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Moving to the Customizer API from the Settings API, using Options API
Theme developers using a custom implementation of Options APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways./Settings API, or who use one of the many excellent frameworks/libraries that use Options API/Settings API, to handle Theme options and…
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Theme Unit Test
Over a year ago I took the initiative to start a brand new theme unit test data. As many of you already know we are using the same one for years with no changes or notable improvements other than bug fixes. Back in January we ported the data over to our GitHub account and that was an excellent start.…
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Site icon and image cropping controls
A couple of weeks later than intended, a brief update on the site icon functionality which has been touted as a potential feature for 4.3. The site icon functionality aims to provide an adminadmin (and super admin) UIUI User interface (via the CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You…
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Dev Chat Agenda for June 10
Here’s the agenda for today’s Dev Chat in the #core channel on Slack. Time/Date: : Menu CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. Status Review – @westonruter Feature Updates Adminadmin (and super admin) UIUI User interface…
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Designers for Community Stuff
I know, I know, so many posts. I would apologize, but come on, isn’t exciting to see a bunch of stuff starting to happen? 🙂 I should have added in the post about volunteers/paid volunteers that we desperately need design help as well. If you’re a designer who wants to get involved (working on design…
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I’ve been approached by a couple of people…
I’ve been approached by a couple of people who want to apply for their city to host WCUSWCUS WordCamp US. The US flagship WordCamp event., and there is some confusion about what the application is actually for, and what is required. I want to share those questions here so that we can all be on…
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Allowing Custom PHP and JavaScript on WordCamp.org
By far the most common request in the WordCamp.org tools survey results was for the ability to write custom PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/index.php and JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented…
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WordCamp.org Tools Survey Results
The results from the WordCamp.org tools survey are in. Each PDF below has a chart with the totals, along with the anonymous feedback that was given. How well does Jetpack’s CSS editor meet your needs? If we were to improve the CSS-editing experience, which approach would you prefer? To have more options when customizing your site, which…
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Agenda for June 11th meetup
Items for discussion on tomorrow’s support meetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com…
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Agenda for the Polyglots Chat on June 10
Hey dear Polyglots, Here’s the proposed agenda for the chat today. As always – feel free to add to it in the comments or directly during the meeting on 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/. LocaleLocale Locale = language version, often a…