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  • You can now add your own plugins to the Block Directory

    Introducing the 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 consistent API and user…

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  • X-post: New CSS styles for buttons with disabled state in WP 5.5

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  • X-post: Accessibility improvements to widgets outputting lists of links in 5.5

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  • Gutenberg + Themes: Week of July 6, 2020

    Hi everyone! Here’s the ninth weekly roundup of theme-related discussions, fixes, and developments in GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/. …

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  • Meeting notes Tuesday 7th of July 2020

    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: 257 tickets were opened 275 tickets were closed: 254 tickets were made live. 20 new Themes were made live. 234 Theme updates were made live. 2 more were approved but are…

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  • Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: July 10, 2020

    This is the proposed agenda for the weekly 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)…

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  • Tuesday Trainings: Signup for the Mentor Roundtable discussion

    With this week’s Tuesday Trainings post from @kcristiano still fresh in our minds, next week’s Tuesday Trainings feature will be a roundtable discussion hosted by @camikaos (that’s me) and @kcristiano. The conversation will focus on best practices for mentoring WordCamps and how to best support WordCamps in this time of event uncertainty. It is intended…

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  • Hi dear mentors, We have…

    Hi dear mentors, We have great translations that we’d like to integrate on translate.wordpress. Can you please add @wptranslationsorg as CLPTECross-locale Project Translation Editor A Cross-Locale Project Translation Editor is an account owned by a plugin or theme author (or the authoring organization), which uses professional translators to localize their product. The cross-locale project translation editor can import/validate strings…

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  • Translation Editor & Locale Manager Vetting Criteria Page Draft

    I’ve drafted a handbook page called “Translation EditorTranslation Editor Translation editors can approve translations for projects. The GTE (General Translation Editor) and LM (Locale Manager) roles can add new users with the “Project Translation Editor” role that can approve translations for specific projects. There are two different Translation Editor roles: General Translation Editor and Project…

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  • Hi. As we translate plugins…

    Hi. As we translate plugins in German. Is it possible to become an editor to publish our tranmslations? We are authors of: https://wordpress.org/plugins/cookie-panel/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/cp-currency-calculator/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/bounce-jammer/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/cryptopanel-payment-gateway-for-woocommerce/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/moreads-se/ Please add my account “lampsolutions” as an PTEProject Translation Editor A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on…

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