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Trying to keep the commit candidates und…
Trying to keep the commit candidates under control. Every time I look up the list gets bigger.
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Standardizing and shortening the WP secu…
Standardizing and shortening the WP security escaping functions. attribute_escape() is now esc_attr() Additionally, you can do attribute escaping and translationtranslation The process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization. in one go. Just add the translation function to the end. Like so: esc_attr__() — translate…
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Going through some of the accessibility …
Going through some of 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 ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) improvements. 2.7 was…
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There was some talk last night about may…
There was some talk last night about maybe doing a little design brushup on the adminadmin (and super admin) headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website.…
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Widgets redesign
All of the redesigned widgets functionality is in place in 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.. Only remaining is some improvement to the visual design for the widgets screen in adminadmin…
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The plugins management page has been ove…
The plugins management page has been overhauled to better match other management pages. There are status filters for All, Active, Recently Active, Inactive, and Update Available. There’s also search and paging with a screen option for setting the number of plugins to show per page. #plugins, #ui
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When on a management page, the Favorite …
When on a management page, the Favorite Actions dropdown now defaults to the create page that corresponds to that management page, and vice-versa. For example, visit edit.php and the dropdown displays “Create Post”. Visit post-new.php and the dropdown displays “Edit Posts”. #ui
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plugins.php and edit-comments.php rememb…
plugins.php and edit-comments.php remember the last status filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as…
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Reviewing GSOC applications
Reviewing GSOC applications #gsoc
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Idea: We should do a branch prior to rel…
Idea: We should do a branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a…