Community Chat Recap | March 19, 2015

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This week’s chat consisted of a couple really good discussions. We heard updates about the ModSquad and 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. site improvements. Here are the team highlights:

From WPTV (@jerrysarcastic)

  • Post-production for WordCamp videos is being offered by the ModSquad and they are looking for contributors to participate. All it takes is a laptop, time to help, and some direction which you can find here:  https://wptvdocs.wordpress.com/
  • Once the process is all streamlined, we’d like to have this announced in opening and closing remarks at Camps. Also in Contributor Days.
  • Follow Up Questions
    • @hlashbrooke: What’s the best way to get raw footage to [WPTV] if the internet connection is poor?
      • Jerry: No solution just yet, but have discussed sending physical media.
      • Ian: What are the blockers for mailing? Cost. Countries that don’t have FedEx to use our account.
      • Jerry: It’s worth considering having the drives on hand to send out to people who need them.

From Improving WordCamp.org (@iandunn)

  • Haven’t reached a consensus on the CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. editor updates. Might not be the highest priority, and might be worth surveying WordCamp organizers.
  • The ability to clone other WordCamp themes is a popular idea, and @ryelle built a prototype for that: https://github.com/ryelle/WordCamp-Style-Import
  • Follow Up Questions
    • Hugh: Could we make any previously used wordcamp themes available for use for future camps?
    • @kcristiano: When will import style be available?
      • Ian: There is no timeline yet, but some issues have been identified.
      • Ian: Manually importing styles is currently supported. http://plan.wordcamp.org/first-steps/web-presence/using-the-wordcamp-theme/

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