the KingComposer plugin support page and see that others are…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to twentyseventeen header overlapping on mobile device, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I took a look. I don't see anything overlapping the topbar element. I suspect that…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Custom Field Name using CSS, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like the feature you are looking for is part of the paid version…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Custom Field Name using CSS, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Howdy, Which contact form are you using? You could change them with CSS, but it…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Mobile friendly layout issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I made a similar recommendation for the WordPress block to function like this by default.…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Mobile friendly layout issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@bcworkz is correct. To elaborate, you will want to add a bit of CSS code.…

1 year ago
Created a new ticket, #41189, in Core Trac:
Twenty Seventeen images are possibly not adhering to content_width

4 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post What makes a great editor?, on the site Make WordPress Design:
What makes a great editor? While I think we can definitely improve the writing experience,…

4 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post This week’s design meeting agenda for December 22nd, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Let's chat a bit more about process/flow. :)

4 years ago
Created a new ticket, #38758, in Core Trac:
Customize: beautify hover, focus, and active states for the partial edit ...

4 years ago
Created a new ticket, #38755, in Core Trac:
Customize: use calc() to set textarea height for custom CSS

4 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Commit announcements for 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Congrats Andrea! It's well earned! 🎉

4 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Release Leads: Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I would need to have a discussion with Matt to find if I can dedicate…

4 years ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Denver 2016

5 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Shiny Updates Review, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Probably because it currently exists and someone once thought it would be a good idea…

5 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Shiny Updates Review, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Is that because of the type of pop-up (confirm widow rather than custom built solution),…

5 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Shiny Updates Review, on the site Make WordPress Design:
> Are you missing a bulk notification up top? Tried again. Still not notification up…

5 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Shiny Updates Review, on the site Make WordPress Design:
update-core.php review The list Before I get into the detailed feedback of the current Updates…

5 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Shiny Updates Review, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Theme interactions review theme-install.php For some reason, this has a different interaction than installing a…

5 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Shiny Updates Review, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Plugin interactions review ## plugin-install.php When installing via plugin-install.php, the spinning arrows are okay,…

5 years ago
Committed [37321] to Core Trac:
Component: Administration Setting the background color on `body` is more ...

5 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Get WordPress Mockups, on the site Make WordPress.org:
Can you post some full size mockups please? It's hard to get a sense of…

5 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Improving Post New, on the site Make WordPress Design:
That is indeed one of the things I wanted to try. Awesome. Could be a…

5 years ago
Wrote a new post, Improving Post New, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Before I get into it, I'm going to need help to get some of these…

5 years ago
Created a new ticket, #35396, in Core Trac:
#a11y-color: Changes to the 'Add new' button need to be made on color ...

5 years ago
Created a new ticket, #35314, in Core Trac:
Background color should be applied to the body element instead of html

5 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post 2FA! 2FA! 2FA!, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm still very much on the fence with this being in core from a user…

5 years ago
Committed [35831] to Core Trac:
Administration: Adds a height to number inputs. Number inputs didn't ...

5 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp US 2015

5 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Update: Responsive Image Support for Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
> 2. Should we support srcset and sizes in older browsers? No. No need. this…

5 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Moving Dashicons from an Icon Font to SVG, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We're planning on using the `use` element ( see https://css-tricks.com/svg-sprites-use-better-icon-fonts/ ) which pulls individual icons…

6 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Moving Dashicons from an Icon Font to SVG, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Sure. That doesn't SVG is better in just about every way... including semantics. A few…

6 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post New committers for 4.3!, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Congrats! You all rock!

6 years ago