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  • This week in 4.3: June 1 – 7

    This is the jump-start post for the fifth week of the WordPress 4.3 release cycle. The feature pluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins merge window is scheduled to open this week on Wednesday, June 3rd, and close two…

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  • CommHub Meeting notes:

    Last week notes: We discussed the saving perferences on searches; the idea being that if someone is logged in you can save it against their .org profile. A suggested solution to not having favourites but being able to save someones perferences is by allowing users to add a location to their WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site…

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  • Agenda for June 4th Support Meetup

    Last week was a bit off as it was a short week in the U.S. and the 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…

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  • Press This a YouTube video, iPhone 6+

    Issues: Tapping Preview often results in the editor focusing and the keyboard flying up rather than preview. Pressing a youtube video and tapping into the editor before previewing is the most reliable way I’ve found to reproduce this. Preview opens in a new window. This is really bad mobile usability that is shared by post-new.php.…

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  • Hi guys I’d like to request support for…

    Hi, guys. I’d like to request support for the Silesian language. 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/: szl Country code: none; PL if compulsory here…

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  • Add self-hosted site to iOS app, iPhone 6+

    Captions forthcoming. After adding self-hosted sites they often end up in both the self-hosted list and the WordPress.comWordPress.com An online implementation of WordPress code that lets you immediately access a new WordPress environment to publish your content. WordPress.com is a private company owned by Automattic that hosts the largest multisite in the world. This is…

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  • Install the beta tester plugin and upgrade to the latest nightly build, iPhone 6+

    #beta-testing-flow, #captions-needed, #ios, #phablet, #plugins, #update, #updates, #upgrade, #upgrade-install, #webLogin to Reply

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  • This week’s agenda We have a lot to…

    This week’s agenda We have a lot to talk about this week. We will have our usual meeting on Tuesday, 18:00 UTC. To try and keep to an hour it’s best to focus our conversations. Main topic: Theme directory That in mind, lets have the main topic as the theme directory. To recap: https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2015/05/29/proposal-curated-theme-directory/ What…

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  • Contributing With Git

    A large number of contributors strongly prefer working with GitGit Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git is easy to learn and has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. Most modern plugin and theme development…

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  • Proposal: Curated theme directory

    Last night, a few of us were together tossing ideas around. Matt himself seemed to be willing to open some avenues that TRT had previously believed were closed to us. That’s pretty exciting stuff because it means we might be able to make some of the major changes that many of us have wanted to…

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