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Weston Ruter

Member Since: May 16th, 2007
Portland, OR, USA
weston.ruter.net
CTO at XWP
@westonruter on WordPress.org and Slack

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CTO at XWP; proud daddy & husband [ˈwɛsˌtn̩ ˈɹuːˌɾɚ]. (Twitter | Google+)

Posted a reply to Image widget select number of images correction, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you. Committed a fix for this in https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/40827

18 hours ago
Committed [40827] to Core Trac:
Widgets: Prevent multiple items from being selectable when first ...

18 hours ago
Wrote a comment on the post Addition of TinyMCE to the Text Widget, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@jakept if you can test by tomorrow if at all possible, we are almost to…

19 hours ago
Wrote a comment on the post Addition of TinyMCE to the Text Widget, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@jakept thanks, could you give examples of some 3rd party widgets upon which havoc is…

20 hours ago
Wrote a new post, Addition of TinyMCE to the Text Widget, on the site Make WordPress Core:
In its first couple years, WordPress lacked rich/visual text editing. Before TinyMCE was incorporated in…

1 day ago
Wrote a comment on the post Removal of core embedding support for WMV and WMA file formats, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There's actually no difference before/after in terms of how the `audio` and `video` shortcodes render.…

2 days ago
Committed [40821] to Core Trac:
Widgets: Further refine WP JS coding style in media widgets code. Props ...

2 days ago
Committed [40820] to Core Trac:
Post-4.8 Beta 2 bump.

2 days ago
Committed [40819] to Core Trac:
WordPress 4.8 Beta 2 ([40807] again)

2 days ago
Wrote a new post, Removal of core embedding support for WMV and WMA file formats, on the site Make WordPress Core:
With the introduction of the video widget (#39994) and audio widget (#39995) it was discovered…

2 days ago
Committed [40813] to Core Trac:
Media: Remove core embedding support for WMV and WMA files since ...

3 days ago
Closed ticket #40808, in Core Trac:
Media Widgets: VideoPress Uploads Not Functioning Correctly

5 days ago
Committed [40810] to Core Trac:
Widgets: Introduce `isHostedVideo` method on `VideoWidgetControl` to allow ...

5 days ago
Committed [40808] to Core Trac:
Revert [40807] unbumping from 4.8 Beta 2 back to Beta 1 due to aborted ...

5 days ago
Committed [40807] to Core Trac:
WordPress 4.8 Beta 2

5 days ago
Wrote a new post, Customizer sidebar width is now variable, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A common request for the Customizer has been to grant more room for the controls…

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post REST API meetings moving to 1300 UTC Weds, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Too early for me, sorry :-(

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for Weekly Core JavaScript Chat, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm interested, though none of the times are ideal. The first one is best as…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Error on Install: Does Not Have A Valid Header, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
See https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/edit-flow/tags/0.8.2/ The trunk directory needs to be removed in the tag.

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Error on Install: Does Not Have A Valid Header, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The problem is that there is an incorrectly nested trunk directory.

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Image Widget Merge Proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@blondishnet It will be up to the existing plugins which provide image widgets to handle…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to How to disable autofocus on start customizer, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It seems this happening because you have a page set to show front, page 10…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Image Widget Merge Proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@senlin The proposed core image widget merge is not a reinvention of the wheel, but…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Help with translation + Beaver theme support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great. The translation should now automatically become available for users. The new system means that…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to How to unset / remove a control, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This code isn't right: if (('page') || ('post') === section.params.post_type ) { If you want…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Help with translation + Beaver theme support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Absolutely. You can do so via: https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/nl/default/wp-plugins/customize-posts This hasn't been discussed, but it would be…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to How to unset / remove a control, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Remember that controls in Customize Posts are created dynamically with JS. They will not have…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Can we integratie Customize Posts with Kirki?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I should have also pointed out this single file standalone example for adding a custom…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Can we integratie Customize Posts with Kirki?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@webbiepro777 You actually can refer to Customize Posts itself to how to dynamically add controls…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Can we integratie Customize Posts with Kirki?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Good question. You'll probably want to connect with @aristath to inquire about that. From what…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Very useful!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@quenderin Thank you. What do you mean by “post pages”?

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7.3-RC1 is now available!, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@programmin No, there are no new features or enhancements in this release. I hope the…

3 months ago
Committed [1600084] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging 0.4.1

3 months ago
Committed [1600083] to Plugins Trac:
Committing 0.4.1 to trunk

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Meeting Notes 2017-02-15, on the site Make WordPress Design:
No Preview: @dave_navarro said that the step of hitting preview and switching to another tab…

3 months ago
Committed [1598220] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging 0.4.0

3 months ago
Committed [1598219] to Plugins Trac:
Committing 0.4.0 to trunk

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Summary: February 15th (4.7.3 week 3), on the site Make WordPress Core:
@programmin: > Are features (like syntax highlighting) now being added in minor releases rather than…

3 months ago
Committed [1598144] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging 0.4.1

3 months ago
Committed [1598143] to Plugins Trac:
Committing 0.4.1 to trunk

3 months ago
Committed [1597009] to Plugins Trac:
Update readme

3 months ago
Committed [1597007] to Plugins Trac:
Remove erroneous files

3 months ago
Committed [1597006] to Plugins Trac:
Committing 0.2.0 to trunk

3 months ago
Committed [1596997] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging 0.2.0

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Customization in 2017, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@pingram3541 As you've seen, the Customize Posts plugin implements an infrastructure for representing posts and…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post What makes a great customization experience?, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I think part of this has to do with having the “template tags” always output container…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post What makes a great customization experience?, on the site Make WordPress Design:
One thing that gets me everytime I use the customizer is that the close button…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Customization in 2017, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think “everything should be able to be edited and live-previewed in a unified experience”…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Customization in 2017, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@hardeepasrani for this you can follow #23601

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Customization in 2017, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think there is good overlap here with #38624 (demo content on theme switch for…

4 months ago

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