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  • Email subscriptions are now enabled for …

    Email subscriptions are now enabled for individual topics on the support forums. #email, #forum, #support

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  • At this week’s dev chat, we’ll start t…

    At this week’s dev chat, we’ll start talking about scope for 3.1. We won’t decide things until the following week, but if there’s a feature you think should be in 3.1, suggest it in a comment here, and we’ll discuss as many as we can get through on Thursday. [Edit: Comments closed as of the…

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  • Don’t use the conditional query tags (i…

    Don’t use the conditional query tags (is_page, is_post(), is_*) prior to init. In 3.0 and earlier, this merely failed quietly. In 3.1 this will produce a fatal error. We’ll workaround the fatal error prior to the release of 3.1, but in the meantime we’ll leave it to serve as a flag for improper use of…

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  • Per ticket 14672, WP_USE_MULTIPLE_DB wil…

    Per ticket 14672, WP_USE_MULTIPLE_DB will not be supported in 3.1 I don’t think many were using it, thankfully. Hyperdb is preferred if you want to do a multiple db setup. #3-1, #dev-notes

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  • New for Extend/Plugins: If a user clicks…

    New for Extend/Plugins: If a user clicks the “Broken” link, it will record the click as usual, but now also redirect them to the start a new topic support form, and nicely ask them to leave a new topic explaining what’s broken. Hopefully, this will make the broken button more useful. Note: if you want…

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  • Summary for August 24th 2010 UI Chat

    We’ve had a quiet couple of weeks! Here’s what’s been going on: TECannon is on the styleguide, need to catch up with her to check progress. GastonFig is on the 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…

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  • I upgraded the WP.org Plugins Directory …

    I upgraded the WP.org Plugins Directory to bbPressbbPress Free, open source software built on top of WordPress for easily creating forums on sites. https://bbpress.org trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running “trunk”, then you are on the latest revision./ today.…

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  • What do core contributors need to know?

    I’ll be working on an outline for the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. contributor handbook in the coming weeks, so I figured I would start a brainstorming session here. Some potential questions to ask yourself: What do core contributorsCore Contributors Core contributors are…

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  • /extend is currently being upgraded. Cur…

    /extend is currently being upgraded. Currently @mdawaffe is working on the plugins directory. Please excuse any ceiling tiles if you’re hit with one. #3-org, #infrastructure

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  • Could I get permission to change the con…

    Could I get permission to change the contact e-mail address of the contact form on da.wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization.…

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