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They'll come back because they enjoyed their first experience. </p> <h3>Contact me!</h3> <p> Looking for WordPress plug-in development or support? You can <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/contact.php">contact me here</a> with questions. Also, please consider <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/donate.php">supporting my plug-in development!</a></p> </div> <h3>WordPress Plug-ins</h3> <p> I'm the author of several popular WordPress plug-ins, including <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/articles/wp-to-twitter/">WP to Twitter</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/articles/my-calendar/">My Calendar</a>. I offer a PRO version of WP to Twitter called <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/articles/wp-tweets-pro/">WP Tweets PRO</a>, a PRO version of My Calendar called <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/articles/my-calendar/submissions/">My Calendar: Submissions</a> and sell <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/articles/my-calendar/users-guide/">User's Guides</a> for my more complicated plug-ins to support continuing development. </p> <p> I develop for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2011/11/accessible-wordpress-plug-ins-what-does-it-mean/">WordPress with accessibility in mind</a>. With customizable software I can't control the ultimate outcome; but I always make sure that accessibility is possible and built-in to the default settings. </p> <h3>Who is Joe Dolson?</h3> <p> <img src="/web/20130118052622im_/http://www.joedolson.com/images/joe-dolson.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" class="home-float"/>A freelance web developer and consultant living in Minnesota's Twin Cities (Minneapolis and Saint Paul). I've been an accessibility consultant and web developer since 2004.</p> <p>I'm an active writer and speaker on web accessibility and provide training and speaking on web accessibility topics. You can find some of my <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.slideshare.net/joedolson">Accessibility presentations</a> posted online at Slideshare.</p> <p>Follow me on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://twitter.com/joedolson">Twitter</a> to see what I'm up to.</p> <p> <a href="#top">Return to top</a> </p> </div> <div id="nav"> <h3>Services</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/accessibility-testing.php">Accessibility Consulting</a></li></ul> <h3>WordPress Plugins</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/articles/my-calendar/">My Calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/articles/wp-to-twitter/">WP to Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/articles/wp-accessibility/">WP Accessibility</a></li> </ul><h3>Articles</h3><ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/what-is-web-accessibility.php">What is Web Accessibility?</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/glossary.php">Accessibility Glossary</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/accessibility_and_seo.php">SEO and Accessibility</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/accessible-navigation.php">Designing Accessible Navigation</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/articles.php">More Articles...</a></li></ul> <h3>More About Me</h3><ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/catalog.php">music composition</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/performance.php">violin performance</a></li></ul> <ul id="social"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://feeds.feedburner.com/AccessibleDesign" title="Syndicated through Feedburner" class="feed"><span>RSS Feed</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Check+out+Joe+Dolson+Accessible+Web+Design:%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joedolson.com%2Farticles%2F%20@joedolson" class="tweet"><span>Tweet This</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://twitter.com/joedolson" title="Follow me on Twitter" class="twitter"><span>On Twitter</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="footer"> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/information.php#copyright">© Joseph Dolson</a>, 2004 – 2013 · Accessible Web Design · 475 Wheelock Pkwy W, Saint Paul, MN 55117 </p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/accessibility.php">Accessibility</a> · <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/contact.php">Contact Joe</a> · <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/information.php#privacy">Privacy</a> · <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622/http://www.joedolson.com/information.php#advertising">Advertising</a> </p> </div> </div> </div><script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622js_/http://cetrk.com/pages/scripts/0002/3805.js"> </script> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130118052622js_/http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-140963-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> </body> </html>