Recap of October 21, 2014 Meeting


IRC Log

Our meeting covered:

WCSF Final Planning

WCSF Final Planning

Training Team Point Person

  • Courtney OCallaghan

Contributor Track Info

  • Courtney OCallaghan + Tracy Levesque will be giving the introduction/how-to help talk for the Contributor track. We need 3-5 minutes.
  • What to bring
    • If you want to come and help us with standardization, copyediting, or image editing, you and your laptop can “come as you are.” No downloading necessary.
    • If you want to be able to help with screenshots or create/test modules, we recommend downloading and installing from the list below.
      • If you need help setting up a local development environment, please download all the elements and we will help you install them.
    • NOTE: if you cannot install items, please check that you have admin rights
  • Local install of WordPress
    • MAMP – http://www.mamp.info/en/(or XXAMP/WAMP/etc)
    • Most recent version of WP – https://wordpress.org/download/
  • Other software
    • Any photo editor (picasa is free – http://picasa.google.com/)
    • Chrome or Firefox with Firebug installed – https://getfirebug.com/downloads/
  • Nice but not necessary software
    • Screenshot Software like Jing / snagit

Team Meetup Info

GOALS

  • Official policies for creating, editing, testing, and finalizing modules.
  • Create groupings of modules organized into specific length/topic workshops
  • Revise list of topics in need of modules + priority list
  • Finalize tested modules
  • Slides – yay/nay

AGENDA (Day One)

  • Project introduction/history
  • Side Group – Install local environment
  • Create task list
  • Revise list of topics in need of modules
  • Simultaneously (chosen from task list)…
    • Work on current/new modules
    • Test / Finalize modules
    • Workshop module lists
  • Debrief

AGENDA (Day Two)

  • Side Group – Project introduction/history
  • Side Group – Install local environment
  • Review of day one, task list for day two
  • Simultaneously (chosen from task list)…
    • Work on current/new modules
    • Test / Finalize modules
    • Workshop module lists
  • Debrief

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