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Phil Simon is a frequent keynote speaker, recognized collaboration and technology authority, and college professor-for-hire. He is the award-winning author of eleven books, most recently Reimagining Collaboration: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and the Post-COVID World of Work. He helps organizations communicate, collaborate, and use technology better. Harvard Business Review, the MIT Sloan Management Review, Wired, NBC, CNBC, BusinessWeek, and The New York Times have featured his contributions. He also hosts the podcast Conversations About Collaboration.

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  • Member Since: October 18th, 2013
  • Website: philsimon.com
  • GitHub: philsimon
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  • Posted a reply to Issues with Divi theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I finally figured out this plug-in and even some custom PHP code didn't work. I'm…

  • Posted a reply to Issues with Divi theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Any update?

  • Posted a reply to Issues with Divi theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The issue has recurred.

  • Posted a reply to Issues with Divi theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It appears to be working. I'm wondering if the Yoast update today fixed it.

  • Posted a reply to Issues with Divi theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Here's a quick video: https://jmp.sh/NgSCFYmi

  • Created a topic, Issues with Divi theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello When I insert [toc] manually in pages, the pl…

  • Posted a reply to error when sending a confirmation email, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I did. Let me know when we're set.

  • Posted a reply to No subscription after upgrade to 4.5.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Same issue here, but I didn't upgrade.

  • Created a topic, error when sending a confirmation email, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello I'm trying to use MP instead of Jetpack for s…

  • Posted a reply to Yoast fields missing on latest Divi version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you. There was a problem with the hosting company. It’s resolved. Thank you.

  • Created a topic, [Yoast SEO] Yoast fields missing on latest Divi version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi I’ve checked under ‘screen options&#821…

  • Posted a reply to [Secondary Title] Putting secondary title underneath main title, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    No, not on the dashboard. I’d love for it to appear below the title in…

  • Posted a reply to [Secondary Title] Putting secondary title underneath main title, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Never mind. I misunderstood. Yes, this works. Thanks.

  • Posted a reply to [Secondary Title] Putting secondary title underneath main title, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I have not. Got a screen grab so I know exactly where? Thanks!

  • Created a topic, [Secondary Title] Putting secondary title underneath main title, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello The recent change put the secondary title on top…

  • Posted a reply to [Secondary Title] Latest Version Causes Posts to Crash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    ✅ I had left a review months ago. Thanks for the help!

  • Posted a reply to [Secondary Title] Latest Version Causes Posts to Crash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks. The dev version now works. I’ll keep the old one until 2.0.6 launches in…

  • Posted a reply to [Secondary Title] Latest Version Causes Posts to Crash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    <h3><span class="fun-hover2"><span style="color: #000000;"><?php echo get_secondary_title($post_id, $prefix, $suffix); ?></span></span></h3> I put this code in single.php…

  • Posted a reply to [Secondary Title] Latest Version Causes Posts to Crash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    PHP: 7.4

  • Posted a reply to [Secondary Title] Latest Version Causes Posts to Crash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Here are all log entries from today.

  • Posted a reply to [Secondary Title] Latest Version Causes Posts to Crash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The dev plug-in doesn’t fix the issue unless there’s a caching issue. That’s doubtful, though,…

  • Posted a reply to Latest Version Causes Posts to Crash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks. Here is the error log from my staging site.

  • Created a topic, [Secondary Title] Latest Version Causes Posts to Crash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I had to revert to the prior version: https://share.ge…

  • Created a topic, [Search and Navigation Popup] Where can I access the options?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello I’m clearly missing something. Are there s…

  • Posted a reply to [Ivory Search - WordPress Search Plugin] Ivory Search Just Stopped Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The upgrade to Divi 4.8.2 breaks the plugin. The search bar in the menu no…

  • Posted a reply to [Ivory Search - WordPress Search Plugin] Ivory Search Just Stopped Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I had to yank the plugin as I investigate a separate issue.

  • Posted a reply to [Ivory Search - WordPress Search Plugin] Ivory Search Just Stopped Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The menu should appear in the header but it does not. See this screenshot.

  • Posted a reply to [Ivory Search - WordPress Search Plugin] Ivory Search Just Stopped Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    In the header menu as I mentioned before. The Divi upgrade broke it.

  • Posted a reply to Ivory Search Just Stopped Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It is not fixed. I don’t know where you got that from.

  • Posted a reply to [Ivory Search - WordPress Search Plugin] Ivory Search Just Stopped Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It turns out that Divi 4.8.2 breaks Ivory Search. I reverted to 4.8.1 and that…

  • Created a topic, [Ivory Search - WordPress Search Plugin] Ivory Search Just Stopped Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello For some reason, it has stopped working on https…

  • Created a topic, [Ivory Search - WordPress Search Plugin] Love it, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This plug-in does exactly what I want and expect. Supp…

  • Created a topic, [Classic Editor] V 5.6 of WordPress breaks insert image from URL, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello The plug-in doesn’t work right when insert…

  • Created a topic, [Ivory Search - WordPress Search Plugin] changing color of search icon after clicking serach, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello I saw this post to change the size of the icon o…

  • Created a topic, [WP Smart Preloader] Works perfectly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This plug-in does exactly what you’d expect. Lov…

  • Created a topic, Excellent, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This saved me a boatload of time when my widgets disap…

  • Created a topic, Works as described, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Good job.

  • Wrote a comment on the post Focus v2 demo video, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    It does seem like an improvement. I don't like how many of the features (h2's,…