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User Testing the Widget Customizer 0.13 Plugin I’ve…
User Testing the WidgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to…
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What I suggest that some more refining is…
What I suggest that some more refining is required to the page in Hindi. Also as I compared it to other pages like in French, I inferred that there are some useful data that I can add to it which will help the Indian user’s to relate them more with their day to day life…
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First Steps for Docs Contributors
I’ve put together a draft of the doc for new docs contributors: https://make.wordpress.org/docs/first-steps-for-new-contributors/ Can you please let me know if I’ve missed anything, got anything wrong, etc? #contributor-docsLogin to Reply
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WordPress for Android 2.6 was released today A…
WordPress for Android 2.6 was released today. A huge thanks to all contributors! This release really shines. Now Available: New Reader, Easier Setup and Improved UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface – the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are…
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WordPress for iOS 3.9 Released Hey everyone great…
WordPress for iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. 3.9 Released! Hey everyone, great news, we just released WordPress for iOS 3.9! This release was one of our largest releases to date. For more details you can view the release post here. We hope you enjoy this release and in the meantime know…
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Docs Chat Roundup – Jan 30, 2014
1. Docs Chat Time We’re changing the time of the weekly Docs Chat (not Support) to: Thursday 4pm PST Thursday 5pm Mountain Thursday 6pm Central Thursday 7pm EST Friday Midnight UTC Friday 7am ICT The sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is…
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Using the Theme Customizer with the Theme Mods API
Several developers are hooking into the awesome Theme 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. APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share…
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New Team Rep (also, do we need one?)
It’s time for someone else to take on the role of team rep! What is the team repTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts.? The team rep is responsible…
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Audio/Video 2.0 Update
MediaElement Upgraded to 2.13.2: [27059] Documentation of 3.5 Media code #26870 Add (JSDoc)umentation to the Backbone-centric Media files This is underway, with several commits already. Slow-and-steady approach. Have started with annotations, gradually adding top-level comments to all class methods. I have been using pseudo-code to map out each file: https://gist.github.com/staylor/10115a0f455e16c6eafd. Start with identifying every piece…
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GSoC 2014
It’s that time of year again, when all good* coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. developers start thinking about whether or not they’re up for mentoring a GSoC student this year. Many in this group know the drill, but there quite a few involved…