Source: Make WordPress: Support

Hi all. So last week, things seemed to really get kicked off on IRC in regards to 3.7 and 3.8 planning. There’s some really exciting things being talked about and I’m really keen to help out where I can. For 3.7, I’m hoping to help improve the in-line docs throughout coreCore Core is the set…

Hello all. So, I’ve passed the mid-point of my internship and am still very much enjoying being part of the WordPress community. As I’ve said before, providing support for other users is most definitely helping me to increase my own knowledge base, and helping to resolve problems for people is something that makes me feel…

Today, everyone that’s interning as part of GNOME’s OPW received an email from Marina Zhurakhinskaya, the program’s organiser, to congratulate us on reaching mid-point of our internship periods. I can’t believe how fast the time’s gone! I’ve really enjoyed helping out on the forums so far, and would love to get more involved with other…

Tl;dr – if you have old chunks of code, the older blockUI check is mathematically wrong, though human-logical correct. Many plugins have a good/bad check for your version of jQueryUI, and know they have to be newer than 1.2.3 … Which 1.10.x IS but you know how PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor)…

If you’re not following the OTHER blogs, 3.6 dropped. WordPress 3.6 “Oscar” The official OMG post is up: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wordpress-36-master-list Any and all forum moderators have permission, and are encouraged, to edit that and add plugins/themes/problems as we find ’em. Don’t hesitate to ask me if it’s okay! If you can edit it, see something wrong…

If you missed @matt being on Reddit, he talked about us. Yes, us support people! jb510 What individual do you think is the most under recognized contributor to the WordPress community at large? photomatt That’s a tough one… I’m going to say the volunteers on the support forums. There are 2M+ posts there, and it’s…

A quick, quick update on my internship for you. This past week I: Continued helping folks on the forums. Reviewed and approved two themes for the WordPress theme repository. I learnt an unbelievable amount by doing so, and would recommend anyone who wants to learn more about theme development join the Theme Review Team. Watched…

Hiya! Mika suggested I post a couple of tips for the new folks joining in the forums. Welcome! Handy tip #1 Kees Meijer (keesiemeijer) built a tool that displays your profile-page in order of activity. This is extremely useful for viewing all your most recent forum posts where someone other than you replied last. You…

The forums have a table at the Contrib Day and have begun to take over the forums. You’ll see them running around as “Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on…

I’ve now answered just over a hundred support topics on the forums. This may not seem a lot to some of the more experienced mods, who seem to be able to answer a hundred in an hour, but we’ve all got to start somewhere and I’m happy with the problems that I’ve helped to solve…