Welcome to 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. Team!
The Meta team is responsible for maintaining and managing WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe 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/ websites. Our work is mostly done on the meta trac. If you see a bug, file a ticket!
This week’s meeting will be held Wednesday, March 20, 2024 and @courane01 will be hosting.
👋🏻 Intro/Welcome
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🆕 News
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. news
Projects
Are there any new projects in Meta currently being worked on?
AccessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) Testing: Focuses on enhancing accessibility across the WordPress platform, including Project Eudaimonia’s efforts. List of .org sites
Handbooks on GitHub: We are moving all handbooks to GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ to facilitate easier contributions. At the bottom of each page, there will be a link to the source code.
Feature to help plugin developers create blueprints for previews: Encouragement for pluginPluginA 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 developers to create blueprint.json files for enabling the Live Preview button.
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Broken screenshot in Post Lists Block docs: Fixing broken screenshots in the Post Lists BlockBlockBlock 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. documentation on HelpHub.
Photo Directory Contribution in Activity Stream: Suggestion to show accepted Photo Directory contributions in the WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe 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/ user activity stream.
Email plugin: Redirecting the support forumSupport ForumWordPress Support Forums is a place to go for help and conversations around using WordPress. Also the place to go to report issues that are caused by errors with the WordPress code and implementations. for an outdated plugin due to it receiving irrelevant queries, with plans to contact the plugin’s author for further actions.
Removed a malicious link: from cl.wordpress.org forums section, previously leading to an obsolete domain, to prevent further security risks.
Badge Requests: Should we document the BuddyPress request process?
Plugin support issues didn’t add up correctly. There was a hiccup in how resolved support threads were counted, especially if there hadn’t been any activity in the last two months. Dion dove into the code, ticketed the issue, and deployedDeployLaunching code from a local development environment to the production web server, so that it's available to visitors. a fix ensuring accurate display of resolved support threads
Cookie consent: Adam Zielinski raised concerns about WordPress.org’s lack of a cookie consent modal and its legality, leading to a discussion with Jono Alderson, who expressed that the site is likely non-compliant with GDPR-adjacent legislation due to its lack of a consent framework and vague privacy policies.
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Mentorship Program
CloudFest and policies of 3rd party plugins on .org
GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com//TracTracTrac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/.
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In early 2023, the Documentation site, also known as HelpHub, underwent a redesign and transitioned to a blockBlockBlock 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. theme. You can learn more about this project in the original kick-off and launch posts.
The refresh of HelpHub set the stage for a redesign of Developer Resources (DevHub) last year, both part of WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe 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 Learn section. Ideally, both documentation sites should look and function similarly.
During the course of the DevHub update, design improvements were made, particularly to the homepage, and the block theme structure was refined. The new DevHub design was launched in December, so it’s now time for another iteration of HelpHub to ensure both sites are consistent.
Objective
Update HelpHub with the latest functionality and aesthetic introduced in the DevHub redesign. Add additional functionality to assist with content and user feedback management.
Overview
Given that the site is already a block theme, most of it won’t require changes. The redesign will concentrate on these specific areas:
Refreshing the homepage layout to be consistent with the DevHub redesign
Updating the block child themeChild themeA Child Theme is a customized theme based upon a Parent Theme. It’s considered best practice to create a child theme if you want to modify the CSS of your theme. https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/. with enhancements from the DevHub redesign
Standardizing typography, especially the heading fonts, to align with other Learn WordPress.org sections (#490)
Enhancing the process for receiving and managing feedback
Refining how updates to documentation articles are tracked (improving the changelog)
This update aims to be completed within a few weeks. During the redesign process, we’ll assess any new issues that arise. Depending on their nature and urgency, they’ll either be addressed in this iteration or placed on the backlog for future iterations.
Project updates will be provided here throughout the process, and any important resources will be added to the post for easy reference. Redesign feedback can be left in Figma, on GitHub, or here in the comments. Please continue to log any content-related issues in the Documentation Issue Tracker.
Docs: @estelaris Design: @fcoveram Development (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.): @ryelle Cross-team coordination: @ndiego
Props to @estelaris, @fcoveram, and @ryelle for their help in shaping this project and reviewing this post.
This week’s meeting will be held at 21UTC on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, and will be @courane01 hosting.
👋🏻 Intro/Welcome
🆕 News
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. news
Projects
Are there any new projects in Meta currently being worked on?
GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com//TracTracTrac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/.
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. team news
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. Asia
GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com//TracTracTrac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/.
Learn.WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe 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/
On January 10, 2024, 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. Team Members met to review the goals for 2024. As this was a collaborative session, we opted to use Zoom. Below is a meeting recording, timestamps, and an AI-generated outline of the discussion.
Marketing team has identified three new leads, one of whom is interested in revamping WordPress.tv.
Collaboration opportunities for the marketing team and user-focused improvements on the site are being discussed.
09:31 Avoiding wasted time and effort in project collaboration
Discussion about coordinating work between meta and marketing teams in the same timezone
Emphasizing the need to align on project ideas and relevance to avoid rejected work
14:35 Consider displaying project information on the org website or linking to GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ for more details
Consider having an explainer that links to something or a dashboard of its own
Provide easy access to GitHub repo for relevant information on the website.
17:09 Discussion about organizing GitHub issues and component maintainers.
The team is considering putting ideas into GitHub issues and cleaning them up later.
There is a discussion about the roles and responsibilities of component maintainers within the teams.
21:29 Dashboards for each component are a good idea
Having dashboards on the org site makes sense and provides a solid reference point for more information.
Implementing new component-specific tags and ensuring they are used appropriately can improve the usability and clarity of the pages.
23:37 Discussing adding better descriptions to each component
They can include links to the GitHub repo or other resources
It may be a temporary step to improve the current situation with track tickets
27:50 Improving clarity and guidance for contributors
Addressing the need to provide clearer guidance for contributors beyond the initial setup
Suggest creating contributor markdown files for individual GitHub repos for easier contribution.
Using GitHub for repurposing content and adjusting for different repositories
Documenting how P2P2P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/. works with tags and dashboard and making it public for other teams
34:19 Establishing different levels of access and protection to prevent unauthorized access.
Discuss the need for protected or intermediate access levels to avoid unauthorized access.
Addressing the importance of recording documentation for restricted access and self-service information for contributors.
36:25 Confusion about the meta projects and handbook pages
Discussion about the structure and purpose of the project page
Consideration of potentially deleting the page until its purpose is clear
40:53 Improving communication and fostering transparency within the community and contributors
Discussing the need to address organizational issues before working on meta goals
Exploring ways to strengthen the connection between the community and sponsored contributors
43:22 Finding ways to involve contributors effectively
Dashboards and project boards could be useful tools for involving contributors
Difficulty in determining current updates and ongoing project management due to outdated posts.
Need for clearer tracking of revisionsRevisionsThe WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision. and updates.
Meta team has a clear schedule for meetings and consistent updates
Suggests creating a custom post typeCustom Post TypeWordPress can hold and display many different types of content. A single item of such a content is generally called a post, although post is also a specific post type. Custom Post Types gives your site the ability to have templated posts, to simplify the concept. with a ‘last updated’ field for improved visibility
54:33 Defining goals for Q2-4 and website redesign for Meta team 2024
Discussing foundational stuff and scoping goals for Q2-4, considering time dependencies and community appreciation.
Planning to gather ideas for website redesign, addressing the massive website size and post-launch follow-up issues.
56:54 Meta team aims to create a timeline for prioritization
A survey will be created to gather ideas and needs from active teams.
The survey data will aid in better understanding and incorporating feedback in initial project steps
1:01:09 The importance of mapping connectors and data migrationMigrationMoving the code, database and media files for a website site from one server to another. Most typically done when changing hosting companies. for new repos
The significance of mapping and data migration for new repositories was highlighted, especially to Matt’s recent announcements at the State of the WordState of the WordThis is the annual report given by Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress at WordCamp US. It looks at what we’ve done, what we’re doing, and the future of WordPress. https://wordpress.tv/tag/state-of-the-word/..
The collaboration between the marketing and Meta teams was emphasized to outline and scope the implementation.
The role of team reps at Meta should be about facilitation.
A team repTeam RepA Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. is important for connecting with new contributors and facilitating Contributor days.