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  • Update on learn.wordpress.org

    Hey there Training team I hope you are all faring well through this trying season.  It’s been quite some time since we’ve met.  For those able to join in for a chat, come join in some open office hours at 11am EDT on Monday.   We’ve got some big news.  So much effort by our team…

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  • Proposal: Managing discussion group signups

    With the launch of a new series of workshops coming up rapidly, we need to find a way to manage the signup process for discussion groups. A manual process will not be ideal considering the volume of discussion groups we’re planning to see as a result of the workshops, but we don’t have a tool…

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  • Block-based Themes Meeting Summary: Aug 5, 2020

    This week we held our bi-weekly blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single…

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  • Proposal: Workshop Submission and Review Process for Learn WordPress

    Since we’ve been talking about moving beyond events when it comes to online WordPress content, and there’s an application form available for anyone who would like to assist with reviewing submitted workshops, this is a good time to discuss the submission and review process for workshops submitted to the Learn WordPress platform, which is intended…

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  • Design meeting notes 5 August

    These are the weekly notes for the design meeting that happens on Wednesdays. You can read the full transcript on our Slack channel and find the meeting’s agenda here. You can join the SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ channel by following…

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  • Community Team Chat Agenda | August 6 2020

    Hello Team! Our bi-monthly Community Team chat is happening this Thursday, 6th August 2020. Meeting times are detailed below. We use the same agenda for both meetings in order to include all time zones. Asia-Pacific / EMEA friendly: Americas friendly: DeputyProgram Supporter Community Program Supporters (formerly Deputies) are a team of people worldwide who review…

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  • The Learn WordPress discussion leader application is here!

    After much brainstorming, reflection, and discussion we’ll be adding non-synchronous workshops to our inspirational and educational content in addition to the online meetupsMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. and events we’ve all…

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  • Tide Chat Summary: August 4th

    This post summarizes the 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion from August 4th in the #tide SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ channel (Slack archive). Reminder that the current Tide focus is integrating PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext…

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  • Meeting notes Tuesday 4th of August 2020

    Today we held a meeting with the proposed agenda. The recap of the meeting is below and you can read the meeting transcript in the slack archives (a Slack account is required). Weekly Updates In the past seven days 288 tickets were opened 334 tickets were closed: 292 tickets were made live. 23 new Themes were made…

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  • PTE Request for Ultimate Gift…

    PTEProject Translation Editor A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific project (for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one specific locale. A project translation editor can approve strings that are added by translation contributors. Per project translation, editors are appointed by a general translation editor after…

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