Monthly Archives: July 2014

Tracy Levesque 5:51 pm on July 29, 2014  

July 29 2014 Meeting Agenda Report on Modules…

July 29, 2014 Meeting Agenda

Report on Modules in progress

  • Child Themes
  • WordPress Template Hierarchy
  • Intro to CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site.
  • Any others

Discuss Other Items

meagan hanes 4:24 pm on July 24, 2014
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The Anatomy of a Module page has been…

The Anatomy of a Module page has been copyedited. The biggest change is the addition of a brief description of the page.

I also noticed a link to proposed modules on the Getting Started page was broken, so I went ahead and fixed it.

#copyedit

Tracy Levesque 8:12 pm on July 22, 2014  

Recap of July 22 2014 Meeting Status of…

Recap of July 22, 2014 Meeting

Status of Modules in progress

  • Child Themes (@liljimmi)

    Tracy added the Module Description and Megan copy edited it and suggested changing “overrides” to “replaces” in the graphics. Tracy will make those graphic changes.
    Courtney will contact @jenmylo about getting the module tested live one more time.

Other Items

  • Copy editing/Style Guide (@meaganhanes and @bethsoderberg)

    Meagan and Beth are going to connect about the Style Guide.

  • Module Suggestion
    @juliekuehl suggested changing subsection title “Skill Level Summary” to something else. Courtney also suggested dropping “Module” from subsection titles.

What do you think? Please put your answers in comments.

What should “Skill Level Summary” be changed to?

A. Skills Needed
B. Skills Assumed
C. Prerequisites
D. Prerequisite Skills
E. Required Skills

What about dropping “Module” from the subsection titles?

A. Drop it
B. Keep it

Tracy Levesque 5:38 pm on July 22, 2014  

July 22 2014 Meeting Agenda Report on Modules…

July 22, 2014 Meeting Agenda

Report on Modules in progress

  • Child Themes
  • WordPress Template Hierarchy
  • Intro to CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site.
  • Any others

Discuss Other Items

  • Teacher Resources page
  • Anatomy of a Module page
  • Copy editing/Style Guide
Tracy Levesque 7:09 pm on July 15, 2014  

Recap of July 15 2014 Meeting Status of…

Recap of July 15, 2014 Meeting

Status of Modules in progress

  • Child Themes (@liljimmi)

    Tracy added Screening Questions and Teacher Notes. This module needs to be tested live 1 more time

  • WordPress Template Hierarchy (@CoachBirgit)

    Birgit added Screening Questions and Teacher Notes

Other Items

  • Teacher Resources page (@tecdoc)

    We need a link to a good local installLocal Install A local install of WordPress is a way to create a staging environment by installing a LAMP or LEMP stack on your local computer. tutorial

  • Anatomy of a Module page (@courtneydawn)

    Tracy will update the page to include an explanation of Screening Questions and Teacher Notes

  • Copy editing (@meaganhanes)

    We have a new copy editor – Meagan Hanes. She will get started on copy editing the Child ThemeChild theme A Child Theme is a customized theme based upon a Parent Theme. It’s considered best practice to create a child theme if you want to modify the CSS of your theme. https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/. Module .

  • Module Suggestion
    @juliekuehl suggested adding an overall Module Description to the top of each module. Something that tells the instructor what’s cover and can be used as a description of the class/workshop/presentation itself. Tracy will add this to the Child Theme module and see what people think.
Tom Carney 5:48 pm on July 15, 2014  

Hey Training team sorry can’t make today’s meeting…

Hey Training team, sorry can’t make today’s meeting, last minute work deadline came up but will be on next week. Have a great meeting.

Tracy Levesque 9:22 pm on July 8, 2014  

Recap of July 8 2014 Meeting Status of…

Recap of July 8, 2014 Meeting

Status of Modules in progress

  • Child Themes (@liljimmi)

    No update this week because Tracy was on vacation.

  • Intro to CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. (@JerrySarcastic)

    Jerry: Intro to CSS is more than 50% done… all the lecture stuff is in, and now working on 3 exercises + test.

  • WordPress Template Hierarchy (@CoachBirgit)

    Birgit has done a lot of work on the WTH module and made great use of Dashicons.

Other Items

  • Teacher Resources page (@tecdoc)

    Tom: gathering links – this past week and will have those up shortly

  • New pages (@courtneydawn)

    Courtney added 2 new pages!
    Project Status: https://make.wordpress.org/training/getting-started/project-status/
    Module Style Guide: https://make.wordpress.org/training/getting-started/module-style-guide/

    The style guide will be similar to https://make.wordpress.org/docs/handbook/references/handbooks-style-and-formatting-guide/ Courtney is going to recruit @bethsoderberg to work on this

  • Copy editing (@ruthkalinka)

    Due to personal good news Ruth may be dropping from copy editing, so we need to find a new copy editor.

  • WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Dev days

    Now that WCNYC dev day is on a Friday, not as many folks will be able to make it. We will have a big Team Training gathering at WCSF

Courtney O'Callaghan 4:43 pm on July 8, 2014  

Training Team Chat Agenda

Agenda:
Check status of modules in progress
Child ThemeChild theme A Child Theme is a customized theme based upon a Parent Theme. It’s considered best practice to create a child theme if you want to modify the CSS of your theme. https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/.
Conditional Tags
Intro to CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site.
Templates
Hierarchy

Copy Editing

Reminder – If there is anything you want to discuss, please add to the comments.

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Courtney O'Callaghan 3:49 pm on July 1, 2014  

Training Team Chat Agenda

Agenda:
Check status of modules in progress
Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. at WCNYC announced

Reminder – Tracy is out on vacation today. I will be around to lead IRC chat. If there is anything you want to discuss, please add to the comments.

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