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Tracy Levesque 5:03 pm on August 26, 2014

August 26 2014 Meeting Agenda Report on Modules…

IRC Log

August 26, 2014 Meeting Agenda

Report on Modules in progress

Anatomy of a Theme
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

We’re on the make. home page!
Copy editing/Style Guide
WCBos 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/.

Tracy Levesque 6:43 pm on August 21, 2014

Recap of August 19 2014 Meeting Status of…

IRC Log

Recap of August 19, 2014 Meeting

Status of Modules in progress

Anatomy of a Theme (@juliekuehl and @trynet)
The group gave Julie feedback on the module so far. She will connect with Bud.
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 says “Still need images for Exercise 3 and then it is a wrap” @meaganhanes is going to copy edit

Other Items

Style Guide (@meaganhanes and @bethsoderberg)
Beth saw our feedback from the last chat log and will implement our suggestions.

Samuel Sidler 8:00 pm on August 19, 2014

Hello I’ve added this team to the make…

Hello! I’ve added this team to the make homepage and added an icon for you (see the 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. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes. here). Can you write up a better introduction to be added to the make homepage? Thanks!

Julie Kuehl 7:55 pm on August 17, 2014

I’ve started on the Anatomy of a Theme…

I’ve started on the Anatomy of a Theme page, but before I go any further, I wanted to check to see if I was going in the right direction. Can anyone provide input on what they expect to see in that module?

Tracy Levesque 12:12 am on August 14, 2014

Recap of August 12 2014 Meeting Status of…

IRC Log

Recap of August 12, 2014 Meeting

Status of Modules in progress

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. (@tecdoc)
Tom sent an email saying he would work on this.
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 added the exercises. The module now just needs screenshots and the quiz. What is there now is ready for copy editing (pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.”: @meaganhanes)
Anatomy of a Theme (@juliekuehl and @trynet)
Julie started this and resolved her image uploading issue. She will connect with Bud.

Other Items

Copy editing/Style Guide (@meaganhanes and @bethsoderberg)
Beth has a first draft up and we can all look and comment on it. Please take a look and help her out with what is missing. https://make.wordpress.org/training/getting-started/module-style-guide/

The Island of Lost Modules

We are having an issue of folks starting modules and then disappearing. We decided that if after not showing up on IRC, getting pinged here and getting emailed we don’t hear from them for 2 weeks we will consider the module abandoned and up for grabs.

Courtney O'Callaghan 3:34 pm on August 12, 2014

August 12, 2014 Meeting Agenda

Modules in Progress

Reassignment of 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.
Intro to CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site.
Template Hierarchy
Anatomy of a Theme
Post Formats
Web Fonts

Resources in Progress

Style Guide
Proposed Modules
Teacher Resources
Copy Editing

New Modules/Team Members

Beth Soderberg 4:18 am on August 8, 2014

Hi team I am going to try and…

Hi team! I am going to try and put the finishing touches on the first draft of the style guide this weekend. Please leave a comment or tweet at me @bethsoderberg if you have any suggestions of items that should be included.

Tracy Levesque 7:20 pm on August 6, 2014

Recap of August 5 2014 Meeting Status of…

Recap of August 5, 2014 Meeting

Status of Modules in progress

Child Themes (@liljimmi)
“Group Exercises” is now just “Exercises.” This was updated on the Anatomy of a Module page as well.
Anatomy of a Theme (@juliekuehl and @joyofwp)
Julie is starting on this this week. Bud is going to help work on this module
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 has the exercises written and will put them on site this week.
Post Formats (@courane01)
A new module created by Courtney Robertson added at WCNYC contribute day!
Web Fonts (@tgibs)
A new module created by Tonya Gibson added at WCNYC contribute day!

Other Items

Teacher Resources page (@tecdoc)
Tom sent out an email to JJ on the Install module. If he doesn’t hear back he’ll work on one.
Copy editing/Style Guide (@meaganhanes and @bethsoderberg)
Beth got a ton of work done at WCNYC contribute day. She’s hoping to have a COMPLETE draft next week

The Island of Lost Modules

Below are a couple modules that are in progress and need some love in order to get completed. If anyone out there is interested in picking one of these up, please leave a comment!

Julie Kuehl 7:13 pm on August 5, 2014

Initial Anatomy of a Theme outline now up…

Initial Anatomy of a Theme outline now up.

Question: what’s the process for adding an image?

Julie Kuehl 6:56 pm on August 5, 2014

So this is the link I couldn’t find…

So this is the link I couldn’t find during the chat today: http://cardsagainst.wordpress.com/

s: search
c: compose new post
r: reply
e: edit
t: go to top
j: go to the next post or comment
k: go to the previous post or comment
o: toggle comment visibility
esc: cancel edit post or comment