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  • Block metadata in the Plugin Directory

    Plugins that are in the Block-Enabled section of the PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with…

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  • PTE Request

    Hi Polyglots, I am author of shopstore free theme ( https://wordpress.org/themes/shopstore/ ). I have also suggested string for translation and would like to become a PTE. #de_DE @athemeart #ar @athemeart Can you please add me as PTEProject Translation Editor A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate…

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  • March 28th Support Team Meeting Summary

    On the subject of badges, we are still collecting names for them, as noted in last weeks summary we will be collecting them throughout the week for t his round of appointments. WordPress 5.2-beta1 has been released. It includes the Site Health component which users may have questions about. We should aim to provide some…

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  • Hello Polyglots, I am the…

    Hello Polyglots, I am the plugin author for https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/boxtal-connect/. We have a number of great translation editors that we’d like to be able to approve translation for our plugin(s). Please add the following WordPress.org user as translation editor for its respective locale : #fr_FR – @thiphaineboxtal (@casiepa) If you have any questions, just comment here.…

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  • Accessibility meeting agenda for 3/29/2019

    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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  • Training Team Profile Badges

    There has been a recent flurry of pull requests from people new to the Training Team. Most of these pull requests are fixing small issues with the lesson plans – and we have many of those! However, these contributors have not introduced themselves to the team in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform…

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  • Training Team Meeting Agenda 28 March 2019

    Please join us at 19:30 UTC in the #training 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 for our weekly meeting! Today’s Agenda Learn siteLearn site The Training Team publishes its completed lesson plans at https://learn.wordpress.org/ which is often referred to as the “Learn” site.…

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  • Kids Event Working Group Chat Agenda | Thursday 28 March 2019

    Our next weekly Kids Events Working Group chat is happening this Thursday, 28 March 2019 at 2100 UTC/ 5pm EST. This chat will occur in the Make WordPress Community-Events 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. Agenda Come and discuss how you can be…

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  • Recap of the Kids Event Working Group Chat | Thursday 21 March 2019

    Attending: @Ericka Barboza @tessak22 @Mary Job @remediosgraphic Start: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1553202003426900 We Covered Working Group Overview New Template for Documentation Project Management Information Next Actions Working Group Overview Create a Process for DocumentationCreate KidsCamp DocumentationCreate Kids Workshop DocumentationCreate Kids Club DocumentationCreate Volunteer GuidesCreate Legal Document RepoCreate Supplies List with Amazon Smile Links (to benefit WordPress FoundationWordPress Foundation The…

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  • JavaScript chat summary, March 26th, 2019

    Below is a summary of the discussion from this week’s JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com chat…

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