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Ian Dunn 7:06 pm on October 28, 2015
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Approval for #1363 and #1364

@JustinSainton proposed #1363 to help manage 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. vendors when making payment requests, and #1364 to show a total for WordCamp payment requests.

Please take a look at them and leave your thoughts in the comments.

#official-websites, #request-approval

Ian Dunn 5:45 pm on October 27, 2015
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Approval for #1361

@mrwweb proposed three changes in #1361:

  • Displaying the number of checked-in attendees in the Attendance 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. tool.
  • Renaming the Published post status for tickets to Registered
  • Assigning tickets to a new Attended status when attendees check-in

What does everyone think about those?

#official-websites, #request-approval

Ian Dunn 6:32 pm on September 30, 2015
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Approval for #1203-meta (call for speakers sign-in)

Currently, when someone submits a proposal to speak at 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., they’re required to log in to their WordCamp.org account, so that we can automatically draft Speaker and Session posts for the talk, which saves a lot of time for the organizer.

In #1203, @rhyswynne requested that the requirement become optional, because several potential speakers complained about having to create an account. More details are available in the ticket.

Is this something we should do? Add your thoughts in the comments.

 

#official-websites, #request-approval

Ian Dunn 5:34 pm on September 29, 2015
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Switching back to the original WordCamp URLs

Earlier this year we changed the URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org structure 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. websites, migrating from year.city.wordcamp.org to city.wordcamp.org/year.

There were two primary reasons for the change: 1) At the time, we thought that it was the best way to work around some obstacles that prevented us from securing the sites with 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. certificates; and 2) Over the years, many organizers had expressed dissatisfaction with the original URLs, especially related to SEO issues.

@matt has raised some concerns about the new structure, and has asked us to move back to the original one.  His concerns are:

  • Subdomains are more consistent with the rest of 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/’s infrastructure (e.g., core.trac.wordpress.org)
  • Using subdomains gives us more flexibility and forwards-compatibility. For example, they allow us to point different camps to different servers in the future, opening up possibilities like giving each camp their own isolated virtual server where organizers could have full control, rather than having a centralized platform.
  • The Systems team now has more capacity to help with getting the large number of SSL certificates that we’d need.
  • We should switch now before something happens that locks us into the current structure.

Matt has worked out a plan with the Systems team to ensure that we maintain the ability to secure traffic with SSL. We’ll be able to use the new Let’s Encrypt certificate authority to automate the generation and installation of certificates for each individual domain. The plan to have landing pages at the city.wordcamp.org URL will also be unaffected by the move.

There’s no potential timeline for the project yet. Let’s Encrypt is still being developed, and once they are ready it will still take a significant amount of work on our end.

We know this is a significant change, so before we start the process, we’d like to give everyone a chance to share feedback, ask questions, etc. Please leave a comment and follow the discussion if this is something that you’re interested in.

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Ian Dunn 12:48 am on September 29, 2015
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Approval for #1226-meta (Edit Flow)

@faddah requested in #1226 that we add the Edit Flow 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 to WordCamp.org.

Is this something we should do? Add your thoughts in the comments.

#official-websites, #request-approval

Ian Dunn 11:15 pm on September 28, 2015
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Approval for #1261-meta (sharing images)

@Kau-Boy created #1261 to request that we add a way to override the image that is used when 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. page is shared on social media.

Is this something you think we should do? Add your thoughts in the comments.

#official-websites, #request-approval

Jen 2:45 pm on September 24, 2015
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Sponsor Info

Someone wanted information about sponsoring WCs so I went to central.wordcamp.org to look for it for them.

  • I went to https://central.wordcamp.org/global-community-sponsors/ because it was near the top of the list and bc I know that’s the current program. It lists the current sponsors but has no information on what the levels mean or how to become one.
  • Then I went to https://central.wordcamp.org/sponsor-multiple-wordcamps/, listed lower in the subnav. This is the old program, and links to the 2014 packages.

This is bad IA/content to have there. I’d like to suggest a change:

  • Make Sponsor a top level nav item.
  • First item should be Sponsor 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., a page that doesn’t exist yet. It should say how great WCs are, how they’re all run by volunteers, how we depend on the kindness of strangers money of helpful businesses to keep the events going, and outline the difference between sponsoring an individual WC and joining the global program. Should link to other subpages showing current sponsors, global program rates/benefits, the upcoming WCs schedule (for people interested in sponsoring a single WC), and an application form to become a global sponsor.
  • Change the Global page label to Current Global Sponsors.
  • Remove the 2014 rate sheet that is linked from the multi-event page. Create a current rate sheet (as a page, not a pdf) and update once a year. Each year, post the upcoming year’s rates as well by September so businesses can plan for the coming year.
  • Remove multi-event page since it’s not the current program.
  • Create the page with a sponsorship application form for those interested in global sponsorship.

Any objections to this update?

(Where is the 2015 global sponsorship plan info?)

#official-websites, #sponsorship, #wordcamp-org

Josh Leuze 10:26 pm on August 26, 2015
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Update on building a new WordCamp theme

This is a follow up to the @iandunn post on the WordCamp.org tools survey results.

I setup a Github repo for the new 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. theme with a fork of Underscores to get things started.

To start with I have been collecting feedback and ideas for a new WordCamp theme so that our design lead, @robertnienhuis, has something to work with. I haven’t gotten too much feedback online yet, but have gotten some good ideas from several other organizers offline. If you would like to share some feedback as well please post a comment below!

Theme Features

Here is the feedback that I have collected so far, as well as my own ideas:

  • Great Design: I would like to keep the theme light and minimalist, easy to build on, but also have it look good enough out of the box for a WordCamp without a strong designer to be able to use as-is.
  • Mobile First: I’d really like to include a strong mobile version that makes WordCamp sites easy to use at the event when you are on the go.
  • Widgetized: It’s always tough to get markup where you want it, I’d love a lot of widgetized areas so I can get the content I need in the right spot to match any design. I spoke with some other organizers who would also like more widgetized areas, sitewide and page specific. Particularly for the featured content sections typically found on a WordCamp site.
  • Widgets: Building actual widgets into the theme might be a step too far, but there was some interest in having a few featured widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. styles built in, so that if you used the right markup in a text widget you could get a good looking featured section right out of the box that organizers can expand on from there.
  • Page Templates: Most of the people I talked to were interested in having more page templates to choose from. Like a homepage template with a page content area and multiple widget areas for featured content and also a similar homepage template with a smaller blog area setup as recent posts with excerpts. We’ll need a single column page template of course, but I’d also like to try to include a more minimalist template with little or no 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. or footer as well that people can use for whatever they want as a blank canvas.
  • 404 Template: I’d like to include a pretty minimalist template for this too that includes a widget area just for the 404 page, so that people can create a nice custom 404 page if they want to.

Website Examples

I also have a few examples of WordCamp sites that I like, please share your favorites in the comments!

  • WordCamp Minneapolis: Westwerk did an awesome job designing this site and if we can do half as good I’d be thrilled!
  • WordCamp Montreal: They had a sharp looking site this year, I really like the call to action 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. on the homepage below the header with the tickets/schedule spot, and the subscribe/ social media spot.
  • WordCamp Denver: A nice clean site, great for mobile, with a sweet camping vibe.

I’m pinging people that volunteered to help out in the previous post: @cheffheid, @valeriosza, @dnelle, @danielgcarvalho, @brettshumaker, @davidjlaietta

#improving-wordcamp-org, #official-websites, #themes, #wordcamp-org

Ian Dunn 10:46 pm on August 5, 2015
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Approval for Meta #1163 and #1164

Since we’re not having weekly meetings 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/. anymore, we should probably discuss new 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. tickets on here, to decide whether they should be approved or not.

#1163 (Display links to slides and WPTV video on individual Session pages) and #1164 (Support for adding Google Analytics code on 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. websites) were opened recently.

Would these be good requests to accept? If so, what kind of priority should they have? Please post your thoughts in the comments.

As a side note, in the future it might be better if we encourage people to propose their idea on here first, rather than creating a TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. ticket. That way, if the idea is rejected, we don’t create a ticket needlessly. If they don’t already have access to publish here, they can be given Contributor access so they can submit the post, and then any one of the Editors/Admins can publish it.

#official-websites, #request-approval

Ian Dunn 9:12 pm on August 5, 2015
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Tickets for Community Developers

With Konstantin on paternity leave until September, we’re stretched a bit thin on developers. If anyone has some spare time and would like to contribute, here’s some good places to focus your attention:

Remote CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site.

This is the next big part of the Improving WordCamp.org project. The details of how it should work were discussed last month.

Site Cloner

v1 of the Site Cloner was launched just a few weeks ago, so there’s lots of rough edges to smooth out.

General

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