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We are currently updating the names of our contributor roles throughout our resources. The new role names are Community Team Event SupporterEvent SupporterEvent 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. (formerly MentorEvent SupporterEvent 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.), Community Team Program SupporterProgram SupporterCommunity 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. (formerly DeputyProgram SupporterCommunity 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.), and Program ManagerProgram ManagerProgram Managers (formerly Super Deputies) are Program Supporters who can perform extra tasks on WordCamp.org like creating new sites and publishing WordCamps to the schedule. (formerly Super DeputyProgram ManagerProgram Managers (formerly Super Deputies) are Program Supporters who can perform extra tasks on WordCamp.org like creating new sites and publishing WordCamps to the schedule.).
If you’d prefer to develop your custom CSSCSSCSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. and other content locally before adding it to WordCamp.org, or want to contribute to make the platform better, then the easiest way to setup a local sandbox is with WordCamp.org’s Docker environment.
It will automatically provision a local virtual server with the same code that runs WordCamp.org, as well as some sample content so you can see how things are setup behind the scenes.
After you follow the instructions and can access the server, you can get started on your site by adding your content and CSS to the 2014.content.wordcamp.test demo site. You can also create a new site if you prefer, but that requires creating a new WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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. post type on the Central site, modifying the VVV hosts file to add the domain name, etc, so it’s easier to just re-use the Content demo site.
Once you’re ready to launch the production siteProduction SiteA production site is a live site online meant to be viewed by your visitors, as opposed to a site that is staged for development or testing., you can use WordPress’s import/export tools to transfer most of your content, although you’ll still need to configure some things manually. Right now there isn’t a good way to sync back and forth, so we recommend that you wait until you’re ready to launch before you transfer everything to production, and then make any post-launch changes directly on production.
If you’d like to check out an alternative to the Docker environment, there’s also the Meta Environment, and a Chassis extension to setup a WordCamp.org environment. The MetaMetaMeta 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. Environment contains an older version of the WordCamp environment, but is based on Vagrant/VVV, which may work better than Docker on Windows machines.