Recap of October 18, 2016 Meeting


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  • Welcome
  • Lesson plan updates
    • @melindahelt is half done with her LP
    • @skarjune finished the Customizer: Static Front Page vs. Content Feed
    • @skarjune is drafting the new LP: Customizer: Header and Background Images

CURRENTLY WRITING
Customizer: Menus/ @mindsize
Templates/ @juliekuehl
Themes/Plugins Relationships/ @coachwp
Customizer: Site Icons and Logos/ @melindahelt
Basic Theme Configuration/ @chmchm
Theme Documentation/ @meaganhanes
*How to Find Theme-Specific Documentation/
*Customizer: Header and Background Images/ @skarjune
*Theme Troubleshooting/
Theme Accessibility/
Theme Internationalization/

  • Copyediting updates
    • @estes.chris has edited Contact Form 7 and Template Tour.
    • Authors need to review feedback
    • @c3zh will be copyediting my Customizer: Static Front Page vs. Content Feed
    • Copyediting processes got discussed last week and need some documentation.
      • There are a lot of questions about the how/why of things.
      • If you haven’t weighed in on the topic, do so here: https://make.wordpress.org/training/2016/10/14/copyediting-process-and-tools-for-lesson-plans/
      • Some context for this conversation: https://make.wordpress.org/training/2014/11/08/request-for-the-content-audit-plugin/
      • It’s been started before, but we didn’t move forward for various reasons.
      • the next step seems to be to step back and flesh out a plan with a plugin that we think would work with the following known constraints:
        • the patterns we tend to follow/need as a team working together
        • the known likelihood of different plugins being allowed for use on make
        • the existential questions outlined in @skarjune’s post and the implications of the use of a particular plugin on those questions
          • @mindsize will write a post with a brief proposal

CURRENTLY COPYEDITING
What is Contact Form 7 /@estes.chris
What is Google XML Sitemap / @pauloyler
building a sitemap for a site /
Improving Your Site’s Performance / @mindsize
What is W3 Total Cache /
Dashboard Icons (higher priority than the others) / @pbarthmaier
Help Regenerate Thumbnails /
Template Tour / @estes.chris
Customizer: Static Front Page vs. Content Feed/ @c3zh

  • Training/Testing Updates
    • @chanthaboune none of our training materials have a “alien audience” voice to them (for folks who are already committed to using WordPress and don’t need to be convinced of it).
    • might be the case that we need an addendum for those who are “undecided”
    • @melindahelt to use the Child Themes LP for Pittsburgh meetup in November.
    • also looking at the local install LP as well (MAMP) but there might be a few edits needed there