HTTPS on WordCamp.org Update

Hey all, just a brief update on the status of HTTPSHTTPS HTTPS is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between your browser and the website that you are connected to. The 'S' at the end of HTTPS stands for 'Secure'. It means all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted. This is especially helpful for protecting sensitive data like banking information. for WordCamp.org sites.

We’ve enabled HTTPS on all 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. sites and rewrote the URLs, even though we’re not forcing it yet. The majority of the traffic will likely hit HTTPS from now on, and we should catch and fix all (or at least most) mixed content warnings before forcing it. Most of these are probably related to embeds from Flickr, Typekit and other third-party services.

So if while browsing any WordCamp.org site you’ve stumbled upon a page with mixed content warnings, please leave a comment with the URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org. You can identify these by the “broken” lock in your browser address bar, or the shield icon which prevents execution of unsafe JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/.:

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Update: We’re now forcing HTTPS on domains that support it.

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Segments in CampTix

One of the features we were asked to develop for CampTix (the WordCamp.org ticketing 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) is the ability to e-mail attendees based on custom segments using the Notify section in Tickets → Tools. This will allow organizers to get in touch with very specific groups of peoples, such as those who opted in for vegetarian lunch, or those who selected women’s XS t-shirt size.

CampTix Notify Segments Screenshot

The feature’s been pushed to the notify-segments branch in the GitGit Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git is easy to learn and has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. Most modern plugin and theme development is being done with this version control system. https://git-scm.com/. repo. We would appreciate a few extra eyes on the new feature before we start rolling it out to 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. organizers. Any weirdness can be reported in #920-meta.

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Quick WordCamp org update We’re working on the…

Quick WordCamp.org update! We’re working on the URL structure change as well as some minor changes around organizers reminders and the payments 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. We’ve also release a small update to the CampTix plugin, so if you’re using it outside of WordCamp.org you should update immediately.

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