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
    • PC: http://www.technipages.com/how-to-check-for-administrator-rights
    • MAC: Go to (apple symbol)/System Preferences/Users & Groups. Choose your user ID. If you are an admin, there will be a box checked next to “Allow user to administer this computer”
• 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. 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 MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. 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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