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#  Tag Archives: badges

 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/casiepa/) [Pascal Casier](https://profiles.wordpress.org/casiepa/)
10:39 am _on_ July 7, 2019     
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# 󠀁[Proposal: QR code for WordCamp badges](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2019/07/07/proposal-qr-code-for-wordcamp-badges/)󠁿

Bigger WordCamps spend a lot of time in registration of the attendees upon arrival
or for workshops and handing out swag like T-shirts based on lists that exist (mainly
on paper). A QR code on e.g. a cellphone or tablet could speed up things.I saw somebody
already opened a tracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for
bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.[https://core.trac.wordpress.org/](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/).
ticket ([https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4162](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4162)),
but there was nor further follow up, so please find below my proposal after having
led registration and swag at WCEUWCEU WordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp
event. 2019:

**Phase1**: Add the QR code in the email when buying a ticket and on the 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](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/). site when attendee logs in with
the personal credentials.

**Phase2**: Attach as pkpass (or other) to the email and allow downloading that 
file from the site.

 [Continue reading →](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2019/07/07/proposal-qr-code-for-wordcamp-badges/#more-22233)

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hlashbrooke/) [Hugh Lashbrooke](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hlashbrooke/)
7:37 am _on_ August 21, 2017     
Tags: badges, [profiles ( 11 )](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/profiles/)

# 󠀁[Recent profile badge changes](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2017/08/21/recent-profile-badge-changes/)󠁿

If you are a 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](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/). organizer,
Community 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](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/community-deputy/).
or a WordCamp 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., then you
would have noticed a recent change to the badges that you see on your WordPress.
orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by
the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins
and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization.
[https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/) profile. To clear up any confusion,
this post provides an explanation about what has happened here. [This ticket](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3036)
outlines the decisions made, but here’s a breakdown of it all in an easily digestible
format.

Up until now, the Community Team had two badges related to it: The **Community Team**
badge and the WordCamp **Speaker** badges. The Team badge used the standard Community
icon with a plain white background, and the Speaker badge used the standard Speaker
icon. The Team badge was automatically assigned to all WordCamp organizers and then
could also be assigned manually to anyone involved in the team.

Going forward we have made a few changes to this system for two main reasons:

 1. We want to bring the Community badges in line with the structure of the other teams.
 2. We want the badges to correctly reflect people’s involvement in the Community Team.

With that in mind, here are the Community badges that you will see on your profiles:

**Community Team**

The Community Team badge will be manually assigned to all active Community DeputiesProgram
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](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/community-deputy/).–
i.e those who are listed as “Active” on [this page](https://make.wordpress.org/community/community-deputies/).
You can find out more about the 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](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/community-deputy/).
program (and how to get involved) [here](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/community-deputy/).

**Community Contributor**

![](https://make.wordpress.org/community/files/2017/08/community-contributor-150x150.
png "Community Contributor")

The Community Contributor badge will be manually assigned to all WordCamp MentorsEvent
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., as well as those who provide valuable
contributions to the Community Team. Mentors are all listed as “Active (mentor only)”
on [this page](https://make.wordpress.org/community/community-deputies/). In the
future, mentors will be auto-assigned this badge when they begin mentoring their
first WordCamp (removing the manual administration side of things). You can find
out more about the WordCamp Mentorship program [here](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/community-deputy/wordcamp-program-basics/mentoring-wordcamps/).
In the future, we will also assign this badge to [meetup group](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/meetup-organizer/welcome/)
organizers once have established an automated way of doing it.

**WordCamp Organizer**

![](https://make.wordpress.org/community/files/2017/08/wordcamp-organizer-150x150.
png "WordCamp Organizer")

The WordCamp Organizer badge is now distinct from the Community Contributor badge
so that you can more immediately see what an individual’s contribution to the team
is. The chosen icon represents WordCamps directly and gives us a way to recognize
all of the amazing WordCamp organizers around the world more effectively. This badge
is auto-assigned to all members of WordCamp organizing teams.

**WordCamp Speaker**

![](https://make.wordpress.org/community/files/2017/08/wordcamp-speaker-150x150.
png "WordCamp Speaker")

The WordCamp Speaker badge remains exactly the same as before – it is auto-assigned
to all WordCamp speakers to recognize their valuable contribution to the community.

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We hope that with these changes, we will be able to more correctly recognize all
of the work that so many people do to grow the WordPress community all around the
world.

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/grapplerulrich/) [Ulrich](https://profiles.wordpress.org/grapplerulrich/)
7:33 pm _on_ July 18, 2017     
Tags: badges   

# 󠀁[Contributor Badges as stickers for all](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2017/07/18/contributor-badges-as-stickers-for-all/)󠁿

In preparation for 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](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/). Bern,
Switzerland in September I was did a bit of research regarding contribution badges
as stickers. For our Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone
days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any 
time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of [https://make.wordpress.org/](https://make.wordpress.org/)
There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus.
[https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/](https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/)
we need only around 50 stickers of each badge.

Our problem is that StickerGiant has a minimum of 250 stickers per badge and the
price of per sticker drops a huge amount when the numbers increase. For example

 * **250** 0.48 / Sticker
 * **500** 0.26 / Sticker
 * **1’000** 0.15 / Sticker
 * **2’000** 0.10 / Sticker

My [initial idea](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQC7RN/p1500319128859857)
was that just to get a few interested WordCamp together and do a combine order but
then [Andrea Middleton suggested](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQC7RN/p1500398806157185)
that the Contributor Badges sticker could be included in with the WordPress swag.

The questions that we need to discuss are:

 * Do we want to do a trial with 10 WordCamps where 1’000 stickers are ordered of
   the badges and cost distributed across the 10 WordCamps? Each WordCamp would 
   get around 100 stickers of each badge.
 * Do we order 2000 and distribute them to the future WordCamps and review it once
   the stocks have deplenished?
 * Would the cost of these contributor badge stickers be covered by the foundation
   like with the WordPress swag or should a small fee like 100$ be deducted from
   the budget?
 * How much additional work would this create for the Community Team managing the
   swag?

Also Courtney previously started a discussion on how we should manage the WordPress
Swag as they make an order every 18 months.

> [Swag for Meetup Groups](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2017/06/06/swag-for-meetup-groups/)

#community-badges

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hlashbrooke/) [Hugh Lashbrooke](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hlashbrooke/)
10:37 am _on_ May 4, 2017     
Tags: badges, [feedback ( 11 )](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/feedback/)

# 󠀁[Community Team badges for user profiles](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2017/05/04/there-has-been-a-bit/)󠁿

There has been a bit of discussion about this in the past and recently, but now 
that we have a really solid idea of how the 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](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/community-deputy/).
programme works and a mostly clear view of who is and isn’t a deputy, it would be
valuable to look at creating a ‘proper’ Community Team badge for WordPress.orgWordPress.
org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. 
This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes
as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. [https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/)
profiles. How most contributor teams work is that they have one badge for general
contributors to the team and a second badge (that looks like the first, but has 
a shaded background) that is for the ‘coreCore Core is the set of software required
to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.’ group of that contribution
team (see [my profile](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hlashbrooke) and read the 
badge tooltips if you’re unfamiliar with the differences).

The full list of badges is [here](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/handbook/documentation/profile-badges/)–
we currently have only one for ‘Community Team’ that is a standard badge with no
background. That badge is assigned to anyone on the team (which need to be added
manually) as well as automatically for anyone who is added as a 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](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/). organiser. I would propose the
following changes:

 1. We change the existing badge to a ‘Community Contributor’ badge and it remains 
    as being auto-assigned for WordCamp organisers and we could maybe also manually
    assign it for 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](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/meetup-organizer/).
    organisers if that makes sense for the programme.
 2. We then add a new ‘Community Team’ badge (which has the shaded background), which
    would be manually assigned to the community team, super deputiesProgram Manager
    Program 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. and deputiesProgram 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](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/community-deputy/)..

This would bring the Community badges more in line with the other contribution teams(
consistency FTW) and it would also indicate who is involved in things centrally 
and who is a local organiser. Badges like this are a nice way to acknowledge people’s
contributions to WordPress, so it’s more than just a thing to show off – I think
it actually encourages increased involvement.

The issue, of course, is how we would decide the criteria for who would receive 
the Team badge. I would suggest that people who meet the following criteria would
receive the badge:

 1. Anyone who works full time for the Community Team.
 2. The Super Deputies.
 3. Deputies who have answered at least 30 tickets on Help Scout in the last 3 months(
    in reality, these numbers would probably be somewhat flexible as some tickets take
    a lot more time than others).
 4. WordCamp MentorsEvent 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. who have
    mentored at least 2 (or 3?) WordCamps in the last 12 months.

This would mean that new deputies would not immediately receive the badge just for
completing the deputy training and, as a result, badges would only be given for 
active work in the community (as is the intention behind the profile badges).

In the name of not erasing the efforts/contributions of formerly active contributors,
I don’t think we need to keep track of ongoing activity. We can use the 30 tickets
in 3 months metric as an initial milestone, but we don’t want to retroactively undermine
someone’s past work if they fall below that milestone later on.

Probably the best way to manage this (as manually assigning badges _does_ create
extra work of course) is to check in on our active deputies every quarter and manually
assign badges as required. It would be great if we could automate this quarterly
check, but not the end of the world if we cannot do so.

If everyone is happy with this, the first step would be to design the new badge (
which consists solely of adding a shaded background to the existing one) and then
submitting a 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. request to have it added along with the initial list of to whom
it will be assigned.

If you have any major concerns about this or any votes of confidence then please
comment here and we can get this done.

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iandunn/) [Ian Dunn](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iandunn/)
9:24 pm _on_ April 26, 2016     
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# 󠀁[New Tool for Creating Personalized WordCamp Badges](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2016/04/26/new-tool-for-creating-personalized-wordcamp-badges/)󠁿

Creating personalized badges for attendees to wear has always been a difficult and
time-consuming process. In the past we’ve had some tools to make it easier, but 
they still required a lot of expertise and manual work.

[@georgestephanis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/georgestephanis/) [recently came up with a great idea](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2016/02/12/name-badges-are-hard-to-make-and-confusing-for-organizers/)
to change all that, though, by **creating the badges with HTMLHTML HTML is an acronym
for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development
of web pages and websites. and CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets.
This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site.**. He then went even
further, building a proof-of-concept, and a prototype. After a few enhancements 
to the prototype, the new tool is now available on your site!

Here’s an example of what the badge preview looks like with the default design. 
The first area that you see is the back of the badge (which is why it’s upside-down),
and the area below that is the front of the badge. Both sides are identical, and
the front has a marker to punch holes for lanyards.

![create-badges-with-html-css](https://make.wordpress.org/community/files/2016/04/
create-badges-with-html-css.png)

 

You can find the tool under **Tickets > Tools > Generate Badges**, or by opening
the CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern
themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings.
and looking for _CampTix HTML Badges_.

When you get there, you’ll find personalized badges for all of your attendees, including
their names and [Gravatars](https://gravatar.com). You can then edit the CSS to 
customize the badges, so that they fit your camp’s design. As you edit your CSS 
in the Customizer, you’ll get a live preview of the how the badges will look.

The underlying markup has **plenty of CSS classes to help with customization**. 
For example, you could make volunteer badges have a different background color (
so that volunteers are easier to find), or make attendee’s last name appear in a
smaller font than their first. There are also plenty of empty `<div>` elements that
you can re-purpose for arbitrary design features.

Once you’re ready, just **print them to a PDF** and take that file to a local print
shop for printing and cutting. You can [check out a sample PDF](https://make.wordpress.org/community/files/2016/04/sample-html-css-badges.pdf)
to get a better idea of what it will look like.

[Full documentation is available in the Organizer Handbook](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/wordcamp-organizer-handbook/first-steps/helpful-documents-and-templates/create-wordcamp-badges-with-gravatars/personalized-badges-with-html-css/).

This is just a v1, so there’s lots of room for improvement. If you have any feedback,
please leave a comment! If you’d like to [contribute a patch](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/wordcamp-organizer-handbook/first-steps/web-presence/contributing-to-wordcamp-org/),
the source code is [available in the Meta repository](https://meta.svn.wordpress.org/sites/trunk/wordcamp.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/camptix-badge-generator)
or through [the Meta Environment](https://github.com/WordPress/meta-environment).

If you’d like to have some more advanced design options, we also have a tool for
[creating personalized badges with InDesign](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/wordcamp-organizer-handbook/first-steps/helpful-documents-and-templates/create-wordcamp-badges-with-gravatars/personalized-badges-with-indesign/),
but at the moment it requires a lot more work than this new tool. If you’d like 
to help improve that process, you can [contribute to Meta ticket #262](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/262).

 

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/georgestephanis/) [George Stephanis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/georgestephanis/)
4:05 pm _on_ February 12, 2016     
Tags: badges, [WordCamps ( 247 )](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/wordcamps/)

# 󠀁[Name Badges are hard to make, and confusing for organizers.](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2016/02/12/name-badges-are-hard-to-make-and-confusing-for-organizers/)󠁿

**Especially** if they want pretty GravatarGravatar Is an acronym for Globally Recognized
Avatar. It is the avatar system managed by WordPress.com, and used within the WordPress
software. [https://gravatar.com](https://gravatar.com/) badges.

I’ve always had some problems with InDesign — some technical (my only experience
in InDesign is making badges the past two years, and it always feels confusing) 
and others philosophical (should we really be this all-in on a proprietary, commercial
piece of software?)

To that end, I knocked together a rough proof of concept this morning — took about
an hour and change — that generates name badges purely in HTMLHTML HTML is an acronym
for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development
of web pages and websites. and CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets.
This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. — languages that nearly
every organizing team will have someone familiar with.

You can see the code here: https://gist.github.com/georgestephanis/1057841cff4ebdc0eba5

And the generated markup — once printed (in this case, to a PDF) looks like this:

[Click to access Z0n7Tg0LET.pdf](https://cldup.com/Z0n7Tg0LET.pdf)

I’m planning on expanding on this to either a standalone, or internal tool for organizers
to customize and generate badges. (standalone for the short term, internal if y’all
like the idea and want to move forward with it).

As 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](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/). sites know the
WordCamp name, and the WordCamp Logo, they can generate these badges with very little
necessary user input or customization — although users can always further customize
them before printing, if desired.

Related: https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/262

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