Category Archives: WordPress.tv

Michael Wiginton 3:37 pm on April 24, 2015
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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“I think the person who takes a job in order to live – that is to say, for the money – has turned himself into a slave.”
– Joseph Campbell

Videos from WC Atlanta were submitted this week with a few more from WC Paris and WC Hamburg.

WC Lancaster – WC St Louis – WC Dayton – WC Seattle – WC San Diego videos are still in process.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • a 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 by @brashrebel that uses tags to bring relevant videos from WPTV into the wp-admin.
  • feedback and input needed for the WPTV plugin from mods. Link to plugin https://github.com/brashrebel/wptv
  • @brashrebel has submitted a patch to make the WPTV theme responsive.

In The Last 7 Days

We published 29 videos from 5 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed 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. Videos Last Week

Christina Fuchs: Was sind Mitgliederseiten und wie lassen sie sich in WordPress realisieren?

Heather Solos: 5 Plugins For List Building

Jenny Munn: SEO for 2015 – What’s In, What’s Out and How to Be In It to Win It (For Good)

#moderator-update, #wordpress-tv

Michael Wiginton 12:30 pm on April 17, 2015
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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
– Alice in Wonderland

WC Paris, WC Hamburg and WC Atlanta submitted videos this week.  WC Lancaster – WC St Louis – WC Dayton – WC Seattle and WC San Diego videos are still in process.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • moderating the videos in the Pending queue
  • editing and updating the handbook
  • making contact with 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. Lancaster about progress on their videos

In The Last 7 Days

We published 13 videos from 3 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Christina Fuchs: Was sind Mitgliederseiten und wie lassen sie sich in WordPress realisieren?

Kyler Patterson: Paid Social Advertising on Twitter and Facebook. Basics for Beginners

Richard Archambault: Faites décoller votre site avec Jetpack

#moderator-update, #wordpress-tv

Michael Wiginton 6:17 pm on April 10, 2015
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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.”
– Thomas A. Edison

We are starting to publish videos from WC Atlanta. We have videos that will be submitted from WC Lancaster – WC St Louis – WC Dayton – WC Seattle and WC San Diego.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • getting the handbook in shape and making instructional videos as part of the handbook.
  • getting some testing done on the handbook to catch any errors.
  • names for WPTV, the consensus was “moderators” and “reviewers”.
  • getting the videos in the Pending queue moderated.
  • new chat time is Thursday 17:00 UTC

In The Last 7 Days

We published 15 videos from 5 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed 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. Videos Last Week

Christina Fuchs: Was sind Mitgliederseiten und wie lassen sie sich in WordPress realisieren?

Steve Zehngut: Build a WordPress Theme with Foundation and Underscores

Sara Cannon: Smart Design

#moderator-update, #wordpress-tv

jerrysarcastic 1:06 am on April 8, 2015
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WPTV Moderator chat moving to Thursday

As discussed in our meeting last week, the Mod Squad will now be meeting on Thursdays at 17:00 UTC (1pm EDT/10am PDT) in #WPTV in 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/..

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That is one day later (and one hour) later than our normal meeting time. See you there!

#wordpress-tv

Michael Wiginton 12:49 pm on April 3, 2015
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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“I don’t think people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.”
– Joseph Campbell

The Pending queue and the S3 account are clearing out, getting ready for all the new videos from WC Lancaster – WC St Louis – WC Dayton – WC Atlanta – WC Seattle and WC San Diego.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • moving the chat time – new chat time is Thursday 17:00 UTC
  • the new handbook is now ready for editing and updating at https://make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook
  • update on processing videos for all the 6 WordCamps held in the last few weeks

In The Last 7 Days

We published 18 videos from 5 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed 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. Videos Last Week

Christina Fuchs: Was sind Mitgliederseiten und wie lassen sie sich in WordPress realisieren?

Sara Cannon: Smart Design

Michael Schroder: Contributing to Core – Hassle to Hobby

#moderator-update, #wordpress-tv

Michael Wiginton 8:00 pm on March 27, 2015
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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“Isn’t it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?”
– Confucius

Not many new videos have been submitted for moderation but we have had three WordCamps close in the last few weeks – WC Lancaster, WC St Louis and WC Dayton – so we should see those videos soon. And this weekend will be busy with 3 WordCamps happening – WC Atlanta, WC Seattle and WC San Diego.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • moving the docs to make:community
  • names to help distinguish different mod roles
  • update on the issue of 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. Happiness Bars being more inclusive.

In The Last 7 Days

We published 26 videos from 8 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Christina Fuchs: Was sind Mitgliederseiten und wie lassen sie sich in WordPress realisieren?

Tracy Apps: How To Not Design Like A Developer

Arjun Singh Thakuri: How to start a WordPress Theme/Plugin Business

#moderator-update, #wordpress-tv

Michael Wiginton 12:29 pm on March 20, 2015
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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“We are trying to construct a more inclusive society…. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Pending queue has videos to moderate. We are getting new videos from 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. Toronto.
This is a busy month for WordCamps with 5 this month, so we will have many more videos coming.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • update on getting ready to offer post-production services to WordCamps
  • policy about offensive language used in videos
  • issue at WordCamp Happiness Bars dealing with some attendees feeling intimidated and how to be more inclusive.

In The Last 7 Days

We published 14 videos from 6 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Christina Fuchs: Was sind Mitgliederseiten und wie lassen sie sich in WordPress realisieren?

Alina Kakshapati: Build WordPress as a Career

Sakar Upadhyaya Khatiwada: Because Website Speed Matters

#moderator-update, #wordpress-tv

Michael Wiginton 12:30 pm on March 13, 2015
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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“If A is success in life, then A = x + y + z. Work is x, play is y and z is keeping your mouth shut.”
– Albert Einstein

The Pending queue has been growing and we have videos to moderate. We are still getting videos from 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. Maui. We have videos from WordCamp Nepal, WordCamp Cape Town and WordCamp Orlando in the queue. We also have some NYC meetupMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. videos to moderate.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • what videos are in the Pending queue
  • progress is being made in editing videos and cutting in slides

In The Last 7 Days

We published 35 videos from 7 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Christina Fuchs: Was sind Mitgliederseiten und wie lassen sie sich in WordPress realisieren?

Sara Cannon: Smart Design

Jonathan Buttigieg: Pourquoi vous devriez vendre un plugin/thème premium

#moderator-update, #wordpress-tv

Michael Wiginton 2:40 pm on March 6, 2015
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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.'”
–  Ralph Waldo Emerson

Videos from 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. Nepal and WordCamp Cape Town are in the queue and are ready for moderation.
And videos from NYC meetupMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. will be submitted soon.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • the Pending queue is starting to fill with videos for moderating
  • compressing videos to accommodate the 1GB size limit
  • update on contacting WordPress meetupsMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. for video submissions

In The Last 7 Days

We published 22 videos from 5 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Kevin Fodness: Object-Oriented Theme Development

Sara Cannon: Smart Design

Aurélien Denis: Industrialiser sa maintenance sous WordPress

#moderator-update, #wordpress-tv

Michael Wiginton 2:27 pm on February 27, 2015
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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

Videos from 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. Maui 2015, WordCamp Pairs 2015 and WordCamp San Antonio 2015 are being submitted for moderation. And the WordCamp editing crew has been busy cutting in slides and compressing videos.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • a new “Related Events” tab was added to the wordpress.tv site covering all events that are not WordCamps
  • update on reaching out to meetupsMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. for video submissions (making a list and checking it twice)
  • update on moving the docs to make:community (still in process)

In The Last 7 Days

We published 38 videos from 6 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Kevin Fodness: Object-Oriented Theme Development

Aurélien Denis: Industrialiser sa maintenance sous WordPress

Sara Cannon: Smart Design

#moderator-update, #wordpress-tv