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Hi all. It was suggested by a community member that we participate in the upcoming Facebook Open Academy mentorship program round the way we participate in GSoC. Since I’m on my way out, I wouldn’t be the organization contact for this, and someone would need to step up from the team to take point if…

The CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. is a JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for…

Hi Everyone! It’s that time again: WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Weekly is here. This is a catchup post and covers all commits since the last post up until 11/9/2014. First, a couple quick notes! A large number of TaxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy…

https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/core/p1415826068000473 Misses BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1,…

In 2013, @nacin laid out a potential roadmap for the WordPress taxonomy component. Progress on this roadmap has necessarily been deliberate and, as a result, somewhat slow. But some important steps have been taken in the last few months. Improvements in 4.1 Recall the problem. Since 2.3 – when WP’s taxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a…

Here is the current state of the Focus v2 project, a re-think of Distraction Free Writing: I would like to propose that we immediately merge this into core for 4.1. Some of the bullet points: Current Distraction Free Writing (DFW) interface is too much of a transition. Current DFW doesn’t give you quick access to…

Let’s try this again. How are those meeting assignments going? How goes feature pluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins merge and betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial…

We had a lively session on JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com in WordPress coreCore Core is the…

https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/core/p1415221327004284 https://make.wordpress.org/core/2014/11/05/dev-chat-agenda-november-5/ Misses BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process.…