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…
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										Closed ticket #48715 on Core Trac: 
 Add New buttons on Posts/Pages/Media don't adhere to Admin Color Scheme
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										Mentioned in [49961] on Core SVN: 
 Administration: Update hover and focus states in admin menu.
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										Created ticket #51751 on Core Trac: 
 Update page header design
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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…
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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…
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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/
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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…
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										Mentioned in [49248] on Core SVN: 
 Users: improve password generation feature.
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										Mentioned in [49109] on Core SVN: 
 REST API: Introduce Application Passwords for API authentication.
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										Mentioned in [48342] on Core SVN: 
 Administration: Adapts the secondary buttons colors to the admin schemes.
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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…
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										Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US Online 2020 
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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 🔥🔥🔥
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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										Mentioned in [46867] on Core SVN: 
 Administration: Standardize form control height and alignment across the admin.
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										Mentioned in [46866] on Core SVN: 
 Administration: Standardize form control height and alignment across the admin.
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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.…
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										Mentioned in [46241] on Core SVN: 
 Accessibility: Improve and modernize user interface controls for better contrast.
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										Created ticket #41189 on Core Trac: 
 Twenty Seventeen images are possibly not adhering to content_width
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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,…
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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. :)
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										Mentioned in [39445] on Core SVN: 
 About page: Add strings for 4.7 and make available for translation.
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										Mentioned in [39420] on Core SVN: 
 About page: Add strings for 4.7 and make available for translation.
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										Mentioned in [39229] on Core SVN: 
 Customize: Maximize height of Custom CSS `textarea` without causing doubled scrollbars.
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										Mentioned in [39228] on Core SVN: 
 Customize: Improve styles for hover, focus, and active states on edit shortcuts.
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										Created ticket #38758 on Core Trac: 
 Customize: beautify hover, focus, and active states for the partial edit ...
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										Created ticket #38755 on Core Trac: 
 Customize: use calc() to set textarea height for custom CSS
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										Mentioned in [38832] on Core SVN: 
 REST API: Introduce the Content API endpoints.
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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! 🎉
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										Mentioned in [38184] on Core SVN: 
 About Page: First pass for 4.6 with strings (not yet translatable) and images (not CDN).
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										Mentioned in [38183] on Core SVN: 
 About Page: First pass for 4.6 with strings (not yet translatable) and images (not CDN).
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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…
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										Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Denver 2016 
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										Mentioned in [37714] on Core SVN: 
 Update/Install: Shiny Updates v2.
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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…
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