Recap of May 12, 2015 Meeting

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Slack Log

We had a few new folks that joined the chat, in addition we discussed:

Lesson Plans
The following lesson plans were formally declared abandoned:

Choosing and Installing Themes
Managing Comments
Content Editor Overview
Managing Menus
Categories v. Tags
General History
Managing Widgets
Custom Menus

@ariwinokur is getting back to the troubleshooting lesson plan and @bethsoderberg is going to try and find her notes from the troubleshooting workshop she attended to see if they will help.

@suzettefranck will work on a lesson plan focusing on the customizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. starting in mid-June.

@abuango will work on “Choosing and Installing Themes”

Testing
@liljimmi had a few updates on submissions from lesson plans that were tested recently. We also reviewed how to record tests on our master spreadsheet and what the process is for testing lesson plans.

Copy Editing
@abuango‘s Lesson plan “How to Find Help with WordPress” is ready for copy editing and @bethsoderberg will take that on.

Possible WPTV Collaboration
@bethsoderberg mentioned a possible opportunity to share our lesson plans with the WPTV team to help with their user interface video project.

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