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Nick Halsey

Member Since: April 24th, 2012
Portland, OR
nick.halsey.co
KPFF Consulting Engineers
@celloexpressions on WordPress.org and Slack

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Nick Halsey is an Engineer, Composer, and Designer in Portland, Oregon. He recently completed his M.S. in Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering) and B.S. in Civil Engineering (Building Science) with a minor in Musical Studies (Composition) at the University of Southern California. Architecture, engineering, and the built environment are his 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. Nick’s digital projects can be found at Cello Expressions.

In addition to the free plugins and themes available here on WordPress.org, Nick has designed several unique commercial WordPress themes at Halsey Themes..

Created a new ticket, #42050, in Core Trac:
Customize Themes: update dashboard welcome link to use themes in the ...

3 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #42049, in Core Trac:
Customize Themes: extensibility improvements

3 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #42048, in Core Trac:
Customize Themes: correctly hide all publish buttons when themes panel is ...

3 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #42047, in Core Trac:
Customize Themes: Improve and clarify help text

3 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #42046, in Core Trac:
Customize Themes: Clarify active and previewed themes

3 weeks ago
Reopened ticket #41614, in Core Trac:
Customizer: Improve small-screen styles in Widgets panel

3 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #41844, in Core Trac:
Media: audio players overflow playlist containers

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Display as Dropdown is Not Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin does not work well for displaying built-in taxonomies like categories. I suggest using…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Customizing for Choir Application, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the feedback! I'll keep thinking about the best ways to allow those types…

2 months ago
Closed ticket #39916, in Core Trac:
Add position, preset and size controls to custom-header

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #41671, in Core Trac:
Category Widget Navigates Customize Preview out of Customize Preview ...

2 months ago
Posted a reply to INCLUDE, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Good idea. I think that would probably be best as a fork of this plugin…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Remove Go Button / First Item, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The go button is required for keyboard accessibility. The core widget needs to fix that…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Customizing for Choir Application, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There are a few different options to add additional information. The easiest would be to…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Undefined Index Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you still get errors when you remove and re-add a widget? Or is this…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to RSS Feed Not Updating When Plugin is Activated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think it's showing only the first page of items, and then since new items…

2 months ago
Committed [1705428] to Plugins Trac:
Sheet Music Library: tested with WordPress 4.8.

3 months ago
Committed [1705427] to Plugins Trac:
QuickShare: tested with WordPress 4.8.

3 months ago
Committed [1705426] to Plugins Trac:
Multisite Site Index: tested with WordPress 4.8.

3 months ago
Committed [1705425] to Plugins Trac:
Multisite Custom CSS: tested with WordPress 4.8.

3 months ago
Committed [1705424] to Plugins Trac:
Modular Custom CSS: tested with WordPress 4.8.

3 months ago
Committed [1705423] to Plugins Trac:
Login Site Icon: tested with WordPress 4.8.

3 months ago
Committed [1705422] to Plugins Trac:
List Custom Taxonomy Widget: tested with WordPress 4.8.

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post A Better “Page on Front” Experience: Previous Ideas, on the site Make WordPress Design:
What if we removed Page on Front from Settings, and only had it exist in…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post A Better “Page on Front” Experience: Previous Ideas, on the site Make WordPress Design:
This seems like a good time to consider merging the Front Page Custom Post Type…

3 months ago
Committed [1705419] to Plugins Trac:
Front Page Custom Post Type: Tested with WordPress 4.8.

3 months ago
Committed [1705416] to Plugins Trac:
Featured Image in Content: tested with WordPress 4.8.

3 months ago
Committed [1705415] to Plugins Trac:
Featured Audio: tested with WordPress 4.8.

3 months ago
Created a new ticket, #41489, in Core Trac:
Customize Preview: do not show `cursor: not-allowed` on audio/video track ...

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Except on Homepage (Posts), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's probably best done with some custom code based on this plugin. It may sound…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Sort order, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The sort defaults to last-updated, so that frequently-updated sites are listed above older, less-active sites.…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Solved my problem with featured images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for sharing your "success story" with this plugin! Your situation is exactly why I…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Design updates: week two, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Anything you need help with? #37661 (theme discovery in the customizer) is a great candidate…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda for June 28th (4.8.1 week 2), on the site Make WordPress Core:
I can't make the meetings, so noting a 4.9 project that needs discussion here. #37661…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Design updates week one, on the site Make WordPress Design:
What did you work on this past week? Nothing for core - very busy at…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Removal of core embedding support for WMV and WMA file formats, on the site Make WordPress Core:
What happens to existing content with this change? Can we do anything to mitigate potential…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Fixes and improvements for get_the_featured_audio(), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for working through that! I'll add it to the next version of the plugin.

5 months ago
Posted a reply to No visible option to discard attached audio file?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's a good catch. I'll add that to my to-do list and add a remove…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Plug in not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is the plugin activated? It may be an issue if your theme or another plugin…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Throwing errors, disabling page builder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you still see this issue with the latest version of the plugin? Even if…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to removing sidebar while using Fourteen colors plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's probably an issue of css priority. Maybe try adding !important? Or, it may work…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to It would be great to add MIDI support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm, that's a good idea, but I'm not sure whether it makes sense built into…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to Request: Can you make filters applicable for the “go »” button?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for pointing this out, and sorry about the slow response. I've taken a first…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Max of 100 sites?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I just pushed version 1.1, which adds an option for number of sites on networks…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Max of 100 sites?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Good catch! It looks like get_sites() defaults to returning 100 sites: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_sites/. I could update…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Customizer width, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/32296. Definitely a core issue and not something specific to this plugin. That being…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to show taxonomy list in columns, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's certainly possible. The specifics will depend somewhat on how your theme displays widgets (many…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to HTTPS issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin is no longer actively developed, so if anyone else runs into this you…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Content Slideshow stuck and trying to overlay all pics, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like there's a JavaScript error on the slideshow page, which prevents the slideshow…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Missing Theme Agnostic CSS Area, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is the plugin active? It should be below the main area after you scroll down…

8 months ago