Week 1: WordCamp Base Theme Page Templates recap

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The team met up over Skype for a quick chat to get the ball rolling. All but one member were present with the addition of Konstantin and Andrea to answer administrative questions.

05 Dec 2012 Update

This Week:

The group decided to hold our weekly meetings on Tuesday 20:00 UTC

The latest versions of the current base theme as well as a functionality pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party that goes along with it were shared with the entire group

Twenty Twelve, Twenty Eleven, and Twenty Ten themes are now being offered as alternate base templates

Began a preliminary list of page templates to create or focus on during this phase. Possible options are:

Schedule

Panel Picker

Day of Event Homepage

Post-Event Homepage (see:�http://2011.sf.wordcamp.org/)

Speaker Profile (speaker-single.php)

Slide/Video MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. Fields

Session Profile (session-single.php)

Slide/Video Meta Fields

Individual Photo (possibly using attachment.php?), can be sourced for the post-event template

Individual Video (possibly using attachment.php?), can be sourced for the post-event template

Organizing Team (organizer-archive.php, organizer-single.php)

Locations, with points plotted on a map

Solicit Feedback from the event community on what types of page template we might be overlooking

Coming Week

After the release of WordPress 3.5, svn/tracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. access will be opened up for the 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. base theme

Gather community feedback, solidify and prioritize the list of templates that we should focus on

Assuming trac is ready to go, create tickets for each page template in the final list

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John Hawkins 1:12 am on December 7, 2012

Great list guys/gals! I’d add to it an Attendee list for the home page. If you could break the attendee page in to sections for organizers/volunteers/speakers/general public, that would be useful. I’d include gravatarGravatar Is an acronym for Globally Recognized Avatar. It is the avatar system managed by WordPress.com, and used within the WordPress software. https://gravatar.com/./name/blog/twitter.
- Brandon Dove 1:19 am on December 7, 2012
  
  Thanks John. For the attendee list for the home page, would that be more like a widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user./shortcodeShortcode A shortcode is a placeholder used within a WordPress post, page, or widget to insert a form or function generated by a plugin in a specific location on your site., or just part of the template?
  - alternatekev 5:22 pm on December 7, 2012
    
    I’d think a widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. or shortcodeShortcode A shortcode is a placeholder used within a WordPress post, page, or widget to insert a form or function generated by a plugin in a specific location on your site. would be nice.
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AaronRutley 11:07 pm on December 8, 2012

I’d like to contribute to the 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. base theme template improvements.
(I’m helping organise WordCamp Melbourne 2013)

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