Michael Arestad
@michael-arestad on WordPress.org, @michaelarestad on Slack
- 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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Contribution History
Michael Arestad’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Core Team
- Design Contributor
- Design Team
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Theme Developer
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
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										Created a topic, Absoultely sick, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Kjell, I love this plugin so much. You'll certainly be…1 month ago 
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										Closed ticket #48715, in Core Trac: 
 Add New buttons on Posts/Pages/Media don't adhere to Admin Color Scheme2 months ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #51751, in Core Trac: 
 Update page header design8 months ago 
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										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…9 months ago 
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										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…9 months ago 
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										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-v2/9 months ago 
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										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…9 months ago 
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										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…1 year ago 
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										Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US Online 2020 1 year ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post 2020 WordPress Release Squads, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 5.6 is gonna be 🔥🔥🔥1 year ago 
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										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…1 year ago 
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										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…1 year ago 
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										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…1 year ago 
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										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…1 year ago 
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										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…1 year ago 
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										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…1 year ago 
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										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…1 year ago 
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										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…1 year ago 
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										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…1 year ago 
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										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…1 year ago 
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										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…1 year ago 
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										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…2 years ago 
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										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…2 years ago 
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										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.…2 years ago 
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										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.…2 years ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #41189, in Core Trac: 
 Twenty Seventeen images are possibly not adhering to content_width4 years ago 
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										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,…5 years ago 
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										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. :)5 years ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #38758, in Core Trac: 
 Customize: beautify hover, focus, and active states for the partial edit ...5 years ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #38755, in Core Trac: 
 Customize: use calc() to set textarea height for custom CSS5 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Commit announcements for 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Congrats Andrea! It's well earned! 🎉5 years ago 
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										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…5 years ago 
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										Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Denver 2016 5 years ago 
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										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 
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										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 
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										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 
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										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 
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										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 
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										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 
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										Committed [37321] to Core Trac: 
 Component: Administration Setting the background color on `body` is more ...5 years ago 
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										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 
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										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…6 years ago 
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										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…6 years ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #35396, in Core Trac: 
 #a11y-color: Changes to the 'Add new' button need to be made on color ...6 years ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #35314, in Core Trac: 
 Background color should be applied to the body element instead of html6 years ago 
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										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…6 years ago 
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										Closed ticket #28984, in Core Trac: 
 Inputs (type=number) look too flattened6 years ago 
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										Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp US 2015 6 years ago 
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										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…6 years ago 
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										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 
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