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Member Since: October 22nd, 2006
Location: Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands
Website: https://webpressed.nl
Job Title: Owner/founder
Employer: WebPressed
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Bio

Owner/founder of WebPressed, WordPress front-end developer.

Current community roles:
– Polyglots Team
– General Translation Editor (Dutch)
– Co-organizer WordCamp Rotterdam

Past community roles:
– Co-organizer WordCamp Netherlands
– Co-organizer WordPress meetup Rotterdam, Netherlands

Interests

Cycling, music, movies, art.

WordPress Origin Story

I started using WordPress back in 2006 for a personal blog. Apparently a hobby converted into a job. I started to contribute to the WordPress project and I am now making a living with WordPress.

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WordCamp Organizer
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Chantal Coolsma's profile was updated

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post (Post Title) PTE Request for…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Added. Thanks.

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@mrscottie @coolesuggesties, you have been added as PTE for Advanced Ads for #nl_NL. If you…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post (Post Title) PTE Request for…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi @psmits1567, can you give a link to the plugin? There are several plugins with…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am translator…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Added for nl_NL.

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Complianz GDPR, on the site Translate WordPress:
@aahulsebos, you have been added as PTE for Complianz GDPR for #nl_NL. If you have…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@benjaminowens, you have been added as PTE for NGG Image Search for #nl_NL. If you…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Local WordCamps in The Netherlands – Our experiences, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
My idea for the Netherlands: Have one nation-wide WordCamp a year. 500-1000 attendees at a…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Local WordCamps in The Netherlands – Our experiences, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
We just don't have that much quality speakers in the Netherlands. Think about the size…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Local WordCamps in The Netherlands – Our experiences, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Or to put it in another way: I’d much rather have one new contributor to…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Local WordCamps in The Netherlands – Our experiences, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I am not staying away because of newbies. I am staying away because most local…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Local WordCamps in The Netherlands – Our experiences, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I would rather go for one nationwide WordCamp NL and more WordCamp meetups. Most meetups…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Local WordCamps in The Netherlands – Our experiences, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Lots of tickets sold at WordCamp Rotterdam were bought by the same companies who also…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Local WordCamps in The Netherlands – Our experiences, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
We had a little discussion about that on our Dutch Slack. Most people and organizers…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Local WordCamps in The Netherlands – Our experiences, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I don't know how active all these meetups are: https://nl.wordpress.org/community/meetups/ Leiden, Heerhugowaard, Rotterdam, Nijmegen are…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Local WordCamps in The Netherlands – Our experiences, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Maybe an addition to above. We also have multiple WordPress meetups in The Netherlands. For…

1 month ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Netherlands 2009

1 month ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Netherlands 2010

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Since the users of Google…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Quality of the nl_NL translation is very poor. Needs a lot corrections to approve them.

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@prowebmdk, you have been added as PTE for Brizy for #nl_NL. If you have any…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for the Brizy Plugin, on the site Translate WordPress:
Duplicate of https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2018/06/27/hello-polyglots-i-am-the-410/. Marking this one as done.

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Boxzilla Hello…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Added @dvankooten and @lapzor for nl_NL. I am GTE, so don't need PTE rights ;-)

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for the Mesmerize Companion plugin, on the site Translate WordPress:
@ungureanuveronica1, you have been added as PTE for Mesmerize Companion for #nl_NL. If you have…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Unable to install dutch language, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That shouldn’t matter. Good it works.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Unable to install dutch language, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just install the plugin. Set Dutch to the language. And the Dutch translation should appear…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I have added…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi Peter, I have added you for nl_NL. I reviewed most strings, some need some…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Added.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Privacy notice only in English, missed the Italian language, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not all strings were approved. Akismet is now 100% translated and approved for nl_NL.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Privacy notice only in English, missed the Italian language, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@mmwbadmin which version of Dutch are you using? Default or Formal? Formal isn't ready yet.

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Please approve my translations, on the site Translate WordPress:
Translation was for nl_BE. Corrected language in the post above.

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Found issues in 1.3.4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@digitalmouse I approved some translations today. Will see if I can do some more.

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots,, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done.

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Translations not showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
See also https://github.com/wp-media/rocket-lazy-load/pull/54

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Found issues in 1.3.4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@donnyoexman do the strings have the text domain added in the source code?

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Dutch translation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Probably because Dutch translation isn't above 95% approved strings. So it won't be installed using…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Creation of https://nl-be.wordpress.org/team/ Dear team,…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Isn't this something for the meta team? Team page is o2 site.

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Not all strings are translatable, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks!

3 months ago
Created a topic, Not all strings are translatable, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When I go to Extra > WP GDPR Compliance > Checkl…

3 months ago
Created a topic, Translations not showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I translated the plugin to Dutch on translate.wordpres…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to “This plugin is not properly prepared for localization”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Probably the text domain is missing or not set the right way. https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/internationalization/how-to-internationalize-your-plugin/#text-domains

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots,, on the site Translate WordPress:
Your plugin isn't translatable using translate.wordpress.org: This plugin is not properly prepared for localization (View…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Sorry, German is not my main language. Not a member of the German Slack. I…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hi, I’d like to request…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Take a quick look at waiting strings. Most of them are ok, rejected some strings…

4 months ago
Reopened ticket #3552, in Meta Trac:
WP15 Theme: Event date not formatted as translated

5 months ago
Created a new ticket, #3552, in Meta Trac:
WP15 Theme: Event date not formatted as translated

5 months ago
Created a new ticket, #3545, in Meta Trac:
WP15 Theme: Language switcher doesn't get fixed when scrolling

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@louvanwijhe, you have been added as PTE for Asgaros Forum for #nl_NL. If you have…

5 months ago
Wrote a new post, What happened at WordCamp Rotterdam?, on the site WordCamp Rotterdam 2018:
The first ever WordCamp Rotterdam is history. We had a lot of fun and noticed…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post editor-requests Hi Polyglots, I’m the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@jdevroed, you have been added as PTE for Sharing Club for #nl_NL. If you have…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@sendcloudbv, you have been added as PTE for SendCloud Shipping for #nl_NL. If you have…

5 months ago

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