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10. Plugin Components
As you learned in the introduction, WordPress plugins vary quite significantly in how they extend the WordPress experience. Some plugins are less than ten lines of codeLines of Code Lines of code. This is sometimes used as a poor metric for developer productivity, but can also have other uses., and others are thousands of lines…
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How to use WordPress.org Subversion with your plugin.
todo This document should be a port of this document in accordance to the Handbook Style Guide.
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The Codex survey is closed and the next…
The Codex survey is closed and the next stage is to go through the responses. We’re going to do this by user type: Drew – Advanced Users Eric – WP Builder & novice dev Siobhan – Intermediate dev Jerry – WP User Please post your results here by Friday 14th June. We’ll be using the…
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Tutorial template
This template can be used for creating tutorials, whether they are in the handbooks or elsewhere. This should give you a format to follow and make it easier for you to get started writing your tutorial. You can use this template as a framework, replacing the text with your own. Overview The overview should introduce…
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As we discussed in chat before Nacin created…
As we discussed in chat before, Nacin created a suite of plugins for the handbooks. These are open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. and we’d love for…
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New chat time: 16:00 UTC
We’re going to have a go at changing the chat time. From now on the Docs/Support chat will be on Thursdays at 16:00 UTC. That’s: 6pm Amsterdam 5pm London 12 Noon Eastern 11am Central 10 am Mountain Time 9am Pacific #chatLogin to Reply
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Codex Audit & Docs Sprint
@jhoffm34 and I have been reviewing the content in the Codex. I exported all of the pages from Google Analytics and then we’ve sorted them into groups of similar content types to see what emerges. You can view the spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnxB9WffF3jOdEFWYWozTGtvNlQ5WGFTQTAxTG55R0E&usp=sharing The content we analysed broke down broadly into these different areas: User Installing…
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Creating Custom Hooks
Overview An important — but often overlooked — best practice is adding custom hooksHooks In WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to…
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FYI The Codex & Doc survey is live…
FYI: The Codex & Doc survey is live: http://wordpressdotorg.polldaddy.com/s/documentation-survey #codexLogin to Reply
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3.6 Master Codex changes list (in progress)
Since we’re revving up for the 3.6 release and a Codex Sprint, this post will serve as our “master changes list” for 3.6. This list is by no means complete, so leave a comment if you feel like something is missing. We’ll update it as we go. If you’ve completed a todo item, let us…