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  • Summer Mentorship Programs: GSoC and Gnome Outreach Program for Women

    GSoC I submitted the WordPress application to participate in GSoC on March 29th, the deadline for applying. The mobile team helpfully added a bunch of project ideas, but coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. team has been so focused on 3.6 that that area…

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  • MP6 0.6

    Happy Friday to you all! The latest iteration on MP6, version 0.6, is now available. This was a relatively light week for us. Our focus was on fixing bugs and refining the ideas we introduced last week. Here’s what’s new in 0.6: Darkened the background gradient of secondary action buttons so that they are more easily…

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  • My don’t we look just dashing today Congrats…

    My, don’t we look just dashing today. Congrats @otto42 on the WordPress.org redesign, now let’s use that on rosettaRosetta The code name of the theme for the local WordPress sites (eg. bg.wordpress.org is a “Rosetta” site). All locale specific WordPress sites are referred to as “Rosetta sites.” The name was inspired from the ancient Rosetta Stone,…

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  • I built Japanese package of WordPress 3.6 beta1…

    I built Japanese package of WordPress 3.6 beta1, but po/moMO files MO, or Machine Object is a binary data file that contains object data referenced by a program. It is typically used to translate program code, and may be loaded or imported into the GNU gettext program. This is the format used in a WordPress…

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  • Where are WordPress Forums translations taken from SVN…

    Where are WordPress Forums translations taken from? SVNSVN Apache Subversion (often abbreviated SVN, after its command name svn) is a software versioning and revision control system. Software developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation. Its goal is to be a mostly compatible successor…

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  • Docs Chat Agenda 4th April

    Here’s what we’ll be discussing at the docs chat on Thursday 4th April: Coding Standards, in relation to these sniffs for WP Coding Standards that are being worked on CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Contributor Handbook Code Reference Got any more? Add them…

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  • WordPress 3.6 Beta has landed for @andrea r’s…

    WordPress 3.6-BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. has landed…

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  • Accessibility IRC Chat – 3rd April 2013

    A few of us took part in the IRC chat yesterday (see transcript here). Not surprisingly the main subject was the Add Media Panel 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)…

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  • Heads up just updated this p2 a great…

    Heads up: just updated this p2 a great deal. It should now be much easier to… Learn what the Mobile Group does What projects within WordPress that we work with How to start contributing How to get in touch with the team and the team reps See when our next Dev Chat is What our…

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  • Time Shortcode for Make P2s

    A couple of weeks ago, Siobhan pointed out to me the difficulties in talking about times for IRC meetups on the various 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 blogs. She suggested a shortcodeShortcode A shortcode is a placeholder used…

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