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  • Agenda for July 15th 2010 dev chat

    Initial 3.org contact reports by the 6 team leads: APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. Reference. Andrew Nacin Handbooks: Jane Wells bbPressbbPress Free, open source software built on top of WordPress for easily creating…

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  • I’ve just gotten ejabberd auth working …

    I’ve just gotten ejabberd auth working with the 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. https://wordpress.org/ user database. The bot is also…

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  • Based on some feedback from Lloyd I’ve …

    Based on some feedback from Lloyd I’ve tweaked the homepage intro again, particularly the last sentence. I’m curious on some other people’s thoughts on the homepage — I think of our audience coming to the homepage as: people who have no idea what WP is people who know what WP is and want one users…

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  • Here’s some stats on MySQL usage, which…

    Here’s some stats on MySQLMySQL MySQL is a relational database management system. A database is a structured collection of data where content, configuration and other options are stored. https://www.mysql.com usage, which is feeling left out with all the PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher…

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  • Summary for July 13th 2010 UI Chat

    Quite a substantial meeting today! No immediate updates on styleguide, still progressing. Reviewed initial mockups for homepage of jshreve’s GSoC project, there was mine and TECannon‘s These still need to be run past Jane for feedback, but some initial thoughts from the meeting: My version was well liked, so I’m making the PSD available here…

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  • The Codex is now authenticating against …

    The Codex is now authenticating against the normal 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. https://wordpress.org/ usernames and passwords. Old codex username…

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  • Made some minor style updates to the wpo…

    Made some minor style updates to the wporg web site today; changed the dark grey and light blue backgrounds to lighter shades of grey to better match the 3.0 style, as requested by Matt M. Replaced homepage screenshots with new ones from 3.0, as requested by Jane. #design, #wporg

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  • Forcing GZIP: http://www.stevesouders.co…

    Forcing GZIP: http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2010/07/12/velocity-forcing-gzip-compression/ This would make an excellent WordPress 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 with…

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  • Fixed http://core.trac.wordpress.org/tic…

    Fixed https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14269 as a generalized output buffer for the entire site. #wordpress-org

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  • Suggest topics for the July 15, 2010 dev…

    Suggest topics for the July 15, 2010 dev chat.

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