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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..

Committed [1701338] to Plugins Trac:
Customize Plugin Manager: Refine readme.

1 day ago
Committed [1692755] to Plugins Trac:
Customize Plugin Manager: add icon.

3 weeks ago
Committed [1692754] to Plugins Trac:
Customize Plugin Manager: Initial Commit.

3 weeks 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.…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks ago
Reopened ticket #40844, in Core Trac:
Customize: Bulk delete widgets

3 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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…

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #40844, in Core Trac:
Customize: Bulk delete widgets

2 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…

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #40843, in Core Trac:
Twenty Seventeen: broken MediaElement.js player icons on hover

2 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.

2 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…

2 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…

2 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…

2 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…

2 months ago
Committed [1661554] to Plugins Trac:
Content Slideshow: push version 2.2 with keyboard accessibility fix.

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #40830, in Core Trac:
Widgets: add a warning that changes are published instantly on the admin ...

2 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…

3 months ago
Committed [1638748] to Plugins Trac:
Background Image Cropper: add textdomain.

3 months ago
Created a new ticket, #40264, in Core Trac:
Twenty Seventeen: Incorrect heading hierarchy for front page sections

4 months ago
Created a new ticket, #40200, in Core Trac:
Introduce WP_Customize_Embed_Control

4 months ago
Created a new ticket, #40199, in Core Trac:
Customize: collapse suggested and previously uploaded header images with ...

4 months ago
Created a new ticket, #40198, in Core Trac:
Customize: all previewable links are blocked in the customize preview on ...

4 months ago
Closed ticket #37003, in Core Trac:
Removing `menus` support for a theme doesn't remove Menus section in ...

4 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…

5 months ago
Committed [1603696] to Plugins Trac:
List Custom Taxonomy Widget: basic internationalization fixes - make all ...

5 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…

5 months ago
Committed [1603685] to Plugins Trac:
Multisite Site Index: update stable tag.

5 months ago
Committed [1603684] to Plugins Trac:
Multisite Site Index: Bump version 1.2, with a new option for number of ...

5 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…

5 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…

5 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…

5 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…

5 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…

5 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…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Agenda for 2017 January 31, on the site Theme Review Team:
User: @celloexpressions Ticket: https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19500

6 months ago
Created a new ticket, #39665, in Core Trac:
Customize: nav menu fallbacks don't get edit shortcuts

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Share a walkthrough of setting up a WordPress site, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Here is the process that we taught students at USC Annenberg to create their personal…

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Customization in 2017, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The biggest thing not explicitly mentioned in the post is that everything should be able…

6 months ago
Nick Halsey's profile was updated

7 months ago
Nick Halsey's profile was updated

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Focus Tech and Design Leads, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks for the reply. I should clarify some of the terminology I used: Live preview…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Focus Tech and Design Leads, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Since I'm going to be generally much less available (and completely unavailable during US business…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Focus Tech and Design Leads, on the site Make WordPress Core:
On the other hand as the editor becomes integrated with the customize API via customize…

7 months ago
Nick Halsey's profile was updated

7 months ago
Posted a reply to Not changing colours on 4.7, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A hard refresh and/or emptying your cache in the customizer would probably fix any issues…

7 months ago
Committed [1561151] to Plugins Trac:
Sheet Music Library: tested with WordPress 4.7.

7 months ago
Committed [1554186] to Plugins Trac:
Multisite Custom CSS: add plugin icon.

7 months ago