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  • #GWTD4 Planning Meeting – 19 Feb 2019

    13:00 UTC – Polygots-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 Meeting Attendance @nao, @webcommsat, @jordicueuas, @tobifjellner, @Stefano76, @zetaraffix, @audrasjb, @ibdz, @xkon. @casiepa (asynchronous).Notes taken by @abhanonstopnewsuk Discussion on Local team’s role One of our main goals for GWTD is to get…

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  • Discussion: continuity of Community Office Hours

    Office hoursOffice Hours Defined times when the Global Community Team are in the #community-events Slack channel. If there is anything you would like to discuss – you do not need to inform them in advance.You are very welcome to drop into any of the Community Team Slack channels at any time. are usually quite quiet,…

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  • Accessibility Team Meeting notes: Feb. 22, 2019

    Meeting notes on Slack Uniform Search Planning (#31818) Start advance planning on unifying search UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface – the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. – targeting 5.3 Focus on primary search interfaces (posts, comments,…

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  • Don’t Get Scammed

    There’s a company who regularly emails people telling them that for $50 or $100 they’ll review your 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…

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  • Editor chat summary: February 20th

    This post summarizes the latest weekly Editor meeting, held in the #core-editor 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, on Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 14:00 UTC. GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process…

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  • Gutenberg Phase 2 Friday Design Update #7

    WordPress 5.1 “Betty” has been released, but don’t confuse that with Gutenberg 5.1, which has also recently been released – they aren’t the same. To clarify, 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…

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  • WordPress meetup organizer newsletter: February 2019

    Hello WordPress MeetupMeetup 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. organizers! Welcome to another meetup organizer newsletter full of news, information and inspiration for your local meetup. Newsletter contents: Annual Meetup Surveys close on…

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  • February 21st Support Team Meeting Summary

    General anouncements The Health Check 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 WordPress. These can be…

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  • Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: February 22nd

    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 Meeting Agenda 21 February 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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