We’ve recently deployed our WordCamp org + Let’s…

We’ve recently deployedDeploy Launching code from a local development environment to the production web server, so that it's available to visitors. our WordCamp.org + Let’s Encrypt integration and it looks good so far. This means that all newly created WordCamp.org sites will get a valid SSLSSL Secure Socket Layer - Encryption from the server to the browser and back. Prevents prying eyes from seeing what you are sending between your browser and the server. certificate within 12 hours after creation, and all SSL certificates will be renewed every 60 days.

We already spotted some SSL-related errors and fixed them in the past few hours, but if you come across anything strange that may be HTTPSHTTPS HTTPS is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between your browser and the website that you are connected to. The 'S' at the end of HTTPS stands for 'Secure'. It means all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted. This is especially helpful for protecting sensitive data like banking information. related, let us know on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.. We’ll be transitioning the rest of the network that is still using the city.wordcamp.org/year structure to year.city.wordcamp.org in the coming weeks. I’ll post an additional update about that when it’s done.

P.S. If you’re ever in the WordCamp.org SupportPress instance, we’re expecting a flood of e-mails from staging-expiry@letsencrypt.org or expiry@letsencrypt.org so don’t go crazy if you see one. Keep calm and 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.” @kovshenin on Slack and we’ll sort it out with some new filters.

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