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  • Docs Office Hours Agenda

    There are a few things we need to discuss that were brought up in core dev chat yesterday: Documentation from various make/coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. posts need to go into the plugin handbook and theme handbook. 4.1 Codex updates 4.1 version page…

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  • Dev Chat Summary, December 10th

    https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/core/p1418245350000526 https://make.wordpress.org/core/2014/12/10/release-candidate-and-todays-dev-meeting-agenda/ Misses RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). Decisions About page text will land tonight (Wednesday the 10th). Moving APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that…

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  • If you’ve written a child theme for Twenty…

    If you’ve written a child themeChild theme A Child Theme is a customized theme based upon a Parent Theme. It’s considered best practice to create a child theme if you want to modify the CSS of your theme. https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/ for Twenty Fifteen, please note that some of the new pagination functions have been renamed for…

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  • Notes – Polyglots chats on Dec 10 & 11

     Notes – Polyglots chats on Dec 10 & 11 Archive: Wednesday chat | Thursday chat New information on WordPress 4.1 RC1, string freeze and release dates RC1 is coming on Dec 11th – (there will be a post on make/coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., we will post a…

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  • A question for the Twenty Fifteen authors and…

    A question for the Twenty Fifteen authors and fellow polyglots, concerning these strings, and their format for screen readers. Example: <span class=”meta-nav”>Next <span class=”screen-reader-text”>post: </span></span><span class=”post-title”>%title</span> If your language uses a different order, i.e. “Artigo seguinte (en: Post next)”, instead of “Next post”, which is the proper way to translate and keep screen readers happy?…

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  • Plugin Directory Theme

    In parallel with the Theme Directory reimplementation effort being chronicled by @obenland, work is also underway on a new 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…

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  • Project Updates: Meta Environment, WordCamp Payments, and WPTV

    Since WCSF, we’ve made significant improvements to the MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. Environment, launched the WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re…

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  • No Inline Docs Chat Today

    Due to a scheduling conflict, today’s Inline Docs chat has been cancelled. See everyone next week! #inline-docsLogin to Reply

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  • Quick WordCamp org update We’re working on the…

    Quick WordCamp.org update! We’re working on the URL structure change as well as some minor changes around organizers reminders and the payments 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.…

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  • Image Flow Update: User Flow Charts for Prototype

    As we’re discussed in last week’s Image Flow meeting, we’ve started building a prototype as per our wireframes and user flows. We want to test our assumptions and have a prototype to get some early user testing started before we go into real development. The prototype is a collaborative effort which @teamadesign is heading off…

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