Validators are now controlled through Rosetta

Validators are now controlled through Rosetta

Editors of RosettaRosetta The code name of the theme for the local WordPress sites (eg. bg.wordpress.org is a “Rosetta” site). All locale specific WordPress sites are referred to as “Rosetta sites.” The name was inspired from the ancient Rosetta Stone, which contained more or less the same text in three different languages. sites can now control who the validators are for their language. GlotPressGlotPress GlotPress is the translation management software that powers Translate.WordPress.org. More information is available at glotpress.org. will use these permissions across all projects on translate.wordpress.orgtranslate.wordpress.org The platform for contributing to the translation of WordPress core, themes and plugins.. You no longer need to post validatorValidator See translation editor. requests here.

Validators are users of that localeLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/’s Rosetta site having the role of Editor, Author, or Contributor. You can also use the new role of Validator (otherwise equivalent to Subscriber). I’ve ported over all existing validators.

Editors can now add and promote users, as well as edit the theme’s screenshots and navigation menuNavigation Menu A theme feature introduced with Version 3.0. WordPress includes an easy to use mechanism for giving various control options to get users to click from one place to another on a site. (Themes > Custom 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. and Menus, see previous post). All administrators are now editors instead.

With this change, we’re also dropping support for localesLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/ that do not have a Rosetta site. This applies to 21 languages*, all of which are inactive anyway. GlotPress will no longer function properly for these languages, and a future cleanup will likely remove them from SVNSVN Apache Subversion (often abbreviated SVN, after its command name svn) is a software versioning and revision control system. Software developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation. Its goal is to be a mostly compatible successor to the widely used Concurrent Versions System (CVS). WordPress core and the wordpress.org released code are all centrally managed through SVN. https://subversion.apache.org/. and elsewhere.

(* – Affected languages are: br, gd, kk, ku, lt, mn, no, pa_IN, zh, az, bn_BD, en_GB, es_CO, fo, haw_US, is_IS, kn, ky_KY, lb_LU, ta_IN, ur.)

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