Tom J Nowell
@tjnowell on WordPress.org , @tomjn on Slack
- Member Since: January 6th, 2011
- Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
- Website: tomjn.com
- GitHub: tomjn
- Job Title: Engineer
- Employer: HumanMade Ltd
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Contribution History
Tom J Nowell’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
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Pull request #41542 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
Fix retrieving autosaves when using a custom rest_namespace -
Wrote a comment on the post Thinking Through the WordPress Admin Experience, on the site Make WordPress Design:
The home button The home button is very un-buttony, it's not obvious for a lot… -
Submitted pull request #41542 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Fix retrieving autosaves when using a custom rest_namespace -
Created issue #357 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
QTags handbook page has a broken code example -
Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Creating & containing containers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Fun fact, if you group things into a stack, then group stacks into rows, then… -
Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Creating & containing containers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
it's based on CSS flexbox, the browser itself is providing the width values in realtime… -
Created issue #347 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
Plugin Handbook AJAX doc does not mention or use the REST API -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Refurbishing Camera Kits, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Wireless microphone: Rode Wireless Go This microphone is no longer available according to the link:… -
Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Agenda: 12 January 2021, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I had hoped to raise a subject I wanted to talk about last week but… -
Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Agenda: 5 January 2021, on the site Make WordPress Core:
of note, this has broken Frontenberg, and I expect when the 5.9 update lands it… -
Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Agenda: 5 January 2021, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Noting here I wanted to discuss workarounds and fixes for https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/37682, the editor assumes the… -
Created issue #37682 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Post Editor always assumes a logged in user with valid session -
Wrote a comment on the post Take more control over Inner Block Areas (as a block developer), on the site Make WordPress Core:
Glad to see this, one note though: Another benefit to using the hook approach is… -
Wrote a comment on the post Redesign of Openverse, on the site Make WordPress Design:
This is looking good, glad to see it documented here :) -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress development environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I would find WP contribution centred around a tool that tries to sell you hosting… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress development environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As an aside, VVV is headed in the direction of point and click UI, but… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress development environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Local is also a commercial enterprise with upsells and integrations with particular hosts which isn't… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress development environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I've experimented with Multipass from Canonical, but I've not heard of podman-machine, if you have… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress development environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Supporting .wp-env.json is something I'd like for the VVV project, supporting some of the functionality… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress development environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Different people work in different ways, lets be inclusive and let people use what works… -
Submitted pull request #36158 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Remove stack exchange from new issue templates -
Created issue #36150 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Broken default editor stylesheet font families -
Created issue #36061 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Discussion/i18n: Localising blocks in FSE themes -
Closed issue #174 on the WordPress/twentytwentytwo repository:
Discussion: i18n text in FSE themes -
Created issue #174 in the WordPress/twentytwentytwo repository:
Discussion: i18n text in FSE themes -
Mentioned in [50921] on Core SVN:
Plugins: Add support for `Update URI` header. -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Treat FLoC like a security concern, on the site Make WordPress Core:
because when I changed ; to , I forgot to change the explode, it's been… -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Treat FLoC as a security concern, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I agree, and to that end, here is a version that in theory is more… -
Wrote a comment on the post Full Site Editing Scope for WP5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Will the demo be recorded and shared? Will people be able to join as viewers?… -
Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Easier than ever to find the blocks you need, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I wrote this up into a blog post, who says GB can't write posts :) -
Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Easier than ever to find the blocks you need, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I did some digging, and figured out that the entire block directory and all its… -
Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Easier than ever to find the blocks you need, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That's not always possible, and beyond the technical skill of a lot of people building… -
Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Easier than ever to find the blocks you need, on the site Make WordPress Core:
How do we turn this off for client sites with strict control over what's installed… -
Wrote a comment on the post Experiment: Coordinating Sponsored Contributor Teams, on the site Team Updates:
There are some ambiguities that would be helpful to clear up: - If a student… -
Wrote a comment on the post Meeting Notes | Matt, Josepha, and Theme Team, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
The meta environment could be rebuilt to be both smaller and faster, as well as… -
Wrote a comment on the post Announcement: Decision making checklist for in-person meetups now available, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I know it might seem obvious, but can we add to the checklist a question… -
Wrote a comment on the post Addressing Mailchimp and Newsletter service privacy concerns, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I'd also clarify that these concerns are for existing users, not new users. New users… -
Wrote a comment on the post Addressing Mailchimp and Newsletter service privacy concerns, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Again, the problem is not MailChimp, the problem is giving them the data without consent.… -
Wrote a comment on the post Addressing Mailchimp and Newsletter service privacy concerns, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I think that there's a fundamental misunderstanding of the concerns that were raised here. The… -
Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Agenda: 7th October, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Can we talk about the switch to taxonomy terms for FSE template post theme tracking?… -
Wrote a comment on the post Introducing Twenty Twenty One, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This looks nice! -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I second this! If we're going to be consistent lets be consistently great! -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I like this proposal and approve of a merge. Anything I can do to help… -
Wrote a comment on the post Email newsletter service selection: Announcement and Next steps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Additionally: How is this being documented How are users being told about MailChimps privacy practices
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