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  • Congratulations Drew and Kim!

    A HUGE congratulations to @kpdesign and @drewapicture for being featured in the credits page of WordPress 3.7. I am immensely proud to see two such integral members of the docs team play such an important role in this release cycle. Over the past year, both Kim and Drew have been doing fantastic work across docs.…

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  • Is there any chance of getting a P2…

    Is there any chance of getting a P2p2 “p2” is the name of the theme that blogs at make.wordpress.org use (and o2 is the accompanying plugin). When asked to post something “on the p2” by a member of the Polyglots team, that usually means you’re asked to post on the team blog https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/. for a…

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  • JSON Encoding and SSL for api.wordpress.org Communication in WordPress 3.7

    There are two changes to the way WordPress communicates with api.wordpress.org in 3.7: JSONJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. encoding and SSLSSL Secure Sockets Layer. Provides a secure means of sending…

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  • Hi moderators So as @myroseapple noticed a while…

    Hi moderators! So, as @myroseapple noticed a while back, we now have a way for people to submit subtitles/captions for WordPress.tv videos. The instructions on how to caption a WordPress.tv video are here: http://wordpress.tv/using-amara-org-to-caption-or-subtitle-a-wordpress-tv-video/ When you look at the top of the dashboard, you’ll see the number of subtitle files awaiting moderation. To review the…

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  • Hi moderators So as @myroseapple noticed a while…

    Hi moderators! So, as @myroseapple noticed a while back, we now have a way for people to submit subtitles/captions for WordPress.tv videos. The instructions on how to caption a WordPress.tv video are here: http://wordpress.tv/using-amara-org-to-caption-or-subtitle-a-wordpress-tv-video/ When you look at the top of the dashboard, you’ll see the number of subtitle files awaiting moderation. To review the…

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  • 3.7 is out to your build buttons These…

    3.7 is out, to your build buttons! These are the settings for building, on the Tools menu (pt_PT is shown, adapt to your own 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…

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  • User Testing Widgets+MP6 v1 Layout

    I’ve analyzed user testing for two videos shaunandrews kicked off for v1 of Widgets + MP6. The clips represent the main points of interest and user confusion from the tests and range from 12 to 49 seconds, so they should be quick and easy to watch. Expects clicking “Save” will close the widgetWidget A WordPress…

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  • Reposting from Theme School Blog First Module Child…

    Reposting from Theme School Blog: First Module: Child Themes of course! I have been talking this week with Tracy Levesque (@LilJimmi) who is my FAVORITE 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…

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  • First Module Child Themes of course I have…

    First Module: Child Themes of course! I have been talking this week with Tracy Levesque (@LilJimmi) who is my FAVORITE 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/…

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