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  • Hello Polyglots How…

    Hello Polyglots How can I get permission to approve my 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…

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  • #GWTD4 Planning Meeting – 26 Feb 2019

    13:00 UTC – Polyglots-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 (archive link) Meeting Attendance @nao @gounder @webcommsat @tobifjellner @nemanja @xkon @casiepa @patilswapnilv @nukaga @prathameshp @ibdz @audrasjb @zetaraffix @jordicuevas Notes by @jordicuevas Ideas for live streaming session contents: @casiepa opened up a…

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  • Design meeting agenda for Wednesday 27th February

    Housekeeping 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/ triage is happening as a focus for triage sessions. Updates Showcase: designs are…

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  • JavaScript Chat Summary, February 26th, 2019

    Below is a summary of 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 (agenda, Slack Transcript).…

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  • Agenda: Weekly Polyglots Chat – Feb. 27, 2019

    Here’s the agenda for the chats this week. If you have anything you’d like to add, please leave a comment. Weekly localeLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress…

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  • What are Emoji?

    Introduction to Emoji Emoji are the ideograms or smileys 😃 used in electronic messages and Web pages. Originating in Japan on mobile devices, they are now commonly available on devices worldwide, ranging from mobile to desktop computers. Different operating systems have distinct methods of accessing emoji. Note that these methods work in most applications, not…

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  • Summary for HelpHub Team Meeting 25 February 2019

    Attendees: @atachibana @softservenet @felipeelia @kartiks16 Phase 1.5 Check-in Status: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PeHj7pSFLcdMbIC41JJdzEkl12TJT3mwWyzQv2mi01U/edit#gid=554277336Phase 1.5 Contents were migrated 37/53 (70%).Version Texts were migrated 48/349 (38%). If anyone has interests in these activities, please read this document or contact @atachibana https://make.wordpress.org/docs/handbook/helphub/migrating-articles/ GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of…

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  • Call for testing: WordPress for Android 11.9

    WordPress for Android version 11.9-rc-1 is available for testing on the BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design…

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  • The block editor is coming to the mobile apps

    I’m proud to announce that we’ll be shipping the first public version of 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,…

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  • Theme Sniffer plugin v1.0.0-RC1 version

    Following the latest post about the Theme SnifferTheme Sniffer Theme Sniffer is a plugin utilizing custom sniffs for PHP_CodeSniffer that statically analyzes your theme and ensures that it adheres to WordPress coding conventions, as well as checking your code against PHP version compatibility. The plugin is available from GitHub. Themes are not required to pass the Theme Sniffer scan without warnings or…

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