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  • Let WordPress Speak: New in WordPress 4.2

    Written by Andrea Fercia & Joe Dolson WordPress 4.2 is shipping with a useful new 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…

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  • Adding a widget via the customizer, iPad Air, landscape

    4.2-beta4-32130, iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. 8.3, and Jetpack 3.4.1 #customize, #customizer, #mobile, #tablet, #widgetsLogin to Reply

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  • Restarted working on Kannada transalation again How can…

    Restarted working on Kannada transalation again. How can I add myself to Translation Teams #requestLogin to ReplyTo-do

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  • Translation help needed for the WordPress 4.2 Release video

    Hello, dear polyglots, We need some help to make the WordPress 4.2 Release video as global as possible. Please let us know if you are willing to volunteer some time and translate the video script in your language. It consists of roughly 480 words and takes about 30 minutes to translate (just did it for…

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  • Handbook Examples: Templates

    Templates are a great way to make a theme unique and special. Making sure you are using the right one can tricky. This week let us focus on templates. Required: If used in theme, standard template files are required to be called using the correct template tag: File Template tag header.php get_header() footer.php get_footer() sidebar.php get_sidebar()…

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  • Usertest: Link texts in the page with all posts (edit.php)

    Question for the test team We would like you to investigate the links and link texts on wp-admin/edit.php page and suggest better solutions for the link texts, how to make them understandable and unique, without overloading a screen reader user with a huge amount of extra text. Hidden text suggestions (screen reader only) are welcome…

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  • Isotope 2.2 And Up is GPL Compatible

    For a long time, the Isotope jquery library has had a commercial license that made it not really compatible with 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…

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  • Please check Russian translate of https translate wordpress…

    Please check Russian translate of https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/rosetta and https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/rosetta/apps #request, #ru_ruLogin to ReplyClear to-do

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  • Shortcake (Shortcode UI) chat summary – April 13th, 2015

    Present: @danielbachhuber, @matth_eu Not much development done in the past week. Discussed HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. in our `description` attribute. User goal is to be able to use arbitrary formatting HTML in a field’s description. However, Underscores permits either no HTML or any…

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  • CommHub Meeting Reminder

    A friendly reminder that CommHub meeting starts in just over 2 hours on #outreach in 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/. Up for discussion: Wireframes @glueckpress conclusion regarding CommHub and the Rosetta sites. https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2015/04/08/heres-the-follow-up-on-the-survey-regarding/ See you then.   #commhubLogin to Reply

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