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  • Post By Email Plugin: Version 1.0 is live!

    I just released version 1.0 of the Post By Email 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 written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly…

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  • Team rep nomination/vote

    As discussed in the weekly developer meeting, core contributorsCore Contributors Core contributors are those who have worked on a release of WordPress, by creating the functions or finding and patching bugs. These contributions are done through Trac. https://core.trac.wordpress.org need to select a representative for the WordPress “team reps.” There should ideally be two reps: a…

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  • GSoC – Week 12: A week full of Background Studies

    A Sudden Break From Coding After quite a long time, since the start of this year’s GSoC this was a rare week with me spending most of the time researching and studying various ways of tackling XHR requests via Enyo.js in a way that’s compatible with Firefox OS. Essentially, I had to study quite a…

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  • Update on THX38

    Things have been in motion for the themes project. I’ve been working on making the 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 written in the PHP…

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  • GSoC – week 12: Almost Done

    During this week I finished up the function to make a blog post, also with the upload of an image. This has taken a very long time and headaches, I’ve tried a lot of combinations to make this upload correct, but sometimes I got an xml with error on it and sometimes the xml looks…

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  • Stuff for the update

    So far, we have: Merger news This week’s WC report from Andrea We had a meeting, yay! Ongoing projects, and calls for new volunteers/projects If there’s anything else that should go in tomorrow’s weekly update post, just let me know. Login to Reply

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  • Team Rep

    Hi coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. team! Checking in on 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…

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  • Importing /Events

    As discussed previously, we’ll be merging with the /events team. @iandunn is working on a mod to P2P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org to add a categoryCategory The ‘category’ taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share…

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  • Training Curriculums

    I’ve added Courtney O’Callaghan to this site. @courtneydawn was a TA at the first pilot troubleshooting training in DC, and has volunteered to take on the theme school curriculum, building on the work of the volunteers at WCSF dev day. She’ll be posting here to introduce herself and get things going; I hope we’ll have…

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  • IRC Meeting: September 4, 2013

    Yesterday’s meeting focused almost entirely on developing a global accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers).…

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