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  • Making Workshops Out of Lesson Plans

    The lesson plans that the training team produces are intended to be modular. This means that it should be possible to easily string a few plans together in order to create a cohesive workshop. This is why we are always trying to ensure that all individual lesson plans ultimately meet the following criteria: narrow in…

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  • Notes from the Polyglots chat on October 28th

    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 in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/ stats We have 157 localesLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region…

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  • Notes from the Polyglots chat on November 4th

    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 in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/ stats We have 157 localesLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region…

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  • Sunday #daily updates

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  • I have a mo po file submitted by…

    I have a .moMO files MO, or Machine Object is a binary data file that contains object data referenced by a program. It is typically used to translate program code, and may be loaded or imported into the GNU gettext program. This is the format used in a WordPress install. These files are normally located…

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  • Hi I work for WooThemes and I’d like…

    Hi, I work for WooThemes and I’d like to be added as editor for the Italian translation of the theme Storefront. Anyone can help me? Thanks! #requestLogin to ReplyClear to-do

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  • Hello Polyglots I am the plugin author for…

    Hello Polyglots! I am the plugin author for Polylang https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/. 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 users as translation editors for their respective locales: #af @mojojojo #bg_BG @pavelsof #da_DK @compute #el @theodotos #et @ahto.naris #he_IL @ariel.k…

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  • Saturday #daily updates

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  • Creative Commons Licenses in the Theme Directory

    This applies for themes too: Crossposting Creative Commons Licenses in the Plugin Directory Login to Reply

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  • Creative Commons Licenses in the Plugin Directory

    Back in February, the Creative Commons organization began taking steps to introduce compatibility between their licenses and the GPLGPL GPL is an acronym for GNU Public License. It is the standard license WordPress uses for Open Source licensing https://wordpress.org/about/license/. The GPL is a ‘copyleft’ license https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.en.html. This means that derivative work can only be distributed under…

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