Jadon N 17:17 on 2018-07-30
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Hosting Meeting Notes: July 25th, 2018

Here’s the summary of our meeting #hosting-community on Wednesday, July 25th, 2018 at 1700 UTC (Slack archive).

Attendees:
@danielbachhuber @andrewtaylor-1 @dryanpress @pdclark @dhsean @jadonn @bph @mikeschinkel @earnjam @mikeschroder

Announcements/Reminders

  • Try GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ is currently in the betaBeta Beta is the software development phase following alpha. A Beta phase generally begins when the software is feature complete but likely to contain a number of known or unknown bugs. Software in the beta phase will generally have many more bugs in it than completed software, speed or performance issues, and may still cause crashes or data loss. The focus of beta testing is reducing impacts to users, often incorporating usability testing. release of WordPress 4.9.8

Gutenberg

  • @andrewtaylor-1 reported two new issues with Try Gutenberg.
    • Users are prompted to install even when they do not have file write privileges.
      • Additional checks have been added for file privileges.
    • Hosts need to be able to customize some of the text in the Try Gutenberg panel in order to direct users to resources relevant for their platforms.
      • @pento implemented an action hook hosts can use for this in response.
  • Regarding customizing the text, after some discussion, the team agreed to request the action @pento implemented be changed to a filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. and to have the filter change the “Learn more about Gutenberg” link and its anchor text.
    • @andrewtaylor-1 will submit a comment on the TracTrac Trac is an open-source, web-based project management and bug tracking system. Trac integrates with major version control systems including ("out of the box") Subversion and Git. ticket #41316. 
  • @mikeschroder raised a concern about 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/ not having the means to remotely toggle whether or not the Try Gutenberg panel is displayed.
    • Such functionality would be useful in case of significant issues that arose during the initial adoption phase.
    • @mikeschroder will follow up with Trac ticket #41316 regarding his concerns.
  • @mikeschroder asked team members to add any information they think would be helpful to the Try Gutenberg Support Best Practices Documentation.

Feedback

Miss this week’s meeting and want to discuss the initiatives above? Spend some time in the comments and share your thoughts!

Next Meeting

The next meeting will be in #hosting-community on Wednesday, August 1st, 2018, 1700 UTC. Hope to see you then!

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