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Media
In WordPress terms, we use the word “media” to describe the images, videos, audio, and other things (in addition to the words of text you write) that you add to your pages and blog posts. There are several ways in which you can add media to your WordPress site. Media can be added directly to…
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Sept 27 Meetup Recap
The Support-Chat has been busted two weeks running. Last week was me in a car accident, this week stuck in traffic (schools let out at 2:45, who knew?) and I forgot what timezone I was in… But anyway! Images Right now we’ve got a lot of them linking back to wordpress.comWordPress.com An online implementation of…
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Categories and Tags
Categories and tags are examples of WordPress taxonomies. If you’re not familiar with the word “taxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies.”, don’t worry! Taxonomy is an academic discipline which defines groups of organisms that have shared characteristics and…
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Accessibility
What is AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility)? Accessibility on the Web means creating…
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Moving Sept 20th Weekly Chat!
After talking to Esmi and Andrea, we’re going to test something this week (aka tomorrow). The chat will be at UTC 2100 – That is three hours later. 10pm London 6pm Andrea Time 5pm US Eastern 2pm US Pacific 2:30am (Friday) Bangalore If this works out, we may move it permanently. Apologies for my brevity…
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Administration Overview
All moderators have extra links under gravatars in posts, like “edit,” “delete,” and “spam,” all rather self-explanatory. You can also see emails and IPs, please use that information wisely. Abuse will lead to you being removed as a mod, and probably from the forums entirely. Enforcing the Guidelines We have guidelines, not rules, for a…
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How to Moderate bbPress (aka bbPress Basics)
On Sept 1, 2016, the forums were upgraded to bbPressbbPress Free, open source software built on top of WordPress for easily creating forums on sites. https://bbpress.org 2.x This changed everything. Since bbPress 2 runs on WordPress, moderator powers are more closely managed as they give users powers to more aspects of the WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community…
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When Good Users Go Bad
It happens to everyone. Sometimes someone just loses their mind on the forums. If it’s you, please log off and go knit, or swordfight, or run, or … you get the idea. Get outside and offline for a bit. But when it’s the folks in the forum we’re sworn to protect, what do we do?…
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StackExchange
What You Need to Know WordPress Answers, more commonly known as WordPress Stack Exchange (WPSE), is part of Stack Exchange question and answer site network. It was created on initiative of network users and is not affiliated with the WordPress project. On the site questions about WordPress can be freely asked and answered, as long as…
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Forum Moderators
Prior to Sept 1, 2016 the Moderator title was granted to many users as a mark of recognition and prestige. When the Support Forums were upgraded to bbPressbbPress Free, open source software built on top of WordPress for easily creating forums on sites. https://bbpress.orgbbPress Free, open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the…