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Nick Halsey

Member Since: April 24th, 2012
Portland, OR
nick.halsey.co
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co.
@celloexpressions on WordPress.org and Slack

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I’m an Engineer, Composer, and Designer in Portland, Oregon. I recently completed a B.S. in Civil Engineering (Building Science) at the University of Southern California, with a minor in Musical Studies (Composition) and am currently working on a M.S. in Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering). Architecture, engineering, and the built environment are my primary passions, along with a creative drive to constantly make things. In addition to music composition, this often manifests itself in digital works ranging from software (via WordPress) to sheet music, photography, and digital art. My digital projects can be found at http://celloexpressions.com/.

WordPress Origin Story

I wanted to publish music online.

Committed [1551132] to Plugins Trac:
Thirteen Colors: compatible with WordPress 4.7.

3 hours ago
Committed [1551130] to Plugins Trac:
Site Icon Widget: compatible with WordPress 4.7.

3 hours ago
Committed [1551120] to Plugins Trac:
QuickShare: compatible with WordPress 4.7.

3 hours ago
Committed [1551107] to Plugins Trac:
Login Site Icon: compatible with WordPress 4.7.

3 hours ago
Committed [1551104] to Plugins Trac:
List Custom Taxonomy Widget: compatible with WordPress 4.7.

3 hours ago
Committed [1551103] to Plugins Trac:
Fourteen Colors: Compatible with WordPress 4.7.

3 hours ago
Committed [1551102] to Plugins Trac:
Featured Images in Content: compatible with WordPress 4.7.

3 hours ago
Committed [1551100] to Plugins Trac:
Featured Audio: compatible with WordPress 4.7.

3 hours ago
Committed [1551098] to Plugins Trac:
Custom Highlight Color: compatible with WordPress 4.7.

3 hours ago
Committed [1551097] to Plugins Trac:
CSS3 Transitions: Compatible with WordPress 4.7.

3 hours ago
Wrote a comment on the post 4.7 Retrospective, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We need to collectively review the "feature plugin merge guidelines" listed here: https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/about/release-cycle/features-as-plugins/#feature-plugin-merge-criteria While development…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to Multi Select Taxonomy, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not too complicated using template functions - there are definitely themes out there that do…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to older/newer posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
These labels are most likely being defined by your theme. The best way to fix…

1 day ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community summit 2017 discussion points, on the site Make WordPress Design:
How do we envision the experience of managing a site in the future? Is it…

1 day ago
Closed ticket #39177, in Core Trac:
Twenty Seventeen: weird behaviour of color slider (custom header)

1 day ago
Created a new ticket, #39134, in Core Trac:
Customize: custom CSS textarea is scrolled to top when pressing tab

3 days ago
Created a new ticket, #38393, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Dynamic Seventeen – 1.0

3 days ago
Created a new ticket, #39109, in Core Trac:
Twenty Seventeen: starter content array needs a filter

3 days ago
Created a new ticket, #38370, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Figure/Ground – 1.2

4 days ago
Created a new ticket, #39104, in Core Trac:
Customize: starter content home menu item needs to be a link, not a page

4 days ago
Created a new ticket, #39103, in Core Trac:
Customize: menus aren't deleted

4 days ago
Created a new ticket, #39101, in Core Trac:
Customize: edit shortcuts for custom menu widgets do not work

4 days ago
Created a new ticket, #2287, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory: "Other Notes" custom sections are not displayed

1 week ago
Created a new ticket, #39015, in Core Trac:
Customize: custom CSS help link is not helpful

1 week ago
Wrote a new post, Customizer Improvements in 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 4.7 has been the most active release on record for the customize component, with…

1 week ago
Nick Halsey's profile was updated

2 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #38957, in Core Trac:
Customize Menus: Menu locations should be able to opt-out of menu item ...

2 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #38956, in Core Trac:
Customize Menus: menus assigned to locations with limited depths should ...

2 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #38955, in Core Trac:
Customize Menus: post type archive menu items lose their labels when ...

2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Visible Edit Shotcuts in the Customizer Preview, on the site Make WordPress Core:
#27403 added visible edit shortcuts to the customizer preview, making it easier to see which…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post 4.7 Beta 1 User Testing in the Customizer and with Twenty Seventeen, on the site Make WordPress Design:
When the visible edit shortcuts failed to work, I asked them to find the options…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post 4.7 Beta 1 User Testing in the Customizer and with Twenty Seventeen, on the site Make WordPress Design:
As I mentioned above, the script was not fixed - this was a looser format.…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, 4.7 Beta 1 User Testing in the Customizer and with Twenty Seventeen, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I ran four users through some tasks in the customizer with 4.7 beta 1 and…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Twenty Seventeen: Merge Proposal for 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
#38426 makes the "panels" experience in the theme much faster and smoother by adding support…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Customize Update 2016-10-23, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is the weekly update post for the customize component. It includes a summary of…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post This week’s chat is happening Thursday 20th at…, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Customize tickets needing design discussion: #38164 - review https://core.trac.wordpress.org/raw-attachment/ticket/38164/38164.gif #27403 - finalize button styling and…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Feature Proposal: Better theme customizations via custom CSS with live previews, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That's a good point, hopefully @johnregan3 can put together some boilerplate functionality for importing existing…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Feature Proposal: Better theme customizations via custom CSS with live previews, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks! It's definitely a team effort. The screencast was made with a handy tool called…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Feature Proposal: Better theme customizations via custom CSS with live previews, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Versioning/revisions isn't part of the initial proposal for 4.7. We'll explore all of the considerations…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Feature Proposal: Better theme customizations via custom CSS with live previews, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I explored this with the Modular Custom CSS plugin, which stores CSS intended for themes…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Feature Proposal: Better theme customizations via custom CSS with live previews, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This feature doesn't introduce a significant amount of code and in fact, most of the…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Feature Proposal: Better theme customizations via custom CSS with live previews, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Noting that it'll use post objects directly, not postmeta. This is how Jetpack and WordPress.com…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Feature Proposal: Better theme customizations via custom CSS with live previews, on the site Make WordPress Core:
When people ask “why WordPress?”, some of the most common answers center around flexibility for…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Customize Update 2016-10-09, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is the weekly update post for the customize component. It includes a summary of…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Help user test the new themes in Customizer experience, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Thanks! I think the key takeaways here are: Current section indicator needs work. Need to…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Twenty Seventeen Features Meeting Notes: Oct. 4 2016, on the site Make WordPress Core:
On #37974, "decided live preview in the Customizer wasn’t critical at the current time" is…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Status API for taxonomy terms, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is not about the customizer. Terms are created in many places in core, and…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Feature Proposal: A New Experience for Discovering, Installing, and Previewing Themes in the Customizer, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is the feature merge proposal for the new themes experience in the customizer introduced…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Customize Update 2016-10-02, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is the weekly update post for the customize component. It includes a summary of…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post User Testing the New Customizer Themes Experience, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Thanks, @grapplerulrich took care of it.

2 months ago