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  • Weekly Chat Time Change

    I brought up the idea in this week’s chat to change the weekly Docs team chat to an earlier time on Thursday that should allow more team members to attend the meeting. The Support team chat is 16:00 UTC on Thursday in #wordpress-sfd, so we should choose a time that doesn’t overlap with their meeting.…

  • Docs Chat: May 1, 2014

    Thank you to everyone who came. For anyone unable to attend, you can read the logs here. The following is a summary of the topics that were discussed. 1. DevHub: The new code reference is now live. The team is working on code reference improvements, and work continues on the handbook theme and pluginPlugin A…

  • Admin Help — User Testing, round three

    I ran the first of 2 new user tests this morning based on the theme scenario we agreed on. Update: Second test is up, too. Notes are over here: https://make.wordpress.org/docs/handbook/projects/admin-help/user-testing-round-three-theme-test/ #admin-helpLogin to Reply

  • Docs Chat: Apr. 24, 2014

    Thank you to everyone who came. For anyone unable to attend, you can read the logs here. The following is a summary of the topics that were discussed. 1. DevHub: @siobhan said @nacin, @otto42, and @coffee2code have been putting the finishing touches on the parser and the code reference theme this week, and version 1…

  • Good news everyone Version 1 of the code…

    Good news everyone! Version 1 of the code reference is online. Please note that this is a very early version and there’s still a lot of work to do, but it’s usable and you can take a look at: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference open tickets for the parser are on github. We’ll continue development there for the time…

  • WordPress Contributor Experience Survey

    @jenmylo is conducting a contributor experience survey. It’s short – only 4 questions – and none of them are required. Link: http://wordpressdotorg.polldaddy.com/s/wordpress-contributor-experience-poll After you’re done taking the survey, post about it on your blog, tweet the link, and tell your co-contributors and other community members about the survey so they can take it too. Thanks!…

  • Redesigned Contributor Handbooks

    Hello Docs Team! I just landed a new design for the contributor handbooks, courtesy @sonjanyc (mockup is here). You can see them on the core, mobile, docs, and polyglot handbooks, among others. The design is still a little rough around the edges, but the bulk of it is there. Namely, here’s some issues I’ve noticed:…

  • Admin Help – User Personas

    Note: This is taken from a past Happiness Engineer meetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for…

  • Docs Chat: Apr. 17, 2014

    Thank you to everyone who came. For anyone unable to attend, you can read the logs here. The following is a summary of the topics that were discussed. 1. DevHub: Parser and theme work is ongoing. @DrewAPicture will be pitching in to help the team finish up work on both. 2. Admin Help: @trishasalas said…