Title: Adding locale team site
Author: Petya Raykovska
Published: October 2, 2016
Last modified: November 25, 2024

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# Adding locale team site

## In this article

 * [Add new Team O2](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/polyglots-global-team-leads-and-mentors/deployment/adding-local-team-o2s/?output_format=md#add-new-team-o2)
 * [Add Team Editors](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/polyglots-global-team-leads-and-mentors/deployment/adding-local-team-o2s/?output_format=md#add-team-editors)
 * [Add the Handbook](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/polyglots-global-team-leads-and-mentors/deployment/adding-local-team-o2s/?output_format=md#add-the-handbook)

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This is the process the Polyglots Leadership team uses to create new 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/](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/)
team site on requests by users. To request a new team site, please post a request
on [https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots).

### 󠀁[Add new Team O2](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/polyglots-global-team-leads-and-mentors/deployment/adding-local-team-o2s/?output_format=md#add-new-team-o2)󠁿

To create a new Team O2 go to:

 * The Global Site Network > Add New
 * Enter the associated subdomain of the locale in the URLURL A specific web address
   of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.
   org field
 * Enter a site title (native locale name + “Team”)
 * Enter the default 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/](https://wordpress.org/)
   email address for Admin Email (`cabal@wordpress.org`)
 * Select “Is the site a 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone), which
   contained more or less the same text in three different languages. Team site?”

### 󠀁[Add Team Editors](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/polyglots-global-team-leads-and-mentors/deployment/adding-local-team-o2s/?output_format=md#add-team-editors)󠁿

For new sites the current editors and 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/](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/)
manages are automatically added as editors.

Go to the dashboard of the new site:

 * Go to Add Users
 * Add both users as Subscriber
 * Select the checkbox for not sending a confirmation email
 * Go to the Users list table
 * Select both users
 * Use the “Change forum role to…” dropdown above the table to promote both as editors

### 󠀁[Add the Handbook](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/polyglots-global-team-leads-and-mentors/deployment/adding-local-team-o2s/?output_format=md#add-the-handbook)󠁿

New team sites have the handbook and its settings enabled by default.

(change fr-be to the correct Rosetta)

 * Activate the ‘Handbook’ plugin: [https://fr-be.wordpress.org/team/wp-admin/plugins.php](https://fr-be.wordpress.org/team/wp-admin/plugins.php#checkbox_571ebcb9f97508f5b339ab76a8f4b2b1)
 * Create and publish a new page: [https://fr-be.wordpress.org/team/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=handbook](https://fr-be.wordpress.org/team/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=handbook)
   (
   Just a title like ‘Handbook’ is sufficient)
 * Flush the permalinks: [https://fr-be.wordpress.org/team/wp-admin/options-permalink.php](https://fr-be.wordpress.org/team/wp-admin/options-permalink.php#submit)
   and ‘Save’
 * Visit [https://fr-be.wordpress.org/team/wp-admin/widgets.php](https://fr-be.wordpress.org/team/wp-admin/widgets.php)
   and add under the ‘Handbook Sidebar’ the following 2 widgets:
    - Search
    - Handbook Pages
 * In the ‘Handbook Pages’ widget, tick the last box ‘List the home page’ and click‘
   Save’ in that widget.
 * Check that the page is responding correctly: [https://fr-be.wordpress.org/team/handbook/](https://fr-be.wordpress.org/team/handbook/)

First published

October 2, 2016

Last updated

November 25, 2024

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