Docs Chat: Feb. 20, 2014

Thank you to everyone who came. For anyone unable to attend, you can read the logs here.

The following is a summary of the topics that were discussed.

1. DevHub: Progress continues. Most of the template work for the code reference is done for the moment. @Rarst now has commit access to the parser repo, and will be working on changes needed for parsing the inline docs. @nlarnold1 is working on resolving issues with the handbook theme.

2. Docs Issue Tracker: @samuelsidler said we should have an initial version soon.

3. AH-O2P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/.: Per @jazzs3quence, @brainfork will be working on redoing the help overviews due to a display issue. Work continues on adding tooltips. Version 0.6 was released Thursday – please test and provide feedback to the team. (2/17/2014 team meeting summary)

4. Docs Project Landing Pages: Landing pages were created for the Codex, DevHub, and Handbooks projects. The Code Reference falls under DevHub, and will be included there. @siobhan will be adding information to the DevHub landing page, and @hanni will be populating the Handbooks landing page.

I’ll be pulling together a to-do list of outstanding Codex tasks to include in the Codex section. We also need to look at putting together a list of Codex updates needed for the 3.9 release in mid-April.

5. Handbooks: @hanni posted the detailed plans for the Handbooks project this week.

There is now a weekly IRC chat for the Handbooks team – Thursday at 1:00 UTC (5pm PST, 6pm MST, 8pm EST on Wednesday) in #wordpress-sfd. The team held their first meeting on 2/19/2014.

@blobaugh is the new editor of the 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 Developer Handbook, and is working with @hanni on a revised outline. There are also several new contributors eager to get started writing.

@sewmyheadon is the editor of the Theme Developer Handbook, and will be working with new contributors @philiparthurmoore and @nudge to move that handbook toward completion.

More contributors are needed for the Theme Developer Handbook, so if you are interested in helping, contact @sewmyheadon or @hanni via IRC, attend the weekly meeting on Wednesdays, or leave a comment on this post.

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