Proposal: Link WordCamp schedule track headings to Pages

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While organizing 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. US, I suggested that we link each of the track headings on the schedule page to the pages where attendees would see our YouTube video and chat embeds (Yukon and Columbia). Since we are using the schedule blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience., it’s not possible to edit that part of the page.

To support this feature, I believe two changes are necessary:

1. Add a term 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. field

Add a field to Add Track and Edit Track screens to allow a relative URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org path to be specified. In the case of the Yukon track, the value entered would be “/yukon-track”.

This field should not be required for many reasons including:

The schedule is ready to be published but the track pages are not.
The WordCamp is 100% in-person and doesn’t have a need for track pages.

2. Add the link to the schedule grid

If the a URL path was defined for a track, add a link in the respective grid column headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes..

An example of the schedule grid if only the Yukon track had a URL path defined.

Feedback requested

I would appreciate getting feedback on this proposal.

Would this be useful to WordCamp organizers?
Are there any reasons why not to do this?

Deadline: ~~October 15th, 2021~~ Extended until October 29, 2021 to gather additional input.

#proposal, #schedule

mrwweb 2:38 pm on October 1, 2021

tl;dr – This feels like added complication, and I think there are better ways to achieve the goal.

My first reaction is that I’m not sure as a visitor what I would expect to see if I clicked on a track heading. I know too much about the content model of sessions and tracks to be an “average” user, but I would personally expect a taxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies. archive page showing the sessions in that track, probably with summary and presenter details. (And if that’s the case, then those links could be automatically added without any editing interface.)

If the primary goal of this suggestion is to increase the visibility of links to the page(s) for viewing sessions, I think the menu, day-of front page template, and even a buttons blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. placed above and/or below the schedule grid would all be more noticeable, more customizable, and (I think) all possible with the existing tools.
- David Bisset 6:39 pm on October 2, 2021
  
  I don’t see harm making the track names linkable. I do think more can be done to point people to the livestream overall and on the schedule page. Along the lines of @mrwweb I think an obvious button (somewhere) would be effective – most people arent’ thinking deeply when viewing the schedule page, usually in a rush.
  
  Also direct links to tracks should be on EVERY page DURING the conference. Perhaps in the top navigation.
Taco Verdonschot 9:31 pm on October 7, 2021

Sounds like a nice addition for online and offline event alike to help folks navigate to the room they want to be in.
Mel Choyce-Dwan 6:01 pm on October 8, 2021

From a UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. standpoint, I think it makes the most sense to update the Schedule BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. in GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ so it’s directly editable, rather than needing to specify a url elsewhere.

For example, if the track titles had some formatting options like any other text block:

Then you could link to whatever page or post you’ve made for your tracks.

(I know this would require some rearchitecting, but that might be a good idea anyway with full site editing and global styles being introduced to the editor)

Either way — I like the idea and being able to link to the livestream from the schedule block would be a big usability win.
- Ryan Marks 6:15 pm on October 8, 2021
  
  I added this comment just now and wanted you to see it.
Ryan Marks 6:14 pm on October 8, 2021

I’ve thought of an addition I wanted to suggest. If you’re able to associate a URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org with each track, you can also show a link to the track on session pages.
Ryan Marks 3:21 pm on October 19, 2021

I’ve extended the deadline on this until October 29, 2021 so we can get input in the upcoming MentorEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues. and DeputyProgram Supporter Community Program Supporters (formerly Deputies) are a team of people worldwide who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Find more about program supporters in our Program Supporter Handbook. chats.